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Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
Box for Nose Powder.

Tx- MOTHER attractive addition to the
IA toilet shelf is tiny brocade covered
'box for nose powder. 1t is lamenta-
Bile state of affairs, but III frosty eli
mate a touch of powder on the end OF the
nose is a necessity for almost every one,
Young or old, unless, of course, 1t Is pos
sible to rise sufficiently above, personal
appearance to be oblivious, or at any rate
regardless. of whether the cheeks and the
nose shall be rose colored. There may be
some such rare beings, of course, but the
average feminine soul realizes keenly
how sadly unbecoming is a scarlet nasal
appendage, and is willing to do all i'll her
mower to obviate such catastrophe.
Small boxes of nose powder and tiny
Duff are now quite generally carried
about and are always to be seen
on every toilet shelf. All articles on
this shelf must be made to look as at
tractive as possible, and the array OF soap
boxes. cold cream jars, tooth powder and
face powder boxes in their silk or SILVER
cases is most effective. The little boS
of nose powder on this shelf is covered
first with a pretty bit Of silk or brocade
of a shade to harmonize with the color
scheme of the room, is then bound in dull
gold braid or gold lace, while in the centre
of +be cover of the box is placed pretty
colored French print in frame OF the
same gold lace or ribbon. Such tiny
box is more difficult to cover than the
larger cases. but it is charmingly dainty
little thing when done.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

pair of portieres If she has sufficient pa
tience a pair of silken portieres is well
worth waiting for but even a small couch
cover, made every bit of it from odd
lengths of silk and ribbon each bit of
which has Il story Of its own, is a choice
possession.
To prepare the ribbon for the weaver
is very simple, and in practically every
town in the union there can be found a
carpetmaker who will weave the strips
of ribbon into a portiere or rug of what
ever length and width desired and woven
with n warp of red, green, pink, blue OF
yellow, whichever it is thought will har-
monize best with the varied tones of the
ribbons or which will help to bring the
ribbons into harmony with the color
scheme Of the room in which the portiere
lis TO hang.
The carpetmaker will designate just
how many pounds or yards in all of silk
are needed to make up what is wanted.
for all he is given are the great balls of
silk. These balls are formed by joining
together piece after piece of ribbon, each
strip an inch in width, the ends dovetailed
together Each piece of ribbon is cut
into two-inch strips, the rough edges
being turned in and sewed so there shall
be no fraying. This can be done by ma
chine, but if each ribbon is added when
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acquired it will be but the work Of IA
moment to run seam down the centre
of each piece and doyetail the end to-
gether and to the last piece.
As the ribbons which are used to tie up
bouquets are almost invariably of soft
pretty coloring, with an occasional dull
green or vivid red, for American Beauty
roses, the blending of the different pieces
is sure to be attractive. Often, too,
strips of a favorite gown which has seen
many especially jolly times can be woven
in among the ribbons. The silk of the
dress may have become too shabby for
further wear but still be quite strong in
parts Some girls have embroidered the
date of the day and year on each ribbon
when it was added to the ball, so that
when the time has finally come for it to
be made up there will be no danger of
forgetting of just what bit of fun each
special piece of ribbon is n souvenir
4 younger sister who wants to be espe-
cially loved by the d6butante in family
will guard for her carefully each ribbon
from each bouquet sent her at her debut
and from every lovely bunch of flowers
sent her through her first winter, and at
the end of the time have all made INTO a
table cover. a bed spread or curtain,
according to how many yards of silk have
been collected
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
ECN RETTY eyebrows are a gift
which Mother Nature is chary of

% Rhls REITX Xo"r GyS0SGTs %otr. are Re eba1 gift df
bestowing," remarked the April
as she watched a group OF
girls selecting hats at fashionable mil
beauty points of more Importance, for the
growth of hair above the eyes not only
greatly protects those organs, but it
lends expression to the entire face. A
set of features may be ever so regular
and complexion huwless, but if the
nance will look as characterless as does
an unDanted house.
Thin brows are due to various
causes" explained the April Grand
mother, but most frequently to a dry
state of the cuticle directly beneath the
hirsute arches-a condition which usual
ly is betrayed by an accumulation of tiny
white scales resembling dandruff. The
best way to get rid of these scales is TO
gently massage the brows with sweet or
olive oil, allowing the lotion to remain
on for several hours, so that by sinking
into the roots of the hairs it may lubricate
and nourish them.
Where no indication of dandruff exists
A scanty growth of hair above the eyes
may be due to lack of blood circulation
at that point. To correct this conditions
briskly brush the brows daily with a
clean, rather stiff little brush kept solely
for that purpose. The same treatment
is excellent for healthy browS which
naturally are thin. The regular brushing
will accelerate the action of the roots, and
if followed by an application OF cocoa
butter or lanolin the original growth will
gradually thicken into distinctly marked
brows.
The trouble with many pairs of eye
brows is that they are thin in spots, as
though Mother Nature had been expert
menting as an impressionist artist. One
of the best means of repairing such de-
fects is to paint over the bald places with
A fine camels hair brush soaked with
sweet oil or lanolin. being careful not to
Iet the mixture run down into the eyes. If
the cuticle beneath the eyebrows is in IL
healthy condition the hairs will ultimately
attain uniform thickness, although while
cultiyating this particular beauty point it
may prove consoling to reflect that Rome
was not built in day On the other
hand. the beauty of face is sometimes
spoiled by heavy brows, whose inner
points, almost meeting across the top of
the nose. form a perpetual scowl. AS no
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
The Dramatic Scrapbook New Hobby for Girls

II AVE you collection of old play
bills? Almost every girl keeps
them, I believe, either as a kind of
dramatic trophy or as n record of the
plays she has seen. Some even keep a
written list of plays, with slight COM
ments ON them, but none of these little
theatrical hobbies has the real value or
the absorbing interest of the dramatic
scrapbook.
The best kind of a book to buy for this
purpose is a large sized brown paper
leaved scrapbook with heavy covers. Its
pages should not be gummed, as that will
leave you no choice in placing in it such
things as you wish to keep. The pages
should be of good, stout paper, and in
paste for glueing there is nothing quite
like a bit of gum arabic TO fix things
firmly and keep them free from discolor-
ing marks.
Paste each play bill into the book on
the left hand page and use the page op-
posite TO this for illustrations of the play.
You will be sure to come upon magazine
notices of any play that is worth chrOn-
icling-and these are always well supplied
with pictures of the scenes of various
plays as well as individual actors in the
casts. Your play bill illustrated in this
way will be a permanent record Of the
representation and it will recall the scenes
and setting of the play, the costumes and
the characters, and bring back wildly
to mind the actors and the drama.
But this is not all. There should be
some good criticism of each play recorded.
You can find these in the newspapers or
magazines, and they are a valuable add
tion to the illustrated pages.
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may be either of deep yellow or gray silk
to tone exactly with the bag itself, or it
may be of a colored satin which will har-
monize with the opera coat or evening
gown with which the bag is carried.
When the drawing strings have been in
serted a wide ruche of gold or silver metal
lace softened by an inner ruching of some
fairly good thread lace finishes the top
of the bag. a dull gold braid or metal
lace is next put ON, bordering the bag all
around and hiding the Jennings, and at
the end is sewed two or three inch gold
fringe. One large gold rose, or silver, as
the case may be, placed ON one side will
give a still more finished and more pro-
fessional look to this bag.
There is no limit to the possibilities for
elaboration on an opera bag. A dainty
French print in little frame of small
pearl beads will show up attractiyely on
one side against the gold background. Or
instead of the print a mirror is both use
full and ornamental. Somewhere on or in
an opera bag there must be bit of look
ing glass. If not on one side, then on the
bottom of the bag. But il 1t is found dlt-
ficult to attach mirror to the bag itself,
then a tiny leather or paper bound mirror
must be bought and covered with brocade
or gold cloth or gilded before slipping into
the bag
For brocade bag silk braid and fringe
may be used instead of gold or SILVER Tor
tassels Cord and fringe can now be
procured in every shade desired and IN
the best quality of texture. Ribbon work
embroidery is once more greatly i'll vogue.
but not every girl is capable of this ex-
ouiste work Instead of this embroidery
worked directly upon the material as,
tonishingIy good effect can be obtained
with wreaths and festoons formed OF uny
ribbons and silk flowers that can be
bought by the yard and appliqued on N
any design desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

NNTHAT girl could bear to give or throw
M away the ribbons which tie up the
bouquets sent to her on such great
occasions as a football game, col
lege dance or her own school commence
ments? Yet it must be acknowledged
that these ribbons, accumulating so rapid
ly year by year, do become somewhat OF
problem when after her debut closet
shelves are half given over TO boxes of
nothing more useful than odd lengths
never worn, never to be used, but kept
through all time just for sentiments sake.
But, indeed, they should be treasured,
every one of these ribbons, which has
each its own little story OF some happy
event. They should not, however be
slowed away out of sight never TO see the
light Of day. and the boxes opened only
when a new piece is added. Quite Won
derful things can be made from stray
scraps of ribbon and silk, and from the
very first ribbon which she receives Il girl
should start in to collect with the inten-
tion of some day being able to make either
Il sofa cushion, couch cover, rug OF
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

ing of the steel blades, whether they glide
to the strains of a band or keep time TO
the skaters mental melody.
In New York city girls have the privi-
lege of the ST., Nicholas rink, which is a
popular gathering place for fashionable
persons of all ages, but particularly fasc-
Mating to the school girl. One day in the
week is set aside for club members and
they enjoy the three sessions, which have
developed into quite a social affair. So
much has already been said about the
various features of this club meeting that
there is little left that is new. Each sea-
son new figures are taught and certain
ones become the fad. Just now it is con-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
Combination Clothes Brush.

7V n ingenious device for the traveller
IA is a clothes brush, with coat hanger
attached. To keep jacket or cloak
free from wrinkles it must of necessity
be kept upon u coat hanger when not
actually worn, and to keep it looking
smart it must of necessity be regularly
and thoroughly brushed. Even the most
cleverly fashioned folding and so called
travelling coat hangers, however, take
nm n most inconvenient amount of space
in trunk or valise, and clothes brush
attached at the centre will make little If
II If The hanger is of wood the brush can
he nailed to it, but if Of metal then the
brush must be tied hrmly m the centre;
tbe handle of the brush covered in the
same way this combination clothes brush
and hanger will serve the double purpose
of being both useful and ornament1i
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
Opera Bags of Gold Cloth.

" TOGETHER the most attractive
~ of the opera bags of this winter are
those fashioned from cloth of gold
and cloth of silver. Lined with IA gold
colOred satin or silk and trimmed with
gold lace, gold fringe and gold cord and
perhaps further adorned with large gold
rose or floral wreath, a bag of this ma
terial is wonderfully effective.
Opera bags nowadays are made in all
conceivable sizes and shapes, some being
large enough to hold purse, gloves, hand
kerchief, vanity box and several other
such necessities of life, besides the
glasses, while others again are much
smaller affairs, in which the glasses and
perhaps powder box will just fit. Some
are square, some are oblong, some are
round in shape-the maker is left free to
carry out her fancy-and in nine cases out
of ten the size and shape of the bag are
dependent wholly upon the size and shape
lof bit of material brought to light in
the scrap box or discovered on a bargain
counter.
The clever sewer seldom has to buy all
new materials for any piece of work she
undertakes, and in the art of sewing the
faculty of utilizing only what is directly
at hand is by no means minor part
1t is easier, for example, to make a bag
from straight piece Of ribbon or silk,
but it is quite possible to obtain as good
an effect by joining on three sides two
twin pieces, the bottom seams being dis
guised by gold or silken cord or a ruch-
ing of gold or thread lace.
The gold bags can be formed of gold
tissue ribbons just as well as from cloth
of gold by the yard. A piece of the rib
bon is first lined with silk, satin or ribbon
of equal width and length. This lining
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

duced in any other sport Skating itself
is graceful. Every movement is pictur-
esque and full of life and action, and
girl can hardly learn to skate well without
acquiring an effective and attractive move
ment of the body.
Dancing accomplishes the same thing in
its way, and yet skating has practically
all the motions used in the fashionable
ballroom steps, with a rapidity which
makes for assurance and poise. Dancing
is a quieter sort of grace than skating.
This does not mean that the ice exercise
must be taken at a breakneck speed, but
it teaches the mind to act quicker than
dancing does. 1t has to look far ahead
and TO make quick decisions, which s
unnecessary in the more formal kind Of
pleasure.
This gives the eye an excellent training.
Any girl who has become fairly expert on
skates will tell you so if she attempts any
other sport. such as driving an automo-
bile, tobogganing, skiing or something
else requiring a certain amount of
strength and visual accuracy. 1t is twice
as easy to learn to handle motor car
when one has mastered the art of skating
before. Unconsciously almost the skater
learns to measure distances, to take in
situations at glance; in fact, to see
without apparently looking when flying
along the ice balanced on two keen, cut
ting blades.
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sidered the thing to waltz and two step
on skates, and all the girls who go regu-
.larly have mastered the trick of keeping
their balance while executing the most
intricate dancing steps.
These steps are danced by couples, the
two skating around the rink keeping time
to the music and changing positions with
out any break in the figure.
1t requires a great deal of skill to make
the changes from one step to another
without coming TO grief, but it can be
learned in a few lessons if the skater
knows how to do the straight away and
few fancy turns in a disconnected
fashion. After all, fancy steps are the
coupling together of separate movements
and when this can be done without a
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girl wishes to be considered i'll tempered,
one so afflicted would best consult a spe-
cialist, who will first thin and then shape
her brows into the lines best suited to
her features.
Eyebrows that are several shades light
er than the hair on the head are trial
likely to chasten the spirit of their pos
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
R PRACTICAL TALKS BY THE
a APRIL GRANDMOTHER

sessor," concluded the April Grand
mother "It is quite possible, however.
to gradually darken such brows by appli-
cations of vaseline, but as any sort of
dye lends to the face an artificial and vul-
gar appearance it goes without saying
that no young woman of innate refine
ment would dream of using one"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

HERE is no reluctance on the
part of the fashionable young
girl of the moment to study the
art of skating. This has always
been considered charming fem
mime accomplishment, but its
requirement was left more or less to the
individual taste. Now, however, skating
belongs to the regular curriculum, at least
it has been included among the studies
planned for the education aud physical
development of the coming dGbutante and
every young girl who can balance her
self is learning the art.
Girls who attend nearby suburban and
country schools cannot depend on enjoy
ing this outdoor sport with any kind of
regularity. Adjacent ponds and lakes
freeze over too seldom to make ice skat-
ing a regular feature of the daily exer-
else. Perhaps once or twice during the
winter they have a skating week and
during this time girls get out their shin
ing steel blades, rub them up and make
the most of the occasion. After that the
skates may be put away for the rest of
the winter with no chance to make use
of them.
Of course there are plenty of other out
door pleasures for the country school girl.
There are walking, tobogganing, riding
driving and automobiling, but while all
these provide the requisite amount of fresh
alr for the lungs and in most cases keep
the blood circulating and the body in
action, not one takes the place of skating
r HERE is something about the rhyth-
mic motion of the girl poised on skim
ming blades which cannot be repro
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infused into the most awkward limbs, un-
less they be of the absolutely hopeless
sort which can never be tuned to a har-
mony. There are girls unfortunate
enough to belong TO the inharmonlous
class but they are few, and so the large
aiority find an inspiration in the click
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a Jerry few Of the best skaters now GO
" around the rink in the ordinary
way. 1t is considered rather mo-
notonous, especially in Il comparatively
small enclosure, to keep to the straight
ahead glide. When skating in the coun-
try there is much more pleasure in the
ordinary movement, for the surroundings
constantly change and there is greater
sense of freedom. Indoors the sensation
is quite different. and in order TO heighten
the enjoyment the fancy step is intro
duced.
display of fancy figures, which need the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

As good as any diary will be pair Of
made up on a girls wedding
from all the ribbons she has guarded care
fully for this purpose through her girl
hood-and what a charming and happy
too, of her young days!
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~ Ut the greatest advantage to be de-
rived from this form of exercise is
considered the suppleness it gives to
the body and the grace that is eventually
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

The two scrapbooks pict-
ured here are good illustrations of this.
Both were made by school girls, the one
to record all the plays that were worth
seeing, the other simply aiming TO see all
the modern representations of classic
drama. Both have now a priceless value
aud the little theatrical hobby of each
shows record of stage history that is of
vital worth
Yes, the plays the thing, but the next
best thing is 10 make dramatic scrap
book that will record the play.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06

space taken up by cutting a figure IS" or
Il figure %" These are usually reserved
for special exhibitions or for occasions
when the centre of the rink is compara-
lively free. Both of these figures, as well
as pirouettes, can be mastered in a very
few lessons if the pupil is keenly inter-
csted in the sport and is an intelligent
skater.
INTELLIGENCE is the thing every
girl needs when she starts out to learn
to skate, and if she does not possess a
moderate amount of this quality then she
might as well give up the graceful exer-
else and go in for something else more in
her line She will never develop the sup
pleness nor the quickness nor the gentle
ness of movement which the skater inva-
riably has.
Afternoon tea is novelty of the Skat-
ing. Club and probably the fragrant cup
never tastes better than after one has
taken several rapid whirls around the
CLASSY ring. The social side of the Skat-
ing Club is always one of its pleasant
features and it helps to keep up interest
and enthusiasm, even among the girls and
boys. They have their own little cliQues
and their own little good times together
and when the afternoon is over probably
they have been as thoroughly invigorated
iby the exercise as they could possibly be
in any city sport.
r HE costumes this year are more at
tractive than for many seasons.
Cloth suits are seen more frequently
than any other style of dress, but the
smart little velvet skirt and coat with its
edging of fur strikes a picturesque note
that is most pleasing. Furs are so inti-
mately associated with skating dress that
even when scarf and muff seem rather
/ burdensome the girl with an eye to effect
wears them for the sake of her appear
ance. Her pink checks and sparkling
eyes look all the more enchanting when
they are surrounded by soft glistening
fox, seal skin, squirrel or ermine.
! Skating skirts should not be extremely
short, even for young girls. The skates
themselves raise one several inches from
the floor and make a moderately short
skirt Just that much shorter. 1t is better
to have a fairly long skirt which clears
the floor we'll when the skates are adj
justed.
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AS the book grows fuller it will include
many other bits of dramatic interest,
leading articles concerning the theatre,
sketches of we'll known
actors-even an autograph collection, if
you chance to belong to that species of
fiend. You may place in your
book the plays that you yourself witness
or you may record all that is Of larger
You may devote your scrap
book to modern representations of Shake
spcarian drama in short. your own
choice in making your book is its personal
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break the skater may feel that she has
really begun to master the art OF poetic
skating.
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r HERE is something about the rhyth-
mic motion of the girl poised on skim
ming blades which cannot be repro
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-02-16
RACE FOR POLICE JOB

The need of a regular or special police officer at Miami, which has re- gently been brought to the attention of the business men and citizens of Mi ami, by unprovoked attacks by thugs on citizens at night, and a carnival of drunkenness following payday, has brought into the field two candidates J. l.. Spoon of Globe and Miami and o. P. Gray of Lowell. The friends of each candidate were securing sigma. lures to a subscription list, payable monthly, whereby Miami would have and support it's own police officer.