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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20

assortment as picked and sent in by
the gardener, and by clipping the ends
directly into the pail considerable work
will be saved in cleaning up afterward.
When the vases to be used have been
decided upon they can be filled with
ease from the pitcher, which has been
placed close at hand.
fat wicker basket standing on a
tripod some three feet from the ground
viii also be found a convenience in ar
ranging flowers that have been
brought in fresh from the garden.
Instead OF having TO clear of a large
table for the purpose, which often
causes no little untidiness in a room
all stray ieayes. stems, etc, will be lef
in the basket, which Is so light that ii
can be easily taken from the room 10
be cleared off and made ready for the
next day.
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TEERK girl should have a garden.
= She can well consider her summer
wasted II she has not herself
planted some tiny seeds early in
the summer which. throughout the
long. idle vacation months, she can
watch over. care for and eventually
see spring up into some gorgeous flower
or luscious vegetable. Gardening is
indeed great fun. and nowadays there
are so many fascinating implements to
work with and so many labor saving
devices have been invented that there
is little II any fatigue left for the ANA
teur
But 2 girl gardener should have her
tools TO work with-for to the amateur
proper tools are great economizers of
fatigue and time combined
The outfit Or the average girl gar
dener is therefore necessarily large. but
each tool and cleverIy thought con
trivance for comfort helps in the en-
jovment Of the work. and for a girl the
tools should naturally be lighter and
dsintier than are the ordinary tools OF
the husky paid gardener: for seeds can
he planted just as well. weeds uprooted
every bit as successfully. flowers
wstered quite rs thoroughly with small
tools easy 10 work with as with the
heavy. ungainlS trowel. rake and wa
tering pot or the hired man.
For planting seeds and bulbs attrac-
tive little sets are TO be had consisting
- trowel. hoe. rake and spade. all light
and easy 10 work with. For wedding
long forklike rskes are now to be had
which viii save the back wonderfully.
For pruning there is a knife that is
really ladylike in weight and appear
snce. and viii DO it's work just as well
as a heavier. more dangerous looking
implement.
The normal, sensible girl with a gar
den on her country place will always
pick the flowers herself. and viii see
10 il. too, that the house is always
2 veritable bower during the summer
months. But even picking flowers may
become somewhat Of a task without
the correct implements 10 work with.
First she should have one Of the
wicker baskets which. while light and
IS easy as possible to carry over the
arm, are attached 10 a long prong,
which can be driven into the ground
and hold the basket erect beside each
bush or shrub. Into this the flowers
srs dropped as they are picked, and the
annoyance OF constant STOPPING and
fatigue is thus eliminated. There should
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Tools for American Gardeners

be q pair of flower scissors also for
this work. these holding the stem of
the flower firmly after it has been cut
from its branch. There is a new kind
of flower scissor which is even better
for holding the flower than that first
invented
Delightful gardening baskets are
now to be had which, while sufficiently
light TO be carried on the arm, are
completely fitted out in separate par
titions with trowel, scissors cord, ham
mer and nails for fastening vines and
climbing flowers.
Small fertilizers. easy TO manipulate,
are now also to be had for the girl
gardener, and also tiny sprinklers
which, attached to the hose, will give a
small patch of grass or flower bed
plenty of water TO drink. There is
also a novel kind of watering pot with
an exceptionally long handle, which
can make its way through the thick
est cluster of leaves and water thor
oughly the roots of the plant, other
wise completely sheltered.
But there is small pleasure in gar
denins II one is not properly dressed
for the task, IL the sun is burning
countless freckles. if the soil is play
ing havoc with white hands and IL the
pretty gown is being soiled and ruined
forever by the clay. AS a guard
against Old Sol a girl should wea
either a pretty sunbonnet or else the
widest brimmed sailor hat to be found.
The latter is perhaps best, as 1t will
act somewhat as a sun shade and pro-
tect the neck as well as the head, be-
sides being exceedingly becoming,
trimmed only with a soft chiffon or
with a scarf or large bowknot- of
ribbon.
To protect the hands rubber gloves
may be worn or else large canvas
gloves. which, with wide sleeves at
tached, protect the gown as well as
the hands from soil. For wedding
and planting a wide linen apron
should be worn. and this should have
several pockets to hold the different
smaller tools when not in use with
such apron one can kneel on the
earth in ease and comfort. With the
heavy washable gloves of coarse crash
or linen, with sleeves attached OF
plain brown holland. protecting al
once hands and dainty waist, and with
immense shade hat with pretty flop.
ping brim no girl need hesitate to ven.
ture forth each day for happy hour
OF work In her garden
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ing out. though she may decline II,
preferring the tonneau, you, OF course,
giving her her choice and not urging
her to sit beside you when her pref
erence seems to be otherwise When
you call to take your girl friends out
in your car you do not leave your seat
unless you wish to do so. but when
your guests are older people you show
them Difference by leaving your seat
and assisting them into the car, open
ing the door OF the tonneau, helping
them In and closing the door when
they are comfortably settled. You re-
peat this when you fbring them home
again.
As people are not always equipped
with motor garments It is most
thoughtful to carry an extra long coat
or two in the car for tho convenience
of your guests, who will greatly appre-
ciate this attention. A couple of foot
comfort. as many persons md 1t inn
possible to sit back al they would like
owing to the fact that their feet dangie
unplessantly.
Much as they may wish TO give them
pleasure girls should never pick up
children and take them driving in a
carriage or a motor without asking
permission of the parents. The re-
sponsibility OF taking q child along Is
so great that young people would do
we'll for the most part not to assume it,
and they should never take offense
when parents decline TO let the chill
dren GO
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New Handkerchief

THE idea of having two handker-
chiefs to precisely match each
shirtwaist IL rapidly gaining vogue
among college girls. For morning use
solely many OF the new handksrehiefs,
of white lawn crossed with colored
hair lines, have white embroidery Dor
dered edgings. Other colored novelties
color hemstitchsd edge of pastel. green.
gray, blue or rose
Among the linen handkerchiefs lately
brought over from Paris are many
showing figure embroideries OF ele-
plants, chickens. eagles. storks. crows.
owls. dogs and cats in combination
with a good sized initial letter. They
are In both white and coIors. but the
odd designs lose much Of their char
acter when developed of all white.
Some of the color bordered handker-
chiefs show attractive ietterings in col
or surrounded by an embroidery de-
sign somewhat similar to an illumi-
mated signet In these there is a use
OF varisgated tints. including a FREEDOM
mating tone in harmony with the col
ored border.
An attractive type OF shirtwaist
handkerchief. printed and hemstitched,
has a cluster OF leaves design en-
broidered In each corner. Another has
naturally colored violets. embroidered
within two scalloped lines OF match
ing tint, and third shows a border
OF lilies OF the valley embroidered on
pale green bordering a white center.
The latest finishing for q girls par-
~ handkerchief IL the Brussels net
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manicure set sufficient TO last a week
at least
BY writing to the manufacturers
sample bottles OF all kinds OF powder.
cologne and cakes of soap can be OBJ
tanned at small cost (paid In postage
stamps), and in this way there can al
ways be taken along a sufficient guam
tity OF the favorits toilet water. pow
der or soap to last over a short visit.
Often one is quite fnconveniencsd BY
being forced to do without some such
trihing luxury owing to the awkward
size and shape OF the bottle or case
in which the article is ordinarily con-
taihed.
For the smaller fitted handbags even
the tooth and nail brushes are fire.
quently smaller. or at any rate shorter.
than the ordinary and have generally
TO be cut down in order to Mt into
the flask provided for them. 1t is
therefore. far the most sensible plan to
keep all these things always in the
bas in the cases in which they be-
long, so that there will not be the
necessity OF having constantly to go
to the trouble Of procuring new arti-
cles which are not so easily found as
those things which are OF regulation
stock kind.
Instead OF buying a bag already fur
nished bag of convenient size may be
procured and this fitted with straps OF
the right size TO At ones own toilet
silver. This is really an excellent plan.
For visits one can thus have the silver.
tortoise shell or ivory toilet articles. az
the case may be. to which she is ao-
customed. while travelling brushes,
combs, TASKS. etc. of plain wood and
celluloid can always be found to Mt
in the straps made for the most costly
silver pieces
In travelling abroad a fitted bag. Just
large enough to hold. besides a night
dress. nesligee, pair Of slippers and an
extra bodice and collar. will be found
indispensable. 1t is astonishing how
many things even the smallest bag viii
hold and the square with the fittings
held on the fat top will contain even
more than those OF oblong shape.
In purchasing a bag a canvas cover
should be bought AT the same time. for
while a good leather will wear for
years, scratches and rain spots are in
evitable, and IT Is a pity for this smart
little bag TO be at once dsfaced.
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- OR the deck pillow one can buy or
make hair pillow IS inches
square This must be covered with
colored linen. and on one side is sewed
a nat pocket large enough to hold
magazine. with small pocket on each
side. In these little pockets can be
carried a bottle OF smelling salts or
cologne or flask. At the top is a loop
by which TO carry the pillow. For this
loop cut strip of linen 10 inches long
and inches wide. hem each edge OF u
and turn 1t over in the middle. Hold
ing the edges together. measure or
three inches at each end on the hsmmed
side. and from this point cut diagonally
to the other side. making point as
the fold. These diagonal edges must
be sewed into the upper seam OF the
pillow cover. and then when the pillow
is hung on the arm the linen band
will spread out, making the pillow
hang down evenly so that the boob
and salts bottle will not Slide out.
This little pillow viii be found great
comfort in a steamer chair. as II can
be fitted in any angle OF the back or
shoulders.
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Fitted Bags for Weekend Visits

UT this season OF constant weekend
Twists and unexpected pleasure
trips taken on the spur OF the mo-
ment girl should have her little fitted
travelling bag always packed and ready
for an hours start. There is nothing
which so simplihes short visits quickly
planned and carried out as a fitted hand
bag, small, light and OF convenient
shape to carry about easily. The
square bags opening fiat back at the
top are the most generally popular, but
the old narrow bags are once more to
be seen among the cases OF glazed
leather, with smart brass or nickel
trimmings.
Fittings OF gold or silver are. Of
course. extremely nice to possess, but
the girl who can not attain to such a
luxury as this will find many advan-
tages in the bag fitted out with brush,
comb, bottles, ETC., OF wood, celluloid
and metal instead of the more costly
articles. To commence. both silver and
gold are necessarily heavier than the
celluloid and are, moreover, somewhat
of a care in travelling, whereas, save
for what of value may be placed in the
1lLt1c DdBs Lnolo II no neeQ lot Worry
about the plain ebony brush and glass
bottles
The number and size Of the fittings
naturally depend upon the shape and
kind OF bag, but the average bag of
this description contains only brush
and comb, mirror. case with button
hook and file and from two to four
TASKS for soap, tooth powder, cold
cream, etc. In the larger bags only is
there to be found a manicure set or a
sufficient number OF bottles for all the
various kinds OF powder and creams
that the average girl considers a neces-
sary part of her toilet. AS soon as the
bag becomes at all large 1t is at once
inconveniently heavy, and II Is far the
best plan to buy one that is really
small and put in the few extra things
in the center space.
Most attractive for travelling is a new
manicure set complete as regards sand
paper, file. powder and paste for polish
ing, a small case for cream to soften
tho nails and one or two orange wood
sticks, and all contained within an sx-
esilent channels nail polisher. The
handle OF the polisher is OF wood or
ceIluloid OF ordinary kind, save that it
can be opened and In the hollow space
within are all the requirements OF
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KE2OClAl AMENITIES FOR
Iml $40 THE SCHOOL Girl

\ low that the season for being out
IN of doors is DIT hand, one may well
give a little thought to ones al
fresco manners, for without the valu-
able curb of restraint, the tendency is
to become rather hoydenish. Nine.
Grundy permits far more freedom to-
day than she did in the girlhood of
our mothers, but having granted so
much license she does not allow In
fringement. and frowns most disap-
provingly on those who overstep the
bounds of what she DEGREES as good
form today
1t is natural that girls should be
more or less with young men out OF
doors. particularly in the country at
the weekend. with very jolly times
as the result; but while INDUCING in
all sorts OF attractive sports do not
allow yourself to become q sport"
A sport" Is a distressingIy vulgar
person, whether young or old. She
talks atrooious slang In loud strident
voice, smokes cigarettes, drinks cock
tails and otherwise emulates the ways
of men. laboring under the delusion
that she is making herself attractive,
whereas no one sdmires her, not even
her male companions with whom she
does these things either surreptitieusly
or openly.
Nice girls do not indulge In the
cigarette habit nor do they allow
young men to coax them into trying
Just one" It is not only bad form
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THE holder to be fastened in the top
of the steamer trunk is similar to
the wall pockets. IL is just the
size of the trunk and is made with a
large pocket on one side for a not
water bag. Across the bottom. from
that to the other side. are two pockets.
one for handkerchiefs and one for col
lars and stocks. Above these are four
pockets, one for paper, one for pencils,
one for a flask and the other for thu
ever useful Baedeker. All these can be
measured by the articles to be put in
them and can easily be made by the
same directions as the apron and wall
pockets. When the trunk is opened
these things are ready 20 be taken out
whenever needed.
The folding pin cushion is made OF a
piece OF broad ribbon about a half yard
long. At one end four inches Of this is
turned over and sewed 10 the under
piece, the space between them stuffed
with wool wadding and the edges
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Zodiac JeWelry

T~ HERE is craze for jewelry de-
signed to represent the signs OF
the zodiac, and the beautifully
wrought symbols are said to bring the
owners thereof marvellous good fortune
Probably. in vague way. every girl
knows about the signs. but it behooves
her now to brush up her knowledge
that she may be conversapt with the
exact significance OF the popular Jew
elry which bears these quaint designs.
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YNDEn the best possible condi-
tions one IS generally much

4 YNDEn The best possible condi-
tions one IS generally much
NJ cramped for space TO keep ones
belongings in travelling on an ocean
steamship. and anything that win help
70 relieve the congestion is a great
boon TO the traveller.
The oftcner one crosses the more one
learns OF how 10 coudense things and
adapt them To the space and conditions
OF p ststeroom. But even the novice
making a first voysge can so arrange
things as 10 make d great difference in
her own comfort and that Of her fellow
traveller. And some OF the most de-
Eirsble Of conveniences may be un-
known to the most experienced trav-
elers.
There are many things that any
clever girl can make herself which she
win find an immense comfort in cross
ing the ocean. or. if she wants to
make them for a friend, she will carr
q large amount Of gratitude when the
friend has discovered the difference
they have made in the wear and tear
on her nerves and temper during the
voyage.
Among the most useful Of these con-
veniences are q dressing apron. a
group Of wall pockets for toilet
articles. a holder for the little things
that may be needed at A moments
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r NAMEL and gift picture frames are
once more in vogue. and at the sea-
shore. where dampness plays havoc
with all brocade and chintz frames
that are put together in part with
paste or glue, these painted frames are
altogether best. All kinds of fancy gilt
and wooden picture frames are easily
renovated at small cost, while for a
room of delicate shade, as pale pink,
blue, yellow or gray, It is a good plan
to a buy a number OF plain wooden
picture frames and enamel them ones
self all in the one color. In a white
room white frames. bordered perhaps
with a narrow line OF gold, VIII be
found to be extremely pretty
1t is mistake to take handsome sill
Yer picture frames to the seashore.
where the dampness renders 1t well
nigh impossible to keep them bright,
and in a country house, which Ia
planned on a more or Tess simple scale,
the less costly though almost as effect
i've frames will be the more in keeping.
IN warm weather especially at the
seashore, it is impossible to keep
postage stamps save between
sheets of oiled paper. The economical
girl will, however, grudge losing a
whole stamp on each of the 25 cen;
books she may purchase, besides be-
ing annoyed by the fact that the stamp
book is itself such an ugly ornament
on her desk Both objections can be
done away with by simply passing on
each side OF one stamp book a pretty
piece of wall paper that tones In with
the color decoration of her room, and
by buying her stamps thereafter sepa-
rately and placing them in this little
book.
The covers of the books, which can
now be purchased containing room for
from IL to so stamps. are also suffi-
GENTLY firm to make a foundation for
a little slip cover of silk or chintz, and
these, OF course. can be readily re-
moved and washed. Besides being at
tractive for her own desk, these COW
cred stamp books make excellent
articles for summer fairs, and will be
found useful as well for prizes at the
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trin 1t is set upon the edge Of an
exceedingly hns linen square. the hem
OF which Is first turned back to form
pointed outline. Similarly made
hanokercniefs are bordered with genu-
me Valenciennes. Brussels and rose
point or duchesse lace.
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REsroRINa REJEcrEp MSS

N GIRL who is bent on literary
~ fame and who has achieved no
small success for a beginner has
hit on an ingenious way OF restoring
to their original freshness the rejected
manuscripts which come back to her
somewhat crumpled from editorial
handling Instead OF feeling they must
be typewritten all over again, which
is no small expense. she separates the
sheets and carefully irons them one
by ono with hot fatiron. This makes
them beautifully fresh, and off goes
the story again to a new editor who
from the manuscripts condition will
never suspect 1t has been read and re-
jected by a predecessor. 1t Is a well
established fact that persistence in
sending manuscripts from one editor
to another Is half the battle IN placing
them, for editorial tastes and needs diff
fer. and though nine editors may re-
Ject story the tenth may be delighted
to get 1t.
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around with tape, except across the top,
and the pocket strip is stitched to the
apron in three pieces. forming the four
pockets. That for the brush should be
four inches wide. that for the hand
glass six and a half inches and the last
pocket four and half inches. The top
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I T Is not the thing this summer to
have the parasol match the frock.
Instead 1t must match the hat. and
nothing could be prettier than the col
ored chiffons, mulls. linens and laces
that are precisely of the same fabric
as the hat when possible. and when not
they match In color. Girls with left
over parasols can utilize them by hav-
Ing their hats made to match instead
OF buying the sunshade to match the
hat, and so be In the very latest
fashion
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sswed together. forming a fat PIN
cushion The rest Of the ribbon has
eiderdown flannel catstitched to the
wrong side. and the other end Is
hemmed on TO the flannel In the mid
die OF the back is sewed a yard OF
narrow ribbon 20 tie it when rolled Up.
ard along one side three little metal
rings by which it can be hung up when
in use.
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Of the apron must be turned over in a
hem little more than an inch wide,
and through this hem is run ribbon
to tie the apron around the waist
- HE wall pockets are made either
of linen, like the apron, or OF flow
cred cretonne. and each pocket and
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THE THREE WISE MONKEYS

from Japan come groups OF three
small elderly monkeys who mutely
teach a valuable lesson to ccciden-
tails. The serious looking. kimono
CARRIED animals are seated In a row
and Joined together by means of their
interlocking elbows and knees. Say
No EVIL clasps his hands firmly over
his lips. See No Evil" conceaIs his
eyes with his fingers. and Hear No
Evil keeps his palms over his ears.
The Three Wise Monkeys" devel-
oped In exquisitely carved ivory. in
mother OF pearl, in painted china, plas-
ter or teak, In lacquer. silver, bronze
or jade are used as paper weights or
desk ornaments. They also decorate
porcelain. cake plates and vases and
occasionally are seen on the inner aide
Of china teacup.