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good looking, now-but, oh my, to be
so uglyl"
Allow to contradict you, madam. No wo-
man is ugly or at least, if she is, it is her own
fault. What do you suppose Providence gave you
all that hair for? Why just to make yourself
beautiful with, of course. The Sony trouble IS,
you don't know how to arrange it.
But, you protest, 1 haven't got but three hairs
to my head, and they are as straight as poker.
Don't let that worry you my dear lady. You
can buy real hair switches for very small sum-,
and limitation ones even less. Besides that, all
the department stores sell rats" and rolls of all
kinds pompadour rolls small rolls for the puffs
at the sides and at the back and long rolls to go
all the way around the head.
RATS" TO THE RESCUE
| once knew woman whose hair was only
three inches long all over her head, owing to the
fact that she had burnt it in curling it. and yet
when it was properly arranged it looked as if
It might have belonged to one of the famous seven
sisters She waved it first Then she pinned a
long roll around her head and combed the three
inches of hair up over it., fastening them in with
combs. When that was done, she had thin
strand of hair left in the middle between the
combs This she divided into two parts, and roll
ed each part around small rat" She fastened
these with hair pins, SO completing most be-
coming&and abundant-looking coiffure
Her hair was too short to use switch with,
go she used rolls instead. To wear switch, the
hair must be of a reasonable length, that is, as
long as the switch. The hair can be arranged in
many attractive ways with the aid of switch.
You can fasten it in with your own hair, and
make figure eight on the top of your head;
or if you like, you can arrange the eight at the
back of the neck, although this way of dressing
the hair necessitates frequent rearrangement,
as there is constant tendency to slip down. This
tendency may be to large extent counteracted,
however, by tying the hair securely little above
The neck before starting to make the eight.
The switch may also be used for making imita-
ton rolls and puffs. Roll the switch around a
small rat the size of the puff or roll desired
fasten the end securely, and adjust firmly with
hair pins
Imitation curs are also to be had and often add
n piouant look to an otherwise unpretentious coli
furc. They may seem to escape coyly from your
neatly.arranged "back hair" they may give a
seductive touch to the nape of your neck
POSSIBILITIES OF THE SWITCH
Why, my dear madam even if you have only
three hairs to your head that is no reason why
you should give up in despair You can even go
in for that latest style of tickle Fashion, and
range your three hairs in long plait around your
head No one but you and your mirror need
know that "the long plat" is really only care
fully disguised switch. The three hairs will do
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out what mode of dressing the hair is most be-
coming to you. Notice whether your face is long
and lean, or whether it is round and curved. No
tice whether your chin is square or pointed, and
whether your eyes are too near the top Of your
head, or too far below it.
AN AFTERNOON FOR EXPERIMENT.
If necessary take an afternoon off, and spepe
it in front Of your mirror practcing various no"es
of dressing your hair You will find that 1t was
time well spent, for nothing does so much to op
scure or soften bad features, or heighten tne
charm of good ones as proper arrangement Of
the hair
You will also find, my dear lady, that your. ap-
parent age is much affected by the way in wnicn
you do your hair. For this reason, you should
adopt the mode that is best suited to you, and be
very careful how you change to the mode that
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to wave gracefully over your forehead and tenn
pies, and to escape in apparent RIGHTEOUSNESS
from the ribbon-snood that goes with this style
of dressing the hair.
You also complain that your hair is t'as straight
as poker" This can easily be remedied, but let
me warn you against the careless use of the curl
ing iron. Many beautiful head of hair has been
ruined in this way. The curl papers that we used
to hear so much about have long since gone out Of
style, and kids have taken their place. If you can
afford it, it would be well to have your hair
Marcel waved one or twice week by profess
sonal. Do not attempt it yourself unless you are
very sure of yourself.
you are sure of yourself, try for long wave,
and not tight, crimpy effect. The long, loose
wave looks realbut the others falsity is apparent
to even a mans casual glance
You should study your face carefully, and find
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SWEDISH DESIGN FOR PILLOW

er above an oval, down which is terra-cotta
chain-stitch. lhe satinstitch inner circle is
closely outlined round and round with black
stem-sttch.
The tendrils are all done in black rope-stitch.
The lighter shades Of terra-cotta are used for
other parts of the design.
Though 1 have nstanced terra-cotta here as
having been used in the example before you, in
dividual taste can be exercised, and any select
ed colors be employed, preference being given to
a set of shades of one color rather than two dis
tinct colors.
Many people who like what goes quickly, pre-
fer working in outline, so here are given some
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This design being Etruscan in character is
worked in black and terra-cotta, this combina-
tion being found so much in pottery dating from
Etruscan days.
The central petal in the corner design is done
in the darkest, with lighter at the sides, and for
those outer petals. The work is done in ordi-
nary satin-stitch, taken straight across and work
ed very closely. The whole Of each detail is
outlined in black stem-stitch, and line of ordi-
nary chain-stitch is worked down each petal, the
needle being taken through the stuff and all.
At the bast of this corner alternate lines of
terra-cotta and black are worked closely togeth-
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we do not travel becomlngly. we are
better than we we're in this respect, but
we have still much to learn, and some OF us
learn very slowly.
At the great railroad terminals just now we
should surely by this time have mastered the art
of preserving a calm demeanor and cool and
well-turned-out appearance whether we travel at
home or abroad.
At the great railroad TERMINALS just now we
see crowds of women apparently very suitably
garbed for their journeys. Few of them look,
however, as if they were on pleasure bent. They
wear an anxious look that unmistakably speaks
of mind harassed by thoughts of luggage. See
these same women at the end of fairly long
journey, especially when they go by water, and
you will find they have come all to pieces, meta
phoricaly speaking; they get raggy and "endey"
as to the head, their hats never look taut and
trim, their gowns, whatever may be the material
of which they are fashioned, look tumbled and
dusty.
Frenchwomen have found the knack of emerg-
ing from most fatiguing journey as if they had
stepped from the proverbial bandbox but then
they are always prepared for emergencies: They
never trust to chance or put any confidence in
winds, they contrive to keep dust at bay by art
fullyadjusted wells, they do not scrupe to make a
toilette in railway carriage, and they have re.
duced to fine art the methods of 'tidying up"
en- route.
The motor veil, now an indispensable to every
woman's wardrobe, has SO far not been sufficient
ly used for travelling, but with this skilfully ad-
justed and well fitted toilet case in miniature,
one should surely contrve to defy smuts and heat,
fatigue, rattling trains, the crush and turmoil Of
crowded railway stations and landing stages
which seem to be in perpetual confusion.
Keep calm and have your powder puff ready
ought to be the trayeling motto of every woman,
and to this advice might be added with profit
the further counsel to reduce luggage to its low
est possible number.
Luggage can add wrinkles to woman's brow
and five years to her age, dim the lustre of her
eye, aud grievously ruffle her temper. And in
nine cases out of ten she could perfectly manage
with half the impedmenta which cause her so
much worry, small change, and nerve expenol-
ture.
If it were possible to frame railway bylaw
making it illegal for each ticket-holder to travel
with more than one trunk or portmanteau, it is
very certain that we should speedily discover
means of bringing our travelling requirements
within the prescribed limits
If she were never held in check or bantered
on the subject, it is quite credible that the av,r-
age woman would travel as if she were the bag
gage man of touring company
Man has his faults, but he certainly travels
more successfully than the other SEX He never
wants to take SO much as collar stud more than
is absolutely necessary, and he always manages
to keep tidy.
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ed in very little water strained and thckened
with beaten egg, stirred in just before it goes
to the table.
PIoKLED WHITE MUSHROOMS.
Take freshly gathered button mushrooms, peel
carefully with a penknife, and cut of the stems,
throwing the mushrooms into salt and water as
you prepare them. Place them in porcelain
skillet Of fresh water cover closely and set over
quick fire. Boil as quickly as possible for
seven or eight minutes, no more. Take out
the mushrooms, drain and spread on a clean
board with the hollow side of each mushroom
turned downwards. Do this rapidly and while
they are still hot, sprinkle with salt. When they
are cold put them into glass jar with light
layers of mace and sliced ginger then fill the jar
with cold distilled or white wine vinegar Place
spoonful Of sweet oil on top of each Jar, and
cork closely.
MUSHROOM SAUCE.
Wash pint of small button mushrooms remove
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nutmeg, also little chopped parsley. Stir and
boil until quite thick. When this mixture is
partially cool, gil the mushroom heads. Place
them in a baking dish, sprinkle each with bread
crumbs and little butter. Bake in moderate
oven about fifteen minutes. Place on dish,
pour Espagnole sauce around them and garnish
with quarters of lemon.
CREA1fED MUSHROOMS.
Wash and clean the required amount of fresh
mushrooms, cut fine and saute in two tablespoon
fuls Of hot butter over a slow fire until the
juice flows, adding cream gradually as the but
ter is absorbed Cook ten minutes, then add one
quart Of hot milk and simmer half an hour.
Press through sieve, heat again and thcken
with tablespoonful Of butter rolled in one Of
flour or cornstarch. Season with salt and pepper,
and serve with croutons- The stems may be
used for the soup and sifted, and the peeled and
sauted caps served in tureen if preferred.
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very good stitches for that purpose.
Over two strands of flo button-holng close TO-
gether is seen in Fig. Q
In Fig. a heavy chain-stitch is made in one
color and over sewn at intervals with second
This is only suited to large, heavy designs.
In Fig. the strands are sewn in coal
fashion; and in Fig 8 herring-bone is worked
over four strands, two colors being used.
The strands can always be begun and ended
by being threaded through large-eyed needle,
and pushed Through to the wrong side.
Fig. in colored flo herringbone stitch over
gold thread is very pretty.
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strength and sometimes of another, it is advisa-
BILE to consult an electric operator and have
her use the needle. That red mark resembling
a pimple should be anointed with an ointment
made Of equal parts of lanolin and precipitated
sulphur.
REDUCING HIPS AND ABDOMEN.
Exercises for reducing flesh about the abdo-
men and hips: Take soldiers position, chin in,
chest up, head erect, and hips back; bring the
hands above the head, then down to the floor
without bending the knees. Second exercise
Lie down fiat on the back on floor or couch,
lifting the body up on toes and back of head,
gradually drawing the feet up toward the body.
Third exercise: Lie face downward on floor or
fiat lounge, bringing the weight Of the body up
on the hands and toes; touch the floor lift
again. After time you will be able to get
through this exercise comfortably, although it
will be extremely difficult at first.
TREATMENT FOR PIMPLES.
| The best remedy for pimples that never come
to a head but remain hard and sore and red is
an ointment made of one dram each of lanolin
and precipitated sulphur. Apply every night. If
YOU will battle your face at night with warm
water, a pure good soap and complexion brush,
afterward applying creme marquise, you will
soon do away with the backheads which, in
turn create the pimples. 1t is very necessary
to keep the digestive organs active and to drink
plenty of water. A-ray treatments, properly
applied, would be beneficial Puncturing pimples
with the electric needle, and turning on good
strong current, will heal them readily. When
pus forms, they should be opened and hydro
zone applied. Do not pass out the white sub
stance Let the hydrozone unite with it and
thus dry it up.
TO SCARE AWAY BLACKHEADS.
The girl who is troubled with blackheads must
he extremely careful to keep the digestive
cans active The body must send away regularly
all its waste materials; therefore eat plenty
Of fruit, drink lots of water, bathe daily and
get plenty of fresh air. Once day apply to
the complexion a saturate solution of sulphate of
mapnesia. which is an excellent remedy for
blackheads and flesh worms. Bathe the face as
suggested above; the complexion brush makes
the facial Tubing more thorough. These red
scars will disappear if you will use creme mar
ouise faithfully, and occasionally bathe the sur
face with a solution of boric acid.
KEEP YOUR TEETH IN GOOD CONDITION.
Nothing will remove tartar from the teeth but
dentists instrument. But tartar can be kept
from forming by caring for the teeth properly
at least it will form more slowly Every six
months dentist should cleanse the teeth thor
oughy.
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the stems and outer skin stew slowly in veal
gravy, in milk or cream, seasoning with pepper
and salt, and adding piece Of butter rolled in
large portion Of -four. Stew them until quite
tendery occasionally taking off the cover to stir
them. The flavor will be heightened by having
sated a few the night before in a covered dish,
to extract the juice, and then stirring it into
the sauce while stewing. This sauce is delicious
with poultry, game or beefsteaks.
STUFFED MUSHROOMS.
Select twelve mushrooms of good size. Remove
the heads, pare the edges and wash them. Clean
the stalks, wash with the parings and chop very
fine Squeeze out the water. Place two ounces
Of butter in a saucepan with one tablespoonful
Of chopped shalot Fry little then, stir in
the chopped mushrooms and fry until almost
dry Sprinkle with one half ounce Of flour.
Then mix well and moisten with a little broth,
seasoning to taste with salt, pepper and grated
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or in cosy corner
These cushions require strong material for
the embroidered exterior, either Roman satin
of heavy make, Bolton sheetng, cloth or serge
all suitable. The last-named like least of all,
as it holds the dust.
cotton somewhat similar to the knitting
yarn, is capital to work with, for a large num-
ber of stitches and varieties of designs; the lat
ter, by the way, being always conventional.
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the direction of the wrist (a); poor Fate line
(b); many confused lines the mount Of the
Sun (c); the Sun line ending in series Of small
lines when nearing the mount of the Sun (d).
Fortune due to the action Of others Gig, o.
A Fate line rising on the mount of the Moon
and continuing in direct course to the mount
of Saturn (a).
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mushrooms that hit their graceful stems by
the roadside mean terrible death.
Any one with an hours instruction can pick
the inky mushrooms and some Of the mushrooms
that grow on trees 1t is better to be satisfied
with few kinds than to take chances. And
no one ought to eat dish Of mushrooms that
another person has gathered and cooked without
the most convincing evidence Of that persons ex-
pertness and caution. For if one amanita slipsin,
there is death in the pot. Here is work for the
common schools
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Fortune due to personnel efforts, Fig. 6)-Ihe
first wrist line chained or irregular (a); the Fate
line tied down with the Life line for some
time (b).
Honors and distinction Gig 7)-Branches
rising from the Life line (a); straight line
from the wrist lines to the mount Of Sun (b); Star
in the quadrangle (c).
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of Moon (a); star on the mount Of Sun (b);
several vertical lines on the mount of Sun (cl;
which must be distinct and uncrossed in both
hands. Fame gained by talent Gig S)--One
Sun and ending in star (a); clear Sun line
in both hands (b)
Shattered hopes through life Zig. 4)-Many
small lines shooting out from the Life line in
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NoKLcl1E.

When the square is found on the mount Of
Venus, hand flexible; mount Of Mercury abnor-
NAL (c); Head and Life line separated, the IN
generation is generally due to some scheming on
more colossal scale.
Homicide Zig, 1O)-A grill or cross on an
exaggerated upper mount Of Mars (a); quadrangle
narrow OBJ; short Heart line and weak, thumb
(cl that is heavy or club shaped (d)
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Honors and riches Gig S)-Branches rising
from the Life line and nearing the centre of
the Head line in the triangle (a). These honors
and riches are due to great personal efforts.
imprisonment Gig OLA square near the Life
thumb set low; head lin, short (b) mount of
Jupiter fat as such Imprisonment is usually due
to petty offense
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SOME EDIBLE VARIETIES.

To learn all the edible varieties is the task of
specialist, but there are many kinds that, once
learned, are absolutely safe-the coprini, the elm
tree mushroom the beefsteak mushroom the coral
mushroom. Here is variety enough without GO
ing into the woods for the boeti and rlissulae,
some varieties of which are mildly poisonous,
though not under ordinary conditions deadly like
the amanita.
Every one ought to know that the clumps of
"toadstools" which spring up our lawns, and
turn in a day to nasty nky mess, are delicious
and wholesome, while the beautiful clear white
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GY0T is safer to sample the drugs in a chem
I%I ii ist shop without reading the labels
a6TSfI than to pick mushrooms in wood or
vsszxS9 field without kowledge. The popular
tests" are fallacous; the Instructions
given in cook books and domestic pa
pers are not to be depended upon. One ought
either to avoid wild mushrooms altogether or
study the subject carefully, patiently, scentifica-
ly, from the authoritative textbooks available
II is case where little knowledge is most dan
gerous, and while the number of experts grows
Yearly, there widespread errors that lead to
disaster The division of fungi into mushrooms"
and poisonous "toadstoos" is an example of this
false knowledge
: In every schoolhouse in the land the children
ought to be taught to know the fatal amanita,
with its socket the mark of the tribe That is
the starting point for any one who undertakes
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to gather mushrooms, and those who do not may
have chance to save the lives of Others. This
one lesson learned, the risk is lessened hun
dredfold, for it is the special snare Of the white
amanitas that they so closely resemble the ordin-
ary pasture mushrooms.
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BRoILED MUSHROOMS.

For this purpose take large mushrooms, fresh
ly gathered. Peel, then core the under side, and
cut off the stems. Lay them one by one in an
earthen pan, brushing them over with sweet or
oiled butter, also dashing on salt and pepper.
Cover closely and set away for about an hour
and half, then place on gridiron over clear,
hot Goals and broi on both Sides
Make gravy for them of their trimmings stew
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~NUR successes and failures in art and com
IN merce are clearly reflected in the hand.
A gratihed ambition Zig, u is shown
I{lIlM by a well,developed mount Of Jupiter.
sRv (a) Fate line ending the mount OF
Jupiter (b): a line rising from the lip line and
ending on the mount Of Jupiter (c).
Fame gained by chance Gig. 2)A Fate line
that is clsar and long and rising from the mount
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Are You anxious TO
Be Better Looking?

lOLES can be removed by strong acids,
or by the electric needle. The needle
is the safer method Properly done,
l no scar will result. Sometimes acetic
acid is used, but as it is a difficult
matter to know lust how strong the
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Ny0 N our illustration the half is shown of
a cushion much in favor in Sweden,
SA called the Favorita. It is oblong suit
EWRl ed for being thrown on the rug be-
fore the fire, or being placed on sofa
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III DEAR" the plain woman sighs every
morning of the seven, as she surveys
Al herself in the mirror, "why am so
~ ugly? If / were only even passably
good looking, now-but, oh my to be
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The Woman Who
Travels BecOminQU

HIS is the time of year when one becomes
painfully impressed with the fact that
we do not travel well. Or, perhaps,
it would be more correct to say that
we do not travel becomingy We are
batter +I,a,, ,ya ,vara IL, this resnect but
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d in a very little water, strained and thickened
nth beaten egg, stirred in just before it goes
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acid may be, as It comes sometlmes OF one
strength and sometimes of another, it is advisa-
BILE to consult an electric operator and have
her use the needle. That red mark resembling
a pimple should be anointed with an ointment
made of equal parts of lanolin and precipitated
sulphur.
Newport daily independent., 1906-03-01
ODD WILL OF RICH MAN.
Nephew Will Inherit Fortune from Uncle After Serving Three
 Years as Soldier.

That he shall serve at least one full term of not less than three years in the ranks of the United States army at the expiration of which, if his dis charge shall read: Service honest and faithful, character excellent and shall nave reached the grade of a noncommis- stoned officer and bring to the executors I herewith appoint a letter of com mendation from the officer under whom he served, bequeath to the said George o. Travis the sum of $13000 knowing mat. after such service, he will have had enough experience of the world and disciplinary framing to insure the proper disposal of what has taken me a lifetime to accumulate"
 Such are the terms Of the will of the late s. Houston. a wealthy man of Chi ago, made to his nephew, George Q. Travis, telegraph operator of Okla homa The other day the young man became Of age and appeared at the Unit ed States army recruiting office and en- 'tsted for the purpose of carrying out the dying request of his uncle.
 MT. Houston was an old soldier, hay ng served in the civil war in the Fourth United States artillery. Unable to con- inue an army career, Houston, having 20 sons of his own, was determined that lis next of kin, his nephew, should be- come a soldier.
 Young Travis said it was not neces, -ary for his uncle to make that clause n his will which makes service in the United States army compulsory for him IS he had always intended to enter the lr1ny as soon as he was 21.