The Brussels Post, 1908-8-13, Page 6\A'.4tio
OW AGE AND
BEAUTY
0 e URI woman past tiny is vary apt
to think that for her all !meets, -
aide aro futile. LI tbio vitae sho
a mistalcon, rather Time will loath
certain awake Or tho human Ulna; and
face, but mo4ern Mvention and science
baVe clone much to soften tames morns.
'bo real difficulty lieu not With the
rentedY, but with tho Woman, who is
too easily resigned to hor fading
charms,
Vet), often, too, the woman at fifty
has more leisure and time to opend on
her appearance than oho hail at thirtaa
five. To employ this intelligently and
ayetematically le to her crodit, and not
a proof of folly or vanity. In feet,
every menaier of her family will be the
more proud of her If she Rime to place
herself in what Is known no the Dres-
den class of elderly women, those
dainty, dletinotly feminine Persons,
whose faces look yotithtul beneaah
grey or white hair, whose hands; e.re
plump ond dimpled despite .pe.seIng
Year& and 'whose manners are sprightly.
As a general warning to elderly
Daemon I should eny never permit your-
self to live in the past. This trick, more
than anything else, will age you. So
often we hoar women say: "Life holds
nothing for me now, save memories. I
live with my loved ones In the past."
That speech and crows' feet are boon
companion% Naturally the woman of
fifty or more finds herself dropping
into rerniniecences, but do not Indulge
this habit even if It gives you n mol -
arm -holy Bort of pleasure. Find pleas-
ure in those around you. Force your-
self to be interested In their interests,
Plan for the future, Never permit year -
pelf to think that your uoefulness is
ended or your capacity for enjoyment
dulled. If you cannot play tennle, you
certainly can take brisk walks In the
fresh morning air—and play bridge
later In the day. And there is no law
written, or unwritten, against your
playing golf.
Do not dress In what In known as a
kittenish fashion, but do not thina that
bocauee years are overtaking you, you
must Wear dun -colored raiment. Do
not brush your hair backatieverely from
your face and don an uncompromising
toque. Fluff your hair or either sale
If you part it, and under no circum-
stances wear a rievere pompadour un-
less you have classic features and a
ato.tely carriage.
And right hero I want to warn the
elderly woman who would be attractive
agalnot the - se of hair dyes. Nothing
;will bring out the lines and wrinkles In
your facie more surely than the appli-
cation et a. dye to your fading bah'.
It gives a hard look to the entire face
which Is indescribable.
If your hair is the muddy grey, just
between the natural color and white,
there le no harm In lutotenIng the
whitening process and just now pure
white hair le considered very smart.
This can be done by the use of peroxide
of hydrogen and ammonia, applied
with a soft tooth brush to the hair,
which must be separated into small
strands, Then the hair is thoroughly
rinsed in tepid water in which a little
blueing has been dissolved. In wash -
Ing white hoer, always add a little blue-
ing to the rinse water as this; Prevents
the ugly yellow loolt, eepeclally with
oily hair.
Do not curl your hair with the iron,
no this has a tendency to break hairs
sawhich you cannot afford to loia. Better
ear to use eoft rags or patent curlers
over night, and right hero I want to
apeak of the night-cap which la enjoy-
ing a decided revival. Make this of
very tbin China silk, interlined with
fine sheet wadding in which you etrow
sachet powder. This give ti a charming
perfume to the hair and wards off
dangers from. draughts if you oleep
near an open. windoW,
A. very common defect 11E101.111ex to old
age Is busby eye -brows. If your brews
begin to thicken and turn brietly, con-
sult e. surgeon or specialist and have
the superfluous hairs removed, Do not
attempt to do this yourself, as you are
apt to break them near the root, not
remove them, and they will grow out
all the thicker. There is a knack In
pulling out roots and all, and at the
hands of a specialist it is not painful.
ICeep the brows finely arched, and to
do this use a soft Mamie dipped in
alcohol or toilet water,
Either learn *0 massage year face or
have a Ppecialist do this regularly, aaY
twice a week, With the following
aratrIngent cream which Is especially
ant for a flabby condition of the skin;
Mutton tallow 1 10.
,Glyeeeine ......6 0030000
Tincture of benzoin.....2 drachms
Spirits of Camphor 1 drachm
Powdered alum - sa drachm
Boat Russian Isingeass1 drachm
Orangeflower water2 ounces
L5 Try out the mutton tallow In an en -
email saucepan. It should yield about a
teacup of fat, about the same quantity
AO you have Of glycerine, In a double
boiler mar thes0. two ingredients anel.
the Powdered alum, Iii another sauce-
pan over a gentle tame, dissolve the
kingless in the orange water, and boat
0110 into the mixt:nth In tho double
boiler, Last, add the benzoin and the
arthathor, earring constantly. Strain
and pour into porcelain jars to Marilee.
For ecrawny, Wrinkled hands, try
eeengina With oliva oil. Met wenn
-half a cupful of Duro olive 011 111 3330
enameled Mete sot In a larger one of
hot Water, Waoh yam' halide Until peg'
fatly cleat end allow them to seek in
'atital• hof' water for at least tWenty,
minetes—thio t6 opentho perm and
Make thein reeentlate Pat the Imelda
hearly dry, then drop a little of the
Walla ell into one band and massage
the Other, alterneto the Randa lentil the
Wein refuse's to absorb another drop of
the MI. Wipe the Munk drr with e
sett Meth, int de net Wash them. After
teeing *hie daily for a time Weeks, you
Will and Veer Londe Plianning out
Wan,
PAM rums oN
AVE you over noticed that it Is
a efroolt" In ouramer and a
"feown"10 Whiter?
TO the feminine mind, the distinction
M not so subtle es 11 appears In type,
for "frock" suggests
oluplielly, 1±i-
730003 and youth, while "gown" hints at
dignity, rielmetie and more or less ela-
boration,
Certainly the sunnier freak of 1 900
is airy one youthful, but, alma not
aimple, and no one feature oontributep
more to Ito elaboration than a panel.
A. penal can never' bo elnaple, and It
generally involvee trimming Within its
borders and as an outline.
In the up-tmalate lingerie frock the
panel le absolutely esnential. Quito
generally It rube from the edge ot the
deep yoke to the hem of the front gore,
and then on the sides and back smaller
panels are Introduced. Even sleeves
aro paneled to match. On some of tbo
finer frocks, Dice batiste, handkerchief
linen, mull, eta, this panel Is niade en-
tirely of hand -run tucks, a most exact-
ing operation for the home imam:areal.
Again line or coarse lace insertion will
alternate with horizontal tucking in
groups; or, with batiste tmeking, a vary
FM. le—JUMPER DRESS 010 WHITZ PIQUE, WITH
IMITATION IRISII cROCITET.
INSERTIONS OF
FIG. A—SEMI-PRINCESS GOWN OF
2321BRO1DER100 BATISTE WITH
PANEL EFFECT,
TIMELY DISHES FOR 110T WEAT
ODE housewife with ahy respect
for her nerves and temper will
so arrange her cooking in mid-
summer as to let the eke go out within
a few hours after breakfast. She need
not imagine that tho man, coming home
from his offide at the and of a hot day,
will demand the typical hot dinner. If
she could follow him to his restaurant
or lunch counter down town she would
hear him asking for• the oold 41011
Mona. With tea ready to ice in a glass
or china pitcher, a cap salad with -a
dressing made from olive oil, a cohl
meat, fish or egg dish, and a nourish-
ing deseert, all of which can be pre-
pared before ten o'clock In the morn.
ing, she 'will find her husband well
satisfied, and she will gave her own
strength for a more worthy cause.
Beef Loaf' While meat Is tabooed In,
some households during very hot
weather, a cold loaf will be found very
appetizing. leave your butcher grind
three pounds of lean beef. Heat one
clop of milk, and stir In ono cup of dry
bread orumbs, two eggs beaten light,
salt, Perinea a small grated nutmeg
and ono elnall onion ehopped very fine.
1V/ix with this the chopped boot, pack
into a buttered molcl, and Mtge in a
slow oven for two bours. Test by
running a fora ,or knife through the
center, If blood follows the utensil,
bake fifteen Or twenty Initiates longer.
When cold turn out on a platter, gar-
nish with slices of lemon and parsley
and serve with horseradish sauce, made'
from beating equal parts of prepared
horseradish and thick sweet cream,
Jellied Chicken; Draw, pick and wipe
very olean a small chicken, cover with
warm water and simmer until the meat
slips from the bones andthere remaino
of the water about a coffee oup tull.
Litt out the meat, and cut or shred
into good-sized pieces, throwing out all
fat, bone and grizzle. Skin the fat
from the liquor, add pepper and salt to
season very highly, then bring to a boil
with half an ounce of gelatine, whioh
has been dissolved in loot enough cold
water to cover It. Pour thls over the
shredded chicken, atir thoroughly and
pack into a mold to form.: Serve on a
bed of lettuce, and pass apple or prab
apple jelly with it,
Chtmunber Jelly Salad' Peel and elice
cucumbers that are not.too ripe; simmer
until they are tender, drain, seasdn
with salt and cayenne pepper, and
stiffen with gelatine. Allow a, tea-
spoonful of gelatine to each cupful of
cucumber, dissolving the gelatine
thoroughly before mixing the two. Mold
in a square dish and when 1110 formed,
cut into blocks and serve on• lettuce
loaves with mayonnaise Maiming.
lawmen Salado Inexpensive and very
nourishing. Make a. bed of crisp let.
tuoo leaves and cover lightly with
mayonnaise dreesing. Allow half a
banana for each portion. Cut them into
thin 011000 using a silver knife. Allow
a third ae Many 2030331 1013 walnuts or
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hickory nuts, ehelled, as you have
bananas. Pass these through a grinder,
mix lightly with the bananas, and heap
on the lettuce leaveo, dreosed with
mayonnaise.
Rice Cream with Penthest A nourish-
lng dessert. In a double boiler cook
halt a cup of rice in a quert of
add half teaspoon of salt. /0 you soak
the rice over night it will save time
in tho docking. Have ready a table-
spoon of gelatine dissolved in cold
water. Then heat it until clear, strain
and heat in the hot rice. Add a tea-
m of slikar. Allow the mixture to
cool, and add a team, of cream,
whipped Mira Pour the whole into a
meld, When ready to serve, turn out
of. the mold and encircle the creamed
rice with peaches eliced and sugared,
or you can stew the peaches with just
enough water to roake a, rich syrup
and serve these ice celd around the
creamed rice. •
Peach Melba: A. numb -talked -of dish.
Select large firm, free -atone peaches.
Pare, cut In half and remove stones.
Simmer gently In just enough syrup—
Lee sugar and water—to cover them.
If you will add the croaked stones, it
will give a riell flavor. have ready a
sponge cake, cut in half-inch slices,
anon shape in a circle. On each Mane
Place a peach, with the hollow left by
the stone turned upward. Fill this
hollow with vanilla Soo cream, and
finish with a Maraschino cherry. The
Peaches, of oburse, must be lee cold,
WHAT TO WEAR WITH A "DUTCH" NECK
Perhaps it would be well -for me to
begin by telling yeti what not to wear
with a Dutch neek, for so many wemen
eoern to aelect ocenetilleg quite out of
plate. 110r instance, o. dog collar 10 to
be worn witb a decollette gown only,
A girl who wears a high dog Collar of
imitation Appals and a. lawn dress out
with a Dutch neck 1e badly clteesed.
And you cannot weer colored ribbons
tied about your throat with a liege bow
at the back. fetill another style which
le exceedingly bad form 10 wearing a
ooft mallne be about tho throat. Tho
silk ribbon Is never good taste With
anything, and the dog Millet and ma,
31,10 are tor decollette (socialite towns
011131
If the prevailing style of collarless
le becoming to tidll, then do
net tie 0,1111110033 at all about your
throat during the entwine', 0001000, If
yeti are blooded With a pretty theeet,
alticia by the sena, le not a, 00111m021
thing, show it to the beat advantage—
and that le baro, Howeeer, many Writ
With thin throate, long !melte, dee, do
net took well in the Dutch 110010 frock.
Thole a piece of bleak velvet ribbon,
renging from halt to a full heat wide,
Will make the Moat unbecoming bletnes
attrattive. tf You gannet Italie Many
thinge, and have little Money to epenil,
then the piece of Weak ealVoi, tleil
snugly about the throat is your best
investment.
Some of these strips of black velvet
come with three little .slides of brill'.
ante on thena ready to clasp about the
threat. Most of the department stores
keep this trinket at the jewelry
counter. Look through Mother's jewelry
box and 000 1±youeannoC lind an old.
fashiOned locket, tot this is really the
stneatest accessory to tho Dutch neck
degas. Nang the locket on a tiny meld
ohain, watch fite the throat comforts
nbly, and clasp about your throat. An
old-fashioned bross Is also orbaint on it
°Maisie tape of g•Irl, not thea athlotie
girl who Wears starched litten okirtti,
but the claintY, fluffy girl, Who wears a
clinging mull gowri, mado Without 03
A Meatier of imitation pearle or
colored beetle Make a. pretty finieh to
thole blousee. Lavalieres of all oorte,
ales of enure° much In eVidenct, but
oare /Mould be giveh to coloring. Per
Malone° do not Wear your threle with
a Copenhagen Wye arose. Do not wear
nerple beetle With a bream freek. Many
ot thee° Mitered beads can bo port
theeed ter as little OA 011330 cents a
etrInea and the average girt can afford
103/0 Or three Seta.
The girl In mourning Will find strings
Of beads 121 bleek, lationder and
the imitation pearle and white coral.
If she Is still wearing all black, either
the black beads or the pearls will 'be
proper, While 111 second mourning she
could wear any of thci onee I mention,
There has been e. etrong revival of
the string of gold beads since the in-
troduction of the collarless blouine
Many girls 0111 fincl that they sill haVe
the string whieh they had as a Malta
/e tho net you have Is too tight tor
you, anti Jeweler can lengthen them,
In such weye as remtringing times
loosely, putting on 33 iong elms% etch
And let me finish by oaying that tho
girl With the vory long, thin noel; and
high collar bones—and the elderly
woman whoa° double elan lam beguh
to fall'aWay--thoulcl not wear a Duteh
nock at all. Both thould wear oharied
oOtlalo Male Of transparent lace and
insertion, Lotted to keep thorn In place,
COrn Osstera.--Threesfottrtho of a
pint of gro.tod Cern, 7010. of oho egg,
teat and pepper to teeth, Just before
trying acia beaten velate of the Ogg,
and if ibo corn Is Very dry, add a tittle
(Weans Or rich milk. Drop le het fat
trent a tableepintn—ebota the Mee of a
laige oYStOr, and fry brown,
SUM
open letiertIon suggesting 'deb Crochet
pattern lo Introduced.
Again the petiole May be of ell.over
embroidery, Outlined ISY VeJ Ineertion
or lino pleatIngs of Val, though the
latter mean that the frock meet be
sent to the dro eloomer when soiled,
wlrloh le en Iterre Insertion or Moe
ruining Is better tban the anlfeepleats
ing of lace which Is so charming when
30000, but bunchy and ineleaant if poorly
laundered.
In silk troche the panolo are outlined
bei braid of rather broad novelty pat -
tenet or with bias bands of the same
fabric, piped with contrasting color.
Often a panel of lace, dyed to match
the silk, 10 introduced. or with pongee
Mlle of natural tone,' an eoru lace lo
used, ,Avery striking silk froth re-
cently seen at Newport Was of brilliant
almost grase-green 0110., with a panel
from yoke to hem of point 40 Venise
ail -over, picked out with heavy gold
thread. The tucker wore above this
panel was of extremoly fine silk net
embroidered in gold thread. Much
braiding Is also seen on the silit pomel
and the very latest fad is an applique
of cloth on silk, outlined with soutathe
braid or embroidery.
For cloth dressee, almost invarably
the panel effect is secured by braiding
with eoutache or a combination of
soutache with novelty breed. On Ilnee
suits, either coarse lace or braiding to
employed.
Figure A shows an excellent method
of introducing the panel effect in wash
materiel In what lo known as the sena-
princesa design. In this pattern, 1118
Yoke and panel have the appearance of
being In one, In tho front, while the
blouse and skirt at sides and in the
back are connected by a shaped girdle.
This works up stunningly it plain and
all-over embroidered batiste are com-
bined with German Val lace.
In this connection, very pretty
lingerie hats of the Charlotte Corday
or besket abeam can be evolved from
edging to match the frock, and trim-
med with huge bows of mesa -groan
ribbon and pink theme ono of the sea-
son's tavorite combinations.
In Figure B you have the princess
jumper track with panel effect extend-
ing from the shoulders to the hem of
the skirt. This illustrealoe was drawn
from a gown of white pique trimmed
with heavy lace in Imitation Irish
crochet pattern. A. wider band of the
Insertion was used around the sides
and back gores of the skirt, and the
gulmpe was of very fine all-over
batiste embroidery.
The hat worn with this frock Is one
of the mid-stunmer novelties, a plc-
tueesque Inborn crowned with roses
and finished with streamers of white
mousseline dotted with palest pink
rings. These strearnora are most be-
coming- to a young girl, and the softer
and more picturesque, the better.
ER I' CKS
VACATION DAYS arid
LETTER -WRITING
ofteete. The sleevee are distinctlyki±0ono,
combination of Louis and Japanese
Figure C &Mende 101 110°herrn upon Jt
kimono, without any under Plenea, and
3740 heavila enormetod with laoe ond
the treatment of the Jaellet, an odd
The elaborate linen Bull abeam in
braiding in white cottoeoutaoho. The winter, we do not (Make to aVeld theao
o
cut of the 00a1 In the back nk
10 La, obligations.
bauuctutehootiteta
frontlinetmauled 011 train Or beat 10U will aloe
The akin has a puma/ et±eot easily io broken by a point Feria, when you And 7000081±elf &Telly
aover among your traveling
attained be' tho use of ooutaohe breed
manta little gifts front hotne-Stalinis'
to outline the front gore. This with friends, a box of candy from ono Mr1104
tbealaraiding around the anialeie bands a IIOW ltaYal tom another, a tidy little
of 'Men on the side and bank gores,
is done in the form of ecallope, in the
minter of whith crocheted linen buttons
0.00 sewn.
The somi-princeso frock holdo its own
agalnot all comers and 3011(1011010(127will be in vogue when tho brief reign
ot the so-called sheath skirt and the
dirootoire gown lo over. 'While the
daily press gllttera with gamily about
the sheath gown, reliable dealers and
importers all Say that it. will not be
accepted by the Aesi
merican omen gen-
er.& few women of the stage. seeking
notoriety may wear them, and 'women
of ample means who deelre to strike a
note of originality in dress in their own
boudoir or for their day et home, mita
have one to match the tinting of the
room. but purely ea a fad, not tor
common wear.
On the other hand, the Directoire
gown is !Boling real tavor among
slender women. The only obstacle
Witch stande In the way of Ito generaladoption,
adoption, Is the fact that the majority
of the women In Amerloa who can af-
ford a large wardrobe aro over -fed,
therefore too stout for the detnands of
the Directoire style. The massive
woman finds it impossible. The ma-
ternal figure is made absurd by it. And
of the willowy type of Woman there
are but few.
Fashion has tried hard to force the
long sleeve back into favor, but ties
gram from borne demanding frantecally
American woman !teems to enjoy baring
1-er arm, and only the woman who
whether she had arrived in safety. You
is keen about keeping ber clothes up ovro courtesy to your parents as well
to the top notch of fashion and who as to the stranger within your gates.
has a slender arm to boot, Is wearing
the long, crinkly mousquetalre sleeve
which yeare ago was brought into
CATION (±5.18bring cert
obligations In correspentletico
which 110010 of ua can avoid.
intleed, if we wish to be popular
with 0001(3003' trtende and hold theta
frienteehip through the oneolaing
stilton "hottatrwife" from some nimble-
flnaered alri friend, and a morocoo.
bound volume,. "A Line a Day" or "The
Story Of My Trip," from another.
revery fair viteationast should be oup-
plied with Moe note -paper or the large
equate cards on which brief notes can
be written,
tree thee° to acknowledge your fare.
well relate, and write there promptly,
Do not say, "In a day or so 1 will write
hor a long /attar and tell her all about
the resort, the 'betel, the gueata, eta,"
A note of thanks; written -promptly is
worth a dozen long letters half filled
with apoleglee.
If you are going from one house party
to another. do not allow your newly
acquired hostess and her plans for. your
pleaeure to make you forgot your last
bootees. 'Write your broad and butter
note within forty-eight hours after you
take leave of your hostese,
am not a bellever In the practice
of spending half the vacation writing
voluminous letters, but I do believe 103
brief notes to those who cannot share
the vacation or who have done some-
thing to make the vacation poseible.
Drop a few lines ones a week to the
mother who helped you plan tho trip
and your clothes, to the father who
iraPPlies the funds, and tr. Aunt Mary
who gavo you a pretty fen, 01 0. scarf
to complete the summer wardrobe. This
is Important I have known more than
one hostess to look with uplifted eye-
brows 0.3 the girl who received a tele -
This is the time, too, to show appre-
eiatien of the favors young mon showed
style by Mine. Bernhardt. you during the winter in town, A. few'
graceful, friendly lines, tellina, thorn in
The styles are net yet settled for
fall, and there is a marked spirit of un-
rest in all the smart establishmenta.
None Is brave enough to tell just which
WaY the wheel will spin, whether the
winter will be one of greater ptc-
turesqueners, or whether the Summer's
madness in frocks will have a re -action
in favor of tailored raiment,
IsZet 5a--LI33I1N 5017 WI711 PANEL GUTLINZD 107/7/1 SOUTAORD 202141111
AND OBOCkneTTED St/Tat/Nee
Impersonal fashion of the pleaeures
you are enjoying and the fact that you
wish they might share them,
The custom of sending fancy postal
cards continues, Ina a person of good
breeding confines himself to views of
scenery across which an impersonal
message may be written. Confidences
or measages of a personal nature should
never be written on a postal.
Di writing home letters be very care-
ful in selecting your style of adlrees
and the subject matter, In writing to
a Young Man, unless you are on terms
of boy-and-glrl or family intimacy, do
net use the Christian name. For the
average aecluaintanee, "Dear Mr. Green"
Is much safer the.r. "Dear Jim" "Dear
Friend" Is quito obsolete. The same
good taste and discretion should be
shown In the signing of your letter,
"Yours sincerely." "Cordially yours,"
aro In good taste. Such expressions as
"Your aft. friend," "Yours devotedly"
are In very batt taste, indeed.
In these home letters, do not dilate
upon your vacation coriqueets, or try to
picture yourself es the belle of the
resort. Be sure that your letters will
be passed from friend to friend, and
green-eyed jeuhroey will proceed to
make Sad sport of your claims, real or
pretended.
If there ere dangers lurking in tem -
respondence with frieeds at home, teat
assured that even more fatal are the
Possibilities of the correspondenee
which may sprIng up between yam-
-al:inlets who fall into the snare of
summ,,r-timo intimaclos.
Do not take your stunne0, aequaint-
tenths too seriously. Remember that
many ot them are putting the best foot
foremoot for s. few brief vacation
weeks; and. In town, far from the
glamor of shadowy P01'01188, 2110030 -
bathed walks and lakes, they may not
prove such desirable aequaintanee.
When you separate, do not plunge Into
intimate, confidential correspondence. '
Try them out with a few impersonal,
Merely friendle, never intimate letteao.
So many girls write and ask me
anxious questions on this topic. "HoW
will I know Whether the young num I
met this summer at the Pleasure Hotel
wishes rne to correspond with
'when we both go back to town?" "Who
suggests the idea of corresponding, the
man or the girl?"
It is the mates prerogative to seg.
gest that it correspondence be total?.
lished. and the girl who usurps tills
privilege is apt to pay more or leas
dearly for Iter indlecretion. Zither the
man will draw her out and have in elo
possession a collection of gushing
letters which some day she w111 With
had, not both written, or he adll Write
a few letters and then dieconrteouely
drop the carrospenilthoe. Tf the man
eturaoste tho oorreepondence, tho girl
has nettlingto tear or regret, provided
she chows discretion in peening her
own letters,
When the camp or vacation party
breaks Up, the man who 'wishes to hear
'from you, dear girl, will certainly
know how to gamma this privilege and
YOU should make him ttensider it a
privilege, not something that you held
cheaply and are only too anxious to
vane
He 1111 ask for yoUr city 0.042088( 1±
10 has not pliantly loathed It, and If
he lama at some dietetic°, will ask the
privilege ot wrItleg to you an 000(1 as
ha returns to town. If Ito 400s not do
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