THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. JTTLT 12, 1908.
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Some Practical Fashions for Porch Work
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1. TUCKED FILET NET WITH EMBROIDERED GAUZE AND CLUNY
INSERTION. .
Vacation Complexion Aids
"What shall I do during my vacation?"
Hundreds of girls are asking that ques
tion, and this year it Is an exceptionally
Important question. Scores of girls ac
customed to spending two weeks, a month
or even more at some pleasure resort,
representing a round of Summer-girl
pleasures. And themselves city-bound this
year. These are the girls who are won
dering what to do with their days of
Idleness, and In the ease of the self-supporting
girl, the idleness. Is often en
forced, not desired. For this reason It is
Just as well for health and spirits If the
girl finds something which will occupy
her time.
I ran suggest no better means of pass
ir; the time than systematic attention to
the personal appearance. So many girls
say that they have not time to follow di
rections for improving their appearance.
That excuse fades with vacation days.
If there is any efficacy In a remedy or a
system of training, this Is the time to
prove it. Any girl during the vacation
can give two or three hours a day to per
sonal rare, and in a fortnight she will
see results.
For instance, take the girl with a
blotchy skin. Her face Is' chalky, with a
sprinkling of Irregular, purplish blotches.
She uses powder, cosmetics, lotions and
becomes steadily worse Instead of better.
Blotches of tills sort represent a defec
tive circulation. She' needs something to
excite the circulation, particularly exer
cise. I have an excellent regime of sim
ple exercises to induce circulation which
I will he pleased to furnish upon receipt
of self-addressed and stamped envelope,
but as they have appeared before in this
column, I will not repeat them here.
These exercises should be practiced at
least three times a day.
The action of the tiny blood vessels
nearest the 6kin should then: be stimu
lated by the alternate use of very hot
and very cold applications. Have at hand
two basins, one tilled with water as hot
as you can bear In wringing out the
cloths you use, and the other with very
cold water. You can even have a piece of
Ice in the latter. Now have 6oft old tow
els or cloths, fold one smoothly and dip
Into the very hot water, apply to the face
as hot as you can bear it and hold there
until the cloth cools. Then wring out a
second cloth in the very cold water and
apply that. Continue tills treatment for
ten minutes, pat the face dry with a piece
of soft toweling or linen and massage
with cold cream.
No Internal remedies are needed unless
the action of the digestive organs Is
sluggish, when the following ti paste
can be taken with excellent results: Half
a pound each of tine raisins and figs, one
ounce of senna leaves: chop or grind
these fine and simmer for 2D minutes in
an enamel stew pan with a cup of sugar
nd the same of boiling water. Line a
baking pan with oiled paper and when the
mixture has cooked, pour out to cool. At
first, take a piece an inch square every
night before retiring, and reduce the
quantity as conditions Improve.
When the blotched appearance Is on the
nose only, a bad condition of the diges
tion rather than circulation exists, and
this requires a slightly different treat
ment. A different set of exercises is re
quired, so if you are writing for a system
of exercises, please state distinctly wheth
er you desire those of poor circulation or
for indigestion. The exercises which will
. relieve Indigestion or mal-assimilaUoa of
food strike first at the liver.
One of the best cures for a. red nose la
simple boiling water. When the pain In
the stomach Is acute end the nose to ex
tremely discolored, try aoda and hot
w'ater. Dissolve a 'half teaspoonful of
sulphate of soda In a half tumbler of hot
water and drink an hour before breakfast.
Repeat this dose In SO minutes, and eat a
light breakfast, which Includes fruit and
toast, never hot breads.
Try the hot milk bato for the afflicted
nose, using It twice a day. Bring sweet
milk to a scald but do not boil. Dip Into
It a piece of soft old linen or antiseptic
gauze, having the milk as hot as you can
bear It. Let the cloth remain on the nose
until quite cool, but do not dry the skin
on removing the cloth. Allow the milk to
dry Into the pores. This is more effective
than plain hot water applications.
If your ease proves extremely stubborn,
apply this lotion:
Sulphate of potassium, 1 gramme.
Tincture of benvoin, 1 gramme.
Rose-water, 60 grammes.
Distilled water, 60 grammes.
Apply the lotion with -antl-eeptio gauze
several times during the day. Never ap
ply cold water to a nose thus afflicted,
but use either hot milk, water or the
above lotion.
For a scaly, dry skin, massage night
and morning with a high-grade of cold
OTeam. and r&ht here I want to say that
the girl who uses cold cream as frequent
ly as this, should be very sure of what it
contains. Do not Judge your cream by the
prettiness of the label on the jar. If you
have the time, make your own cream. It
will cost as much as the proprietary ar
ticle, perhaps more, but you will have the
satisfaction of knowing that you are using
neither lanolin, which grows hair, or any
animal fat, which will coarsen the sklix
I urge every vacation girl to give up a
morning to making up a quantity of the
famous Kentucky cream as follows:
Rosewater, four ounces; almond oil, four
ounces: spermaceti, one ounce: white wax,
one ounce. KATHLEEN MORTON.
One-Plcco Dress.
Sometimes when a one-piece dress
Is bought at the store or at a cos
tume house It is very difficult to wear
It until after it is washed, for the
blouse is too full and the skirt is per
haps too long:. This, of course, is as it
should be, for It will undoubtedly
shrink when laundered, so if It exact
ly fitted when bought the investment
would turn out useless. However, it
Is perfectly easy to arrange the dress
so that it may be worn during the
Interim. Take a tuck In the blouse,
just above the waist line, so that the
extra material will hang; on the wrong
side and the stitching will coincide
with that at the top of the tucks or
Insertion which probably outline the
waist. To shorten the skirt a tuck may
be taken either on the under side of
the hom or under the fold with which
many skirt are trimmed. The hand
run tuck placed on the wrong side will
never be seen If It is discreetly ar
ranged, for there Is nothing to call at
tention to it. Of course, before the
dress Is sent to the wash the tucks
should be carefully removed, and In
doing this be sure that no threads of
the material are cut.
Another Glimpse of Father.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Rather took his coat oft said,
Til do that Job today.
Wo need a chicken cook, you bet;
Our hens all get away."
He found the hammer and the nails
And then he got the saw.
And went to work while all the tads
Looked on in silent awe.
Somehow, the boards seemed rather tough
And fate was most .unkind;
While father puffed and puffed and puffed
His trousers split behind.
At last he got some short lengths cut
And while h mopped his face
Bo studied out the proper way
To put the boards In place.
He nallod a strip across a strip.
Then he made a slight mlscue:
The hammer came down on his thumb
And mashed It black and blue.
Then father used tome language that
Was never heard before.
And mother took the babes Inside
And softly-closed the door.
The woman who is planning to spend
any length of time at a Summer resort. In
a suburban town or on a farm, during
the dog-days, will find it to her advan
tage to take with her material for frocks
or blouses to be worn when she returns
to town and particularly such as demand
handwork. While vacations are essen
tially for rest and recreation, the aver
age American woman Is too energetic by
nature to extract real pleasure from rest
In large doses. She is happier if she as
complishes some practical thing each
day. and two hours a day spent at nee31e
work on a fortnight's vacation will bring
forth charming results.
As for the woman who is stopping In
town to keep her husband company,
save for their two weeks' vacation, she
has the opportunity of her life to make
up the" sort of fripperies which will drive
her women friends quite wild with envy
when the social season reopens.
The prevailing fabrics and modes for
fancy blouses and frocks, for afternoon
and evening wear require such marvelous
handstitchery that the woman of average
purse cannot afford to employ an up-to-date
dressmaker for the manufacture. But
If she knows how to handle that first aid
to the home-sewer, a reliable pattern, she
can enhance the simplest design by such
exquisite stitchery as to rival the-work
of an expert, foreign or domestic. The
modern sartorial, triumph Is a matter of
Infinite pains and exquisite stitchery
rather than extravagance in fabric.
An inexpensive batiste or chiffon or
silk net, correctly made is more desirable
than .a stately brocade or satin which
will stand alone. In fact, the very filmy,
clinging fabric which seems practically
without body, overlaid with fine stitchery
in which not a line of machine work
shows, is the correct thing for present
day needs.. -
There Is much talk about simple ef
fects in 1908 frocks, but the simplicity
Is hard to find. To be sure, the lines
themselves are simple enough. Skirts
to all intents are plain, often absolutely
devoid of trimming, but the blouses and
wraps make up for the- severity of the
skirts. Neither is there any simplicity
to be noted In the. trimmings used, which
are trimmings upon trimmings, embrold-'
ery upon lace, or even lace upon lace.
For instance, at a smart shop the fol
lowing frock was turned out: The foun
dation fabric was an inexpensive all
over point do Paris lace. The skirt of
the princess design was cut in seven
gores, connected by what, looked like
How to Take
AN ungallant German professor, one
Gieler, of Munich, announces that
after much research and study of
the subject he finds that the modern
woman's foot is steadly gaining in size
and that in time there will be little
difference In proportion between the
feet of women and men. English wo
men, he adds, have the largest feet
owing to their love for walking and
regular outdoor exercises.
A woman chiropodist who attends ex
clusively to the feet of those of her
own sex, and has made a great success
of the practice of massage in perfect
ing the contour of the feet says, that
bo far as the feet of the New York wo
men are concerned, the professor is
wrong.
"I have done this sort of work for
more than 15 years," she said, "in Paris
and London, at Palm Beach and New
port, as well as In New York, and I
have been able to study the subject
thoroughly.
"It is true that tight shoes, are not
in fashion now and women are not
pinching their feet as they used to
into the smaller sizes. For that rea
son it Is possible that manufacturers
may not be making so many number
ones and twos in women's boots as
they used.
"It is well known that shoemakers
marked their goods in length and
width below the actual size in order to
cater to the old-time demand for small
shoes. Women a dozen years ago ab
solutely refused to wear boots that
were numbered high, and a five was
considered a dreadfully large foot. -
"But the pinched-in foot, like rouge
and tight corsets, went completely out
of , fashion: The woman with an ab
surdly tight shoe looks today as badly
gotten up as the one with a tiny waist
and large hips. Women's dress has be
come not only more sanitary and sensi
ble but more artistic, and nothing has
improved more than footwear ready
made shoes I mean.
"Ten or fifteen years ago the feet of
women were generally bad to look
upon when bare. They were deformed
through small shoes, the toes crowded
on top of one another and sometimes
bent under. There were corns and en
larged joints, and even bones were dis
placed through walking in tight "shoes.
"The athletic fad which made women
let out their daughters' waists as they
never had their own drove away a host
of evils, and among those evils went
the tight shoe. Every American wo
man today, from the heiress to the fac
tory girl, wears shoes sufficiently big.
"This can be told at once in the im
proved gait, of women pedestrians
along Fifth avenue and in the shop
ping districts. They no longer mince
along, and although American women
never seem able to conquer their tend
ency to walk too quickly and' ener
getically for their beauty, they walk
far better than they did even six years
ago, when the masculine football -walk
was a fad with athletic girls.
"Physical science has taught women
how to walk and how to care for their
feet just as thoroughly as for their
hands. They know that short shoes
are ruinous to the shape of a foot.
"One of the first lessons in foot re
form was that a small, light shoe does
not hide but rather accents the faults
of a badly shaped foot. Pointed toed
shoes are also Inartistic and produce
all kinds of trouble with the feet.
"The shoes must fit properly, and if
the foot is short and thick through it
Is probably In accord with the dimen
sions of the body. A short, sturdy wo
man should have a short, wide foot if
she is built on the proper plan. It is
far more beautiful to have feet in har
mony with the rest of the body than to
have small feet which do not match.
"Some years ago I worked In an es
tablishment where a separate charge
was made for every foot blemish that
was treated. Women and young girls
would come there whose bills would
mount up to five or six dollars a treat
ment, so many were the defects.
"Now the feet of women are In bet
ter condition. American women have
not the slender exquisite feet of the
Italians or the Spanish women. An
American woman finds it hard to wear
a Paris shoe, which Is so narrow across
the instep that one might think a foot
built on that plan would be completely
out of proportion. But it is in pro
portion to the French woman's general
build.
"The Arabian women and those of i
Epaln have beautifully arched feet, and
Mexican drawn work, done In delicate
blue soutache braid, and cotton braid at
that. The bottom of the skirt was fin
ished with a border of delicate blue mes
sallne. matching the blue braid and cut
In a simplified Greek key pattern. The
waist line was marked by very fine hand-
run vertical tucks, and the upper part of
the rrock was a mass of point de venlse
appliqued on the point de Paris and con
nected by the same simulation of Mexican
drawn work in-blue braid which appeared
on the skirt. The collar was finished
with bias folds of the pale blue messaline
and the elbow sleeves were finished with
cuffs of lace, showing the key pattern In
bias messaline folds. The work was rep
resented by the hand-appllqueing of the
overlaying lace and the braid work. Made
at home, the gown would been most in
expensive. Done at the shop it costs
enough to keep an orphan child in, a
charity Institution for a year.
One of the needlework fads which
gives most pleasing effects is that of
touching up laces with a bit of delicately
tinted hand embroidery. An Inexpensive
Imitation cluny or filet lace can be made
charming by embroidering over part of
the pattern In color or doing a stamped
pattern upon the lace. Hours can be
spent in simply hand-running tucks,
smocking or rose-shlrrlng fine nets, chif
fon, marquisette and similar soft mate
rials for house frocks. Nothing so cer
tainly stamps a frock as cheap, like ma
chine stitchery on a soft, clinging fabric
Another feature of up-to-date sewing
Is the application of lace medallions,
or tle combination of embroidered me
dallions with lace insertions. Done by
machine, this always has a factory
look, even if made at home. Almost
invariably the stitchery will draw and
prevent the perfect adjustment of
skirt or bertha or sleeve.
Today we are showing five blouse
designs which lend themselves admira
bly to handwork, and which can be
worked out at odd moments on the
porch or under a shadowy tree. Blouses
are given in preference to princess de
signs, because large-patterned gar
ments are hard to handle away from
the family Eewing-room.
Design No. 1 shows a remnant of
double-width filet net measuring 1
yards which was picked up on a bar
gain counter and combined with anoth
er remnant of embroidered silk gauze,
a bolt of fine, narrow imitation cluny
lace and four yards of matching edg
ing. .The lower section of the waist
and the sleeves show the net hand run
Care of the Feet in Summer
this In spite if the high heel which the
Spanish slipper always has. The foot
seems to be very much a matter of
type. Some of the Irish peasant girls
whom you see barefoot in their native
No. 2. Ecru Princess Net With Lace
Brettelles.
fields have beautiful feet, large and
strong and white.
"Many women wear sandals without
stockings for a few hours a day in
their dressing rooms. It gives air to
the feet and allows the muscles to be
come pliable, for it must be remem
bered that the foot Is used a great
deal and is laced and buttoned in snug
ly most of the time.
"Use does not make the foot more
beautiful any more than it does the
No.-3. Handkerchief Llnnen With
Convent Embroidery.
hand. When a woman has an Illness
which keeps the weight of her body
from her feet for a few weeks she will
find that her ankles have grown slen
der, her feet blue-veined and white and
nearly every imperfection will have
disappeared.
"On the other hand, women -who use
their feet much grow fiatfooted and
sometimes develop varicose veins. Well
kept shoes, rested every day or two
that is. changed for others and kept on
trees In the interim will do much to
in fine tucks, and these strips Joined
by cluny insertion. The half-yard rem
nant of embroidered gauze is employed
to form a scalloped yoke, outlined with
the edging, not gathered, but finely
pleated. Every stitch save the join
ing of blouse and sleeves is done by
hand, and the effect is of a very dain
tily wrought garment.
No. 2 is a two-piece blouse, the bre
telle section being made solidly of
finely pleated lace, put on by hand.
The fronts of the blouse are done in
hand-run tucks to the bust line, and
the center Is run with tiny plaitings of
the lace to match the bretelles. The
illustration was drawn from an ecru
princess net, showing a tiny flower
pattern, and trimmed with inexpensive
Val. lace.
In Fig. 3 will be found a fetching
combination of hand-run tucks, em
broidered medallions and French Val.
lace. The fabric is handkerchief linen,
the embroidery is done in convent
stitchery, and the French Val. is ex
tremely fine And silky looking. A heavy
net with medallions of Irish crochet
or point de Venlse or English eyelet
work, with cluny lace, would be fully
as effective. Or, if desired, the medal
lions can be done In delicate colors,
pink, blue, lavender or a touch of gilt.
Some charming noveltleo in medallions
can now be picked up on bargain
counters, and three of these In color
effects are sufficient for a net or lace
waist.
The blouse displayed In Fig. 4 sug
gests an excellent use of short lengths
In lace or embroidery. In the model
a very soft messaline in silvery gray
wae used, the tucks below the shaped
yoke being run by hand. The yoke was
made from strips of novelty lace. In
cluny design, with the flowers worked
over In silvery grays, blues and green,
joined by German Val. Insertion. It
will be noted that the Insertion em
ployed in the yoke runs down the up
per portions of the sleeves, a very
good effect.
The last blouse. No. 6, shows the
popular scalloped yoke. In this in
stance done In fine silk net In com
bination with Ivory white messaline
and baby Irish edging. A very fine
soutache braid in white and gold was
woven through the narrow lace pleat
ings, and the yoke could be made more
ornate by appllquelng medallions of
gold thread or gold lace on the tucked
net. MART DEAN.
keep the feet in good condition and
will last much longer than if worn day
after day.
"To keep the feet in good condition
they must be washed with good soap,
warm water and a brush each day.
The cold dip in the morning Is not suf
ficient for the feet. - Pumice should be
used on any callosity. 'Salt in the foot
bath is excellent.
"Massage is a boon for the feet, al
though its virtues have been of com
paratively recent discovery. The foot
must be softly rubbed between the two
hands of the operator, a lubricating I
saive Deing used. Olive oil and alco
hol are good.
"A rough towel should be used to
dry briskly and a good talcum powder
sifted on carefully. Stockings should
always oe changed with the boots, and
this change should be made at least
twice in the day. Even the tired busi
ness girl can put on fresh stockings
and slippers when she comes in after
the day. It will rest her feet and keep
them in good condition.
"The feet have a tremendous effect
on the mental condition and the gen
eral health. A painful foot will change
the most cheerful person into a bear.
"Neither corns nor ingrowing nails
are to be found on the younger genera
tion of women to any extent. The 20th
century foot is a decided improvement
on' the old-fashioned one, whatever
merits otherwise the old-time girl may
have had over her latter-day sister.
"Women look after their feet now to
prevent trouble rather than to cure it.
A well cared for foot will always keep
well barring accident. A neglected
foot, on the contrary, is almost im
possible to cure, although it can be re
lieved of course.
"Low shoes are supposed to spread
the ankles, but the high, laced and
buttoned boots often impede circula
tion in the leg. ,Laced shoes are a
great evil when they are laced too
tightly. They stiffen the ankle instead
of supporting it.
"The low shoe is better because it
admits good circulation and action.
It also permits the air to get at the
foot. The pumps fashionable now are
difficult to keep on and they Injure the
heels, but otherwise they are hygienic
Air is as necessary for the feet as for
the rest of the body.
"And Paris, the home of the French
heel, does not boast pretty feet among
the women, except that they are slen
der in the extreme and shapely when
shod. The Paris woman drives more
than she walks and the delightfully
clean pavements permit her to wear
colored boots, white and pink and blue,
when she strolls, but there is not much
natural grace of beauty in the bare
French foot.
"One has only to observe the feet of
the French dancers that eome here and
make great successes with their danc
ing but never with the beauty of their
feet. Dancing, indeed, produces dread
ful feet as a rule.
"DuMaurler's book Trilby' woke peo
ple up on the subject of the foot and its
beauty. He rapsodied over It as a
marvelous framework covered with ex
quisitely tinted flesh and large in pro
portion to the height of the woman.
His heroine had large feet but they be
came very famous. She was an Eng
lish girl.
"The English girls all have rather
long, narrow feet, not at all pretty,
but they walk better than women of
other nationalities. They never hurry
or take short steps. They wear rather
fancy shoes in the street, but then they
use hansoms a great deal on their way
to and from the shopping districts.
"We hear a great deal about the
English women being great walkers,
and no doubt they are in the country.
But they do not walk at all In London,
that Is, smart women do not, except
through the fashionable shopping
streets, with their carriages following
them. Hyde Park on Sunday morning
is the extent of the London woman's
walk.
"For this reason they do not go In
for the short trotter dresses that dis
tinguish the American girl abroad,
showing her trim feet with the fresh
est of ties. The American woman is
vain of her feet and very Justly so. but
she no longer attaches any Importance
to making them seem small, so long as
they are well shod and trim and
shapely.
The passenger traffic through the Slm
plon tunnel has fluctuated greatly and was
largest in August. 106, the third month
of Us operation. In that month 42,622 pas
sengers were carried through the tunneL
NO. 8. IVORY WHITE MESSALINE TUCKED SILK NET AND BABY
IRISH LACE.
Timely Tips for the Traveler
- Every girl starting on her vacation trip
yearns to possess the stamp of an experi
enced traveler, and in her desire to ac
complish this, she often becomes self-conscious
and awkward.
The girl who is ladylike and well-bred
In her own home or in her office life
needs no hints as to conduct when abroad
or on her vacation. It Is the girl who has
led a narrow, selfish life, the girl who
has boasted that little things didn't mat
ter so much If you had pretty clothes
who needs travel hints.
Courtesy to every one you meet is the
secret of social success during your vaca
tion, and this Includes the porter on the
train, the hall boy or waiter at the hotel,
as well as the best dressed and most in
fluential guest. I have known an inexpe
rienced girl on her first Journey to tip a
porter or maid on a fast train a dollar for
a 24-hour trip and then exact silly little
services in such an overbearing fashion,
that the railway employes actually
showed his or her contempt.
Always be courteous to help In a hotel.
A "good morning" spoken with Just the
right Inflection, which draws the line be
tween courtesy and familiarity will stamp
you as "experienced" in the eyes of every
servant attached to the hotel.
On the other hand, never. allow a hotel
servant to Impose upon you. They are
quick to see that you are not accustomed
to service and become lax. If your meal
is not properly served, do not complain
loudly or fretfully, so as to attract at
tention, but at the conclusion of the meal
go quietly to the head waiter and file
your complaint. If the chambermaid
neglects your room, speak to her quietly
but firmly as you would to a servant In
your own home. Do not tip her for In
competency. The cure Is Ineffective.
Tip the help weekly If you are making
a long stay in a hotel or boarding-house.
Do not tip spasmodically. It Is a waste of
money.
Table manners vary little from year to
year, the exception being when new sil
C Ml rT.
oensiDie oins
This Is the season of the year when
many of our friends are taking either
short or long trips, and a useful little
gift as an occasional remembrance of
friends left at home Is always welcome
to the globe trotter. Often the question
arises: "What shall I give her
or him?" and I hope these few sug
gestions will be of service to readers.
If you can afford it, there is nothing
of more general use than a little fold
ing pocket camera, and this makes a
splendid gift for either a man or a
woman. A reliable make Is not cheap
and no other kind should be - purchased.
This gift occupies little room, and
brings great Joy not only to the traveler
himself, but to those at home when they
see the pictures on his return.
In all stationery shops can be found
a little writing pad under various names.
Sometimes It is called "A Line a Day,"
then again "A Hasty Line," but it con
sists of a writing pad of medium di
mensions, which can be folded up to form
an envelope, sealed and mailed in a mo
ment. -With this pad should go an lndelll
ble pencil. They are Invaluable to the
traveler with little spare time on his
hands. '
If your departing friends are taking
a long trip a little pillow not over 12
by 8 inches is of the greatest comfort.
This pillow should be made of hair and
covered with pink sateen. Then there
should be three little white linen pillow
covers to fit It. These slips can be the
simplest hemmed affairs, or can be hem
stitched and have the owner's initials
embroidered on them. Hair pillows are
always cooler in Summer, and linen cov
ering Is also cooling to the skin. These
verware la introduced. For Instance, Just
now It is a fad to eat ice cream, when
firmly frozen, with a fork Instead of a
spoon. The correct lee cream fork Is
small, with three prongs and rather
round. If the fork appears with the froz
en dessert, do not make the mistake of
asking for a spoon. ,
The question often arises as to what la
to be done with the napkin In a hotel or
boarding-house when a guest remains for
a week or more. .Never fold your napkin
when away from home. In a first-class
establishment you will have a fresh nap
kin with every meal; If you do not, then
let the maid fold the napkin. Just lay it
lightly beside your plate at the conclusion
of the meal.
If you are the mother of children, do
not expect that in a first-class hotel or
even boarding-house they will be permit
ted to dine at the general table, make in
quiries concerning this, and arrange tor
their care in the children's dining-room.
And never allow them to become a nui
sance to the proprietor of the hotel. He
Is running a hostelry, not a nursery, and
he has a right to resent Injury to hi
property by children who are not con
trolled by the parents, even if the latter
pay the good round sum generally charged
for children.
In making acquaintances at a Summer
resort, bear In mind that it is the priv
ilege of age to address youth every time.
The elder woman should speak to the
younger first.
If a. man, sitting at table, shows you
some trifling courtesy, and in return for,
your thanks, courteously spoken, follows
up his advantage, you can permit this.
Presumably your fellow guests are re
spectable and It Is an easy matter for
you to ascertain the standing of the man
In the hotel. It Is equally easy for you to
be courteous to him without becoming too
friendly. An exchange of table and porch
courtesies does not involve your accept
ing his Invitations to drive, sail, bathe,
etc. PRUDENCE STANDISH.
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pillows are used at the back of the
head in the daytime, and to sleep on at
night; many people objecting to putting
their heads immediately next to the linen
in sleepers and against heavy plush cov
ering in the day coaches.
What are known as "Necessity Hold
ers'' form another practical gift. These
are made of cretonne or other heavy
material and fit the top of the tray of
the trunk. A plain piece of cretonne Is
chosen and on it are sewed many little
pockets of various sizes small ones for
hairpins larger ones for dressing combs
and brushes, a square one' that would
hold sewing materials, etc. These little
pockets should be bound and have tapes
to fasten them down. The entire "Hold
er" is put on the tray cover with thumb
tacks. If the tray has no cover, then It
Is fastened to the inside of the trunk
cover.
Another gift -that any woman traveler
will welcome with open arms is a three
yard long veil of brown chiffon cloth
not chiffon, but chiffon cloth. This will
be large enough to cover up her hat
and to protect her throat from occasional
drafts. These chiffon cloth veils wash
beautifully with a pure white soap and
lukewarm water, and should be Ironed
out with care as you would a fine hand
kerchief. A bottle of good toilet water makes an
acceptable gift to either man or woman.
In selecting this you should avoid all
the pungent sweet odors like . Jockey
Club and tube rose, selecting in their
stead such spicy odors as lemon verbena,
etc. I do not mean extracts, but the
simple toilet waters which are very
freshing as a face wash.