Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-27

gushing than another it is dead perfum-
cry. You can wash it out of your hair and
1t does no harm there.
once upon a time the tomato was called
| love apple" and was considered poison
ous-the analogy is lost Now it is consid-
or diet The girl who eats quantities of
tomatoes and onions will find her complex
ion clearing and her headaches fleeing.
They may be eaten either raw or cooked
and are splendid p: eventative of bilious
ness.
Brooklyn society was parayzed last week
Two pretty and elegantly attired shop girls
of good family accompanied a gentleman to
the Union League Club reception They are
said to have spoiled the pleasure of the
evening.
The new materials for spring wear are in
the shops, and the fall roses are hardly
done blooming. Grenadine is to be worn
again, and the new designs are exquisitely
lovely. Some of them initiate MORE and
many have the prevailing shot effect French
challie is also to be much in favor Some
of 1t is woven with bayadere silk stripes
to simulate rows of ribbon Swiss muslin
and quantities of ribbon will be worn. Men
think because a dress can be washed 1t is
cheap, SO they are fond of telling women
that they look well in white. The fact of
the matter is, white dresses in the city are
gold mine to the washer woman, and they
cost in the long run more than a silk
A cup of black coffee taken after a Span
1sh omelette, potato salad outlets, or any
other dish prepared with onion or it's cous-
In, garlic, will destroy the abhorrent fumes
that cling to the bronchial tubes couple
OF wintergreen creams or Glove candies.
eaten before leaving the table will remove
the taste of food from the mouth and neu-
tralize the smell of wine. A few drops of
eamphor and myrrh in a glass of water
Is excellent for gargle and a tooth wash
there SllSnciOn a IN ed
breath. A bad taste in the mouth and a
white tongue will always warrant the use
of an antidote for a bad breath. CHINA
mon, ginger. cloves and orris root sweeten
the mouth and will disguise unpleasant
odors for the time being. Spruce and mas
tic gum are used for the same purpose.
One gown properly made and becoming
Is OF more use than five or six that have
seen much wear and little repair or care.
The secret of good dressing does not lie
in many toilets, but in suitable and i'm
maculate ones.
An excellent furniture polish is made of
equal parts of wine vinegar and olive oil.
Put In large bottle and shake thoroughly
every day for a week. 1t will then be
ready for use 1t should be applied to the
furniture with soft WOODEN cloth and
well rubbed in.
One principle must be recognized in the
arrangement of floral decorations, which
is that every spray of leaves or blade of
grass put in to fill up should be graceful
The accidents and freaks of nature have
no place in decoration. If flowers are
scarce. buds and leaves may be used in fat
low decorations, to be looked down upon.
In their season large leaves with autumn
UNITS may be effectively used with small
nowers There must be contrast of form
as well as contrast Of color. There should
be one large flower in every bouquet as a
general rule. The Arrangement of several
Kinds flowers N &c alral
upon as a monstrosity by some oriental
nations. This idea has great influence now
and where the leaf and stem are decorative
In form and color only the flowers and
ed m the same vase. The selection of the
beautiful placing it where it will give pleas
ure is the artist" side of home life.
The Russian furore for black and yellow
and for furs is now at it's height. Sable
ermine and mink are the favorite furs,
and as ermine is royal In price as well as
in decoration, the slaughter of white cats
is unprecedented. Like glass diamonds.
the unframed eye never detects the differ
ence.
A woman whose neck Is thin should never
try anything but the square corsage rhe
generously proportional look best in the
style or the oval. Only perfectly pro-
portioned shoulders should be haired.
Wise precautions and proper personal
care will do more to Danish wrinkles than
all the creams and lotions In the world.
Given the course, which is always worry
and fatigue, a woman should do her best
to avoid them. Wrinkles come like the
creases in a carelessly folded garment The
first or second time the wrinkles are made
they shake out, but oft repeated, they
can't be ironed into lasting smoothness
Frowns bring wrinkles. and the often knot
ted muscles, like thread that has once
been crocheted, refuse to straighten out
after time
At a recent wooden wedding a guest
book was provided which had birch bark
covers and thin birch bark lining leaves. On
these leaves the guests wrote their names
with pen, the handle of which was an
exquisitely carved piece of wood sent
from Switzerland as a present. Birch bark
literature is not original with Anglo-Saxon
civilization, however. 1t was on birch
bark. with mineral paints, that the North
American Indian first wrote in pictures
his words of war or wooing. One of the
priced souvenirs of soldier boy lover in
the possession of society lady, is a birch
bark letter. There are two pages each
half the size of sheet of note paper. The
letter, which was written in the entrench-
ments before Richmond, Is as clear as
print, and breathes warmest attachment.
But the hand that penned it lies over
quiet heart in an unknown grave in the
south. The name signed to the letter was
enrolled in the lists of missing before
the girl in her northern home ever saw it,