Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-10

to success in this realm of pleasure is self
pose and generosity.
One little woman in most moderate cir
cumstances is the queen of a large and
wealthy circle. and she seems to have been
a born entertainer. Mansions are thrown
open to these charmed members of society
and gay times are numerous, but when the
season is over it is to the little woman of
tact and culture that the vote of thanks
goes for the winters entertainment.
She Is not rich, but no one misses the lack
of money. She is not strong, but no one
ever realizes 1t. She is gracious to every
one. She has no maid and every one is
made comfortable by her own charming
service. She serves such things as can be
prepared and made ready some time before
the eleventh hour IS at hand. There ls a
general atmosphere of cordiality. She is
always ready to fall in with suggestions OF
others. She is never too tired to be inter-
ested in ALL She sing and play AMI
dance and talk and cook and live happily
for herself and Others.
No one should plan to entertain beyond
their ability in any way-means, strength,
Willingness or delight.
Hall and Stairway
Are of prime Importance. First impress
sions lasting and home is judged by
Its entrance. The most desirable hall is the
one that may be treated as a room. In
such one flowers and vines may be used
to beautify.
If it be of the usual long. narrow shape,
little furniture is desirable, and that little
should be useful as well as ornamental
With Il generous entrance and the stair
case set well back the hall is amena BILE to
artistic effects. Study to give to the en-
| trance of your home picturesque and I'M
looked for features that may be turned into
riches of real comfort when necessity de-
mands
The Principal Agent
In removing fruit stains is boiling water,
which is more efticacious when poured from
a height of two or three feet. The fabric
should be stretched over bowl and the
water poured through, and should be at
tended to Immediately. Wine stains may
also be removed In the same way, although
these stains como out more easily If salt Is
sprinkled the cloth over the stain at
once.
Boiling water is less efficacious with some
fruit stains, SUCH as blackberry, peach and
nectarine Attle bleaching powder mois-
tened with an acid demon or vinegar can
then be used in addition. Fruit stains on
the hands will usually come off with vine
gar. Where this seems insufficient, dilu-
ton of equal parts of cream of tartar and
salts of sorrel may be applied. Diluted sui
phuric acid may also be used, but must not
be allowed to touch any fabric.
Ink stains can be taken out of carpets by
milk applied at once, with good-si
white rag, squeezing the blackened milk
into one bowl and reapplying clean milk
from another until the stain comes out.
They can be removed from books without
injuring the print by a solution of oxalio
acid; from floors by rubbing in wet sand
dipped In oil of vItriol and water; from ma
hogany. rosewood or walnut furniture by
touching the stain with a feather dipped in
spoonful Of water with six or eight drops
of inter in it. Great care must be taken,
however. to wipe the stained place immedi-
ately II disappears with cloth wet in cold
water or the inter will leave a white stain.