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Show ! h Woman's Page I MARRIED LIFE ON $80 A MONTH i Mr. Eva Leonard's Story of Married Life on $80 a Month H To Prevent Embroidered Edges From Fraying Newest HJ Flower Holders in the Shops Mahogany Flower Hl Holders for Room Furnished in Mahogany. I John Sutner begins to see his short- Bl comings and receives some good ad- HI vice from tho stenographer. 1 "Before the rest come in, I want Hl to correct a false impression that I 1 think you have; that I gave- you in H fact." John Sutner walked over to H .Julia Osgood's desk. That young H tmmmmmmm) lad7 looked n ex iiH SSSH pectant, while she H ' iLpiiflPSH mechanically turn- H HPPSfH ed tbo paper into LH W'MSM paco ready t0 &Ut "You remember I ySPISM th0 day Molly M ' &t2&i$m came down here to m 'Wp'll see me? You asked IfiS&TEfB mo if ehe was my t$&s3SiB wife," continued fgliH John. feJVH "Surely, a very &&1mmW stylish looking lit-Wf lit-Wf tle woman she Wrv1 was too," remark-$?$$: remark-$?$$: -SW ed Julia. Wyfil "Exactly! I was l&ig h 701 deeply disgusted '. tiJii aud took no pains to hide, the laci." "I remember that too." Julia smiled archly. "Well, I owe it to her to tell you that the dress I took such exceptions to was not an extravagance at all." John paused and Julia looked up expectant. ex-pectant. "It seems the dress was a discard of a friend of hers and Molly got it In exchange for some embroidery. She embroiders beautifully. She had re-H re-H modelled the thing with such success B that I never dreamed it was not now, B- and naturally I was a deal upset to m have her spend money for a silk dress H under the circumstances." John turn- H ed and looked out of the window. B "I thought vou said she could not H sew," exclaimed Julia. "That dress HO was well made." 1 I "Oh. she did not have to alter It H D 7nuch, I presume. Besides she has H I been taking great pains to learn to B A sew; has been trying to help in many H S ways, and she had this dress up her' B I sleeve as a great surprise, and when H I she sprang it on me, 1 said cruel Bl things to her; broke her all up in Bfi fact' John stopped speaking but re- Bl malned facing the window. H "Men don't understand women," re- B H marked Julia after a pause. John Bi wheeled and looked at her. "I often B j thin" the marvel is. not that there are Bfi s0 many divorces, but that there arc Bji not more. We look at life from such (l different angles. What is of vital Im- B portan'ce to one, Is all .in the day's 1 work to the other and of no conse- B quence at all." g John took a few turns up aud down B: the office ami pausing before Julia's 1 desk ho blurted out, "I believe you 9 are right. How can I help things." u "Tact is putting one's self in the B u other's place. I suppose that is hard B 1 to do. That Is why tact Is .so much praised. It' is no credit to do easy Bj9 things." She smiled and fell to work "jHti rattling off the letters. jH a John wont to his own desk and sat "jH a down with his head in his hands. Ever Bya since the night when he had learned "jH fl the truth about the dress he had been "jH I haunted with a sense of his own short- B 1 comings in regard to making Molly "jH B happy, and Julia's words had only add- B 1 ed to his sense of failure. fl n As they were leaving the office B I John said: B h "I wish you could come around and "jH call on Molly sometime. If you knew Bi ; , her perhaps you could put mo -wise B sometimes when I am wronghcaded." "jH "I should like to know her for my H own sake but I have very little time H to go anywhere. Why don't you bring jjjjH her around to see mo " "jH "The boy keeps us at home a great jH ( deal evenings, but we must make B some arrangements to meet. I will jjjjH talk it over with Molly. Goodbye." And he ran down the steps and walked walk-ed briskly homeward. "Things are going better then," thought Julia. "I'm so glad." (To be continued). EMBROIDERED EDGES. When embroidering or buttonholing, scalloped edges are apt to fray, unless they are gone over the second time, after having been washed, and cut out. If the material is stitched on the sewing-machine, along the outer line of the scallops, before they have been embroidered or buttonholed, it will be necessary to work them the second time. FLOWER HOLDERS THAT ARE NEW. A dealer in tablewares recently said that nine out of every ten persons per-sons choose cutglass when they are in search of vases and centerpieces. Xo wonder, for the manufacturers of cutglass have perfected the art of crystal cutting till their products are as brilliant and lustrous as diamonds. And there is no other ware that reflects re-flects and intensifies the beauties of flowers as does cutglass. Cutglass flower ases can be bought at any price ranging from a few dollars to as many hundred. For all practical purposes the less expensive ex-pensive ones are quite satisfactory. Some, at prices ranging upward from $30. show the pattern which has quite departed from the conventional cutting. cut-ting. One beautiful example of this new idea in cutglass shows a crane standing in reeds and grasses and water wa-ter lilies, all skillfully cut in cameolike cameo-like deftness in the crystal. There are some new Individual vases, each made to hold a single flower. They are exactly like the vases that were reproduced a season or so ago to hold single roses. But these new ones are only two or three inches high and are made to hold perfect per-fect specimens of pansies and other short-stemmed flowers. They are made of crystal or silver. Dresden wares, in the form of baskets bas-kets or vases, decorated with the usual figures and colors, are popular in spite of the fact that they have been in vogue for several seasons. They give just the intimate touch that the modern hostess demandB in the drawing-room or boudoir. For the room furnished in mahogany mahog-any there are tall flower holders, suggestive sug-gestive at first glance of lamps. These consist of a tall column or pedestal on the top of which is a shallow bowl all In mahogany. The bowl has a zinc lining, and in this a dish of ferns may bo placed. Artificial flowers are so attractive nowadays that they are often used to give the touch of color that the more expensive fresh flowers show. Charming Charm-ing baskets of gray enameled wicker, almost six inches square, filled with artificial ferns and flowers cost a dollar. |
