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Show Skirt Facings. For facing the bottom of tho skirt a piece of crossbar crinoline and a piece of alpaca or the dress material are required, three-fourths of a yard of each. Don't use canvas, nor haircloth, nor buckram, for they aro too stiff, too heavy and non-serviceable. non-serviceable. These facings need not be more than four inches wide. Alpaca is used o.ily as an economy to save a fabric which may be too heavy or too expensive to use. Exchange. Mrs. Keunan is a great help to George Kennan in his work for the oppressed people of Russia. She recopies manuscript, manu-script, reads proofs, translates Russian works, goes over the receipts from his work, and sees to their investment or deposit. de-posit. Mrs. Kennan is described as a woman of considerable business tact, with much personal attractiveness. Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster is a lovely, silver haired lady of most gracious presence. pres-ence. Though her literary career began so early- she, was in print at sixteen and has been so brilliant, the good lady prides herself even more upon her household house-hold qualities, bhe has brought up three families her step-children, her own children chil-dren and a flock of orphan nieces. Here is a recipe for eyobrows: First brush your brows towards your nose, then take your pencil and rub lightly through the hairs. When you must use your first finger and thumb, which you may moisten slightly, pinch the hairs jito a narrow and prettily curved line ibove the eyes. Mrs. Edna Doan Proctor, the poetess, .s t woman of middle age, with gray hair that is combed back over a broad forehead. She has an ample income that raises her above any dependence on the pen. She at one time lived in Peoria, Ills., and it a typical western woman. |