Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-30

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Zig IL the opportunity IL dUpruS OF getting
new ideas. Every one is apt to get into
rut. the same old dishes week in and week
out: tho same way of furnishing, arranging
a room. hanging the pictures. covering the
furniture. setting the table The housekeep-
ing world moves as well as everything else.
Bright minds are constantly thinking out
easier or more effective ways OF doing
things. fashions change, and If one does L
care TO be considered a back number. sha
needs keep up with the procession
Fashions in Table Service.-Not many
years ago the acme Of elegance IN table
furnishings was an ornate castor. with four
or six bottles of various condiments. elabor-
ately stoppered and a handle OF such gil
gautlc proportions. rearing ceilingward,
that it effectually barred a glimpse of ones
yiS-l-Nfs.
Today. whoever sees a castor even ON tho
outposts of civilization? No one.
A little later. bird bath dishes for the
individual service OF vegetables ruled the
day, and quarter moon bone dishes flank
ed each plate. Today all vegetables are
served on the side Of the meat plate. unless
dressed with vinegar. and the bone dish has
been relegated to oblivion.
Then the little individual butter dishes
did excellent service for many years: but
now they are supplanted by the bread and
butter plates size larger than "A saucer.
ana intended to hold not only the bread and
butter pat. but olives or reIishes that one
does not care TO have on the large plate.
Short Chapter on Napkins-A chapter
could be written napkins. Older house.
wives remember the pride they took in
learning to fold starched napkins in
pockets. then mounting them bravely IN
goblets. Today save In cheap summer
aotels. the napkins unstarchtd, but ironed
VIM sun damp. TO a beautiful gloss. is
simply folde1 and laid decorously by the
plate. while the goblet has given way 10
the inconspicuous lumber
A lew years ago a napkins ring was con-
Ind -
Christmas. birthday or wedding presents
always Included a fine showing of nspkio
rings Today the napkin ring may be used
IN the bosom OF the family where fresh
napkins Ior each meal out OF the o,es-
ton but that Is all
Salts and Peppers.-The swing Of the pen-
duium left the old-fas hioued salt caiIsr
with Its tiny salt spoon behind whom A.
struck the salt shaker; but today II is hack
again to the cellar and the spoon the same
as as srahamother used Even the pepper is
frequently served in little glass cellar
though to be truly up-to-date a pepper
MILL enabling each one to grind his own
pepper absolutely fresh and pure. is con-
s'dered the proper thing. These little table
Ihii!s cost In silver from $40 to $50 but
pretty wooden ones can be obtained as low
as 80 cents.
No More the Grooming Board Far
meriy the grooming board was the ana
ana aim OF the ambitious housewife To
day simplicity reigns few dishes but
these perfect of their kind and ALI meals
served in courses. 1t Is all we'll enough to
pooh-pooh at the idea of improving on
nother or grandmother's methods but
the tact remains that the course dinner is
not only more elegant. attractive and an
petizing than the heavy, overcrowded din
ner of the past. but it is really easier to
serve. But even If more troublesome. which
~ IS nor. II IS the duty OF mothers to keep
abreast of the times for the sake Of their
children. If children. or grown people
either. for that matter, are used To ths
minor eiegancies of the table at home they
home.
Speaking Of new ideas. one does not al
ways md them confined to the seats of the
elect. They may be often CLEANED from the
number walks of life. For instance: The
other day sat at a little suburban station
In Brooklyn borough. waiting for a car lust
across from the station was one of the
cheap modern flats. with pulley lines rum
ming from the rear windows to poles In tha
yard As 1 sat there gazing into space a
woman came to the third story window and
began to hang out clothes
A New Idea In Hanging Out Clothes-In-
stead or Iaborfously wiping OFF her lines as
an city housewives usually do. she be gan
ptnning over the line a strip of muslin about
three inches wide and yards long After tbe
hrst pin on the end a garment WAS hung
oyer the protecting slip and pinned in place
This was followed in the usual way nv 9TH,
ers. the strip being led along the line I'M
der the wet clothes.
When I reached home said to a friend.
How stupid I've been all these years TO
go on scrubbng lines which after all seem
bound to mark the clothes when n clean
strip OF muslin as a guard was such a sim
pie thing that 1t ought to have occurred to
any one.
That's true" she assented ..hut .,
something yesterday that made me asham-
ed l had never thought of II before / was
lunching with friend In an apartment
yIarn t1a fahA y.
ly room to turn around. For her kitchen
towels she had devised line which WORKED
with ropes and pulleys. lifting the towel,
up near the ceiling. There they dried much
more rapidly than lower down. but what
was still more to the point. they were en-
tirely out OF the way"
Having gained these two little point, nv
observation. we agreed to use our eyes for
week. comparing notes when we came
across anything new helpful
Cretonne Covers for Beds-The third idea
that came was when laying of my wraps
one afternoon on friends bed I dis
covered that the brass head and foot
boards were covered with pretty cretonne
10 match the other summer coverings for
chairs and couches
Asking about 1t. she said that heretofor.
she had always wound the brass with
cloths for the summer to keen II from, hc
coming furnished or specked but when the
man came to measure her other furniture
for new slips this year she asked him If he
Couiuii make SIPS 10 Mt the bed well.
Certainly" he said. and the result has
been eminently satisfactory. woman of
faculty could easily make the slips her
self. as patterns could be cut by fitting
paper over the bed. the same as for chairs
As these covers last several years and
make the room seem cool and summery
beside saving the furniture. IL seems an
idea worth passing on. II goes without
saying that when figured or Powered ma
terials are used they should all be of the
same pattern, and OF good quality.
In Making Cream Cheese.-The next suR-
gestion came from a new maid who had
been we'll trained by capable housewife
Instead Of setting loppered milk on the
back OF the range to heat until the curds
and whey separated she poured boiling
water from the teakettle over the milk
which caused 1t to separate at once. This
was much simpler and there was no danger
Of the curd getting tough.
Kimona Night Dress for Camping Tr.p.-
The next suggestion came from a young wo-
man just starting for two months trip to
the Grand Canyon. Sleeping out of do, RS"
she said. with tent nor any dressing
room more private than the offside Of one
Of the camp wagons we have to have night
raiment that bears inspection. Having
grown wise through past experience. 1