Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

one. Now the home laundrcss can sit
easily beside her basket of clothing within
reach of her hot irons, and our advice
is to iron say about two hours at one
time and then return to the work after
an interval. We had also to invent an
iron which was without bad results for
the hand of the ironers. These details we
call high scientific study and worthy the
genius of an Edison.
Now comes the invariable question of
entertaining company. How can one pos
sibly give luncheon or dinner without
a maid or butler? 1t was a staggering
proposition, but We have solved ii by a
dumb butler something analogous TO a
dumb waiter, but on wheels and by re-
volving table. When one has abundant
plates and fiat silver for courses the
plan is easy. Just have the side table
near the left of the hostess and place the
soiled dishes in the place OF the fresh
and revolve the table until all have been
served. When they must be cleaned have
a physicians sterilizing pan on the table
with a vessel to pour off the water and
a pitcher to refill. 1t is a matter of
dizziness and grace, soon acquired by
practice. The casserole service and other
receptacles make it possible to have hot
and cold food and drinks right at the
table all the time of the meal. | have
myself had a dinner of eight courses and
for eighteen people without rising from
the table or without a maid or butler just
in the way described"
Mrs Pattison is an attractive woman in
every way and a most convincing talker.
Her reputation as a homekeeper and the
admiration which her course in the mat
ter of domestic independence aroused
among her friends made her unanimous
choice of the Federal Women :
Clubs the chairman of the unique
work which they proposed. The commit
tee is composed of many women of inter-
national reputation, such as Mrs. Flor
ence Howe Hail. daughter of Julia Ward
Howe, and author of a book Ameri-
etiquette; Helen NJ Lippincott and
Mrs. John r.. Schermerhorn. This COM
mittee has made food tests and examined
every condition of housekeeping, and its
results are to be embodied IN a neat
volume which cannot fail to be useful to
all those Interested in the scientific man.
agement of home.
i
Mrs. Pattison is a native of the small
city which is her home, and she is prom
inent there in every direction. Her ener-
gies are not confined to home economics,
though she has made the latter a study
of years and sort of life mission. She
s~@SO
gentle league which has in view the
selection OF a national flower. She is
president of the Mountain Laurel League
of America. a society of which Mrs. Will
liam Cumming Story of New York is vice
president, and which has thousands of
members in the United States. She has
written several interesting treatises on the
cogent reasons why the laurel should be
selected rather than it's rivals, the daisy
or the golden rod.
I'VE need an emblem Of beauty i'm the
form of a national flower" said Mrs. Pat
tison, land 1 should like to interest
every man, woman and child in its Sc
lection. France has its ieur de lis, Eng
land the rose, Scotland the thistle, Ire
land the shamrock, and We with n wealth
from which to choose do nothing. i wish
we would choose flower and stamp it
on everything going out of our land
food, clothing, machinery; flower sym
bolic that America has moment of
leisure from moneymaking to think of
beauty and the glory of nature. This
crusade in favor OF beauty is really the
prime motive in all that We are doing for
the home. 1t is said by our beloved
philosopher. Emerson, that q ray of
beauty transcends all the utilities Of