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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY . 13, 1900.
"?-
Parting.
there stealing
O'ttlmts comes
through the
stilly night
A sigh that wakens me straight up, hi pure
and wild affright,
A sirh. that In Intensity can outdo volcano's
roar:
'Tift the parting of the spoony guy who court
the girl next door.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
SUMMER-GIRL WARDROBE
aCost Important Item for Girl "With
A'othlnff to "Wear Is the Short
Skirt Seasonable Uinta.
NEW YORK, May 7. If she Is to enjoy
a Summer at the seashore or In the moun
tains, the girl with nothing a year must
pjan her wardrobe most carefully.
Its most Important item Is the short
skirt. She may not have been bitten by
$he bacillus of golf, she may not -wheel,
she may not be In any particular athletic,
yet from morning until night, unless some
especial festivity is in progress, she "will
And all the women about her short-skirted.
Even with nothing a year a girl cannot
well get through the Summer .with fewer
than two short skirts, and three Is a more
comfortable allowance.
If not more than two can be managed
one may be of serge or cheviot and the
ether of double-faced golf suiting; or one
may be of this and the other of pique or
khaki. Neither should be too short, four
inches from the ground is the approved
length.
Pique, like other washable materials, is
xnost easily laundered, when the skirt Is
made with only double or two single box
plaits In the back. Odd and pretty boleros
will do for the coats, though If the econo
mical girl is desirous of trying the latest
novelty, one of her short skirts may bo
worn with a snug bodice with coat-tail
Tback tho old familiar "Amazon" riding
model.
Half a dozen madras and pique shirt
waists will be wanted with tho short
skirts, or those may bo varied by includ
ing a moujlk blouse of dark blue linen,
trimmed with bands of white embroidery,
and a shirt or two of gingham; or one of
smallrflgured cretonne, relieved by bands
of white pique. The belts and stocks to
"be worn with these suits may be of
white.
If the economical girl does not like short
skirts, a cool green linen may be substi
tuted for one of them, say for the pique.
This will bo pretty , If made with a tucked
yoke of white batiste, and with the bodice
and upper part of the skirt slashed to al
low the insertion of tucked bands, across
which linen straps may be buttoned. A
box plait down the front and back of
bodlco and skirt is a very good style.
3Xn.de at .Home.
Two thin gowns of flowered lawn, or
gandie, cotton, moussellne or batiste would
work In handily. A dainty affair, cross
barred In pink, with big, splashy pink
rosea scattered over It, has cost exactly
$7. Its future wearer has made it at
jiome. Here is a table of expenses:
12 yards lawn at 10 cents ....1 23
41 yards lawn lining at 8 cents 48
2 bolts narrow pink ribbon at 23 cents.... 46
Narrow black lace 33
4 yards black Insertion 1 SO
2 bolts narrow black ribbon at 10 cents... Si
Tucked guimpe and insertion 1 IS
Ribbon for neck. 14 yards S3
Lawn ruffles for sleeves 60
landings S7
Total .. $7 00
Tho bodice Is made of pink flowered
lawn, with a band of black'sllk lace in
sertion incircling It. "Wide revers and
collar of the Insertion over lawn outline
tho very low neck, and are finished with
ruflllngs of pink and black ribbon edged
with narrow black lace. The guimpe is of
alternate tucks and violet guimpe inser
tions. The collar, of white taffeta rib
bon, Is twisted twice about the neck, and
tied in a bow at the left side. The back
fof the bodice Is finished with a huge ro
sette of narrow black ribbon.
The skirt, which Is long and flowing,
is finished at the bottom with two ruffles
of lawn, edged with narrow black lace
and ribbon. Great points of black lace
Insertion decorate the front and sides.
Tho petticoat Is of white lawn, with ruf
fes edged with pink ribbon.
It is not alone tho low cost which makes
this dress so attractive, for the charming
rose effect and tho daintiness of the cos
tume are not equaled by many gowns rep
resenting much more than $7.
The second of the economical girl's thin
dresses might well be in white, with yel
low lace, and made with a detachable
yoke. Thus arranged, it may be worn over
a colored slip or not, as desired: and If a
variety of sashes, corsage knots and the
like be provided, it may fill any number
of chinks In the wardrobe. Worn without
the yoke It will be suitable for small
dances and general evening wear when
ct private houses. Except for dances, low
dresses e not In good form at hotels.
Good ThluR to Have.
A silk barege or nun's veiling dress Is a
good thing to have, though, with a fair
supply of thin dresses, many girls would
prefer a foulard.
If silk be chosen, it should be of an
Irregular rather than a sot pattern, and
may be made most prettily with a lace
yoke and a wide, flat collar. The deep
)oco Insertions now common on the skirts
of foulards ofton destroy their beauty.
Tho material Is lovely enough In Itself
without being loaded down with such at
tempts at decoration.
Percaline Is a light, cool lining for a
Summer silk, and so Is grass linen, though
conservative people cling to taffeta.
A Summer teagown Is not always an es
pecially useful garment at a hotel, but if
a. girl Is visiting friend?, it may be made
tho daintiest article of her wardrobe.
Pink chiffon Is becoming alike to fair nnd
dark women; It makes a pretty and sim
ple gown, when cut as a loose robe, with
a pointed fichu trimming of black lace
covering the shoulders.
Of evening dresses a girl fond of com
pany needs at least two or three, of
which the thin whit dress already de
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scribed forms one, when worn without
the yoke. For economy's sake the pink
lawn might be made with detachable
guimpe also.
White muslin or point d'esprit over
white silk spotted with black is a novelty
that has gained favor for evening wear,
while for the Summer girl's chaperon
there is nothing yet in sight to displace
black lace over white. Of this many pret
ty dinner dresses are made with elbow
sleeves and with half-high bodice draped
with black chiffon.
For miscellaneous wear an odd skirt or
two of pique or khaki Is never amiss,
with one or two dainty blouses of batiste
or sheer white lawn. Something of this
sort is sure to be loft from last Summer's
wardrobe, and will complete a pretty
good outfit, with the addition of a tail
or dress of light weight cloth or serge.
This Is necessary for traveling, and may
be made very smart with a pique waist
coat and adornments of stitching.
All-Bin ck natii.
An all-black hat Is almost an essential
Item, when It comes to millinery, because Ing a box. of which the amethyst serves
It will go with any dress in one's ward- ! as the lid. In which might be carried
robe. The short skirts cart for sailor hat ' J0713' or whatever Jse ml&ht be de
and a khaki or summer felt hat; and with j ymTellsi mountlngs are now madc In
thin dresses one often wants a shady, yol- very considerable variety of gun metal
low straw, trimmed wltn flowers, or with J and many of tneee heads are set wlth
knots of satin in pastel tones. I diamonds. A gun-metal umbrella hanale
For wraps one wants little more than an be Jn thJ form of a mUe baH or
evening cloak, of three-quarters length. If ,ob wUh beU formed o a filn , ne
possible, and some sort of fluffy cape or , of al, dlainonds nmnlng around it. th.s
shawl for the piazza. N early every girl , bd oncircUng the ,obe m case8 ta
Jacket, or the coat of one's tailor dress or
of one of the short dresses may be made
to do multiplied duties.
Of gloves, shoes, parasols, fans, etc.,
each girl must provide according to her
puree and her needs. The proportion, for
Instance, of golf shoes, low shoes for walk-
Ing. patent-leather shoes and evening slip- I
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pars cannot De aictateo. to gins ot anier-
ent tastes and habits. '
Oflort whitA chamois doves for nthlptle '
uses and economical; cheap chamois gloves
are recklessly extravagant. In addition to
chamois or dogskin gloves, one wants sev
eral pairs of white glace kid and a supply
or gloves for evening wear.
It is impossible to get too many Summer i
dresses, but on the other hand it matters
so little whether a muslin Is of this year's
pattern or last, and there are so many ,
ways of Varying and of refurbishing all
washable suits that a fairly sufficient cut-
fit may usually be contrived for very little I
money. ellbn osborn
FANCY - PRICE UMBRELLAS.
Some in Metropolitan Shops Cost
Hnndrcdn of Rollars.
Tou can buy an umbrella for 50 cents, or
you may pay 550 or a great deal more for
one, if you wish to. In one retail stock
In New York, says the Sun, of that city,
the umbrellas range In price from 55 up
to hundreds of dollars apiece. Here for
55 may bethought a silk umbrella with a
natural wood handle. Umbrellas of this
sort for men and women range in price
up to 512 50. Above that price the value
TRAVELING DRESS.
of the umbrella depends upon the mount
ings, which are made of many materials
and In very gr6at variety. Some of them
are comparatively Inexpensive and some
very costly.
Of the more costly umbrellas some are
I made for xaca's use. the creater number
of them for wpmen's use. There are, of
course, handles In many forms of gold
and silver, and these at all sorts of prices
$15. $20. 525 and 530, and on up. For In
stance, one mounting with gold top might
cost 524; mountings of gold or silver en
amel might cost 519. One gold mounting
with platinum ornamentation cost 570. In
fact, umbrellas with mountings of gold or
silver may be bought in one form and an
other at practically any price. A man's
umbrella, with a handle of stained Ivory,
carved, is valued at 550. Another umbrel
la, with a Malacca handle and mounting
of silver, and stained ivory, costs 554.
Expensive Mounting.
A woman's umbrella, the handle mount
ed with gold and enamel and set with a
large garnet, costs 5150. The price of one
mounted with a head of gold set with a
large amethyst is 5340. The amethyst In
tills handle Is set In a rim of gold, which
is hinged on one side, and held down by
a spring catch On the other. The end
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a horizontal line, and in others diagon
ally. Some of these gun-metal heads arc
less closely set, these diamonds being
less closely els, these diamonds being
(sometimes of uniform size, and sometimes
j of different sizes. Sometimes the, dla
1 monds are set in the metal In some sort
def " a ""'e horseshoe made of
tlrw ninmonrt! this hplnr th. VinnrtlA'c
- - -
only ornament. Gun-metal mountings arc
made In various other shapes as well
as In. the spherical form. It might Bcem
that a diamond-studded umbrella handle
would be a very elaborate-appearing af
fair, but as a matter of fact many of them
arc at once simple and beautiful. Um-
brellas with gun-metal mountings, most
of them. If not all, with ome sort of
. diamond ornamentation, sell from 51 50
to 5240 each.
Roclc Crystal Handles.
There are umbrellas with handles of
rock crystal, cut In various forms; there
are mountings of Jade; there arc mount
ings in whole or in part of various fine
minerals; there are mountings of rhlno-
i ceros horn; and the combinations of ma-
I terlals used are many.
1 Here, for example. Is an umbrella
mounting that presents a handle of shark
skin and gold, with a sapphire In the
! end of It; this umbrella costing 5275; here
is an umbrella with a handle of Jade,
with diamond and amethyst ornamenta
tion; price. 51C5; and here with a Malacca
stick, mounted with stained Ivory and
Jade, with a band of Russian enamol,
for 5G2.
"Whatever their means may be. not very
many people pay more than 530 for an
umbrella for ordinary use; by far the
greater number of those sold at higher-
prices are bought to give away. The sale
of these costly umbrellas is, of course.
comparatively limited, but they are In
1 demand, and they may be found la stock
5m
in mountings of hundreds of varieties,
rlth new things ait the time being added.
ELEPIUST JEWELRY.
Latent Fad "H'ltk Fashionable Wom
enSnake la Demand.
"Women of fashion are -wearing elephants,
says the New York Journal. Little gold
and silver elephants are among the newest
Jewelry fads of the season. Tiny ele
phants are used for cult links, elephants'
heads are the favorite shirt waist studs,
and tho elephant hatpin Is high in favor.
The fact is the elephant Is not only fash,
lonable, but it Is regarded as a luck
charm. It has taken the time-honored
place once occupied by the graveyard rab
bit's foot. The newest watch fobs have
an elephant charm, in place of a seal.
Some elephants sell as low as a quarter.
Others come as high as 525, but they have
diamonds In their eyes. For cuff links the
stiver elephants with a gray finish are
most used. The elephant as a piece of
Jewelry Is the largest when It acts as
-a top for a hatpin. Sometimes It Is two
Inches long, and It looks decidedly curious
nesUlng among fluffy folds of chiffon v or t
peering out from amid a bower of flowers,
The hatpins have never been as large
and conspicuous as this Spring. A Jew
eled horseshoe Is one of the new hatpins
of fashipn, and a wishbone is also in fa
vor for this purpose. The snake hatpin
continues to hold Its own, for snake Jew
elry Is more the fashion than ever. Snake
bracelets and belt buckles of dull god
roso gold, as tho Jewelers say studded
with emeralds or olivines, are much in
demand.
There Is a positive craze Just now for
A PRETTY
turquoise In the matrix, which means the
Hurquolse Just as It Is found In its natural
state before It Is polished and cut. The
turquoise In the matrix shows streaks of
brown through It, and it makes the most
attractive of brooches. Lumps of It are
used with gold links to form bracelets. It
looks Specially well set In rose gold. A
brooch seen recently of this turquolsu
streaked with brown, was the sjse and
shape of a quarter. The stone was en
circled with a rose gold snake, with gleam
ing eyes. Another was shaped like a
turtle, the turquoise in the matrix being
used for the shell, and the head and legs
of the turtle being gold.
A very new idea In purses is the purse of
woven gold or gilt, studded with drops of
this turquoise; These purses are mounted
In gold, and no longer do they dangle from
a chain worn about the neck. They are
now made with a finger ring and swing
from tho hand. Not only are these ex
quisite and costly purses studded with
little lumps of turquoise, but with pieces
of pearl, which are shaped much like
pointed teeth.
Then there are other woven gold purses
flecked with rhlnestones, which have tho
effect of dew drops. But those with the
bits of pearl hanging from them are by
far the most beautiful.
ETIQUETTE OF THE HAT.
Flays Greater Part "With Europeans
Than Americans.
"Walking up Fifteenth street recently,"
said a Washlngtonlan who has trav
eled extensively to the Star of that
city, I observed Secretary Hay re
move his hat to two gentlemen, who re
turned tho salutation In the same man
ner. They were members of tho Diplo
matic Corps.
"As we all know, the American style ot
salutation when two or more gentlemen
meet Is an inclination of the head or a
wave of the hand. The hat is doffed to
the gentler sex only. On the Continent It
would be an Insult for a gentleman to pass
an acquaintance without removing his
hat. If they are friends, the salutation
Is even more formal, and Includes a shake
of the hand and tho exchange of a few
complimentary remarks.
"The French are accounted the most
punctilious and ceremonial of people. I
think the Belgians are even more so.
Their customs are French, however. They
have a language of their own, but the
names of the streets In Brussels are in
both French and 'Beige' on the same sign
board. "I spent a week in the Belgium capital,
where a member of the American Lega
tion piloted me about. I made the ac
quaintance of many Belgian gentlemen,
and the salutation between my diplomatic
friend and those he met was something
like this:
"'Ah, Count, I am delighted to greet
you. (A cordial smile, a ceremonious
lifting of the hat. a hearty shake of the
hand and an Inclination of the body In a
polite bow.)
" My dear Colonel , the pleasure Is
wholly mine. I am rejoiced to see you.
I trust you are very welL' -(Same for
mula.) " Oiy friend, Hr. , ot Washington,
jl IpvwaWq,, jgn:;:;::;jri"
(Same formhla on my part and that of
the Count.)
"After an Interchange of mutually com
plimentary remarks, the ceremonies at
tending the Introduction were repeated as
we respectively said Au rovolr" and re
placed our silk hats for the last time en
our heads. It was a novelty at first, but
when I repeated It 18 times an hour I ex-J
perienced a crick In the small of my back.'
AIITISTIC PARASOLS.
Hand -Painted aad Otherwise
Adorned la Costly Faaaloa.
"When the Spring girl goes to buy her
new parasols this year. It win be hard
for her to tell -whether she Is at an art
gallery or a menagerie, says the Philadel
phia Inquirer. Parasols have outdone
themselves this season, quite surpassing
all other efforts In the way of extrava
gance and fluffy, elaborate effects. They
certainly present a diversity In styles, col
ors and combinations of materials which,
make them compare favorably "with the
millinery, as regards variety and extreme
fancies. Every Summer the parasol has
original usefulness Is almost lost in the
gorgeous productions of lace, chiffon, silk
and Jewels, which tempt women.
The tops of many of the latest parasols
are works of art, so exquisitely are they
I hand-painted. And handles are decorated
with funny little carved monkeys or rab
bits' heads, which look for all the world
Just like bunnies. Handles set with Teal
Jewels may be the exception, but they
serve their elegant purpose for the fash
ionable woman who can afford a para-
FOULARD.
sol to match every gem. There are very
pretty handles of gold, set with turquoises,
and handles of glass and pearl, covered
with silver filigree, besides every imag
inable style In natural wood.
The most costly parasols this season are
hand-painted. To carry with filmy Sum
mer gowns there are sunshades of white
moussellne de sole over white silk, hand
painted, with a long-stemmed American
Beauty rose, a bunch of lilacs or with
sprays of forget-me-nots. These parasols
have Ivory handles studded with tiny
Jewels.
SASHES TO BE TVOnX.
Xetv Things In Coats, Handkerchiefs
and Separate Skirts.
Sashes will be much worn this Summer.
Those In Persian and Roman colors, with
deep knotted silken fringe, will add much
to the beauty of the dainty gowns of
batiste and moussellne. The broad rib
bons of taffeta metallique In all the deli
cate pastel shades will also be used for
sashes.
Long empire coats of soft bjack silk
are among th efashlonable Spring gar
ments. One Imported model Is made-with
a short bolero effect of cream lace, em
broidered In Jets, and the rest of the coat
falling In plaits.
The new pocket handkerchiefs have a
touch of color about them. A square of
cobweb linen will show In one corner, a
dull blue embroidered monogram or a
printed four-leaf clover, in green, or per
haps a spray of tiny blue flowers. White
handkerchiefs, with colored plaid border,
are also considered correct, but only the
pale shades are used. Fashionable sepa
rate skirts to wear with colored waists
are of black net, appliqued with black sat
in and cloth designs, outlined with black
embroiaery or fine Jets. Black silk skirts,
with appliques of black cloth, are a!so
worn.
The robe dresses are more beautiful
than ever. Those of silk veiling, with
appliques of embroidered batiste, are ex
quisite. Other sheer fabrics are tempt
ingly combined with linen embroideries.
Etiquette of Bachelor Calls.
An unmarried man in calling at a house
where there are, a mother and daughter,
or any married woman and other women
relatives, says the Woman's Home Com
panion, leaves one card for the host and
hostess, one for the daughters and one
for any gucet who may be staying with
them. No matter how many there may
be In the family, he should leave no more
than three cards. Whatever the terms on
which he may stand with the brothers or
other masculine members of the family.
he leaves no cards for them at the lime
of making his general call on the fam-ly.
The exception is the head of the house,
and he leaves a card for him after he
has bad a call from him, or its social
equivalent, an Invitation. """
Poor Mas!
Mrs. Youngling John, do you suppose
you can hear the baby from where you
are if he -wakes up and cries?
John (who Is reading the newspaper) I
dunno. Z hope cot. Cleveland Leader.
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WONWD
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He Comes Xo More.
Hy growed-up sister, Mary Ann,
Onct had the nicest beau
Tou ever seen, the kind o" man
Toung brothers likes, you know.
But he don't come around, no mere,
"With "reals" or tops for me.
For he forgot and nearly swore
The night I oex atlea: .
"Say. Mr. Brown, I'lf'bet that you
Could lick that Englishman ,
That always calls to see our Sue,
But talks with Mary Ann."
And wen be smiled and laffed "Ha! ha."
And then begin to roar.,
I ses: "Cus, Mary Ann told pa
She thought you ttuz a Boer."
"William A- Moore, la Brooklyn Eagle.
WE MEET HIM EVERY DAY
Beaaty and Its Appreciation Enter
Not Into Life of This Soulless
Ilamaa Mechanism.
A primrose by the river's brim.
A yellow primrose was to him.
And It was nothing more. '
"Wo have all of us seen the mats to whom
tho primrose is only a yellow primrose.
Ho 13 the same Individual to whom a
house ia only a house that is, a place of
shelter from the weather, and who builds
a great, staring thing, with windows like
Hdless eyea; or a little, squatty thing,
like a boy with his father's hat on; or
a thing all points, or anything but a
beautiful house. Of thW same pereon It
might be sung:
His wife, so neat, and sweet, and trlm,
A careful housewife Is to him,
.And she is nothing more.
He Is the man who has beets and cab
bages In the back garden, but never a
rose bush or a honeysuckle In the front
garden, and who believes that the "sweets
of existence" mean maple syrup and buck
wheat cakes.
He never takes his wife to a concert;
or. If she over-persuades him. he votes
it "a bore." The only pictures Tn his house
aro tho portraits of tho Presidents, which
hang upon the walls of what Js, by force
of example, termed hrls library, where a
small case holds a Webster's Dictionary
and a few volumes teeming with obtuse
political and religious controversies.
He does not believe In setting out trees
in the public parke, nor in gilding the
wcathervane on the .new steeple In fact,
steeples and towers, arched windows and
"fretted roofs" are "Intolerable and not to
be endured."
He Is a great eater: fond of bodily
ease; would tjoI mind If his little wife wor
ried herself to death to secure his com
fort Ho can hardly be called a good cit
izen, although he is of the opinion that
he confers eminent benefit upon the com
munity by his preaching up of economy,
and his continual opposition to Improve
ments. If he ever becomes a widower, the girls
had best beware of him. Although he
will keep his handkerchief to his eyes at
the grave of his prematurely-perljhed com
panion, he will be. "resigned to the will of
Providence" and anxious to secure an
other victim to immolate upon the altar
of Ws unconscious selfishness.
He is a hard taskmaster, an exacting
husband and Indifferent father an un
splritual creature, uporf whose nature
God's beauty makes no Impression. He
makes life go real, o practical and so
selfish that it becomes as monotonous as
tho continuous turning of a rusty old
waterwheel tireless, melancholy and soul
less. Girls, beware of this kind of a
man! ELLA HEKNBBBRKT.
HORRORS OF HOUSE-CLEANIXG.
Discomforts of Semlannnal Up
heaval May Be Avoided.
"None except hopelessly bigoted house
keepers adhere to the heroic methods of
Spring and Fall cleaning which were in
vogue a century ago," writes Marlon
Harland, In the Philadelphia Tnqulrer, In
tho course of an article on "Spring House
cleaning." "Each recurrence of the op
eration," she continues, "was equivalent
to a deluge. For a period varying from
two or three weeks, home-life was a series
of convulsions. From attic to cellar the
house was literally turned out-of-doors.
Every carpel was lifted, beaten, folded
and laid aside until every floor had been
scoured, every window washed, all the
painting and whitewashing done. Fcr
that dread period the family scudded under
bare poles. L e.. lived upon naked floors,
snatched irregularly and unsatiefactbrily
cooked meals and, one and all, were cross
from overwork and discomfort.
"Husbands and sons looked forward to
i
the semiannual agony of cleanliness as
they might to an inevitable epidemic of
smallpox or yellow fever. Matrons re
garded it as a eacred duty, a wall to be
scaled, a redoubt to be taken at all haz
ards to health and life. Weeks were spent
in making ready for it; more weeks in
recovering from the manifold pains and
miseries it left behind it.
"It was reserved for our age which,
with all its faults, comprehends the con
servation of forces better than any which
preceded It to discover the folly of euch
waste of time and strength. Common
sense, and, to some extent, common de
cency, demand that a house should never
be allowed to become so filthy as to
require a periodical upheaval and cast
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EvenlnK Gown.
UVtb hoj -a r Cress9owuii xj uojslne thinks good enough, for Cecil Rhode.
sin; It should be got rid of by less violent
means.
I took charge of my elver, glass and
ehlna once for a whole Winter, servants
of the right sort not being procurable
in the country at that season. In tnree
months I bad not one regular 'sllver
deanlng,' yet my spoons, forks, tea
eqmpage. etc., were never brighter. The
simple recipe (which I have never been
able to persuade any hired waitress or but
ler to follow) by which this was accom
plished was never let the silver get dirty
or dim. Hot water, ammonia, an ever
ready brush, a box of plate powder and a
few soft flannel cloths, used daily at an
expense of not more than 10 minutes a
day. did It all.
"Our wise housemother follows the same
rule In her dally walk and regulations
in every part of her home. When a room
begins to need cleaning, it is cleaned,
let the season be January or May. Tha
paint Is scoured several times durlnjf
the Winter, oftener in the Summer. If
windows are dim or fly-specked, they
are washed and polished on the first con
venient day. As Spring approaches, she
watches for opportunities when other work
is slack, and especially when the men
of the family are likely to bo. absent, and
has certain parts of tho house renovated.
If carpets are to be taken up. she sets
to it that all the Jlving-rooms are not
thus left unto the household deso'ate at
once.
"A daughter Is absent on a visit, and
finds her quarters swept and garnished
upon her return. The school hoys are
asked to 'double up in one room for a
couple of nights, while their chambers
aro overhauled. 'Mother is 'not at
home for a day or two when the drawing-"
rooms are in cleaning. Thero is always
a set of rooms wherein the wary father,
the becomingly-dressed mother and
daughters- and the meny boys can bo
comfortable In the evenings and at meals.
The deluge of suds, the cyclone of paint
and whitewash, the turbulent atmosphere
of dujst and yellow soap are among the
evils that were. At the risk of seeming
egotistical and conceited, let me tell a
little of my experience along this line.
Done Under Cover.
"For many years after my marriage, I
had the major part of the Spring house-
I cleaning done while my John was oft
upon a fishing excursion he never failed to
take early In June. Up to that time my
work was done, so to speak, under cover.
J Closets were overhauled, woolens beaten
and packed away, and divers other mat
ters looked after quietly, in preparation
for the weightier matters of carpet-Uf t-
Ing, taking down Winter hangings and
putting up Summer curtains, together with
such needful painting or kalsomlmng as
was expedient. With the departure of
the head of the household for lake or
stream, pulling up and making over began
In good earnest. By the time he re
turned, calm and cleanliness reigned su
preme. "In the Autumn he had the habit of be
taking himself to mountain or seaside
fen, with gun. and dog for a few days.
This interim was improved by making all
ready at home for Winter living and
working.
"Upon our 10th wedding day I had my
rich reward for contrivance and labor In
hearing him remark, meditatively and In
nocently, to a friend who mentioned that
his wife was in the throes of houseclean-
ing:
" T don't think we ever clean
house! I never thought of it before. Of
course, I recollect the semiannual hor
rors of my boyish days. But I have an
Idea that houses keep, themselves clean
nowadays
"As they should."
-ISSUED ENTIRELY BY WOMEN.
Chicago Periodical Printed, Edited
and rnhllshed by Them.
Since 1900 Chicago has been able to go on
record as the only city In America to boast
within its precincts a publishing bouse In
which all the work, from that of office
girl to -.editor and manager, Is done by
women, and the capital necessary to Its or
ganization and equipment provided and
controlled by that same "weaker sex."
The periodical so distinguished is tne
Zenske LIsty." a very interesting and
progressive weekly magazine, the only
ihuvMon in the world In the Bohemian
language upon which the work, mechanical
and literary, is aone xy women. .- wub
ago as 1S95, 50 of the most progressive
women in the Bohemian quarter of Chi
cago formed the Bohemian Woman's Pub
lishing Company, wltn Mrs. .viary uuui
as president, for the purpose of establishr
Ing a periodical which should, in some
adequate way, express the alm3 and am
bitions of the Bohemian women In Ameri
ca. In this were to be discussed matters
vital to the home, both from the domestic
and educational side; the upbringing of
children, the social problems, current
events and literature and all other ques
tions affecting the destiny of women.
The outgrowth of this movement was an
attractive fortnightly, under the Imme
diate supervision of Mme. Josafa Humpal
Zeman, editor nad general manager. For
two ye'ar3 40 Bohemian publications were
pitted against the youthful periodical.
These were edited by men who feared tha
influence of these new women ideas., but.
says the Chicago Times-Herald, they have
gradually overcome their antipathy to It
and have elected lime. Zeman secretary
of the Slavic Press Association, a body
.made up entirely of men.
WOMEN' AS ARTISTS.
Domestic Happenins Interfere With.
Their Work.
In "a letter to artists." addressed espe
cially to those of her own sex, Anna Lea
Merrltt says: "The only complaint we have
in England, and we never speak of it, la
that 'no one of us has. ever been elected
to the Academy, even In an honorary de
gree, but when a lady comes whoso art
Is unmistakably deserving of the distinc
tion,. I do not believe it will be with
held." She accounts somewhat for the in
equality of women's work by untoward
domestic incidents. Some near relative may
be ill, and a woman will give her care and
thought where a man wouia nut uimu
of so -doing, where no one would expect
It ot him.
"But although women may harden their
hearts to trivial duties and domestic cares,
they so far make" themselves unfemlnlne,
and 'their work will lose the charm which
belongs to their nature and which ought
tn ho its distinction.' One of the chief
obstacles to woman's success lies in tha
fact tnat sne nas uo " iu uan n.
stockings, keep the house, write the let
ters, make visits, ward off Intruders, be
personally suggestive of beautiful pictures
and always an encouraging and partial
critic,' "
Rhodes Sister's Faith.
Miss Rhodes, the sister of Mr. Cecil
Rhodes, never showed the slightest fear
for her brother's safety during the long
siege of KImberley. She said that It had
been foretold by her, both by cards and by
two palmists, that her brother would live
four years more, during which time he will
achieve more than In all his previous ca
reer. Miss Rhodes is devoted to her brother,
and Is supposed to be the frequent re
cipient of his confidences on weighty mat
ters. She Is a great spiritualist, regard
ing death as a mere transition stage,
which in no way prevents communication
with, living humanity. This view is shared
by Cecil Rhodes himself. Miss Rhodes
wants to marry off all the pairs of young
folks whom she sees to be fond of each.
other. But she has never met the woman.
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