The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-19

while the lower portion is without di-
visions and win hold dress skirts laid !.
out full length.
4 4 \ =
Whatever is beautiful is refining.
Whether I'm nature or I'm art the pres
ence OF the beautiful softens and puri- .
fies. But let no young person fall in /
to the blunder of supposiuE that only /
that which is expensive can be bcauti- .
full 1t is labor care, skill, an artis- /
tic eye and a refined taste that beau I
tify. Whether i'm home or i'm dress, I'm /
speech or I'm manners, money is not the /
main thing which provides the beau /
tlful. The dowdy apparel Of many
slattern has cost more money by far
than the neat and beautiful garb of
her INDECENT but orderly neighbor
\ \ 4
Perhaps the best known of those wo-
men writers who have turned to the
pen because they felt that wealth unit
ed to idleness, spelled only boredom, is
Mrs. Edith Wharton, the author of the
House of Mirth. She was a Miss Jones,
of Philadelphia sister of Cadwaller
Jones. She took up writing as a pas
time when wearied by convaIescence
from a serious illness. In this way she
worked for years before venturing be-
fore the public and when the time
came to submit to the supreme test,
she was a writer of admirable taste
and fine schooling
\ \ \ \
L., Il.
partment Of Cornell University are
said to have demonstrated the fact
that plants can be forced to grow with
the aid of drugs, and can be made to
mature in far less time than it takes
to develop naturally. The plants are
: fed on ether or other medical potion
for twenty-four or thirty-six hours,
, until they are thoroughly permeated
with the fumes. Then they grow with
the greatest rapidity Easter lilies
! treated thus have put out magnificent
blooms in a night and narcissus flow
ers have doubled their size after a few
hours treatment.
Could anything be more dreadful ?
) Could there be any more effective way
, of destroying the sentiment that be-
t longs to flowers? As it is now, the
forcing process of the hot-house. which
increases the size of blossoms. but
adds correspondence to their natural
fragility and in many cases lessons
+ their original fragrance, takes some
f thing from the spiritual charm that
= belongs by right to these stars that
- in earth's armament do SShine." and
f that every one feels i'm some measure
Flowers are words that even a child
may understand" says a poet: and
George Elliot asks: rs there not a
5 soul beyond utterance, half nymph
half child, in those delicate petals
e which glow and breathe about the cen
ters of deep color?" Flowers have d
, language of love and hope and cheer;
they preach to us if we will hear"
5 4 4 4 4
l SO far the only novelty that is prom
( ised for the Summer season is the lace
f jacket.
1t is a charming little affair quite
l short and half fitting. 1t is made OF
embroidery quite as often as it is OF
lace. Handsome frocks show it as
well as simple ones as an accessory.
5 There is every reason to believe il
= Will be popular and usually becoming
- 1t redeems a very plain gown from
e BEING too severe for afternoon ncca-
t sons. They can be made at home but
l all the shops are showing so many OF
e them that it is possible they will be-
! very reasonable i'm price when the hot
5 weather comes in.
D Those made of heavy embroidery
:. mixed with Irish lace are lovely and
e will be worn over all kinds of thir
0 white frocks. There are others of Ger.
I man lace edged with ribbon or chenille
% in faint colors that are fetching. They
E go over the very sheer frocks that are
e unlined and show cOlOred ribbon
I through. The hat or its feathers mattel
I'm color and the whole costume make,
for artistic effect.
: OF course these Jackets, no matter
{ what made of, are unlined, The sleeves
are short and quite full. Not that they
= are gathered but they do swing in
= wide circle from the shoulder
' \ 4 4 +
, High prices We're paid for some I'M
- usually interesting letters by great
composers, recently sold by auction ii
Berlin. Among them was one from
Beethoven to Zelter, which went foi
$50, and which seems to indicate that
Il he felt that his mass was unsatisfac-
> tory for performance. 1T is certain,
he wrote, that much in this mass
might he performed almost in a purely
{ a capella style; the whole, however
i would need to be worked over for this
j and perhaps you have the patience t.
y do it," A letter by Chopin to Brett,
j., kopf and Hartel. the publishers. was
u sold for $24O, while $4lO was paid for q
letter i'm which Haydn gives a it'll,