The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-07-06
INTEREST TO
Women ; and ; Offers

WONDERING stood beside bough
w of bloom
Which bent its hallowed head above
a stream,
And, like a monk who prays against
the doom
Of death, it counted off its summer
dream
In one long rosary of fragrance, till
The last breath melted on the silver
rill;
And cold with disbelief, 1 faltered
there,
For 1 could read no answer to my
prayer.
But now, in glad Octobers spreading
blush,
pause again along the orchard
place
To- brighter than the brown blur of
the thrush
And all his flutter in the ivy-lace,
The great, red pippins, born of sum-
mer's dream,
Drop purple shadow-beads into the
stream
Gods answer to the blossom-prayer
and now
do believe, nor ask the why or
how! -Aloysius Coll.
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1.-THE dainty silk and chiffon waists 81
dear to girls heart may be amply
protected from dust and from coming
in contact with dark materials when
hung in the closet by very simple de-
vice easily made. Take cheese-cloth
three-fourths of a yard square, turn a
narrow hem around all four sides and
feather-stitch it with silk or floss of
the desired shade. In the center of
the square cut a round hole about the
size of half-dollar; turn the edge
} and feather-stitch same as the sides;
! slip the hook of the clothes-hanger,
containing the waist, through this CEN
ter hole, and the square of cheese
cloth will fall around the waist, COM
pletely covering it. Several of these
squares, worked in pretty colors, make
a most acceptable and inexpensive gift
to friend, who will value the thought
and hand-work rather than a purchas-
ed gift.
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THE cheering cup of tea is bever-
l. age probably partaken of by more
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world. 1t has come from China and
other distant countries of the east.
found home in Russia, formed a
hold on Great Britain that no English
man Or woman can shake off, pene-
trated Scotland and Ireland and set
tied on the United States, where it's
power and popularity are growing ev-
cry day. Nearly everybody, as well
as every nation, has an individual way
of serving tea, and to the genuine tea
lover it makes all the difference in the
world how the cup is poured and hand
ed. Some people fancy that in the hot
weather hot tea is a heating drink,
but many tired woman has found it
cooling as we'll as refreshing, and
nothing is easier to prepare.
The pretty custom of afternoon tea,
borrowed by Americans from their
English cousins, is always an agent
for sociability. The hostess has her
cups spread over a convenient table,
the kettle is boiling over an alcohol
lamp and in a teaball she has the tea
When she desires to serve a cup she
holds the teaball in a cup and pours
over it the boiling water, holding the
ball in the cup until the tea is the de-
sired strength. This is the easiest way
of all to make tea, and it insures a
freshly STEPPED cup to each guest. If
desired, however, the tea may be made
by taking one small spoonful of tea
to one cup of water; put the tea in the
pot, have the water in the kettle on
the fire; when it comes to boil pour
it on the tea and let it stand to steep
five minutes Pour through a strainer
to serve. If this stands for any length
of time ii becomes strong and rather
bitter, so keep a pitcher of hot water
at hand to dilute the cups poured out
for extra corners. For English after
noon tea it is customary to serve
cream and sugar and little tea cakes
or hot buttered scenes.
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A recent New York cablegram quot
IA ed President Roosevelt as saying
Il dare not discuss women's hats. -
The fact that there is one thing in
the wide world of which the American
President slql dis in awe causea a Brit
ish poet to remark:
And lC. the giant throned bY the West