The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-16
MABEL'S CHITCHAT
Ways of Mankind When Public
Mirrors Are Encountered.
BIG COMFORT AT SMALL COST.


+ Trunk the Next Time Family Be-
] Ioneings Are to Be Expressed-An
+ Ice Cream Expedent.
Dear Elsa--While waiting for Dick to
join me at the Grand Central station
the other day l whfled away the time
i (dfteen minutes, mind you-men are
always punctualD by observing the peO-
pie who used the little mirrors over the .
automatic chewing gum machines.
1t was funny to note the different .
ways in which the glasses We're used I
by the women and the men. When a +
pretty girl came tripping along and +
/ caught the reflection of her face in the /
mirror she Immediately looked to see if I
her nose was shiny and, if so, surrep- /.
titfously or openly, according to her T
nature, applied dab of powder: or she /.
readjusted her veil or tucked in Il way
ward lock of hair. IN this way she
justified her vanity-or was it vanity
after all? But the men. my dear! They
don't care a rap whether their noses
are shiny or not Still l noticed that
they spent just as long a time in front
Of the mirrors gazing at themselves as
the women. And such tricks as they
played-'twould make the angels weep
to see them. They turned their heads
first this way and then that, looked
straight into their soulful eyes. turned
back their upper lips and closely ex-
amined their teeth and even smiled Mt
themselves to get the effect.
Now, from all these signs and Won
Il nj ,rrir, 7 Io+
4 masculine friends were freely looking
\ at and admir.ng themselves and that
j the performance might be termed just
plain vanity. The women had deeper
and more subtle excuse for using the
4 glasses-the details of the toilet to ad-
4 just
To stop knocking the men, who, after
all, are pretty decent creatures for
the most part let me tell you about
novel plan hit upon by Il young
mother who, with her two little daugh-
4 tiers, is spending the summer at Allan
I tic City.
The distance was not great between
the home of the thrifty matron ana
d the summer city by the sea, 50 she
4 decided not to take much luggage-not
more than she could possibly get On
4 without. But plan as she would it
3 became a question at last of either
y getting another trunk or leaving 1T
3 home much needed belongings
\ wardrobe trunk, she decided would
! solve the difficulty beautifully, as it
4 would not only give the required space,
= but would be a boon i'll the boarding
place at the seaShore.
+r s
the wardrobe trunk quickly showed
this little mother that another way out
Of the difficulty must be found.
BY putting her brains to work it
was not long before the solution came.
In the back hall upstairs there was
! cheap chiffonier of oak in which were
| kept the children's dresses and under
wear She decided that if she could
do it she would take the chiffonier
as it stood, doing away, you see. with
- the bother of packing it first and re-
. packing its contents in Il trunk
nd This clever little lady called up an
express company and asked if she
70 could express an uncrated chiffonier
y. and, if so. what it would cost She was
700 told that she could do so and that the
to express charge would be $1.20 for
every hundred pounds. Madam then
N set to work upon the receipt of this
y; joyful news to arrange the contents of
. the chiffonier more carefully with a
yer view to safe transportation.
.l p After the contents of the chiffonier
had been settled the five drawers were
on locked and the whole thing was coy
m, cred with an old piece of canvas an(
= company delivered it safely at the no
D. tel and it was placed in her room a
EST a total cost of $50.
. Just think dear of the comfort an,
ysi- convenience one can gain if her 'thinl
| 10 tank" will only work a little overtime
AZ For the last few weeks l have ha,
d.. the most hoplessly ignorant Swedis
rs s. maid to struggle with it has ever bee
Tel my bad fortune to encounter. Although
1-zo l had to labor long and earnestly I
Iliot instruct her how to do the simples
ug W. household duties there is one usefr
,cial thing she taught me. 1t is this: HOY
u to dispose of left over ice cream-tha
tie is, cream that has been turned out o
= plate.
5ysl, The Swedish idea is to take a glas
int fruit jar, large or small, according t
". the quantity of The cream, and pac
-oat, the cream down hard in it with
,;nt spoon | want to emphasize that wor
e by "Dack' because | think 1t IS that WhiC
45tf ,o1-, a., ,,,.C,oss. 60 s,,oc,.,f,,1 WI
ock- the cream is in the jar put piece ,
. paper over the top and then screw {
ord. the cover as tightly as you can. No
- place the jar back in the pail Wi
shd the salt and ice. Several hours aft
- this process has been accomplished "
--A"' will find the ice cream as firm rs wht
= first made. if not even better, no IN;
% =" w. ter how soft it may have been when
- was put in the jar. You will not fiji