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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-12-19, Page 7isplay ! Our Christmas Display of Novelties is always of greatwin- terest to buyers and this year we will show one of the est Selections of NEW GOODS to be found in the West. For Christmas Presents we will show the FINEST RANGE 0' NECKWEAR ever imported into Clinton, and Ladies =who are remembering their gentlemen friendsshould see this selection at once. 1 Gives you an immense selection in all the new shapes in Neckwear, the patterns and colorings are entirely new and the shapes are the latest. No nicer present can be made. Buys a Handsome Silk Handkerchief. Buys a Pair of Silk . races. Buys a Fine Pair of Gloves. Buys a Fine White Shirt. Buys the Finest of Neckwear. Buys a Beautiful Muffler. Put this on your list. Will give you a pair of Dent's English Gloves. Will give you a Silk Muffler. Will give you a Fine Cap. Will give you onedozen English Linen Collars. Will give you 4 pair Fine Cashmere Hose. Will give you a Fine Umbrella. oft JACKSON BROS THE FAMOUS FURNISHERS, - - CLINTON. BRINGING OUT A "BUD," THE DUTIES WHICH FALL UPON THE MOTHER OF A DEBUTANTE. Advantages of a Coming -Out Tea—The Selection of Associates—Behavior To- ward Older People—Tito Charm of Courtesy, At this season all the peach -checked, curly -headed girls who have by some Mysterious process during the summer ceased to -be children and become all at once young women, are making their bow to the social world. They are an- nouncing, not in so many words, but by most bewitching smiles, that they 'are now old enough to ship for the voyage of life if a good mate is to bo had to ac- company therm. It is a matter of great excitement and intense interest to the girls them- selves ; it is a matter of even more serious moment to their mothers, for the way in which a girl gots start- ed in life is likely to influence all her fu- ture. To begin with, if it is in any way pos- sible, mamma will give Dimples a corn- ing -out tea. There are lots of indolent mothers who think it less trouble fbr the daughter to make her first formal ap- pearance in the social world at someone else's party, or at some opening' ball of '.'the season. A coming-out tea is no Mush great matter—the furniture push- ': e i out of the way, some flowers here and there, cards to all one's old friends, tea, chocolate, bouillon, sandwiches, cakes, ices and bon -bons in the dining - room, half a dozen of her girl friends in smart freaks to help receive (they may bo called upon to be bridesmaids later) and little, blushing, smiling Miss Dim- ples at the door beside mamma, with a bouquet as big as herself in rale hand and halt' a dozen more piled on the table behind her. It gives her dignity arid importance at once in the eyes of all the other girls. Mammas who are enter- taining for their own' daughters can- not ignore ler existence when there is a formal presentation like this, as they may very possibly do when a girl ships into society unannounced and unheralded. Old friends who are not in the way of going to young folks' " balls are pleased and flattered to have the young maid presented to them in due form in her own house, and are thereby inclined to regard her amiably, to be "to her fault a little blind, to be to her charms exceeding kind." Thus she starts fair with a clientele of friends and acquaintances, instead of having the whole 1 Hely road to travel uphill. Once• �toiebutante is nicely launch- ed it s mains in mamma's hands to see th a vo ago' is made easy.. She launch - doesn't Dimples o p es for rushing into undesirable intimacies she takes the more sensible course of inviting desir- able intimates to her house so often that frlonchip arise from mere propinquity. .All the Biceirls grow to know in time ' that 'Timple'e mother has a warm wel- come for them, is interested in all their fun, and their plans, and will take the trouble to help in both. So that before the thoughtless young daughter realizes it, she has formed her friendships and associations in safe quarters. More- over, a debutante with such a wise ,:. bother is learning ail this while the art VT bels: ai ist,aSes4. !with ell t, --:s. • • ana sweetness or-cnataeter area o: man- ner which being a charming hostess in- sures, For even if the home is a little narrow and money not very abandant, yet the hospitality is not abated. In- stead of merely ordering in delicacies with no regard -for the subsequent bills, mamma dhows debutante how to make dainty dishes with her own hands, bow to make a handful of autumn leaves and a few ferns decorate a table as much as a great set piece from the florist, and how much more delightful are frolicsome little dinners and lunch- eons of three or four courses seasoned with merriment, than dull feasts where canvas -back and terrapin are the only attractions. Still another duty or the debutante's mother is to impress by example and precept the duty of universal courtesy. No wise mother will leave her little maid to frisk away all her days in selfish amusements. She will take her along when she goes herself to call on the other people. She will see that her child learns to appreciate the intelli- gence, the dignity and charm of people maturer than herself and that she also learns that sweetness of all virtues, de- ference. She will teach her that the sweet path to the winding of love is carefulness in trifles. The girl who re- members 'always to inquire With kind in- terest after an acquaintance who is sick or suffering, and does not think it too much trouble to go with a book or a handful of flowers as a little token that the interest she expresses is real, who remembers to be glad with other's good fortune, to recall birthdays, to write at once in answer to notes. to make friends with the babies, and sit down for a little talk with the old ladies, is go- ing to be a success in her social world, whether she bo plain or pretty, witty or hot. Lastly. perhaps most important of all, is the attitude of the debutante's mother to the young men. It is far too common for the careless, lazy parent to launch the daughter and then leave her to settle her relations with men for her- self, which is as unwise as anything can well be. If the girl thus neglected fails to attract admirers the selfish mother either is impatient with her failure, or else rails indiscriminately at the selfishness and stupidity of the mod- ern young man. If, on the other hand, the pretty daughter entangles her af- fections and makes a bad marriage, then the same selfish mother rails at the perversity of girls. The wise mother dogs neither •; she takes pains from the very first to be nice to the nice young men. Sho sees that the men asked to the house aro gentlemen, and, moreover, that they aro asked often and that the house is made agreeable for them when they come. Her daugh- ter is not thrown at their heads; they find plenty of other girls there pretty girls and pleasant ones, and finding it a charming, cheerful house they come often, and the girl who, merely seen in a ball -room, would never have caught their careless eye proves to be witty and jolly and a "good sort," and they take tho pains to be courteous at balls, remembering what good times they have had at her home Over and over again the girl who suffers the anguish and humiliation of being a wall -flower, owes her sorrows to her mother's neglect and stupidity. Men can judge of a girl when they first meet her only by outward appearance, and so the pretty ones carry off most of the partners; and many a girl who knows how to be very agreeable is made 60 timid by neglect as to be awk- ward and silent. but a clever and loving mother will make so many friends for her girl by her wise management that there will bo no chance fcr her debu- tante to be a failure. SAVED THIRTY-SEVEN LIVES. Dress Maud Scltemerhorn, the Harper, Ilan., Heroine. Early in the morning of November 16, the Patterson Hotel, at Harper, Kan.. was destroyed by fire. There were 37 guests in the house at the time, and the lives of all of them were saved by the heroism of Maud Schemerhorn, one of the dining -room girls, Miss Schemerhorn and Mattie Harper were asleep in a room in the rear of the hotel, r1AUD SCIIBMERIIORN. when flames broke out in the kitchen directly under them. They were awakened by the smoke, and at- tempted to escape, but before they could get out Miss Ilarper was over- come by the smoke. Miss Schemer - horn broke out the window with her bare hands, and carried her companion out. Then passing around to the front of the building, she broke another window, entered the house and awoke the occupants. all of whom were sleep• ing peacefully. At the door of the last room she sank down exhausted. The gentleman who was in the room tripped over her form as he stepped out. He stoppod,picked her up and succeeded in making his way with his unconscious burden to the street. A few minutes later the whole houe was in flames. A large part of her way through the house the heroic girl was forced to crawl on her hands and knees, owing to the dense smoke, but she kept on until every bleeper was aroused. But for her efforts all, or nearly all, would un- doubtedlyhtiv . erSchem- erhorn slod. Miss cls om• erhorn is only 16iyears old, and is very pretty, as the likeness shows. PRETTY AT A DISTANCE. Turkin,t Women Look Handsome, lint. They're Not. Tho lives of Turkish women are dull and monotonous in the extreme, but Friday being the day on which they go to mosque or to visit their cemeteries, they Often take that opportunity to look at the soldiers passing by. On the Bechiktache road you deo numbers of them squatted on the curb- stone, where they remain for hours, chatting and looking about them. They make a .nretty picture en mases. with tams orignt, aveeses o1 e -eery one—uzir- mony ot color is unknown in Turkey— and they carry parasols, which are also always of the gayest colors. They must be much attached to their parasols, for you never see them—even as late as 8 or 9. o'clock at night—but they have their parasols open, gutting shade from something. 1t cannot be the sun. No tiatterer could call Turk- ish women either pretty or elegant, for they are simply a mass of clothing with- out any shape. They have very large feet, clad in white cotton stockings, and they walk badly, so that their charms— no doubt they have many—only become known on acquaintance. The "yash- mak" is a very becoming addition to their attire. It makes the plainest wo- man look nice. You sometimes got rather a shock when it is taken off, so many women bear the trace of smallpox. Their bills for cosmetics must often be a little star- tling ; hands, feet, hair, eyes and com- plexion are generally "improved," ac- cording to their ideas. To see the soles of their feet, the nails and palms of their hands dyed brown with henna is the reverse of pretty, and the "beauty" of orange -colored hair I fail to perceive. They always tell Franks that only in Turkey do you see a beautiful woman. —Chambers Journal. When a Housewife Is Wise. She will use sheet -iron pans for cakes and bread, as they are preferable to tin. She will mend cracks in the stove or grate with a mixture of salt, ashes and water. Sho will give the tins a ' ne polish by scouring with whiting mi' ; erred with kerosene. She will place a little turpentine in blacking to give the stove a brilliant polish, and take out the rust. She will soak onions in warm salted water previous to cooking to partly remove any strong odor they may possess. She will heat now iron gradually at first, so that it will not crack. She will use turpentine and machine oil to polish the sewing machine, and rub it in briskly. Sho will cleanse willow furniture with borax, or salt, in warm water, and see that it is rinsed thoroughly and dried quickly. Sho will place a small box filled with lime on the shelf of the pantry, to ab- sorb dampness and keep the air dry and sweet. Sho will add a spoonful of ox -gall to a gallon of water and will find that it will set the colors of t almost any goods soak- ed in it before washing. She will remember that if sponge cake is mixed with cold water it will be yel. low, but if the water is boiling hot the cake will be white. She will preserve tomato catsup and improve its flavor, by adding a teaspoon- ful of brandy to each bottle. She will euro and heal a running sore by applying alum water frequently, and keeping it well wrapped t'rorn the air and dirt. hough on Her. Old Lady—That parrot I bought of you uses dreadful language. Bird Dealer—Ah, mum, you should be worry -careful what you 808 afor it ; it's astonishing how quick them birds pick up anything. APPROVED OF DANCING. Despite Puritanic Notions Many Clever Persons Believe In the Terpsi- chorean Art. Herbert Spencer tells us that decora- tion antedates utility, and dancing, I am sure, antedates decoration ; for primitive man danced before he painted his body in honor of the dances. We need not range through the clas- sic lore of all climes to prove that danc- ing is the most ancient expression of man's artistic temperament. It is an instinct. The love of rhythmic motion is inherent,in us, or why -does even the most staid and straight-laced old deacon pat his foot to the sacred music of the sanctuary as persistently as the negro fiddler taps his brogan to the jig lie plays for his - dusky fellow -revelers ? Emerson, the sago and mystic of old Puritan Concord, approved of dancing, loving beauty in all forms of its mani- festation ; Dickens was a tireless danc- er, says his favorite daughter, Mamie; and Miss Helen Gladstone, president of Girton, requires it of the girls to learn. They waltz with as much zest as if they had the most proficient cavaliers for partners. while the learned daugh- ter of England's Grand Old Man keenly enjoys a turn with the gayest of them The brutes do not dance—they neither laugh nor dance It is supposed that certain birds take pleasure in their graceful motions, raid we have all seen monkeys and bears gyrate to music, but only the genus homo really and truly dances. It is as unnatural for young people to be restricted from this pastime as in lift- ing up their happy voices in invoiun- ry song, because of their very joy in li -. o'• 'n life's ' srning time, and one hates "i„ ' of how much innocent pleasure is lost in the sedate, non.danc- iiig children ofs parents who ,forbid all knowledge of this gentle art as if it im- parted some evil power to call up his satanic majesty. But it is not only fun that dancing promotes. It develops graces of heart as well as of heels. as when the boys of the dancing class ask a dance from the neglected and less favorite girls. 1t gives ease and graee to children at an age when they would otherwise bo "perfect gawks." and it is the ground- work of that courtly manner which dis- tinguishes the well-bred mon of society. What else calls forth as much enthu- siasm and latent energy as "getting up a dance '? Rural youngsters will even undertake to move and replace a whole crop of hay in order to get possession of a barn floor on which to sprinkle corn- meal in lieu of waxing it considerin the few hours frolicking thereon as full compensation for their labors. And what is a better inducement to study during the week for city boys and girls than the promise of an informal dance on Friday night? Then the bow of the boy who dances and the nod of the boy who does not dance—how different ! The one is courteous by trainingr-the other, though perhaps as good-natured and obliging, is not in the habit of exercising a find manner and is clumsily awkward. Before the introduction of the waltz danctng was for the men a mere matter of suppleness in bendingforward from the hips, and for the laes an exercise .in stately curtseying. In Cvtuickshank's oicture,of .Mr. Tur- • veyarop s ramous mincing- Scnebl we get a graphic impression of what a dis- mal business the art terpsichorean was in ye olden time. Graceful it was per- haps in a slow, :monotonous way, but the heart beats faster in these days, and what do we care for the stateliness ot the minuet compared to the strains of a string band? The poetry of motion it has been called, and the phrase is accu- rately descriptive. Neither the slow circling flight of the eagle nor the curv- ing dip of the swallow's wing shows more inherent grace than develops it. self in the swaying figure, the lightly poised arm, the drooping head, and the rhythmic step of the good dancer as she is swept away on the wings of an en- chanting melsdy. Some people claim that a graceful woman is seen at her best on horseback, but unless she be faultlessly gotten up, from her nag to her riding crop, the best equestrienne may appear at a dis- advantage, while the really graceful girl who can dance well may be gown- ed in the simplest fashion and vet easily eclipse a dozen heiresses who Tack this gift. Green velvet hat trimmed with pea- cock feathers and ribbon bows in blue- green. Honoring Parents, General Washington, when quite young, was about to go to sea as a mid- shipman. Everything was arranged; the vessel lay opposite his father's house, the little boat had come on shorn to take him off, and his whole heart was bent on going. After his trunk had been car- ried down to the boat he went to bid his mother farewell, and saw the tears in her eyes. However, he said nothing to her, but he saw that she would bo dis- tressed if he went and perhaps never be happy again. Hejust turned around to the servant and said, "Go and toll then[ to fetch my trunk back. I will not go away to break my mother's heart," His mother was struck with his s decision and said to him : " George, God has promised to bless the children who honor their parents, and I believe He will bless you. Empress Josephine's Watch, A New York collector owns a Louis XIV. watch that is said to have once boiongod to the Empress Josephine. While she lived at Malmaison she pre- sented to the Abbe Blanchard, and he in turn gave it to his niece, Marie rec. tig, of Strassburg. This watch was pug. chased it at the Fectig sale in Strassburg. In 1879, occupies the center of a black enamel and gold cross, and is decorated 1 with the figure of a kneeling angel ahiI hots of saints.