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of the faults. At ons and the same
time train body, soul and heart to the
beauties you desire.
Lastly, look ont for the bsd Influ
ences of precocious playmates. The
knowledge so gained Is withering to
future peace, destructive to present
and future health and beauty. Look
out for bad moral example In the
home the furious family row for In
stance. Remember that the little body Is a
most delicate bud. and that Its unfold
ing Is in your hands. Treat the aoul
reverently.
KATHERINE MORTON.
WHITE FOX IS FAVORITE EVENING
FUR SOMETIMES WORN AT RECEPTIONS
Snowy Pelte, Because of Scarcity, Axe Almost as Costly as Ermine, and Present Beautiful Appearance at Opera
or in Drawing-room.
CHARMING DANCING FROCKS DESIGNED
FOR DEBUTANTES PROVE POPULAR
Chic Dancing Boots With High French Heels Worn at Coming-Ont Parties In Gotham Selection of Ornaments Is
-. . Important to EffectiTeness of Costume.
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evening (owns Intended for danc
Inr. In debutante or girl In hr
irconj Htwn wears a tralnless frock
ignd specially for dancing; use.
rtils dainty frock, morn at one or the
Junior Cotillions at Sherry's tbla Win
ter. Is of very light blue velvet, made
In the quaint "lambrequin" style over
petticoat of lace flounces. The bod
Ice Is a draped fichu of lace and the
slue velvet girdle has a flat bow at one
Me of the hack. The flower festoons
on the tunic are In shades of pink and
lu and the fringe is silver. With this
frock were worn dancing boots of blue
pearl buttons and high
satin with
Krench heels.
All dinner gowns have trains and the
home dressmaker will be Interested in
the way this drugging, three-cornered
train Is attached to the foot of the
skirt. The gown Is by Lanvln and Is
of mauve blue charmeuse with an
under-bodlce of diamante white net.
The bodice Is draped over this diamante
net. Its edges being finished with dia
mante banding. Ornaments of rhine
stones are set at back and front of the
waistline. The coiffure ornament la of
dull silver and blue sequins, with a
white aigrette; the slippers are strap
affairs of white satin, buttoning across
silk hose matching the blue gown, each
strap of the slipper being- beaded with
rhlnestones.
FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS OF CHILD BEAUTY
!
i K you want your child to be consid
ered good looking, attend first to Its
physical health. If you want It to
feel good looking, that Is. to have a
erholesome unconsciousness of Its de-fet-ts.
see that your precious lad or las
lie Is happy. Health and happiness! In
two brief words are contained the needs
? all children, all mortal needs. With
the first tne soul Itself Is crippled;
without some taste of Joy. Indeed as
much of It as tan he had. the child
beart becomes morose, suspicious, em
bittered. Mere happiness Itself, that lightness
sf the heart whUh declares that the
thing, whatever it is. Is good. Is the
best cosmetic for the skin the world
holds. The youngster constitutionally
Joyous, and whose swret ehullltlons are
not nipped with cold sarcasms or cruel
punishment. Is rarely pimpled, sallow
or constipated. There are no Interior
dreads to hamper the (unctions of the
body. The blood flows freely, for the
heart Is fearless. That some govern
ment ts needed, goes without saying,
bttt It begins with proper food and reg.
ulsr hoiira for eating.
o the mother who serves her chtld s
meals at "any old time" or who thinks
thst this or that cold scrap Is good
enough for the midday meal, in doing
br progeny great hurt. Regularity in
eating la absolutely required for heaiw
and as childhood is the formative period
for the body as well as mind. It stands
to reason that food must be good enough
to make healthy bones and muscles.
The coarser breads are needed to solid
ify the tooth structure graham, gluten
and rye there must be warm appetis
ing broths tor toning up the stomach,
dainty, easily digested sweets, fresh
vreen vegetables, fruits In abundance,
an occasional crisp salad and meats
cooked In such a way as to provide all
the nutriment they can provide.
Under 7 years of age children require
little meat. Good sweet milk, fresh
eggs and fish and fowl should take Its
place, cream cheese served with a bit
of Jam or Jelly Is a splendid substitute
for me it. and if the child la trained at
an eatlr age to eat the wholesome
thing, whatever It Is, whicb Is set on
the table, there will be no unreasonable
exactions with mature age.
Hunger Is the best of atl sauces for
food, and the hungrier a child gets tier
lis meals the more evidence there la of
normal health. So forbid many be-tween-meal
bites for the youngsters
who no longer need them those who
bava passed the weakness of babyhood,
wbea eating must be often to sustain
strength. Supply sponge cakes more
often than pound or fruit or spice
cakes for the nursery table, and a. low
candy, and that of a very simple sort,
only after meals.
The dally eating of fresh fruit will do
much toward keeping the child's bowels
in good order, and orances are espe
cially beautifying to the skin. Pine
apple Jtii.e. which Is most refreshing
to the paiate and atomach. tones up the
blood, and it Is much liked by chil
dren, especially when strained and
chilled on the Ice. A tea of sassafras
root, made sweet and chilled. Is like
wise useful for the blood and bowels,
blia a nibble of the gummy licorice so
D-any children like Is the cheapest and
most gsntie medicament for tight bow
els that can be had.
When the youngster comes down
with an attack of Indigestion, the first
move toward a cure Is to give the bow
els a complete clearing out with castor
oil. The druggists have a way of pre
paring this with orange Juice to make
It more palatable, or else they put the
oil In capsules, when it is not tasted at
alL Three drops of brandy put In the,
oil Itself will prevent this energetic
purge from griping.
The hours for a child's sleep should
he as regular as those for meals, and
the little bedroom needs to be venti
lated ail night and kept clear of use
les dust-harboring truck for health
and good looks. Yet the little bedroom
should be a gay and sweet place, too.
for the children are highly susceptible
to beauty, and neat and gracious sur
roundings belp to make them mora fas
tidious about their persons and cloth
ing. Insist upon a complete morning or
night bath warm water and a good
soap for the bath Is required for both
moral and physical health. Many a
high-strung, nervous child, given to
ungovernable fits of temper, would be
amenable to the sweeter moods of
childhood If It were bathed oftener. Tha
warm bath, soothing as it does the
nerves, relaxing tenae muscles and
comforting the bowels, undoubtedly
helps to make life more endurable. It
Is one of our cheapest blessings, al
though If a child Is In very delicate
health a warm sponge is far better
than the all-over bath. But where the
lad and lassie are In strapping trim,
the dally tub la as good for them as
breakfast or dinner, and it Is certainly
a royal factor for present good looks.
These things constitute hygienic living
regularity, proper food, quiet sleep,
rleanllnens Inside and outside the body.
But there remains the health of the
heart, which is so Important to child
life, and without which small fry In
the most luxurious circumstances are
but beggars. Where do children find
this spiritual health, this marvelous
uplift of the spirits needed for tha
healthy growth of their little bodies
and souls; In play yes, in the rery
stupid Jumping op snd down which
seems so intolerable In the house; In
the skates on which they skint around
the block; In the noisy game of hide
and seek. Thy find It in all their lit
tle Indoor Jollying, and find more of
It In the outdoor games. There, while
soft bones are stretching with the ex
ercise, muscles growing harder and
blood pumping more freshly, there un
der blue skies, with Summer sephyrs
or Winter winds, m-lth the noise and
dust of towns, or with the quiet and
vague mystery of country life, the
child la coming Into Its own. I'nder
the wing of Mother Nature It Is devel.
oping with every breath of air. every
wiggle and Jump, learning unconscious
ly the true tbtngs of Its own little life.
With play so desperately Important,
then, to child happiness and health It
can easily be seen how long Indoors
tasks are crippling to the little mind
and body. it was not meant that
young minds should be clouded with
the thought of burdens, young hearts
bowed down with the weight of grim
and svstematlc dlsplaasure. A light
spanking, quickly given, quickly over
with, will seem far more reasonable,
snd nine times out of ten be far mors
efficacious in the way of a moral les
son. But the tenth child can have no
whippings. This small soul must be
governed with quiet talk, example, un
failing tenderness. Why one child
should be so different from another no
body can tell. The mother must Judge
Its needs and act. accordingly. But
considering the spanking in Itself, in
my opinion It Is not necessary after
the child can understand words. If
you will only notice, the children who
are punished much In this way take on
a hardened look. In other words the
child is to a certain extent brutalized
with whipping, and. so merely from the
point of beauty, the spanking habit is
Injurious.
The well child Is commonly happy,
the happy child commonly well. But
foolish Indulgence of every whim of
the youngster is not needed for health
of either body or mind. There must be
certain definite rules laid down for
dally living and conduct and these
must be adhered to. The thing which
brings ruin in Its train is Injustice.
Young fry have their rights, and the
understanding of them Is Inherent. So
If you want your lad or lassie to have
the sweet, fearless, trusting look which
Is more delightful than any physical
charms, treat it like a reasonable hu
man being. Explain the, need of tha
small duties, explain the consequences
Archbishop Gleasos- Gives R ease as
for the Prevalence ef Brsmettea.
That blondes will grow fewer in the
United States In the next 100 years,
and that they will continue to exist
longer In the smoky cities than any
where else. Is a theory of whose cor
rectness Archbishop Olennon has be
come convinced. He discussed it In
elaborating on his smoke talk of a few
days ago before the City Club, of Mil
waukee. "The theory isn't mine." he hastened
to explain. "An Eastern scientist haa
worked It out In much detail, but I
have studied It carefully, and it seems
very plausible."
It might seem that smoke would
make dark complexions, rather than
light ones, but the archbishop's theory
shows clearly that hydrogen peroxide
and pink complexion powder will have
to make their last stand as commercial
ataplea In cities where the smoke In
spector has accomplished the least.
"It Is this way." said Archbishop
Olennon. "The white rays of sunlight
re much harder on light persons than
on dark ones. In the case of light per
sons, the rays affect the nerve cen
ters. Persons of dark complexion have
pigment under their skin which gives
protection from these rays, and there
fore they are better qualified to live
in a sunlight country, such as this Is.
"The most favorable countries for
blondes, and the countries where they
are moat found, are the British Isles,
Germany. Scandinavia and Russia.
These countries have a softer sunlight.
In Southern Europe the people are bru
nettes, and are used to living In the
sun. The sun rays hit these countries
more directly and not at such an acute
angle.
"In other words, the sun tends to
destroy the blond type, and thus .to
make brunette predominant, wherever
the sun shines much of the time. But
city people are protected from it by
their Indoor life, and in some cities
also by the smoke cloud. This tends to
develop an anemic race." Woman's
National Weekly.
Hygienic Value of Saladx.
Henry T. Flnck'a "Multiplying the
Pleasures' of the Table." in Century.
Probably no detail of the French
menu is so important to us as the sal
ad. Very few American families know
what an invaluablo delicacy a genuine
French salad, with a dressing of good
olive oil and 'pure, fragrant vinegar,
la Invaluable, because of Its effect on
the digestion and health. There Is
very little nourishment In salad leaves
until the oil haa been added, and the
oil Is what many of us need, according
to the doctors, who deplore the Insuffi
ciency of fat in the average Ameri
can's diet. It Is excluded therefrom
for the very good reason, that the
average American finds it difficult to
digest It. But it Is right there that
the salad comes to the rescue. The
vinegar in it. if genuine, excites by its
fragrance and acidity the digestive
glands not only In the mouth and
stomach, but In the pancreas, which
acts on all the constituents of food,
particularly the fats. There would be
vastly less Intestinal Indigestion In
this country If every family followed
the French custom of eating salad at
least once a day.
Keal Dogs of War.
London Chronicle.
The dogs which are helping the Brit
ish forces against the Abors by per
forming sentry duty are by no means
the first to figure in the British army.
When the Earl of Essex went to Ire
land to suppress the rebellion In the
reign of Elizabeth his forces Included
800 bloodhounds with which to track
down fugitives after the battles; and
In all the English wars with Scotland
the bloodhound was largely used for
the same purpose.
A Masculine Surmise.
Harper's Bazar.
Husband How would you explain
the Inscrutable Mona Lisa smile?
Judson Some one has told a funny
story and the poor woman Is smiling in
the wrong place.
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N
O FUR Is more beautiful with the
light fabrics used for evening
wear than the fluffy, snowy fox;
and this fur Is now almost as costly as
ermine because of Its rarity. The coat
is for opera use and Is made of clel
blue mirror velvet with a lining of
white satin and trimmings of beautiful
snowy fox fur. On the white satin lin
ing are trimming details made of small
ribbon flower festoons in shades of
light blue and pink. These tiny flow
erets decorate the shirred pockets
which are placed in the lining for the
accommodation of my lady's belong
ings. The woman who has handsome furs.
snd wishes to make them do their part
In enhancing her costume, may retain
them when she leaves her outer wrap
in the dressing-room, at restaurant or
private reception. Furs are never, how
ever, retained w..- a bridge or lunch
eon costume. The fur toque has a
white feather and the lace yoke of the
frock is white and not cream.
NEW AMUSEMENTS FOR THE CHILDREN
DID you notice the enormous number
of playhouses offered for children
In the shops at Christmas time
doll houses, country cottages big
enough for four children to enter, gro
cery Btores, express offices and so on?
They are all connected with the
present system of education, which is
to make . the child think for Itself.
They are, besides, the most delightful
playthings that can be had, and if the
toy shop buildings are dear, very good
imitations of them can be made at
home at small cost from thin new
boards" or old packing cases. The Dig
toys are inspiring to Juvenile resources
and In the games connected with them
the children acquire much knowledge
of real life. The little grocer or ex
pressman learns to count real money
DRESSY FUR HATS AND MUFFS ARE
WORN OVER HANDSOME GOWNS NOW
These Requisites for Fashionably Attired Woman Are Suitable When She Intends to Sit in Restaurant, Theater, or
Some Similar Place Where They Can Be Retained.
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UR hats, neckpieces and muffs of so that It drapes gracefully over the
type are worn shoulders. Tne ermine ni n -
crown of black velvet, ana at uie awe
Is a- paradise plume In shades of yel
low, the theater frock being of permo
fabric and Venlse lace In shades of
golden brown and cream.
A score of small French plumes In
the loveliest shade of shell pink are
heaped on this picture bat of black vel-
( especlaly dressy
m over handsome frocks when the
wearer uses a limousine or carriage
and when she Intends to sit In a rest
aurant, theater or box or some simi
lar place where hat and furs may be
retained. This beautiful set Is of soft,
spotless ermine, the oarf-wrap being
as supple and light aa so much satin.
vet, and though tha little feathers
seem to be massed on the hat In hit-or-mfss
fashion, they are really arranged
with infinite skill. Beneath the droop
ing brim is a frill of gold lace and the
brim Is slashed and overlapped at one
side of the front, making the brim
droop more definitely at the sides. To
match this beautiful hat. for restaurant
wear, there were long pink silk gloves
with dainty embfoidery on the wrists.
while the small mistress of the big cot
tage or doll house becomes an admira
ble housewife, in a tiny way, through
the dainty care of her toy menage.
With one of these novel toys in the
house a child can give a very success
ful party with the character of ihe
building as a motive for the species of
play, and such amusements are becom
ing very popular for Juveniles.
An Invitation to a party of this sort,
recently given, read as follows:
"Jimmy Wilson, grocer, begs to call
your attention to a sale of fine can
dies. Ice cream and cakes of all sorts
which will be held at his store on
Thursday afternoon, February the
tenth. Please bring five pennies along
and wear your dancing clothes.
"One hundred and two Plum street."
When the eager little guests who,
of course, knew all about Jimmy's
grand Christmas toy arrived on the
important day. there was a corner in
his mother's flat fixed for all the world
like a village street. The store was
only front and side boards, of course,
but it stood so snugly against the wall
nobody could notice that. It was of
imitation red brick, with a grand sign
J. Wilson. Groceries and a pleasant
wide window with real glass and a
shelf outside on which stood a num
ber of the grocer's nicest samples. On
the shelf inside there were canned to
matoes, condensed milk, a few potatoes
and onions and so on, all of these arti
cles being borrowed from the pantry,
and to be used, of course, later on for
the family table. The real sale things
were in a new ice cream freezer on the
counter, two candy jars and a big cake
plate. About the store stood some rub
ber plants to imitate trees, and Jimmy,
a sunny, towheaded little man of about
six years, wore a grocer's coat of white
drill and stood behind his counter say
Iny, "What can I do for you. please V
In the most attentive manner.
The fun consisted in selling the
goodies, which had been provided for
the party, and as the small guests re
ceived the little plate of Ice cream or
the nice vanilla cakes or the little bun
dles of candles, nobody seemed to
think they were dear at a penny or
two. The boys and girls had all come
in their party clothes, and -When the
sale was over a young lady who was
helping the fun along sat down at the
piano and played for the dancing.
A small boy's birthday party could
be delightfully accomplished through
the help of an express office. The toy,
big enough for the child to stand in,
could be had ready-made for eight dol
lars, although the office could be stim
ulated, too, in some amusing manner.
For Instance, two curtains could be
hung in one corner of the room,
with a pasteboard printed sign
Express Office placed "across the
top of "the opening.- In here, with
some sort of a device for a
counter, the boy would stand receiv
ing nicely done up express packages
from the guests, each of whom would
be Instructed as to the proceedings
In another room and present the birth
day gift in this manner. After this
part of the playing is over, another boy
could enter dragging a little wagon,
himself dressed up In an expressman s
cap. with a load. of souvenirs for the
guests. These would be delivered at
the office where a grown person would
now stand to decipher-the names on
the various little parcels as they were
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given ouu am w.- .
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wavs with the children's own notions.
For the girl, a paper doll party, or
one with the usual graven images,
would be very attractive, and although
a doll house would be a moat effective
detail with this it is not absolutely
required for the fun.
Here is an Invite used for a paper
doll party given not long since:
"To Mildred Lee's Paper Doll:
"You are cordially invited to brlns
your mother to a party I am giving on
Wednesday, the seventeenth, at my
home. Rose Lodge.
"Kitty Baxter's Paper DolL"
When Mildred Lee went with her pa
per doll to this- fine function her eyes
nearly popped out of her head, for
there was a doll house entirely of
brown packing paper except for a
light pine frame and among Kitty
Baxter's own paper children there was
a complete family her grandmother
had made of old fashion plates from
the magazines of the 'sixties. How cur
ious they were, those sweet ladies with
tiny waists and wide hoops, the funny
little girls with gunboat hats and long
pantalets and the gentlemen who were
all such elegant dandies. But the
story of them was sweeter than all
else. 1 Mildred's grandmother had been
a Confederate child, a little Southern
girl whose family's fortunes all went
with the Civil War. So as there was
no money to get real paper dolls she
had cut out the fashion plates with her
own hands and glued them to card
board and put the little rests behind
for them to stand up. and so on. And
here they were still In the world, the
paper dolls made nearly 60 years ago.
This party ended with the wholesale
making of paper dolls from present
day fashion plates, and if by any good
luck these live, too. for fifty years they
will seem quite as remarkable as these
old dolls of the 'sixties.
With a paper-doll party the children
simply played -vith dolls in their own
manner, dressing and undressing them
to show off their various costumes, etc
The little hostess also shows oft the
house with its minute cardboard fur
nitureevery stick of which can be
had at the ten-cent store and when
the hour comes for eating there Is al
ways Bome nice little bite or other
suited to small stomachs.
In actual fact none of these amuse
ments is new they are, indeed, as old
as the hills. But they have been re
vived with new interest because they
help in child development through the
simple human Joy they hold. Children
are imitative, primitive, in a way dead
ly serious, with their games; these lit
tle mummeries give them the taste of
life they vearn for. With the clothes
and imaginary sicknesses of paper
dolls, the house with its tiny furnish
ings, the make-believe store or express
office their small hearts take on their
rightful importance. They are playing
true things, things that make them
think.
The larger of the portable play
houses seen in the toy departments
those big enough to hold half a doz
en children are meant for the lawns
of country homes. The ravishing play
things are weather tight, with real
windows, a porch and sometimes two
nr more rooms. The furniture is made
Just to fit and when the birthday comes
In Summer mere is a b'
especially for the showing off of the
darling little house. Its little master
or mistress Is a householder, a land
holder, and the lesson teaches the good
care of property. Good manners are
Incidental, yet Inevitable.
PRUDENCE STANDISH.
Scaling the Peak
Harper's Bazar.
Knicker Is that Boston girl frigid?
Bocker I should say so. When fel
lows call on her they tie themselves to.
gether with ropes