The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-05
MABEIS CH|TCHAT
Floral Booth a Novel Feature
For Church Bazaar.
CHILDREN DANCE AT FAIR.
No Matter How Elaborate Your Fall
Blouse May Be, You Must Call IL q
Shirt-Whits Satin the Favorite Ma
tsriai to Use For This Garment.

. teriai to Use For This
My Dear Elsa-I think ! can suppl!
you with a beautiful new idea to carr!
out in the bazaar you are getting VI
for the benefit OF your country
church. In the fall you will have lot.
Of autumn flowers. SO q floral forum,
telling booth will be quite within youI
resources.
The setting that you will need fol
the flower fortune booth Is a tent oil
arbor or a screened Off section amonl
the trees, lined with greenery. Simple
paper muslin stretched from tree t.
tree will answer the purpose charm
ingly and cost but q tride. A bower OF
vines should form an approach. and
the entrance may be screened so that
no n may look In upon the venture
some person who is consulting her fate.
Within the bower there should be a
long table showing all along its length
little boxes or trays filed with damp
sand, covered over with moss and
stuck with tiny sprays Of autumn flow
ers. In the center should be a very
large bowl 6lled with scented water.
Fortune telling patrons have the
choice Of three ways In which their fu-
ture may be revealed and character
read. There is the fortune Of single
blossoms, there is the fortune of
punches OF flowers. and there is the
fortune OF the scented water. OF
course in all three instances the meth
Cd OF telling the fortune is the same,
but the appearance OF the work is
changed, and there are lots OF people
who will want their fate foretold all
three ways.
Your fortune teller will have TO learn
by heart the meaning Of every flower,
grass and leaf that she Is using. which
knowledge may be found IN most
books on floral lore or else-which Is
the clumsier but safer way-to tie small
notes to the stems OF the different
kinds Of flowers and consult these. She
must be glib Of tongue and be able to
make the interpretations sound con-
vincing and mysterious.
The patron picks out from the assort-
ment any flower that appeals to him
and hands 1t to the fortune teller. II he
chooses O bouquet he has the second
method and a little more variety In
the telling. In the fortune Of scented
water the fortune teller takes from a
boxful Of dried petals a handful Of diff
ferent kinds and sets them afoat on
the water in the big bowl, at the same
time tanning them so well as to scatter
them over the surface. When the
water has been sufficiently disturbed to
cause q good deal Of commotion among
the petals and to mix them thoroughly
come to rest. Those that stop on the
side heal the one awaiting his fate are
the ones which foretell his future.
Your fortune teller may be gowned
In a rustic fashion, but | think an east
ern costume Is more effective, but II
you have any trouble in getting the
eastern garD, why. have the girl wear
a simple unbound robe Of some thin
white material with a crown Of autumn
leaves on her flowing hair.
A pretty side play at the fair is to
have q group Of small children give a
dance in front Of the booth at regular
intervals. This attracts the crowd
These youngsters should be dressed as
elves and fairies or representing differ
ent flowers.
Now ! know you want a hint or two
about the autumn styles. My dear
Elsa, as you value your reputation as
a modish woman, don't call your blouse
a blouse, no matter how elaborate II
may be, but speak Of It as q shirt, and
a white satin 'shirt" Is the correct
thing to wear with -FOUR new fall tailor
made, and veil 1t with chiffon If you
would be exactly up to the minute.
This chiffon overshirt Is always laid In
tucks or plaits. Gathers are complete
ly out Of fashion. But the plaits are
not narrow pin affairs. either. They are
one. two or even three inches broad,
three Of these broad plaits set close TO.
gether often covering the space be
tween armhole and front opening.
The plaits are stitched all the way
down and are not intended to add full
ness across the bust. This is effected
by a clever slanting cut. which seems
TO be the secret Of the French blouse
maker. The shirts. Of course, have
long sleeves and a long shoulder line.
The top Of the shirt and upper sleeve
are cut kimono fashion. and a diamond
shaped gusset Is inserted underneath
where the arm joins the shoulder.
Then the long straight sleeve is attach
ed to the upper kimono sleeve, and its
lower edge Is slashed and fastened
with hooks and eyes,. so that the at
around the wrist Is trim and neat.
These satin waists are exQuisitely
dainty, but they soil mighty soon. and
the average iaundress does not do
them up with any credit to her skill.
This is the way ! wash my new shirt:
I lay It In soft water and suds Of pure
white soap. Now. don't rub the satin.
but souse II up and down In several
cool waters after the first immersion.
Iron the shirt when almost dry with q
not too hot iron. using a bit Of thin
muslin between the satin and the iron.
IN nplv Mill ~ox1 ~o~n <h~ lrskns AAA