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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-30
Making Most OF Closet Room

IF one is short of closet room a very
good plan is to hang skirts sideways
in the closet instead of hanging
skirts, frocks and coats all fiat against
the back wall of the. closet. Frocks
may also be hung sideways. leaving
only the coats to be stretched on hang
ers and suspended from the back wall
of the closet. In order to hang gar
ments sideways it is necessary 10 have
a shelf across the top of the closet and
to screw small hooks on the under side
of this shelf. The hooks are arranged
In pairs along the under side of the
shelf. each pair of hooks being meant
for a single skirt or frock Two hoops
of braid are sewed in each skirt band
and two in each frock at the waist line,
one loop being hung on each hook The
garments are much more easily gotten
at in this way than when they are
hung one over another at the back of
the closet. This method of hanging
also permits the garments to hang per-
fectly straight, and makes IL possible
to store large quantity of clothes in
one closet. If the closet is deep
enough the coats also may be sus-
pended on stretchers from the shelf.
This is an ideal arrangement. for il
leaves the closet door free for pier
glass, which is a most useful adjunct
to girls room.
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ImprOvised ChateIaine

" RRANGING some OF her silver or
~ naments to be especially useful lis
the work of a girl who has Just
gone into mourning and does NOT wish
to buy a nice black purse bag. Con-
sidering that silver was pernissibls
with black in which there was no
Grape. she evolved a chatelaine. using
an oxidized silver chain on which to
string them.
The chain was one that had been
used for keys by the departed rela-
tive. and. in order that the cab,s =
represented should be formed into .
hook. the girl removed the original
fastening and substituted a small sill
yer slip ring, through which each end
Of the chain passed. Then it remained
only for her to put on a silver card
case, which depends from a short chain
of it's own; silver coin purse. a tiny
box Of the same metal. in which she
carries a powder pun. and a silver
backed ivory memorandum tablet.
In her card case she keeps such OF
her money as is in bills, the coins. OF
course. going into the tiny purse.
When she wishes 10 have the case for
its original purpose. in the afternoon.
she has only to open the slip ring and
off comes the short ehain-
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Bag for JelDing Silk Jp0oLS

\ attractive little bag for spools of
~ sewing silk can be made from two
short lengths Of ribbon of different
widths. The narrower ribbon-about
an inch and a half or two inches-is
sewed to one side of the wider piece
about five inches long-folded up
against the wider piece and then at
intervals of about an inch and a half
the two pieces are Joined firmly to-
gether by horizontal rows OF feather
stitching. Each pocket thus made be-
tween the feather stitched rows is for
a spool of silk The two pieces of rib
bon now joined together are next
board made by covering two disks with
ribbon like the rest of the bag. These
two disks. one forming the lining. the
other the outside of the bag, may be
first glued together. although If neatly
sewed the result will be more salts
factory. A band of wide silk binding
sewed about the top of the ribbon, leay-
ing an inch or so for ruff1e, through
which ribbon or silken cord drawing
string is run. is the last stage of this
little bag, is easy to make, so useful
and SO very ornamental when finished.
If box is preferred to soft bag
for the stray spools of silk 1t is gem
orally possible to secure round card
board box of desired size that can be
covered with silk or cfintz the correct
color to harmonize with the hangings
and paper in the room. A bag or box
set aside for the extra spools will be
found the greatest possible convent
ence to turn to whenever there is rip
or tear to be mended. But this box
should be of size and shape to allow
of the spools standing separately and
not be all jumbled in together. Care
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must be taken also to fasten each end
of silk on the spool before placing 1t
back in its bag or box among its fell
lows or else disastrous tangles will
inevitably result.
Instead of only two pieces of ribbon
of different widths being used to make
the bag described above it may be
fastened from the lengths of several
pieces of different colored ribbon each
an inch and half in width These
ribbons are either overhanded or
feather stitched together, the pieces for
the inside of the bag being but two
inches in length, while for the bag
itself six to seven inches must be al
lowed. for the ribbon being used in the
ruffle at the top and must be turned in
and neatly hemmed. The idea in the
different colored ribbons is that each
spool shall fit in nest of it's own hue
white. pink, blue, mauve. green. yellow,
etc.
To make the pockets for this bag
the ribbon need only be turned over at
one end and fastened down along the
border the required two inches. At the
top the end of the ribbon may also be
hemmed down and then feather stitched
about an inch when the hem is fastened
thus, doing away with the silk bind
ing through which to insert the ribbon
strings.
If pretty colors are selected one of
these rainbow bags will prove excep-
tionally pretty. The model. of course.
may be improved upon and elaborated
with satin lining and gold lace ruchfng
or in any way that the maker may
originate. but however altered the
original design is an excellent one to
start with.
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SIOCGAL AMENITIES FOR
20 ~zea THE SCHOOL CIR

not do it on the same day you must
accomplish it on the morrow. Good
form requires that an answer be sent
within "a hours.
You will not think such promptness
silly" or allow yourself to procras-
tinate If you give the matter thought
For you see. if all the guests invited
to a luncheon, say or TO a theater
party, or, indeed. to anything, accept.
then the party is complete. But if you
decline some one is usually asked in
your place, and time should be given
TO do this. And If you neglect to reply
promptly you keep your hostess in sus-
pense, and then, If you decline at the
eleventh hour, IT is often too late for
her to set a substitute. This is a
selfish and most unkind way to treat
any one who offers you hospitality.
Invitations must be answered in the
form in which they are sent. If YOU
receive a written invitation from a girl,
even If she is an intimate friend, you
must not run to the telephone to reply.
The telephone is a temptation, for it
saves the bother" of writing, but it is
not courteous of you to use it in this
instance. Sometimes in a written in
vitation the hostess will say that she
would like to have you telephone your
reply. Then, of course, you do so. But
the telephone is not as much used for
invitations as was once the case, for it
is so easy to misunderstand arrange
ments over the wire, and frequently the
day and the hour are forgotten when
taken in this casual way.
Whether you go about much or little,
you should have an enga cement book
or pad, and make it a hard and fast
rule 10 put everything down. Consult
it when any one telephones you an in
vitation and at once register your ac-
ceptance If you do accept. DO not &C
cept and then go about all day or for
several days saying, "Oh, 1 must put
that Invitation down." and never do
anything of the sort so that perhaps
after a while you really forgot the ex-
act date or the hour, and become so
altogether hazy about it that you have
to consult your friend to know when
you really are expected
Sometimes a girl hostess will write
her notes in too much of a hurry and
make in some of them the mistake of
putting down day and date that do
not correspond For instance, she will
ask you for Thursday, the tenth, when
she meant Thursday. the eleventh. Now,
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Designs for Girls Rooms

ried out the design Of marguerites,
grasses and blue sky.
Blue, rose and white were the colors
used in another most charming bed
room. The designs were large roses,
green vines and flights OF white birds.
The floor and furniture were of oak
and the woodwork and wainscoting OF
white enamel. The four post bed was
draped in blue linen embroidered with
a deep border of roses and green vines.
Above this was a group of white birds
in flight. The curtains were lined with
rose color. The bedspread matched the
hangings. but the straight piece around
the top of the bed was OF white ma
teriaI embroidered with roses.
The blue walls had a shallow border
of large roses on white ground. A
long seat was upholstered in plain blue,
while some of the chairs We're covered
with blue and rose chintz. The rugs
were plain blue and the latticed win
dows were draped with blue embrOid-
cred in roses. If the embroideries We're
omitted from such a design and it We're
carried out entirely in blue and rose
chintz with oak furniture of plain style
it need not necessarily make an expen-
sive apartment.
Another beautiful room was in French
gray with subtle harmOnies Of blue and
green and designs of wood doves, fairies
and tiny wood blossoms embroidered on
the bed hangings and pOrtieres and
carved on the furniture. The paneling
of the room was also decorated with
delicate carvings of the flowers and
doves and the chairs and other pieces Of
furniture carried out the design of the
f3Ov7rarS in convention 1ize6 stvIe
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it is safe to assume that she means the
day mentioned rather than the date,
but in social matters where engage
ments are concerned there must be no
doubt, and so the proper thing is for
you to write and ask her which of the
two she means. She will be grateful to
you for calling her attention to a slip
Of the pen which, particularly if she
has made 1t to others as well as to you,
might wofulIy mix up her party Even
experienced elders sometimes make
this error, and so it is well both IN
writing and in accepting invitations to
always be sure that the day and the
date correspond
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Old Fashioned Jewelry Modernized

pense is involved, for the hooks at the
top are simply passed through the end
links
Canoes are another favorite OF Old
that have come again into popularity.
Brooches make beautiful belt buckles;
earrings may form the heads of most
effective hat pins. Bracelets of many
beads strung together with short loops
may be proudly fourished on the wrists
or treated as one girl has recently done
with one belonging to her great grand
mother There are 10 beads in the
band. These have been separated and
joined by links. top and bottom. a dis
tanee of an inch APART. Earrings of
the same canoes. but a couple of sizes
smaller, form the clasp The whole is
so adjusted as to make a tight collar.
and very smart looking one it is.
Those old. tight gold bracelets. with
out which several generations ante
cedent considered themselves unhn-
ished when dressed for the afternoon.
are highly priced by girls who are old
enough to wear them. One is not on
each wrist. as formerly. but both to-
gether are used. and when the dress
sleeve is mousquetaire the CLINT Of
yellow metal among the fullness is ex-
tremely pretty.
One girl has taken two very wide
bangles and had them bent so that
they surround the neck as a collar
Two ends are clasped together. and the
other two just meet at the back
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one of the large riding schools. The
afternoon is their favorite time, when
the ring is comparatively free. Older
riders prefer the morning hours, which
gives the youngsters from about 3
o'clock on. First they learn the rudi-
ments, just as any other pupil does,
famfliarizing themselves with the bri-
die, the saddle and the horse. Girls
are quicker to learn than boys, accord
ing to one of. the instructors at the
Tichenor Grand riding school, at Sixty
first street and broadway, New York.
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IN designing rooms for young girls
| noted decorators usually employ
flower and fairy motives. with here
woods, gardens and rivers Some of the
most charming designs of this sort are
from European decorators and artists
of Importance. The carpets. draperies
and furniture used in such rooms are all
made to order, but although this is
rather more of an expenditure than
most young girls are able to make for
their rooms, many charming ideas may
be gathered from these exquisite apart
ments which may be applied TO less ex
pensive methods of furnishing. One
very lovely room for a young girl de-
signed recently was furnished in pale
blue and natural maple and white. with
marguerites for the decorative motif.
There was a maple wainscoting about
quarters the height of the room.
and above this plain wall OF blue.
The chairs and sofa. of maple were up
holstered in blue and trimmed with two
lines of white military braid.
The bed was placed in an aIcove.
curtained off with blue linen en-
broidered with a conventional design
of marguerites. The bed coverings
were entirely of white. and over the
head of the bed a very beautiful copy
of the German Madonna was set into
the wall. The carpet was of blue. bor-
dered with marguerites, and the hang
ings in similar design. One side of the
room was given up to a long shallow
WindoM of stained glass which car
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IRIS who are beginning TO get
A about a little in the semi
formal way permissible before
they are really out" should
take great pains to study
social observances and be apt and
ready 10 conform 10 social laws. not
only because things are thus made
smoother sailing for themselves and
their chaperons, but because they win
the approval OF onlookers by so doing.
Many do not realize it, yet 1t is
nevertheless true, that we are con-
stantly under Surveillance of one sort
or another. At home our elders are
watching US. and frequently the young
er members of the family are observ-
ing, either to Initiate or condemn. There
IS nothing that viii better keep a con-
scientious girl up 10 a high standard
OF conduct that the realization that a
younger sister looks up TO her. OF
course no right minded girl wishes to
be held up as a pattern of all the vir-
tues And II she is so foolish as TO
consider herself so. she is a prig, her
consciousness Of virtues destroying
their value and making her an object
OF dislike
Perhaps nothing so prejudices one
girl against another as TO have her
held up as a paragon. A mother some
times says to a daughter. Gertrude is
such a model girl. Why can't you be
like ,her?" Thereupon daughter hates
Gertrude" and flies to the naughty ex-
treme Of making herself as unlike her
as possible one may say this should
not be- Yet it is and always viii be.
For human nature is so constituted that
II shrinlzs with aversion from invidious
comparisons. Above all, comparisons
should never be made by a mother re-
garding her children. TO hold up one
child as superior 10 others, or TO hold
I'd q child as an example Of what is
perverse, IS fatal TO the bond Of affec-
ton and respect so necessary to the
unity Of family life.
As soon as you begin to receive
written or engraved invitations reply
10 them with dispatch. If you have
begun TO do a little entertaining your
self you will better realize how i'm
portant this IS II you are still going
10 school you. Of course, have not
leisure TO attend TO your correspond.
ence in the morning. but you should
find time in the afternoon, so that your
reply is mailed-o the same day you
receive it. If for some reason you car
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OLD fashioned jewelry has become a
| ! priced possession Whatever has
- been lying away in a departed
grandmother's box has acquired virtue
from the mere fact that it was a pos
session of two generations previous.
and in some way or another it is to be
used.
Many of the trlnkets can be worn on
long watch chains or ornaments. Those
old. slender gold pencils. the handles
delicately engraved and colored stone
sunk in the end. are prizes to be faunt
ed at the girdle of any who finds the
ornament. Lockets have leaped into
favor, while as for earrings they are
worn in other ways than from the ears
A charming chain has been evolved
by one girl, it's ornaments being two
old earrings made in the form of tas-
sells. The fringe of each is seed pearls.
closely strung, more pearls being sunk
into the fine gold near the top. One
larger pearl at. the end of bit of gold
wire forms clapper. She uses these
merely by putting one into each end Of
a very slender gold chain which is long
enough to pass around the neck and
hang about at the bust line. The chain
has no catch. the whole being tied in
one loose knot. which the pendants pre-
vent from coming undone.
Any of the long earrings that our
grandmothers so priced may be adapted
in this fashion. and absolutely no ex-
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planned. the girl has to know how to
cling to the pony as the pony jumps
up and then jumps down, while the
rider mounted on horse takes the
fence or the wall at more horizontal
line, making it much easier to keep
her balance than in the case of the
pony's jump.
~ URING the winter, when the bride
paths in the park are a little too
rough for children, they devote
their lesson hour to the riding ring in
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IN,yTRlJCTION IN JUMPING
in PREPAR4ATION /6r the
HUNTING SEASON

about this one hip development II they
ride sideways.
Jumping comes after the pupil has
learned to canter and do the ordinary
gaits. Hurdles are placed in the rinS
and the pony is led to the low bars 20
make their acquaintance. After little
OF this maneuvering the animal IS en-
couraged to take the leap and the bars
are raised gradually until the youthful
rider is able to clear two or three feet.
- HE jumping position In the saddle
is practically straight. A girl
scarcely rises from her seat and
she bends her body very little as the
pony leaps upward and then lands on
the turf. The rider leans slightly for
ward as the pony takes the bars and
then bends backward as the jump Is
complete.
older girls are learning to ride tan
dem at the schools this winter, more
for the novelty than anything else. al
though this sport is splendid thing to
relax the nerves and divert the rider
attention from the saddle horse to the
leader. Instructors contend that this is
very necessary in the case OF some girl
riders who are too much concerned
with their saddle horse to ever make
good equ6striennes unless they are
given lessons in tandem riding or some
similar variation of the sport. Some
times as many as six or dozen girls
are 10 be seen in the ring riding tan
dem at the same time.
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T is interesting to see girls and boys
of 10 to follow the men and women
riders in the hunt during the Eng
lish season. In this country they are
falling into the way of it, and the
manner in which some of these chill
dren ride is nothing less than astonish-
ing. They canter over the ground on
their ponies at lively gait, scramb-
ling over walls and bitches, stopping
at nothing. for a thoroughbred pony
is as full of sport and pluck as a
Thoroughbred horse. A pony will take
a fence or a wall almost as high as
any horse viii clear, but the pony takes
it in a different way. sometimes land
ing on top and making jump up and
another down instead of only one.
girl rider that can cling to her
mount under such conditions ought to
be able to ride any kind of a horse
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the youngsters and that they get an
equaled in any other way. 1t is not an
unusual thing to see children of three
or four years sitting on the back of
a pony in a wicker carrier in lieu of
a saddle. This early acquaintance with
horsehesh gives a child a tremendous
advantage over children who start
later
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hour spent on the back Of a pony can
tering around the tan bark ring. Young
American girls are showing an in
creased fondness for this pleasant sport
and. following the lead Of their parents,
they are learning TO handle an animal
with professional skill under all con-
ditions.
That these mere children are learn
ing the A B C's Of hunting and riding
to hounds seems remarkable to any
one who has not kept pace with the
pastimes Of the rising generation. They
are not satisfied with the sport in its
ordinary form, but are ambitious to
know as much about it and equal in
craftsmanship If possible the English
girls and youths who have practically
been bred TO the saddle
The children Of English parents be-
gin their riding lessons at a very early
age. When they are mere infants they
are accustomed TO the companionship
and motion Of horse. Many parents
believe this is the best way to start
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and many of them can. The pony's
jump is quite different in movement
and position from that of the larger
animal AS a riding instructor ex-
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LII girls begin riding astride. 1t is
y the only sensible way, instructors
say. and does not interfere in the
least with a change to side saddle later
on if the cross saddle is not liked.
Small side saddles are not easy to
find to fit young girls. and, besides.
girls grow so rapidly that they would
have to own a whole series of saddles
if they were to start in with them.
There is always chance of girls grow
ing one sided. too. if they ride side
ways and do not have a reversible sad
die. Those who prefer the more con-
ventional fashion ride one day on the
left side and the following day on the
right, thus avoiding the hip enlarge
ment which is sure to result from fol-
lowing one way exclusively when the
rider is quite young. Even girls who
are II or 16 have to be very careful
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do not continue to increase in courage
and nerve in the same ratio and they
can not go on Iording it over their boy
companions forever in this sport, at
least.
Another advantage girls have over
boys in riding is in their grasp of the
reins. 1t is a sex characteristic to
possess more delicacy and firmness >in
the wrists than are found in the aver
age boy or man. This, of course. makes
riding easier 10 master. as a great deal
depends on the wrist movement and
the way a rider feels~the pony through
the medium Of the reins.
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w. H. Madison has many children
among his pupils, and he admitted that
girls are easier TO teach than boys.
And girls have more pluck and more
nerve when they are young than boys
of the same age he added. You take
a girl of Il and she viii do and dare
much more than boy of the same
age. Girls are fearless little eques-
triennes after they have learned to ride.
They are not afraid of any horse, and
1 have seen a child of handle an
animal that man could not ride"
1t was explained. however. that girls
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a Good Seat
in Jumping
tAsuidc)

NE lesson in the many which
are a part OF the fashionable
young girls mental and physi-
cal development is never shirked
no matter how the others may
be slid over. and that is the
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The San Francisco Sunday Can
The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-14
TO FIGHT FOR DRY CHICAGO.
All Reform Organizations. Save One
win Battle Together.

Chicago. Feb. 1.-THE cndeavor
TO secure the united effort OF all the
reform organizations OF Chicago In
the present iight for a dry Chicago"
have been s,ocesslul. except as to a
single organization. The one orranl-
.zatlon that has. thus far. seemed
'iukewarm toward the campaign Is the
Chicago Law and Order League. OF
which Arthur Burrage Farwcll Is tho
secretary Ia charge. lu conferences
between Mr FarweE and James X.
shields. superintendent Of the Anti
Saloon League. & was announced that
the FarWeu orgso oizatlou viii rot ac-
lively assist The campaign. Il am
personally O9posel to the saloon on
principle" said Mr Farwcu. Mover
theless. the Organization / represent
does not seek TO change laws nor
to carry elections" Superintendent
Shields admitted that the executive
committee of HIS organization Is d,s-
appointed az the attitude o. the Law
and order league, although he cy.
pressed connGcnoe In the personai
views os M Farwell.