The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-11

If coffee, tea and chocolate spots on
table linens are treated Immediately
with boiling water, they will almost
always come out completely, unless
| the water is from an artesian well.
! The linen should be placed over a
| bowl. and the water poured through it.
| till the stain disappears. Stains that
have become set should be spread with
a mixture of egg yolke and glycerine
| and exposed to bright sunlight.
Fashion is in more accommodating
mood with regard to furS this year
than she was last season, and is going
to permit the use of cheaper skins.
BLACK pony" for instance, will, to a
certain extent, take the place of broad
tail, and caracal and ''yetta," which,
! being interpreted, is calfSkin pure and
simple, will be used for trimming 1t is
beautifully marked pelt in cream and
fawn, but it will be so much embroid-
| ed probably that it's original condition
will hardly be recognizable En-
| broidering fur seems much like paint
! ing the rose, but it has been decreed
| that the broideries on the more elabo-
rate fur coats shall be rich and strik-
| ing.
! Americans who go to Paris find the
EISliCH HdDlt Ol carrying Oh IudIy Ol
| the domestic and personal processes in
! the open air charming. Partisan moth
I ers of the poorer classes see nothing
| strange in taking their children out
| for an afternoon in the Bois de Bou-
logne and carrying the petit pois along
to shell for dinner while the young
| SterS are playing tag and hide and go
seek. Others will take the stockings
| fresh from the weeks wash to darn, or
4 ndtarf9nniiiaSs fn n or
even collars, napkins, babies caps, ETC.,
to finish for some shop. The nearest
| approach the New Yorker is likely to
/ find to this intimacy cSliving is in the
Jewish quarter. These people make
no bones Of reading, sewing, sleeping
and eating in public. The sidewalks
are occupied with long rows of rock
| ing and other chairs, which are occu-
| pied by gossiping women, and children
| are fed, put to bed and cflastised with
! complete Indifference to the public
The visitor from another section Of the
| city, who is accustomed to more con-
| yention in the conduct Of life. is moved
| to wish that these stout Hebrew
!, mothers could be induced to consider
little more what people would say.
| What strikes the American as adorable
| in the Partisan bourgeois disgusts him
/ when seen in his own country So
/ certainly do distance and foreignness
lend enchantment.
| There's one thing I like about your
afternoon tea, my dear" the elder
woman was saying to the young ma
tron who had just handed her the sugar
bowl.
Of course, the hostess, being human,
was moved to ask, What is it"
Your tea equipage is pretty, but it
! ffxyt s0.1
Do you know what I mean? Well, I'll
! explain" And she settled herself more
| comfortably in her wide armchair
While I'm horribly fond of a good
/ cup Of tea, l don't often enjoy it out
of my own sitting room. am posi-
tiVely haunted by the thought, What
! IT should drop this exquisite cup and
Saucer?'
Women bring out their sweetest
china, reeklessly running tremendous
| risk, at the same time imposing an UNI
pleasant responsibility on their guests.
Where there is lot of people ali eat
ing and drinking together, running
round with food in their hands, acci-
dents are pretty sure to happen
Il once saw a nice boys happiness
blighted by the breaking of a beautiful
| cup Of old Limoges. With the cup and
/ saucer in his hand he collided with
some one who was carrying plate of
4 pelil tours. NOBODY was to blame-it
was just one of those things that
couldn't be foreseen and couldn't be
guarded against, but the young fellows
enjoyment was gone
If it had only been common thing
thatI could make good with $40 BILL
ne groaned, instead of priceless an
tique that can't be duplicated.'
NOW, your cups and saucers and tea
set are gay and pretty and nice look
ing. but can tell by the look of them
mat you wouldn't be brokenhearted If
should iIlavertently smash one.
Neither would 1. A trip to Fifth ave-
nue china and glass shop would make
the less good, and if couldn't match
II, but had to buy a complete new set
It wouldn't break me or cause YOU to
lie awake o. night. That's what /
meant when 7 said I approved Of the
way you serve your afternoon tea