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Show I Woman's Page Business in Home-making Right a Wrong Without Flurry and Fuss Don't Worry Over Trifles While the More Important Im-portant Matters Are to be Looked After Furs and Fur Trimmings Growing More Popular Every Day Sable, Ermine and Chinchilla Real Queens of the Fur's Mode Others Almost Equal in Popularity Velvet Vel-vet Hats Trimmed With Fur. BUSINESS IN HOMEMAKING If 6omelhlng is chronically wrong . 1th, you, your life, or your house-i house-i hold, why not go at It In a scientific spirit Instead of blindly enduring or battling with It? Sit down and think it over. Go 1 at it quietly and thoroughly as a f. . physician would do with a sick pa- tient Something ails our life or you would not bo hurried, worried, - tormented, interrupted, unsuccessful First, what is wrong? Is It your own thought and attitude? Just what are you doing and why aro you doing it? If you are clear on these lm-. lm-. portant points ou have gained a v orklng basis. If you are making a home von are s making It because In common phrase it is your "job." It Is your husinesB You, your children, your husband, L need a home ,and it Is your pleasure as well as your duty to order that home successfully. You know this Before you blame any condition i cr your active partner, the man of t the house see that you are right yourself. Are you steadily and In ! telllgently "on the Job"" Are you planning carefully? Is your system right? Are you the mistress or the trivial matters interrupt it" Do you go at thingB as your husband goes at his business, or do you work at haphazard, hap-hazard, shirking days at a time and then overworking until you grow irritable ir-ritable and sick and unfit to live ) with1 If you do, do you consider It justice to yourself, your partner, or the business of homemaking? Do you habitually work overtime or do you misuse your leisure time so that you unfit yourself for the next day's work? Arc you temperate1 That Is, are your mental and physical habits regular reg-ular and wholesome1 Consider these things calmly and jou will soon discover what Is wrong. And don't rush wholesale into reform. re-form. Change a wrong quletlv into s right Scolding and fussing will not accomplish anything. When you are sure you have found the cause of the trouble, eradicate it. If you can not do it alone, have a business talk with your partner. Do not put the talk on an emotional basis. Make It quiet, and brief, and practical. Even a husband likes common sense What vould happon if he made a "scene" every time a detail In his business needed correction1 Above all, learn to tell a big thing from a little one Don t work yourself your-self up over a trifle while you Ignore Ig-nore tho Important matters of quietness, quiet-ness, kindness, efficiency, and self-control self-control , GOLDEN FLEECE FURS The winter furs of fashion arc as f rare and wondrously fine as the Gold en Fleeco for which bra e Jason went on such perilous adventures to ob tain Today men brat'o the dangers of fearful cold and the terrors of v lid beasts so that the society women wom-en may evade tho chilly blasts by nestling easily under Lho warm, luxurious folds. Pink and green fox and purple ermine! er-mine! The men who risk their lives for these beautiful skins would howl with amazement and mortification If they could see. them adorning their wearers The furriers of Paris have suddenly taken it into their eccentric heads to dye the sly little fox until it would be an impossibility for his own mother to recognize him even In broad daylight. Tlx- effect, however, Is not Dearly so rich as the natural coior Many of the evening frocks displayed dis-played bv the designers of the great fabhion world of Paris are trimmed with white fur dyed to match the color of the gown. Youthful party frocks of white tulle, with three flounce skirts each flounce edped with a bonier of pink fur are fas rlnatlngly dainty. The bodies are trimmed with pink fur and pink rosebuds A pink tulle dancing dress designed hv a world famous dressmaker dress-maker Is effectively bordered with a very narrow edging of fox fur dyed a bright green. Sometimes the fox Is dyed a brilliant yellow for these smart white frocks for young girls. ThiB dyed fur. especially that dyed a light pink, looks most attractive on light evening wraps. For scarf and muff seta the fox Is dyed a brilliant sulphur. To be really smart a woman must have at least one sumptuous fur coat, though there may not be much worth mentioning beneath It. In f net, that is the order of things When lho coat is thrown open an expanse cf bare neck is disclosed, then a flimsy bit of tulle, a girdle at the waist, a fairyllke tulle tunic, and a draped skirt open at the foot. Sable ermine and chinchilla are the real queens of the fur's mode, but there are others that are almost equal In popularity. Skunk, seal, foxes, fox-es, and moleskin are fashioned Into fascinating coats. After these furs come the eccentric furs; tho jeopard, the lynx, the clvlt cat, and the blue rate are much used Fox Is worn with tailored costumes. The Btnartost are the Canadian red ones of such a plcrious tint that one does not wonder won-der at their popularity. A fur rather liked for less expensive expen-sive costumes Is the flat caracul; the Dilturally curled hair lies so flat that It has the appearance of moire. It recalls the chiseled velvet. Charming Charm-ing coats are made with this fur for morning walks. Hats are trimmed with fur, especially espe-cially the velvet ones Among the favorite furs for band trimming are sable, skunk, red fox. and ermine. Dyed fisher color wolverine wolv-erine Is thought by some to be more attractive than the original fisher. |