New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-19

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Have few clothes and wear them advises
The Queen" in giving some Golden Rules OF
Economy" do not put them by and forget them
and spend fortune renovations when you can
them to mind. Get the materials as good as posi-
BILE and the styles excellent If you can AFFORD TO
pay for them. The difficulty in dress now is the
various occasions, each demanding such very Diff
ferent clothes. Town and country would seem to
be Numerically opposed to each other. woman
skilful with her needle often buy for little g
last year garment OF at aI che bo,SGd siyIaIa he
dressed appropriately. and never BUY any tnlhs
It dates and must pass away Clothes that attract
the eye are mistake Le ta WISE TO nefficoafs
gloves and shoes will suit all. Cheap fabrcs are
are que a49the iI,e ssirv a6onts certain style
of her own. which she modies according to the
dictates of fashion
Germany the hotbed of dreamers and phioso-
pliers has a movement on foot for new housekeep-
ing--the housekeeping Of the future, so to speak.
The soul OF it is Frau Hedwig Heyl, Of Berlin, the
widow Of a wealthy manufacturer, whose business
since his death she has managed. She is the
founder Of the "Haushaltungs seminar" in Ber-
lin which has served as model for many other
schools of housekeeping. When people told Frau
Heyl that The place for girl to learn HOUSEKEEPING
needed TO be learned was to DO as her mother be
fore her had done. the home would 90 put II one
wished to advance the standards OF living one
chemistry, foods and 5acterfology life study.
The sister OF the Emperor was the first pupil to
FeyI DegEs 5' 1on me seTva6ts would lose
We're enphaSlzegqis GoiLSS'Ie e ~ teT fodesf
viii have as many educated women as America.
Talking about clothes and the necessity for
keeping them in order" said the August girl who
was in a grumblng mood. I'D rather any time
renovate fussy teagown all lace and ribbons than
do ANYTHING 10 a tailor made is the really
plain gown that IS hard to keep in good condi-
ton You put on fresh ribbon or wash lace
but in plain frock where there is trimming
every defect shows With tailor mades' the
needle and thread don't count for much the
whiskbroom, hot iron and pressing board
thank my happy stars that mother taught me to
sponge and press skirt t for my, myself NoW
that I do not carry A little ironing kit with me
tscyoG down snIlgiv ali around a small iron stand
and holder and spirit lamp and bottle OF alcohol
my outing skirt gets wet and cookies around the
with once wearing can freshen them up In my
own room without troubling my hostess or putting
SIDE garments need just the same care and just the
same kind OF care as mans
"A Young American girl on her first trip to italy.
entered shop in search of black darning wool"
saws writer in 'Harpers Bazaar for September.
She spoke no Italian, the clerk spoke no English
She pantomined darning 4 hole. and pointed to her
stocking The clerk brought white darning cot
Ton She showed that her stocking was black.
and black darning cotton produced. But she
wanted wool long pause. then t5aa- bleated the
American girl She got the wool"
Vistas and how TO produce them in the restricted
confines of the city apartment or narrow house is
Interestingly treated by a contributor a
magazine She instances Hampton Court Palace,
in England where a mirror. slightly tilted over
door showed a vista of several rooms beyond, with
all their rich details of historic furnishings Yer
/ saies contains a mirror panelled room. The same
clever understanding of the value of these artificial
perspectves is shown by Americans who, having
small spaces and desiring to impress the public
with their magnitude, resort TO a lavish use OF
/ mirrors. Alert American ShOpkeeperS, the deco
rators of great hotels. and especially OF steam
boats and drawing room and sleeping cars, reaiz-
ing the value Of the mirTored vista, turn what in
themselves often mere boxes IN point OF size
and shane into fascinating little apartments. The
writer thinks that the ordinary home maker who
is usually timid about attempting effects with the
aid of looking glasses. might learn valuable les
son from these conspicuous examples.
ut should be observed. In passing she says,
that a mirror should never be so placed as 10
come within the direct rays OF the sun. These not
only in time destroy the glass, but they cause IL
( duce headaches and to work harm TO the eyes.
/ For this reason writing desks or work tables with
mirrors should not be set where strong reflections
possible
clear vistas let the frame be secondary consider
/ alton Where possible. they should be built in
and formed correspond with the woodwork OF
the room H. which the glass Is to be placed oS-
nothing is so well suited To the separately hung
mirror as the frame OF dull plain gilt a mirror
SET against n dark wall. II placed where window
reflection is possible. has the effect of a window