The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-04
WOMEN'S COLUMN.

Apropos of telephone etiquette, not
everyone realizes that ii is not exactly
polite for the person called To the tele-
phone, to end the conversation, If Il
friend calls you You must remain until
she says goodbye. IT is not proper for
you to say it any more than YOU would
if she were making Il call in your house.
Some people never seem to know how
to break off II telephone conversation,
and they are just the same people who
never seem to know how to go. even
after they get started from II room. But.
being wcll-mannercd, you would never
think of pushing them out. and neither
can you push them off the telephone,
which is precisely what you would do
if You said goodbye first. When you
call them up that is another matter. The
tables are turned, the initiative lies with
YOU. and you end the conversation rs It
plcaScS you
Try adding chopped figs to a nut and
apple salad The flavor is Immensely
improved. Not much of the fig is used
Just enough 10 give a suspicion of spicy
sweetness.
The girl who wears bar pins, belt
buckles. sleeve links, and watch chain
Of different colored stones is not dress
ing correctly. She should 20 without jew
clry rather than mix if. Plain gold at
every place is better than n diamond
here. Il pearl there. n piece of jade in an
other place, and coral somewhere else.
If she uses bar pins 10 fastcu the edges
of her collar they should he alike. To
have one in Colorcd stones at the bot
tom and one Of silver ut the top is too
often seen and is always wrong. She
should use the same care about the
combs in her hair. 1t is not correct to
/ l.,r1 iIHigt GI u1iX n mr.
iewclcd comb in with plain ones.
New York society people are interest
od i'm the oriental dancing of Lady Con
stance Mackenzie Richardson. Her first
appearance was nj the musicale given
10y Mrs. William *. Vanderbilt, Jr. She
made quite Il sensation there, rs she is
giving the dances with bare feet. 1t
has been rumorcd that she had intend
ed eventually to 20 on the stage, but
she has said that she will dance only in
aid Of n boys model school which The
is founding in Scotland She appeared
in a semi public entertainment Monday
evening, to which society Hooked.
4 great many buttons are still being
used and the promoters of such inter
cstS seems confident that the style is 10
continue into the approaching months.
for larger assortment of buttons than
| ever is coming in one of the most al
tractivc lines Of buttons is the one IN
which Irish crochet motifs and ball,
play the principal part. Many of such
buttons are handmade, and, considering
This fact. they are surprisingly low in
urico Among these SNOWY, ready-madc
buttons are tiny ones of excellent quail
ity and big ones with loose leaf-like ef
frcts. There are also many curious
ghapcs i'm braided aud knottcd cotton
Int
used for decorating coats and the sides
If skirt panels
The modern theory of child training
is to shift the responsibility of wrong
doing to chiIds own shoulders. It
is early taught to weigh right and wrong
ana count the cost. Mothers who are
in despair over the behavior of their
children should try making them free
agents SHOW them plainly how uupupu.
lar they are making themselves by their
hOrrid behavior. Appeal 10 til" reason.
Teach them to form their own decisions
and abide by the results. y child 50
trained usually acquires srlf-control
when other children are having parental
control punished into them.
Buds and flowers that are 10 be- worn
in the COr~age belt or hair should have
the stems waNed to keep them from
willing.
Ribbon is always moro used on sum
mcr than on winter hats, and there is
every prospect that the huge bows which
last season often formed the only trim
ming for an ordinary bat viii again be
popular For making these bows, ma
tcrialS 10y the yard are preferable To
ribbons, rs they make more graceful
loops. \ thin. light make of supple tat
] t,,t-t .-ttI 10
terial for simple hats, Will" more elnb-
crate ones have bows of lace or tulle,
hordrrcd with satin or soft pompadour
silks ana gauzrs. The material is cut
on the cross in bands measuring from
= to 10 inches in width, aud is burdcred
with Il double fold, in which milIincrs
| wire j. inserted. often this border is
Of u different color even Of different MAJ
tcrial.
\ few drops of oil of peppermint.
aniec or caSsla, or amy essential oil will
keep books free from mould.
The parents who do the most grooming
| about small pitchers are the ones who
! take least pains rs to what they say
! aud do in the presence of children. Most
| people do not credit youngsters with the
intelligence of the pet dog or cat We
announce with pride of the latter, "IIe
! KNOWS every luthE YOU say, nut Will
calmly talk scandal or discuss the Smnll
child to his face with the consoling be
| lief that he doesn't understand.
| Scallopcd oysters are much better if
! cooked in individual dishes rather than
! in pudding dish. Though somewhat
| troublesome to prepare they are best of
all scalopcd in their own shells "A half
dozen being served on each plate.
/
Wanles are much lighter is made with
! sour cream ana the batter kept rather
! thin 70 eat with them, try chicken
| gravy or cinnamon and sugar mixed. or
! humps of maple sugar melted down and
served hot
A strong solution of potash will re-
move paint from window glass.
The best way to set the dye of black
Isle thread hose is TO put couple of
good pinchcs Of common salt in the
washing water.
4 wedding ring rs a chaperone for
unmarried women travelling alone. is one
of the latest ideas IL come out of the
east \ clerk in a New York jewelry
store describes it this way:
II used TO be surprised when woman