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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
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tendency to specialize Many of the
arts are split up into a dozen different
branches, as, for instance, that of pot
terry.
One worker will confine himself or
herself to the production of one special
class of beautiful glazes; another will
spend all his efforts on bringing to
perfection certain style of underglaze
decoration, and so 1t goes-each work
er chooses that phase of the art which
awakens his especial interest and car
ries IT as nearly as possible to perfec-
tion. This seems to be a better way
Of looking at 1t than to do lot OF
different things in pottery pretty well.
Working in this way, it is much more
possible to keep ones iptefest and
enthusiasm to the end. And yet smat-
terings are good things. too. if you
don't smatter too vicariously. 1t
makes a person more all around and
evenly developed to be able to do a
number of things little, If the things
are. worth doing, and If they are not
allowed to interfere with the one spe-
cial interest which every one is hap
pier for having. So women are trying
their hands at all the different arts
and crafts. and then many of them
specialize in one direction and go as
far in 1t as their ability will carry
them. They. are sure to learn the
necessity for good and suitable design
in the very beginning Of whatever
crafts they may attempt, and the
knowledge they may gain in any Of
them will be help in many ways. One
of the best things about the work is
this making of your own designs.
Whatever you do is peculiarly your
own when you have invented the pat
tern and carried it out IN every detail
yourself. and you can feel sure that
there will not be duplicates unless you
choose to make them.
Every now and then there are crazes
for making first this sort of thing and
then that which come UP and are over
done and then die out. But whatever
is not sfiimsy and foolish, whatever is
genuine and worth while, survives and
is added to the permanent forms of art
expression. For instance, typography
became such a craze and was. as a
rule, done so badly and applied SO un-
suitably, that people after a while be-
came thoroughly tired Of IT and re-
garded 1t with nothing short of con-
tempt: yet there are artists-real
artists-who use typography as one OF
their mediums and who do really beau
tiful work with it.
So In all of these fads of the mo-
ment there is generally something
genuine that remains when the wave
OF popularity has passed, and the
women who do good work are pretty
sure to find this out. and If It is to
their taste, develop 1t into something
really worth while.
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THE ART OF THE EMRR0NGRER CRAFTSMAN STYLE
I HE

he nine members OF the Thursday
afternoon sewing club unfastened
che ribbons OF their dainty work
bags and drew out nine pieces of
embroidery. When these were spread
open there was an exclamation OF sur
prise followed by laughter for each
OF the nine pieces Of work proved to
oe some form Of the craftsman en-
oroidery. Isn't 1t funny" said the
president OF the club, shat we should
All hit upon the same kind OF work
When there are dozens OF other things
10 choose from? Not one OF US is MAX
ing Jabot or a shirt waist, or en-
proioering a centerpiece. 1t shows
how strong the craftsman idea is get
ting 70 be- But, oddly enough, though
al or the nine pieces belonged to the
same general class. there were no two
mat were in the least alike One girl
was doing a long runner of gray Peru
cloth for her library table; the design
was severely conventional and she was
working IL in two shades of russet
brown, with ecru and golden yellow;
certain small parts Of the design were
embroidered in a light greenish blue,
and this was wedged with black, out
side OF which q line OF gilt thread was
couched on. The gilt thread was also
used TO outline the stems in the de-
sign.
Another member of the club was do
ing an oblong pillow 20 Inches wide
by 3S inches long What a beauty"
every one exclaimed when they saw
the design. II was a formal arrange
ment OF peacock feathers worked in
the new wood fiber silks, In shades OF
dull blue and green: there was also a
greentsh gray, gray white q little
black and some dull yellow There
was an outlining OF gold thread, and
this was worked solidly in the lower
part OF the eye The combination of
the colors and charm of the design
made this pillow unusually attractive.
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and living room. It was of silvery
green craftsman cloth. with. conven-
tional designs in the four panels. OF
which the pine tree with its cones was
the motif. Parts OF the pattern were
stenciled in browns and greens. and
both couehing and satin stitch were
used literally TO enrich the effect.
Another club member was making a
sideboard scarf OF natural colored light
brown linen. with a primly conyen-
tional design of liberty roses and
leaves. which she was working In satin
stitch with brownish old rose and dull
olive green's And the last and ninth
girl was making one OF the long mar
row pillows OF (pasuta cloth. oon which
three gorgeous and eIabofats butter
flies had alighted. The wood silks in
which they were worked. made them
shine like Jewels and the lavenders
and purples, black and browns and
greens made a wonderful medley OF
colors, which might have been expect
ed to quarrel with each other. but were
so arranged as TO be charmingiy har-
monious.
Il never should have supposed" said
enc of the girls. that there could be
such a variety of embroidertes all be-
longing to the same class"
"Oh well."s returned her nearest
neighbor. @you know the name crafts
man embroideries simply means a GER
tain general style OF material and
treatment. For that reason. because IL
is so comprehensive. we are not likely
to tire of 1T 50 sooA- We can all use
the style and yet have our things en-
tfrely different"
That is a good point. too" said an
other girl "It always annoys me TO
spend a lot of time on a piece OF work
and then find that some one know
has made an exact duplicate ofait.
Well ii certainly looks as IL she
craftsman embroideries were popular,
said another member OF the club. as
thew all commenced. to fold up their
work, and the meeting came to an end.
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T LMoST every woman has hopes of
~ living some day In house of her
own. planned entirely to her lik-
ing, and embodying her ideas of interior
arrangement; but when the time actu-
ally comes. and the house is to be built.
she often finds that these ideas are
just a trifie vague.
There is generally a money limit in
house building. and however liberal
1t may be, the architect is pretty sure
to tell her that she has gone beyond
it; and worse than this. he Will prob
ably say that many of her cherished
ideas are utterly impractical and can
not be carried out. When she has
built her house she is likely to live in IL
for some time. SO 1t is worth while to
give little thought to the planning.
and to work 1t out on paper before con-
sulting the architect.
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Clam Chowder (New England
Style)
Mrs. HI. J. bly,

Take fiye dozen CLAIMS, be sure that
they are fresh; put them into tub or
pail with some water and throw In a
good big handful of corn meali leave
them over night and they will have
the mud pretty well out of them.
Take them and wash them clean;
put them into a good sized kettle or
pan with just a little water, Place
will not escape; when they. begin to
boil they will open; remove them from
the vessel and pour the juice into
something to save it; take sharp
pointed knife and remove clans from
the she'll; pull of the covering from
the neck and cut off the black tips;
then grind. or chop them ine Take
four medium potatoes, pare and cut
into small pieces; put them on with the
chopped necks and juice; while they
are cooking prepare the soft part by
removing the black from them. Take
frying pan and place in It about one.
fourth of a pound of pork, not too fat;
cut into dice; fry it with an onion
added and throw into kettle with po.
tatoes; by this time the potatoes are
cooked. Put in O. little thickening with
-four and water, add one quart OF good
sweet milk and the soft clans; salt and
pepper to taste.
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kitchen all come together. that will
save the expense OF a separate chimney.
but at any rate two OF them should
back up against each other. so that
not more than two chimneys will have
to be built.
II you wish to know what your house
will cost. take the cubic contents, thak
is, multiply the length by the width.
and this again by the height from tha
ground to the ceiling OF your top story
and under the prevailing prices in this
part OF the country about 16 times this
amount viii give you the cost Of your
finished house.
Some Of the little points which would
occur to house keeper are often over
looked when all of the plans are made
by men, One of these is to place the
windows and doors so as TO leave
spaces for the large pieces Of furniture
in all Of the rooms: the bedrooms should
have spaces for the dressing tables
between two windows. IL possible. and
there should be lighting fixtures on the
wall at each side The bathroom should
have good closet. and there should
be plenty of closet room generally.
The washtubs should be placed in
such way as to allow of a space at
the right side Of the right hand wash
tub for your wringer. so that the basket
can be placed underneath and' the
clothing wrung directly into it. There
should be plenty of drain boards on
each side of your sink and the stove
and all of the kitchen furnishings
should be placed so as to make as few
steps as possible These are only few
of the many little points that woman
will think OF when she Is planning to
make her home as comfortable and
convenient as possible. but unless the
whole house is laid out roughly on
paper first osome of them may be over
looked. After the house is built 1t Is
a hard and unsatisfactory matter to
make any but triding alterations. and
II is much easier to think the ques-
tion over thoroughly and make the
changes while the house still consists
only of a few ink lines on sheet OF
paper.
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rambling house with many juts
and angles may be pretty, but it is
unnecessarily expensive; every angle
increases the cost. and to get the great
est degree OF comfort for the least
amount of money a compact arrange
ment is the thing. Square houses are
not necessarily ugly, IL the roof lines
are good, and vines and plants can be
arranged to break the plainness of the
exterior. so that in the end the effect
may be even better than with a more
irregular building.
Anothing point of economy is to have
the plumbing of the bathroom directly
over the plumbing of the kitchen. as
in this way less piping is needed and
the expensive angles and elbows are
avoided.
If you can make the freplaces Of
your dining room. living room and
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the use of the word art" in speaking
OF thein work
Il seems to be the fashion in these
practical days for a woman, instead
Of trying TO become accomplished 10
take a course OF study that will make
her skilled in some useful art or -oc-
cupation. There is much less futile
humping OF the piano than there used
TO be; parents Of the present day in
vestigate a little as TO whether their
daughter has the slightest degree OF
musical talent or inclination before
they start her on her musical career.
There is not so much china decorated
with forget et-me-nots-those fatally easy
and adaptable fiowers-as there used
TO be a while ago. OF course there is
a certain annual output OF trash Great
cd by fair fingers, but 1t seems to be
growing less and less each year. In
stead OF doing a lot Of things in
differently, there is more and more of
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

n CToBER is a particularly good
month for putting In your new
lawn in this climate, for the rea-
son that some gentle rains may be ex-
pected, but there is not much danger of
a hard storm which would wash your
newly planted seed out of the ground
and mass 1t In one corner of your plat.
Any season of the year when this Is not
likely to happen is a suitable time for
making your lawn, but April and May,
just after the cold rains are past, or
October and November, before the
heavy storms have commenced, are the
most favorable seasons.
In order to prepare your plat for a
lawn 1t should first be covered evenly
with a thick layer OF well decomposed
and pulverized manure and the ground
should then be spaded to a depth OF
two feet. mixing the fertilizer and the
soil as thoroughly as possible. Be sure
that the earth is completely broken up,
then rake it until 1T is fine and smooth,
and in most cases 1t Is advisable to
spread over the top of this half inch
of good loan. Roll the ground with
light roller and rake it again; then 1t
will be ready for the seed.
Select a day when there is absolutely
no wind for your sowing. as otherwise
the light seed will be blown about un-
evenly, and the lawn will come up in
patches, with bare spots here and
there. A half pound of grass seed to
hundred square feet Is liberal al
lowance: IL more is used the plants
will be crowded too thickly together,
and many will turn yellow and die eSout.
Sow evenly and retreat from your work,
so as not to tread on the newly seeded
ground. then rake very lightly with an
iron rake, covering the seed about a
quarter OF IAN inch While raking
stand. on two boards which can be.
moved, so that the feet need not In
dent the soil. Then the ground should
be carefully rolled again.
For the first two days no water
should be used. but after that three
or more light sprinklings a day should
be given, and the ground should be
kept constantly moist, for If the sprout-
ing seed once becomes dry, 1t will die.
After the grass Is up, good wetting
morning and evening should be suf-
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ing, but you soon get the measure or
the stitches and space your three
eighths of an inch as regularly as a
sewing machine. Perhaps. you have
the place of ortline stitch this year.
l suppose because it is quite as effec-
tive and not nearly as much work. I've
been looking at the embroideries in the
shops lately and | find that either one.
two or three threads are used. accord
ing to the heaviness of the outline re-
quired; sometimes these threads are OF
shades of one color and sometimes they
are of different eolors, as for instance.
blue on each side and a black thread
in the middle and so on. Cords are
used a good deal for heavy outlining.
and, of course. these are couched on
with fine silk that matches them ex-
actly. The idea seems to be to get an
effect with just as little work as pos
sjble. although. of course, you see
plenty of the elaborate embroideries,
too"
THAT is my idea exactly" said an
other member of the club, who was
doing a set of four sash curtains for
her bedroom. II want my curtains to
be pretty, but / don't intend to spend
a great deal of time on them: life is
foo short. and there are too many
other things to do. You see, / am
using both of the short cuts, stenciling
and couching," and she held up a cur
tain for inspection. 1t waseof the gray
ish .handwoyen Russian crash with a
border of stenciling, narrow down the
front, and wider across the bottom.
This border was a conventional de-
sign in shades OF delft blue, and she
was couching on an outline of the
blue silks and filing in some of the
forms with a very coarse darning OF
widely spaced stitches.
Continuing around the circle, the
next girl was embroidering one of the
panels for a large four fold screen.
which she intended to have stand in
the archway between her dining room
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HERE is almost no line OF endeavor
into which. women have rushed
with so much enthusiasm as into
the arts and crafts. as they are called
Almost every occupation which can be
classified under this heading is crowd
ed with feminine workers. And they
have IT TO their credit that in the open
field OF competition with men in many
OF these lines they have won distinc-
ton, and IN some cases2even fame.
Every one who has heard of Golden
Sanderson's ARTISTIC book bindings has
also heard Of Miss Prideaux'; there are
individual women potters who rank
equally as high as men; there are
women jewellers and metal workers,
women who weave and stencil and
carve wood, women who do cabinet
making and wood inlaying, basket
making. and of course women who
embroider so exquisitely as 10 justify
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ing, in spite Of the fact. that she had
to stop and take her turn at reading
for 20 minutes, and all the girls agreed
that it was stunningly effective, al
though it required so little work
"Stenciling is one of. the greatest
schemes 1 know of for getting lots of
effect with very little trouble" said
the girl who was doing these cushions.
And another scheme almost as great
is COUGHING. Has it struck you how
much it is used this year? Why, Eve
even seen it on white work, on the
heavy linen centerpieces; three threads
of heavy floss were used, couched down
with stitches of fine silk at intervals
of three -eighths of an inch. OF course.
regularity is the main thing In couch
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MuIIigatawny Soup
Mrs. ]. G. HoIIIns, Oakland, CaI.

Cut large chicken as for a fricas-
see; cut three onions in slices; put a
tablespoonful Of butter In frying pan,
nice brown. Mix with these a table
spoonful of curry powder, five whole
cloves. the juice of half lemon, salt
and pepper, to taste. Put all. In the
boil, skim and let simmer gently two
or three hours. Rabbits may be used
instead of chicken If preferred.
Croutons-Trim crust from stale
bread; cut in half inch dice. Fry brown
in hot fat: drain and serve with soups.
Instead of frying, they may be Drowned
in the oven.
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FIRST PRIZE
Sterling Silver Sugar
Tongs
Delicious Okra Soup

Mrs. b. e. Maynard, 593 South Sixth
Street. San Jose
One cup raw chicken (veal, or even
beef will do) chopped, one quart. Sc
lected green okra, two large or three
medium sized tomatoes, one large
onion, one fresh red pepper. or green
If preferred, remove seeds six cups
soup stock, one slice salt pork; salt
and pepper to taste.
Chop the meat salt pork, onion and
red or green pepper, and fry a light
brown; cut the okra into slices; peel
and cut the tomatoes into small pieces,
add to the soup stock with seasoning
of salt and pepper. Cook slowly for
about two hours. If you can obtain
Just few minutes before serving,
makes delicious addition. but is not
necessary.
If fresh okra is out of season, one
cup of dried okra will do very well.
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they give an opportunity for such gor-
geous combinations of blues and
green's"
The next girl was making a square
between meals mat" for her dining
table, of linen crash in the natural
light brownish gray. Upon this she
was appliquing colored linens, dull
reds and greens and browns and edg-
Ing them with a narrow outline of
satin stitch in wood silks, in colors
70 match the linens. 1t was a good
deal of work, and the embroidery had
to be very carefully done in order to
keep the, lines of satin stitch smooth
and evenA but the corner of the mat
that was finished showed that it was
going TO be worth the trouble. Her
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German Vegetable. Cream Soup
Mrs. Elizabeth Osterman, I6 Magnolia
Avenue. San Jose

Mrs Elizabeth Osterman, 16 Magnolia
Avenue, San Jose
Take small piece OF caulifiowers
few string beans, a carrot, a turnip.
an onion, a little celery and parsley,
two medium sized potatoes, or any kind
Of vegetables IN season. Chop all fine;
then take a piece OF butter, size OF an
egg, put in frying pan; when light
eve minutes. stirring constantly; then
nut in pot add enough hot water TO
make Six bowls of soup; now let boil
nepper TO taste When ready TO serve
take half a cup of sour cream, put
cream in soup tureen and stir con-
stantly while slowly adding soup Serve
Immediately. (Excellent)'
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GibIet Soup

Mrs. j. r. winant, 25I1 San Jose Ave-
nue., Alameda
Break into small pieces one and
three quarter pounds of veal. half a
pound of ham, and put over fire with
in three quarts OF water. Add some
sweet herbs and little allspice and
boil boil . for ;u two hours: I slowly Remove
stir into cup OF the hot soup a
tablespoon. Of flour which has been
wet with cold water and stirred to
paste, and also one and half table,
spoonfuls of butter. Return to the
pot and boil about 20 minutes; season
then with a glass of brown sherry
and a tablespoonful of tomato catsup;
then add chopped giblets. boil up and
serve.
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Soups-Always make your soups in
porcelain lined or agate iron kettle;
never use a metal vessel Keep the pot
closely covered, simmer slowly, but do
not boil. Do not add the seasoning
until the soup is nearly done. A touch
of onion and tiny sprinkle of cayenne
pepper are an Improvement to almost
every variety of soup. for even when
imperceptible they make the flavor bet
ter. Skim clear soups as they cook,
and then strain them through a fine
sieve.
The French make delicious soups
with surprisingly little trouble and ex-
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turf at the rate of about 10 pounds 10
800 square feet.
The most deeply green and velvety
lawns are made with the pure Ken
lucky blue grass, but this Is rather
slow to form a thick turf. and for
quicker results the seed dealers sell
lawn mixtures" which come up in a
few weeks.
For terraces which are difficult to cut
and for making a lawn which will re-
quire very little care and no moving,
the evergreen wild strawberry is some
times used. These plants creep and
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Clam Broth Surprise
ID. Sagehorn, Sc
Street, Oakland

STrccts Oukldnu
Put two dozen medium size clans
in a. saucepan with their own juice.
and let them boil a very few minutes,
just long enough to cook them through
AS fast as, scum rises, skim It off
strain the broth into another sauce
pan. and add to this strained broth
the broth come to a boil stirring the
sauce in we'll Then turn into small
cups. which must be kept hot by stand
ing in boiling water Over the top
of the broth in each put decoration
OF whipped cream about an inch deep.
Bechamel sauce is made as follows;
ounces Of butter and a tablespoonful
of flour. When thoroughly blended q
;n aaa eradnpaily plinl and stirring it Constantly.
stand the sauce pan on the fire and and
milk turns rather thick; then take the
sauce pan off. Beat the yolk of one
egg in a cup, with a teaspoonful of
warm water: turn it into the sauce
and mix Ii we'll again. Season the
sance well with salt and white pepper
and il is ready for use.
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pense-they save the water in which
the vegetables previously pared and
carefully washed) have been cooked;
they add any remnants of gravy they
may have at hand, lump of butter. a
little -four thickening, some flavoring,
a trifie of chopped parsley. and there
they have delicious soup which would
do credit to a much more laborious and
expensive method of production.
The art OF making palatable soup is
very simple one, 1t consists mainly
of good Judgment in the matter of
fiavoring, and little attention to de-
tails.
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repens, a dwarf creeper. which also
practically looks out for itself after it
has once taken root. This plant is
used for the lawns around one OF the
large hotels in Santa Barbara. The
color OF the hppia repens Is a purplish
gray, and in the foliage OF the wild
strawberry there Is hint OF rusty red.
SO neither is an exact substitute for ths
deep green Of the grass. yet to many
people the effect of these plants Is
almost as pleasing. and where labor
and expense are to be considered they
answer the purpose very well indeed.