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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
The Seasonable Oyster

Oyster Cocktail-Nothing is nicer to be-
gin course dinner with than an oyster
cocktail. The following recipe makes one
individual cocktail, and this of course
may be duplicated many times as is
necessary. Clean and have perfectly cold
ten small oysters. Mix with them one
quarter of a teaspoonful of grated horse
radish, two drops of tabasco and ten of
worcestershire sauce. the juice of the quar-
ter of lemon, teaspoonful of tomato
catchup and pinch of salt. The cocktail
should be served Immediately in sherry
glasses, lemon shells or grape fruit
oysters in Cream Sauce-Scald a pint of
oysters in their own liquor. Make a cream
sauce and add to the oysters. A cup or
more of mushrooms, fresh or canned, added
to the mixture is a decided Improvement
Oysters prepared in this way are served in
timbale cases. on toast or in patty shells
Broled Oysters-Drain the required num-
Der of large oysters and after seasoning
with salt and pepper dip in melted butter
or Oil and place in a broiler. Broil until
the oysters are thoroughly heated, but not
colored. When done to a turn arrange on
pieces of toast and over all pour maitre
d hotel butter.
Maitre d'IIotel Butter-To one fourth of
IA cup of creamed butter add Il half tea
spoonful of chopped parsley, dash of salt
and pepper and three ourths of table,
spoonful of lemon juice. The juice should
be added very slowly.
Oyster Soufiie-Make a sauce of a pint
of milk well thickened with potato or rice
flour and favored with half n teaspoonful
of finely minced cheese, a blade Of mace
(this must be removed before balling), the
strained liquor from eighteen oysters and
seasoning of salt and cayenne pepper.
Scald the eighteen oysters divided in half,
and stir into the sauce Remove from the
fire and add separately the stiff1y beaten
yolks and whites of three eggs. Pour into
a tin and bake. Serve with thin slices of
brown bread and butter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
WOODEN LUXURIES
LOVE OF FINE BEDDING rs IN
HERITED.
Cashmere Sheets Satisfy the Present
Desire for Warmth-Otner
Wants.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Each season brings something new in the
realm of bedding There have been linen
sheets. cambria sheets. sheets of silk and
sheets embroidered and lace trimmed. This
wear marks the introduction of cashmere
sheets.
Cashmere sheets are treasures that fill a
worlan's heart with delight. If she has her
monogram worked on them in silk there is
little more to be desired. Bed linen has not
been ousteG but cashmere holds place OF
its own in the household economy. The las
t;dious cashmere sheets, and they are used
in stopping at hotels. where there IS pos
sibility that the bedding may be damp
They are also used on yachts. where they
are welcome as a protection from cold as
we'll as dampnesS. There are hoInc-StaYlng
people who use them in winter, ana sun
others who believe in them the year
through. They have none OF the opJec-
tionable qualities of flannel.
There is regular sheeting in cashmere
costing from $50 q yard for the lowest
nrioad in the natural color to $50 for the
finest white cashmere. The finest ready
made sheets cost $it.5o in the Whlte'
and SD for the best in the natural color
They come in different sizes. The sheellls
is in different widths.
The woman who goes in for cashmere
sheets usually gets four for a ped ana re-
nIanishaS her stock a sheet at Il time as
they wear out. She will probably take the
natural Color because it will not shrink,
while tie white may change slightly. Inc
natural wool is delicate i'll shade ana not
objectionable -
Along with the cashmere sheets the bath-
robe habit has been developed. The most
delicate garments in weight and texture
are made OF camels hair for the woman
who believes in q daily tub. The finest are
of the camers hair. in the natural color, a
soft red brown. The robes are thick and
warm have a texture of silk velvet and
are almost feather weight. SIX trimmed
they cost nearly their weight in gold, and
one will not be less than SO.
There are few things in WOman'S attire
that are not to be found in wool. There
are wooden cOrSetS in which the WOma II
swimmer delights. for they are flexible and
warm and their shapeliness makes them
becoming Enlargement for bathing. Then
there are wooden dress shields which may
be worn and Numbered indefinitely.
The thin silky wool fabrics are Il boon to
women. if they woven with a hard
twist This makes them unshrinka bic.
They are to be found in dark shades. deli
cate tones of blues, pinks and heliosropes
and in white and stripes. They make de-
lightful unlned suits. for they are durable
and do not crush into wrinkles. They are
pretty in negliGces, make warm. light un-
der petticoatS. and in the omnipreSent shirt
waist they are invaluable. In IL wool shirt
waist Il woman can lie warm and clean at
the same time, for she sends them to be
Numbered she does those of linen ard
cotton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

stems, bottles and all manner of sugges-
There are hunting scenes. yachting scenes
and college flag cards appropriate to special
dinners. Cut-out shamrocks. tinted in nat
ural shades. or four-leafed clovers. with
little silver horSeshoeS attached with white
baby ribbon, convey a sentiment of good
luck at a farewell dinner.
In the matter of fayorS. however. the
range is A wide one and includes some
dainty little affair costing 81 or less to the
fa shionable fayors of the Well-to-do dinner
giver These include fans of lace and pearl.
French screens, in fans and panels bound
in old gold. representing ancient tapestries.
which are much in vogue; rinket fans Of
ivory. handpainted and spangled. as well as
fans of wide tinted mother-of-pcarl sticks,
carved and inlaid with gold and surmount
ed by superb Vatican paintings upon
parchment.
A novel dinner favor consists of little
folding opera glasses in rich leather cases,
white MORE or enamel with gilt chains.
Another novelty is a gun metal book with
a pencil acting as a clasp, and compar:-
ments inside for powder puff. paint, ivory
writing tablets and cards The case for
ards; has a spring to hold TIE m i'm place
Popular favors are small leather cases
containing tiny silver knife and fork,
which are turned upSidedoWn into their
handles when not in use. Elegant French
handbags of silk and satin. spangled and
ieweIed, are priced as dinner favors among
those to whom lovely things naturally gray
itate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

but such magnificence is only for the car
rage and evening wear of la grande dame
The pelerine is the accepted shape in 1ur
neck pieces. and 1T follows the lines VI
last years styles almost exactly, the only
difference being seen in the passementerle
ornaments which decorate the new ones.
These silk braided designs also decorate
the new fur coats and muffs. The latter
are moderately large for street use ana
only become exaggerated in size for car
riage
Leather is to have a great vogue this
winter and will trim fur coats. street
costumes and hats. In the suede variety
it will be employed for jaunty little jack
cts. The leather is dyed in all colors, but
the best effects are obtained with the
natural or plain bis tone combined with
scrolls of white kid bordered with white
and black cord. This trimming is found
on many of the smart fur coats as vest.
cuff and collar trimming. White leather
again is worked with beads and ribbon
motifs. The leather vogue is a revival OF
the Louis XIV and Louis XIV periods.
A Royal Robe.
Mrs. Tree in her new London play is
wearing most royal robe created for
her here in Paris. 1t is entirely of err
mine 1t is triumph of the furrier's
art, being empire in effect a style diff
cult to attain in fur Miss Morgan, the
daughter of your financial autocrat. has
also ordered an eccentric gown made OF
leopard skins The spots rather suggest
a shower of J. P.'s sheckels.
=. Ia king the SAL tOriai prospect as Whole,
1t will be q diS2oura SlilS season Tor the Wo-
man who tries to carry out the advice OF
French critic that every woman should De
able to wear a we'll made dress OF cheap
material like a uneen This is the opinion
of a mere man and as such has its limlta-
tions CATHERINE TALBOT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

evidence, and many of the Smartest gowns
are in black and white. / saw stunning
toilet In white cloth with black panne trim
mings TO be worn with white chenllle nat
covered with black feathers.
The fancy for ruchings. and particularly
those of raveled silk, as a dress adorn1neht
is Il return to the early Victorian perlod.
They are rather attractive and peculiarly
quaint.
japanese silk will play conspicuous part
in the world of clothes and the new Jap
silk with crepe de chine finish made up
with an accordion-plated skirt hemsttch-
ed is ideal for a young girls dancing dress.
Wine or Dahlia.
The vogue of the moment in color is the
new burgundy shade, popularity known as
wine or dahlia. fascinating creation.
carried out in this bacchanalian tone was
a chiffon velours fashioned with a dropping
collar of red. white and dull gold embroid-
cry edged with Leavy silk fringe The
skirt was cut plain to the knees which was
met by seven rows of graduated ruchings
of raveled silk in a lighter shade. TO he
worn with this suInptuous frock was
large shaped stole and granny muf of
ermne and deliciouSly becoming POKE
bonnet covered with plumes to match.
Speaking of stoles reminds me that the
most distinctive peerine. the kind French
women are affecting. covers the shoulders
we'll. almost to the elbow. 1t has a hood
in the back and long ends in front. All
varieties of materials are being cut into
this style and charming adjunct they are
to q toilet. If you want to see the tppet
as it is appea ring on the handsomest gowns
a portrait of Oliver Cromwells wife Will
have to be found Why this worthy dame
should monopolze this particular tippet
history telleth not. Fearing the picture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Recipe for Dandruf.

The following old-fasAion"d recipe will
drive away dandruff: First boil in a stone
lar placed in a pan of hot water, half Il
pint of rosewater and one-q.lrter ounce of
sasSafras wood. Let this stand till cold,
then add half small wineeiass of alcohol
and one dram of pearlash. Apply 80 the
scalp once daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
TABLE DECORATION
What Fashion Ordains in
Flowers and Favors.
NATURE Is FOLLOWED
AUTUMN LEAVES AND DAHLIAS
GO TOGETHER.
How the Prince Henry Dinner Started
Fad for Came

There has been. in the matter of deco
rations for the dining table, a sort of reac-
ton from the elaborate and heavy styles
of floral adornment that have been supreme
in the world of fashion for so long. THE
roses of yesterday are assuming a senti-
mental value that has not been attached
to them in years. People are not only de-
handing something new, in the way of a
flower for decorative purposes, but they
want something that reminds them OF
scenes and seasons that have for them a
tender interest.
The wealthy woman had no especial fond
ness for the fringe of nasturtiums that
made a golden glory in the blue rim of the
lake that lay at the doors of her mountain
home. but she welcomes them with delight
in the cold days when their blossoming
season has passed by, because they remind
her of days as golden as the petals of the
flowers themselves. The naSturtium, there
fore is being grown by Fashionable florists
for the decora ton of autumnal tables. The
most exclusive way of arranging ii is to
have cut glass bowl In the center of the
table, with nasturtiums trailing from 1t to
the cloth, and radiating from the bowl
across the table graceful lines of aspara-
gus fern with just a few flowers peeping
from under the filmy foliage.
The same treatment is observed with the
single dahlias. They, also, have found a
place of affection in the hearts of women
who remember how, in the days of their
youth. SWANS were wont to send them
dahlias with the sentiment attached-and
an extremely warm sentiment 1t was. The
dahlias with autumn foliage. and the effect,
it is needless to say, is striking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

AS a Scotchman not long since remarked
Paris a things considered is wonderful
place" The particular wonder which is
interesting Parsians and wcll-known peo-
pie passing through the beautiful capital
just now is the unique and ingenious roof
garden to be found in various parts of the
city. All Paris may be seen these pleasant
afternoons motoring or driving out to Fon-
tainbleau and the neighborlng forests. stop
ping for tea or dinner at one of these at
tractive resorts. In summer the gardens
were made beautiful with lovely climbing
roses and understanding flowers. but for
the moment the color scheme is that OF the
varied shades of autumnal foliage found in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Goldenrod Cultivated Now.

Goldenrod is now extensively cultivated
by florists and a double" variety is much
in demand The natural nutty, pungent
odor of the wild blossom has been super
seeded by faint summary fragrance, some
thing like that of the petunia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Excellent Tooth Powder.

Mix together equal parts of powdered
chalk and charcoal and add small guam
ity of castle soap. This powder keeps the
teeth beautifully white.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Every LabOr-Savng Levice for
the WOman's use should be the
Best for its purpose.
The Singer sewing-machine alb
solutely fulfills this condition. This
will be fully demonstrated to you at
any Singer store, or by any Singer
salesman.
See the Red IS" for Singer Stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

To make camphor ice. melt four ounces
of paraffin: then add one ounce of spirit of
camphor, and stir slowly until cold Keep
in a porcelain jar. Camphor ice is used for
many ills-for roughened hands for an
eruption on the face. or for any other irrita-
ton of the skin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

To make lavender smelling salts. cut
in pieces two ounces of carbonate of
ammounia and put it in bottle. Pour
over it the following oils. after rubbing
them well together: One-half ounce
oil of cloves and one-half ounce each oil
of lavender oil Of bergamot and oil of cas-
STA. Then put a few bits of the carbonate
OF ammonia in the vinaigrette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

There is nothing so fatal to a youthful APP
pearance as settling down to the conviction
that one is growing old-"too old to dance" "
too old for this too old for that. Don
do it. You grow old by thinking yourself
old. while you may keep young by being
young in thought and feeling. Not kitten
ish. but just cheerful and lively and not
odd"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
Pleasant Thoughts.

Peasant InOuSntS.
Other modish floral table decorations
are constructed of red and yellow maple
leaves, with all their pleasant sugges-
tions of autumnal days in the bright-col-
cred woods Another striking table COM
bination is red with bronze oak leaves.
These make a rich decoration. For
splendid effect of color the sumach is
mingled with autumn foliage. One fiery
dinner decoration, that is particularly
happy on a gloomy or stormy night, con-
sists of spikes of red salvia-known also
as scarlet Sage-wlth red and bronze and
oak leaves.
For both dinners and 1uncheons the
newest method of table decorating is to
follow nature as closely as possible
even to getting the outdoor flowers of
summer grown in winter season. Deco
rationS are Invariably fiat, except where
pitcher of quaint shape and great beauty
presumably an heirloom-in which
case tall-stemmed roses. or some other
very long-stemmed flowers. are placed
in the centerpiece. and the floral decOra-
tons are carried out in an overhead eff
feet
The fad of the season is for green
growing centerpieces of several deli
cately contrasted foliage plants of dwarf
varieties Upon one side of this central
decora ton are placed several rare
chids, six or eight being usually selected.
Old Flower Revived.
CamellaS are becoming more fashion
able than they have been in thirty years.
and make handsome and effective deco
rations The fad was started by a lead
ing fashionable florist in New York, who
adorned the table at the dinner given to
Prince Henry of Prussia with red and
white camelias, whose beauty made a
sensation
Ferns, roses in mass and camelias are
what expert decorators term heavy dec
orations, and people who lead the fash
ions like to keep away from this mode of
adornment until mid-wlnter.
For general house decoration the latest
thing for the coming season will be GRO
tons, in white and gold with other
bright-foliaged plants. mingled with
ferns. In dwarf form the combination is
as striking as it is new, and the same
decorations that do duty for dinner
can serve next day for a luncheon.
Cut glass, silver and fine china candle
sticks and candelabra rival one another
III beauty of design for use upon up-to-
date tables, and in the new styles of old
beaten silver they are particularly popu-
lar.
The lights are shaded with red. pink or
light green shades In preference to any
other tints. The dainty flower frilled
shades must have bead fringes. One style
has V-shaped panels of strings of glass
beads divided by quillingS of baby rib
bon, with loops at the top of the gauze
bell which forms the foundation of the
dainty shade.
Other popular table shades are empire de-
signs painted en- stiff paper. and paneled
satin shades painted in rich colors and with
gold applied over the edges of the design
and on the borders.
In Dinner Cards.
In dinner cards reigning fayorites are
charmingly cut out. Hand-painted sets of
ballet girls and other figure cards follow In
point of popularity. For stag dinners the
most popular cards bear painted groups of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
The First Jumps.

The kindergarten of rope jumping is to
put the rope on the floor and jump over it,
standing six inches away from the rope.
This sounds easy, but try it. This feat is
not always accomplished the first time Sue
cessfully, even by the most athletic. Then
jump backward III ordinary skipping ex-
erciseS with the rope grasped by botn
hands, jumping backward is excellent prac-
tice, because it giveEs a person confidence,
lack of which makes awkwardness. One Of
the chief factors of grace is perfect COM
mand of equilibrium. Can this be acquired
better than by i series of rOpe-skipping eX-
eTciSeS, with backward movements?
Study any graceful actress method of
moving. and you VIII find that its great
charm results from her command of equi-
librium.
If her walk is "a sort of harmonious sway
ing toward the objective point it is because,
as her feet move. her weight is swung from
hip to hip, keeping tie body at every stage
of the movement surely poised This shift
ing OF weight is her great secret. So it IS
that when in the climax of the scene she
turns on Ingomar and says. Take it." her
pose is secure .dranaatic and full of that
grace which properly adjusted equilibrium
always gives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
THE QUES'T[:::0F BEAUTY
Skipping the Rope Will Give
Grace and Vigor.
REDUCES THE WAIST
PERSISTED I'm WILL DO AWAY
WITH BIG HIPS.
Five Minutes Day Will Work the
Marvel in These
Lines.

Copyright. 1908, by T. C. McClure)
Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
Skipping a rope is Diana's newest diver
sion. 1t will turn her into radiant being
and make her fascinating forever, she is
told.
1t seems that the fad originated in Paris,
where the leading teachers of physical
culture have put the seal of their approval
upon it. With fencing it has become part
of the daily routine of the most fashionable
women of Paris.
Society at Newport tried rope skipping
last summer, and the story is that a young
and beautiful matron, who initiated the
fashion, made her first attempt at the eX-
ercise on the green lawn of her cottage,
and her husband turned the rope.
The lady appeared in a gown with sweep
ing skirts, gathered them up on both sides,
and jumped for five minutes, with swish and
flash of the richest lace lingerie and deli
cate transparent hosiery.
The performance shocked some of the
grave and reverend signors' who resided
near. one lady who was on her Veralida
when the exercise began beat a hasty re-
treat to her house. with her group of chill
dren. and pulled down the shades, leaving
the lively young matrOn to continue her
Partisan exercise without the approval of
her presence.
Rope skipping is bound to be popular,
for it puts the finishing touches to the fig
ure, making it 1.-THE and graceful, lmpart-
ing the suppleness of an acrobat with the
lssom movements of professional dancer.
Reduced to simple rules. the exercise Is
taken by using both hands and jumping
forward. then backward. Using one hand.
with one end of the rope fastened to some
thing. the skipper passes the rope over her
head and keeps on skipping and turning.
One end of the rope may be held by an
other person, or fastened to something i'm
movable, when using one hand and Jump
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31

Goodness of the feet indicates delicate
health and feeble state of the circulation.
Friction and active exercise are the rene
dies. An effort should also be made to i'm
prove the general tone of the system. Walk
ing. dancing and running are to be recon-
mended for cold feet: also walking around
the room on tiptoes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-10

DO YOU like going 10 school John.
ny" asked the visitor
Yes. slr answered the truthful ar.
chin and ] like coming home. ton hut
dorf IKE stsyins there between times g
chicago Nrws.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-10

Did any ore call me up while ! "a.
out asked the butcher
no" replied the hoy hut . customer
whose ncat for dinner hsdnt srriysd
cslled YOU down Houston Post
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-10
GRABBED
MAD D0G
BY EARS
Infuriated Beast Jumped. Hart
Snatched and Got First Grip.
Bullet Did tho Rest.

New York. Dec 10. -" Pop. Sport 5
gone mad" yelled small Jimmy Hart,
bursting into tha lodge meeting where
his father William, was Tuesday night
The sudden announcement vastly dis
turbed the brethren of the lodge but
most excited the elder Hart. who
dashed from the meeting, and. with
Jimmy" painting at his heels ran TO his
home No. ee5 West Forty second street.
Approaching it, he doubled his speed. foI
his wife was shouting from the window;
william. Sports gone mad
Sport" a pet Irish terrier, vas very
in1portant member OF the household and
filed the warmest spot I'm the hearts OF
all the little Harts. Last night the dog,
usually kind and gentle, became surly
and snsppish. Soon he began 10 run
through the rooms, biting at the FUR
rkture. while the froth dropped from his
Jaws
The cautious Mrs. Hart. fearing for
her children. drove the dog into the
kitchen and locked him in. Then she
summoned her husband by Jimmy
who was loud in his lamentations tina {
something allied the much loved Sport.
When William Hart opened the kitchen
door the terrier fierce as wolf. sprane
at his throat. He grabbed at him blind
" and by the greatest good luck I'm the
world caught both his ears and neld him
powsrless While Sport barked and
yelped and snashed his teeth Hart. Sc
curely holding him at arms length. car
rIed him into the street The neighbors
were deeply interested In the strugei and
people coming from the ferry near by
scattered when the. man and dog sp-
peared
More In sorrop than In anger Hart
stnl hrmly gripping Sports ears 40 toai
he could not bite him. sat on him on the
sidewalk Policeman Crawford. OF the
West Forty-seventh street station. ran
up. drew his revolver and exit Sport. a
bullet I'm his head. And all tho little
Harts mourned and would not DC com
fortcd