The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-04-14

them. Turn the glasses and tumblers up
| ia. down. Go over the contents OF YOU
| sidebonrd. especially the table-linen, laying
aside such pieces Oh need mending ana h,'
worth il and putting hopelessly worn oo
| iects aside with your store oil old iin,h
Wine out the sideboard drawers and icy
them get entirely dry before laying IN iresl
papers and restoring the linen to Its place
Use the insect'powder, here, too
|
One of the best dressed women in Paris
has rule that she follows in choosing hei
clothes which has made her wardrobe IN.
success that ii is, says writer. ferhabb.
some girl who Is planning her spring outnl
may profit by the receipt Says the clever
French woman: 81 buy only lew new
gowns year. ! get one In the spring, one
in the summer, another In the autumn
and the last in the winter. | let each rep,
resent a class. One year ] will get good
tailored suit, an evening dress, a fine neg.
ligee, perhaps, and 80 on, Another year l
will choose morning gown, an afternoon
frock, dance dress, and OF course, II nee
essary, have some remodelng done TO last
years wardrobe. In this way ! have a
good toilet for every occasion. Then l
spend the rest of my allowance on the
smartest and best neckwear, wells, gloves,
stockings and other little things that
can afford. These dress ct ceteras, II they
are dainty and smart, count for effect IN
the long run more than fine dresses with.
out them. II you can't have both, get
plain or conservative suits and dresses
and add chic and vary their monotony
with little things. Hats, wells, neck fix.
ings and gloves have lot to do with the
smartness OF ones appearance, An expen.
sive suit with the wrong hat doesn't look
half so well as less costly suit with the
right hal"
The mother who is thoughtful of the
physical wel.being OF her children begins
when they are very young To care for their
feet--not only to see that they have com
Portable and suitable footwear but that
the nails on their feet are az carefully
cared for as the nails on their hands. Feet
cared for In this way from the beginning
will give their owner no trouble in later
life.
"a jolly game for wee folks TO play at
Faster-time is that OF Touch says
Woman's Home Companion, Nor is il
necessary to confine this amusement 10 the
very little people, for it would make an
appropriate entertainment to introduce
after an Easter luncheon party where the
Easter egg enters into the scheme of table
decorations. Place six eggs, which have
been colored green. red. black. blue, vel.
low and one left white, in pan or basket
of moss or bran, leaving some space be-
tween. One of the players is blindfolded
and then provided with light stick or
wand. With this she carefully touches one
of the eggs, reciting slowly and distinctly
at the same time.
Peggy, Patrick, Mike and Meg.
See me touch my Easter egg;
Green and red, and black and blue.
Count for six, five, -four and two:
If touch an egg OF white.
A forfeit then will be your right
II touch an egg Of gold
1t is mine to have and hold.
CAS- the rhyme tells, the colors count as
follows Green. six; red, FIVE; black. four;
blue, two, and the yellow egg is worth
more than all of them combined, for when
a player touches that she wins the game
regardless of the standing Of the other
scores, The white egg is less than nothing.
as whoever touches it has a forfeit to nav.
The method of determining this would
wisely be decided before the game opens
Each player is blindfolded in turn. and
when the score OF. say, 30 is reached by
any single player the game is ended with.
out the aid of the golden egg. OF course,
the relative positions OF the eggs must be
changed with each player"