Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-29
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not ahjectly not mechanically: oh. no.
indeed The ruling style will do very
we'll for foundation. but upon this
she builds and adds and alters with
light. sure touch until the conventional
costume becomes peculiarly her own.
Now. the smart girl has lots of little
ways Of her own-hOsts OF them. in
fact. They are her fads. When to
the way she does things we add the
way she wears things. we then have
the fads and fashions which make her
at once So inimitable and bewitching.
She has an odd little way of carrying
her new. big shopping bag-she tucks
1t under her arm like a book. instead
Of carrying it in the usual way by the
handle. She holds it, too, Just so the
brass or enamel seal which bears her
monogram shows TO advantage. The
conspicuous silver or brass initials are
no longer the smart thing to decorate
the fashionable shopping bag. The
round seal. whether of brass. silver or
enamel. Is the correct thing, with the
monogram. rather than ones single
initial letter engraved or applied upon
it.-Woman's Home Companion.
Keeping . Husband at Home.
The art Of keeping husband home
at nights seems almost wholly COM
prised in a wife's continuance after
marriage Of the charms that made her
attractive In courtship. when the
knot Is tied don't throw your counting
aside" This is the prescription Of "A
Happy Wife," who drops into verse
with the ease Of a Silas Wegg and COR
denses into a brief cOuplet the whole
sum and substance Of post matrimonial
compa tibility.
This happy matrOn speaks as the ~
suit Of thirteen years of married life
1t Is fair to presume that in achieving
the admirable record Of keeping her
husband at home evenings for that long
period she did not indulge in dowdy
dressing sacques for breakfast, Or All
swer with cross word the gWwls
that sometimes will escape masculine
lips before the soup comes.
When the children arrived she prob
ably continued to recall that the hus-
band was still member of the fam
lily. She retained some Of the girlish-
nesS. coquettishness. which had won
him. remembered the optical effect of
new tie or fresh shirt waist. kept
up the old cOmradeship. did" her hair
as carefully as Of old and In general
preserved her former attra ctiveness
while incidentally contributing n little
thought to his slippers and his crea-
, ture comforts.
The remedy for renlissness in the
husband is entirely simple. The trou-
BILE lies In the application Of it. which
Involves some sacrifices Of Il wifes
own comfort and sometimes OF her
pride-New York World
An Ingenious Housekeeper.
tOwel-rack made Of bamboo rods
Is suspended from my kitchen ceiling
by ropes and pulleys ~ that II may be
raised and lowered at will. 1t econo-
mixes space. besides providing a place
where towels. etc. may dry quickly.
as the air is hotter near the ceiling.
Another convenience is a small shelf,
waist high. near the dining room door.
on which place dishes when | want to
open the door.
Besides my kitchen table. but consid-
erably higher. is a slanting shelf. about
twelve by eighteen inches, with mar
row strip nailed across the bottom edge,
to hold my recipe book. which is held
open by rubber band
Oil-clOth which IL too badly worn TO
he used Oh the tables will cover the
pantry shelves nicely. and is easily
cleaned
Having no dark closet IN which to
store my canned fruit. have covered
my cellar shelves with the cheapest
black cotton cloth. which keeps out the
light.
An old toaster can be converted into
handy paper rack
Cover the hand with a paper bag
when cleaning the Noman's
Home Companion.