Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-06-04

SiIk-Some of Their vagaries.
Dear Elsa-I know how perfectly
horrid it is to speak disparagingly tc
outsiders of ones relatives, but the
truth is ever since the holidays we
have been fairly inundated with
steady stream OF relatives staying in
the house with us until these vista
tons have worn my poor nerves almost
20 the proverbial FRAGILE. Some of the
guests | liked extremely for the first
week or so after their arrival. but be-
fore their departure l almost went the
length of loathing these same good
people. All my fault! Possibly. but
that only makes the situation a degree
worse if anything.
DO you know, dear. think If there
we're only seven jokes in the world
certainly the witticism concerning the
lncongeniality Of relatives would hold
conspicuous place among them. for
aver since time immemorial undisci-
oIined men and women who have lived
under the same roof-and most OF us
Are undisciplined-have wrangled and
oickered and quarreled to greater or
ess extent. / heard recently of can
ny old ScOtchman who seems to have
pretty clear ideas of the relation prob
lem. He invited his married daughter
Ind her husband to- spend the first
| year of their married life with him.
But after six months he built small
house for her across the street. 1T Is
best to let the wind blow between rel
Rtives.' he wisely remarked.
| My idea is that when the strain be-
romes too great it is best to make
rhange before something decidedly I'M
pleasant happens. Ones sentiment
suffers. to be sure. but that is much
better than having ones disposition
ruined and ones nerves worn to
FRAGILE The solution of many a fami
Iy unhappiness and many Quarreling
household could be found in trying
different arrangement of melange. for
the old Scotchman was right, and
proba bly, the wind that blew between
his house and his daughters home was
a soft and gentle one.
Now" as the walrus said. lis the
time to talk of other things and to
be further bromide in my quotations
In the spring woman's fancy turns
to thoughts of her new clothes and
! particularly her new hats. for these
are the first harbingers of warm
weather.
Well. dear. yon must prepare your
self to look like an Indian princess as
to headgear and Balkan. Servian or
Russian woman in the rest of your
costume. for we are mOdistically
caught up in the eastern war cloud,
and all sorts Of far eastern oddities are
to be our fate next spring. Hats are
like Chinese lateen sails. trimmings
ike scimitars and skirt draperies like
Chinese laundry tickets.
Well, maybe | am exaggerating a
bit but we are going to be most all
these things in our new toys. Speak
ing of hats. friend Of mine recently
returned from abroad said to me, "See
my new hat with seven ostrich feath-
ersv' I looked and beheld a very tiny
chapeau of satin with the new point
at the back brim and at one side of the
nat small. rather depressed looking
ornament. which appeared to be a
imp quill made of silk threads.
There are seven long. handsome os.
trich feathers in that wisp of thing,
my DEAR" asserted the late arrival
from Paris.
II know it is incredible, but that
Respondent looking quill is one of the
most chic and expensive hat trim
mings in Paris at this minute. It is
called scraped ostrich. and the stems OF
seven plumes were scraped clean OF
feathery plumage and mounted again
On central stem to make the QUILL"
This ornament is not bit funniel
than the new spring flowers that are
to adorn hats. which are made Of tiny
feathers dyed in realistic colorings and
formed into roses, pansies and al
kinds of millinery fora.
But. to come back to feathers, ]
know how disappointed you were aft
er saving up your pennies for months
to invest in stunning willow plume
and right after your purchase Dame
Fashion had the unkindness to cal
them of the list of things modish
Af1iciOn has always a grace If ont
|s@A hAhu thC way. GutcT Will u0 1Qt(
the charmed portal and let the fash
lon alchemist transform your de mod,
willow plume into wreath Of approx
ed beauty. the curled French feather
which leads the sartorial van Just now
This is the way it's done: The end
ire clipped from the willow plum,
Just above the knot, and the shortened
plumes are curled up evenly. Thi
makes a rather narrow but fluff.
wreath Of feathers. and these marrow
wreaths are laid fiat within the curl O
the wide hat brim. but not poise,
against the crown.
One or two small and not too ex
pensive French tips curling over tn
brim at one side near the back com
hlete perfect up to date hat, and tn
number of these ostrich wreaths seel