The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-05-02
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
Some Of the Features of the Latest
FASHIONS Of the Day.

Fancy turquois ornaments are put
on spring hats.
Tortoise jewelry is slowly but surely
coming back.
The new black veilipgs are of cube
shaped mesh.
Colored straw bonnets are prettily
jetted giving them a very novel effect.
Mousseline de sole tied in careless
bows is charming as trimming for
summer hat.
Enormous beetles, with jeweled
backs and eyes, are among the ex.
travagant fancies for pins.
Many of the shirt waists of washable
cottons are made precisely like those
so universally worn last summer
Changeable tafIetas finely stri ped
and striped tsffetas with chine flowers
showing between are among the latest
patterns.
Among flowers, pink and red
geraniums are quite the fashion.
They make stylish trimming for a
coarse black straw hat.
A pretty front for a silk waist is
made of Honiton lace applique over
cream satin and arranged to fall in
frills on either side.
Cut steel buckles, for belts and slip
pers, studded with pearls, are to be
had in novel shapes, those sharply
curved being the handsomest.
Black and white effects are to be as
popular as ever this season, and black
and white striped silks will be well re
presented among the summer gowns.
Heavy ecru lace, put on with vely
little fulness over colored silks, is
much newer than the thin laces which
have been used so much for this pur.
pose.
Fashion has wide reputation for
being tickle, but she has been loyal
enough to the fancy for ACCORDION
plated chiffon, which is still as
popular as ever.
Alpaca is coming into favor again,
and it appears in many new varieties,
with serge ard whipcord weaves, and
in pretty shades ofmauve, gray green,
purple and blue.
A very fashionable sleeve, especially
pretty for silk gowns, is shirred for
several inches at the top. These
sleeves, all tight at the top, show q
new idea, but one which is not uni.
versally adopted as yet.
The close fitting bodice of crepor
has very wide centre box plat O
bluet satin and is I min ted by {
corselet formed of three broad Ion gi
) tudinal folds of thu satin, adorned
with large buttons of cut steel.
Very useful AID dressy waists ar
. made by dotted black netover change
e able silk, with full, pulled sleeves
II They are striped up and down at in
. tervals, and have pufIs with doubl
II ru1les OF narrow cream Valenciennet
70 Tomato bisque is one Of the simples
~ OF soups, yet one which seems to giy
= much difficulty. This comes probabl
y from the fact that the milk Tor it
" not heated to the boiling point before
~ hand, and that the rule is not followe
literally, a thing many women seer
~ incapable of doing. All that is requi
H. ed is accuracy. Stew half can of tt
matoes till soft enough to strain easil,
~ about twenty minutes adding a littl
~ wafer if they boil away. Boil the mil
7s in a double boiler. Melt half te.
20 cupful Of butter in a saucepan, an
~ add one tablespoonful of cornstarcl
'' with enough of the hot milk to max
y it pour easily. Put this in the mil
and let it boil for ten minutes. Seaso
~ with a tablespoonful Of salt, a pinch {
~ cayenne, and the strained tomatoe
0' added at the last with half saltspool
- full of soda dissolved in a little he
~ water. This makes a bisque of del
= cate pink. More tomatoes can be use
~ if darker color is wanted.
w In baked ice cream, which is alway
- a surprise as one sees-it in the men
~ the process is simple one, and WI
~ first used by well known chef on IL
u German Lloyd line of steamships b
y tween New York and Germany.
10 large leaf OF sponge cake has rour
place cut from the top, doing tn
60 skillfully, as it is to be used for a cove
~ Hollow the cake, taking out enoug
~ crumb to allow the putting in of
gu quart OF frozen cream. Put back IL
80 lid and cover the cake with meringl
ny made OF the stiffly beaten whites
ny two eggs, half teacupful of powdert
81 sugar, and few drops Of beet juice
u teaspoonful of current jelly as colo
10 ing. Set in hot oven few minut