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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

is a boom There is no danger of
the gas heated curler, and there Is no
tiresome holding of the instrument in
the gas flame. Placing tn tongs in the
heater automatically turns the cur
rent on, and when they are withdrawn
the current is cut off in the same man.
ner The price of this little device
runs from three to about six dollars.
me most delicious cup of coffee l
have had for some time was made in
the electric spray coffee urn. My
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inch intervals. and between these
broidered dots in delicate color-light
blue, pink, green or lilac. A perfect
material for blouse to accompany a
rose linen is of white batiste that has
little English eyelets embroidered in
pink, scattered all over it's surface an
at intervals of about three or four
inches a strip of little pink embroid-
cred rosebuds, clustered gracefully to-
gether.
Though empire and directoire models
still prevail, some of the cotton and
thinner linen goods are made with
plated skirts, quite high, Of course, the
plaits stitched to fit the line meatj. g
the short body portion and so neatly
and smoothly arranged over the hips
that they give the impression of a
plain skirt. The boraered goods and
the flouncings are materials that lend
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
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For any one doing light housekeep-
ing or living In a few rooms an cleo
trio stove is most convenient, as it is
free from all odor and SCOT, can be
used without danger of fire and does
not heat up the room, and for larger
family and in house, particularly in
summer the electric range is the most
labor saving and comfortable means OF
preparing meals yet attained. There
are a number of different makes in
these ranges, but all have an electric
oven, a gr;ddle, a broiler, three or four
electric heaters and the proper uten-
sils to use on them.
Each appliance is controlled sepa-
rately by switch on the front of the
range, and any one can be used alone
or altogether. The stoves take up r.
tie space in the kitchen, and the u - :
sis are pretty enough to attract any
housekeeper, no matter how une1thu-
siastic she may be about her work.
They are of copper, double tin lined and
nickel plated, and are separate from
the heaters, but lock on when in use
so as to make q good heating contact.
The electric oven is a special joy to
the bread and cake baker, for there is
no draft. and the heat is even. 1t
is controlled by a regulating switch
giving three degrees of heat
AS electric lighting in hotels is uni
versal, the travelling or portable stove
is Just the thing to stow away among
your belongings when you are pack
ing up for the summer fitting. 1t
connects to the ordinary incandescent
lamp socket, and 1t will be found in
valuable in times of illness for heating
water, etc. Men who are particular
about the exact temperature of their
shaving water find that a stove of
this description makes their lives a
dream of happiness.
And now that so many girls are do
ing up their fine lingerie shirt waists
an electric flatiron is an absolute ne
cessity wherever there Is a lamp
socket available, whether at home or
abroad. The beauty of this iron is
that you can take it to your work
and are not Obliged to take your work
to the iron. 1t heats quickly and main
tains a uniform temperature over the
entire bottom surface while in use
The three pound iror is the best size
for the traveller, the six pound size be-
ing the weight of that used for the or
binary family ironing.
For the girl who waves her hair by
artificial heat the electric curling iron
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
- HERE is only one class of wo-
men I have no use fertile
self conferred ladies.

~ HERE is only one class Of wo-
men I have no use fertile
self centered ladies.
They show they have not
mastered life's lesson. Cooperation is
the secret of success, not self glorifica
ton. If we have 1T in us to soar above
our fellow women It will just happen
naturally while we are doing our
everyday work. I have &c patience
with the woman who poses, who wears
her hair parted la Botticelli and lives
on the wing Of lark and straw
berry.
Her conversation is one long litany
about herself Now, / can stand a
whole lot of 'Ps" while am listening
but they must refer to things DONE
not to mental attitudes.
1t occurs to me also that the women
who have lived a whole lot are the
ones who have at last reached the
stage of simplicity. I know two who
have possessed sll the luXuries who
could still possess them and yet they
choose to live in rooms as bare as
nuns cells. Brica -brac and rocco
effects belong to life's beginners
There comes time when from know
ing all these things too well we don't
want any of them at ALL but just plain
white pine boards scrubbed spotlessly
clean. The very sight of brio "a rac
will worry ones mental nerves and we
feel the room is very vel furnished
when it contains only one picture. and
that a good one
When woman lives at a high ten
sion, when she has a whole lot of
original ideas and complicated
thoughts within her own self, she alb
soiutely demands simplicity of en-
vironment. She must have it. 1t is
only the unsophisticated soul who. be-
cause she is so plain within, must have
a whole lot of intricate environment
And this is enough of the whyness
of the wherefore. only, my sisters. you
who aim to read character. look around
you when you enter the abode of each
new acquaintance and by using your
/ eyes find out what she is without ask
| ing questions.
Beware of Bohemia.
In the last month there have been
several articles about bohemia in the
magazines. These were inteaaed to
warn fond parents against sending
their children to the w:..ked city Gum
der the impression tEat they were
geniuses. Of course).
I would rather put mig daughter I'm
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

AN author who has recently dallied
~ with the subject of modern
IN marriage has discovered that
n - the great tragedy of a WIRE
existence is not jealousy nor unpaid
milliner's bills nor even dlHeren'
views on the question of votes for wo-
men. She asserts that the trouble Is
merely one of food and the ordering
and cooking of Il. In these days OF
fireless, dustless, laborless, wasteless
and fatigueless household appliances
by means of which a meal can be
cooked with the touching of button
It seems to me that the gentle genius
who presides over the destinies OF q
home has little cause for complaint
And now that in most homes elec-
tricity is installed there are many de-
vices and apparatuses run by this mo-
tive power that shorten the house
wife's hours of work and lengthen her
minutes of rest to hours. There are
however, many of these electric kn1c4.-
knacks which require more or less ex-
pertness in a mechanical way to ma
nipulate successfully used in the kitch-
en-. bedroom and around the house. So
It really looks as if the up to the min
ute housekeeper and professional cook
will have to add to their title the high
er degree of mistress mechanic. The
sewing machine, thu bicycle and the au-
tomobile have done much to help wo-
mems education in practical mechan-
les. and it is unusual sight nova
days to see women running their own
touring cars with all the ease of a
professional chauffeur. But all one
requires to be mechanically mistress
of the domestic situation are a little
gumption and the ability to handle
the monkey wrench AID screWdriver
with some EXPERIENCES. Perhaps to ex-
pedite things some educational insti-
tuition will establish a chair of domes-
tic engineering. The degree then con-
ferred upon the sweet girl graduate
AYilI doubtless be some Latinized syn
onym of that old term Of ridicule
Kitchen mechanic" that the village
cutup long ago dubbed the cook. AS
1t is, a course in household economics
has been added to the curriculum OF
the summer session at the University
of California this year. This course
has been deer. ed advisable by the fac
nifty on account Of the announcement
of ten engagements within a week
amC & the co-eds.
But to describe some of the electric
conveniences:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
WHY NOT SIT DOWN?

A quaint old woman used to say:
There amt no sense in them that has
chairs being tired. Why don't they sit
in them?''
That is not half ba- question for
many a weary housekeeper to ask her
self. She would find life mcch easier.
would fight the wrinkles off longer and
would generally be brighter and hap
pier If she could learn to sit down
whenever she gets a chance.
It is worth while to get comfortable
Chairs for almost every household
task Save sweeping. scrubbing and
bedmaking, there are few things about
house thai cannot be done just as
we'll sitting as standing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
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off till the windows are washed No
use to handle them twice." you say
again
Nonsensei The flies are airea tiy
buzzing, and it is deal easier to keep
them out than to put them out after
they have once got liz.
Files bring diseased" You have read
that more times than YOU could count,
but what are you going to do ,,ho-t it ?
Put the screens up early Cor one
thing and deal sudden but sure death
to the first stray intruder for another
thing.
Your house may be plain AID SIMPLE
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
!
Vagarles Of the Net Blouse !
i Charming Designs and Colortngs to Be found /
In the New Gmbrofderfes

of doing the usual thing in an unusual
manner. We thought that the day of
the net blouse matching the coat and
skirt was practically at an end, but
here it is again, developed in ths usual
net material, but in new and attractive
combinations and meshes. Indeed, it
is the beauty and variety of the latest
designs that have helped the net blouse
to hold Its prestige, together with the
greater range OF colorings, which does
away with the necessity of having the
net dyed to match the goods with
which it is used.
The designs most in demand are the
fine meshed nets with small ring or
dotted patterns, and the more expen-
sive varieties show groups of tucks al
ternating with rsws of embroidered
dots. The vermicelli design that looks
like fine net covered with an intricate
soutache pattern in small cord is most
effective in color made over white, but
the more exclusive blouse makers pre-
fer dotted or ring design when fancy
net is used. and they consider the plain
nets deliberately treated smarter than
the fancy varieties. Unless one is
skillful with the embroidery needle
these plain nets deliberately treated are
apt to be very expensive blouses to
possess. for hand tucking and en-
broidery in silks which go to beautify
the exclusive models bring the gar
/ ment away beyond the reach Of the wo-
man with q modest dress allowance
! There are charming nets to be found
in all the new shades OF the season,
suggesting in their weave combinations
of fine lace and openwork stitchery
that make up attractively without
| much hand work And it is possible
| to obtain ready tucked nets In much
| finer qualities an, in :luch greater
varieties than those of lest year Net
and chiffon waists are charming made
up over metallic or white laces, the
filmy yelling producing :. fairylike eff
| feet.
Before leaving the subject of the
blouse let me say that in tub models
the newest ones in white and color
carry cut the costume nuence scheme
instead of seeming altogether separate
affairs. For instance white blouse
of batiste or linen to be worn with a
wistaria linen suit will have bands of
he mauve tone as trimming, or the
4 color will be introduced as design in
the material itself, or bands of English
eyelet work are very smart as trim
ming.
Wide bands of this openwork en-
broidery in eXquisitely intricate and
fine designs are displayed in soft ecru
and lovely effects are obtained with in
termiXtures of delicate colorings-a
groundwork done in white with scat
tered designs of soft blue, rose. green
or lavender thrown over it, or the eye
let work is in color with the other en-
broidery in white.
? There are lovely batistes and mulls
!. with all over embroidery designs. and
some OF these suggest delightful
:. blouses. demanding little time and eff
2 fort on the part OF the maker. Fo,
5 example, there is a sheer silky white
: batiste which has clusters OF very tin,
tucks. three In a group. set at twe
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

NOT A DAY roo SOON.

~ re tne SCfeens up
"A Do it now Yes, right away to-
day, If it isn't already done.
1t isn't q day too soon.
"But it is wash day. you say, "ard
we are much too busy to go TO the
attic after -creens to5ay."
That's all the more rsason that they
ought to be up. The aies are attracted
by the smell of suds, and tie few that
are already about will be dram to
your open door or window.
But we are going to clean house
next week, and we might RE well put 1t
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
LATEST OF NOTIONS.
Candy "Peach Basket" Hat Hdorns
Smart Luncheon Table.

THE cartoonist is not the only man
who is gaining a reputation for
cleverness at the expense of the "peach
basket" hat. The maitre d'hotel OF
certain smart Fifth avenue hotel IN
New York is running him a close sec
ond A society woman recently Weh'
into this hostelry for luncheon wear
ing one Of the new pieces of millinery
that are facetiously referred to as th'
peach basket variety. The waiter loon
a mental note of the style of the head
gear In which she appeared. and the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13


secret of success was explained by the
fact that the dry Office goes in a re-
themselves we'll to this manipulation
and the style is especially becoming to
growing girls, whose figures are, of
course, immature, and to slender wo-
msn The waist may be plain, but the
effect will be better If few plaits are
set on the shoulders. And in connec-
ton with plaits, the box plated prin-
cess is the newest frock that Paris has
sent over fashioned from chiffon pom
gee in the natural shade. Small box
plaits put close together form a panel
down the entire front, from the shallow
yoke of all over valencfennes lace to
the hem of the skfft and the back of
the frock is subjected to the same kind
Of treatment. Close fitting box plaits
running around the arm make the
sleeves to the elbows, from which point
there is a deep lace cuff matching the
yoke. A rather heavy cord of brown
silk girdles the waist.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13


Coats, actually long coats, that are
perfectly practical can be fashioned
from broad ribbons without overtaX-
ing the skill of the worker. The better
plan is to buy paper pattern, though
really there is very little shape to
these wraps. Four lengths of ribbon
are necessary; two for the fronts and
two for the back Those in the back
are formed below the hips. Wide arm
holes are cut away, and fronts ana
back connect with fancy buttons and
lacings from the hips to the lower
edge. There are no sleeves, and a
smart finish is given to the neck by
rolling collar Of black satin. A simple
design or rows of soutache braid finish
all edges In this way a sleeveless
jacket, the modish fad OF the summer.
may be accomplished.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
New York
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

who brings fresh eye to human af-
fairs. who can understand without ac-
tual experience. who does not see only
through the blue glass of convention
who may shock. but does not bore. who
does the usual thing in an unusual way
and the unusual as If il were a mere
matter of course. Well. in the dress
world the net blouse 10 surely a sui
phite.. IT seems to possess the faculty
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

sible they are, indeed, fortunate.
But to- return to the germ of bohe-
mlanism. Once that enters the system
it's ike scarlet fever-you not only
have bad sickness, but cfter effects
which stay by you and cripple you for
the rest of your life.
A girl inoculated with bohemianism
will be trial to everybody for long
time, but if she is allowed to go to a
big city and give the germ free rein
she will never be any good. normally
speaking, the rest of her life
She will never be neat or logical or
have any system about anything. She
Will always associate contempt for
dress with brains and brains with a
contempt for social conditions. and
that embraces pretty nearly everything
on which we build prosperity.
Bohemia is a nightmare, and there
are people who can stand living in
that sort of a dream all the time only
they ought to be kept separated from
the rest and rated with opium. NOR
phine and cocaine fiends.
Would you send your daughter TO
live among them? And, if you did. do
you ever think she weud be quite
right when she came back to yor
ooaip9
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

>vvor. The steam is brought up through
a central tube where it is condensed
above, then passes down through the
coffee, thus insuring the best results
in the quickest possible time. This is
certainly a get breakfast-q quick scheme,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

rag carpets, muslin curtains, cheap
wall paper and all that-but. still. If it
is clean and wholesome 1t is a good
place to be. But il there are flies buzz
ing about-ugh, that is different.
Then mahogany furniture and Persian
rugs cannot give it an air of refine
ment.
So put the washing off a day or slip
up on the meeting of the sewing So
ciety, but don't fail to go and put the
screens up right now.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
WHAT is ZONE 'CUPT

Young housekeepers are often at
loss when a recipe calls for cup OF
anything to tell what kind of cup to
use or bow much q cup measures.
The accepted measure is stone
Kitchen cup and means that cup filled
to the brim. 1t is equal to one-half
pint.
A cup of solid butter, milk. chopped
meat or graduated sugar is equal to
about ha,f a pound. A cup of sifted
-four is equal to quarter of a pound
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
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ORANGE SANDWICH FOR CASTOR

eff only had known sooner about
that little trick of the orange sand
witch for giving castor oil to chill
dren. how many awful struggles both
the baby and I weuld have been
saved" said a mother who had been
told by the doctor to give her baby
this unpalatable medicine.
The orange sandwich is simply a
small quantity of orange juice put into
a spoon with the needed amount of oil
added and over that enough orange
juice to cover the oil. This is an eX-
cellent method for taking either cas-
tor oil or olive oil. 1t has been rec
commended several tir1ess but is such q
really valuable discovery for mothers
that it is repeated for the benefit of
the few who have not tried it and who
still look forward to scene" every
time such a dose must be given.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
A STRAWBERRY LUNCHEON.

Iced Strawberry Soup.
Dreamed Sweetbreads in Strawberry Cups.
Lamb Chops In Pink Chop Frills.
Green Peas IL Pink Cases.
Tomato Salad.
Waters Cheese.
Strawberry Ice Cream.
Cake.
Strawberry Punch.
BOnbonS.
Use dainty pink and white china or.
in lieu of this, pure white The straw
berry cups and cases and the chop
frills may be bought and add SO much
TO the service that the slight additional
cost will prove to be money well spent.
Have the ice cream frozen in straw
berry molds or serve 1t in strawberry
cups. Ice the cake with pink.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
KEEPING CAKES FRESH.

Cookies put in an earthen jar lined
with clean cloth while they are still
hot and kept covered close will be
much more melting and cr'mbly than
If they are allowed to cool in the air.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

IA ume That reveals the theory
that all human beings are divided into
two classes-bromides and sulphites.
The bromide is the being whose mind
keeps regular office hours. who woc-
ships dogma. can only give back what
he CT she has taken in, who does all
his or her thinking by syndicate and
who wouldn't be different even if he or
she could. Adam, we are told. was q
bromide, Eve a sulphite. 1.-THE bro
mides,' the writer says, seldom listen
to one another and find the sulphites
more refreshing than those of their
own illI." The sulphite, who is. OF
course. the salt of life. is the being
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
TO COOK NEW ONIONS,

A dainty way of cooking little new
onions is to boil them, season with
salt and pepper and plenty of sweet
butter and serve on toast like aspara-
gus points. A spoonful of cream can
be added if desired.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

one half teaspoonful Of salt in bowl
and pour on one cupful of scalded milk
When lukewarm add one-half yeast
cake dissolved in two tablespoonful OF
lukewarm water, three well beaten
eggs and enough bread flour (Once
sifted) to make a stiff batter, the
amount required being about two and
one fourth cupfuls. Cover and let rise
until very light. Pour into buttered tin
or tins, again let rise and bake in a
hot oven This mixture may be baked
in a sheet, in muffin rings or in iron
gem pans.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
DELICIOUS TEA CAKES.

For breakfast or supper Sally Lunn
tea cakes are good to serve. To make
them put two tablespoonfuls Of but
ter. two tablespoohfuls OF sugar and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

the modus operandi being accomplish
ed at tie breakfast table. where the
attachment is made by running the
tubing through q small hole in the
floor the cleanli SIS and labor saw
ing comfort of the electric lamp need
no historian. And one could write
volume and then not enumerate all the
other inventions on the market that
directly benefit the housekeeper and
not +he least of them are the electric
chaIng dish, the nursery milk warm
err and the heating pad that in some
homes has put the hot water bottle out
of commission. These appliances are
all serving their par in leading wo-
man up to the high plane which she is
likely to occupy soon as a domestic
engineer, the head of establishments
in which electricity, compressed air
vacuum. high pressure water. etc, are
installed DAPHNE DEAN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

y OU very likely have read that
amusing little book called
Are Yo, a Bromide?" a vol
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13

AN author who has recently dallied
~ with the subject of modern
IA marriage has discovered that
n n the great tragedy of wire