Show r w 3 fc t r HOME AND CHILDREN TWO THINGS ALL WOMEN LOVE SAYS BEATRICE FAIRFAX writer explain her that all women wish to marry love helps all trouble and trials all women wish to marry declares deatrice fairfax in the chicago american now wait a moment girls before you heap contradiction on my head and I 1 will myself as my small niece says the love of home and children Is in born in every true woman what other than maternal feeling do you suppose stirs the little woman of six years to rock and croon to her doll baby hour after hour and what but love of home prompts her to keep house under tho table or in a quiet nook in the garden the baby girl learns to love her doll before she takes her first toddling steps from that time on her whole life training leads toward matrimony I 1 do not for one moment deny that i there are thousands of very happy un married women but at the same time 1 believe that provided she marries the man she loves every woman on i earth prefers matrimony to spinster hood and why on earth t she want to marry this idea that a girl should be ashamed of wanting to marry Is all nonsense isn t the desire for happiness the strongest thing in all of us and to PLAIN LINES GIVE BEAUTY good example of simplicity and clever handling many of the new models owe their charm solely to beauty of line color and material and being almost devoid of trimming appeal to the uninitiated as exceedingly simple and quite un worthy of the prices asked tor them one must pause to reflect that only an artist could so cut and hang and handle his stuffs as to get such perfection of line and that for artist work one must pay artist prices our model Is an example of artistic work and clever handling of cloth without decoration note the effective ar ran gement of shaped pieces on skirt and coat and the unique but stylish vest front on which Is fastened a band of black velvet caught directly in front with an old sliver buckle for the very thin frocks A fairy godmother has asked me to spend the coming winter in new york and washington said an attract alve maid out of the middle west who Is east on a shopping tour and I 1 have been fitted out in six up to date frocks I 1 was amazed when I 1 heard they were to be of tulle chiffon or gandie and I 1 indignantly demanded how I 1 was to rear such stuff as that in the winter I 1 received an impressive object lesson for gowns 0 the softest stuffs like tho or candles and chiffons a big chamois Is provided to be worn under the evening coat it has full sleeves caught at the wrist with rubber bands and it fits snugly about the neck one could brae the north polo lu such a wrap to cut waist from short material in order to ascertain exactly the amount of goods of a certain width it will require for a waist cut a news paper the desired width then lay your pattern on the paper and cut out after practicing with several pieces of the paper you will find that you can get your waist out of a smaller quant ty of material than you at first supposed marry the person you love and who loves you Is happiness for a time at least and it the two are well suited it means happiness for life woman is essentially a home maker she likes to make people cozy and comfy she loves to do things for those she loves I 1 know one little woman who has a pretty custom of which she Is quite unconscious when her husband comes home at night she always hov ers about him until he Is comfortably seated in his own special chair with his own special reading lamp behind him when he is quite settled she gives a contented little sigh and look ing at him in beaming satisfaction murmurs softly to herself there she would be amazed if she knew she did it but she never misses it and her husband gives her an adoring look which amply repays all her brou trou ble no modest girl runs after men nor shows that she hopes to marry but all the same you do want to marry don t you my it it should happen that you dont marry and very many charming women do not marry don t feel that you are all failures dont marry simply for the sake of having mrs attached to your name there Is only one thing to marry for and that Is love it you cannot marry for love much better remain unmarried married life is not always rose col ored there are many times when the greatest patience and tact are feces sary to make things run smoothly but love helps all troubles and trials go ahead dears dream your dreams and when the prince of men comes a wooing you marry him and live happily ever after for happy marriage Is the best career open to woman TRINKET BASKETS AS GIFTS some heavy cardboard and crepe pa per all that Is necessary each of the four sides of a little trinket basket may be cut from mod irately heavy cardboard and the front and back of each covered with rose embossed and plain pink crepe paper respectively the bottom Is of course a square and plain pink on both sides in each of its corners a hole Is punched and also in those of aba side sections the parts are then tied together with half inch ribbon the basket Is but six inches high which Is just right for use upon the dresser mantel or table by increasing the size of the several sections and using heavy for the foundation a durable and artistic waste basket cin be produced the creag paper makes a strikingly effective decoration tor a large basket also the pine cone and indian designs montreal herald IN THE TAILORED FROCKS skirts short for morning long and full fop for morning wear the skirts aro quite short but tor afternoon all are long and cut with ample fullness the coats are generally sou tacho and three quarters in length black is becoming very fashionable so Is mahogany nattier peacock blue and all shades odthe araps to wear with the dressier tailor mades muslin and crepe de solo blouses ded he same color as the cloth or velvet are the fashion the newest sleeved for thesa frocks are arranged in deep tucks and cut in one with the coat or bodice black velvet coats are seen worn with moire waistcoats and striped black and blue or mole or dull violet the greek coiffure Is much in evidence with opera costumes fancy color effects in shoes for day wear are gaining in popularity pincushions Pin cushions in odd shapes continue in favor and are used or prizes etc banana brown and cinnamon form a favored combination for coloring in many costumes patent leather shoes are being worn this season decorated with little fold ed bows of leather A trie little red morocco bag is fit ted with folding opera glasses powder puff and mirror A girl who paints china will fand that a breakfast tray set Is a much appreciated precia ted present clothes are more expensive in paria this season than ever before hats hae almost doubled in price an applied cloak tuck three inches wide furnishes a tunic effect on many of the long cloth skirts for handsome gowns matrona matrons aro wearing black or dark rich colored silks brocaded in velvet the skirt that la worn for tha promenade in paris at present la short the ground all around |