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embroideries. bespeaks outlay. but the OBJ
server tempted to find fault at this is likely
TO be softened by the beauty OF such
rangements.
No departure from blouse is in sight They
easily are majority of all bodices at pres
ent, and there surely will be no change
from them so long as reasonably warm
weather lasts. noticeable number of sur
plice effects are appearing in them, and
these fansies often are accompanied by other
ld-time touches. This is slime when the
fashions of grandmother's day are passed in
review and each is considered as to its
adaptability to the present modes. 1t is sur
prising. too how many Of them prove avail
able. and how quantity pretty they are
after they have experienced notifications
Many women irreproachably equipped, so
far as present standards are concerned,
with shirrings about their hips, with droop-
ing shoulder lines and with sleeves hanging
below the forearm, do not realize that these
almost essentials of to-day are but trans
parencies from styles that held many
seasons ago. Quaintness is held very high.
The trouble is that the undermining pro-
cesses are bit too thorough and evident in
much of all this. But young woman is not
to be blamed if she does not want to look
just like her forebears of two generations
ago.
New York July IL.
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sleeved ones, and what the next general
change is 90 be is a matter of guesswork.
Original establishment is at a high pre-
MUM. and dressmakers for fashionable
folk seemed to have ransacked the cast-off
fashion plates of the past three centuries in
search of new effects. Their quest has
been hampered somewhat, of course, by the
need in most cases of sleeves whose large
ness shall be below the elbow. But they have
come forth with many ingenious arrange
ments. some of them worthy of being the
striking feature of their gown, though they
rarely are allowed to be that because of the
highly wrought character of the whole get
up. Many sleeves for evening gowns and
dress-ups consist almost entirely of ruff1es
falling to the elbow, a very comfortable
looking model for warm weather. Wraps
have sleeves increasing in size toward the
bottom, and some of them are left open,
while others are fastened with buttons. Oc-
casionally elbow sleeves are seen on the
streets in wash shirtwasts, and the IA
vored way of finishing these is to have them
end with an insertion of embroidery through
which narrow black velvet ribbon is run in
imitation of lacng. This shows off the arm
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From GRANDMOTHER. scrapbook.

The Housekeeper.
1t is well for every housewife to have
some simple remedies on hand so that IL
any member OF the family becomes III she
may care for them until a physician ar
rives. or in case of slight attack. may.
by the intelligent use of home medicines,
dispense with a physician.
Croup-When the first symptoms are OBJ
served. apply cold water suddenly and free
ly TO the neck and chest. Then lay cloth
wet with cold water on the chest and cover
with cotton batting. Place the child In a
warm bed and cover we'll II you do not
like the cold water treatment. try rubbing
back. chest and neck with camphorated oil
or goose grease and covering we'll with
flannel. A pinch each Of hops. sage and
pennyroyal NAV be STEPPED in a kettle and
the child allowed to inhale the warm fumes
through a paper funnel, or IL this Is not
easily done. at least allow the mixture to
boil in the patients room The air is
moistened and medicated by IL. Mix one
teaspoon OF powdered alum with two tea
spoons of sugar. This will often give in
slant relief. The juice pressed from a
roasted onion and mixed with sugar will
sometimes help 10 loosen the phlegm. The
nostrils must be kept moistened with warm
sweet oil. This may be applied with a small
roll of very soft mJsln.
Whooping Cough.-Place about twenty
drops or oil OF turDent1ne on cloth and
hold close TO the patients face. instructing
him to breathe deeply a number of times.
Repeat this two or three times daily. A
cloth moistened with oil of turpentine may
be placed on the pillow at night
Fever-When a child has a fever from
teething or any cause not connected with
acute disease. give a teaspoonful OF syrup
of rhubarb warm injection and a sponge
bath.
Earache.-Heat table salt in a saucepan
until smoke begins TO rise from IL. turn into
a cloth, tie in a soft bunch and hold TO the
ear as hot as can be borne. The back of
the ear may be rubbed with camphor. but
never put anything i'm the ear. IL the appli-
cation of heat. as with the salt, or by heat
ed hannels, does not soon relieve the pain.
consult an aurist.
Weak or Infiamed Eyes.-F'requent bath
ing with mild salt water is very beneficial.
Another remedy is boracic acid. Take
much OF this powder as will lie upon a
dime. dissolve I'm a cup OF warm water,
battle the eyes freely using an eve glass. II
possible, then make little pads of soft old
linen handkerchief, dampen these with the
solution and place over the eyes while lying
down.
Feetache.-Each day the feet should be
put in water as not can be borne, adding
more hot water as IL cools for as long rs
is possible. Three four trials will effect
a cure Cold feet may be relieved by using.
each night, a foot bath of cold water in
which two pounds of fuller's earth have
been dissolved.
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for several seasons. Certainly most women
would prefer TO see the highly wrought
fashions retained il only their purses would
permit. Models from both grades were
sketched for these pictures. The gown of the
small illustration was heavy red linen, and
had cluny lace collar finished with white
tassels. From left to right in the next pic
ture see light gray wolfe banded with black
silk and finished with gray cord; white
etamine embelIished with black velvet,
guipure and seed pearls, and a white wolfe
showing white passementerie design trim
ming and white silk cord ornaments. In the
concluding picture are simpler designs;
white habutai silk. tucked and showing val
enciennes insertion, and white etamine,
whose loose jacket finished with yak
lace and silk cord ornaments. Severely plain
models can be had by those who want them,
but to use such when some degree of dressi-
ness is called for is TO run danger of SEEM
ing Indifferent to fashions rulings.
1t would be rash prophet who undertook
to foretell the immediate future of fash
ions in sleeves. They have had a freakish
course of late, as witness winter of sleeve
less evening gowns followed by a summer of
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New York Sun.


II am continually besought for aid for
needy women" said a housekeeper of old
fashioned ideas, yet i'm all this great city
1 do not know woman whom l can hire
to come in and wash my dishes. One stray
who had told a narrowing tale of wrongs
and hardships met my suggestions as to
methods with: Sure. mum, an who doesn't
know how to wash dishes?' She did them,
and 1 did them after her, cleaned the sink,
cleaned the floor, boiled out the misused
dish towels and abandoned the dishcloth
altogether"
Here is the way the last speaker washed
dishes: First of all the dishes were care
fully picked up and sorted-knives and forks
bend; tumblers and glass in a group by
themselves; teacups and saucers; entree
dishes and bread and butter plates or little
buffers; soup plates, meat plates, salad
plates. dessert plates, vegetable dishes and
platters. Then the kitchen utensils were
cleansed and put away before the china
out, was washed and dried and returned;
then the silver, then the teacups and sau-
GERS and dessert plates. When these were
out of the way the larger dishes were all
taken to the kitchen table All the. dishes
were washed in hot soapy water, rinsed in
hot water and drained on the draining
board, except the silver and glassware,
which was dried while it was hot. At the
end the dish towels-always of the red or
blue checked linen order-were washed in
hot suds. rinsed thoroughly and hung TO
dry on the bracket over the sink, or on the
line outdoors. Done in this way there is no
muss confusion about dish washing, no
cloudy glassware because dish towels are
soied. no china broken because of rush
hours" on the kitchen table. And the alb
sence of confusion relieves the task of most
of its terrOrs.
With plenty of water there is not shade
of excuse for dirty dishwater-one of the
chief complaints against the function.
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well. Sometimes the same finish is given TO
the neck.
Swisses and lawns in the embroidered
weaves are beautiful in the piece and al
most invariably pleasing when made up ac-
cording To current fashions. Sometimes,
you know. the goods whose appearance on
the counters sets the purchaser almost into
raptures is disappointment when it comes
home from the dressmaker. Ii is not safe to
expect n great DEAL perhaps. but embroi-
dered lawns and Swisses come as near To
warranting great expectations as does any
fabric now worn or offered. Hand-painted
nets are especially fit for fine feathers, and
so are painted chiffons. Plain chiffons and
sprigged nets have simple sound. but they
go in grand company and appear in dresses
OF the most elaborate grade. Pure white net
is a medium for suggesting what is as near
milkmaid simplicity as is current. Yet these
spotless dresses often are intricately fin
ished with ruchings. Point d'esprit. over
glace silk 9oundatieu-and Yifhsfine iacesard
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The Pest of Ants.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
In these summer days, when the careful
housekeeper is kept busy matching all of her
wits against the proverbial ability and en-
ergy of the ant, hints on the ways and
means for the destruction of the tiny pest
are timely Put red pepper In the places the
ants frequent most, and scrub the shelves
or drawers with strong carbolic soap.
A small quantity of sulphur kept in a
drawer or cupboard, or saucers OF tar set
where they are, will drive them away.
A string wet in kerosene oil and tied
around sugar barrels, lard cans, preserves,
ETC., is said TO keep away ants. The string
should be wet with oil every few days:
Ants may be driven away by putting
Scotch snuff where they are in the habit OF
going for food
small spray of NORWOOD, IL placed on
shelves, will, ii is said. drive them away.
Persons who are troubled with ants in
their houses may get rid of them by rubbing
the shelves with gum camphor. Two appli-
cations will be sufficient, with a week in
tervening.
A strong solution of carbolic acid water
poured into holes kills all the ants IL touches.
and the survivors Immediately take them
selves off.
Ants that frequent houses or gardens may
be destroyed by taking flour of birthstone,
half a pound and potash, four ounces Set
in an iron or earthen pan over the fire until
dissolved and united; afterward beat 10 a
powder and infuse little of this powder i'm
water. Wherever IL is sprinkled the ants
will leave.
Red ants may be banished from a pantry
or storeroom by strewing the shelves with a
small quantity of cloves, either whole or
sionally, after a time they lose their
strength and spoil.
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Aqua ammonia rubbed into and around
a sting will often cure the pain. Common
table salt or saleratus wet with water IS
also good applied in the same way.
Foulard and wash silk four-in-hand ties
are cool and summary TO wear with turn
down linen collars A pearl scarf. pin -
properly worn i'm the tie Just below the knot.
Nose bleed can be stopped I'm a short time
by placing a small wad of paper or muslin
between the upper teeth and the lip. The
pressure exerted at the base of the nose will
arrest the bleeding.
Scarfs Of white cashmere bound with
white satin ribbon are pretty for piazza
wraps They are three yards long Tho
width of cashmere admits of two OF these
in a three-yard piece, and they are easily
made at home.
olive oil and spirits OF camphor-about one
tablespoonful camphor TO one ounce of olive
oil. Lime water mixed with sweet or linz
seed oil to a creamy consistency, IL the best
remedy for a scald or burn.
President Roosevelt defends the feather
bed, and now some other people are inquir-
ing why goose feathers. which come of OF
one of the cleanest Of birds are less healthy -
to sleep over than horsehair Fcathersss
they say. can be cleaned perfectly by steam.
Nevertheless a feather bed seems singular-
ly unventilated.
Cirdles OF lowered silks i'm light colors
and gay designs are late importations.
They have buckles back and front. many OF
them Of silver richly enameed and jewell
set. In shape lneN are long anu udffON.
ON each side of the girdle is a slight clasp
or slide, and these and both buckles are
Joined by slender silver chains under which
the silk of the girdle shows.
Gas is said TO be much better than chloro-
form for destroying pets. 4 coy, comforts
able box should be provided. I'm which the
animal will go contentedly TO sleep. and
then the gas may be turned on. In a few
moments the creature will have died with
out the slightest pain. Cats in particular
seem To suffer with chloroform and soms-
times struggle painfully.
The best way 10 wave the hair IL 20
divide IL i'm strands as though about 10
braid IL. But take only two strands. ana
for the third substitute q Bit OF rather
wide. stout ribbon. which Is fastened TO the
head by means of a hairpin Make several
OF these pigtails. using a generous allow
ance OF hair Pin them 10 the head. so that
they may not be troublesome In the morn
ing YOU will have wavy locks rice ripping
waves. OF course. the hair must be moist.
ened with water before braiding-
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hair cut Off The day is fast passing. he
said, when the women and girls wear tur-
bans and shawls on their heads.
The hair-cutting business has become
such a common pursuit in France. Austria,
Germany. Switzerland. Norway and Swe-
den that there are hundreds of cutters
who travel around and who do nothing
else, besides bargaining for hair. \ few
years ago a hair cutter could go into
peasant family and cut of the hair of all
of the family for a little gold trinket
apiece. Ii never occurred to the girls that
their hair was good for anything, and
often one man would get hundred dollars
worth of hair from one family for a few
francs.
OF late years hair cutters have been
competing with one another and have been
offering larger and larger prices until this
spring the maximum has been reached. and
throughout the country districts of Europe
larger prices have been paid for hair than
ever before.
What was for years one OF the largest
sources of the fine hair supply has been
almost entirely closed during the past year
Laws have been passed In Norway and
Sweden making IL a misdemeanor for the
girls TO sell their hair, and the law has
been vigorously enforced during the past
season -
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Philadelphia Ledger.
1t seems rather inexplicable that COM
paratively so few wives trouble themselves
TO understand the things in which their
husbands are interested. With regard TO
his business undertakings tho head of the
house not infrequently prefers that his wife
should be uniformed, except in the most
general way; not, in the majority of cases,
because he looks down on her judgment or
fears her interference. but simply that in
the hours of the working day he gets a sur
felt of business matters and wishes to en-
tirely forget them while in his home. 1t
is a real relief that the companion of his
leisure hours is in every way ASSOCIATED
from the daily vocation, with its worries
and cares
But this very same husband has hobby.
Almost all men do. Perhaps it is amateur
photography, perhaps scientific expert
ment. If nothing more abstruse, il is prob
the wide range of human interest, he
Graves sympathy in il just as does the
little boy who calls his mothers attention
to every new discovery in the course of
education. Only, the wife seldom gives it
and the mother always does.
We have in mind a husband whose pet
hobby is electricity. He is always doing
electrical work about the house, and al
ways reading up on the subject Once in
awhile he forgets himself and tries to ex-
plain some problem to his wife; then, see
ing the blank look of absolute noncompre-
hension upon her countenance, shrugs his
shoulders and relapses into taciturnity with
a feeling of disappointment that is all too
plain.
Yet another man we recall who spends
many evening hours drawing up specifica-
tons for the heating and lighting of build
ings. Sometimes, when weary, he will hand
his work over to his wife with the request
TO Just run that over and see If ii seems
sensible" why, George" she says, you
know that / don't understand anything
about ii. How can / tell?" And so he
goes on puzzing, unaided.
The case of the husband who, in the
course of his evening newspaper reading.
becomes surcharged with Indignation
against the opponents of his political party
is not less hard Ten chances TO one his
wife does not even know the names of the
party leaders, is ignorant of the political
situation and placidly unconscious of any
impending crisis.
1t is not necessary to be thoroughly in
formed on any of these subjects, but IL
would seem desirable that women should
know enough about them to talk intelli-
gently, and that is all any husband desires.
He likes to impart information, but he also
likes to make sure of being understood.
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things as though you had no right to them.
There are lots and lots of women just like
you and just wish could scold them all.
Quit it. l say. Have pretty thing around
you. Indulge in lace and baby ribbon. In
dulge in sachet bags among your hsndker-
chiefs ana shirtwaists. Consciousness of
sweetness and daintiness about you is bound
to be part Of yourself TO other people.
Breath it in, and first thing you know you
will be breathing it out You give me cred
IL for being sensible-ciever-if you will.
don't you? Then-oh pshaw, Mary, 1 tell
you emphatically. any sensible person
would prefer it to this ephemeral style
that you feel isn't your forte F. +.
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linens are the
leading materials
for m / d S u m m e T
fashions, I h gu z h
there is a-plenty OF
other goods of cur
ent stylishness.
many Of them as
distinctly summary
as the linens. Not
often. indeed, is the
list of indorsed fab
RIGS so long. Some
depend in large de-
gree for their sea-
sonable appearance
upon their delicate
shading or their
whiteness, though
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st. Louis Republic.
Most housekeepers quail before that part
of the family marketing which relates to
the purchase of cheese. and wish the man
of the house, who is usually the chief con-
sumner as well as the critic. would always
buy 1t. Such may ind the words OF an
authority of value:
"A cheese with an indication Of goodness
will have an even-colored, not notified.
rind. The moment you press your finger
tips on the rind you can begin TO judge or
the interior makeup of a cheese. IL II
yields readily to the pressure of the fingers.
and the rind breaks or does not spring
back readily when the pressure is with
drawn, you have got a soft article. caused
by the slack cooling OF the curd, a want
of acid, or both. At best il will have an
insipid flavor and will go on as IL ages
Cheese which feels so hard that you cam
not press IL on the rind is either sour, salted
too heavily, cooked too much. skinned or
suffering from a touch OF all these COM
plants.
"A good cheese will be mellow to the
touch vet firm. Its rind will be OF an
even tint, elastic and free from pEffs. and
the sample will reveal firm. close-graineds
buttcry cheese of a nutty flavor"
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Plates should be scraped clean Sons
housekeepers save soft paper with which TO
wipe on extraneous matter. Others hold
the dishes separately under running water.
thus giving them an Introductory rinsing.
Like everything else, much time may bs
gained and nervousness avoided by a
definite system, rut-running method
which does each part OF the work in the
same order and way day after day. With
such a system established IL is possible to
do good work and give little real thought
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these wool goods are light, too, II not as
himy as materials of the transparency or
der. Serges. veilings, mohairs. canvases and
cloths in white meet the eye on every hand.
and the look Of them BELTS admirably the
hottest spell. Canvas particularly is favored.
SITS vogue rising superior to the suggestion
OF roughness conveyed by many of its coarse
weaves White gowns of these materials
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Walking suits in shirtwaist style are
among the features OF the season and are
as comfortable and satisfactory TO the
wearer as they are smart. This one is ex-
ceedingly simple and is made of heavy
linen suiting In the natural color with dots
of brown, but is appropriate to all the heav-
Ter suitings.
The waist Is laid in tiny tucks which are
arranged 10 give box-plaited effect Those
at the back extend TO the belt and those
of the front TO yoke depth only. The skirt
is cut i'm nine cores and flares freely about
the feet
The quantity OF material required for the
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HAIR IS HIGHER.

New York, July II.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-17
Pergrosse.

The saddest funeral that ever oc
Cured from st. Mary's cathedral was
held last Friday afternoon, when the
mortal remains of lovely Rose Per-
crosse were laid away midst the sobs
of her father, teachers and school
friends. Rev. Father. Kelly officiated
and delivered a touching and beautiful
sermon, in which he paid warm trib-
ute to the innocent, lovely child so sud-
denly taken away.
The little ones from the Kearns st.
AIMS orphanage rendered the music,
assisted by Miss Frances Little and
Miss Martha O'Connor. @
The young girl deeply endeared her
self TO all who knew her, and grief over
her untimely death is sincere. She
was an exceedingly bright girl with
marked musical ability, and her beau
tiful face and sweetness of disposition
made her doubly attractive. All those
who gazed at the sweet face and smil-
ing lips of the dead girl felt that death
for her was only a transition to the
glorious life.
To the bereaved ones much loving
sympathy is extended Their dear one
has chosen the better part" and is
resting calmly in the eternal sunshine
of Gods presence. May her soul rest
in peace!