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through the threads remaining in this
space are woven colored linen floss In
oblong and other rectangular patterns.
The beauty of the towel depends on the
right blending Of colors in the weaving
of the border design.
Scalloped towels are always very rich
and dainty, and these towels are especial
ly easy to do. The edges may be marked
in a simple scalloped pattern ny the aid
of large spool and in the center Of one
end of the towel. just above the scallop-
ing, goes a handsome initial mono
gram or a group of three small initials
the latter style being perhaps the most
fashionable Just at present.
To return to bags, clever little con.
trivance which a woman was making or
a piazza last summer is going to be du
plicated by another woman this year, an6
many Of these little 'scrap-paper bags
will be fashioned for Christmas gifts
The bag is made of a twelve-incf
square Of heavy linen embroidered will
simple design and lettered Scraps
Small buttons and loops provide way
| to roll the square up in a cornucppis
shape and a longer loop at the top II
used to hang up the bag on some pro
| lection OF the bureau. The bags are in
| tended for use when travelling and square:
}of paraffin paper to be folded in cornu
copia style and tucked inside should bt
sent with the bag.
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your amateur grown-up fsherman must
have the very latest models in ny rods,
reels and other paraphernalia; your ten
mis- enthusiast racquet Of the last date
your golfer all the different sticks In a
knowing looking canvas bag, and your
would-be Nimrod the latest thought in
gun, gun case and cartridge belt. II
he equipments are correct and properly
costly. it really matters little what the
costume is, so long as it is comfortable
and will stand sun and rain.
The type Of dress. however, should be
n keeping with the variety of sport pur-
sued. One does not wear bathing dress
when climbing a mountain. however COM
Portable and appropriate the abbreviated
costume might seem: nor would loose
and informal tennis blouse and skirt be
in good taste upon horses back. where
certain conventiOnality of dress is es-
sential.
Much latitude is allowed the horse
woman in summer time however, and the
tightly fitted cloth habit. stiff collar and
silk hat worn at the riding academies In
town and at the ultra-conventiOnal horse
shows are discarded in the country and
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keeper loving dainty table effects. The
candle shade is made of six sections Of
handkerchief linen. each having in the
center an embroidered design and the
five sections are then put together with
cluny insertion, narrow edge finishing
the top and bottom Of the shade. These
very dainty candle shades may be mount
ed over white or rose pink silk or any
other color desired.
Guests towels are a popular form OF
piazza needlework, for the work does
not tax the mind and one may talk and
work with great ease. The Swedish
towels are the newest notion, and these
towels, though they require some patience
to finish, are very handsome in effect
Above a three-inch hem threads are pull
| ed for several inches and in and out
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for piazza embroidering. The ties are
made of natural colored linen-a creamy
shade lighter than ecru-and the embroid-
cries are done on this in w.iite or tones
of brown, the little figures of the pattern
extending the length of the tie.
Hand-crocheted filet lace is another sum-
mer handiwork which promises to be i'm
mensely popular. and the patterns, which
may be procured at any shop dealing in
fancywOrk supplies. show queer beasts,
birds and people done in fine crocheted
stitch on a coarse flet ground. The work
goes rapidly and the square motifs. joined
with entire deux of cluny or torchon
lace, make very handsome pillow covers
and dining room linens.
Candle shades of white linen, daintily
embroidered, will be made by the house
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average woman has nervous NUGGETS I'M
less there is something 10 occupy her
restless mind and busy fingers.
Mornings on the piazza fly swiftly when
tongues and fingers are also flying. and
it is wonderful how much may be accom-
plished at these pleasant occasions. Nov
elites in fancy work are admired, pat
terms are exchanged, and one comes home
in the autumn the richer by many
pretty Bit of dining room linen or dainty
gift that will answer for Christmas use.
Bags are always a popular form of
summer fancy work and new kinds of
bags are forever cropping up. the most
practical being those that afford some
special housekeeping convenience. OF this
sort is The most satisfactory new laundry
bag illustrated. There are two openings
In this bag-one in the center OF one
side near the top. for the insertion of
soied garments. and the other opening
AT the bottom so that the clothes may
be shaken cut easily INTO hamper or other
receptacle. This lower opening is ar
ranged. as the picture shows with but
tons and buttonhoIes. the opening at the
top of the bag being bound with tape
The laundry bag should be hung rather
nigh In the closet, as 1t il easier to put
the Clothes in at the level of the arm
than TO be continually STOPPING. This
denim with seam binding and trim
ming of white tape. Blue denim of the
same sort or plaid Bingham also makes
an attractive laundry bag. The bag
should of course, be made of washable
stun and be sent. itself, for launder-
ing at regular intervals.
The pretty sweeping set of apron, cap
and wrist cuffs, illustrated will make
pleasant summer fancy work and should
be appreciated by the little bride-to-be
as Christmas gift. Many women are
making up these little sweeping sets as
housewife shower" gifts for next fall.
The apron Is made out of two fancy
handkerchiefs and il the picture is care
fully studied Ii will be seen how one
handkerchief is placed over the other TO
form the apron. the pocket being made
by cutting across one corner and binding
the opening with ribbon. Cap and cuffs
are also made of corners cut from the
handkerchief. which is cut up TO form
the circular cap.
Instead of the knitted ties which all
womenfolk were busy with last summer.
this years fad il the embroidered linen
tie, and these ties come ready stamped
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heat until hot, rub them through a sieve.
mix smooth with one and One-han plntS
of thin cream sauce, let simmer for rev
minutes, seasoning to taste, and serve
hot.
Corn and Pea Soup.
Take one cupful each of green peas
and green corn, either canned or freshly
cooked Rub the peas through colander
or sieve, add the corn. heat until
thoroughly hot. Take few spoonfuls OF
nut butter, add gradually hot water to
make a smooth, rich cream. add it to the
hot.
Potato Soup.
Boil and mash fine six or eight large
potatoes, add two quarts of hot rich
milk, stir until smooth. season with salt
pepper. butter and. a little minced pars-
White Soup.
To two quarts of boiling salted water
add three tablespoonfuls of rice and one
cupful of finely broken vermicelli or spa
ghetti, simmer until tender, add one cup
full of thin cream and more salt If needed,
and a little white pepper. Beat the
whites of two eggs stiff, place in the
tureen, and pour the soup over them.
Duchesse' Soup.
Mix two tablespoonfuls of flour with
two of hot butter until smooth and we'll
cooked Add gradually one quart of hot
milk and cook for ten minutes. Add two
of grated cheese, season
with salt and pepper. Beat three eggs
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in front giving the skirt the appearance
of ordinary walking model when the
equestrian is afcot The riding girl wears
a sailor or a continental hat of rough
straw, trimmed simply with a conven-
tfonal band and fat bow. Her gloves
match her smart little boots Of soft tan
leather. and altogether her costume,
while summary and comfortable, is cor
rectly in keeping with a certain pre-
scribed conventionality.
Il
| On the cool green of the golf links and
| the tennis court white costumes s7e al
ways most charming and even the very
clever tennis players, the runners-up in
cup tournaments, most often appear on
the courts in snowy white raiment, crisp
lily fresh from the laundress' hands. Such
costumes usually include short, plain
I gored skirt of linen or duck, cut with a
good swing at the bottom but fitting the
| hips neatly, and loose blouse of some
| thin material like null, china silk or
| handkerchief linen. very simply built,
with turnback cuffs at the elbow and q
| turnover collar, leaving the neck bare.
| The deliberately designed "tennis frock'
| which one sees in fashion pictures Is
usually for the maiden who trips blithely
about. the court, holding up her skirt with
Zone hand and batting hopefully at the
ball with her arm crooked at the elbow.
| A sweater should always form part OF
the tennis costume. for after a warmly
/ contested game it is very easy to catch
| cold, and some wrap should be slipped
| over the shoulders the minute one stops
| playing. The tennis girl also ties broad
black velvet ribbon over her bonnie brown
| or golden-hair to keep straying locks
| in order, and this summers tennis girl
| ties the bow of her ribbon f1llet just over
! her left ear.
The golfing girls costume need not be
as severely athletic as the tennis girl 8
but 1t should be quite as businesslike A
touch of bright color on the white golf
costume is charming against the green
summer background and there are cheer
full red coats trimmed with gay brass
buttons which the golfing girl wears in.
stead of a sweater. The golf skirt should
be short and the arms and throat should
be free and comfortable, for strenuous
action is required for a good game OF
golf, though most of the game seems &c
consist in strolling about.
II A very attractive golf costume is Illus
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Summer hapiness-to a man-means
his old clothes, an old pipe and his razor
left at home with his boiled shirts, and
for this reason do men HE themselves TO
the happy hunting grounds in the fan
depths of Maine and Adirondack woods,
where feminine folk are not and no alb
horrent ''dressins-up' is required of them.
Women, on the other hand, regard their
outing toys as seriously as any other type
of costume and insist upon making them
selves as charming and as dainty when
dressed for camping, tramping or any 9TH
er out-of door sport, as for dinner party
or evening at bridge.
Now outing garb may be picturesque
and becoming. but 1t must be appropriate
and comfortable. 1t may be smart and
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Notes and Novelties.
Cloisonne Jewe1ry.

MOST beautiful in co!oring is this
AVA new jewelry in sunken patterns
of delicately tinted enamel in silver.
The ornaments include hat pins, belt
buckles. shirt waist pins. card cases
and chain purses Cloisonne jewelry
has been a product of Japan only mere
tofore and the prices in this country
have been high: but now firm of
American manufacturers has taken up
the dainty handicraft and cloisonne
ornaments will soon be within the
reach Of all.
For the Would-Be Nimrod.
THE ambitious amateur hunter who
4 has never really shot anything but
lives ever in hope, may panel his dining
room with as handsome feathered speci-
mems as ever graced the walls OF the sea
soned huntsman. All sorts OF birds there
are, cleverly built up in relief by means OF
cotton batting and with feathers an.
piled by hand; the bird seeming to hang
but in reality resting against a slab OF
wood. These mounted birds come in all
sizes, ranging from six to eighteen
| inches, and each specimen is made Of the
feathers which cover the real bird which
1t initiates. Practically every variety OF
wild and domestic bird may be had, and
there Is no reason the dining room should
not show splendid record of achieve
To Renovate Velvet.
WHEN renovating velvet stretch the
w material pile side upward over a
basin of boiling water. AS the steam
rises from the velvet get second person
to brush up the pile briskly with a stiff
whsk. If the material is really dirty
and not merely hattened and crushed,
sponge 1t lightly with benzine, taking
great precaution that there is no artificial
light or fire i'm the room in which the
operation is performed. and also that
there Is no draft leading to an apartment
containing heat or light Of any kind.
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Einlauf.

This is another German soup not gen.
orally known here. Make a pancake
batter, with two eggs. two heaping Ia
bespoonfuls of flour, and milk or water
to make the right consistency. Have
ready three pints boiling water. then let
the batter run into it. stirring all the
time. IL desired the yolk of one egg NAV
be reserved to add to the soup last. with
a little sugar and butter. Then chill.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
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we'll with a few spoonfuls Of the soup.
pour slowly into the soup, stirring brisk-
| ly Do not let It boil after adding the
| eggs, but allow 1t to stand hot for a
| few minutes before serving.
Sweet Potato Soup.
Boil and mash the sweet potatoes, then
return them to the water in which trey
were cooked, add salt, pepper and butter
to taste, and serve with croutons. A
little cream would be an improvement,
| or a spoonful or two OF nut butter thinned
to a cream. and added
Vegetable Oyster Soup.
scrape and slice thin one quart OF
satisfy or vegetable oyster roots and crop
them into cold water containing spoon
full Of vinegar as soon as scrapeo' 10
keep them from turning dark colored
Put on to cook in boiling sailed water 10
cover. and cook until tender. Add one
| mint of milk salt to taste. thicken WIN
| a snoonful or two OF -four rubbed smooth
| in little cold milk. and JUST before IAN
| ing from the fire add a cupful or tnln
sweet cream. Crackers may be added IL
| liked.
Carrot Soup.
scrane the carrots and cut in thin slices,
cook them until tender. with stalk OF
celery and a few slices Of green pepper
Remove the peppers and rub the carrots
through a sieve. Mix two tablespoonfuls
of -four with one tablespoonful or hot
butter until smooth and well cooked. ADD
gradually one pint Of milk and COOK un-
til smooth Add the carrot. season with
salt. pepper and nutmeg and little
cream, il at hand-
Cream Of Celery Soup.
Chop fine one head Of celery and put
on to cook in one pint of water, Doll
until tender, add one pint of milk. thicken
with a spoonful OF flour, add one table
spoonful of butter season to taste and
strain. then add one cupful or whipped
cream and serve at once
Black Bean Soup.
Wash one pint of black beans. cover
with one quart of cold water and let soak
over night; in the morning pour of the
water, and pour over three pints of cold
water; cook covered, until tender. four or
five hours: add one tablespoonful of salt
the last hour; rub through a strainer
add the strained beans to the water In
which they were boiled; return to the
SOUP kettle; melt one tablespoonful of
butter; add two tablespoonfuls OF hour:
stir this into the hot soup; let boil. STIR
ring constantly; add little pepper; cut
ly one lemon: put all the slices into the
tureen and pour the soup over; serve very
hot.
Pink Soup.
One pint of water, one-half can OF
tomatoes, one potato shaved thin, one
stalk of celery cut small. a pinch OF
sweet marjoram. one tablespoonful each
of sugar and butter, ana one teaspoonful
Sni1 oil fry thnvs Until t11a
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Bright Co1ors Attractive
onthe Golf Links-The
New Airship Costume
That Defies the Breezes
How to Garry the
Coat When Tramping.
Admitted Bathing Suit
Like a Boys.

LII through the
long, weary winter
months, when con-
ventional raiment is
d e m an d e d, one
looks forward with
anticipation 10 the
h a ppy, informal
summer days when
old clothes and out
ing togs may be
donned fora jolly
and care-free good
time.
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Delicious Soups Made Without Meat Stock.

thicken with graduated tapioca or corn
starch, let boil for five minutes longer,
add a pinch of soda, then stir in a pint
of hot milk, and serve at once.
Tomato Soup.
pint of hot water. and let come to a boil.
Mix together two heaping tablespoonfus
Of -four, one of butter, one teaspoonful
each of salt and sugar rub smooth with
a spoonful of the hot tomato. and mix
all together, let boil for fifteen minutes.
rub through sieve, and serve hot.
Egg Soup.
Beat three eggs until light. then add
one-half cupfui of thick, sweet cream.
and one cupful OF milk. pour over this
two quarts of boiling water. set on the
fire until it comes to a boil, season TO
taste. then pour over broken bread In
the tureen, and serve.
Bread Soup.
This is a favorite German sweet soup
that is eaten hot in winter and cold in
summer To make 1t take stale crusts
OF rye bread and put to cook with plenty
Of water to cover them. When soft,
strain and put the liquid back over the
fire with a little butter, handful of
dried curfarhs, sugar to taste, piece
of stick cinnamon and a sprinkle of salt.
A little vinegar or lemon juice is often
added. The soup should be but slightly
not much porridge
Judgment is to be used in the amount
of bread and water used. The stick Gin
namon may be removed after cooking
few moments, rinsed off and saved to
use again.
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made III the SelectlOn and COM
bination of the almost endless variety of
cereals. fruits vegetables and nuts readi-
" available for human food, they will
find themselves in far better health phys
ically, mentally and possibly morally
To aid the housewife in the preparation
of meatless dishes, the following soup
made without meat stock, will be found
both nourishing and delicious.
Mixed Vegetable Soup.
Six potatoes, two small turnips, two
carrots one head of celery, and one large
slice of toasted bread. Chop the vegetab les
in small pieces and simmer all together
in six quarts Of water for ABOUT three
hours. until the whole is reduced to a
pulp. Rub through sieve, ana season to
taste.
Vegetable Soup.
Put one and one-half tablespoonfuhs
of butter into the soup kettle, and when
it Is melted add two potatoes, two car
rots and a head of celery, sliced thin.
Fry until all are a golden brown, then
add a sprig of parsley. tablespoonful of
salt, little pepper, and two quarts of
cold water Cover, and. cook slowly for an
hour or more.
Leftover Soup.
Take about one and one-half cupfuls
of any kind of vegetables left over from
yesterdays dinner either all one kind or
several kinds. as there happens to be.
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A smart little white linen coaching cos
tune is made for the driving girl. The
feature of this costume is the button and
buttonilole arrangement by which the
frock may be opened and spread out fiat
on the ironing board, to the infinite de-
light of the laundress.
The new knitted bathing suit is the
bathing fad OF the season. What old
Father Neptune is going to say TO this
suit is a question. but that the spectators
on shore. as well the girls who wear
the comfortable affair, viii approve It
goes without a question.
This new suit has a knitted jersey. or
bodice, with little sleeves to the elbow,
and a broad. jaunty sailor collar. This
jersey is matched by well fitting knitted
trunks exactly like those worn by men
bathers. except that there is ribbed
cuff" to make the trunks fit snugly just
| above the knee. so that the stocking may
| be drawn over them. To match the Jer-
sey and trunks-which are, of course.
only worn as they are in the privacy of
the gym, or at some sylvan pool. where
there are no masculine eyes to see-there
| is skirt Of pleated mohair which comes
| to the knee, and the necktic matches this
skirt. This attractive bathing suit is sure
| to prove a prime favorite with the girl
who loves to dive. swim and generally
| have a good time in the water.
Beneath this jersey bathing bodice.
| however some sort of figure supporter Is
absolutely essential and unless a bathing
corset or snug brassier is worn, there
| should be a muslin waist. fitted like an
ordinary waist lining, featherboned at the
| seams and buttoned at the front. Such
| a waist is really more comfortable to
| swim in than a corset but the strips OF
featherbone should be rather short. not
extending more than an inch two
above the waistline. the material holding
the bust I'm position.
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correct in style, but it must never look
stiffiy new and impractical, or the least
little bit in the world theatrical Better
far an old wool skirt, last years shirt
waist minus collar and with the sleeves
Topped off at the elbow and little brother
Toms battered felt hat for the camping
trip than. AN ostentatiously new costume
that bespeaks its ready-made dry goods
store origin in every shining button and
buckle. The English folk have talent
for building smart yet not too smart out
ing raiment and their serviceable tweeds
and cheviots, their sturdy linens and
knockabout khakis have never been equal
ed by any other fabrics for this use
But while the genuine sportsman. and
the true sport-feminine or masculine--ab-
hors a look of polished newness about
outing garments, his or her equipments
the tools of sport-must be correct and IT.
reproachably up to the minute in every
respect. and while small boy may catch
splendid fish with bent pin and string.
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T Is always wise,
no matter how lit
tie one feels in
clined toward any
sort of work, when
preparing for the
summer rest, to
tuck some light,
pretty needle oc-
cupation in the
trunk, for after
three days of alb
solute rest the
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skirts of linen crash or khaki worn, with
cool silk or Inch shirt waists finished at
the neck with soft stock crossed in
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Soup rejoices the stomach and disposes
it to receive and digest food.-Brillat
Savarin.
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One pint of water, one-half can OF
tomatoes, one potato shaved thin, one
stalk Of celery cut small. a pinch Of
sweet marjoram. one tablespoonful each
Of sugar and butter. and one teaspoonful
of salt. Boil all together until the potato
dissolves. then strain through q sieve,
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fashion or her way to the courts, and
there seems no reason why the tramping
girl should not adopt the practical
scheme.
The maid who spends her vacation pad
ding a canoe Up shady streams should
by all means have a jaunty MILDLY suit
Of white duck, with a killed skirt and
one of the loose blouses which fall
traight to the hips like a .sailorman' =
jumper. needing no belt. and leaving the
arms gloriousiy free to swing the paddle.
The sailor collar of the MILDLY blouse
opens far down on the neck and has a
picturesque becomingness. especially when
there is big knotted tie OF dark blue or
black silk.
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rECESSITY is teaching many
~ families that they can live with
out flesh foods, and if wise
and common-sense choice is
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heat until hot, rub them through sieve
mix smooth with one and one-haf plnts
| Of thin cream sauce, let simmer for a Few
| minutes, seasoning to taste, and serve