Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
THE Girl FEMININE
Standing of the Family Hebe
in Her Home.
HAS EXTENSIVE DUTIES
WHEN HER WORK CENTERs IN
THE DINING ROOM.
Her Plans for the Domestic Routine
and When Company
HAS EXTENSIVE DUTIES

| the folds of her robes were draped on clas-
| sic lines.
But alas for the Hebe of 1904! The girl
feminine who propitiates and sedves the
household gods is the busiest character
imaginable. Instead of such simples am
brosia and nectar. she must be posted on
| seven-cOurse dinners, with all the accessor-
les which the modern passion for luxury
| demands whether the household god has
the money to pay for 1t or not
The family Hebe plays important part
| in the domestic circle. Every family wishes
to make the best appearance possible con-
sistent with it's income. The father is busy
| making 1t. The mother Is busy making 1t
| go as far as possible in the proSaic duties
| Of housing, clothing and educating the
| young people. Consequently the appropri-
| ate, the dainty, the up-tO-date service or
| the household falls to that daughter whose
| special gift is dainty domesticity and she Is
| kept busy. too.
The duties of the family Hebe all center
| in the dining room though her work is not
| necessarily confined to that department. In
| many homes she has an allowance which
may be charged quite properly to the beau
| tffying of the daily life.
! You will find her at the bargain counters
| searching not for dress goods or millinery.
| but for desirable bits Of household linen.
doylies. lunch cloths. paper cases. lamp
| shades and on. She Is not always buy
| ing these things sometimes simply taking
| mental notes and later evolving clever imi-
| tations by the aid OF her own deft fingers.
Always Early.
You will find her up betimes in the morn
| Ing at the market and the flower stalls,
| picking up the freshest and most desirable
| garnishes for the table You will find her
| in the housefurnishng shops watching
| for little conveniences which will make the
cook more amiable and the service more
satisfactory. And you will find her many
mornings, in coquettish little coffee jack
ct, serving fathers breakfast in mothers
place Z
Many a woman who has borne and raised
| children to young manhood and womanhood
arises in the morning with feeling of gen
eral lassitude and exhaustion. An extra
| fifteen or twenty minutes sleep is crying
need. and the daughter who takes her
mothers place at the breakfast table Is a
great comfort
| The up-to-date Hebe is wise in the law OF
| napery. Unless she has large income at
| her disposal she goes in for the simple and
| conservative effects, even tabosng colored
embroidery on her doyles and center
| pieces. She watches the bargain sales for
| remnants in table linen and hens both
cloths and napkins by hand She watches
| for quality well pattern, and wastes
| none of her treasured allowance on fimsy
| linen. Next she guards its washing. sees
| that all stains are eradicated before the
| linen is dipped in the suds and that no
| starch is used.
| For breakfast and luncheon she uses a
bare table. with plate and glass doylies. as
| well as the center piece. Many of these
she makes herself. Those for everyday
may show a circle of heavy plain linen.
| scalloped in satin stitch, with an inner
circle of small polka dots also done in satin
| stitch
Arabian Laces.
The possession which she Graves just now
| is a center piece in Arabian lace 1t Is
| square or round. according to the shape of
| the table. The lace is not less than twenty
four inches in depth, surrounding a center
| of linen small by comparison. Arabian lace
| is very dark-in fact, an ecru-and 1t does
| not look we'll above white damask, but Is
| superb on bare, polished table
| Lace is enjoying decided vogue for doy-
| lies, and they are shown in teneriffe, para
quay, renaissance. cluny and Italian Very
| little colored embroidery is seen, flower
| doylies being used at luncheons, teas and
| other functions where some color scheme is
| to be carried out In the service; but some
| superb dinner sets are shown in sheer white
| linen done in satin stitch embroidery show
| ing roses in pure white.
| When the dining room is in the tones
| known as woodland colors. and Hebe de-
| sireS to get a rather odd effect for the
| breakfast or lunch table. she uses mats or
| dOylies or raff1a work, blending shadowy
| green's and browns together
| young woman whose special pride Is
|
| gift from her father a round ia BILE in mo-
| sale, showing the finest of wood inlaid with
| ivory and mother-of-pearl. To cover this
table she has cloth of Mexican drawn
| work. which comes within few inches of
| the edge and shows the exquisite mosaic
| coloring through it. For ordinary use the
table is covered with a silence cloth of ex-
| ceptional thickness and one of damask.
| The family Hebe never trusts the maids
| with the delicate task of laundering her
| finest pieces. She washes the doylies with
| pure white soap and tepid water, irons
| them while wet a pure white cloth
| stretched over thick pad and lays them
| away between sheets of blue tissue paper
The family Hebe has one closet in the
| pantry devoted to paper cases, paper lace
| mats, candle shades and similar decora-
| TONS The paper cases are used for serv-
| ing frozen buildings and various delicate
| creamed or made dishes. They are not
necessarily decorative, but dainty. The pure
| white ones, with crimped edges, are best
| for everyday use. They may be square,
| oblong round. with lace paper doylies to
| fit under them.
] If function of special moment is on Hebe
/ buys the more fanciful cases, If she does
| not make them herself. For a blue dinner
| there come little baskets covered with crepe
| paper and garlanded with forget -me-nots.
| For a luncheon to a bride there are heart
! shaped cases with garlands of roses or tiny
| cupids perched on them. Even more elab-
| crate are little wheelbarrows and automo-
| biIes made of paper. the body of the vehicle
| forming a cavity for bonbons or sailed nuts
| For a fall dinner, such as Thanksgiving
| Day, she makes little cases from orange
| colored paper In imitation of pumpkins
| The pasteboard foundations for these cases
| can be bought for song at any depart
| ment store. ~
Miss Hebe finds that electricity is being
| much used In place of candles for lighting
! the dinner table. holes being pierced in the
| table for the wires One of the table novel;
ties offered at shops which make a speciality
| of catering to the rich is an electric orchid
| bed. These are small bulbs hidden In the
| heart of orchid blossoms of silk or paper
| in exquisite shades. The thick blossoms In
| turn are massed in ferns or grasses, and
| the whole forms plateau in the center of
| the table. The tulip bed with blooms, in the
| natural size and in various colors which
stand from four to six inches high. also
hold electric bulbs.
| Prefer Candles.
Many women. however, prefer candle
light above all others for the dinner ia
BILE and innumerable devices in silk,
metal and paper shades are shown. There
| are small Venetian lamps, all in green,
with their glittering fringes and green
or silyery white candles. The Hebe whose
| sympathies are with Japan has for her
| table a Japanese set, which includes