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FAMILY HOTBED
for
EIGHT DOLLARS
hotbed six feet by three will cost
possibly eight dollars, depending
l something upon the cost of labor.
and whether or no manure can be had
for the handling. Dig out the ground
three feet deop, put In a foot of straw,
leaves, or coarse litter, wei 1. thor
oughly, and tramp It down one-half.
Put In fresh stable manure likewise wet
and tramped, up to the surface level.
Then set a frame, a foot deep In front
and eighteen Inches at the back, over
the bed. Spread six Inches of light
earth over the manure Inside the frame,
then bank the frame outside with more
fresh manure, piling It slanting, and
packing It down hard. A little earth
over the manure-banks helps to keep
In the heat. Put on the sash and let
stand several days until-a thermome
ter thrust down In the earth stands a
little above seventy degrees. Greater
heat will scald the young seedling.
After sowing things take care the bed
does not get too hot. If it does, take
off the sash, and dig holes here and
there down to the manure so the heat
may escape.
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A hotbed made the first of December,
and a second prepared after Christmas,
will furnish a constant succession of
winter greens and relishes. Sow all
things very thickly; they are quickly
edible, and may be thinned to advan
tage. Young beet-tops make a dainty
dish Indeed, if pulled up three weeks
from the time they show above ground.
Protect the sash by an earth bank three
Inches high all round, and in very se
' vere weather do not open it, except for
a few minutes at a time. In moderate
weather give air every day, but not
enough to chill the young plants. Aside
from the greens and relishes, these
hotbeds can provide many things for
sale, if desired fine early tomnto
plants, cabbage-plants, celery-stocks.
.Indeed, with plenty of space, and the
will and skill to care for.them, hotbeds
can furnish very decent amounts of pin
money. .
SECRET OF MENDING
Here lies the whole art and mystery
of successful mending: Have the brp
ken edges clean, be sure all the bits
have been saved, know where each of
them belongs before beginning work.
Very tiny bits and splinters had bet
ter be cemented in place a day before
the main work begins. If only one has
all the pieces, by a little deft pains
the most hopeless wreck may be made
to look as good as new.
The New
The hat or head covering of any
ort has been practically abandoned
for evening wear. K he woman who
goes to theatre, operq or dance in her
own carriage solves the problem by
not covering her head at all. The girl
who must go by public conveyance,
particularly by trolley, dresses her hair
elaborately and protects It by nothing
more weighty than a scarf or square
of chiffon. At the theatre, some feath
er ornament, like . Prince of Wales
plumes and aigrettes for matrons, while
for debutantes floral wreaths or coro
nets, bands of velvet or metallic ribbons
and ands of tulle finished with huge
rosettes or choux are entirely replacing
even the thinnest hats.
All thetfe trlffles demand for their
foundation the most exquisitely of
colffed heads. The fluffy, "ratted" pom
padour and the Marcel wave have alike
given place to more severe styles of
dressing. If any wave is used, It Is
scarcely visible to the naked eye, while
puffs of halr.unwaved but brushed until
they shine like burnished metal, are
far more fashionable. 1
The false hair appears most general
ly In the form of puffs, not in pairs,
but by the dozen, and in the short, al
most childish curls of the Directoire
period. These are less expensive than
the coronet braid seen last Winter, or
the switch and they are easier to keep
in good condition, the one redeemlnj
feature of the season's hair extrava
gance. The oval face has much the better
chance in this season's hair dressing.
A very popular model shows the hair
drawn away from the crown of the
head and brushed out until It resem
bles the great halo of hair which
surrounds the face of a Zulu war
rior. When every tangle has been
removed and the hair polished with
the brush, it Is rolled backward, round
BANDAGES AND POULTICES
PREPARE for emergencies then
they are not half so formidable.
Devote old linen religiously to
bandage uses. Tear It lengthwise Into
strips two to three Inches wide, join
the strips flat, laying one end on the
other and running twice with soft
thread into lengths of two or three
yards. Pull off all ravelling, then be
. gin at one end and roll up the bandage
In a smooth softish roll. Make as
many of these rolls as will half-fill a
glass fruit Jar. Put a light weight In
the bottom of the Jar, pack the band
ages over it, then fill up to the-top
with absorbent cotton, and set the jar
upon an Inverted plate. In a kettle of
cold water, deep enough to have the
water come within an Inch of the bottle-neck.
'Put the kettle over a slow
fire, and heat the water to about one
hundred and eighty degrees, and keep
the heat steady for three hours. Re
move the kettle, let it cool somewhat,
screw on the Jar-top tight, and when
cold take out of the water, wipe, and
set away. The bandages and cotton
will have been sterilized by the heat;
hence In no danger of infecting a green
wound.
Make bags of old linen for poultices,
with loosely run drawing-strings at
the mouth. In use ' half -fill the bag
Ways to Dress
and round the finger, In sections, until
It surrounds the entire head in a me
dium, even pompadour. This leaves the
entire crown of the head and a spaoe
all around it, absolutely flat, and this
empty space Is filled in with masses' of
false puffs.
another striking method of dressing
the hair suggests the Directoire pe
riod. The hair Is parted In the middle
and brushed smoothly over the ears.
If Its owner Is blessed with luxurious
locks, she catches It above the ears in
two puffs, and then drawing It to the
nape of the neck, makes a loose coll.
One or two bands of ribbon or velvet
are then used to 'finish the top of
the coiffure, lying quite flat
If there Is not enough natural hair
to make the puffs, false puffs are at
tached, the junction hidden by the
bands of ribbon of velvet A softer
dressing shows the hair waves parted
and knotted at the base of the neck,
with two small but soft curls Just above
and behind the ears. For evening this
coiffure is finished with soft bands of
mallne, tulle or ribbon, with choux or
bows at the left side. The broad ef
fect In hair dressing, and the puffs and
curls over the ears are almost essen
tial in this day of extravagant hats.
When false hair Is used it must be
washed and shampooed as regularly as
the natural hair or it will soon take
on a dusty, grimy, dead look. A good
switch, or set of puffs or curls can
be treated precisely like natural hair,
using the same curling fluid and Irons,
though the latter should always be
used with discretion, or both falsa and
natural hair will be burned.
To secure Just the right burnished
glint on natural hair it must' be neither
too oily nor too dry. The dry r -:alp
should be massaged nightly with the
following lotion:
with the poultice-stuff, and spread it
by pressing between the palms. For
poulticing a boll or abscess, first lay
over the rising a bit of sterilized linen,
lightly wet with olive oil. On top of
that put the poultice. If sterilized
linen Is not at hand, scorch a bit be
side a flame or under a hot iron.
Where poultices must be applied very
hot, use three of the bags, keeping two
of them constantly upon a bit of board
laid in a hot oven. Wrapping the bags
in soft flannel keeps in the heat, and
often helps a poultice to abate severe
pain.
Mustard poultices wet with white of
egg burn quicker than if water la used,
but never blister the skin. Hot water
Is better than cold for wetting. Mix
the dry mustard with half Its own bulk
of flour, wet to a soft paste, and spread
evenly, about twice as thick as paper.
Cover the face of the plaster with fine
old lawn or very fine cheese-cloth.
Where quick blistering is desired, wet
the mustard with pepper-vinegar.
DON'T fail to get out your heir
looms In the way of Jewelry Old-fashioned
coral and garnet pins, brooches,
ear-rings and necklaces, plain or sur
rounded with pearls, are In great demand.
68841
the Hair ilii
Oil of rosemary 1 ounce.
Oil of almonds.,,,. 8 ounces.
Oil of mace . . .' 35 drops.
If your hair Is very oily,, apply the
following lotion nightly:
Bay rum, t quarts; alcohol, 1 pint;
water, 1 pint; tincture of cantharides, 1
ounce; carbonic of ammonia, H ounce;
carbonate of potash, 1 ounce. Dissolve
.the two carbonates In the water; mix
the remainder of the Ingredients to
gether thoroughly, and then add the
dissolved carbonates. Shake thorough
ly "-d pour the mixture Into what Is
known as a drop-stopper bottle. Then
you can part the hair and drop the lo
tion on a very little at a time, mas
saging it Into the scalp. Allow the
liquid to dry In the scalp, and once
a week, if the hair Is very oily, sham
poo, using the following mixture:
Yolk of one egg, 1 pint of rain water
(lukewarm), 1 ounce of rosemary
spirit.
Use half the shampoo mixture the
first time, rinse thoroughly, apply the
second half of the mixture and rinse
until the water ' runs off absolutely
clear. Dry In sunlight and do not dress
the hair or even braid It, until It Is
absolutely dry and free from all odor.
If you have trouble keeping your hair
in curl, dispense with hot Irons and try
kid curlers, separating the hair into
rather small locks and moistening with
the following lotion before putting on
the curlers'.
One ounce of gumarablc, H ounce of
good moist sugar, pint of pure hot
water. Dissolve this When this so
lution Is cold add 2 fluid ounces of alco
hol, 8 grains of bichloride of mercury
and 6 grains of salamonlac. These last
two should be dissolved In the alcohol
before admixture. Lastly, add enough
water to make the whole measure one
pint, and perfume with any desired
cologne. Apply to the hair and put up
on kid curlers to dry.
j ,
HER AGE
THE late Senator Piatt of Connecti
cut, enjoyed funny stories and
could tell a good many himself.
Notwithstanding his long public life,
he always remembered a yarn that he
carried from his school days.
One year when the district schools
opened In his town one of the teachers,
in making a record of the ages of her
pupils, as required by law, found that
one little girl, who came from a family
not noted for being especially bright,
was unable to say when her birthday
came.
So, In order to complete her records,
the teacher walked two miles to see
the girl's mother one afternoon after
school. Asked if she could remember
just when her daughter was born the
woman thought for some little time,
and then with a sort of puzzled look,
said: !
" 'Well, the gal was born In 'tater
time, that's sure, but I can't 'member
whether they was a-plantln' on em
or a-dlggln' on 'em." Boston Herald.
DON'T buy a round, short feather
boa If you are small or stout If you
must wear a neck piece of this sort,
select a perfectly flat stole which
comes to the bottom of your dress and
: 'ves you height Short stoles and
boas cut 'Off the figure and reduce
height
NEWEST PATTERNS
by
MAR JORIE DANE
A COMFORTABLE I.Ol'ftGl.XG ROI1E
08S4.
THE loose, comfortable gown which
slips on easily and requires no
elaborate fastening to close it, Ir
an Invaluablo possession in the feminine
wardrobe. Such an one Is shown and
made in a washable silk or Japanese
cloth, will prove wonderfully useful
and becoming. The broad sailor collar
and loose flowing sleeves suggest free
dom from restraint and are quite In
keeping with the purpose of the gar
ment. For use as a bathrobe or negli
gee It Is 'invaluable. For the medium
size, 1 yards of 36-lnch material are
needed.
No. 6S84 6 sizes, 82 to 42 Inches bust
measure. 1
A USEFUL ACCESSORY. en.'W.
The woman who prefers to wear lin
gerie waists the year around and she
Is to be found in all latitudes nowa
days knows by personal experience
the value of a lining slip for wearing
under the waist on unusually cool days.
In most cases, too, she prefers either
to make such accessories herself, or
else to have them made under her own
personal supervision, for those pur
chased ready-made are unpleasantly
prone to be anything but a perfect fit.
The lining Illustrated may be used for
the purpose indicated or as a lining for
a full waist, and in either case will be
a boon to the home dressmaker. It
may be made In round or pointed ef
fect at waist-line, and in high, round
or square neck, with a choice of two
styles of sleeves. The medium size
calls for 2 yards of 27-inch ma
terial. ' ,
No. 6938 9 sizes, from 32 to 48.
Patterns will be sent to any address on
receipt of ten cents by Marjorie Dane,
43 West Thirty-fourth street, New York
City.
To avoid Uclay, uo not mil to state
lie of pattern desired, and be sure
to write nnme and address plnlnly.
The Marjorie Dane Catalogue of Fall and
Winter styles is now ready. This book contains a
complete assortment of practical, up-to-date
designs for ladies', misseB' and children's gar
ments, the newest .embroidery designs, practical
suggestions on home dressmaking, how to make
fancy articles and useful household and beauty
hints.
A copy of the book will be forwarded to any ad
dress by Miss Dane on receipt of ten cents in coin
or stamps.
6938L
BROTH SOUPS
White broth forms the foundation for
many nourishing soups known by the
French cooks as potages. To prepare
this, place in a largo kettle three
pounds of veal bones as well as any
scraps of raw poultry you may have at
hand. Add five gallons of cold water.
bring to a boll and skim off every parti
cle of scum. Add four small carrots,
two small turnips, two peeled onions,
one parsley root, three leeks and two
stalks of celery. None of these veg
etables should be cut up. Cover the
kettle and stew gently for four hours.
strain through hair sieve or .cheese
cloth, and set away for future use in
a stone or enamelled jar.
An economical combination with this
broth is as follows: Heat two table
spoons of melted butter In a saucepan
and add two Spanish onions, sliced
thin, two leeks and one crushed bean
of garlic; brown gently for twenty
minutes, stirring occasionally; then
add two tablespoons of flour and stir
constantly for five minutes. Add two
quarts of white broth, season with
alt and pepper and boll gently for
three-quarters of an hour. Add two
ounces of Parmesan cheese, grated,
beat two eggs to a froth, add them to
the simmering spup, stir while cooking
two minutes longer, and pour Into a
soup tureen over thin, square slices of
toasted bread.
One reason wh:- the average Ameri
can family balks at the dally plate
of soup Is carelessness in its prepara
tion. Good soup takes time and much
clever flavoring, But the rewards In
economy and nourishment are great
REPAIR KIT
CZ VERT household, no matter how
I small,, will be better off for pos
L sesslng this outfit of tools; ham
mer, tack-hammor, hatchet, hand-saw
fine rather than coarse screw-driver,
monkey wrench, brace and assort
ed bits, pliers, wire-nippers, gimlets In
three sizes, foot-rule, square, small
plane, small trowel, putty-knife, and
two or three brad-awls.
In addition, it pays to keep always
on hand wire nails, assorted sizes,
screws from half an inch to two In
ches, light bolts and taps, screw eyes,
screw hooks these are best of brass
picture hooks, picture wire, tand
paper, putty, piaster of Paris, Spanish
whiting, brad-nails, rivets, a solder
ing Iron, and a pot of glue. Ten dol
lars at the outside, carefully expended,
will supply everything- mentioned.
!H'M
V III 3 II, II 111 . 1 ill IV
Charles Reade
and
Ellen Terry
DID you know that Charles Reade was a manager as
well as a writer, and that it was he who persuaded
Ellen Terry to return to the stage after she had given
it up for good, and that if she had not gone back at this time it
would have been Kate and hot Ellen who would have been the
Terry of the English stage? Ellen Terry went back to play
the leading part in Charles Reade's " The Wandering Heir,"
which led to her playing Portia, the great part of her life.
All this, in a style whose charm proves that Ellen Terry
writes as well as she acts, is told in her personal reminis
cences now appearing in
McClures Magazine
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Jii Dainty Dressing About
(( I SN'T she the daintiest, dearest thing?"
T
said au enthusiastic admirer of a cer
tain young woman who was Hitting
among her mother's guests, passing sand
wiches and tea. Her frock was a simple
affair of white barred muslin, but
fresh as It it had just come from the laun
dry. Her hair was brushed until It Bhone
like burnished gold. Her slippers were
finished with smart little leather bows
and trig black lisle stockings showed just
at ankle. Inexpensive was her whole out
fit, vet it radiated daintiness, as the young
man has said.
But the serpent was In this modern
Eden, for a small brother, not too small,
however, to be most observing, . gave
vent to the snort peculiar to knicker
bockers and the awkward age, and re
plied: "Yep, but you ought to see her In
the morning, when her hair ain't curled.
Dad said the other morning if she
didn't burn that old flowered wrapper,
he would. Girls are queer. They dress
so much sometimes, and so little
others."
Of .course It was very, very naughty
of younger brother to thus betray the
skeleton in the domestic closet, and
incidentally, do his sister harm In the
eyes of her admirer, but then, who was
really to blame?
The girl and her mother!
The mother probably had started out
her domestic career all wrong by think
ng that any old thing was good enough
to wear at her housework. She never
dressed up save when she was going
out or company was coming in, and
FOR LITTLE FOLK
IT was a wise mother who said: "I
try to give my children Just
enough clothes every season to
wear out well." With a succession of
olive plants through which garments
can descend as they are outgrown, it
may be worth while to spend much
time and strength on them, but most
commonly such spending Is a waste.
Plain clothes, well shaped, clean, and
in full supply, are worth all the finery
that ever fluttered to the torment of
little hearts and the discomfort of big
ones.
It Is positive and unspeakable cruelty
to swathe a new-born baby in things
stiff with tucks and embroidery. A
baby's skin all over Is more delicate
than that of a grown-up eye-lid. The
eye-lid Is the test for an Infant's ward
robe; whatever hurts, or is even un
pleasant to It, ought to be thrown
aside. Even the softest stuffs are sold
with more or less dressing In them.
They should be well shrunken in boil
ing water before making up, and then
after making thoroughly laundered,
without a trace of starch. Further, they
ought to be ironed with warm, nut hot,
Irons, as the hot ones give a sort of
crackly surface. Make the first long
clothes as xlmply as ponslble. No
other trimming than a Ann lace-edge at
neck and wrists is comfortable, and
none other is therefore permissible.
Almost the same may be said of short
clothes. Lawns, muslins, gingham, are
all the betterfor shrinking before mak
ing up. Flannel need not be wet, but
should not go next new-born skin
Shirts coming well down around the
hips can be knitted loosely on- fine steel
needles from the softest white wool.
For children of larger growth the
moBt that can be said Is that the essen
tial points are simplicity, symmetry,
and freedom to develop their growing
bodies. Frooks with tight belts have
robbed childhood of Joyous centuries.
They ought to be forbidden by special
enactment, as It should be further for
bidden to put a mourning garment upon
a little child.
strangely enough that sort of T. oman Is
always talking about how dreadfully
overworked she is, and how she never
has time to dress. The Idea of having
simple, washable and attractive dresses
In which to do her work never 'entered
her head. Working hours were not
worthy of attractive frocks.
And so the daughter fell into the
habit and did not put on her pretty
school frocks until just time to leave
the house or to go to the matinee. Or
If she worked in an office or shop, she
would lie around all day Sunday In a
kimono, and dress just In time to go out
in the evening.
The kimono and negligee have done
much to make the American girl slov
enly and unattractive. Often they are
not really respectable, but are worn
with a single safety-pin or brooch at
the throat, flying open .to disclose skirts
and other lingerie. A young man who
collects for a piano firm was telling
me the other day that the visions he
had of untidy women In their own
homes, women whom later he saw on
the street, arrayed In all the glory of
Solomon, made him wonder why men
married at all, or why, marrying, they
ever remained within their own doors.
The kimono, or cotton crepe negligee,
long or short, with heel-less slippers to
match, Is meant for bedroom wear
alone. It Is not intended for wear at
the breakfast table. And once a girl
begins to wear a negligee or kimono
to breakfast she Is apt to appear also
with her hair twisted carelessly atop
her- unbrushed head, or In a rough
braid down her back. If sli t has no
slippers, she comes down with her shoes
unbuttoned and unlaced.
She means to dress right after break
THE THREE KINDS OF HEMS
HEMS are of three sorts rolled
hems, flat linen hems, and the
ornamental hem-stitched ones,
A ruffle, a towel, napkin, sheet, or any
thing similar, ought to be torn or pre
ferably cut by a thread. This, of
course, rtoeB not apply to bias frills
of silk or stuff. Fine ruffles of lawn,
linen cambric, or mull, should have a
thread drawn, and be cut with very
sharp scissors. Over-seam the breadths
as neatly as possible, then begin at
one end and make a tiny roll at the
upper edge, manipulating the cloth be
twixt the right finger and thumb.
With the very finest needle and No.
100 thread, sew down the little roll
with even, very short stitches. If the
hem Is to be trimmed, as with narrow
edging, tatting, or beading,' It makes
the trimming more effective to herring-bone
It to the roll Instead of sew
ing the roll down. Fasten the thread
firmly to the rolled odgo of the ruffle,
then pass the needle through tho
trimming, draw the thread after 'It,
but leave the roll and the trimming
edge a twentieth of an Inch apart.
Now fasten the thread In the trim
ming with a tight button-hole Hlllcli.
Hold the two edges evenly apart with
the loft thumb and forefinger, and Join
them with herring-bone stitches, set
ting the r'iedle upon the cloth side
well within the roll. To herring-bone,
simply throw the thread from the
needle forward, so the point comes up
behind the thread drawn down.
A linen hem has the raw edge turned
down first, then the hem proper, and Is
creased a third, time even with tho
edge of the hem. By sewing through
the two edges, as In over-seam. It is
possible to take very neat stitches
without pricking the fingers in tho
least If hem-stitch Is undertaken,
threads should be drawn not merely
for cutting. ifut for both creases. After
the hem Is creased the right depth,
draw three or five threads exactly
even with it Begin at one end, gather
Ellen Terry as
' ' Lady Citcly WaynefUte
the House iiii
fast, but she does not. Instead, she
straightens up the parlor with kimono
flying and hair hanging and shoelaces
tripping her up. Sire dawdles a bit at
the piano and finally goes to the door
to receive the mail at the hands ot the
postman. Oh, such feminine sights as
the postman must see and In nice
looking houses, too!
And then she goeB up to her room,
makes her bed and sits down to sew or
read, thinking she will change to a
house frock after she has rested a bit
But the lunch bell finds her still untidy,
and it Is mldafternoon before she really
dresses herself respectably.
Of course, the man who wants to
marry her sees her only after she has
discarded the kimono, "after she has
laced her shoes, after she has brushed
her hair and he does not dream that
before the honeymoon Is over suoh a
vision of untldyness will greet him at
the breakfast table; because the girl
Is bound to slip back Into her untidy
ways after the first pleasure of wearing ,
the trousseau frocks Is over.
It does not take long in the morning
to slip on a house dress or neatly
fitted wrapper, instead . of the loose,
flowing kimono. No girl will wear un
laced shoes or run-down slippers with
a pretty house frock. Moreover, she
will not be able to endure the sight o
an Intldy fiead with a clean frock and
so the mission of the dainty house
frock Is fulfilled. 1 , '
Just try this method, girls. Give
some thought to the dress you wear be
fore your brothers and fathers at the
breakfast table, and then your small
brothers will have no reason for dls- ,
closing family skeletons to admirers
whose admiration is really Justified.
up three threads In the drawn space,
let the needle-point come out over the
thread which Is held forward, then
pass It up Into the loose edge of the
hem. Draw It down tight, and repeat
all the way, tuking care never to vary
the number of threads in the knots.
TO POSTPONE A
DINNER
WHEN conditions arise to prevent
the giving of a dinner for which
cards have been Issued, the host
ess Immediately dispatches, by messen
ger, or by special delivery through the
post, short written notices, canceling . '
or postponing the engagement. The
formula of the third person can be used
or the explanation expressed In a brie'
note, thus:
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher King
regret exceedingly that a sudden
nd severe illness In their family
necessitates the Indefinite post
ponement of their dinner ar
ranged for the 12th Inst.
' Because of recent damage to
their home by fire
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher King
beg to postpone t'holr dinner, ar
ranged for Monday, the twelfth, to
Thursday, the fifteenth, on which
date they hope to have the pleas
ure of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Collin's
company, at eighth o'clock,
nm you kxow
There Is a correspondence school In
New York City which teaches girls and
women to make stylish hats and to
know all the principles of millinery?
This school has graduated many girls
who h'ave been successful from the
very start. If any of our readers
would like to know more about the
work, etc., they can receive an Inter
esting booklet and full particulars by
writing to Katherine C. Keene, 447
Fifth Avenue, New York City. .