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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
CoIors and Complications.

Auburn Hair: The old theory that blue
was the color for blends. and especially for
women with auburn hair. has long since
been exploded. A better cultivation Of ar
tistic tastes and especially of color values
has taught women the fallacy OF the blond
and blue combination. AS a matter OF
harmony-fact, if the term may be allowed,
the sharp contrast of light brilliant blue
and auburn hair is most trying. Cold, hard
cOlors are rarely a success unless selected
by an expert, but soft colors with a hint
of cream or golden hue are most happy
blending, as they do so perfectly with the
color of the hair and the complexion. For
example, for house and evening gowns,
select cream white in pale or deep shades.
and ecru. with touches Of sage and moss
greens, delicate pinkish lavender. shades
Of violet, nile green, softened with plenty
of ecru lace; black net. plain aud spangled.
and black silk or black cloth for other Oc-
caSiOns. For street costumes select shades
of medium and dark brown. relieved with
ecru. cream or black, warm grays with
touches OF deep cream and black, or a bit
Of rich Oriental or Bulgarian embroidery.
admiXture of violet, brown, black and
green, and black and gray or white are all
desirable and may be trimmed with black
fibre braid in some of the new and novel
patterns.
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a Washington Party.

Mrs. J. L. NJ: Why not let the enter
tainment for the young people take the form
of a Washington's birthday party, holding
il on the 22d of this month, choosing cos
tunes and decorations appropriate to the
occasion. The quaint costumes will ma
terially add to the interest and with typical
table decorations the whole affair will be
far removed from the usual party given for
young people of from thirteen 10 eighteen
years of age. Such a party need not be
expensive unless you wish TO make II so,
nor need il be tiresOme to arrange. Any
ingenious girl can make a pretty gown Of
lowered muslin in we colonial style and
with a be-ruffied fchu of soft muslin crossed
in front and fastened with a huge cameo
pin, a granny" bag of gay Powered silk
dangling from long ribbons slipped over the
arm. the effect is very charming. The mar
must be parted in the middle, pulled out
over the ears with back hair combed nigh
on the crown and held with a nigh comb,
the more antique the better, with a few
little curls Just in front of tbs ears. The
lass will look winsome enough 10 please any
beholder. To decorate, use in the center
of the table a fine potted plant or Jerusalem
cherry well set with ripe frult- Ihese
plants can be obtained at florists at low
prices. Place cards may consist of small
hatchets with names written on the blades
and the bonbonnieres be in the shape of
tinv colonial hats filled with crystalized
cherries. Cherries served in different forms
will excite much pleasant chatter concern
ing the famous tree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
Only "a Thing.

Youths Companion.
In a pretty, sunny parlor, modest but
tasteful. two women were arranging flow
ers. One was the hostess, the other a Wis
itor who was helping with the preparations
for a tea that afternoon. 1t was from the
visitors hand that a delicate glass vase
slipped and crashed to pieces on the hearth.
20 Ellen, I'm Sorry she exclaimed, in
distress. The Venetian glass vase your
sister brought from Italy-the very one |
can't possibly replace. It's too bad
1T was pretty, and I'm sorry, of course
acknowledged Ellen, frankly, burrOwing
promptly in a closet for the dust pan, but
don't stand there frozen with horror. and
your face like a tragic mask. After all, it's
only a thing"
only a thingl'" echoed the culprit, in a
voice OF establishment tinged with indigna-
ton. "Of course it's u thing. Most things
are things. But that doesn't prevent their
being precious
Ellen laughed outright.
Most things certainly are things she
admitted, and n few things are precious:
but even then there's a difference. | for
got that you didn't know the family byword
and couldn't finish ii out for yourself.
You see. l was quoting my name-aunt,
who was the dearest, contest, most COM
Portable and yet most wide-awake and spir-
tied old lady in the world. She always de-
clared that the richest gain that came TO
her through age and experience was the
perception of relative Importance. Life is
so much more easy and interesting If we
never let ourselves be troubled about what
need not really matter; and compared with
people and actions, things, our mere little
possessions, are after all so trihing. She
deemed il disgraceful that anything less
than war. earthquake or fire, affecting
things, should make us unhappy.
When a heart, a promise or Il principle
Is broken, she used To say, that's disaster,
and one may grieve; but when a teapot is
"a thing is only a thing. Laugh and take a
brown pitcher and the tea will taste just
as good.
Il suppose it would" agreed Ellen's
friend, refiectively, IF the laugh were gem
uine. but so many of US couldn't laugh. It's
Emerson, isn't it, who says, Thing are in
the saddle and ride mankind?' Only he
should have said womankind; it's we house
keepers who are slaves to things"
"Oh, not all of us protested Ellen,
cheerfully. "SuppOSe you put the pink
chrysanthemums i'm that old Dutch mug
and twist the trailing fern round the handle
I'm not sure it isn't going TO be prettier
than the Venetian vase, after all"
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the members found they were all poets.
Each was given a cardboard heart, tied
with green and white ribbons, the colors
of the club. On one side was painted in
water color the two dates in the colors.
The other side was blank. and each mem
to her sweetheart. All made the attempt,
and the valentines afforded great amuse-
ment when read. Refreshments were
served.
The Fortnightly Club is the woman's So
cial and intellectual club at Palm Beach.
1t meets each fortnight and literary topics
are discussed. The meeting last week was
at the home of Joseph Jefferson. Among
the members are Mrs. Benjamin Thaw and
Mrs. O'Neil, of Pittsburg, Mrs. Joseph JEFF
ferson. Mrs. Henry NJ. Flagler, Mrs. Fred
erick Sterry and Mrs. John Moller, jr.
1t a recent session of a Massachusetts
club, where she was the guest of honor,
Miss Caroline Hazard, president of WelIes-
ley College, spoke of the benefit of indi-
viduals interesting themselves in the his
tory of their own families and of the past
in their own section of the country, gather
ing and recording recollections of their eld-
erS and recording also the happenings of
their own lives. Such habits would pre-
serve the traditions of families and of COM
munities and increase interest in local his
tory. Exactly what Miss Hazard proposes,
says the New York Post, is being done in
several Western States. Clubwomen have
interested themselves in stories of pioneer
labor and stress which helped TO win the
great West. 1t is a splendid work and de-
serves COMMUNICATION Many clubs in the
West observe Pioneer Day"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
secret of the Trimming.

Washington Post.
| suppose l shall get myself very much
disliked. but l can't resist the temptation
TO betray the secret of a gown l saw
the other day. There was a time when
If a woman had an India shawl and some
actual lace she could hold her own with
ANYBODY. Nowadays, unless you can have
something that no other woman mas ever
thought of having you might just as well
give up and stay at home. Bolts OF lace
won't help you out a bit. Tn gown L
speak of was worn at a tea by a woman
who poured something or other, and after
each guest took one good look at II there
was a reaching for lOrgnons and a ire
mendous amount of elastic throat work;
1t was a white cloth gown, and II had
collars and berthas and things of that
sort on the bodice, and each one of them
was worked in a pattern with something
ecru. The whole gown had the look Whlch
a man calls simplicity, and every
knows means Paris and plunks.
That's not lace on it said one woman
who was trying to seem absorbed in the
chandelier. Its braid
1T isn't braid said another with one eye
on the silver teapot, its worked in heavy
thread"
The uncertainty was more than L could
and when the wearer of it wasn't looking,
1t was embroidered with the sort of raffia
people make hats and baskets of-raffia
and nothing else. 1t was the cleverest
gown I've seen i'm many a day, and no
woman has a right to keep an idea like
that to herself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

ming light fixtures, columns and balus-
trades, and otherwise Frightening up the
rooms with the colonial colors. Flags rep
resenting the original thirteen states figure
about conspicuously also, waving over
nantes and from doorway corners, with
balls of tiny ones swinging under chan
deliers, i'm archways, or wherever a pro-
jecting bit of woodwork offers a place TO
suspend them from. The floral adornment
consists of the Old-fashioned February
flowers of blue hyacinths and gay yellow
daffodils growing i'm buff and blue paper
covered pots. while the same blossoms cut
are placed i'm antique vases and bouquet
holders and distributed in such a way as
TO show TO the best advantage and brighten
things with their CHEEKY presence. Candle
light is the proper illumination for a colon
ial affair. and if convenient to have enough
of candles should be the only light In
evidence, and the older the candlestlcks
and candelabra containing them the better
it is from a suggestive STANDPOINT. A rev
revolutionary guns, swords, bayonetS ana
other war relics are prominently displayed
TO lend "a martial flavor to the environment.
A bust of Washington crowned with iaureI,
or a picture wreathed with it. should have
a conspicuous place. also some pictured
scenes of colonial days.
The playinG tables are covered in alter
nate buff and blue; the commencement OF
the game and the table changes are an
nounced by bugle calls sounded by a little
page gotten up in powdered hair and col
onial attire. A pair of colonial maids In
white wigs and princess, gowns are Iele-
gated TO the role of keeping tally, which
is done i'm an entirely original style. Ihey
are supplied with innumerable wee British
soldier dolls which hey deliver instead OF
the usual punches to the players who win
points. and who are furnished with small
roofess forts of cardboard 1or keeping
them in until the game is ended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
Points on Making Shirt Waists.

Belle: Shirt waists of mercerized vest
ings should be made severely plain: as the
fabric is quite heavy, il does not take
kindly to shirring or fine tucks, no matter
how neatly done. they look out of place.
The most popular mode Of completion is
half-inch plaits, machine stitching aud
pearl buttons. Epaulette straps or applied
vertical straps on the waist are permissible.
The edges should be turned in one-half inch
before stitching. Do not line the epauletteS
with the same fabric, Ii will make them
very clumsy; finish the raw edges with
an undertaking of lawn cut bias. stitch and
press on the wrong side before arranging
on the waist. The fullness i'm front. at the
waist line, may /be gathered by the aid
of a tape and casing or laid i'm fine plaits
and gathers and stitched permanently. If
you are of full figure. the latter is advised.
To obViate the bunch of folds under the
top of the skirt, caused by the bottom OF
the waist, the edge below the gathers
should be cut away. In heavy fabrics the
lower edge should be pinked or bound with
seam binding to avoid a clumsy hem. IL
is not necessary to bone the underarm
seam for, if fitted correctly, it will not ride
up. Trim the waist OF brown linen with
pipings Of scarlet and the collar and cuffs
with French knots in scarlet silk or linen.
The waist of corntiOwer blue cheviot will
be smart trimmed with cross-stitch en-
broidery in Persian or Bulgarian colors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
The Latest i'm Jackets.

A. X. Nj: Advance models of the smart
est new costumes for street wear in the
spring have short Elton jackets beautifully
tailored and trimmed with strappings of
cloth in contrasting color or weave or both.
The distinguishing touch on other styles is
novelty braid, a vest of embroidered cloth
or many buttons. Nothing seems quite to
equal an artistically placed button to give
perfect completion to an outdoor garment.
hence their well-6eserved popularity. Fit
ted girdle belts are a feature OF the newest
models, and a standing or turned-over col
lar, a change from collarless styles, al
though the latter are still in evidence. Bo-
leros are also an established fact. though
not so generally becoming as he Elton, the
Bolero Is extremely smart when worn by
young and rather slender women. These
indomitable little jackets are cut on differ
ent lines from heretofore and novelty OF
trimming p%recludes any resemblance TO the
models of last season, and yet all OF the
admirable points have been retained. These
ideal short garments afford perfect pro-
lection without the fatigue OF the cumber-
some long coat which has proved such a
burden to women Shoulder caDes are nu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

Forty-ive: With advancing years the
pores of the skin Will enlarge as the skin
and muscles become relaxed. From your
description / fear you have precipitated the
relaxed muscles by too many hot oaths'
Scrupulous cleanliness can be overdone.
Two or three hot baths each week and a
fenfd or nreferabIv cold il the shock is not
too great. sponge bath each morning. fol-
lowed by a brisk rundown, VIII assist IN
toning up the relaxed skin. Use warm
water but not hot water on the face ana
always rinse with cold water. As "A tonic
add ten drops each of alcohol and tincture
of benzoin TO the rinsing water. Pure alco-
hol diluted one-half Is very beneficial 10
contract the pores and may be applied once
or twice daily If il agrees with you, for all
neonle cannot Use it, Massage the face
dauv. after cleansing use a cold cream.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

Brown, as she was about TO introduce q
speaker TO the Social Economics Club.
In an instant there was a hum of dis
approval.
Not all of u.s." and Speak for yourself,
please were some of the exclamations.
We'll, there may be a few dress reform
ers among YOU" Mrs. Brown admitted. with
some irritation. but l have often thought
that those who do not wear corsets would
look better if they did" At this an elderly
member, who sat near the platform,
snapped:
You would look better, Mrs. Brown, if
you did not wear. them"
A storm was threatening. but a friendly
wind blew ii away before ii could break,
and Charles II. Stolp, a union labor organ
izer, was introduced to tell the conditions
in a corset factory at Aurora.
The meeting of the Indianapolis Culture
Club last week was one of unusual interest
to the members. 1T was the fourth ami
verSary of the organization, the day for
the annual election, and a surprise num-
Der on the programme, arrange by the
hostess, Mrs. j. b. Mccoy. The election
resulted in Mrs. j. L. d. Chandler being
chosen president: Mrs. w. j. Wooling,
vice president; Mrs. Gillette. secretary;
Mrs. w. ID. Weaver, treasurer, and Mrs.
c. F. Remy, historian. Mrs. Chandler, the
historian for the past year.. gave an excel
lent resume of the years work. The sur
prise number was really a great one when
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
Making Chocolate Fudge.

School Girl: Fudge should be boiled four
or five minutes. To test it, drop a little in
cold water; if done, it will form in a soft
ball when rolled between the fingers. Stir
constantly from start to finish. The mater
ials required are two squares Of chocolate.
one rounding teaspoonful Of butter, two
.teaspOonfuls of vanilla extract, two-thirds
of a cup of sweet milk and two cupfuls OF
graduated sugar. Put the milk, grated
chocolate and sugar into a new saucepan.
boil and test as directed. When done. take
from the fire at once. let cool for a few
seconds, then sir in the favoring and beat
until smooth and creamy If the saucepan
is set in "A pan of cold water IL will facilitate
the cooling process. Spread the mixture
in a shallow buttered pan and mark of into
squares. Fig or nut fudge is made by chop
ping the fruit or nuts very fine. adding
them TO the chocolate fudge after taking
from the fire To insure perfect flavor
cool the fudge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

New York Times.
The other day. when our class. had its
tenth annual luncheon wrote the Elderly
Girl TO a friend, Il realized for the first
time the advantages of being plain: for
while the years had married the class beau
ties, leaving the plump girls fat and the
to have stood still with the plain girls.
'One of our members in particular who
had been rather remarkable at college for
her utter lack of loneliness actually shone
out on this occasion as the belle of the
class.
This girls name, like her face, was
hOmely, for amOngN the many EthelS and
Ediths and Gladyses. she alone was simply
Mary-just Plain Mary'-she had herself.
laughing good-naturedly, assumed the
pseudonym which chung 10 her until the day
Look at plain Maryr" gasped my
chum, as a magniicently gOwned creature,
with a swish of silken iraperies. took her
seat to the right of the toast-mistress;
isn't she elegant!
And elegant expressed her. from the
chic toque. set at just the right angle on her
dark hair. 10 the tip of her patent leather
boots. She had retained her well-propOr-
toned figure and her brilliant tceth-the
only beauties she ever bOasted-and her
complexion, which had always been of the
russet-orange variety. had worn better than
the erstwhile roseleaf skins; in addition. she
had acquired the poise, the easy grace and
the taste in dress that sometimes comes
with the thirties.
1T needed not the big bunch of violets at
her belt when violets were at their highest
10 proclaim her prosperous. Prosperity
was writ large all over her. Plain Mary had
married a railroad magnate.
\ for Airy, Fairy Lillian a dainty biz
Of Dresden china. a bewitching little blonde
ten years agO0 who had spent her first
free year abroad. and who. according to the
Class prophecies. was TO return a duchess
she was teaching In the public schools!
And DOlOres-a dark beauty with glori-
Gus eyes, in whom the same seeress had
seen the future leader Of the Four Hum
dred-was a stenographeri
No one had considered il worth while TO
~foretell Plain MaTys future. Two words
we thought would compass il: Old Maid.
We might have the Glass Prophecy re-
printed with a tenth anniversary revision
suggested my chum as we discussed the un-
accountability of things"
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For washington's Birthday.
New York Post.

Washington's birthday favors show sn
amazing lack Of Imagination. Everywhere
one sees cherry trees and hatchets. Con-
si6ering that the cherry tree episode never
happcned-Or at least Is extremely doubt
ful-it does seem as If some more suitable
emblem might be devised. Ices In cooked
hats are pretty and appropriate. The color
scheme OF the table might appropriately be
buff and blue. two colors not easy TO be
carried out IN Towers. IL SIS true. hut still
not impossible. Buff candles with blue
shades. on which the Continental flag Is
painted. are pretty. The little flags may
be freely used. and red. white and blue rib
bon among the flowers will look we'll AT
any rate. be original. and bury the Ratchet
and the cherry tree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14
Resemblance Sometimes Dangerous

Washington Post.
In one respect at least a girl who is the
living image. or, as my hopelessly slangy
husband would say the dead ringer of her
mother. is just a teenchy little bit out of
luck remarked a somewhat worldly little
Mount Pleasant matron, who acts as a
chaperOn a great deal and is addicted 10
the amiable habit of matchmaking As
a persistent and tireless booster of his rev
erence. Hymen. l have had more than
enough experience to enable me To be even
dogmati on this point.
When a girl is a mere youthful duplicate
OF her mother ia looks. she is bound 10 have
a good deal more difncuIty in making \ good
marriage-brutaf but necessary term, mat
than II she bears no resemblance what
ever to her mother Why2 Well. the ex-
ceedingly obSerVant and craftily ObSerVant
young marriageable men OF the present era
seem TO have got into the forecasting habit.
anu in the girl who is the youthful replica
or her mother they see with their grisly
prophetic vision the girl as she Is going to
look when she attains her mothers age. 1
know that they do this. for "A number OF
shameless young men have confessed as
Il spent three years in trying TO marry
OF a very pretty and rosy Washington girl,
but my efforts were constantly handicapped
By the fact that the girl was the picture Of
her mother. She had her mothers hair.
eyes, nose. teeth, expression. and even her
mothers mannerisms. She was OF a sort
OF half-blOnde type-a type OF woman. by
- 50 1AAN AAN1 - E1A Z
OF p~artridselike slenderness. with a very
fair skin. eyes Of a light blue, plentiful
chestnut-blOnde hair, excellent white teeth,
and a general fresh and trig. il somewhat
dolly, look about her. But her mother. a
woman not much above forty. had broken
not from trouble or anything OF that sort
but Just because she was or the early-to-
break type. The mothers hair had become
scanty and OF a dismal grayishness around
the temples. Her blue eyes had become
watery and pale. Her teeth were amazing
~ plugged with gold. Her skin had wrin-
Killed. and become hopelessly
And yet. faded as she was. her daughter
wa most astonishingly like her.
Now. / watched DOZENS OF engible young
men who met that girl. They were enor-
mously taken with her as a rule. for she
had such a fresh. girlish cOuntenance and
such taking ways. But I could actually
trace the workings Of the minds OF the
mean things when the girls mother mace
her appearance upon the scene. They act
ually sneered of from the moment that
they first beheld the girls mOther-not that
there was anything unpleasant about the
looks or the manner OF the girls mother.
but because she presented e. their calcuLat-
Ing and analytical minds such a hopeless
picture OF what they felt the daughter
would be at the age OF forty or t~hereabouts.
IL was positively shocking 20 observe the
expressions OF mingled chagrin and alarm
that appeared on the faces OF those future