Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-14

ored. A striped volle looks neatest
when simply made aud nothing Is
heater than II surplice waist with Il
eored skirt having n deep ruffle, or
n wide, flarng gored skirt with no
trimming. A touch OF red on the
gray voiles. or even the black ones,
will relieve the somber shades, max.
ing Il garment very handsome A suit
of this kind-say one of black trim
med with rcd. will look stylish with
n dark red straw hat, trimmed with
deep shaded cherries.
Lemon Jelly.
Lemon jelly is the foundation rci'
many dainty summer desserts. Here
is Il good recipe when one wishes to
make large quantity: One box Of
gelatine soaked for an hour or more
in a pint of coSi water Turn this
into an enameled stew pan: pour ov-
er 1t three pints of boiling water Add
two cups of sugar. one stick of Gin
namon, the Juice of four lemons and
a little grated rind. Strain into &
mould and place on ice for six hours.
This can be used in connection with
rich, ripe fruits, making Il delicious
dinner dessert.
Give Girls a Chance.
Comparatively few girls do not wish
TO try honsework, and many girls
never get an opportunity for learning
how To work or how to cook, simply
because they are not given the OPP
portnnity, since it is thought they
may not properly do the work, or else
waste good material in making dishes
which no one could possibly eat II
was n wise old father who said 10
his daughter: Learn how TO make
bread out of my flour barrel. and II
ever you have home OF your own
YOU will know how 10 save what Is
in yours" Cooking comes naturally
to most women. hut the best results
are never reached until one has made
many experiments. Finally 1t dawns
upon the girl that such and such a
thing was not right, that something
would improve the work, so gradual
ly she learns the art OF perfection.
One woman said she certainly in
tended her daughters to know how to
cook. sew and keep house. for, when
she started out in married life all
she could cook was cream puffs anu
cocoa. that she could not sew Il but
ton on a garment and had absolutely
no idea how to properly sweep a
room.
Give the girl a chance. True eggs
are expensive, the price of meat has
gone up, flour is listed among the
expensive groceries and butter In
creases in price; but give the girl
n chance. She may save YOU many
dollars some time when her services
in the home-when no one else was
there to do the wordsworth lie of
greatest help. .tt
A Childish Amusement
Make five dots. one for the head
two for the hands and two for tile
feet. Place the dots any place on
the paper and have the children try
and draw little girl or boy with the
dots. Some very funny pictures can
be made in this way and it is an
amusement children will like.
Learn TO Read Aloud.
Often delightful writer's are very
poor conversationalists This Is due
to too much study and too little talk
ing. BY reading alond one soon re-
cognizes how harsh is the voice, and
II can be beautifully cultivated If one
practices in this manner, a well
modulated voice is mark of refine
ment. but n harsh one is not the lack
of it, but lack of proper training TO
modulate the voice in the most pleas
ing manner.
Our Old Friends.
Have you ever stopped to realize
the value of our old friends? 1t is
like blossoms looking down upon
rich, ripe fruit, wondering what the
years of maturity will bring to them.
The FLOWERS may he the fairest, but
the fruit embodies all the sweets. all
the beauties and the richness of life
Just few days ago / read letter
from dear little old woman WHO
lives in mountain home. | do not
know the woman, but shall give her
q love name. Pansy, for 1t seems her
sweetness of character is flowcrliko
in its beauty. She is an old woman
now, and one who has known days
of adversely, but how joyfully she
speaks of her life. calling her adver-
sity merely incidents along lifo's
highway She and her husband live
| in such an humble little place sur
rounded. as she says. with flowers.
ferns and natures beauties. She is
living philosophical life, but shs
does not call it so, for that would
| ly letter which read just as smoothly
sound harsh In the lines of her love
az pretty poetry and sounded as mus
| ical as some little love song. She
shows her womanly nature in an out
hurst of enthusiasm in saving. 20, 7
love to love and be loved" and is
that not echoed in the heart of every
| true woman? She may be old, but
she Is moi discomfort, and we who arc
many, many years younger could
learn many things to onr advantage
lby imbibing her spirit of cheerfnlness
and making the disappointments G
life not tragedies, but incidents
along the way" Af