Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-28
~FACT, FASHION AND FANCY
. Paragraphs That Are Of More Especial
Interest to Women =
For the Small Girl.

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For the Small Girl. 80
! The shirtwaist dress has also. been
lapted to fit Miss Three year-old; 9
(aited chambray skirt, buttoned onto q
thite waist, is really all in one piece
Z course, but it loola quite like a sep.
bate waist and skirt. and gives mother
| good. chance to use up rather small
ts of material. ~.
Honey as Substitute.
Cakes made with honey keep soft
ponths, as does honey icing. Hon
Is slightly acid. and better results
te obtained by using baking soda
thef than baking powder in recipes
hich contain it. It may be substitut.
for sugar in any favorite recipe,
placing cup for cup. AS cup OF
bney contains besides 'the equivalent
cup of sugar one-fourth cup OF
|ater, use that much less liquid than
i called for in the original recipe.
How Many Hens to Keep.
The size of the flock which can be
st efficiently kept will depend firsl
.il upon the space available. and,
cddly, upon the amount of table
Iraps or other waste which is avail
bic for feed. 1t is q mistake to try
overstock the available space. Bet
r results will be obtained from a
Nv hens in small yard than from
large number. The backyard poal-
flock rarely Will consist of over
to % hens, and in many cases OF
bt, more than or 10, or occasionally
bnly or 4. For flock Of N23 Ito
hens space of not less than rs
80 feet should Se available for a
ard. Where less pace is available.
e size of the fo,k should be re-
heed, allowing on an average22o to
square feet per bird. A few hens
e sometimes kept successfully, with a
naller yard allowance than this. but
the space is availble a yard Of the
3pace indicated shold be used. "a ~;
80 t.HG
Just Among oureolves.
"What have you dne to your figure?
looks wonderful asked the Wom-
.Who-was Reduclg of the Woman
rho- -ought-to- Red,e. Il suppose
bu'ye been eating ad growing thin
nd you certainly low it,"
The other smiled II haven't done
thing but learn low to put on a
corset. You knowI never used to
bother much as to lw my corset went
bn-until 1 began gain, and then I
,eaXzed that any o way wouldn't do
kny longer: so ash the saleswoman
aaen II bodght myext corset why it
WAS that it never lyed put. In the
morning it fitted Mderfully, but by
boon the waist lin would be inches
90 high.
First Of ali, shsaid I needed a
prset two sizes lger! Then she
sked me which lac,I tightcned first.
1.-The upper nswered, falling
to the trap at onct
"She smiled. An before you put
the corset do VI see that the
cings are loosenecto equal length
that it is straighmp and down in
he back?' Havingin mind the v
faped slant that nne usually had,
here the top laces Nre pulled tighter
an the lower ones I began to see
bat was the matte with my figure,
1 admitted that I ad been wearing
rscts all these yers without the.
ntest conception their possibili-
s.
well that woman vas a brick and
certainly owe her q least a vote OF
arSSs for telling m, always to- 'rt
.(D Get a corset Urge enough. -
f(2) Have lacings sufficiently loose
that corset can be pulled down as
as is required-crset to he same
9TH apart in the ba.k when first put
(3) When corset IS down to desired
th, fasten supporters. '''J
~ Draw in lower laces gradually,
wing down on them each time-not
When laces are comfortably tight,
aBs strings and tie around waist.
IN draw in and tie upper laces."
Fanciful Neck Pieces Appear.
he usual fall flock of fanciful neck
ces is only beginning to put in an
earance. Perhaps this unusual re-
tance is merely judicious' waiting
II the present rage for the small
or two animal scarfs shall have
measure burnt itself out.
hese altogether admirable little
nieces in sable, mink, fisher or
ne marten are so becoming and
ctical that most women faced with
a6esice of but one neck piece would
Eesitatingly choose this one.
but the quiet smartness of its ap-
II works both for and against it.
e it retains its distinction even
Ugh excessive popularity, this
Rhnobtrusiveness of quality fails
k.Atisfy the woman who yearns for
perhaps really needs for her best