Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-01
For Women
The Winter Blouse

The important feature of the winter
blouse is the sleeve. Tailored suits
show plain sleeve, with only q slight
fulness and a short, turnback cuff says
q London letter. More dressy models
have the full puff to the elbow and
tieht. fitting cuffs; but for elaborate
blouse, elbow sleeves, With or without
faring turnback cuffs, are the most
As for the blouse itself, all kinds Of
lingerie effects hold their own, and VIII
be worn throughout the winter under
furs and warm coats
White is the favorlte color for the
afternoon blouse, and the white lace
blouse-particulary IL 1t be in Irish or
Cluny of good quality is first in favor
If the lace is good II needs but little
trimming-only enough tulle, chiffon or
Valenclennes to soften its outlines, and
q smart girdle. Blouses of fine lace are
also worn, but are usually of q more
complicated, fluffy style, and in the
long run less servlceable.
AS to Tapestry
Tapestry" is q much-abused word,
suggesting to the casual mind the hid
eous tapestry paintings of few years
ago. Cross stitching can be turned to
account in reproducing borders from old
tapestries The grapevine border found
tury tapestries lends itself to modern
decoration. Green canvas or monks.
cloth bordered with green leaves and
purple grapes makes an effective hang
ing in n room walled in green where
blue and purple shades are used in the
color scheme. Oak leaves used in old
textiles In the same way as grapes, and
oak leaf borders offer scope for an
equally decorative treatment.
Sauce for Roast Goose
Put four level tablespoonfuls of but
ter and four level tablespoonfuls of
-four mixed with butter in a pan. Place
on fire and add salt and cayenne pep
per. Stir until quite brown; add grad
ually one and a quarter cupfuls Of
brown stock stir until boiling and just
before sending to the table add the
iuice of two mediums sized oranges. the
thinly pared yellow rind of one orange
cut in fancy shapes and two teaspoon
fus of sherry, or more orange juice, if
that Is preferred.
Matrimonial Advice
Don't ask q girl to marry you after
dark when she is dressed fit to kill.
Call on her, and when you leave inad
verently drop a glove OH the piano Re-
turn for it the next morning at 0
o'clock. If she comes to the door with
one shoe and one slipper on. her hair
done up in curl papers. dressed In all
old mother hubbard, our advice Is TO
take to the woods. But if she appears
In neat house dress, her hair done up
and rose In the top of her hair, grab
her quick Marionville (Mo.) Free
Press.
New Style Darnins Bag
a new style darning bag of cretonne
is made in two compartments. The
large one. or bag proper, is intended for
the stockings, and the smaller one for
darning cottons. Each compartment
has drawing string of it's own. I'm
der a panel of the cretonne, stiffened
with cardboard and fastened to the bar
at the top, is concealed a pad for
needles. The drawing strings are of
ribbon.
Piano Covers
The embroidered piano cover is pass
ing. Musicians prefer an instrument to
be as bare as possible Polished rose
wood or mahogany is preferable, in
their eyes, to ribbon roses and chenille
goldenrod. A compromise cover, con
cealing the glittering French polish but
without ornament, Is attained by the
use of ooze leather the exact shade of
the wall hanging.
Hyeienic Picture Books
London publishers have had the lucky
to invent some wonderful
rag picture books which will never
carry disease, for they can be washed
again and again, and yet come UP
smiling" There are all sorts of attrac-
tive little books in this ingenious series.
The hygienic system is also applied to
the baby's playthings for here are rag
pictures of toy elephants, horses, etc,
which, when cut out and stuffed. may
be sucked by King Baby without hurt.
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