The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-13
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Women , and , Offers

T luxury finds no more subtle ex-
~ preston in frocks than in lingerie.
No amount OF handwork is considered
too elaborate to be put into the under
slips, petticoats, etc, and dainty bits
of linon and cambria so decorated are
finished with quantities of soft, wash
able ribbon to make them greater
triumphs of the needlewoman's art.
A feature of all Of the latest under
wear for summer is the part that NAL
tese lace plays in it's decoration. 1t is
used as waved or straight bands of
insertion, as narrow scalloped edgings
and as motifs. In many of the most
elaborate bits of cambria lingerie one
sees oval and other medallions of va
lenciennes lace, hand-embroidered, let
into the garments and edged with a
scalloped border of Maltese lace, also
let into the material while meander-
ing around the ornaments is a slender
design in raised white or pale blue
or pink thread.
Even lingerie that is not trimmed
with lace Or embroidery has it's ele-
gance expressed in fine tucking, the
minuteness of which is really amazing.
The tucking, no matter how fine, is
put in with hemstitching, and if there
is any additional trimming upon pet
ticoat or underblouse it takes the form
of tiny buttonholed scallops-a form
of ornamentation of which Parisiennes
are extremely fond.
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DEST are the books that each one
~ collects for himself, especially ii
their purchase entails a sacrifice, says
The Academy How often the pleas
ure that one gets out of his books va
ries inversely with his power of ac-
quiring them! None knew better than
Charles Lamb the triumph of bringing
home a coveted prize, joy unshared
by the outside world, a private Joy II
there ever is one. Many who have
thus collected a small library, book by
book reading each book before they
bought another, will recollect the feel
ing of being among strangers when a
sudden accession of books comes to
them from a relations legacy or the
bequest of friend. They set to work
to make acquaintance with them, as
in duty bound; but they are not of
their choosing; the process is to a
great extent perfunctory and they real
ly never catch up. For in the library
as in the world a reader makes many
acquaintances but few friends, and
these few will be of his own choosing
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T KNOW a girl who had become sc
L morbid and respondent through
constantly dwelling on her plain feat.
ures ungainly manner that she was
on the verge of insanity. She was ex-
tremely> sensitive, very proud, and
would brood for days over the fancied
slight when she was not invited to a
party or other entertainment with hel
more attractive acquaintance.
Finally a real friend came to hel
assistance, and told her that it was
possible for her to cultivate qualities
which would be far more attractive
and would make her much more popu.
lar, than the mere physical beauty and
grace whose absence she so deplored.
With this kind friends assistance
she completely reversed her estimate
of herself; she turned about face, and
instead Of accomplishing mere ply.
steal grace and beauty, instead Of
thinking of herself as ugly and repul.
sive, she constantly held the thought
that she was the expression of Gods
idea, that there was something divine
in her, and she resolved to bring it out
She denied every suggestion that she
could possibly be unpopular, or thai
she could really be ugly, and held per.
sistently in mind the image of her pc,
pularity and attractiveness, and the
thought that she could make herself
interesting and even fascinating.
She would not allow herself to har,
Dor the suggestion that she could be
anything but attractive.
She began to improve herself intel
lectually in every possible way.
Hitherto she had been careless o.
her dress and manners, because of the
conviction that it did not matter how
she drest or what she did, she would
still be unpopular. She began to dress
as becomingly as possible and in bet
ter taste.
She read the best authors; she tool
up different courses of study and de-
tarmined that ar avarv nDnortun{tx