The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-23
FOR WOMEN TO THINK ABOUT
Short Items Of Interest to Every
Housekeeper.

er skilful at making ribbon flowers
will be tempted to try these wings.
For the trimming of gowns you will
notice that laces, jewels and buttons
are the leaders, and for cloth suits
and wraps the handsome braids.
The little frills and jabot-like pieces
of lace that are let here and there in
! to the plain waist of, say, taffeta,
transform 1t into semi-dressy waist
that makes it very useful for infor-
NAL affairs-if it matches the skirt in
color.
Mix chopped nut meats of various
kinds with the filings that you put
into the lunch basket sandwiches of
the school children.
Have you ever tried putting stewed
apple into the egg-and-milk custard
which you are mixing for a one-crust
| pie? 1t gives a delicious flavor and
meringue is an addition if you don't
mind the present price of eggs.
Quite a number of the first shirt
waist arrivals show the new lace frill
| on the sleeve, that which is let into
the back seam few inches above the
wrist instead of on the edge to fall
over the hand
Whiting is an excellent agent for
cleaning white enamel paint.
The couch to which one retires for
| the short early afternoon nap is best
| placed in room that is away from
the living room where other members
of the family are passing. We al
| ways find a comfortable couch in the
library or living room, but there
should also be one in the sleeping
room.
A set of cases-veil, glove, hand
kerchief, nightgown, etc, done in
punched work on snow-white mater
ial makes a delightful bridal gift
There isn't one of us who doesn't
know that dishes should always be
wiped either with two towels or with
an end of one large towel so that the
hands themselves never come in con-
tact with the dishes to leave finger
marks, but do we all know that fur
niture is best busted in this way
a buster in each hand? Table Talk
says this is done to prevent finger
marks when working about the fur
niture.
! OF course the picnic salad can be
put into the wide-mouther fruit cans.
| but the new vacuum bottles with wide
mouths are much better because the
salad is thus kept cold without ice
The asters now in bloom every
where make delightful table decora-
! ton and cover such variety of
colorings that one can always select
from them bouquet that will har-
monte with her china.
Those who pretend to know say
that there is no excuse for a woman
having sagging chin muscles. If she
will massage them daily with upward
motion and bind them up at night.
she can do more in this way by her
self than by occasional treatment
| away from home.
There is charm about the beauti-
full beige color that is appealing to
good dressers. You will see il in
suits in evening garments and in mil
| linery.
Don't throw away the bits of cream
that are left; turn them into a bowl
and let them sour. Then, sometimes
when you want to make a salad and
find yourself without any olive oil in
the house. substitute the sour cream
and you will have a delicious salad
with what would otherwise have been
thrown away.
The old-gold and mustard shades
are wonderfully effective in the
coarse, homespun weaves. 1t may be
have called attention to them be-
fore. but they are constantly being
SHOWN to men and each time they are
handsomer than the last.
| The woman who keeps plenty of
coat and skirt hangers at hand is the
woman who saves herself the expense
OF having clothes pressed frequently
and yet is never seen in clothes that
are badly wrinkled.
No one can ask for more decorative
| gold fish bowls than have been de-
signed by real artists. and You will
| find some of them already on sale
right here in Brattleboro in our de-
partment stores.
Crystal, amber and jeweled buttons
are used in the decoration of both
lace and charmeuse gowns. being
selected TO harmonic with the ma
| terial in color.
While alcohol in various face wash.
es is exceedingly cleansing. IL tends
TO produce wrinkles, so its action
should be mitigated by combination
with softening agents.
The hair is to be worn low on the
head land very little of IT'D to CON
form to the new small-crowned hats.
SO We are informed by those who fol-
low the fashions closely. or even keep
bit in advance.
When corn is too old to be palat-
able eaten from the cob. il NAV he
cut on, formed into little cakes with
beaten egg and fried in butter Cold
boiled corn may be utilized this way
also
All those whose summer hats have
exhibited the broad front line will do
well to alter this as soon as possible
and secure the long front-to-back line
that Is to be the proper effect this
fall.
As il is absolutely essential. for
even short trip, to have at least a
few coat hangers for clothing. the
sets in compact cases are invaluable.
One of these cases will go into ones
handbag, so that il is available even
| on the sleeping car The 600. -