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Show ,, i , ; : Woman's. World.. 'SZZ. Specially Prepared lor Our Feminine Readers. ; i THE GIGGLING GIRL. : ? ' If you tell her she's modest or tell her . J ' she's vain. " , t She'll niggle. ' She heeds not the fail that it gives you a i pain. ! I That jriggle. i t Though you may address her in serious ' ' I key. i Make speech that presents no occasion for 1 sloe, s , Or even lor smiling, her answer will bo r A giggle. ; She runs to the door when her Chawky hoy rings ! ; .nl giggles. While helping him take off his cold winter i . ' thincs She giggles. s When scaled for sharking within the ' brie lit rays ! ' Of dollar per gas or the grate's cheery ; blaze. i . She answers the sugary things that he ' sayK With giggles. In church if she catches a girly chum's ' 1 eye. She giggles. There's no provocation, she doesn't know : why. Just giggles. She'll arch up her eyebrows like back of 1 the cat i That stands off the dog in the rear of the I ' fit J : i And give her eyelashes a humorous bat f . jj -nl giggles. j " ; ( If caU"d t.i the bier of a dead, silent I fricml. ; ; Shi-'.I giggle. S If Gabriel's trump should bring time to f ' an end. , ; ." .-Mie 11 glKgl'. t "If up to the gieai judgment bar she were I ; :, led I To list to her late with the quick and the i , , dead. i ' ', Fhe'd lhink it was funny and shake her I , fool head I l And einsle. ? : , lunver Post. SOME FORECASTS i ! ! : OF SPRING STYLES. ( London, Feb. 2. Already we are con- reining; ourselves with the things of - ; . ) : the spring. The "little seasm'-' in Lon- ' I ' ,. don. which "really eists. although it is ; iui-t itst li as t oiii ared with the sea- i ' son in May. June and July, is practi- i I rally over at Christmas. Then come ; the sales, when wunien flock from the : t country to the bargain counters and ; simultaneously for the south, the Ki-viera, Ki-viera, Cairo. Algiers, or for any other . i ; favored clime one may select. And ; ! such travelers demand something new, 4 s ! .uo for them .the ideas which might oth- s ; erwise be jealously held back, are ad- C ' vanced. V '' .; ' Our leading tailors are exploiting J ' '. some tiovel gowns. One such which f " s ' started for Cairo last week was a. white '' loth redingote with j-evers and deep I ' cavalier cuffs of pale blue cloth, the j ;' levers bordered with an appliiiue of ! ' ' . leaf-colored velvet, while the cuffs have I . ': , I , .' straps of the same velvet and antique f ! j , paste buttons holding the straps. Un- ; ! der these flaring sleeves will be worn i; lull undersieves ot sort mun. nntsnea ! ith lace ruffles. f ' ; ' - The skirt is of taffeta silk, printed in : : iuaint pompadour design, with floral I -wreaths and garlands. In spite of the i prophesied abolition of flounces, except I - as shaped volants i. e.: wings there 'I .ire two upon this skirt, each twelve , Inches deep, edged and headed with f ribbon ruches. A folded vest of ivorr chiffon is worn inside the corsage, leav- ; ing the throat bare. f The same tailor has just made a f 1 gown with a circular skirt cut to mold the figure like a sheath. The material is almond green silk, and this clinging Kkirt extend? to the knee, where it is . . finished by a Spanish flounce of ac- : oordion-plaited silk to match. ' . ; ; ! ; ; Boleros continue their reign, but ; since the variety is infinite and new j .j shapes are constantly appearing it is ! no wonder that their lease of life is to , S be stfll further prolonged. There is a decided fancy for boleros of black taf-4 taf-4 ' - fetas worn over slips of butter-col- : iired linen law n. These are short, plait- i cd, or plain, and are especially charm- ing when the lawn is embroidered. Indeed, In-deed, there is a positive furore for em- ! ' broidery, and embroidered lawn lends itself gracefully to all manner of deco-; deco-; rative effects, as trimming for blouses, ' ; for gimps, for vests, for collars, for , . s ' cuffs, for undersleeves, while lately f'1 . ihre has sprung uv a fashion for cut- 11 ing out the designs of closely worked white embroidery from lawn and cambric cam-bric and applying them upon any material ma-terial whatsoever, be it silk, wool or cotton. rers'inaHy. T admire it most I appliqued upon a background of b'ack I satin. Such a border makes a charm- I , ing finish for a bolero or coat. And any 5 me who can. use a needle may mamt- I j fncture an effective and fashionable j trimming by traeing a bold pattern in I , leaves or Hrabesqus on white linen 1 I lawn over black sit in. outlining, vein - I ; irg the leaves, and then cutting out the 1 ' ! ' 1 inn lace stitches, a trimming which is I rral'y a simple form ff the popular I ard expensive cut work. I Many of the gowns which are on Ihejr way to the south are v distin- ' ( guishcd by deep corselets of lace. Pitch ; one. for instance, had a three-quarter : , length basque allied to the pouching I bolero by an extravagantly wide bell f heavy cream lace, which wa also f ' ' applied on the deep round collar of the ; ' garment. I - ' Among new fancies which are stead- I -f ily gaining ground is the detachable I basque. It is praiseworthy as well as I' becoming, since it makes practicaliy. two bodices cut of one. When this j bodice is a close fitting bolero, the. basoue is slipped beneath the edge of the former and attached in ihe n?ate-;t i v'il-'le manner by means of the new I t glove buttons, which, as usi-1 for ' gowns, are altogether an American n--! lion and have the merit of being as nearly invisible as any fastening can I J ': tossibly b. A belt, unless it be an x- I 1 i travagantly wide affair, a Swiss belt 5 or a swathed girdle, for example, -ath- I r gives t'n secret away. The fact that " ! the dctaehable basque is seen upon fo I many gowns intended for the Riviera iray'hf fairly accepted as evidence that I ! it has come to stay. j As for the short skirt, there is much i ' doubt. It is here, and the most fash- i - ionable tailors are making gowns for j their more particular customers, with t skirts which swing fully clear of the I ground, and show the tips of the wear- rr's boots. Hut. then, out-of-door Kn-. Kn-. glish women always wear short walk- ' ing skirts, regardless of what other i women may do. Skirts worn for call- . ' ; Ing. when the caller rides, are still I ' made a little too long everywhere, and I , must be held up whenever one puts j foot to the pavement. There are short I ' dancing dresses, for young giiis.es- pecially. but matrons are sporting ! longer trains than ever. So it will j; ' probably he a do-as-you-please affair. and that the "trotter." as I heard a : dressmaker call it. the other day, will j j he worn chiefly by women who can s ; afford to have separate gowns for all . ( occasions and who do not wear their I , ' outdoor skirts in the house. I ' . Undoubtedly the most distinguished f : . -wraps intended for the Riviera are I I " , those modeled upon the lines of a ki- . : , muna. These are usually trimmed with J ; . effective hands of Oriental embroidery. , i ,. "which is every day becoming more of t , ! a craze with those who can afford it i " n craze which has been increased by ' ', ' ,: the fact that Queen Alexandra has or- ; 1 dered several of her gowns, for the . forthcoming coronation festivities, to , be especially embroidered by native In- , dian embroideries. This order cannot, j ; fail to have its due influence upon i i dress as a whole, and upon evenins dress in particular. Some handsome, and, it goes without saying, expensive evening wraps have been made of soft Indian cashmere, in white, and light biscuit, wool-wadded, satin lined, and trimmed with bands cut from Indian shawls, the genuine eachemire l'Inde. and for these the Japanese shape has invariably been ehosen. One of the most correct and best approved ap-proved wraps of the moment is the loose sacH. pelisse, straight up to the j neck and down to the feet, with a broad collar, Avhich may be round or square, as one likes. For this the accepted ac-cepted trimming is found in bread, stitched strappings of cloth, cither in the same shade as that of the garment, or in a darger or lighter tone, as fancy elects. The distinction of the garment depends upon its perfect fit. in spite of its looseness, its irreproachable cut, and the fineness of the materials from which it is made. Jane Mortimer, in Chicago Tribune. BABY'S OUTFIT. Takes a Hundred Dollars to Buy One Nowadays. A baby's outfit nowadays cannot be procured for less than $100, and it is not the material, but the expense of the hand work that makes baby clothes so costly. The $100 outfit does not include tucks, real lace or embroidery, but it does in clude a thoroughly commonable tnougn far more limited trousseau than mothers used to think necessary. Dresses, gowns, bands and caps by the dozen arc no longer considered the essential, es-sential, and the old estimate for a complete com-plete layette is cut down by half. The clothes have been greatly reduced in bulk also. Instead of wool underskirts the well conditioned baby wears firm spun silk, and it has pretty socks of the same materials. The flannel is of wool carefully care-fully woven with silk, to render it unshrinkable, un-shrinkable, and even the finest layettes that come from Paris have the petticoats petti-coats and night dresses made of exceedingly ex-ceedingly fine cotton. Linen is not considered the proper fabric to lay against a child's sensitive skin. The first ornament that a baby should wear, say superstitious mothers, is a string of small, very round and very red coral beads. The corals are alleged to keep the blood pure and soothe the nerves, and it is furthermore declared to be a great assistance to a delicate baby to wear a string of corals that have been worn by a healthy child. One New York mother willingly paid an absurd price for a coral string that was ornamenting the neck of a handsome hand-some little Italian peasant baby, apd to the benign influence of these beads she attributes the health of her only child, who, until the Italian beads were acquired, was exceedingly delicate. At the big shops, where infant supplies sup-plies have an extensive department all to themselves, palmetto traveling baskets bas-kets are sold to easily tempted mammas. mam-mas. These baskets are square and made wholly of hleached palmetto, woven upon a frame work of tough, light wood. Inside fit two trays, and there is space enough for packing every stitch of the layette and the baby's toilet articles ar-ticles besides. Two stout brass locks hold the lid fast, and when in actual traveling service the basket wears a slip rover of white canvas reinforced and bound with leather. The final touch to an up-to-date infant's, in-fant's, outfit is the baby's hook, a fat volume that is full of infant lore from the treatment of colic to the .meaning of the cheerful crow. Along with it comes a diary, in which the weight size, girth, growth, teeth', temper, appetite, appe-tite, sleeping hours, first words: in fact, every phase of the child's development devel-opment may be noted every day. Such a record is sometimes required by the doctor, who finds the baby diary a valuable val-uable guide. HOW GIRLS HIDE LUNCHEON. Clever Ways to DisgruisV Grub as They Tote it Down to Work. Why is it that a girl so hates to be seen carrying her lunch when she goes downtown in the morning to her work? Whatever the reason, and it probably would not be far to seek, it is certain that she does hate it, and devises all soits of schemes for making it appear that she is carrying anything under the sun except a lunch. Did you ever ride downtown in an S: o'clock car in the morning and study the various sorts of parcels which the stenographers, clerks and typewriters carry at that time? Some of them give more than a suspicion of their contents, while others would never be suspected were it not for the regularity with which they are carried. nc faultlessly attired girl takes her cellars to be laundered every day; at least, she carries a small square laundry laun-dry box each morning. It is never wrapped in a paper and. is tied with a most prosaic cord. In contrast to this is the exceptionally dainty parcel which another girl carries. It might contain a Christmas gift for a friend, so faultlessly is it -wrapped.- But It has exactly the shape of two square slices of bread, with perhaps a bit of meat between. A blonde with a stunning pompadour is apparently planning to ruin her digestion di-gestion with a daily box of bon bons. ! But the box occasionally betrays its owner by emitting a faint odor of cheese or of gingerbread. The girl with the decorous looking paint box would never have been- suspected sus-pected if she had not inadvertently opened it one day to show a friend a new and delicious sort of wafer, which she had discovered at the grocer's. Equally innocent-looking was the music roll which the demure-looking girl in the front seat balanced carefully care-fully across her knees, but the view-through view-through it was. obstructed midway by a brown paper parcel, discovered only as she rose to leave the car. Several girls carried fancy silk or leather hand bags, which they guarded carefully from being crushed when the car became crowded. But this would not nave iormen conclusive evinence ii one of the bags had not been suddenly caught between the owner's arm and the broad back of a man who lost his balance as the car stopped with a jerk at a crossing. "Horrors!" exclaimed the girl to a friend, as she looked at the hag in dismay, dis-may, "imagine that chocolate eclaiie!" Chicago Tribune. For Fluffy Hair. Naturally every woman is anxious to have fluffy hair since aureole? are in fashion, but not all are able to accomplish accom-plish it.. After all,, massage will not give the desired quality, and other devices de-vices are resorted to by those who are anxious to appear well coiffured. One simple method is the brushing of the hair every night with a solution of bay rum and rosewater. Most of the nostrums nos-trums sold in the Fhops for keeping hair In curl or waves, if not injurious, are merely elementary mixtures, such ar. sugar and gum arabic dissolved in water. A simple curling fluid may be made of three and a half to four ounces of gum arabic dissolved in a half pint or distilled water, into which eau de cologne or lavender water is dropped until the cloudiness disappears, when the clear portion is trained off and bottled bot-tled for use. A Parisian hairdresser states that tne i following solution was used in his establishment es-tablishment for giving the hair a fluffy, wavy appearance: Salt of tartar, one dram; one fluid dram each of liquor of ammonia and esprit of roses; glycerine, one-quarter of an ounce; one and one-half fluid ounces of rectified spirits and eighteen ounces of distilled water. According to his formula, this was left to dissolve for a week, being regularly shaken up and filtered before bottling for use. When the hair is moistened with the mixture, loosely adjusted ad-justed and allowed to dry, a very charming effect is obtained. |