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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
A SUNFLOWER PARTY.

EOR the finale of golden summer the
gorgeous yellow sunflower Is the
thing. Invitations to a sunflower social
should be decorated in water colors, with
several Of these flowers across the top.
A lawn is the ideal spot for such an at
fair The grounds should be beautified
and lighted by innumerable strings OF
yellow and green Chinese lanterns.
There should be dancing, and the pro-
grams should be hand-painted sun
flowers. with small yellow pencils at
tached to them by green ribbons.
Refreshments must carry out the color
scheme as well as the sunfower idea.
They should be served on small tables
with a sunfower centerpiece on each.
Yellow ices in saucers. with clusters OF
paper sunfower petals gracefully ar
ranged round each. are very effective.
The cake should be iced with green and
yellow icing. Homemade bonbons color
ed yellow, with strips Of bright green
citron stuck into each, and green bon
bons, with almonds in them, are very
appetizing. The almonds may be blanch-
ed and colored with yellow vegetable
coloring. Little maids with sunfiowers
pinned upon their heads in place Of caps
could serve the refreshments.
II you have a sunflower party indoors,
you should festoon the rooms with
punches Of the flower. Stalks could be
crossed upon the walls, and great clus-
tiers banked in the corners. The girls
should wear white dresses with sun1ower
belts. and a supfiower in the hair. The
boys should wear one on their aApel.
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Birch Bark Fancies.

A HOSTESS will find many possibilities
In birch bark. Attractive flower hold
ers can be made to be used as center
pieces for the table. First soak the bark
in water for while and it will be more
elastic to work with. A pretty idea Is to
make birch-bark canoe and fill it with
golden rod for a centerpiece Other flow
err holders can be made in any shape de-
sired. Strips Of the bark can be woven
into little baskets, which can be used as
receptacles for flowers or bonbons. and a
larger basket filed with flowers or ferns
can be used as a centerpiece, or suspend
ed from the chandelier.
Pretty place cards can be. made out OF
pieces of the bark. Cut into any shape
desired; then decorate to suit the fancy
They are especially pretty decorated with
pressed maidenhair ferns or delicate wild
flowers gummed on carefully. Pretty
birch-bark place cards may be made by
gluing on one corner a bunch of small
acorns, or border of acorn cups NAV be
placed around the edge, touched up with
gilt paint.
Dainty napkin rings can be made with
the bark by using the pasteboard rings
that come in the inside of most gas man
tie boxes as a foundation. Decorate with
a bunch of small acOrYls.
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Some New Things i'm
Monographs and initials

THE woman who likes needlework
enjoys marking her own household
linen. The day has gone by when
the young engaged girl spent hours and
hours working over fine lingerie: for a
little price the shops now sell beautiful
lingerie that is made with more style
and smartness than any girl could make
herself. The bountiful trousseau is no
'onSer the order of the day. so 1t is
foolish for the engaged girl to spend
days working over fine frocks and shirt
waists.
But there is no law against a Plentiful
supply of well marked household linen.
To be sure, there are changing STYLES,
today, even in tablecloths and pillow
cases; but the girl who likes to use a
needle and who wants to feel that she
IS contributing something toward the
charm of her new home can mark and
embroider all the linen she has time for
and is fortunate enough to possess with
out fearing to accumulate too big a
supply.
A certain simplicity characterizes the
Monograms are in good taste. but they
must lack ornateness. The three letters
sometimes only two are used-are
joined together very simply. Often the
letters touch each other only at one
point.
Plain script, worked in satin stitch,
Is in greater favor than any other sort
of lettering and really seems more in
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Campers, Refrigerator.

z ILL strong wooden box with
! straw, excelsior or sawdust, leav-
ing nest large enough to hold a deep
pail or can; deep new garbage. can is
excellent for the purpose. Provide a
couple of blocks of wood on which to
set the ice. so that 1t will not come in
contact with the metal nor stand in
water. A thick pad of the packing ma
terial should be made and covered with
heavy cloth, to be placed over the can.
II a pail Is used as a receptacle have
q clean piece OF board to cover 1t be-
fore the pad Is laid on. It will be
found that ice will last much longer in
this kind Of improvised refrigerator,
and food will be kept much colder, than
in the tub which most campers are
wont to use for the purpose.
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ficiently good for the designer who has
concocted wonderful costumes for the
Grand Prix at Deauvilie, and the later
season at st. Moritz.
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It is at these two places that one will
see the fascinating clothes Of the season,
for at these two places the designers are
doing their best and the women who will
wear the clothes will take the event
seriously and make of each costume a
thing of art.
What they wear the rest of the world
usually copies, for it is well known that
these same gowns are given to the Amer
lean buyers in different fabrics for au-
tumn and winter 1t could not be sup
posed of the most Industrious designer
that she could supply an entire set of
new ideas within fortnight for the
fashionable world. No one really cares
for her to do it. What she makes for
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gown can do no better than to order
this. White is easily cleaned. and the
silver lace may become furnished With
out detracting from its merits.
For such gowns Hellspern is making
the Roman cothurn in silver cloth, laced
across the instep and ankle with silver
ribbon
By the way-only word in passing
high shoes of this character are very
smart for evening wear instead OF SLIP
pers, and those that do not extend more
than two inches above the ankle nave
only two layers of heel 1t is amazing
| how rarely one sees French heei IN
paris. The craze for the Tango has
brought about the fat heel or the heel
less slipper among all grades OF society.
One sees the extra high heel only on
Americans.
These silver and gold Roman shoes with
a Jewel or cut buckle on the vamp are
charming with the narrow skirt, ana
especially the kind that Is open in front.
They dress up the ankle, and give fin
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| fashions OF the day. Hats are made OF
| il, SO are roses, 10 be worn on these
hats or on bodices, even those of lace
and chiffon.
Everywhere one sees patent leather.
The smart travelling hat as we'll as the
beach hat for Trouville and Houlgate Is
a small affair of supple black patent
leather which is worn well down over.
one ear and tilted up at the other. The
patent leather roses are extra large for
the evening gown and small for the
afternoon frock. A bud with two leaves
is worn in the lapel Of the coat, and
this is quite effective when the suit
| is of khaki velour or of grass green
taffeta.
These are not the only roses worn.
Over here they arc of every color on
every costume. A fetching looking
young woman came into the Ritz for
| tea the other afternoon wearing ono
of those brilliant green coat suits with
a short Spencer coat and a draped skirt,
and just above her waist was a huge
rose Of pink satin with green leaves OF
patent leather.
Her black hat was in that popular
shape over here which has an almost
uniform brim and crown and rests
down on the head like a basket. It's
only trimming was a large patent
leather rose caught I'm fiaring bow
of stiff black taffeta ribbon.
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ish to the stocking that quite takes away
from the orIentalism Of the uncovered
ankle.
There is no return again to smooth
material in the first early gown made for
street use in winter. Velours de laine
and velvet are to be exceedingly fashion
able. Matelasse seems to have had its
day; it may be revived, as few fabrics
die in year. The new kind of velours
is attractive; it is not too rough or heavy
and is as supple as suede. The velvet
is excessively refined in it's warp and
wool and much of 1t is like satin. This
weave will be used for afternoon and
evening gowns, although brocade is still
In the front of fashion.
The so-called Egyptian gauzes are worn.
but there is a doubt in the minds IF the
designers as to how long they will last
AS they are unusually becoming and
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H0t-Weather Hints.

A excellent way to keeS water cold
! long time with little ice, even in
the hottest weather, is to take a pitcher
of ice water and set it in the center of a
newspaper Then gather The four cor
ners of the newspaper at the top and
bring the ends together with a strong
rubber band around them to hold close
together. excluding the air. A pitcher of
water treated in this manner will stand
all through a hot hight with very little
perceptible melting of the ice.
To keep fruit and vegetables perfectly
fresh for a week or more without can
ming, look over and pick out only sound
ones. Do not wash, hull or otherwise
prepare. but fill fruit Jars, screw covers
on tightly, and place in the ice chest.
Cared for in this way, 1t will keep per-
fectly. Such device will enable house,
keepers to buy more advantageously In
larger quantities.
Always wash fruit before eating.
especially figs and dates. Their sweet
ness attracts flies and other insects, and
their sickness makes q resting place for
dus and it's undesirable germs. The
bushes of small fruits, gravevines and
fruit trees are frequently sprayed with
poisonous materials to prevent the inroad
of worms and insects, SO 1t is never safe
to eat fruit without cleansing.
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TO PRESERVE MINT
FOR WINTER USE

IF you are fond of mint sauces preserve
some mint now while it is plentiful.
To do this. fill a fruit Jar half full of
washed leaves and then with good vine
gar to the brim, diluting it little If it
Is very strong Dry the rest Of the mint
leaves carefully and put them away in
a tightly sealed lightproof jar.
When mint sauce is wanted strain OF
a cupful Of the mint vinegar and steep
q small quantity Of the dried leaves in it.
heating until they uncurl. Sweetened
to taste. it will be Impossible to distin-
guish this sauce from one made with
freshly picked mint "a
To make mint jelly in the winter, boil
some Of the dried leaves In water; then
strain and add strong vinegar to taste.
Sweetens it, and. while it Is still warm,
stir In the necessary amount Of gelatin.
and let the mixture COOL. II 1T Is not
green enough In color add q little vege-
table c0loring. ..ft.y~
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A Good Time to Buy Fwrs

TOR the woman who has the ready
money there is to time better than
the present to select fine set Of furs
or coat at a much lower price than will!
be asked when cold weather arrives.
Owing to the style of fancy suits made
of rich materials. fur sets will be very
fashionable. Some of the new sets have
oblonS muffs, twenty inches long. The
abnormalIy large muffs are accompanied
by the small styles in neckwear in the
form of scarfs. ties and fancy collars
On account of the styles in separate
coats, the collars of which are mostly
cut high or made SO that they can be
fastened high around the throat, the
neckpiece will be dispensed with, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

TT you have a porch on your house
half the problem of a home vacation
- is solved. Fit it up with a swinging
couch, table, comfortable chairs and
awnings. and one can almost live out
doors. If you have no porch there may
be a roof, or a section of a roof. which
can be boarded over for outdoor living.
Should you live in an apartment. there
is generally the roof garden to provide
outdoor life If all else fails, mornings
and evenings can be spent in the city
parks.
Arrange for porch parties among your
stay-at-home friends. These can be held
in the morning for sewing, cards or
reading aloud; in the evening for singing
and other music. Limit the refreshments
to an iced drink, crackers or small cakes,
SO that the entertainment will not be a
burden.
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Plan pleasant surprises for the husband
and children It will take little money
for outings on the cars, picnic suppers
In the parks and an occasional day in the
country.
Keep the house cool and inviting, and
for several hours each afternoon lie
down. Spend part Of your time reading
books that you have no time for in cool
weather. Plan travel club and read
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Fashions Now the Vogue

O. i.DE leather hats are shown in
oAconli.iy styles for the motor;st
Tue 9rc by far the most sensible
rats Ter motoring that have yet been
Se::;nei- they fold as compactly and
rFiak}e easily. They can be made
GGstpra1f colors and SO are durable
md .1si cared for. They are gen.
- ~ .t.Islrned with stitched bands and
:;.5 sti,choo bows OF silk in har.
'e1-,tzius shade. ore lat, of gray
S;srsse, is t.lmmed with dull blue silk
hl.o3aeg, q tau. is trimmed with
browa
Le&sse.t yaG sue,ie are popular for
maEs Of ti,c accessories of woma n s
eittsss bise 81 the newest things is the
}u,.. ut'ed I, The fare OF the hips. and
twe'Ve CT .oI~,cciI inches wide. These
aei.s are fast asa with bail and socke.
sastcuiags under little pearl buttons.
Tney afs ii.ed with silk III self colo.
- :fs etenin. rock. che sleeves,
dipinuttve IN leaS.a. are formed Of
.a.iion. and each continues in long
scarf which Is caught loosely il 1T
The waist. The sleeves and scarf ends
eau be either 81 the same coloe as
fhc rest OF the gown. q. III contrast
ing, asureG chiffon. if the gown is
u plain material.
sittle coats and Jackets OF nlaaJ
sorts win be a part OF autumn waists
:, .sG .plousas. Figured crepe Or figured
si,l sogins some os these coats and
the urder5odice w.ll be of chiffon CT
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keeping with fine damask and other
table linen. Block letters are also used
a good deal. and two or three of them.
formed into simple monogram are
very effective
Everything is marked nowadays. All
towels are lettered The hand towels
are embroidered with more less
elaborateness. On guest towels two
inch letters are embroidered to match the
other embroidery. On larger towels three
inch letters are in good taste
Turkish towels are all lettered now.
Some OF them have the monogram or
initial woven with the fabric. In others
the initials are embroidered. in color TO
match the bars that form the border, an
a small circle of linen. This is inset i'm
one end of the towel. Still others are
marked in cross st,teh or big French
knots in colored cotton. Face cloths are
embroidered to ina.c. the towels. Those
made of crash arr embroidered like the
bath towels, others .slse the hand towels
There is no essential difference in the
lettering that marks table linen and
household linen. excepting in the size OF
the letters and the quality OF embroidery
cotton used The larger articles. natu.
rally, are marked with larger letters
Four-inch letters can be used on sheets
and tablecloths. On napnins the let
| tiers vary from an inch to two and a half
inches. according to the size OF the
napkins.
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oats only the muff will be

with these coats only the muff will be
carried.
Many new coat models have fullness
over the hips and taper off to mar
row measurement at the bottom. Some
times there is wide finishing band to
hold the garment in snugiy to the fig
ure, or the correct shape may be pro-
duced by the shaping of the coat itself.
Fur coats measure from thirty to forty
five inches. This means that they may
be full length, seven eighths, sthree-quar-
ter or short length. The shorter lengths
are among the novelty coats, while the
longer coats are for more practical wear.
The furs that will be the most fash
ionable next winter are beaver. skunk.
nutria, red and cross fox. raccoon. Chin
chilla, chinchilla squirrel, mole, mink.
stone marten. gray wolf. leopard, civet
cat, fitch. wildcat. wolverine and all
the natural white furs.
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can be draped into wonderfully good
lines. a woman would not make bad
choice in continuing to wear them after
Z o'clock.
One sees more satin coat suits than
one expected, considering how much the
idea was carried out in America and
here during the last year. but there are
wide segments of society where velours
and velvet are too heavy to be worn, and
:2..in is preferred to taffeta or any of
the corded silks. The French like satin
because it is more dressy than the heavy
woods and serges that the women of
America demand when they live above
the traditional line.
II is not possible to get a plain skirt
in any OF these suits, but the only kind
Of drapery used when there is a coat,
and the suit is to be worn in the street.
is a looping-up of the front gore on the
seams Of the side cores. This is also
carried out in the back gore and the
effect is very good. Remember that it
is always done at that line of the figure
which is now made as large as possible,
and which is several inches above the
knees.
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The millinery novelty of the moment
is patent leather 1t resembles oiIcloth.
and 1t Is SO called by the average
American who delights in satirizing the
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net This style is especially becoming
to young and slight persons.

net. This style is especially becoming
to young and slight persons.
lace evening wrap, lined with chif-
fon or mousseline, and trimmed with
bands of white fur, seemed odd when
1t was introduced in the hottest part
of the summer. Now that summer is
trimmed garments have a charm which is
irresistible.
Buttons and bows are TO share the
work of trimming this autumn. But
tons are still much used for trimming
tailored suits, and bows are used as
they have not been used for years.
One French frock shows a long tunic
Of white chiffon. with bows of blue rib
bon extending from neck to knees.
Fhe satin underskirt has double row of
small white satin buttons down the front
from knees TO hemS-so combining two
smart methods of trimming.
The woman who has old clothes to
make over can still rejoice in the
fact that several contrasting materials
are used IN most of the fashionable
frocks. Evening gowns. for instance,
can combine velvet, satin and chiffon or
lace: afternoon gowns can combine
plaided and plain SILK, silk and poplin,
silk and. charmeuse. and many other
ma tsriais.
Net stiu FORMS a big part of woman S
psckwear One of it's chief claims to
liking is that IL can be 80 artisticaily
combined with any sort OF lace. Baby
Irish, vslenciennes, shadow lierre or
meek ~ ear -conbines we'll with. net of
some quality.
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A HOMIE VACATION

up on the places you would like to visit.
Have talks and anecdotes of the differ
ent places to enliven meal times.
An interesting and profitable way to
spend vacation at home is to start
hunt for nearby points OF historical in
terest, and Washington abounds in them.
Each member of the family should seek
to learn of some place to be visited.
1t would he fun to have suggestion
box in which each member of the family
could drop slip saying how they would
like to spend certain days.
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All-day excursions on street cars are
not costly and are very refreshing.
Steamboat trips are a restful way to
get air and novelty.
Watch the notices of band concerts
and take the children to hear good music
in the open air, such as the Marine Band
has to give several times a week.
1t will not take much planning to have
fine vacation at not half the cost of
usual vacation trip, since Washington is
considered to be equal to the best sum-
mer resorts in many respects.
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An Autumn Luncheon.

THE table at an autumn luncheon
may be decorated with bright au-
tumn leaves, while the doilies. all sizes
and shapes. may be made of autumn
leaves pasted on white glazed paper.
the outer edge cut out. Decorate the
chair of the guest of honor with :. a
large, bunch of autumn leaves tied with
white ribbon.
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American woman in her own country.
up until August, had thought of letting
out her waist to the size seen over here
every day. There are no hips, but the
wide circle formed above the knees, and
the extraordinary waist line, made larg-
err by folds and roses and butterfly bows,
makes a woman's feet and head look like
pin points.
There is no new width at the hem of
the skirts; the slashing is there, but
concealed, yet many experts look for
ward to the near day when the eYag-
gerated slasiing up the back of the skirt,
that Cabot invented in March, will be
taken seriously and placed among the
first fashions.
The drapery on all the skirts remains
on the same lines as the drapery of
early summer; the bias folds go upward
any fullness left over it Is tied into a
bow to make the front OF the waist
look larger. 1t is q rather awful fashion
for stout women, but over here the en-
tire fash onabie world seems to be thin
and n2n sees nothing but grace in it;
and rat Is the trouble with all Paris
fash'cAs-they look so enchanting on
! these women, and when the big framed
Ana io-Saxon wears them they are often
grotSsque.
:. j. all very well for the slim French
woman to wear an almost entirely trans
| parent blouse in the afternoon and for
| the theaters, but she is built on such
slight lines that one Is not shocked
When such blouse is worn by an Amer
! lean who weighs 10 pounds, the i'll
decency is striking.
| AS beautiful as the thread laces are
fT.dn hot. -f.rrr -
/ shadow, malines. 1ilet they are not sui
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MATERIALS.
FASHION
wAsT-A WORK
NEc<ED WAIsTcoAT OF WHITE SATIN
MUST EITHER BLACK
WOMEN FIND BLACK AND WHITE AS coMBIN-
TON
IEAT1ER-oNE PARTISAN
ON THE RIGHT IS OF BROWN SATIN
CHINE
WITH A
WEARS FRocK OF BROWN AND
PLATED
SILK AND WHITE SATIN BROWN
SOMEWHAT AND WHITE
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Novel Motor Veil.

TOR the autoist there is dainty auto
n mobile veil sold. 1t costs s.. 30. The
= veil is made from piece of chiffon
perhaps yard long. 1t is split through
the center for half its length and the
raw edges are hemmed. The end is
punched up and fastened under button
of gold braid.
In this way sort Of cap. with two
ends to tie under the chin, is formed.
The button goes right in the middle Of the
forehead, and the fullness accommodates
the hair
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Straw hats are small and close At

To be appropriate to the season the
summer evening gown should have GER
tain characteristics. It should be sim
pie. trimming should be sparingly used
passementeries and Jeweled ornaments,
avoided.
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the late summer and early fall is quite
sufficient for every one.
And, therefore. because Of this reason.
one is exceedingly interested in the
plentiful use of metal lace. 1t is draped
on all kinds of gowns. both as tunics
and parts Of bodice. 1t is combined
with thread lace, with velvet and with
satin.
1t will be worn with velvet. of course.
for this is to be a tremendous velvet
year. Coat suits will again be made Of
the latter fabric as well as evening
gowns and indoor frocks. Therefore,
every woman who put money into an
expensive velvet evening gown last year.
or even plush for that matter, will find
herself able to wear it again this year,
provided she arranges a button effect
above the knees.
Silver lace with white brocaded satin
is to be very much in fashion and the
woman in search of a brilliant evening