The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 311, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1914 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
:0R A WHITE FROCK
EXCELLENT DESIGN IS THE ONE
GIVEN HERE.
In White Broadcloth -or Charmeuse It
Would Make Up Splendidly—
Touches That Add Distinction
to the Garment.
Undoubtedly white in the winter is
luxury, but there are numerous oc-
casions when it seems so “just the
filing” that a frock in white cloth is
source of unending joy to those who
can afford it, write Lillian E. Young
[n the Washington Star. Whereas the
lress itself may not necessitate a vast
expenditure, it is positively essential
own a full-length wrap to wear over
the same, and thus does the cost
lount upward.
The frock I have sketched today
seems so nicely appropriate for white
Icloth that I am sure it w’ill prove it-
|seif an acceptable design for any one
fho contemplates such an indul-
gence.
Duvetyn, peau de suede or. broad-
|eloth would be splendid for the pur-
pose, or, in silken weaves, Argentine
CORSET CHOICE AND CARE
Expensive Ones Are Most Economical
irrthe End if They Are Properly
Looked After.
The care of an expensive corset pro-
longs its life for weeks and even
months. So the woman who buys ex-
pensive corsets ought to know how
to take care of them.
First a word about expensive cor-
sets. They are real economy for the
stout woman. She breaks a cheap cor-
set in a week or two, and never feels
comfortable or looks well in it. An
expensive corset, made of stronger ma-
terials, boned, perhaps more flexibly,
surely more serviceably, wears five
or six times as long as the cheaper
one.
The slim woman can well wrear
cheap corsets. If she is slight and of
normal proportions, these will doubt-
less feel quite as comfortable and
look quite as well as the more expen-
sive sort. Then she can indulge in
the luxury of getting a new one as
soon as the old one is worn or soiled.
The expensive corset must be sent
to the professional cleaner occasion-
ally. It is possible to clean a corset
at home, although it will not look
as well ns one cleaned by profession-
als. The corset should be stretched
out on a board and scrubbed with a
brush dipped in soapy warm water to
which a little borax has been added.
It should be scrubbed until as much
dirt as possible has been removed,
and then it should be rinsed in clear
water. Then it should be pinned out
flat on a board to dry, in the air, but
not in the sun.
The French woman follows a good
plan. She has several corsets all the
time, and alternates ..wearing them.
The ones not in use are aired and
then wrapped about a wooden cylin-
der, to which they are neatly pinned
or tied. They are then wrapped in
tissue paper or in a muslin or silk case
and laid away until needed. Two cor-
sets worn this way wear longer than
one worn constantly.
MODES JUST NOW POPULAR
Suitable for White Broadcloth or
Charmeuse.
crepe, crepe de chine or charmeuse
in an ivory or oyster white, would ap-
ply. If white is ont serviceable enough
one of the light silvery grays will
work out charmingly in this same de-
sign.
There is a blouse with three-quar-
ter-length sleeves cut in one, and with
the front edges faced back and open
to the waist. This Efjace is filled in
with a soft net or chiffon guimpe or
a small straight vest section embroid-
ered with cherries.
There is a girdle of black velvet
ribbon tied in flat loops in back, and
over this hang two pointed vest ends
attached to the front of the blouse.
The sleeve ends are faced back and
then worn over a full-length guimpe
sleeve of net or chiffon.
The skirt Is slashed from waist to
liem down the left side and there laid
in a broad box fold lifted above the
regular skirt length and leaving an
opening at the feet. There are even
gathers around the waist and drapery
resulting from the lifted fold.
A very quaint note is struck In the
■embroidered cherries and feather-
stitched scallops encircling the entire
skirt width below the hips. The cher-
ries are done in red worsted with
green stems and leaves, and the scal-
lops are worked in black. The design
is a conventional one of two cherries
above each scallop, with stems cross-
ed, and can be coarsely worked in a
short time.
If gray is used, the same color
scheme applies; In fact, there is no
prettier combination than red with
gray, but in this case I would suggest
that the girdle be kept red instead of
black. Or, again, red may not be
becoming to some, In which case both
the embroidered design and the girdle
can be carried out in emerald green
and prove equally attractive.
Effect of Coiors.
.The stout woman should know that
yellow increases her natural size
Satin also makes he look bigger. Blue
is a slightly enlarging tone; "white
Is stationary. Blacky seal brown,
navy blue and the deepest of crimsons
are all tones that make the -wearer
look slimmer.
Hints That May Help in the Selection
of the Wardrobe for the Com-
ing Season.
Softness Is ah essential for all ma-
terials, whether they be silk or wool,
considering the prevailing style In
dressmaking.
One of the latest notions Is a dress
with a front train. The fashion lead-
ers of the directoire period had them,
and hence they come to us. These
front trains are necessarily held up.
They need much grace in the handling.
The object of the ultra-fasbidnable
dresses is to produce a large effect
at the hips, though the hips them-
selves must look small, often carried
out by a short apron made very full.
Many evening gowns are conspicuous
for the lack of sleeves, and very lit-
tle stuff is needed for the bodice. Near
ly all draperies are carried backward,
and often there is a bu3tle effect,
which possibly next season may be ac-
centuated. Some $ the opera cloaks
are showing rolled fur collars dyed the
exact shade of the mantle, even if it
is green, blue or pink.
Hitherto fur has been respected by
the dyer. Caracul and fox will take
any shade, amh-in red, mauve, with
velvet of the same tone, is specially
beautiful.
The zouave jacket has come back
again, and seems likely to be a rival
to the blouse. It is long enough at
the back to be pushed over the belt
The front is loose, and opens over an
undervest. Many of them have turn-
over collars, edged with fur waistcoats
FUR AND VELVET
The honors of the season In the mil-
linery line seem due to black velvet
Most often is It
seen combined
with fur and no
more beautiful oi
becoming combi-
nation can be
found. The shape
shown here was
covered with
black velvet. The
crown is high and
square, the velvet
slightly fulled, cre-
ating a semi-“tam"
effect. The brim
consists of a puffing of velvet, above
which is a broad band of fur. A novel
aigrette of brown ostrich fronds In
palmlike effect is placed on the left
side. The black velvet, brown fur and
brown feathers produce a most beauti-
ful color effect.
New Cravr-t Pins.
Some of the handsomest cravat pins
are secured on the artistic safety pin
mountings. The ornamental part of
the pin, or head, is fixed on the head
of the safety pin, whioh is of platinum'
or gold.
For Evening Wear.
A beautiful and distinctly original
evening gown is fashioned of soft,
thick, creamy champagne colored sa-
tin of dull surface and draped slight-
ly but cleverly.
m VO Mexican house is untidy, that
I is, what in England would be
|%j called “gentlemen’s houses.”
i ^ The chairs with their backs to
the wall look like a well-drilled
regiment. The furniture is usually un-
der covers; it is arranged with a pre-
cision which gives one an icy feeling
round the heart.
On the walls will probably be pic-
tures. Let us not speak of them, but,
like Virgil and Dante, “glance and
pass by.” Very unconventional house-
holders may have some photographs
showing, and even a few books, not,
of course, lying about, but in a case
or on a shelf. Rooms do not seem to
be lived in. They are like “show
rooms” in some “great house” through
which a glibly respectable parrot
housekeeper leads parties of gaping
tourist visitors.
Yet there is one unfailing charm
about Mexican Jiouses, writes H. Ham-
ilton Fyfe in the London Daily Mail.
That is the charm of flowers. All
Mexicans love flowers. Their homes
present to the street bare, . unlovely
walls, with barred and close-curtained
windows. Very often, though, you get
a glimpse, as you pass the open door,
of a patio where the sunlight flickers
on green leaves and vivid blossoms.
Always you may count upon such an
interior even if you cannot see it.
It is the custom to build houses
round a green plot open to the sky.
Sometimes there is a loggia on three
sides of this, a loggia into which all
the rooms open (there being no “up-
stairs”) and where the household lives
in warm weather, cooled by the plash
and tinkle of a fountain in the center.
Or else the groruid floor may he given
up to offices or stabling, and mount-
ing a stairway you come to a broad
balcony screened from the sun by
thick trails of flowering creeper.
Well-Seasoned Dishes.
Most hotels are built more or less
on this plan, which almost makes up
for the hardness of their pillows. The
Mexican idea of a pillow is that it
should by its extreme discomfort pre-
vent you for as long as possible from
falling asleep. Otherwise hotels are
tolerable.
The food is usually pleasant enough.
Mexican dishes are always highly sea-
soned, sometimes painfully “hot i’ the
mouth.” But a “mole,” which is a fowl
or turkey served with a thick, dark
brown, slightly sweet sauce all over
it, is as good as any curry; they have
attractive modes of cooking pork for
those who are hardy enough to eat
it in Mexico, and there is always fruit
and always drinkable coffee. This is
the land of coffee and I was told how
it “really ought to be made.”
A small quantity of coffee, very,
very strong, should be prepared (of
course, from berries freshly roasted
and ground), and in each cup a little
of this should be poured; the cup
should then be filled up with hot wa-
ter. The hotels are not cheap. From
ten to twelve shillings Is the usual
charge for a room. But they are clean
as a rule, even those in small places,
and in towns of any importance sani-
tation is now looked after.
Mexican kitchens, being open to the
air like the other rooms, are fresh and
light and appetizing. (I speak of those
I have seen.) Cooking is done on a
“brasero,” which is a charcoal stove
in the center of the kitchen, with sev-
eral glowing nests In it, on which sev-
eral pots or pans can simmer or
frizzle at the same time. The stove
is on one side, hollowed into a semi-
circle; the cook stands inside this and
is able to look after all the operations
at onco
The cook is frequently a “Chino”
(Chinaman). Possibly his knowledge
of Spanisli Is limited to a few words,
yet somehow “with nods and becks
and wreathed smiles” a system of com-
munication is established. A friend of
mine has a capital “Chino,” who for
a long time could only say “I do’
know.” This was,, his reply to every-
thing that was said to him.
It was necessary to discover from
the way in which he said it whether
he understood or not. One day his
mistress gave him long instructions
as to getting his master up very early
the next morning and giving him his
breakfast so that he might catch a
train at dawn. When she had finished
the Chinaman said: “Good night, lady.”
That was all. But he carried out her
instructions exactly.
Woman servants are called “cri-
adas” and wear their hair down, either
in tails or falling loose around their
shoulders. They can be trained into
clever cooks, neat waitresses and
careful housemaids, but it is not often
that they are so trained. Much pa-
tience is needed. It is useless to ex- !
pect too much of them. If they are
scolded or worried they simply leave
without warning. They must be al-
lowed to do their work more or less
in their own way. Certain habits have
to be checked.
I suppose nearly all cooks use their
fingers to test the temperature of the
soup. Mexican servants practice even j
more unpleasant tricks until they are i
taken in hand. They are sometimes
inclined to pilfer, more from curiosity, I
I believe, than from a thieving propen- !
sity. But it is a libel to call them all
dishonest, as many people in Mexico
do, They have odd ideas which may
make them appear dishonest when
they are not so.
Negro Servants Preferable.
For instance, a woman who washed
for an acquaintance of mine in Mexico
City told him one day she was going
to live in Toluca. He paid her and
said goodby. A little later he discov-
ered that his linen press was short
several sheets, pillowcases, etc. He
also missed some shirts. Naturally
he concluded that the washerwoman
had stolen them. Three months after-
ward she called at his office and said
that she had left the missing articles
at his rooms and would he please pay
her? She had taken them to Toluca,
washed them, and kept them until she
had an opportunity to bring them
back. Time meant nothing to her.
Besides, “he had so many.”
This is the kind of mentality one
is frequently “up against” in Mexico.
It is useless to argue. It is worse
than useless to be angry, for the poor
Mexican is simply bewildered. The
only thing to do is to see the humor of
it and smile. Smile when you are told
of some valued piece of china that “at
dawn found itself broken.” Smile, al-
though you know for certain that your
coffee and sugar are supplied regu-
larly to your “criada’s” relations. Even
when you are sued for defamation of
character by a servant whom you have
had convicted by the courts of theft
(this actually happened) smile.
At the same time, however, 'ook out
for negro servants. As cooks they are
far better than Chinamen, and they
keep a house cleaner than Mexicans
ever will. They are faithful, and you
do not have to wonder always what
they are thinking about, for they have
not the duplex Asiatic mind. They
have to be paid more. “Criadas” sel-
dom earn more than £24 a year, and
sometimes as little as £10. But the
change will be worth the money.
BAKING
CHICAGO
Better cookies, cake
and biscuits, too. All
as light, fluffy, tender
and delicious as mother used
to bake. And just as -whole-
some. For purer Baking Pow-
der than Calumet cannot be had
at any price.
Ask your grocer.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
World’s Pore Food Exposition. Chicago, 12.
Pans Exposition, France, March, 1912
Yon don’t save money when yon hoy cheap or big-can
baking powder. Don’t be misled. Buy Calumet. It’s
moro economical—more wheiesome—gives best resnlti.
Celon-et is far superior to soar milk end soda.
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For constipation there is nothing sc
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You must surely get a box. For free
sample write Hot Springs Chemical Co.,
Hot Springs, Ark.
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparation of merit
Helps to eradicate dandruff.
For Restoring Color and
Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
I 60c. and $1.00 at Druggists.
Type of “Grafting” Ended. .
A pleasant and easy way of seeing
the world and living without working,
that of pretending to be on a walking
trip around the world for a mythical
wager with some equally mythical
club or personages, has exhausted its
possibilities in Prussia. The authori-
ties have come to the conclusion that
this type of traveler has become so
numerous as to constitute a public nui-
sance, and the minister of the interior
has instructed the. police to prevent
them from selling postcards with their
photographs, announcing lectures, or
otherwise molesting t-he public.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 311, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 7, 1914, newspaper, March 7, 1914; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897389/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.