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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
Playing FaUorites
In Decoration

Many woman who has an absolute
sense Of justice toward her family,
friends and tradespeople, practices
gross Partially toward certain parts
of her house.
She would scorn to show more kind
ness or shower greater expense upon
one child than another. Yet she will.
in choosing her household furnishings
'play favorite" in a most obvious
fashion.
In some homes the parlor is. the ia
vored room, getting all the handsome
and expensive things, the treats, the
new things, while the rest Of the house
gets shabbier and shabbier. In other
homes the entire downstairs is fur
nished and adorned on. much finer
scale than the upstairs where guests
are seldom allowed to penetrate.
One woman will keep on buying lovely
new table linen and dishes, yet let her
upstairs linen supply get low and
shabby. Another woman will buy sx-
pensive electrical equipment. yet never
book. a lovely picture, a graceful lamp.
or anything which would minister to The
esthetic life of the family. or develop in
them an appreciation of beauty.
Now when decorators have a house
to furnish, or room, they plan it all
be spent. Only by thus fairly appor-
tioning can they obtain in the house.
or in the room, an appearance of har-
mony. beauty and balance.
Don't put all you eggs into one bas-
ket." nor all your pretty things into
one room. Moreover. don't put all the
money for a given room into one eXpen-
sive purchase, such as a piano or a
period suite or a Chinese rug. and then
let the other things come hit or miss.
with what little money is left.
Perhaps in the matter of curtains
women are most careless of ALL. fondly
believing that almost anything that
covers the window will suffice. In many
houses the curtains are obviously an
afterthought or the result Of a mistaken
belief that few yards of almost any
thinnish fabric will serve the purpose.
But this is not really so.
Every window deserves a fair treat
ment. curtains that are as good looking
as the rugs and furniture with which
! they associate. A richly furnished par
lor, for instance, must not be humili-
ated by cheap or unsuitable curtains
Some handsome filet such as filet
grandee, a rich ecru curtaining or filet
dor, the new coppery tone of Egyptian
origin, should be selected to go with
good rugs and good furniture, and il
the floor covering has cost $3.50 then $50
is not too great a sum to spend on deco
rating the windows.
A dining room or bedroom QUILTED
with handsome suite really needs
something more elegant than dotted
Swiss or voile at its windows. For these
rooms a really lovely easement lace OF
curtains of some such charming. elusive
transparency as Oxford cross net would
be suitable
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06

dividual, holds his place: that foreign
children may be brought up without fear
of God. but not without the fear OF
father; that foreign wives always know
who goes first whose tastes determine
the dinner and the ventilation, who leads
the conversation, whose slippers must
be warmed. whose nap must not be dis
turbed.
THE joke is, evidently, to pretend
that the American husband is sweet
person, enamored of the cynical beati-
tude Blessed are the meek, for they
shall be married
ITO recognize both children and wives
as persons can involve heroic renuncia-
lions. The degree of the hero:sm must
depend upon the inherited luggage OF
the individual and upon the nimbleness
of his sense Of humor. Yet children who
regard the old man as a good sport are
probably better fun than children who
pretend to be obliterated when the ogre
stalks in"
Mr.. Black in Harper's Magazine for
September by no means claims that the
American husband is perfect. He re-
arets that the American husband leaves
the book ding to the wife and worries
along on a radio culture. He also de-
pi0reS the american HuSboiiid iA9ADi -
not noticing his wife's clothes. Few hus-
hands. he says, utilize the knowledge
that homage to a gown, as a gown,
gives woman more satisfaction than
masterpiece Of compliment which in
Guides the woman herself. Worse still.
few husbands avoid the blunder of being
flippant about clothes.
''It does not matter that husband,s
vaudeville jest. That's a pretty dress
you nearly have on is used to conceal
a real chagfin over the physical dis
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06

play" declares Mr.. Black. "Slich sar-
casms are a bad investment"
Then, too. the American husband has
no flair for studying the nice points of
married romance. He feels less savage
iowa rd a wife who sheds responsibilities,
according to the author, than toward the
woman who sheds handkerchiefss gloves,
and other objects on all occasions.
'',The accusation that he spoils his
woman is quantity congeniaL to the
American man. To feel lavish is to feel
kind Of sultanic superiority A man
may bask in such emotions. He ma y
feel as flattered as German who is
accused of having an iron hand Ira
ditionalists have no trouble in showing.
to their own satisfaction, that Ameri-
can women really are, spoiled-as much
spoiled as the children. Smashed ira
ditions cannot be put together again.
and If It is too late to reintroduce the
ogre role it is too late to argue about it.
"In his crude way the American is an
idealist 1t would deeply please him If
he might be accused of filling the bill
If she happened to admit or contend
that he measured up.
1.-THE traditional master of the house
was stark figure. He may have been
logical, but he was lonesome. He was
ir Indispensable to novels and plays. His
way of cutting off the son and of
banging the door on the disobedient
daughter, especially when it had be-
gun to snow, facilitated plots enormous
~. He is still good for a sob if it can
be arranged so that the mother will
do no more than look heartbroken in
the crisis. Somebody really should hit
him with chair. This would cure
him, but it would spoil the story. p. ="
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
Good Manners Are
Valuable Assets

A VERY wise mar once said your
n morals arc yoiu own, but your
manners belong "a the public.
And because OF this good manners are
an asset of untold value
Few people are consciously vulgar or
unkind, but so often an impression of
crudity and rudeness is given simply be-
cause they are in ignorance of the right
thins to dc or say.
One Rule and Another.
An Englfshman once said, why 10
Americans always say II am through
when they mean they have finished.
And one wonders why i i. SO incorrect.
An unfatling rule that is we'll to re-
member is never substitute the word
rarity for person and another equatly
important rule is always refer to per-
son by name. never lust he or ''she."
Women who are apparently we'll bred
s often designate their husbands as Mr..
). without realizing that they have CON-
mitted a social faux pas If tte person
addressed is friend one sa.aks ~ one i,
husband 81 is first name. At any other
time 1t is more correct simply to refer
to him as my husband"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
The Last Resort.

When you've filed the last prescrip-
ton
And the last pint's gone to pot;
When your mouth is like cinder
And your nerves are in knot;
When there's nothing much down
cellar
But the furnace and the coal.
And you growl and scowl and grumble
With rebellion in your soul,
Did you ever think of taking
Your misfortunes to the Wife?
She once kept your heart from break
ing
She may even save your life!
For you haven't praised her cooking
Without reason, take my tip!
There's been brandy in the mincemeat
When you lacked it on the hip!
And who knows but what, for pity,
GIVE been through the mill myself)
She may share that quart of sherry
On the pantry shelf!
A. B. BROOKE.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06

t. VEN if your correspondence is
not extensive there is every
reason why you should have
two or three different sorts of notepaper.
If possible settle on certain Sorts and
stick to them. Don't Just buy any sort
that appeals to your fancy, any sort that
happens to be marked down when you
need to buy new.
For Business Use.
For business letters use business
like stationery, even if you are not
business woman. Single sheets of paper
bearing your address at the top are a
good selection for business purposes, and
it is possible to have paper printed with
your address at a price no greater than
ordinary paper without the printed adj
dress. This printed paper may be used
with envelopes to match, bearing the
address on the envelope.
However, there is economy in using
envelopes bearing the postage stamped
upon them. and it is perfectly good form
to send business letters out in these
envelopes To be sure these do not have
the printed address on the outside. II
saves time if you have made q
little rubber stamp bearing your address
This may be used to give the return
address on business letters, though il
would not do for social or purely per-
sonal letters. Remember, too. that while
the Post Office Department makes use
of the return address when marked or
the fly of the envelope, we are urged tt
put this information upon the upper left.
hand corner of the envelope.
Your Personal LETTERS
So much for the paper you selec
for business communications.
1t is also desirable, if you write a.
length to members of your own family
or to close friends. to have a sort o.
paper that is rather light in weight
so that you may write long letters with
out having to use excess postage. Some
times pads of writing paper wi" en-
velopes to match are we'll chosen foi
this purpose. Remember that ever
though Il. letter is going to a relative
or near friend. the paper should be O.
good quality and of uniform appear
ance. Don't let your correspondent fee
tha1 you are using "any 0ld' piece o
stationery.
third sort OF stationery should b,
reserved for letters OF purely socia
or formal purppses--answers to invita-
tions. Acknowledgements oil gifts and &
letters of congra tulations, ETC.. letters o
condolences. letters of introduction
The envelopes should be oil fairly goot
size, the paper should De rather heav.
and preferably either nure white, liSh
gray or cream. To use paper of pink .
nnauve or green tint 10 always in qu IS
tionahle taste. To be sure some peopS
do 1t. bat they Go nor always make
hla it11prpSSinn when fhaU do ir
1t is really necessary to have SINAI
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
Formal Dinners Call for Social Skill
Well Chosen Guests Make for Success:

A T formal dinner where both men
~ and women are invited each man
is assigned to be the partner OF
.re of the women. Unless there is NJ
way out of it the hostess should avoid
having more men than women at din
ner that is fLrmal.
Just what are the obligations of a
man guest toward the woman to whom
he is assigned as partner?
In the first place he should escort her
to dinner. The stately fashion that is
less followed now than it was some
years ago is for each lady to take the
arm of the man who is assigned to her
as partner and proceed to dinner with
her hand resting on his arm, AS the
host with mis- partner always eads the
way the guest need meyer feel en-
oarrassed at not knowing whether to
follow this stately fashion or not If
the most offers his arm his partner of
course takes it and ali others follow
suit
The hostess should see to it that each
man knows who is to be his partner.
II there are only few guests she can
do this easily enough BY telling each
man as he comes into the drawing room
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06

pictured and this elaboration is charac-
teristic of the season's1o output Of neck
wear This model is a simple bateau
collar in the back and closes at the
side. Others show bibs both back and
front, sometimes evenly matched and
again with a longer panel in the front.
There are round oval. square and point
ed bibs, but, whatever the shape, the col
lar is characterized either by the elegance
and value of its lace or by such com
binations as several kinds of lace or by
tucllings, shirrings and outings. of net
that give the piece an ornate air with
out disturbing it's flat surface.
In some rather elaborate Guimps
touches of metal ribbon are ingeniously
combined with the lace, lending the
shine of pale gold or silver to an other
wise simple model. Colors are some-
what uncertain, though they are shown,
but the >fnagpie combination of black
and white is expected to be popular. A
novel conceit is the use of narrow black
ribbon through beading at the top Of
the collar, SO that it can be readily adj
justed to any neckline.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
Cherished Ideals

Most of US cherish some abiding ideal
of comfort or content that we usually
say little about. Usually, too, 1t Is the
last OF our ambitions to be realized. Just
beca use we have got used to having it
hanging around us unsatisfed we take
no steps to fulfill it even when an oppor-
tunity occurs. Sometimes it is rather a
foolish little desire that we wouldn't
think of telling anyone about.
For instance. there is one woman who
says that all her life she has gone to
bed just little hungry. To have to go
to the pantry and forage for a bedtime
snack would spoil it. She has yearned
to have some light and tempting dainty
served to her by some well-trained SER
want or other. With the years this
woman's husband acquired enough of
fortune to make it possible for her to
have well-trained servants a-plenty. She
still yearns for the bedtime snack. and
it was only the other day that it oc-
Cured to her that she could very easily
have 1t now If she wanted 1t.
Then there is the man who never mad
enough top milk" or cream for his
breakfast cereal. He was always warned
at home to leave enough for the rest OF
the family. He has gone through life
wishing he might for once have all the
cream he wanted on top of his cereal He
could quite easily afford 1t now, but APP
parently 1t never occurs to him to bring
his dream to a reality.
We are rather fortunate II our queer
little dreams Of comfort are possible OF
eventual realization. Some Of US are not
so fortunate. One young woman who
works very hard all day sa US since child
hood she mas cherished the idea that
some time somewhere she could find an
enormous nanny nurse who could carry
her off 10 ped every night. undress ana
battle her like a baby and tuck her into
bed and possibly Groom her off to slum-
berland
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
Hold to Ideals,
Rector's Advice

r EFT American girls of the present
generation hold men to the high
est standards and the men will be
raised to them accordingly, stated the
Rev Merritt Earl of the Homestead
Methodist EPISCOPAL Church, Baltimore.
in recent sermon. "How to Choose a
Husband"
Never lower your IDEAL of the man
you want to marry" he said. Keep
your standard high and we men will
follow. One reason people claim that
there are no good men to-day is because
women do not expect do not demand,
the best that is in men. The worldly
man. the spendthrift the cigarette iend.
the dancer. the boozer. the self-styled
perfect man. and numerous others are
exiled from the candidate ne would
choose as a future mate were he the
woman choosing. On the other hand.
your future husband should be one
whom you can trust anG one whom you
can love in spite of poverty. should pow
erty be your luck in married life.
"'But how can / be sure he is the
right man? most young women ask to-
day. To them | say. give the matter
your utmost and careful consideration
before taking the step, When the man
makes the mistake in choosing the wrong
mate he has his lodge room and club.
both Of which he usually works over
time When she makes the mistake,
only death can rectify It," Here is the
preachers warming:
"Never run after a man and never
marry tc reform nm, Let him fight to
get you. If he doesn't think enough of
you to marry you he's lot worth the
having. Reforming a man is a thank
less Job, so don't tackle It,"
The requirements of the ideal husband,
according to the Rev. Mr.. Earl's list. are
that he possess: L. Good manners: 2.
geniality Of soul; 8, kindness; 4. SYM
pathy s. industry; 6, truthfulness; Z,
richness in character rather than rich
ness In money s. home builder.
And If you want to be certain your
husband Is "Mr. Right" who will make
your life happy ever after, do not marry,
says the Rev. Mr.. Earl. the man who rs
1. worldly; temptations will get him
some day and he will wreck your matri-
monial life sooner or later; shun him:
2. shftless; no wife can supply a man
with backbone; he must be a live wire
and your bread winner: 3, cigarette
1end: 4, a scoffer OF religion; s, a
dancer; the fol-d,-rol dancer educates
his heels rather than his head; avoid
him; 6. boozer: his habits Will lead
you to the almshouse Z, the maker of
excuses catch him in a lie and say
good night and good-by before you
marry him: g. a spendthrift and gam
bier; you'll get the crust and he the
bread
"You smile and say this is a pretty
high standard to-day the preacher
added "But | tell you there are good
men in this world. Don't be In too much
of hurry to marry and you will find
one"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
A Love Letter.

Dearest: I loved your little note,
And I will wed you gladly
although your salary is smalD
Because i love you madly.
Our simple needs will be quite few,
& love you as you are)
4 little fiat up Harlem way,
And yes, Sof course. a car,
A modest bus, not a Rolls Royce.
A cheaper one will go for
The likes of us; I'd ask no more,
Except. perhaps, a chauffeur.
AS I have said, my wants are few,
A flat-small honey nook,
A maid or two to keep it clean,,
And also, dear, cook.
Wen start in this small, quiet way,
Because L love you, honey,
And live for better days to come
When you are making money.
v. ALLDINA.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
The Essential Value
of Accessories
CCEssORIEs-those innumeral

A CCESSORIES-those innumerable
n essential non-essentials of dress
are multiplying daily. To be
sure there has never been a time when
fashion did not demand accessories. Our
clothes essentials never achieved the
simplicity of sleeping bags to cover us
completely and adequately from head to
loot in one piece, but we have got aIone
with fewer accessories than usual, first
during the war years and then during
the years when fashion at least was
undergoing Arieus reconstruction.
Before maay seasons have passed we
shall be wondering how we ever con-
sidered ourselves well dressed without
gloves. For the nonce you hear both
Dpinions-that gloves are an ute ~ Gu
necessary and inartistic hangover from
Victorian days: Oh else that 'eytIy
ore is wearing gloves again" AT least
you no longer attract any attention or
branu yourself rs remiss when YOU go
gloveless. put you may wear gloves
without being regarded as trttie
old fashioned. And your gloves may be
ornate. Iaeons piGuousness used 10 b.
considered virtue in gloves; now they
may be as ornate and as different from
other peoples gloves as you please.
Among tho most recent importations
from Paris are perfumed glove of a
delicate s,lde OF pink. They are short
but course TIC are E0rn with tSe
sleeveless or very short sleeved frock. !.
Slippers seemingly are as ornate IS
gloves and there seems to be no dis
position on the part OF we'll dressed
women 20 alb ndon the slipper of silver
or gold 10th. NJ French origin Il
Cinderella 81 PIPER OF gold lame, en-
hlotdered in red and green and edged
with rhinestoneS.
Rhinestones will apparently be used n
as great profusion as ever and some 81
the little bags carried by we'll dressed
women are of MORE with rhinestone
clasps and bands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06

before dinner. When there are many
guests this is sometimes inconvenient,
A more convenient manner and man
ner that is in perfectly good form is to
provide little cards and envelopes for
each man. On the outside Of the en-
velope is written the mans name and
inside small white card containing
only the name of the lady he is to
escort. These envelopes are given to
each man in the dressing room as ne
arrives.
Arrived in the dining room with his
dining partner it is the duty Of each
man tc find his place and that Of his
partner, which is beside his. These places
are easily found by means of the ma mes
written on the place card. The man
then stands behind his partners chair
and assists her in taking her place. TAX
ing his as soon as the hostess and the
other women guests are seated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-06
Pear MarmaIade.


Weigh, pare, halve, and core as many
ripe mellow pears as is desired to use.
Put Their INTO a preservi : tettle, barely
cover with cold water, simmer gently
until tender Lift them out Of the water,
boil the liquid for an hour with the skins
and cores of pears, strain it, make a
syrup of it by boiling one and one-half
pounds of sugar and quart of liquid
for, every two pounds of fruit, and let
this syrIp boil until : will stiffcn, when
a small quantity is poured on a plate.
Stir the pears into the syrup. and boil al
together for a few minutes, Put int
Jars. cover in the usual way and store
in cool dry place.
Ginger Pear.
Eight pounds Of p1ars, peeled and
chopped, six pounds of sugar, the juice
AMI rind of four lemons (boil the lemons
first till you can pierce them with a
straw, and one-half pound of preserved
ginger root. Boil for two hours.
Preserved Orange Straws.
Soak the emptied orange peels all
night in clear water. l.. the morning
drain off the water and with pair of
sharp scissors cut the pee into thin
strips, no wider than d wheat straw.
Soak these again in clear water for
two hours. Then put them over the fire
in this second water and add a cupful of
sugar for each cupful of the straws.
There shoul" be = pugh water to cover
allAtwo inches deep. Cook slowly for two
hours at least, taking care it does not
burn at bottom as the syrup thickens.
The straws. should Re clear and golden in
color Al the end of the time take them
with a split spoon d spread them
upon a dish in the sun. Boil the syrup
left in the kettle half ar hou' longer.
pack the 5traws into wi e mouthed jars.
and pour the syrup in upor them. Seal
at once.
If you follow the. 'irections you will
have candied orange peel, good to eat as
it S. and available for many dainty pur-
poses. 1t makes lovely straw for a