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Show - 1 Woman's World A LITTLE GRAVE. Thrj,r now the wintry winds have hl.-Wll .1..- thf yellow grass blades here, iVi tlirice the birds have sung and How 11. lhrice the loaves, all brown and -fTC. ... J.lVt. drifted ci'ftly. gently down, . 'while 1. to win the praise of men, j.jvc ;il"i'ed in the busy town netting imw and then. I y -,,!-. niuc? Nhv, I have but tried - ; y,r ,i tiirli the ready tears away; ! Villi i 1 -1 1 an outward show of pride I st ill h;ivo mourned from day to day, I'ft the busy niarket-plaee, i piphi. to sit apart alone, , ,1 iirr,'! nuns', feel a little face J 'j.j.ouod softly to my own. rpiri .; now the wintry winds have ,uept b..c my darling, sleeping here, , ,j 1, imm'ii, today have wept ,,s: many -a long, long treasured tear. : ,1 vli' p' my hopeless teardrops fell , ... ji.iwers of hope have bloomed ;'. r ni' , ):! ! ;i hi- glad in doing well, . one 1 love shall see. S.E. Kiser. THE MINOR POINTS OF DRESS. Ec Dainty in These if You Hope to Look Well Groomed. m i tv dress accessories are Uite as j,, m,i i.iut items in the proper gowning ,,- ,, woman as is the material from u hi' h lir'" gowns "are made. i-,.l!ais and cuffs, whether separate or a:i.i : lud. bolts, handkerchiefs, gloves, , . iis everything in fact that goes , nu,ke a harmonious whole, must I-,,., the greatest care' and attenti:n, ai.l1 arc no small item in the cost of d'i'-ssing. The present fancy for de-ui. de-ui. liable washable collars and "dickies" will recommend itself to women who daintiness of person, it is an eeoii-.niy.to make for one's s-lf nil sorts of the pretty neckwear so much the fashion, and is a fr I., ti. r method of employing one's spare i',,..in.'!its than in the making of sense-.-s fancy things. As gifts nothing is in ie acceptable than a dainty collar . sfi or a pretty hand-made handker- j 4 i-iu'.-f. and all sorts of sheer materials iv.av n- ui-ed with charming effect. I 'm- a long neck a pretty collar may in .ul I'.v gathering an inch .wide lace ujion a very narrow band of white sis. ( n the other side of the band a fiill of narrower lace is sewn, and the hms band is then c veml by a fancy 1 ading. through which is run a band of black velvet ribbon. Among ill" novelties brought out at Clnisimas time was a pair of gloves which has concealed in the palm of the bit hand a tiny change purse which holds a quarter comfortably, and no more. A flap falls over, clasping se-I se-I cm v. This is one of the most eon-.' eon-.' client articles one could imagine, especially for matinee use, when one is bothered by a large and cumbers-jine 1 "now that one can find at all the best f!;o;is a very good quality of gloves for ! a dollar there is no need for any one to-1 v-ar gloves that are fhabby or soiled, to sv nothing of the fact that there an- iiiany places where only 5 cents :s barged to clean them. In gloves, as in everything else, there r.if changes in the styles each year, b th in color and cut, but it is rarely that a decided innovation is a great success. The gloves that simply slip evff the hand and are confined at th3 vr.'st by an elastic band are having a we-.viej ful- vogue. They are quite as i rat as anv buttoned over and are made ,.f ;hr best kid. as well as the less ex-l"-nsive. To,, much cannot Vie said ab ut the r,v,-..itv for proper care in removing ci,,ves from the hands, for upon this -.re than anything else depends th-bieth th-bieth of time a pair of gljves will! wiar After unfastening the glove it i sii.mld le turned back over the ham', as ar as the fingers, and then shoull j b.- tush. m1 off without pulling on the! in '( of the glove at :J1. as -when tin.? is d..i" tin- threads of the sewing are br ken and in a short time begin to ' '!Hr the glove is off the hand the fin- r':-s slionld be gently straightened out. Pi, cloves smoothed into shape and pui i a lox. to keep them from the air as ;. vi' li -is possible, as it is the air and '::.- m isture in it that rot the fine" I'm, ad with which a glove is sewn. o,i plan in buying veils is to buy .;"ntitv at a ,ime and by so doin,;r limiimi - all nossibility of being forced r i., -.war one that is passe, an uncom- f..-table -itur.tl n In which almost every -n.r.iai. :inds net r.elf st one time or an-eih. an-eih. r. for the simple reason that she his -,,. gotten she was in need of a new .':i from which all freshm'ss has i.- ;.!-.ut the m st Corlorn looking ei ie. i. ami has the power to destroy j f-i -.lv ,,n otherwise perfect toilet. In! - i. is capable of giving one an al-.l,srr;,UTalile al-.l,srr;,UTalile aptf a ranee. One of I '- a-i'. antagps of buy lug veiling in j a-mi- s is that if one has a fancy f:r j ; -: ilar msh she doesn't have to j : a ".terminable time for the shop !-; !i i.ish its stoi-k every time she ". ,;. a hi- veil, ard now that women a s-,, f,,,,rj ..f individuality in veils as "II a -i other articles f dress it b"- ! ms .very one to be well supplied a1.', times. H.-lts are another article of clothing hi.h eiiher m;l;e or mar a gown, and a woman's figure as well. After the furore f..:- high cirdles there has been a (i'cide.t reaeti n. and now narrow strap lulis are nw-r more the fashion, liiourh in a great many there is a ten-di ten-di noy toward more w idth in the back than in the front. rush bi lls, too. ate seen, but unless : 1 1 '- aie very, very tight they are liable to make the waist look- larger. A slicht dip in front is still w:rn. but it is not nearly so pronounced - as las-year, las-year, and it is possible now to find belt i.ckies that "ill fit an all-around belt. - N w York Sun. THE NEW WOMAN OF. 60 PLUS. Traits She Lost When She Declined to Grow Old as Formerly. 'I'll ii w woman of T.O is now a fixed '.autre of citv life. She is welcomed, j moreover. She wears ihe same style ..f hats that her daughters do and her (i -1 sts are correspondingly youthful. Tlvre mav have been a certain ten-o. ten-o. rness in the former woman of. ' ;., h.-r lace and violet bonnet, which is eo king iii her successor with her Na-ioleonic Na-ioleonic beaver turned back deliantlj fiom her brow. Kut as a change from .onditions that existed formerly, the new woman or 50 adds much to the b- autv of out of door life, even if she mav not bring th same grace and gentleness as her predecessor to her own tirside. . One has seen this new woman dur in, ii,e holidav season wandering through ihe shops "with her daughter of HO or 1 ps the two dressed with so ference in detail that they miht bo listers The debutante of IS by tne '5e of her mother of 3S wtms very r.uth VMS her. When twelve years more have made that maiden a matron mat-ron and her mother a grandmother there will still be little difference between be-tween them in looks. "Now that we have .accepted the rew woman of 50," said an amateur sociologist, so-ciologist, "we have to accept also the n. wer woman in the next stage of her development.. Fhe is wfll. the. woman over 50. Say that she has reached ine t.xtics or passed, beyond than. Is uhe an agreeable subEtitute for her predecessor? pred-ecessor? "How many white-haired, unamiable looking women one sees nowadays, covered with feathers and furbelows and wearing clothes that are much too young for them! I see them fighting their way into theatres, elbowing them-scives them-scives through the crowds in the Fifth avenue shops and calling harshly in rasping voices to girls in the stores. Are thcse women the results of the new women of 50? This critic's view may be extreme, hut it is a fact that elderly women are seen in public much more than they ured to be. Nothing se'ms to daunt them now. They jump in ;md out of crowded trolley ears with a pretense of youthful youth-ful alacrity, and they sparkle with gems at the opera. The new woman of fifi plus. She may be poor and yf I nfieet the same jauiuines-. that the Fifth avenue dressmakers try to provide pro-vide for their customers who are over j fiti years young. i "It may be an improvement to have o'd women looking so much younger," the sociologist continued, "but I have observed that they try to substitute for certain recognized charms of age what poorly replaces the original gen-tit gen-tit ness. tenderness and contentment where are they in the new woman of more than 60? "It may be that the ability to wear a black jet hat with three ostrich feathers fea-thers on the side was not possessed in former years by women who had long passed into the grandmother class. F.ut those earlier grandmothers had some other traits not possessed by their successors: and they were the qualities that made old age restful j.nd lovable and, above all, revered." Nerves and Character. A child born with a nervous constitution constitu-tion is to be pitied or envied according as he has parents who do or do not know how to treat him. Character is made or marred, even more than we are went to believe, by the training which the child receives, and the future of no child is more absolutely in the keeping of its father and mother than is that of the nervous child. By judicious treatment such a child may be made to grow up a physical or moral wreck,' at odds with the world, while under wise management it may develop into one of the highest types of lovable man or woman gentie, affectionate, sensitive, intellectual and dependable. The nervous child is often difficult to manage , especially if the mother is impatient with its despondency or its irritability. Scoldings only increase the tension of its nervous system, and more severe punishment, which the phlegmatic phleg-matic child takes with scarce a whimper ana to it oeiterment ,is oneu cruei in the extreme. ' There are two types of nervous childrenthe chil-drenthe active child, always on the go, inquisitive and acquisitive, but delicate as the mimosa leaf, shrinking back into itself at the first repulse or harsh word and the pale, quiet, sensitive sensi-tive child, intelligent and thoughtful, but retiring. The child of the fitvt type develops into the inventor, the active philanthropes!, the pVomoter, the schemer, the adventurer, or the leader of criminals, according as his training has been wise or foolish. The child of the second type! becomes the philosopher., philos-opher., the thinker, the man of letters, the poet, or the misanthrope, the pour recluse, and the plotter against society so-ciety and the government. One great mistake in training a nervous child is to try to strengthen the nerves by opposition. A nervous child must be guided not driven: if afraid of the dark it must not be forced to sleep in a closed room without a glimmer of light. It should not be laughed at for its natural timidity, but should be gently convinced by argument of the groundlessness of its fears. At the same time its physical constitution should receive careful attention. Tonics, good digestible food, an open air life, avoidance of long hours of study, frequent fre-quent changes of air and scene are all not only serviceable but. one might say. indispensable in the transformation of the child of nervous disposition into the well-poiisecl man or woman. Hot Water as a Cosmetic. Far better for the complexion than any cosmetic ''compound by a perfumer i? the application of very hot water to ihe face with a woolen wash rag. A matron of 50. whose charms are the envy of those of her acquaintances of half her years, has used .this application applica-tion many years. "Every night and n orning." she says. "I give my face' a thorough washing with a piece of white flannel in hot water. Once in a great while I use soap, but not often, as I have found the hot water, persistently persist-ently used, very satisfactory. If the skin has not been exposed to a great amount of dust, the water may be merely sopped upon the face at night, as once a day often enough to scrub. After the hot bath dash on a liberal quantity of cold water with the hands until the skin fairly glows. This is the cheapest and most wonderful cosmetic cos-metic known. A month of such treatment treat-ment will transform any complexion. My skin is much fairer and rosier now than when I was 20. I had naturally a poor complexion, coarse and muddy. I tried many remedies, but they were very unsatisfactory, until one day an old'ladv. whose skin I always had admired ad-mired for its vouthful appearance gave me the recipe. I tried it faithfully and before long saw with delight that my complexion was clearing." Marry Not a Man. Vho never dresses up or cares how he looks except when he goe.s to see, seme lady. Who thinks that a comfortable home and plenty to eat and wear should satisfy any woman. " Who thinks that the woman who gets him for a husband tvill be lucky bevond the re.n of her sex. Who bosses his sisters and does not think it necceary to show them the; same c-o.tsideration as other girls. Who boasts to his men friends of j his conquests among the fair sex and j ! thinks that no woman can resist him. j ' Who does not regard marriage as a I partnership in which there must be I mutual concession.?, but would be likely I to think he owned his wife. Who would like to humiliate his wife ! by making her beg for every dollar she desires for herself and tell what she is j going to do with it. Liver Fritters. ' Take s me nice soft iiver and cover it with ordinary frosting. Allow the frosting to harden in the usual way, and then, with alt the deftness possible, jej-k the liver from under. The liver and frosting must be eaten separately, but the dish is really a mixture and must be regarded as such whenever I ossible. In the days of Felicia Hemans. What grave housekeepers the tremens? Spanish Omelet. The? omelet espanol is constructed a? follows: Make a sauce of a tablespoon of butter and the same of browned flour in a deep frying pan. When piping pip-ing hot stir in a cup of canned tomato, half a cup' of mushrooms sliced fine and the same, quantity of mined ham. Season with red pepper, onion juice and salt.. Let it simmer about eight minutes, then srtir in four "beaten eggs. Stir carefully as it thickens, and when the eggs are sjet', servo on buttertd toast.. . ; s ' '.' " I Too Much Discipline. i Some mothers pride themselves on f the picture of their children sitting mutely in a corner, holding hands, when guests are present, as they do upon the spick-and-span condition of their china closet, and by general consent con-sent this has come to be looked upon as something greatly to be desired. Hy such disciplinerwhile it is impressive, really bottles up a great deal of the native na-tive energy and intelligence of the child. Children that are permitted to discuss questions within the bounds of reason with their elders invariably manifest a spirit of self-reliance and composure as 'they advance in age, which is very much more important to them than the ability to sit back and say nothing. For the Little Woman. Her object is to look as big as she can. and she frequently succeeds in giving the impression that she is a great deal taller than she is by taking care of the lines of her figure. There is more in the way she holds herself than in the high heels that can he worn: she should hold her head up and her shoulders buck. Then much depends de-pends upon her skirt. A skirt that is Ions- in front increases her apparent height. Short women should not wear capes, and wide belts are to be avoided. A long waist gives height, and an actress act-ress who desired to increase her height managed it by building up the heels inside. Very llat hats should not be worn. Broiling a Steak. Few housewives understand the art of broiling, and consequently chops and steaks are often robbed of their delicate del-icate flavor by frying in a pan. A steak or c hop properly broiled should have a thin, well browned crust. He-yond He-yond this crust the meat should be red and juicy, hardly a shade less done in the middle than near the surface. If the broiling is to be done on a range have the fire very bright and clear. Open every draft that smoke and flame may be drawn up the chimney. Place the piece of meat in the double broiler and hold, it as near the coals as possible until the surface is brown, turning frequently. It will take three or four minutes for this. Now raise the broiler several inches above the beu of coals and continue the cooking until the meat is done. A good rule is to count ten slowly, then turn the broiler. I A steak or chop, cut a little more than an 'inch thick, will cook nicely in ten minutes. If liked well done, it should be to. ked for twelve minutes. Tomato Sauce. Perfect tomato sauce is easily made after this recipe, furnished by an expert ex-pert dietitian: Put over the five a quart o canned tomatoes, into which stir a little salt and white pepper, a thicK slice of onion browned in butter, a little lit-tle sugar and a blade of mace. Stew-down Stew-down to a point, and put through a tine sieve. This is now ready to serve a variety of purposes. Add a. sufficient ouantltv of clear boullion and a de licious tomato soup is prepared, berved with veal cutlets or fish needing a tomato to-mato sauce, it will be highly appreciated. appreci-ated. Nothing could be better to include in-clude with a casseroled chicken or beef a'jla mode. Potatoes Baked in Cream. B:il the potatoes, and when cold cut them in very small pieces. Put them in a saucepan over the fire, moisten well with cream, and pepper and salt to taste, and when hot turn into a baking dish. Have the dish full, level it off. sprinkle bits of butter and some grated cheese over the top and brown in a hot oven. The Crying Baby. When a baby cries at an entertainment, entertain-ment, turn around and look disapprovingly disapprov-ingly at its mother. She is not pinching pinch-ing it to make it cry, is trying her best to hush it and probttbly had no one to leave it with at home. Rut that makes no difference. By no means remember that you were a baby once yourself. . SONG OF THE BACHELOR GIRL. Tell me not in mournful numbers That my fate's a sad. sad one: Listen to my tale of warning. All ye maidens, gay and young. If youmarry. oh, think wisely. "Twill be this way. mark my word; 'Wife, that nickel that I gave you, Has the spending been deferred? "'Or upon some foolish notion. Have you spent don't say 'Nay;' Well, 'twill have to do you Till a fortnight from today." Or. upon the next occasion. This will greet your loving ear: "Steak is tough and cakes are tougher, A cook you'll never make, my dear." Next, you miss your car, when shopping. shop-ping. And reach home a second late: Does he smile benignly on you. And bemoan with you your fate? No, he growls at you fio sweetly,. In a voice both gruff and deep, "'Think you might be home when I am. Fellow's temper's hard to keep." You must listen, gently listen. To the groanings, loud and long. Of the gentleman called "husband," Therefore, heed ye all my song. Now, the married ones, my maidens, A different song will sing to you, And it may be. yes it may be That their joyous tale is true. Therefore, ponder long, and deeply, On the stories that we tell. And decide which you will be, then, Madame or plain mademoiselle, j How to Wash the Hair. Many a young housekeeper goes about with tangled tresses because she cannot can-not afford costly shampoos and does not understand the, art of washing her own hair. Probably the most satisfactory method of cleansing the hair is one that was invented by the American Indians, In-dians, long years ago. Go to a small stream of running water, empty a quart of borax or shaved soap into the biook, run to a point some fifty feet furtherd down the stream and dive into the water head first. The soapy water rushing on its way, will swish through the hair, and cleanse It thorough. If you cannot conveniently find a stream of running water, lather your head and go out into the rain. TALK HAPPINESS. Talk happiness! Not now and then, but every Blessed day. Even if you can't be sure Of half of what You say: There's no room here, for him Who whines as on his Way he goc;:: Remember, son. the- world is Sad enough without Your woes. Talk happiness each chance You get and Talk it good and strong: Look for it in The byways as you grimly Plod along; Perhaps it is a stranger now Whose visit never Comes; But talk it! Soon you'll find That you and happiness . Are chums. ' J. Wainwright ' UNSPOKEN WORDS. . The kindly words that rise within the heart. And thrill it with their sympathetic tone. Put die ere spoken, fail to play their part. And claim a merit that is not their own. The kindly word unspoken is a sin And tells the heart that doubting, looks within. That not in speech, but thought, the virtue lies. But 'tis not so: another heart may thirst For that, kind word, as Hasar in the banished Hagav! prayed a well hight burst From out the sand to save her parching parch-ing child. And loving eyes that cannot see the mind Will watch the expected movement of the lip: Ah! can ye let its cutting silence wind Around the heart and scathe it like a whip? Then hide it not. the music of the sou!, j Dear sympathy, expressed with kind-I kind-I ly voice. JmU let it. like a shining river, roll To deserts dry to hearts that would rejoice. . Oh: let the sympathy of kindly words Sound for the poor, the friendless and the weak: And He will bless you He who struck-these struck-these chords Will strike another when in turn you seek. John Boyle O'Reilly. Let Husbands Keep House. (o away, sisters of the household, and let your husbands keep house for ;i few weeks. Here at home I had been importuned for a long time to put up a shelf for the lamps, to put shelves in a closet over the kitchen mantel for irons and soap. etc. 1 intended to do it all, but didn't any especial nerd of haste. But after moving lamps from sink to table and from closet to sink, and hunting irons and other articles o everyday use from up attic and down cellar, 1 saw. The shelves were put up and several other conveniences, such as a closet under the sink and a new corner clothes closet since no one was there to hand me my garments and a row of nails in the back of the attic door for outside -jarments. Symptoms of Eye Strain. One of the symptoms of eye strain is watering of the eyes. It is because the eyes are weak or it may come from some obstruction of the tear duct. Twitching of the eyelids is another symptom of strain anu sick headache another. Dark spots dancing before the eyes sometimes indicate an internal derangement de-rangement or possibly the result of extreme ex-treme nervousness. If test and care do not improve them, it is best to consult an oculist. Going to bed early is said to make the eyef- darker in hue. and the wearing of gowns the color of the eyes is known to intensify their color and brightness. For inflammation of the! eyes nothing is better than boracic acid. In a saucer of warm water put a teaspoonful of borax, and after letting let-ting it stand a few minutes bathe the eyes with it. DRESS TIFS FOR STOUT WOMEN j Don't Overdress, But Also Do Not Be j Tco Plainly Gowned. While her slenderer sisters arc being srtorially catered to iso satisfactorily,; and their lines: studied and compli- j mented. the poor woman to whom na- ' tt re has been too generous in the mat- ! ter of avoirdupois is obliged to work ' out her own salvation where her clothes are concerned, or trust to her dressmaker dress-maker to "adapt" to her c-omething originally intended for a woman' half her size. Usually in the adapting so much of style and cut is lost as to render the re- j suit anything but a thing of beauty. ! Truly a gown, of all things, should be ' built for the ts pe of woman by whom it is meant to be worn. j The itinting of a tew' yards of goods is sure to ruin any garment for any woman, and nothing is more evident j with every step w hen there is a hick of j material in a gown. j The short walking skirt, which has had so many ups and downs since it . fust appeared, for its length changer" each season, is one of the troubles in which the stout woman is likely to go astray. Its unbecomingness is un deniable, but no woman of senise will, for that reason, eschow its comfort and cleanliness, nor because of it court the profusion of germs that lurk in the borders of the long tailed gown, which, though held up ever so carefully, are sure sometimeri to sweep public floors and stairs. Such skirts for the stout woman should be made with very deep plaits stitched down from the waist about eighteen inches in the front and sloping slop-ing upward to about ten inehet- from the waist in the back. From the waist line to where the stitch ing ends the material should be cut from the under "side of' the plaits, to remove re-move the extra cloth over the hips. In length the skirt should be at least two inches from the ground, and the plaits will give so much fulness at the battom that the feet are not too much in evidence, evi-dence, an objection usually made to a skirt of this length. Horizontal lines should never be w:rn by the stout woman in any part of her costume, and even straight lines that are so prominent as to catch the eye should be avoided. The less the surface is broken the less the appearance of size. Combinations in colors should be avoided as much as possible, and even when black and white are used together, togeth-er, the white should be confined to the . collar and vest, and the black be un- broken by any introduction of the white j in sleeves or skirt. Checks, except o- , the tiniest, must be tabooed, polka dots likewise, with the one exception of a ' very small dot on a dark blue back- I ground. I Fine stripes, really hair lines, on i blue -er black, if properly made up are becoming as a rule, but if too much tiimmed are quite as undesirable as j plaids. Cool coloring in soft, dull I shados. even though light, make the I most desirable evening gowns for the stout woman, though fluffy, soft black is pretty, too, but satin, spangled nets or stiff black silks are worse than un- suitable: they are painful to look upon. I In sleeves it is well to adhere to those j ef moderate size, as they are without question far more becoming than the I large ones and may be made sufficiently sufficient-ly in the prevailing mode without par- taking of its exaggerated features. If the shoulders be very narrow, an effect ef-fect of width may be obtained by lengthening the shoulder of the waist cut over the arm by means of a curved piece of canvas set into the armhole at the top of the sleeve. All bagginess of the waist must h'-1 avoided, bcth back and fiont. and yet care must be exercised to prevent an appearance of tightness. |