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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Hints for Care of Furs.

THE girl who has rejoiced in pretty
white furs this last winter must not
fail to give instructions to her maid
as to their correct care during the
summer months. OF all things camphor
balls must not be used as preventive
of moths, as nothing so quickly turns
the soft white fur to an ugly yellow.
The boa and muff should first be
wrapped loosely in blue tissue paper to
preserve their color, and then turpentine
may be sprinkled on the wrappings of
the box in which they are placed, never
the deadly camphor balls.
With sable also and mink this should
be remembered, for sable once placed
near camphor can never be worn again
at least the rich, brown tone is so
changed to an ugly yellow that it will
never again look smart.
Furs should always be placed in box
full large, for if cramped into a small
space the skins ~will often be so marked
that it will take several months before
they will look quite right again. With
costly furs it is by far the best economy
TO send them during the hot months to
some reliable furrier's. where they will be
safely kept in cold storage until the fol-
lowing winter.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

not, but they should always be offered.
When they are declined . not urge them
1t is mistaken hospitality to urge any
thing. 1t is the guests privilege to ac-
cept or decline whatever is offered, and
her preference should not be questioned.
If You urge in any direction -~-- create
an awkward situation, Forcing her to
comply, perhaps ont of -Hocr No. ess
because you seem to wish it, when it is
not her wish at ALL
1t is most attractive to see a younger
person ready to fetch and carry for an
older one. If your mothers guest wishes
something from her room offer TO get il
for her and take her instructions as to
its locality carefully, for it is very stupid
not to be able to find thing when you
go for it, Many of us have careless
way of only half listening when we are
told where a thing is, and in consequence
sometimes have to make two trips for it
instead of one, which. besides being a
great waste of time and energy, puts us
down as quite needless and silly.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

/ the forming of good manners it is
extremely helpful to have frequent
visitors in the house, for there is no
question that in the presence of guests
we are on our best behavior.
The hospitable desire to make the visi-
tor happy. coupled with the natural i'm
pulse to produce good impression,
causes lis to take great pains in regard
to all the little amenities which oil the
machinery of social intercourse, and this
effort during the stay of the guest should
have lasting effect on our manners, help
ing us instinctively and unconsciously to
be on our best behavior % all times.
When one has the true spirit of hos
pitality one thinks only of the pleasure
of one's guest, whose preferences and
wishes are constantly consulted and
catered to. Her inclination may not
always be your own, but this does not
affect your compliance with them, and
the laws of hospitality which require
you TO ada~t yourself to no. are salutary,
for they teach valuable lessons in unself-
ishness and restraint
If older persons are guests in your
house you have endless opportunities of
little attentions which charm and
which endear you to those of the older
generation. For instance, when one of
them enters the room you always rise and
offer chair. If some one part of the
room is more attractive than another you
guide her to it, ird the most comfor-
table seat, offer cushion for the back
and stool for the feet. Some women
care for these latter things and some do
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Interior of a Jewelry Craftmans WOrkroom

n S the number of women experts in
"A the craft is still small the personal
experiences of one of them hold
enough of interest and example to relate.
when l took it into my head to be-
come an expert in jewelry making" said
she, 81 thought the only way to do it was
to begin at the foundation. To do this
l made bee line to the Mint to see the
process of refining gold and silver from
start to finish.
ITO make the experiment more real
istic 1 took along with me all the old
jewelry and family plate l could lay my
two hands on. All my relatives con-
tributed generously to the pot, and l
started in with nearly 500 worth of odds
and ends of old metal One relative gave
me forks which had been in the family
for years; another several rings; others
watch chain of antique pattern, but sup
posedly of great value.
with this bundle of heirlooms made
my way to the Mint, where turned the
precious package over to the official in
charge l discovered that a good many
revelations were in store for me. One
thing l discovered was that gold when il
comes from the refiners kettle looks like
brass. Also that all gold has more oil
less of copper, silver or other metal in
its composition. Worst of all, the truth
was forced upon me that some of my most
reyered and cherished possessions, old
family heirlooms that had been looked
upon with deep respect for years, were
nothing but plate, and copper plate at
that.
after the jewels were knocked out and
the metal broken up and cast into the
furnace l was escorted back to an ante
room to await the final process. 1t re-
minded me of nothing so much as waiting
at a crematory TO receive the ashes of
some dear, departed friend, for truly. to
cast those precious heirlooms into the fur
mace seemed precisely like incinerating
ones nearest and dearest.
However, there was quite profitable
return from the ashes when after the
course of half an hour ] was invited to
the Office to see my gold weighed and get
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

of such different order Should she
meet with success in remaking her old
desk things she will perhaps be inspired
to start some work from the beginning,
and instead of using cretonne or crepe
paper coverings finish her work in silk or
brocade, making a desk set appropriate
for the parlor. The heaviest cardboard
must be used, and it is best to have it
cut to measurement at the store where
it is purchased, as any cardboard sufi-
GENTLY heavy for this use is almost i'm
possible to cut and shape without special
.imDlements
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Hon. to Make Newest Motor Wells

40 longer can one wear a simple
IN length of chiffon for an automobile
veil To-day every detail of mo-
tor dress must be just as perfect as is
required IN any other style of costume,
and, after all, why should one not be
becomingly and attractively gowned for
this sport as well as for golf, tennis, rid
ing. swimming or any other pastime or
form of exercise?
The new motor wells are extremely
large, both wide and long, as this has
been found the most serviceable style
of veil for general use. Some are of
heavy chiffon, others of comparatively
fine chiffon cloth, while others again are
of coarse fish net lined with thin
mousseline de sole or perhaps chiffon OF
In soft gray or ecru, bordered all around
with two to four inch band of lace dyed
the exact shade of the chiffon. These
wells are necessarily costly and perhaps
beyond the limitations of the purse of
the average school girl. Fortunately
however, there is nothing much simpler
to copy than one of these new wells, and
the price will be found to be surprisingly
less than that which is demanded for the
imported original. They are about two
and a half yards long by one and half
wide, these newest motor wells, but the
dimensions may be varied in accordance
with the size of the hat with which they
are worn. A small, round toque, for ex-
ample, requires but comparatively mar
row short veil, while if it is desired to
protect one of the large mushroom hats
of the moment the measures given above
will be found even too conservative
With double width material yard and
la half length will prove ample and 1t Is,
of course, easier to border one OF these
wells along a selvage edge
The lace that is used may be, of course.
as costly as desired, but fairly good
imitation Valenciennes will be quite fine
enough for ordinary use For an ecru or
coffee colored veil the lace can easily be
dyed to the desired shade with a solution
of strong tea or coffee, experiments being
tried first with Il small piece of the lace
until the exact hue is obtained. In gray
il will probably be possible to ind the
right shade in the shops, for gray, IN all
IFS tones. from palest silver to deepest
steel color, is one of the most fashionable
and popular shades just now, 1t is really
moi difficnlt to dye lace. however, and
the girl with a small amount of ingenuity
can make herself fascinatingly pretty
motor wells of pink, blue, mauve and
palest green to match the ribbons on her
dainty summer frocks.
White wells, while perhaps not so good
protection against sunburn and glare are
100 pretty with summer gowns not to be
worn. This same style of veil in all white
OF in cream color is extremely pretty, but
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

Ireland. They all have Il special value
and do not come in the other class.
"Silver is about sixty cents an ounce
and gold comes at about seventy cents
a pennyweight, though. of course, these
prices vary according to the market. Sill
yer for a medium sized buckle would
probably cost in the neighborhood of 81
and an outfit could be purchased for
about SO. Lessons are invariably 81 a
lesson or eight for SIS. l do not teach
myself, as prefer devoting my time to
originating new designs for orders,
though there are plenty who do.
THE outfit would include the various
sorts of files, hammers, saw frames, borax
stone for mixing the silver, drills, solder,
a draw plate to draw down your wire,
gauge to get the proper width of the
metal and bunch of rings to get the size
of the finger of the person for whom the
ring is meant. Yellow ochre for keeping
the solder cool while working is also es-
sential, and a bench, which can be con-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Desk Sets for Country Bedrooms

with Just a little trouble a girl can
VA make a most attractive desk set for
her country bedroom from an old
leather pad, letter case, &c, that are now
faded or worn and no longer fresh enough
for her pretty writing table.
IL takes patience perhaps 10 cover the
old pad and paper case neatly with ere
tonne or perhaps even a pretty crepe
paper, but the result will more than repay
for the trouble. Chintz and cretonne Of
some design that harmonizes well with
the hangings of her room will give more
satisfactory wear thar paper, although it
might be a good plan TO experiment first
with the paper. Cretonne or chintz can
he attached with dextrine, the only kind
Of glue or paste that will not mar the tex
ture, but il the article is to be in use at
the seashore it had best be sewed to-
getber.
With the original pad or letter holder
or whatever articles there may be to
cover right at hand it is not at all
difficult to make covers for them. Fol-
the blotting pad, of course, the corners
are first detached and covered, then when
the back has been covered these corners
are glued on once more. If the old corner
pieces are torn or broken new ones are
easily copied in a piece of cardboard and
then covered with the chintz. If desired
they may then be bound with fancy
braid which tones in with the colors of the
material.
From the calendar TO the pen tray and
the inkstand all the pieces can be recov-
cred in this way, and while at first diff
ficulty may be encountered with the cor
ners, practice will soon make the fingers
the paper holder is to be done the work
viii have become really easy.
Some girls have been so delighted with
the way in which they have transformed
marvelously efficient and by the time
their old leather desk sets into wonder
fully pretty and dainty articles of
cretonne that they have gone so far as
to make cases even for the penholders.
These are made by fashioning a perfectly
fitting case for the handle of the faVorite
penholder and fastening it at the end with
glue, or. if the handle is of cork, with
tiny brass tacks.
All this sort of work becomes delight
fully interesting, and often the girl who
disikes intensely any kind of sewing will
really enjoy this kind of work, which is
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
A Scarf Summer.

VI is going to be a scarf summer, and
| girls who have not a variety of these
fascinating accessories to their toilet
should acquire them as rapidly as pos
sible. A satisfactory feature of them is
that if ones purse is not long enough to
indulge in the costly kind they can be
beautifully made at home in infinite
variety. Any material is suitable, though
for evening wear the smartest thing is
to have the scarf of the same fabric as
the frock. When hat is worn the scarf
may be of any material. but in color it
must precisely match the chapeau. Great
and cleverness can be dis
are either heavily bordered with trim
ming or shot all over with delicate de-
sign. Much broader and longer than
those of last season, these scarfs are inn
mensely becoming to all types of girls.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Attractive Birthday Gifts.

NVF HAT to give the very small EisreN
M or brother when the birthday ami
versary comes round need no longer
be problem for the schoolgirl to worry
about, for any of the mechanical toys of
French or American manufacture are
certain to delight the recipient One of
the most original types of toys is a fully
Jointed girl doll, monkey or dog equipped
with clock mechanism which permits 1t
/ to go through series of gymnastics on
hanging rings.
A novel contortionist, consisting of a
nine inch high jointed doll of tin. is cos
TUNED as a harlequin. The figures inner
mechanism is wound up by giving its
arms several forward revolutions and then
placing it on some fat surface whereon
lit will methodicaly perform a series of
somersaltlts and other contortions.
A mechanical hoop toy in the form Of a
nine and a half inch clown will, when
wound up, revolve upon an irregularly
shaped hoop. A tin and celluloid how
doll, dressed in a knitted Tam O. Shanter.
sash muller, sweater trousers and leg
gings, is seated on a ten inch long white
pine sled whose top surmounts a clock
mechanism which will cause it to glide
along as swiftly as though moving over
ice.
Among several kinds of fascinating
music boxes is one having imbedded in its
top large disk representing figures of
people and animals standing on metallic
base. Beneath the disk is a magnet
which trayerses the under surface so that
when the crank which governs the musi-
cal apparatus is turned, the magnet, pass
ing beneath the miniature figures, at
tracts their metal footpieces and causes
them to skate about the pond
A novel toy bank. five inches high, in
the form of a sphere, consists of two
halves bolted together and footed. 1t is
heavily nickel plated, equipped with a
lock set in a circular door and has coin
slot so protected on the inner side that il
is impossible to extract coins.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

this veil is really exceptionally smart in
every shade, light or dark.
The lace is put on quite fiat, not gath
cred as formerly, and a thin inch width
is perhaps the best Instead of lace a
Hat band of ribbon or bias band of silk
may be employed, and if the chiffon is
of an unusual shade, which cannot be OBJ
tanned in lace ribbon will answer the re-
quirements almost if not quite as we'll
The long, wide motor wells are worn
over the entire face and hat. the ends be-
ing crossed at the back and brought
around to be fastened under the chin,
thus protecting the collar of the gown as
well. Scarcely practicable for touring.
these wells are simply intended for short
country runs. when comparatively large
hat is worn and only linen dust coat
thrown over the delicate lingerie gown.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

MISS HARRIET KEITH FORBES,
who has only recently returned from
an extensive European trip in search
of odd and curious stones for her work
tells of the difficulties in store for the
novice in the jewellers art. but she is
most encouraging over the possibilities of
the craft as an occupation OF business for
girls.
ITO design jewelry," she says, re
quires the same good taste and decorative
sense that go to make up a successful
dressmaker or modiste You must know,
as she does, what is suitable. You must
not put a heavy, elaborate necklace on
a tiny woman or a slender chain and
small pendant on a woman of embon-
point. In other words you must know
what is suitable not only as regards size
but coloring and the kind of stone used.
''The decorative sense of knowing what
is suitable is quite as essential as to know
the constructive process. Women them
selves. l am happy to say, are beginning
to understand they cannot all wear the
suiIS hluu Ol ueChlhCe any more imam
they can all wear the same sort of
clothes. Even the shops realize this and
do not dare to have too many gowns of
one style for their exclusive trade.
'You must also learn that each metal
has its own personality, its own individ-
ualty. Each sings its own song under
the hammer, and you learn to know the
metal, its possibilities and its limitations
by the sound it gives as you work.
Contrary to the general impression, it
is not an expensive or an extravagant
pastime, for now that women have
learned how beautiful are the semi-pre-
cious stones they are used almost ex-
clusively. You can get your stones of
lapidary already cut and polished if you
wish, or do the work yourself. 1t scarcely
pays, though-the extra labor-as you can
get stones very cheap. For example, an
amazonite, which is most beautiful
green stone and suitable for n pendant
would be about $3.50. An abalone
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Colored Hosiery.

7 is not at all smart now to have your
hosiery match your pumps or low
shoes Except for rainy day use black
has quite gone out of fashion, and colors
of every hue are abroad in the land. The
pastel shades are the favorites, and when
worn with black leather, green or wis
taria are most popular, though dull blue
rivals them, particularly for town wear.
With gray suede rose red stockings
form a pretty contrast while quite the
prettiest thing with bronzed kid are the
delicate pastel blues.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

AWE HILE it is scarcely fair to call
Nv the craze for anything so essen
AI TALLY an art as jewelry making
Nv a fad, yet as such it appeals to
New York girls most surpris-
ingiy. Girls who have never
done anything more laborious with their
hands than embroider table centres and
lingerie underwear are now using the
blowpipe and bellows, the hammer and hle
with dexterity and skill, and some of the
jewelry they turn out shows not only
exquisite workmanship but great original
ity of design as well.
In fact, so clever have women experts
become in the handicraft that the situa'
ton gives the dealers some concern. Ihey
find they must look to their laurels, for
originality, which aims to suit the setting
to the stone rather than make the setting
an excuse for an extravagant display Of
jewels, is feature of the new handicraft.
A branch of the work which Is attract
ing special attention just now is the re-
construction of old iewelry into artistic
pendants, brooches, combs and buckles
This has started girls rummaging tor old
heirlooms, and as a result of the ransack-
ing many quaint and curious pieces set
with carbuncles, canoes, carnelians, brill
iants and coral have been brought 10
light and turned over to the girl VINO Is
learning the goldsmith art, to be wrought
into decorative ornaments for personal
wear.
Handsome jewelry is by far the most
popular present for Easter brides this
year. A favorite gift is pair of slip
per buckles, not only for the bride her
self but for her bridesmaids. Always
pretty and effective, when done by hand
they are perfectly stunning. One of these
sets is composed of dull silver set with
Montana sapphires; another copper
pair, is set with topaz to wear with
bronze slippers, and third is in oxidized
silver with white topaz to 60 with
black Empire gown, trousseau robe.
Baby pins, veil pins and rings are
among the popular smaller articles made
by hand. and filets of metal set with
topaz sapphires. turquoise matrix and
the like are liked by those who adopt the
Grecian style of hair dressing. Watch
fobs are a favorite gift for the girls
men friends, and those of copper set with
variscites. a pretty green stone, and
mounted on tan suede of heavy quality
are very smart.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

blister, not unlike mother-of- pearl, of an
inch or more in length and proportion
ately wide. would not be more than 81.
at TURQUOISE matrix can be bought
for almost any price say from fifty
cents upward. One suitable for a
good sized ring would he about $4 A
chrysoprase for ring would not be more
than fifty cents and an opal matrix FROM
81 up. Then there are no end of stones III
this class which are exquisitely beautiful
when daintily set and are not costly. On
the other hand, there are stones which [
picked up in Europe which, though not
in the list of precious stones, could not
be bought for any such sum as that For
example, there is this pin of pink baroque'
pearls from Cairo You will see each pearl
is in the shape of petal and all turn the
same way, forming perfect orchid. Then
there is this lapis that l picked up at
Hadrian villa, in Egypt; this turquoise
from Sicily and these amethysts from
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16

my money Instead of 500 I got SS7
However, that was better than nothing,
though it was not all clear gain. for my
greedy relatives made it clear to me that
[ was expected to return the compliment
in presenting them with modern orna-
ments the moment l became a skilled
worker. This money paid for my lessons,
though, and never regretted the expert
ence, for it familiarized me with the COM
position of metals, their possibilities and
limitations"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-16
Gold and Silver Bracelets

structed for $3.50. is practical. In lieu of
that n table will do.
"If. for example. a girl was about to
start making belt buckle she would get
the gauge and prepare the silver by re-
ducing it to the requisite width. Once
the pattern had been traced on its sur
| face the open portions are cut out with
the saw, which closely resembles a jig
saw. Then comes the real exhibition of
the goldsmith's art for it is in the ham
mering, the filing and the drilling that
ones ability is tested and the amount
of artistic feeling wrought into the metal
that illustrates the workers talent for
the handicraft
&c FITTING stones is the most diff
cult of all, Some have this done
by jewellers, though personally |
think it one of the most interesting steps
how long it takes for an amateur to make
piece of jewelry. l know of one girl
who took a week to make a belt, spending
three lessons and considerable home work
on it. l know another who did the same
in three days. A pendant, l believe.
would take between three and four les
SONS.
"Just now the craze is to have lucky
stones made up into talismans. and
some curious relics are brought to me for
the purpose. Frequently woman wants
to preserve a bit of jewelry as a matter
of sentiment, as did one who brought me
three wedding rings to be wrought into
one that she could keep for memory's
sake Undoubtedly a jeweller would
have melted them all up together, for
they were all of different carats, but by
using three different kinds of solder
combined them without fusing them.
finished the ring with a big oval seal, and
it was stunning.
at is fashion, too, to have belt buckles
made out of watch cases. 1 have made
many of them that way, and belt buckles
from old picture frames, not to mention