The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-01
For the Women to Think About
Written Especially for The Reformer by Lydia Eliot

water and a cup of sugar, boiled and cool
ed. Add the strained juice OF fou
oranges and two lemons and beat o.
shake well. Fill tumblers with chippet
ice and pour in the fruit syrup. Serve a
once.
In making strawberry punch, or fruitet
with Strawberries as basis, lemon juic,
should be added to give necessary acidity
All mixtures should be varied to sui
the taste, with more or less sugar and diff
ferent flavors, such as adding Jamaica
ginger, drop of rose flavoring, or some
crushed fresh mint. Sometimes they are
varied to suit the materials at hand, fol
we cannot have everything perhaps.
Crushed or Clipped ice in the serving
tumblers makes summer beverages more
dainty and palatable. II not convenient
to have it, cool them in the ice box or on
the cellar bottom. They are quite as
| healthful without coming in contact with
ice at all. This may be a pleasant thought
to those who have no ice.
Nothing has been said about costum,
| ing for the Fourth. But if the boys want
| to join the willow band or the horribles,
let's lend hand and get them up the
sible for designs and working plans.
Red patent leather belts are approved
for children. They are suitable for wear
with dark blue coats, shepherd checked
dresses as well as with other colors and
styles in coats and frocks.
A sensible combination garment which
easily wins favor is the knitted or Jersey
vest with muslin drawers or short skirt
attached. This is easily made at home.
The stiff quilts and feathers which have
long held sway for trimming of travelling
hats, while brushing into other peoples
Persian silk scarfs which drape gracefully
and are attractive even under the ever
present yelling of one sort and another.
What wears better than voile? Num-
bers of us have hung away wolfe skirt
and Elton jacket of several summers ago.
Why not convert the jacket into waist,
attach the pleated skirt which, most
likely, is just like many that are being
made, and have serviceable one-piece
A touch of coral pink is effective with
some shades of darkish blue giving charm
in the contrasting notes of color.
In using flags for decorations the field
of blue with the stars should always be at
the upper edge, never at the lower. We
are not all observant in these matters,
but every veteran and many other
patriots are grieved when they see the
flag turned upside down. Not long ago
large flag was draped across the front of
gallery, the striped edge Of the flag be-
ing fastened straight across the top of it,
the flag was gathered up through the cen
ter and fastened at the top which draped
it very prettily in a half circle which we
often see. The effect was spoiled for
many passing it, for the field was down
a signal of distress. Very likely those do
ing it thought it would 'look prettier" if
the blue came near the middle of the half
circle, making break in the stripes,
without stopping to consider the flag it.
self and what its meaning is. If we loved
our flag better and talked about it more
generally We would notice such matters
at once. In using striped bunting with
blue and stars at one edge, this should be
the upper edge, with the plain stripes
coming below, if you wish to follow the
flag" in decoration.
Red, white and blue flowers are to be
had at this season. The pansy, flags and
spider lilies furnish blue. The other
nolorS are plentiful