Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

with water In which salt has been dissolved
but be careful not to wet the hair. This
makes the skin soft and pliable, so that yor
can stretch it into shape again.
In sewing seams, as in setting a piece OF
fur, e piece of cardboard slipped between
will help by keeping the hairs back from
the stitches.
While
The last traces Of fall foliage are to be had
there is a beautiful opportunity to use them
with chrysanthemums. There is nothing
like a combination of the two for house
decoration. especially for parties. Tints in
the foliage are found to tone happily with
the most prominent colors in the flowers If
the flower runs anywhere from yellow to
bronze. red or yellow-tinted foliage Is per-
feet with 1t, and the pink NUNS are
beautiful with some of the brownest and
darkest Of the leaves, provided they retain
their shape and luster. For the mauve-tint-
ed flowers the coppery beech leaves are
lovely Pressed leaves can be mingled with
pampas grass, brambles, dried grasses and
southern moss. And one of the most eff
fective decorations Is made by massing a
lot of these interspersed with chrysanthe-
NUNS In one of the birch bark boxes or
baskets and setting it in the fireplace.
Similar masses can be placed In the large
trumpet glass vases, and for the standing
about are little blackish-brown baskets
made of water willow and twisted into
arched and high-reaching handles, which
can be entwined with moss and trimmed
with ferns, so that IL put upon a low tabour-
cite they make high standing decoration
One of the newest forms of manteI deco
ration, which needs to be arranged by a
florist, is a gothic archway of flowers, which
Is arranged in front Of a mirror Several
shades of one flower are arranged on the
arched frame, together with smilax and
other greenery, and bunch of the flowers
is made pendant from the center, with still
another low bouquet of the same thing set
underneath on the mantelpiece. Small
electric lights were scattered all through an
arrangement of this kind, which was made
of many shades Of pink geraniums
New Thoughts
Upon dishwashing do away with many pet
theories held by houselSeepers. First and
most radical is the order of washing the
dishes followed by housekeeper trained at
a cooking science school. The usual order
was followed, with the glass and the silver,
the teacups and saucers, and then the as
tonished visitor. who welded the dish towel.
found that she was being handed net tin
ware,
II never allow my milk buckets, pans or
any Of my bright tinware to go into the
dish water after butter dishes or greasy
plates have been in it," said this house,
keeper. THE tin dishes that have been
merely used in preparing the meal. or even
those that have been used for custards and
sauces, and not hurt the dish water IL they
have been prepared properly, by rinsing
out anything sticky by little broom and
cold water. They are much cleaner than
the plates and platters which have had
gravy on them, no matter how fine they
may be. As you see, ell of my tinware Is
bright. because / keep 1t SO by putting it
into the suds while 1t Is still hot and ciean.'s
Those who have In charge the most DELI
cate china wash one piece at time In
warm. soapy water, and then rinse them
well IN cold water. letting them drain on
tray, and drying with soft linen glass cloth
to give them a polish
Fine dinner plates and dishes are washed
with soda In the water, so as to make GER
tain that no finger marks are left on them
without rinsing In hot water. They are
then rinsed in running wa ter ard put on a
plate rack without being dried. II there Is
silt on the china hotter wafer must be sub
stituted for the soda. which Is particularly
hard upon gold and sometimes nakes * rub
on altogether.