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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

" L this season of constant week end
~ visits and unexpected pleasure trips
taken on the spur of the moment a
girl should have her little fitted trav-
cling bag always packed and ready for
an hours start. There is nothing which
so simplities short visits quickly planned
and carried out as a fitted hand bag, small,
| light and of convenient shape to carry
about easily. The square bags opening
fiat back at the top are most generally
popular, but the old narrow bags are once
more to be seen among the cases of glazed
leather with smart brass or nickel trim
mings.
Fittings of gold or silver are, of course
extremely nice to possess, but the girl
who cannot attain to such luxury as this
Will lind many advantages in the bag
fitted out with brush, comb, bottles, &C.,
of wood, celluloid and metal instead of
the more costly articles. To commence,
both silver and gold are necessarily heav-
Ter than the celluloid and are moreover
somewhat of a care in travelling, where
rs, save for what of value may be placed
in the little bag, there is no need for
worry about the plain ebony brush and
glass bottles.
The number and size Of the fittings nat
urally depend upon the shape and kind of
bag, but the average bag of this descrip-
tion contains only brush and comb, mir
ror, case with button hook and file and
from two to four TASKS for soap, tooth
powder, cold cream, &c. In the larger
bags only is there to be found a mani
cure set or a sufficient number of bottles
for all the various kinds of powder and
lcreams that the average girl considers a
necessary part of her toilet. AS soon as
the bag becomes at all large it is at once
Iinconveniently heavy, and it is far the
best plan to buy one that is really small
centre space
Most attractive for travelling is a new
manicure set complete as regards sand
paper, file, powder and paste for polish
ing, a small case for cream to soften the
nails and one or two orange wood sticks,
and all contained within an excellent
chamois nail polisher. The handle of the
polisher is of wood or celluloid of ordi-
nary kind, save that it can be opened and
in the hollow space within are all the re-
quirements of manicure set sufficient to
last week at least
By writing to the manufacturers sam
lple bottles of all kinds of powder, cologne
and cakes of soap can be obtained at
small cost (paid in postage stamps), and
in this way there can always be taken
along a sufficient quantity of the favorite
toilet water, powder or soap to last over
a short visit. Often one is quite incon-
venienced by being forced to do without
some such trihing luxury owing to the
awkward size and shape of the bottle or
case in which the article is ordinarily con-
tanned
For the smaller fitted hand bags even
the tooth and nail brushes are frequently
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
New Handkerchiefs.

THE idea of having two handker-
chiefs to precisely match each shirt
waist is rapidly gaining vogue
among college girls. For morning use
solely many of the new handkerchiefs,
of white lawn crossed with colored hair
lines, have white embroidery bordered
edgings. Other colored novelties are of
delicately corded linen with solid color
hemstitched edge of pastel, green, gray,
blue or rose.
Among the linen handkerchiefs lately
brought over from Paris are many show
ing figure embroideries of elephants,
chickens, eagles, storks, crows, owls,
ogs and cats in combination with good
sized initial letter. They are in both
white and colors, but the odd designs
lose much of their character when de-
yeloped of all white.
Some of the color bordered handker-
chiefs show attractive letterings in color
somewhat similar to an illuminated sig
net. In these there is a use of varie-
gated tints, including IA predominating
tone in harmony with the colored border
An attractive type of shirt waist hand
kerchief, printed and hemstitched, has a
cluster of leaves design embroidered in
each corner. Another has naturally col
ored violets embroidered within two
scalloped lines of a matching tint, and a
third shows border Of lilies of the valley
embroidered on pale green bordering
white centre.
The latest finishing for girls party
handkerchief is the Brussels net frill. 1t
fine linen square, the hem of which is
first turned back to form pointed out
line Similarly made handkerchefs are
bordered with genuine Valenciennes,
Brussels and rose point or duchesse lace.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

NI0W that the season for being out
N of doors is at hand one may we'll
give a little thought to ones al
fresco manners. for without the valuable
curb of restraint the tendency is to be-
come rather hoydenish. Madame Grundy
permits far more freedom to-day than
she did in the girlhood of our mothers,
but having granted so much license she
does not allow infringement, and frowns
most disapprovingly on those who over
step the bounds of what she DEGREES as
good form to-day.
1t is natural that girls should be more
or less with young men out of doors, par
ticularly in the country at the week end,
with very jolly times as the result; but
while indulgng in all sorts of attractive
sports do not allow yourself to become
sport"
a sport is distressingly vulgar per-
son, whether young or old. She talks
atrocious slang in a loud, strident voice,
smokes cigarettes, drinks cocktails and
otherwise emulates the ways of men,
laboring under the delusion that she is
making herself attractive, whereas no
one admires her, not ever her male COM
panions with whom she does these things
either surreptitiOusly or openly.
Nice girls do not indulge in the ciga-
rette habit nor do they allow young men
to coax them into trying Just one" 1t is
not only bad form from the point of man
ners for girls to smoke, but detrimental
to their health and disastrous to their
teeth, the nicotine turning the enamel a
horrid yellow.
1t is quite proper for girls to allow
young men to smoke when they are with
them out of doors, but not in all circum-
stances, and if the men are thoughtless
or Indifferent about it the girls should
exact from them the conduct which eti-
quette prescribes. A girl should never
permit young man to smoke when he is
driving with her, nor when he is walking
in town or in a country village But on
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Fitted Bags for Week End Visits.

smaller, or at any rate shorter, than the
ordinary and have generally to be cut
down in order to fit into the flask pro-
yided for them. 1t is, therefore, far the
most sensible plan TO keep all these
things always in the bag in the cases iu
which they belong. so that there will not
be the necessity of having constantly to
go to the trouble of procuring new articles
which are not so easily found as those
things which are of regulation stock kind.
Instead of buying bag already fur
nished bag of convenient size may be
procured and this fitted with straps of
the right size to fit ones own toilet silver.
This is really an excellent plan. For
visits one can thus have the silver, tor
toiseshell or ivory toilet articles as the
case may be, to which she is accustomed,
while for travelling brushes, combs,
TASKS, &c, of plain wood and cellulod
can always be found to fit in the straps
made for the most costly silver pieces.
In travelling abroad a fitted bag, just
large enough to hold besides night dress,
Ineglige, pair of slippers and an extra
bodice and collar, will be found indis-
lpensable. 1t is astonishing how many
things even the smallest bag will hold
Iand the square with the fittings held on
the fiat top will contain even more than
those of oblong shape.
In purchasing a bag a canvas cover
should be bought at the same time, for
while a good leather will wear for years,
scratches and rain spots are inevitable,
and it is a pity for this smart little bag
to be at once defaced.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Some Aids in ARRANGING FLOWERS.

L is an excellent plan to have for
every large bowl and jardiniere a
papier mache vase which, fitting inside
the wider bowl, is not visible and besides
holds the flowers stifiiy and we'll. These
vases are delightfully."- light, even when
filled with water, and are especially good
when it is desired to arrange long
stemmed flowers or branches of shrubs.
Freqently, too, in many country houses
one sees these papier mache vases used
in place of the more costly and more
perishable glass and valuable china
vases. Painted a dark green or brown,
whichever harmonizes best with the col
oring of the room, they are far from
ugly-preferable, in fact, to any badly
shaped or inharmoniously toned vase.
To simplify the arranging Of the flow
ers after they are brought into the house
there are to be had most serviceable sets
of pail and water pitcher in attractive
coloring, both of the light, easily portable
papier mache. The flowers may be
placed in the pail of water until con-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

venient time to sort and arrange them in
their separate vases, and the pitcher
should be filed by the maid or man SER
want and placed beside the pail Of flow-
ers. 1t will then be an easy task to sepa-
rate the varied assortment as picked and
sent in by the gardener, and by clipping
the ends directly into the pail consider
able work will be saved in cleaning up
afterward. When the vases to be used
have been decided upon they can be filed
with ease from the pitcher, which has
been placed close at hand.
A fiat wicker basket standing on
tripod some three feet from the ground
will also be found convenience in ar
ranging flowers that have been brought
in fresh from the garden. Instead of
having to clear off large table for the
purpose, which often causes no little un-
tidiness in a room, all stray leaves,
stems, &C., will be left In the basket,
which is so light that it can be easily
taken from the room to be cleared off
and made ready for the next day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Tools for Amateur Gardeners.

or flower bed plenty of water to drink.
There is also a novel kind of watering pot
with an exceptionally long nozzle which
can make its way through the thickest
cluster of leaves and water thoroughly the
roots of the plant otherwise completely
sheltered.
But there is small pleasure in garden
ing if one is not properly dressed for the
task, if the sun is burning countless
freckles, if the soil is playing havoc with
being soiled and ruined forever by the
clay. As a guard against Old Sol a
girl should wear either a pretty sun
bonnet or else the widest brimmed sailor
hat to be found. The latter is perhaps
best, as it will act somewhat as a sun
shade and protect the neck as well as the
head, besides being exceedingly becoming,
trimmed only with a soft chiffon or with
scarf or large bowknOt of ribbon. To
protect the hands rubber gloves may be
worn or else large canvas gloves, which
with wide sleeves attached, protect the
gown as well as the hands from soil. For
wedding and planting a wide linen apron
should be worn, and this should have sew
eral pockets to hold the different smaller
tools when not in use. With such an
apron one can kneel on the earth in ease
and comfort. With the heavy washable
gloves of coarse crash or linen, with
sleeves attached of plain brown Holland,
protecting at once hands and dainty waist,
and with immense shade hat with pretty
Hopping brim no girl need hesitate to ven
ture forth each day for a happy hour of
work in her garden.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

buttons belt or any little thing needed
in dressing.
The small piece of linen must first be
bound with tape and sewed on the
larger pocket strip, so that it will come
on the outside of one pocket. Then the
upper edge of the pockets must also be
bound with tape Next this piece must
be basted on the apron, the lower edges
coming exactly together The lower edge
of the apron measures eighteen inches
and the pocket strip twenty-one inches;
these three extra inches are taken up
by making pleat ON each side of the
pocket for the brush; the others do not
need extra thickness. When these are
basted together the apron is bound all
around with tape, except across the top,
and the pocket strip is stitched to the
apron in three places, forming the four
pockets. That for the brush should be
four inches wide, that for the hand glass
six and half inches. for the comb two
and half inches, and the last pocket
four and half inches. The top of the
apron must be turned over in a hem a
little over an inch wide, and through
this hem is run a ribbon to tie the apron
around the waist.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

VERY girl should have gar
den. She can we'll consider her
summer wasted if she has not
herself planted some tiny seeds
early in the summer which
throughout the long idle vacation
months she can watch over, care for and
eventually see spring up into some gor-
geous flower or luscious vegetable. Car
dening is indeed great fun, and nov adays
there are so many fascinating ;mple-
ments to work with and so many labor
saving devices have been invented that
there is little if any fatigue left FOR the
amateur.
But girl gardener should have her
tools to work with-for to the amateur
proper tools are great economiaers OF
fatigue and time combined.
The outfit of the average girl gardener
is therefore necessarily large, but eacn
tool and cleverly thought contriyance for
comfort helps in the enjoyment of the
work, and for girl the tools should nat
urally be lighter and daintier than are
the ordinary tools of the husky peid gar
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well, weeds uprooted every bit as suc-
cessfully, flowers watered quite as thor
oughly with small tools easy to work
with as with the heavy, ungalnly trowel,
rake and watering pot of the hired man.
For planting seeds and bulbs attractive
little sets are to be had consisting of
trowel, hoe, rake and spade, all Light and
easy to work with. For weedng long
forklike rakes are now to be had which
will save the back wonderfully. For
pruning there is a knife that is really
ladylike in weight and appearance, and
will do its work just as we'll as a heavier,
more dangerous looking implement.
The normal, sensible girl with a garden
on her country place will always pick
the flowers herself and will see to it, too
that the house is always a vertable bower
during the summer months But even
picking flowers may become somewhat of
a task without the correct implements to
work with. First she should have one of
the wicker baskets which while light and
as easy as possible to carry over the arm,
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be driven into the ground and hold the
basket erect beside each bush or shrub
Into this the flowers are dropped as they
are picked, and the annoyance of constant
STOPPING and fatigue is thus eliminated
There should be a pair of flower scissors
also for this work, these holding the stem
of the flower firmly after it has been cut
from its branch. There is new kind of
flower scissor which is even better for
holding the flower than that first invented
Delightful gardening baskets are now to
be had which, while sufficiently light to be
carried on the arm, are completely fitted
out in separate partitions with trowel,
scissors cord, hammer and nails for fasten-
ing vines and climbing flowers.
Small fertilizers, easy to manipulate. are
now also to be had for the girl gardener
and also tiny sprinklers which. attached to
the hose, will give a small patch of grass
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

ENAMEL and gilt picture frames are
once more in vogue, and at the sea-
- shore, where dampness plays havoc
with all brocade and chintz frames that
are put together in part with paste or
glue, these painted frames are altogether
best. All kinds of fancy gilt and wooden
picture frames are easily renovated at
small cost, while for a room of delicate
shade. as pale pink, blue, yellow or gray,
it is a good plan to buy number OF PLAIN
wooden picture frames and enamel them
ones self all in the one color. In white
room white frames, bordered perhaps
with a narrow line of gold. will be found
to be extremely pretty.
1t is a mistake to take handsome silver
picture frames to the seashore, where the
dampness renders it well-nigh impossible
to keep them bright, and in country
house. which is planned on a more or less
simple scale. the less costly though almost
as effective frames will be the more in
keeping
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

= RNDER the best possible eondl-
tions one is generally mnch
cramped for space to keep ones
belongings in travelling on an
ocean steamship, and anything
that will help to relieve the congestion Is a
great boon to the traveller.
The oftener one crosses the more one
learns of how to condense things ana
adapt them to the space and condltlons
of stateroom. But even the novice
making a first voyage can so arrange
thinos as TO make great difference Ill
her own comfort and that OF her Ieho"
traveller. And some of the most deslr-
able of conyeniences may be unknown
TO the most experienced of travellers
There are many things that any clever
girl can make herself which she will hnd
an immense comfort in crossing the
ocean. Or. if she wants TO make them
for a friend, she will earn large amount
of gratitude when the friend has us
covered the difference they have made IN
the wear and tear on her nerves and
temper during the voyage.
Among the most useful of these con-
veniences are a dressing apron, group
of wall pockets for toilet articles,
holder for the little things that may be
needed at a moments notice, which
fastens to the inside of the cover of
trunk; folding pincushion and deck
pillow with pocket for book.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

The folding pincushion is made of a
piece of broad ribbon about half yard
long. AT one end four inches of this is
turned over and sewed to the under piece,
the space between them stuffed with wool
wadding and the edges sewed together,
forming fiat pincushion The rest of
the ribbon has eiderdown flannel cat
stitched to the wrong side and the other
end is hemmed on to the flannel. In the
middle of the back is sewed a yard of
narrow ribbon to tie it when rolled up,
ard along one side three little metal rings
by which it can be hung up when in use.
r OR the deck pillow one can buy or
make hair pillow eighteen inches
square This must be covered with
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

colored linen, and on one side is sewed a
fat pocket large enough to hold maga-
zine, with a small pocket on each side.
In these little pockets can be carried a
bottle of smelling salts or cologne or
! flask AT the top is a loop by which to
carry the pillow. For this loop cut a
strip of linen eighteen inches long and
six wide, hem each edge of it and tu;n it
over in the middle. Holding the edges
together, measure off three inches at
each end on the hemmed side, and from
/ this point cut diagonally to the other
side, making point at the fold. These
diagonal edges must be sewed into the
upper seam of the pillow cover, and then
when the pillow is hung on the arm the
linen band will spread out, making the
pillow hang down evenly so that fhc
book and salts bottle will not slide cut.
This little pillow will be found great
comfort in steamer chair, as it can be
fitted in any angle of the back or shaul.
Iders.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
The Three Wise Monkeys.
= ROM Japan come groups of three
small, elderly monkeys who mutely

ROM Japan come groups of three
small, elderly monkeys who mutely
teach valuable lesson to Occi-
dentals. The serious looking, kimono
garbed animals are seated in row and
joined together by means of their inter
locking elbows and knees. Say No Evil'
clasps his hands firmly over his lips, See
No Evil" conceals his eyes with his fingers
and 'Hear No Evil keeps his palms over
his ears
''The Three Wise Monkeys" developed
in exquisitely carved ivory, in mother-of-
pearl, in painted china, plaster or teak. in
lacquer, silver, bronze or jade are used as
paper weights or desk ornaments. Thev
also decorate porcelain, cake plates and
vases and occasionally are seen on the
inner side Of china teaeup.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

each side of one stamp book pretty piece
of wall paper that tones in with the color
decoration of her room, and by buying
her stamps thereafter separately and
placing them in this little book.
The covers of the books, which can now
be purchased containing room for from
twelve to fifty stamps, are also sufficiently
firm to make foundation for little slip
cover Of silk or chintz, and these, Of
course, can be readily removed and
washed. Besides being attractive for her
own desk, these covered stamp books
make excellent articles for summer fairs
and will be found useful as well for prizes
at the informal card and game parties
which girl gives so often during the
summer time
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

EUCHRE is a game which seems to
be coming into favor again, and for
six or seven persons there is no other
card game so good.
Euchre should, of course, be played with
the regular markers designed especially
for this game-blue, red and white count
ers, with larger ones to designate the
partners, which are each time selected
by the player making the highest bid
Since, therefore, euchre is once more
popular, every girl should keep apart one
euchre pack of cards and a complete set
of counters. For these counters nothing
is so attractive as ribbon bags -one large
one holding all counters to commence
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Restoring Rejected Manuscripts

N GIRL who is bent on literary fame
a and who has achieved no small sue
cess for a beginner has hit on an in
genious way of restoring to their original
the rejected manuscripts which
come back to her somewhat crumpled
from editorial handling. Instead of feel
ing they must be typewriter all over
again, which is no small expense, she
separates the sheets and carefully irons
them one by one with a hot fiatiron. This
makes them beautifully fresh, and off
goes the story again to a new editor who
from the manuscripts condition will
never suspect it has been read and re-
jected by a predecessor. 1t is well
established fact that persistence in send
ing manuscripts on from one editor to
another is half the battle in placing them,
for editorial tastes and needs differ. and
though nine editors may reject story
the tenth may be delighted to get it.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

THE dressing apron is made of a
heavy linen in any desired color, the
most useful being the ordinary brown
linen, though of course that is not quite
as dainty and pretty as the more deli
cate colors. Cut a piece of the linen
eighteen inches by sixteen and half,
for the apron itself, and a piece twenty
one inches by six for the pockets, and
a little piece three by three and a half
inches for the outside pocket for hair
pins. The large pockets are for the
hair brush, comb, hand glass and an
extra pocket for side combs or anything
else used in arranging the hair. This
pocket can also be used for pins, collar
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

THE wall pockets are made either of
linen, like the apron. or of Powered
cretonne, and each pocket and the back
are bound with tape. The back is piece
thirty inches long and twenty inches wide
Across the bottom runs a strip ten inches
deep, which forms two pockets, one seven
inches wide for slippers and the other for
the nightdress. Near the top is pocket
for a manicure set, which measures eigh-
teen inches across and three inches deep.
Between these, in the middle, is a pocket
for the tooth brush, seven inches long and
two wide On one side of this there is
pocket for the sponge and one for cold
cream (which is sure 10 be needed on
steamer if one is much on deck), and each
of these, as we'll as the pocket for slippers,
should have a pleat of one and half inches
on each side to make room for the thick
ness of the articles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

a country tramp away from the conven-
tional highways it is permissible, though
it is far more complimentary to the girl
when he does not smoke, for it indicates
that her society is so agreeable that he
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

1 warm weather, especially at the sea-
Shore it is impossible to keep postage
stamps save between sheets of oiled
paper. The economical girl will, however,
grudge losing a whole stamp on each of
the % cent books she may purchase, be-
sides being annoyed by the fact that the
stamp book is itself such an ugly orna-
ment on her desk. Both objections can
be done away with by simply pasting on