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plain silk, laid in folds. This hat
matches in general tone the rainy day
suit Or coat and the better tailored
hat is kept for wear with a tailored
street suit which is not sacrificed to
shopping tours and similar excursions
on rainy days.
Young girls soon tire of the first
felt hat, however. They are apt to
select pure white felt, a pale gray
or a champagne color, and these soil
quickly. The light hat is unquestion-
ably the ideal one for first days, but
nothing is uglier later in the season
than white hat which shows marks
of dust and rain. 1t is bad invest
ment for the girl who knows she
must make her fall hat play part
in the midwinter wardrobe.
On the other hand, if she can afford
two tailored hats it will pay her to
buy both of them now, and religious
ly lay away the darker one for win
ter days. The time for the selection
of ready-to-wear hats is absolutely
complete, and the stock of the fac
tories and wholesale millinery stores
is now spread upon retail counters.
If a girl buys her white turban
now and leaves her darker hat for
selection until November, she will find
poor assortment to choose from
To be sure, prices will be cut by
that time on all ready-fp-wear hats,
but when she looks them over her
mind will bark back to the more
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The Antiquity
Of Drawnwork

1t is curious fact that the variety
of needlework commonly known as
Spanish or Mexican 'drawnwork,' y
now SO popular among American wo-
men, did not originate in either of
those countries.
The native needle-women of Mexico
and Spain have. however, helped to
bring it to a very high degree of
beauty; but in this respect they have
not, perhaps, done more than those
of Italy, Peru, the West Indies and
other lands. Indeed, some of the
finest developments of the art of
drawnwork have originated in this
country and in England.
Drawnwork is of great antiquity. 1t
is said TO have been first made by the
ancient Sidonians in the days of King
Solomon, but, without going back so
far as that, it is certainly the fact
that it was used by Roman Catholic
dignitaries on their ecclesiastical gar
ments in very early times
When the tomb of St Cuthbert was
opened at Durham, in the twelfth cen
fury, the shroud was found to have a
fringe of linen threads an inch long,
surmounted by a border worked
upon the threads" with figures OF
birds and beasts and trees. These
statements, made in the old Monkish
chronicles, clearly suggest that
drawnwork was used upon the shroud
In Prague Cathedral there is pre-
served a vestment of linen drawn
work which was made by Queen Anne
of Bohemia in 1927. Another still ex-
tant specimen of ancient drawn
thread work" as it is called in the
catalogue, is treasured in the British
Museum. 1t dates back to 1888
Charles V. commonly wore cap made
of drawnwork, and draw1iwork was
frequently worn by Queen Elizabeth
scription of her costumes handed
down to us.
From the time of the first incursior
of the Turks into Europe drawnwork
has been a favorite pursuit among
Turkish women, especially in the
harems. They are said to have learned
it originally from Italian women who
were made captive in the days wher
Ottoman galleys ravaged the Medi
terranean
The popular Bulgarian embroid
cry" originated in Constantinople
During the Bulgarian atrocities" ane
the RussoT Turkish War, many thou
sands of Bulgarian women were tori
from their homes and made prison
ers in the harems of Constantinople
They were clever, embroideries, blu
they knew nothing of drawnwork unit
the Turkish women taught them
Then they combined the two arts
making a drawnwork foundation fol
their embroidery and thus obtaining
much better effects.
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There are many dyerS OF silks there
abouts, and the silks hang in the sun
light, stretched after the dyeing on
great bamboo poles to dry.
Smiling through the gateway of the
street of The Prayer to the Gods
there is the calm, dreamy face of the
great Buddha But only the head is
to be seen. The statue is not yet fin
ished, and no man knows when it will
be, for the head is of bronze, and all
the rest will be of bronze, but only
of a quality which is made from the
bronze mirrors which are brought as
sacrifices to Buddha by the women
of the province. Great heaps of these
wonderful bronzes lie about the un-
finished statue, all carefully wrought
in wonderful designs.
To understand the great sacrifice
that has been made, it must be re-
membered that there is an ancient
proverb in Japan which says that the
mirror is s'the soul of the woman
By this it is meant that the mirror,
by association with its mistress, comes
to absorb her very being, and to re-
fleet her character, her joy, and her
sorrow The mirror is therefore a
woman's most precious possession.
| These mirrors-the souls of women
wait their time until they shall be
moulded by the artisan into part of
the statue of the calm god who smiles
through the gateway in the street of
The Prayer to the Gods.
But what, the scientists ask, is the
cause of this phenomenon of the back
reflection? A Chinese philosopher,
writing in loo, says: "Now the cause
of this arises from the employment
of two kinds of copper of unequal
density. If on the back of the mirror
a dragon has been produced while
casting it in the mold, then an exactly
similar dragon is deeply engraved on
the face of the disk. Afterward the
deep chisel cuts are filled up with
denser copper, which is incorporated
with the body of the mirror by sub
hitting the whole to the action of fire
Then the face is planed and prepared
and thin layer of tin is spread over
it. When beam of strong light is
allowed to fall on mirror prepared
in this way, and the image is projected
on wall, bright and dark tints, cor
responding to the design, are distinct
ly SEEN"
! Sir David Brewster believed this tc
be true, and he fetched one of these
magic mirrors to England in 1882 II
was exhibited to great numbers Of
people, who were told that the Chi
nese philosopher was right. All was
well till some doubling person
scratched supplementary design or
the back, and that, too, was reflected
on the screen, SO the explanation die
not explain, after all.
The Chinese say they are mirror:
that let the light through" and Aulus
Gellius, Roman scientist, upon OBJ
4 serving them, said: Sometimes they
let the light through, and sometimes
not"
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vets; for the more dressy turbans all
velvet is used with coque feathers and
metallic ornaments A few bird of
paradise aigrettes are seen on turbans;
also roses in the beautiful but quaint
shades which are to be used next win
ter. The latter are shown in shades
of orange, red or green, such as never
a rose bloomed in The handsomest
flowers have crumpled petals of silk
showing half dozen shades in sin
gle rose. These are much used with
the velvet turbans.
A striking example of the velvet
turban shows champagne colored
fabric laid in heavy folds and brought
to a decided point in front. On either
side of the turban, almost covering
the brim and meeting in a point at
the back over the hair, are two coque
breasts in self tone; on the right side
a bold color effect is obtained by
the use of copper ornaments, which
blend oddly but tremendously with
the paler shades of the hat. A brown
velvet hat with the regulation hussar
coque breasts in the changeable
shades of green and brown is equally
effective and more durable.
There can be no greater mistake
than the purchase of cheap coque
feathers. They go down before the.
first wind storm and are not to be
repaired. Even the small hussar
plumes which irreverent shoppers
have dubbed pine trees, should be
selected with care, and one that costs
less than $I.25 represents a sheer
waste of money, as the feathers are
merely pasted on a canvas foundation
and yield both to moisture and wind.
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DIS well DIS III 1Ild1ly Otnef large
cities in the United States that are
supplied with vegetables from large
market gardens and farms. Every two
weeks from the last of April until the
first week in September evergreen
corn is planted by the gardeners at
these places, SO that they have, from
the first cutting to the last, a fresh
supply of this most delicious of vege-
tables for the markets.
Corn is essentially an American
food product, and only Americans
know how to cook, to serve and to
eat corn. 1t is often amusing to see
foreigners attempt to manipulate their
first ear of corn. The writer dined
with Anton Seidl one evening soon
after that great conductor came to
this country, and among the dishes
served was corn on the ear When
the corn was served poor Seidl took
an ear and laid it on his plate. Then
he looked at it in quizzlcal way for
a few moments, and at last, much to
the amusement of everyone at the
table, took his knife and tried to cut
the ear of corn in slices. At last the
person sitting next him came to his
rescue and showed him how to eat
corn, for which Mr.. Seidl was most
thankful. He soon became devoted to
this American dainty, which, he said,
was only fed to horses in Europe.
1t goes without saying that corn in
the ear is most acceptable, either
roasted or boiled, but there are many
other excellent ways of cooking corn.
Corn should be cooked as soon as
possible after it is cut from the stalk,
and it should be young and tender
| Only the evergreen corn, known as
the sweet corn, is fit for the table,
and of the sweet corn the two varieties
known as the "shoe peg" and the
country gentleman" are the best In
buying corn, get that with the husks
or backs deep, fresh green. To test
it, strip down the husks of each ear
and thrust the thumb nail into several
of the kernels in the ear. If the milk
flows freely it is all right.
The great fault with the average
cook is that he or she cooks corn too
long time. Corn should never be
boiled when served on the ear for
more than five minutes. Many of the
southern cooks, who are famous for
cooking corn, do not let corn boil at
all. They just let the water come to
the boiling point, then stand the ket-
tie back where the corn will just
steam until it is served.
TO boil corn in the ear, select the
best corn to be had, cut off the stalk
end, remove the outside husks, turn
down the inside husks and remove all
the silk. Then turn back the inside
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at the back, with long golden arrow
twisted through. This gives a pretty
finish to the back of the hat where it
meets the hair Under the faring
brim on the left side is fastened a
fiat braid in a dark shade of brown.
There is absolutely nothing on this
hat which the fall winds can tear or
rumple. 1t is sufficiently simple for
wear with a walking suit, while the
hght-colored silk facing makes it pos
sib1e as the accompaniment of a more
dressy costume. Later in the season
the light silk facing may be removed
and the darker shade of brown sub
stituted, with perhaps a tiny line of
fur on the top of the brim
The beauty of the turban is the
way 1t fits to the hair. At first glance
the well-htting turban and the care
fully groomed and waved hair seem
to possess subtle unity. The tur-
ban which does not fit the head well,
which leaves a gaping space between
lis brlm and the hair, causes harsh
lines and makes the wearer look old.
The turban demands liberal showing
Of hair around the face, and it is a
great mistake for one who dresses her
hair tightly and severely, drawing it
away from the forehead, to don a fur
BAN
There are two distinct models in
turbans, one that seems eminently fit
ted to the woman who dresses her
hair high and the other for the one
who wears it at the nape of her neck.
The latter is longer from front to
back and droops a trihe more. The
favorite combination in turbans seems
to be felt, with plain or fancy vel
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graceful shapes, the fresher colors, the
more careful hand work, which she
saw in the September offerings.
For the young woman, two shapes
sold in ready-to-wear hats are the
sailor and the modified, tailored di-
rectoire hat. For the older woman
and. in truth, many young women are
adopting 1.-THE turban has no rival.
1t comes in SO many shapes and in
such variety of materials and trim
mings that the purse and the taste
of every woman may be suited.
The sailors are smaller than in sum-
mer. A favorite model is the breton,
slightly wider from side to side than
from back to front, yet not quite SO
pronounced as it was during the sum-
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THE MAGIC MIRRORS OF JAPAN

"ARLY voyagers to the Far East
~ the whalers of New Bedford
-. and Salem = brought home
wonderful tales of the things
to be seen in the land of the Little
Yellow People. Occasionally they
brought one of the little yellow peo-
pie themselves, but more often they
brought Canton ginger, silks, worries
and bronzes of curious Workmanship.
In the great Salem museum these
articles are to be seen to this day, and
there is still an atmosphere of ro-
mance-the romance of the sea and
far-away countries-about the silent
halls which only echo to the footsteps
of the wayfarer who happens to re-
member that his ancestors were
among those who went down into the
sea in ships, and returned with gifts
of silk and jade and crystal to those
who had been left behind.
Once one of these voyagers-the
captain of a whaler-returned from
cruise in Japanese waters and
brought back a story telling how the
people in that country made marvel
Gus mirrors of bronze which, if held
in the direct rays of the sun, cast a
reflection upon a screen clearly out
lining the design carved upon the back
of the mirror.
Skeptical folks told the captain of
the whale ship that they would have
to see this marvellous thing with their
own eyes before they would believe it.
Thereupon Captain Alexander John
son, of the schooner Sally" sailed
away again. Three years later he re-
turned, bringing with him a mirror of
bronze On the back was carved the
figures of dragon and butterfly,
such as only the workman of Japan
know how to engrave upon "copper"
bronze and gold.
He gathered the doubters about
him, stood in the sunlight, and allow
ed the rays of the sun to fall upon the
brilliantly polished surface of the mir
ror The reflection was cast upon an
opposite wall, and there, plain in the
sight of the skeptics, shone the fig
ures of the dragon and the butterfly
just as they were carved upon the
back of the mirror This same mir
ror, which in 1884 was brought from
Japan to show to the people of Sa-
lem, is still to be seen, for it has beer
kept as an heirloom in the family fol
more than century.
Here follows true story of the
magic mirrors of Japan:
In the village of Hakata, day:
journey from Toxic, there is the
street of The Prayer to the Gods
long, twisted street, filled with the
most amazing color, for Hakata i:
the Village of the Girdle Weavers
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~ HE wise woman who can buy
but one "dressy" hat does not
i invest in such treasure at

~ ii wise woman who can buy
but one "dressy" hat does not
4 invest in such treasure at
this season of the year. 1t
is much safer to wait few weeks and
ascertain which of the styles are to
become cheap and common. There
are always certain features of the
millinery modes which are easily imi-
tated in the cheapest of materials, and
which for this reason are crossed off
the list by the woman who likes to
consider herself we'll dressed
The hat of the hour for the eco
nomically inclined woman is ready
to-wear hat, which in dark shades is
just the thing for wear with the last
of her summer tailored gowns and
the first of her fall ready-to-wear
suits. In lighter colors these hats
look very we'll with even more dressy
frocks.
Opinion is divided as to the price
which one is justified in paying for
the first ready-to-wear hat. Some
women buy the very best quality Of
tailored hats and make them last for
general wear during the entire win
ter These women have i'll addition
what they call their rainy day hat,
built on alpine or fedora lines, and
trimmed with a band of leather or
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New Form of Entertainment.

At a luncheon short time ago a
new form of entertainment was pro-
vided by the guests themselves. The
hostess asked each one to come in
some way representing her fad; then
the; guests were supplied with pencils
and cards and the one who guessed
the greatest number of hobbies sug-
gested received prize. One girl, who
wished to show that she was fond OF
music, had fastened to her dress a
picture of a crying kitten with a
bandaged head-,nieu-sick
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Paper Tissue Sets.

For picnic lunches or lawn parties
or for informal use at summer cot
tages pretty tissue paper table sets
are now made. There are twelve
doilies, twelve napkins and one cloth
in each set. The doilies are round
and the cloth, made up of squares like
the napkins, is about two yards long
and a yard and a quarter wide. There
are borders of flowers around the
smaller pieces, and on the cloth the
flowers are put in in square designs.
The sets are decorated with roses,
violets or ferns.
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the back to meet the soft coil or
"bun" in which the up-to-date girl
knots her hair at the nape of the
neck. The true directoire hat is trim
med very high in the front with
plumes Or flowers, but the tailored di-
rectoire does away with all high
trimming. A stylish model on this
line is shaggy brown felt fecked
with very light tan. The brim is faced
with fancy silk to match the light
shade in the hat, and this is brought
over the edge of the brim so that it
forms sort of putting all round
Around the crown is velvet of the
darker shade; interlaced bands of vel
vet run down from the crown on the
right side to the band Of the brim
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prepared in this way, put the corn i'll
big kettle over the fire. Pour in
enough cold water just to cover up
level with the corn in the kettle; then
cover the whole with thick layer of
the outside husks, put the lid on the
kettle and let the corn boil gently just
FIVE minutes after the water comes to
the boiling point
Serve the corn in its husks on a big
platter, cover it closely with a big,
folded napkin, and you will have the
very perfection of corn boiled in the
ear
To roast corn to perfection one
should build big fire of hardwood
twigs out in field, and, after the
twlgs are burned to a bed of Goals,
rake them apart. Put the corn in,
then rake the Goals up over the corn
and let it roast till the husks are all
curled off and the corn is a rich
brown
Corn may be roasted in coal stove
by removing the husks and laying the
ears on the live Goals, turning the ears
as fast as they brown on one side; and
it may be roasted in a gas range by
putting the ears under the fame of
the broiler and carefully watching and
turning it. Corn roasted in this way
is good, but, of course, in no way
comparable to that roasted in the
fields.
An excellent dish is corn pudding,
served as a vegetable at luncheon or
dinner.
To prepare this dish, CRATE the corn
from nine good-sized ears, then scrape
the remaining pulp from each cob.
Mix this with the yolks of two eggs,
well beaten; teaspoonful of salt,
a teaspoonful of freshly-ground pep
per, tablespoonful of butter, and a
teaspoonful Of sugar; then stir in a
mixed. Last of all, stir through the
mixture the whites of the two eggs,
beaten to stiff froth, put the mix
ture in well-buttered pudding dish,
and bake in rather a quick oven not
over half an hour. Serve hot.
Green Corn Soup.--Grate and scrape
the corn from enough ears to make
one pint of pulp. Break the cobs in
lldlFCS, put tlSlil III kSlllt Will
enough cold water to cover them
cover the kettle, and boil the ears
briskly for half an hour. Then strain
this water into another saucepan and
let it boil down to less than a pint.
When reduced to the proper guam
tity, add to the corn water the corn
pulp and let it simmer five minutes
then season with salt, little sugar
and dash of pepper. Add one pint
of hot cream, one tablespoonful of
butter and a heaping tablespoonful Of
flour dissolved in little milk. Let the
whole just boil up after the flour is in.
Put tablespoonful of finely
chopped parsley in a soup tureen,
pour in the soup and serve
JULIE DE RYTHER.
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How Doylies Originated.

How many women who use doylies
know the origin of their name? They
are called after Colonel D'Oyley, the
first English Governor of Jamaica in
the time of Cromwell. The first doy-
lies were made in Jamaica from lace
bark by the natives, and sold to the
early English settlers. Thence they
found their way to England and the
American colonies, carrying their
name with them
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mer. The brim rolls decidedly, and
is almost invariably edged on the I'M
der side with velvet in a contrasting
shade Or with novelty braid An
effective model on the breton line
shows white felt with a rather large
fiat crown, encircled simply with felt
and white surah silk. The brim is
edged with a 1sovelty braid in which
golden brown 1elvet is the predom-
mating note. Interlaced with white
silk cord and note of gold this is
an ideal hat for wear with a golden
brown dress in either plain goods or
material shot with white.
Tie directoire hat shows a high
crown, a brim fiat ON the right side,
faring on the left and bent down in
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Lemon and Soda for Ink Stains.

Lemon and soda take out some
kinds of ink stains. Put the garment
on which there is stain in the sun.
Sprinkle the spots with soda and
then slowly pour on few drops of
lemon juice. Keep adding soda and
lemon juice until the spots disappear.
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Lamp Shades for Eleefroliers-

The geisha lamp shades which have
been so popular for a year or more
now come in small sizes for electro
liers. For coy corner, tea table or
the dining-room table they come in
sizes small enough to shade candles.
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They Like Homer Sometimes.

IFS strange fact" said the col
lege professor, that the very students
who don't like Greek in my classes
are. the ones who yell for Homer at
a baseball game -
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COOKING AND SERVING CORN

NROM August Until even as late
II as the middle of October corn
l. isat it's best in New York CITY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-09
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.
A Convention of Viavi Managers Held
in This City.

In the offices of the Eastern Viavi Com
pany. Colorado building, convention of
branch house managers was held Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, March %, 30 and
81 There were present Mr.. H. f. Law Of
the hcme office and laboratories at San
Francisco delegates representing the states
east of the Mississippi river and the state
OF Minnesota. and participating visitors
from Nova Scotia Prince Edwards Island,
Ontario and Quebec.
Business sessions were held Tuesday and
"Wednesday mornings and throughout the
day Thursday. Tuesday afternoon an au-
tomobile seeing Washington trip was pro-
Vided. Tuesday night the secretary and
treasurer OF the company. Mr.. James Sharp,
entertained the delegates and their ladies,
, with members of the Washington office
staff. at his home in Cleveland Park with a
musical. Wednesday afternoon a special
train conveyed the entire party to Mount
,VernCn. Wednesday night the Congressional
Library was visited. Thursday night a ban
quet at the Ebbtt House, which was the
Headquarters of the delegates, marked the
close Of the meeting.
These conventions will be held yearly
hereafter.