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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

low brm of geranium red velvet and
a high conical crown covered with gera-
MUM blossoms. At one side was white
gardenia. In the lapel of the black coat.
matching the black velvet frock worn
during tea, was a cluster of bright red
geraniums Some of the fiower-trimmed
hats for spring are accompanied by these
smart little boutonniereS for the coat
lapel the cluster Of pOsieS being tucked
into the big handbook in which the hat
is sent home.
Some Of the new, close-fittng straws
have an elongated shape from back to
front and they settle down over the hair
exactly as comfortable tea cosy is
| dropped down over the teapot From Ca
mile Korer comes one of these peculiar
| toques. made of bottle green straw.
| There is no brim. but around the base
| of the steep crown is a broad band of
folded black ribbon. finished by a fiat.
! broad bow at one side. A 9th avenue
milliner is displaying tea cosy hat of
| supple white straw braid, the crown be-
! ing shaped in a tall peak which is
doubled over and caught to the edge of
the hat just above the right ear with. a
silver cabuchon set with emerald glass.
Metal ornaments of all sorts are to be
| very fashionable. and some Of the big
| cabuchons in antique gold or oxidized
| silver effects, with coral-colored emerald
or lapis lazuli settings, are richly ORR
entail in suggestion.
The woman who can make handsome
ribbon bows will be in her element this
| spring and her services will be begged
| by all her friends. for never were rib
hons more fashionable The new ribbons
! are wonderful too-soft as chiffon. lus-
| trous as satin and having for all their
softness a body and substance that
| make them stay in position almost with
out wiring. Many of the rolled-brim
| sailor-or beret shapes as they are some
| times called nOw-haye enormous bows of
ribbon set on the edge of the crown at
| the back. the ribbon wings extending out
! to the edge of the brim at either side.
| A black rough straw model of this char
acter had white gardenias all around the
| base Of the crown, with an inch or two
of the black straw showing between the
| flowers, and across the back of the hat,
perched high on the crown, was q huge
! bow of white ribbon.
| X
! Ribbon plumes are a new millinery
notion. and they are SO easy to make
that they are sure to take like wildfire.
Very broad satin or soft taffeta ribbon
is gathered through the center to a long
strip of ribbon wire. The ribbon is
shirred thickly on the wire and the end
| forming the tip Of the plume is
hemmed neatly. The long plume" may
be curved around the crown or laid across
/ it as one fancies, and usually a metal
| ornament or cabuchOn of straw hides
| the starting point of the plume"
| When real ostrich plumes are used they
are massed closely against the hat and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

Beat the yolks OF four eggs until lemon
colored and thick. Add one-half cup OF
fine sugar. pinch Of salt and half tea
spoonful of vanilla, and beat until very
light. Whip the whites of the eggs until
stiff. and dry and mix with the yolks.
Sift in three-quarters Of cup Of pastry
flour, already sifted before measuring. and
fold in lightly. Put the mixture into a
pastry bag and press the batter through
into strips about an inch wide and three
inches long, on tin sheet or an inverted
dripping pan, covered with white paper.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake in
a moderate oven.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
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ing of uhe Old. There will be cooked
rats and iong-tailed coats, made of blue
and bun cambria Tor the men, and the
girls have been asked TO come in colonial
costumes-tnat IS. with draped polonaise"
over short petticoats, square-necked bod
fees fitting snugly at the waist line, slip
pers with high heels and big colonial
buckles and. Of course, powdered hair
pied high on The head.
O4d-fashioned ouadrilles will be danced
III some Of the figures aud the favors will
include colonial slippers filed with sweet
peas square belt buckles. huge lowered
hand boxes containing dainty lawn and
lace caps. truly colonial in style and very
smart just now for breakfast wear. For
the men there will be blue and buff couch
pillows. paper cutters in the shape of
swords and paper weights in the shape
Of little composition busts of Gen. Wash
ington
The supper table will be decorated not
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ton of the doll only being used, and
the full petticoat, shirred at the waist
line, setting out over the electric bulb.
which is attached to an electric wire
running up from the floor under the cen
ger OF the table and along beneath the
table to the outer corner OF course, the
petticoats of the colonial danes are
made of thin silk, so that pleasant glow
is cast over the dining table. The dolls
hair. after being arranged high on the
head. may be shickly powdered
Some very dainty colonial dolls are
shown on Washington birthday favors
illustrated with this article. The small
dame seems TO be stepping out of dig
nfied wing chair, and the little dandies
are very gay indeed. with their pow
dered hair and lace ruffies. The hair on
all these dolls is made of white cotton
batting. and the costumes are of crepe
paper. the dolls being attached t" tne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

in red, white and blue. but in blue and
buff. ribbons of these colors being draped
from the chandelier to the corners of the
room, and the center decoration being
huge bowl of blue asters and the tiny
pale yellow dwarf chrysanthemums. The
candle shades wifi be tiny ladies of
the colonial period, with powdered hair
and spreading petticCats. and beneath the
petticoats will be electric bulbs. These
little colonial DANES will. of course be
tiny dollies-the sort that have bisque
heads with natural hair and bodies of
Kid or stuffed muslin. The lower limbs
are ruthlessly clipped off. the upper por-
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Rolled Up Brims Will Make Everybody
Younger Trimmings Cover the Grown
or Appear in Spots Brown Tones
Vie With Black and White Effects.

ancholy. dropping brims, everything rolls
up a bit at the edge and the result is a
certain liveliness and gayety in the spring
millinery that is sure to be flattering to
all faces. These upturned brims, how
ever, do not show a great deal of the
hair, for before commencing its upward
slope the brim first slopes steeply down.
ward from the crown opening and the up
curling edge forms sort of picture frame
around face and hair. The hair is pulled
much lower around the face, Also in or
der to show beyond the hat brim and the
ears are usually completely covered, little
curling tendrils being coaxed to peep out
under the sides of the hat
Many of these upturned brims are faced
with velvet and sometimes the brinn is of
straw with a crown of plush, or some 9TH
er fabric. This notion of having brim and
crown of different materials is feature
of the new millinery, and even when
straw is used for the whole hat the crown
is often made of hand-sewed straw braid
in a contrasting color and Of different
texture.
The larger hats for midsummer wear
promise to be of chip, leghorn, hemp,
neapolitan and other straws of fine and
supple character, but there is no question
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To Clean Uph0Istering.

HOUSEWIVES are we'll acquainted
! with the fact that upholstered fur
niture is a lurking place for germs and
dirt. It is well to know that 1t may
be kept clean without taking outdoors to
beat or without raising a cloud OF dust.
Wiring out of warm water q cloth which
is not linty. Spread over a chair or sofa
and beat with a rattan beaten. then turn
the cloth and beat over the other side.
Several cloths may be necessary, but all
of the dust will finally cling to the sur
face To remove dust from tufts use
a small, stiff tooth brush mostened with
hot water.
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Trifes From the Old Regime.

IN the window of fashionable 5th
avenue candy shop and luncheon rem
devious is a pretty display, in front of
which more than one passerby fingers
This is a miniature set of furniture in the
style of the gay empire lays. Here are
tiny Recamier couches, fauteuils. corr
soles, dressing tables and the like, in
cleverly initiated inlaid wood. with tapes
Try cushions and curving legs. Before the
cunning dressing table sis a langaiSh ne
lady i'm wonderfully dressed hair and an
enhancing peignoir, WAC holds a rose and
a. mouchoir to her bit of china nose,
with eyebrows raised exactly as though
she were saying: la. la. what a mon
strous effort it's to be fashionable!'
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making on the holiday. Two cherry tree
favor boxes are il!ustrated-one sec
ton. presumably, of the tree itself with
the immortal Georges Ratchet stuck in
OF cherry tree bark, or a clever imitation
of it, and modishly trimmed with a
cabuchon of cherries and Ratchet orna
ment.
X
Cherry bark baskets filed with candy
and tied with red. white ard blue rib
bon may be USED afterward for work
baskets. for the red satin lining is pro-
tecsd by oiled paper and there is a
cunning pincushion inside OF the lid. made
of red satin cherries fastened together.
Wondrous Jack Horner pies in the
shape of cherry trees are ready Tor Wa< h
ingtons birthday table centers The
tree. loaded down with natural-si2ad
cherries which If the tree also were
built to scale would represent fruit as
big as cocoanuts, is set on top of
round grass covered terrace. which, OF
course, hides enough tissue wrapped ia
vors TO go around. George Washington
and his father stand beneath the spread
ing tree. the fathe; in a threatening at
titude and George, clad in red. white and
blue man:uliy 2rasping a Ratchet almost
a. large as himself
Red. Write and blue trifles are also dis
played for Lincoln day. but the favors
are much more Warl Ike in suggestion than
those for Washinston's day. There are
knapsacks. canteens. small, cannon, army
tents, flags and little horses bearing gal
liant cavalrymen. There are also irreSst-
ibIe pickannnies with fat black legs I'M
der single garments of yellow cotton.
Torsy from Uncle Toms Cabin" in
ragged pinafore and with braided pigtaiis
is also in evidence.
More digniied are thu paper boxes and
baskets with small buSts or prints of the
martyred President. Some of these are
pictured. the oval bonhon boxes bearing
a head of Lincoln OF the lid being espe-
cia.ly attractive.
!: *
A Lincoln luncheon, to take place the
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7HE two holidays coming in Feb
rCary make the favor tables in
the shops very FULL of interest,"
ing new notions for dinner ia
bic decoration and cotillon SOU
venirs. Wasfngton's birthday comes in
the middle of the week this year, and
there will be no weekend parties for the
holiday. dinners and dances in town TAX
ing their place.
\ colonial cotillon has been arranged
by one New York hostess for the even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Baked and Candied Cranberries.

And just here let me give you direc-
tions for preparing cranberries that may
be used in lieu o. the cherries being
quite as effective in every way, and
much cheaper. In the first place, &C
cording to a well-known Washington
cook, baked cranberries are lar and
away ahead of stewed berries. Choose
a wide flat baking dish. earthen of
course, and large enough to allow a pint
OF berries to be spread in one layer on
the bottom Pour over them strip
made from one pint of sugar and one
half cupful of water. Place in a slow
oven. and bake until tender. Take from
the oven, but do not touch until quite
cold. when each berry may be tossed
up tightly with d fork. Each berry will
be thickly coated with jelly and when
piled in a pretty glass dish look like
candied cherries
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Coated Cranberries.

Add water to one cupful of confection-
ers sugar until the sirup will run slow
ly when dropped from the point of a
spoon. Place one of the baked cram
berries in wire dripping spoon, such as
confectioners use. dip in this slrup until
well coated. then place on waXed paper
to dry. Continue dripping until ali the
berries are coated When dry, they may
be used as bonboEs, proving delight
TO the eye as well as to the palate These
are specially nice for childrens parties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
. FEBRUARY in most homes calls
for some speciai entertainment.
~ either for Washinston's birth
day, Lincc.n's birthday. or.

either for Washington s Firth
day. Linccln's birthday. or.
where there are children or
young people, the day set apart in men,
DRY of genial St. Valentine. For
George Washington party, cut ,and-
wiches in the shape Of hatchets and
fill with candied cherries. chopped fine
or preserved cherries. which have been
moistened with whipped cream. The
handles may be tied with red, white
and blue ribbon If desired to impart 4
particularly festive appearance
y George Washington salad is made
by filing the cavities of canGied cher
ries with filbert or small piece of any
other nut meat. Serve on a bed of let
tuce leaves. and garnish with mayon-
naise dressing.
Prepare a chicken salad by mixing equal
parts of chopped celery and nut meats
to twice the quantity of cold. cooked
chicken, and moisten with whip, d
cream. Place a spoonful OF the salad Ia
small drums. add a teasroonful of may
onnaisc dressing to the top, and stick
small flag in the top of each. Prepare
cheese balls by grating cream cheese
and rubbing it to a smooth paste. with
enough cream to mOisten IL. Press Il
small Ratchet. cut from pimentoes into
the side OF each. and serve piled in
cannon ball fashion. There are several
appropriate desserts that may be used.
A rich boiled custard. over which whip
ped cream has been spread. sprinkled
with few candied cherries. is delicious:
but If frozen dessert is preferred, a
brick ice cream in the red, white and
blue layers may be used. or it may be
frozen In the form of an eagle, liberty
bell or Ratchet. with bunch of artificial
cherries placed beside it.
For the cake. bake a sponge cake in
. long pan. and when done, cut into
two-inch squares. Remove small
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els illustrated This dainty little hat is
made of champagne colored erin. crushed
down on the head in a modification OF the
popular Tyrolean or Pierrot shape which
will be worn through the first spring
months. whether or not its popularity will
endure much LONGER.
Around the hat. close to the lower edge
of the crown-there being no definite br.m
is band of golden brown velvet. and
on this are grouped star-shaped orna-
ments of gold lace. A cluster of quilts in
tan and brown shades rises high at one
side.
Another crushed erin model is yelled
with pale brown maline and at intervals
around the high crown are massed stin
little clusters of pale yellow roses set in
bronze green leaves.
Still another hat showing this combina-
ton of brown and gold is a gold-colored
hemp toque with a narrow, upturnlng
brim faced with bronze velvet. Back or
this brim. against the rather high crown.
is a band of rich gold lace fecked with
green threads. Two smart black quilts
slant forward from the back
Bright green, an uncompromising sham
rock shade of green. is just now the
dernier cri in Paris, and woe be to the
women who adopt 1t by mistake. for with
of this vivid color, however. is rather
charming, and the white frock, accom-
panied by green and white hat and
green parasol: is the ideal regalia for a
hot summer day.
4
woman waiting in the foyer OF the
Hudson Theater one matinee day last
week wore a small beret hat of black
satin, the turned-up brim being faced with
black velvet. Back of this turned-up brim
showed fiat wreath of green ostrich,
and at the top of the white Irish crochet
rabat bow under the chin was a tiny, tiny
bow of bright green satin. ribbon The
effect was charming-and smart to a de-
gree.
A big black erin hat by Charlotte, just
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Cranberry Pudding.

Take one cupful of sugar. one cupful
OF sweet milk, two cupfuls of flour. three
tablespoonfuls Of melteI butter che lalg
cupful of raw cranberrics. two Ieasp. GA
fuls of cream Of tartar, one teaspoolful of
soda. Mix and bake like loaf cake j.,
BRICK form. When cold slice and serve
with cream sauce.
For cream sauce. mix one cupful of
cream and one-half cupful OF sugar with
beaten white of one egg: beat until light ;;
add one-hali cupful OF cranberry Jelly
Cut jelly lightly through cream, leav ng
1t In little lumls, which gives a pretty
effect. This makes a beautiful pudding
as well as an economical and wholesome
one.
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steamed Cranberry Pudding.

Sft together a pint and a half of
flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder
and tablespoonful of salt. Add to
this one cupful of graduated sugar
beaten to cream with half cupful
Of butter, and cupful OF sweet milk
Beat two eggs. white and yolks to-
gether. to a foam, stir into the other
ingredients, then add two cupfuls washed
and dried cranberries that have been
rolled in flour. Stir al we'll together,
pour into a we'll buttered mold cover
closely and steam two hours. Serve hot
with a cranberry sauce made BY boiling
TO sirup two cupfuls granulated sugar
with one cupful of water. Add to it one
quart washed cranberries, simmer quar-
ter of an hour longer strain and pour
into hot bowl me sauce should be
hot as we'll as the pudding.
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shout the millinery shops when the III $,
dainty straws. decked with flowers anu
heaped with maline. are displayed; ana
lives there a woman with soul so dead
that she has not a Keen curiosity about
what is to be worn lin hats next sea-
son?
Spring hats are always more interesting
than more or less somber winter models.
and this year is no except on to the rule.
In fact. never before has spring millinery
been so altogether charming and smart
into the bargain. And mind YOU. charm
and smartneSS are TWO very different
things not always interchansea
Thank goodness the mushroom epidemic
10 past and gone. Now instead of mel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Cranberry Cream Pie.

Into one pint rich, sweet cream stir
one level tablespoonful of flour. one
half cupful of sugar, pinch of salt
and the beaten white OF one egg Pour
this in pan lined with pastry. and
drop a scant layer of the baked cram
berries over the top. Bake in a moder-
ate oven and when half done sprinkle
with powdered sugar. Serve with whip
ped, sweetened cream. stirred full of the
baked cranberries.
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be celebrated this year. will be given
by one young debutante this February.
and the idea is q pretty one. All the
eight young women invited are to come
in wartime costumes. and rare fun there
will be in dressing up for this party. for
suit case and dress with the other girls
in big room set aside by the hostess
for this purpose. Curls and crinolines
will be worn. dangling earrings, fichus,
huge breastpins. jet bracelets. lace shawls
and all the old-time tinery that can be
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conjured up from attic trunks for the
occasion.
After luncheon everybody is to sing al
old-fashioned song with piano-or piano.
forte, to be truly 1SG0-accompaniment
and mothers and grandmothers' memo
ries are being ransacked for appropriate
ditt:es Some OF the things that will be
sung are Sweet Junia-a." ''Ill BE No
Submissive Wife, Robin Adair." with
appropriate tremolos. and the always ex-
uuisite "Oh, Believe Me. II All Those En-
6eoriro Young Charms
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Spiced Cranberries.

Boil together three pounds brown
sugar, two cupfuls vinegar, two table
spoontus each allspice and cinnamon.
and one oe cloves tied in muslin BAGS
When boiled to strip, add four pounds
cranberries and simmer on the back uf
the stove for two hours,
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Cherry and Pineapple Salad.

One pint can of grated pineapple. one
quart of canned cherries. one package OF
gelatin. one orange. one lemon and SUI
gar to taste.
Soak the gelatin in cold water till II
swells Pour off the juice of the cherries
and Pineapple. add enough water to make
one pint and heat to boiling point. Pour
this over the gelatin to dissolve it and
add the fruit juice, little grated rind of
orange and lemon, and a cup of sugar or
more to taste. Mix well, pour in mold and
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piece from the center Of each. fill with
whipped cream, and place candled
with a plain white icing and small
Ratchet iced on top with the red frostinS.
Color some red fondant. mold into the
shape of cherries, and make the stems
with angelica or citron. Serve several
of these in small cooked hats at each
place.
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Now a Demonstration for the Gas
Stove.

WHEN you bought the new sewing
!" machine some one came around to
show YOU exactly how to run it and how
to achieve marvellous results with the va
rious hemmers. fuckers. rufflers and other
contrivances which were included in the
bargain. Now when YOU purchase gas
stove q neat little woman employed by
the company will call on you and instruct
you how to produce best results with
oven. broiler and toaster. You will b..
taught how to make biscuits brown on
top and CAKE rise withou. mixing in the
center. You Will learn new th.nss about
shor:cakes and batter cakes and turkey
roasting. and how to get the very best
results from your stove with the least
possible waste of gas.
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but that the coarse heavier straws will
he sniartest in first models for street
wear
Some OF these new hats are in most
lovely colorings, subtle shades of cerise.
dull greens and blues and a whole range
of soft browns being obtainable now in
straw braids. Brown is to have a ire
mendous vogue. if the signs are to be be-
lieved, and will vie in popularity with the
black and white effects which are to con-
t.nue fashionable through the coming sea-
son. Brown has been creeping back to
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Cranberry Frappe.

Boil one quart Of cranberries with a
pint of water until soft. Add two cup
fuls OF sugar and stir until dissolved.
Cool, add the juice of one or two lemons
and freeze to a mush-like consistency.
Serve in sherbet glasses.
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Cranberry Conserve.

To three and a half pounds cranberries
allow three pounds sugar. one pound
raisins, four oranges peeled and the pulp
cut in small pieces. Cook fifteen min
utes.> add one pound walnut meats. cook
to. cool.
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Roast Fresh Ham With Oyster
Dressing.

butcher remove the bone Wash and
scrape till nice and white: cut deep
gashes on the outside. Rub inside and
out with salt. pepper and sage. Make
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Special February Entertainments at Home.

bread dressing as for turkey, but use
plenty of oysters with it. Fill the ham:
sew it up and place in hot oven. Roast
from four to six hours, according to the
size, bastng often. This is an excellent
substitute for turkey.
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which pass through the lid of the box
over the dolls inSteps.
Cooked hats. haichets, cherries and
many miniature reproductions Of the i'm
memorial cherry tree are ready for fun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05

And now the "trouser skirt" intro
duced by Paul Poiret. has received the
name of the "harem skirt but II has
not been seriously introduced anywhere.