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FROM DAY TO DAY. 
An emphatic rule in dress is that lace 
should never be worn in the neck or 
wrists of any shirt waist. This rule is 
very often disobeyed, yet the use of such 
material spoils the look of a waist other¬ 
wise correct in make. Linen collar and 
cuffs are the only things that may be 
worn with such a waist in wool or linen, 
or even in Bilk, if the severe shirt-waist 
style is adhered to. Little kDife-pleat- 
ings of soft silk in bright colors are 
much worn in the neck and wrists of 
cloth gowns now ; they are pretty, dur¬ 
able and inexpensive. The pleating 
may be very readily done by using one 
of the little pleating machines, which 
cost only 25 cents. 
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Some of the popular trifles sold at a 
recent fair were glass match-holders, 
made of small, very thin, glass tumblers, 
each fitting into a double band of small 
rings covered with crocheted silk, with 
narrow ribbons of the same color to 
suspend it by. They were very pretty 
with the ribbons and rings of yellow or 
pale green. They are readily made, and 
form a pretty gift. Another very inex¬ 
pensive trifle which forms a pretty gift, 
is a slipper or rubber case, to inclose 
these articles when put in a traveling 
bag. It consists of a piece of linen 12 
inches square, the edge open-hemmed, 
or finished at the top of the hem with 
coarse drawn-work. An initial letter 
may be embroidered in one corner, and 
a ribbon for tying should be fastened in 
the center. When used, the rubbers or 
slippers are placed diagonally in the 
center, the corners turned over them at 
either end, the other corners rolled to¬ 
gether, and the whole tied with the 
ribbon. 
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Linen fancy articles occupy a large 
place among the Christmas novelties this 
year, especially in the natural unbleach¬ 
ed color. Very pretty whisk-broom 
holders of brown linen consist of a 
shield at the back, smoothly covered, 
with a smooth stiff casing of the same, 
crossed by a ribbon and bow of the linen 
color, to hold the brush. At the top of 
the shield is a spirited little painting in 
oils, figuring that old woman of nursery 
fame who went up to brush the cob¬ 
webs off the sky. Equally pretty are 
writing-pad holders covered with the 
same linen. To make these, three pieces 
of stiff pasteboard are required, two the 
size of an ordinary note sheet, and one 
a little larger. The larger piece is the 
back ; this is smoothly covered with the 
linen, the covering being about one 
inch larger than the pasteboard, and 
pasted over the edge. One of the smaller 
boards is then covered, and pasted upon 
the back around the sides and bottom, 
the top being unpasted, so that the cover 
of the writing-pad may be slipped be¬ 
tween to hold it in place. The upper 
cover is hinged at the top, and covered 
smoothly with the linen. It bears the 
inscription, “ Winged Thoughts,” and 
some pretty design painted in oils. 
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New collar and cuff boxes, either 
round or octagon in shape, are smoothly 
covered with linen. A new ornamenta¬ 
tion for them is a combination of ap- 
pliqu6 and jewel work in conventional 
designs. This is very striking in effect, 
colored felt being used for the ap¬ 
plique portion, faceted glass ornaments 
fastened flat upon the linen carrying 
out the details of the design embroid¬ 
ered in contrasting silk. One showy 
collar box, covered with brown linen, 
was decorated with peacock blue ap¬ 
plique medallions and brown silk em¬ 
broidery with imitation topaz jewels. 
Other designs in garnet felt and silk, 
with imitation rubies, were very hand¬ 
some. There are some beautiful printed 
art linens in delicate colors, used for cov¬ 
ering similar boxes ; no other decoration 
is used, but the boxes are covered with 
such exquisite neatness that no adorn¬ 
ment is needed beyond the covering 
material. 
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Linen-covebed photograph-frames ap¬ 
pear to be more popular than ever. 
They are made in all sizes, from those 
holding one picture to great shields 
that contain six or eight. Some of 
the large stores make a specialty of 
gifts for college boys, and these dis¬ 
play an abundance of the linen frames 
decorated in college colors. The orange 
and black of Princeton give opportunity 
for especially showy effects. Some of 
the smaller frames are covered with a 
linen in inch-wide diagonal stripes of 
two contrasting colors. Others, in un¬ 
bleached linen, are painted with a design 
showing the college pennant or coat of - 
arms. Key-racks, whisk-broom holders, 
cushions, table-covers, and all sorts of 
little knickknacks are to be seen in col¬ 
lege colors, and this idea may be carried 
out in gifts for the students at any col¬ 
lege or seminary. 
A MODEST MONEY-MAKING SCHEME 
FOR WOMEN. 
F ROM nearly all of the money-mak¬ 
ing schemes suggested for women, 
by various journals, the women who are 
bound by duties at home are excluded, 
because nearly all the schemes exact the 
whole or a good part of a woman’s time, 
and generally demand that it be given 
at some office or place away from her 
home. To women unencumbered with 
home duties, such schemes may be— 
often are—practicable ; but they are 
utterly useless to the vast number of 
home-bound women. What they want 
is some work to which they can devote 
the odd, spare minutes that fall to their 
lot • between home duties; to such 
women, a little self-earned money would 
bring a great deal of pleasure and com¬ 
fort, which otherwise, they would be 
obliged to foreg o. These are the women 
who eagerly scan the want columns of 
newspapers, hoping to discover some 
light work they may do at home ; and 
it is pitiful to see how often they stumble 
into the skillful swindlers’ trap, so cun¬ 
ningly baited with the tempting bit, 
“ Pleasant work for ladies in their 
homes, no canvassing.” Speaking from 
a good deal of past experience in answer¬ 
ing such advertisements—and getting 
nicely swindled—my advice to all is to 
let such concerns severely alone, no 
matter in what paper their advertise¬ 
ments appear. 
If women will try quietly at home, 
with patience and perseverance, to de¬ 
velop any little talent they may possess, 
they need not go from their own villages 
and country stores to find a market for 
the produce of such talent. We seldom 
see useful homemade articles for sale 
in the stores, yet that they will often 
sell readily and well, I know from actual 
experience. 
Recently, in a certain town, a few 
women urgently in need of money, 
determined to put foolish pride in their 
pockets, and to use what little talents 
they possessed in the interest of their 
slender purses. They formed a club, 
gave it a name, laid out a simple plan 
of action, and then went home, where 
each set to work and made all the 
articles her wits and hands could con¬ 
trive. An honest proprietor of a re¬ 
spectable shop was visited, and asked if, 
during the holidays, he would give place 
in one of his show windows, to the 
articles produced by the club, he to re¬ 
ceive as his share, a small per cent of 
each sale. His consent was readily 
granted, and one evening, when the 
streets were quiet, several members of 
the club took the entire lot of handi¬ 
work and arranged it artistically in the 
window. The merchant was well pleased 
the next morning, for his window was 
beautiful, and attracted quite a crowd 
in search of holiday gifts. 
To save trouble for the merchant, 
these novices in business decided upon 
the following plan respecting the money, 
which plan, though it might not be com¬ 
mended by business men, yet proved a 
perfect success with the women’s club 
through three winters : Each member 
was to receive all the money for such of 
her articles as sold, or if two members 
worked together on a certain article, 
they divided its profits between them. 
To prevent confusion, each member at¬ 
tached to each of her articles—no mat¬ 
ter how small—a card bearing on one 
side the plainly-written price of the 
article, and on the other, her initials, or 
some assumed name previously agreed 
upon. A small wooden box with a slit 
cut in its cover, was provided for the 
merchant; into this he was to put the 
money for each article sold, and also 
the card attached to the article. In this 
way, when the box was finally opened 
in the presence of all the club members, 
the cards and their corresponding money 
were easily distributed to the rightful 
owners. The cards should be tied to 
the articles with a thread fine and long 
enough to be quickly broken. When 
the money was properly distributed, each 
member subtracted from her dollars the 
per cent agreed upon for the merchant, 
who was distinctly made to understand 
from the outset that if nothing sold, 
nothing was he to get. Generally, a good- 
natured merchant will offer to dispose 
of the work gratis, but it is much better 
gently but firmly to insist upon his 
accepting a small per cent, for various 
reasons, not the least of which is pre¬ 
venting the feeling of beiDg under an 
obligation, which is distasteful to most 
women. The club kept a book in which 
was entered the name of each member, 
her trade name, or identification mark, 
and a complete list of her articles with 
their prices as represented on the cards. 
The first sale was not advertised, the 
members fearing that the purchases of 
friends might be actuated more by a 
feeling of kindness to the worker than 
to the work ; they wished their work to 
sell entirely on its own merits, or not at 
all. Their success was very encourag¬ 
ing, and by the next winter, some of 
their timidity having worn off, they ven¬ 
tured to announce the next sale in a 
modest line of the local paper. This 
reached the people of the surrounding 
country, who, when they came to town 
for holiday shopping, looked up the 
club’s window, and carried away a good 
deal of its contents, m. lane griffin. 
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The 
Inner Experiences of a 
Cabinet Member’s Wife 
The actual social experiences of a promi¬ 
nent Cabinet member’s wife. For this 
reason the authorship will be withheld. 
It is, without question, the most fasci¬ 
nating recital of politics, love, and the 
intrigues of high social and official life 
ever given publicity. 
The first parts are in 
the CHRISTMAS 
Ladies’ Home Journal 
ONE DOLLAR FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR 
The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia 
