The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-17
stead OF buttons, the plain front be
embroidered, or the edge of the yoke


be scalloped.
AS to collars, they were never 50
fascinating. nor were SO many styles
possible for use with the palmer sort
OF shirt waists, now that we have
got away from the unattractive habit.
which prevailed couple of years ago
OF pinning separate stocks upon any
and every sort of shirt waist or blouse
regardless of its type. View eseparate
stocks with us still, but the fad has
died out and left sensible, pretty
fashion in its stead, of stocks which
are in keeping with the character of
the waist they are to be worn with
and, best of all, of the separate turn
down linen collars.
Nearly every woman who can wear
a stiff collar (for they still go by
that name) is busily at it, making uD
a supply of them. Every sort of collar
that is just one removed from the old
plain mannish kind is popular, from
those just finished with hemstitching.
with French knots. perhaps, trimming
the hem, to those embroidered in big.
effective eyelets all the way round.
with hundred pretty conceits in be-
tween, OF collars edged with scallops.
with a wee ruffle of the material
springing out under the edge and
softening the assumed severity of the
style. Some of the prettiest of them
are embroidered with color-those
French blues, which remind you, with
curious irrelevance, of Dutch china.
and dull red or black being the fay-
orite colors for the work,
AS to blouses, the prettiest things
really belonging more to their first
cousins. the shirt-waist family-a;e
made of handkerchief linen, or Of that
soft, pretty mule which is SO easy to
work with. and does up SO we'll.
or course. with regard to blouses.
tnere are new, beautiful things hap
pen1ng all the while-new ways of
setting in lace Cor more lace) or Ut
tangling lace and embroidery up into
the daintiest, most picturesque confu-
sion imaginable. And on 80 blouses
out of 100 elbow sleeves are seen, the
sleeves trimmed as much as the
blouse itself.
House Cleaning.
With the warm weather comes
thoughts of the annual house cleaning
the dread of the average woman's
heart as we'll as that of the masculine
members of the household. The
thoughtful housekeeper likes to learn
the easiest and most effective ways of
cleaning and Frightening the various
furnishings of room, and 1 wonder
do many know what an effective agent
that simple fluid gasoline is on such
occasions if used properly. l have
found it excellent for the cleaning Of
draperies, rugs, carpets, cushion COW
ers, table covers, etc.
A bright warm day must be taken
for the work as either dark or damp
day does not bring good results at all.
IT the day is at all damp | have al
ways found the odor of the gasoline
which In a closed room is quite Often
sive will stay on the article long
time, and if done on warm day the
heat in evaporating the gasoline re-
moves the odor as quickly. A tub full
OF gasoline is none too much to clean
draperies, table covers or any thing
of the sort. What gasoline is left need
not be thrown away because if poured
back in the can will settle and be as
good as ever excepting maybe for the
cleaning of some delicate fabric.
Some may say this is an expensive
way of cleaning but we do not think
so. A professional cleaner would
charge two or three times as much
for the same work and then often 1
have found they use strong solutions
that are very injurious both to the
color and fabric.
10 clean upholstered furniture take
the article to be cleaned into the open
air, beat and brush well till as free
as possible from dust. Then take a
medium stiff brush, wooden cloth and
your pan of gasoline and go over the
whole surface of the upholstering,
leave in the open air for the gasoline
to evaporate. If the first going over
is not satisfactory go over it again
To clean carpets take up, dust thor
oughly as possible, lay on the clean
grass or better still on clean boards
and go over the same way and the
results will surprise you. To clean
draperies or in fact any thing that can
be put in tub, fill the tub full of the
gasoline to thoroughly immense the
goods, souse up and down few times
and squeeze as much of the gasoline
cut as possible and hang in the sun.
to dry. Remember though always in
doing any of this work that gasoline
is a highly explosive fluid and must
never be used where there is the
slightest danger of a spark falling
into it.
New Wrinkles in Jewelry.
Bangles and bracelets galore are
considered necessary for wear with
the long gloves and short sleeves that
prevail on each and every type of
toilette from early mourn to dewy eve
Gold, silver, platinum and royal cop
per are used, and they are strung to-
gether along the arm in indiscriminate
style.
More odd and fancy pins are con-
sidered necessary to the completion
of the toilette now than ever before.
Two or three for the collar. one for
each sleeve, If 1t be short, or two or
three for the cuff, If 1t be long, are re-
CURED. Little bowed bars set with
little pearls, Turquoise, topaz, anne
thyst. peridot, opal, Divine or aqua
marine are favored by those to whom