The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-07

5 When filing the finger nails 90 dow
! pretty well at the sides. Shape the nail
: 10 a rounded point where the. fingers m,
, Of the same shape. But do not give tn,
nails pointed shape where the fingers az,
: short and stumpy. This causes the nesl
, TO extend over the nails and gives bao
, appearance, Biting the nails is a nervous
habit, and II can be overcome by having
them manicured every week Strict at
! quire the habit of biting their nails by sc
, doing.
The happy people are those who have
n work which they love, and hobby of a
totally different kind which they love even
better.-A. @. Benson.
Many women like TO dye their ribbons,
laces and blouses at home, instead OF send.
ing such things out, and IL il sometimes
that a particular shade OF some color il
desired, where il cannot be obtained In a
sufficiently small quantity in the usual,
bought dyes Here are few hints which
will be OF use in such cases First, you
must test all the shades and you win easily
understand that chiffon and fine muslin
take less dye than cotton or a similar thick
material. The material TO be dyed should
small piece of soda, dissolved in water in
which the dye is mixed, win prevent streaks
and patchiness. To make a pretty salmon
shade. add little cream dye TO pink. a
rich dark coral is made by stirring little
brown TO the pink dye. Turquoise is oh.
tanned IL you mix a very little pale green
| to pale blue. A good shade of golden brown
is arrived at by mixing yellow with brown.
A little apple-green mixed with mid-blue
gives peacock blue, and for peacock green
you must add touch of pale blue to the
| applegreen. For heliotrope, add blue to
pink. Moss.green-the very popular shade
is made by adding very little rich black
to dark green Pans-shade, so fashionable
a few years ago, is very easily obtained by
adding black to cream, and gray is a mix
ture of black and white-the quantity of
black depending on the shade OF gray.
Very clever methods are adopted by
the best dressmakeTs to get the most chic
effects with the bordered materials They
seldom use the wide border in its entirety
for all the trimmings, but cut figures from |
it for appliqueing and perhaps scallop it i
for use somewhere else, and so on. IL is |
a wise frock that knows its own border.
Among the many varieties of hand work,
is the simple hem stitching which is to be
used for finishing the sailor collars, front
and back plaits for shirtwaists, wherever
excuse can be made for urging this kind
OF stitchery.
The straw hats which are beginning to
appear on the streets are decidedly attrac-
tive, and both they and the models in the
stores indicate that the choice OF a spring
hat will be difficult only because there are
so many tempting ones.
The fan-hke arrangement of spiky feath.
ers, aigrettes, brushes, and what not, is a
smart fad this season which gives dash
ing sort of air that is eminently fetching
on some girls. Il
A clipping from the Hartford Courant
says: | noticed an effective touch on some
white shirtwaists displayed in one OF our
suitable for the woman who could not !
wear altogether successfully the waist cut :
IN one piece. 1t consisted of cluster
IF fine tucks where the sleeve is usually
oined to the waist. thus providing for
bit of fulness and also breaking the plain :
less at this point. These tucks are partly |
IN the bodice part and partly on the sleeve. :
The girl with broad shoulders is just rev. u
ling in the dropping. shoulders of the a
eason. She insists thatithe line from neck a
o elbow shall be unbroken with seam or {
lines. |;
The tailored girl is the girl who looks h
veil in the frocks and gowns with hem t
titehed edges instead of those lace-trim- a
ned, and in hats of plain, smooth straw a
nth big bows of plain ribbon or Of folded 81
attn in plain color-not even the sugges- n
ion of laciness, particularly where the b
dyes of her gown come against her neck a
r throat, or the edge of her hat where it Il
ONES against her face or hair. p;