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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-01
THE NEWEST HAT STYLES

them for crossing the ocean have the
comfortable feeling that they can throw
them away after their arrival if they
find them either unsuccessful or over
popular.
You know that word "overpopular'' is
a miserable one for the average American
woman: she overuses it and she is ter
ribly afraid of the condition.; and yet 1t
is not possible in country like ours to
keep any style exclusive when the masses
and the classes demand novelties and
the wholesalers supply them by the thou
sand.
are the hats made? To begin with, they
are small. The large hat is talked about
but not worn, although the small French
hat is over an inch larger than the small
American hat; and 1t tits up more at one
side to show huge waves of hair that
drop over the ear and run to the nape Of
the neck in one or more curves.
The oilcloth turban has a full crown
which has little resemblance to a tam
o'-shanter because it shows a strong in
clination to go into a point. In fact,
three new hats are shown this week that
have a decided crown a Ia Mexican. One
has expected this Mexican turn to the
fashions ever since the troubles of our
neighbor. and the modified sombrero of
this week is really quite pleasing. 1t is
small enough 10 be attractive. The TRIM
ming of such a hat is also Of oilcloth,
sometimes in the form of rose with
leaves, again in the form of two long
ears.
One of the milliners has brought out
hat of oilcloth and velvet which is al
ready fashionable. The former Is black
and the latter is in strong color.
This hat is more perishable than the
plain oilcloth one which Is folded and
Topped in such a manner that it has no
hint of severity and is SO supple that it
remains on the head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-01
FALL HOUSEKEEPING

For those who have put off their
housekeeping from the spring to the
autumn, the time of reckoning has finally
arrived Perhaps few words as to the
simplest and quickest way to get through
this period of trial may be welcome to
many housewives.
If you own house, start at the top
and work downward. If you are a fiat
dweller, begin in the room farthest away
from the hall door, always leaving the
kitchen until the last.
One direction applies to every room in
the house. First take down all hang
ings and draperies. The carpets. too.
must come up. II any of these are to
be replaced by new, the old coverings
should be Immediately sent to the
laundry or cleaners. If not. they should
be carried out of doors and given a
thorough brushing and beating.
Next. all pictures and ornaments should
be removed from the walls and
thoroughly busted and cleaned. These
should then be piled in safe spot and
covered from the dust.
After this the floor should be well
swept. When this is finished the wall
twice, then gone over with buster.
The floor should be brushed lightly to
collect such dirt as may have fallen from
the walls. Chairs which are stuffed
should be thoroughly beaten Win q
bamboo bat. and then the woodwork on
them polishedA For the fine furniture,
which may be spoiled by a polish of
beeswax or turpentine, a good furniture
cream should be used. but this should
be tried very carefully before using on
fin woods. Also in busting highly pol
ished surfaces only a perfectly dry silk
cloth should be used.
For dining room furniture the old
fashioned mixture of turpentine and
beeswax is better than anything else
For leather covered chairs this is much
better and safer than any new tangled
connections you may be persuaded to
| buy.
If there is fireplace in the room this
should be well cleaned and the hearth
we'll enameled.
Then scrub the floor thoroughly, using
| a strong carbolic soap and hot water.
When the floor is perfectly dry the clean
carpet may be put down and the
| stretches OF floor which surround it
should be we'll polished with plenty of
| beeswax and turpentine.
| All cushions should be beaten out of
doors before being returned to their ac-
| customed places.
The pictures should now be rehung,
the windows cleaned and fresh curtains
put up.
If the housewife will try one room at
a time in this manner she will see that
| even the men in the family will not
| complain, for they will not know that
| housekeeping is going on.
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BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. August IA. 1y1;


PARIS. August IA, 1913.
Whether or not Americans will wear
oicloth on their heads is a prob
lem for the autumn. Maybe they WILL
maybe they won't, but that does not
affect the fact that Paris is busily en-
gagged in the oilcloth trade for the MAX
ing of hats.
The material is quite thin and the proc
ess of making it SO has been adopted over
here by all those who cater to the mil
linery trade, and the result is that oil
cloth headgear is neither cumbersome
not unbecoming. 1t sounds awkward
One might think that the face would be
hardened by it, but the women who have
their hair in wonderfully good way or
the merit lies in the oilcloth itself, for
the ensemble is good.
American women who are shopping in
Paris this week have taken UP the idea
with enthusiasm because they are travel
ing and they expect to return by water to
America, and they want this hat as u
convenience.
And it really is quite the most conyen-
lent thing that has been invented for
train and boat and motor, for the dust
may be wiped off with a damp cloth as
one would clean a kitchen moor. The
dampness on a ship has no effect on oil
cloth and a woman will feel very we'll
turned out on deck in mid-Ocean with a
smart hat that seems invented for rain
and wind and water.
Excellent Hats for Travel.
So far these hats are not expensive, so
that the women who are indulging in
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TRAINING THE HANDS
TO BE USEFUL
BY ABIGAIL MOORE.

There is magic in hands that are both
beautiful and useful. and they are rare.
Miss Maxwell-Conover's hands are
among the exception, for they are beau
tiful and they are just as superlatively
useful-used, indeed, for hard work.
They are hands of action, as much
at home holding a fishing rod, handling
a gun, grasping the bride of fractions
horse, washing dishes on camping ex-
petition, helping to build and decorate a
bungalow, and in various other practical
ways, as they are in portraying the emo
tons demanded of them by her stage
art. And yet she has never wasted time
upon their care-that is to say. Miss
Conover does not wear Chicken skin
gloves, as Queen Elizabeth did. nor re-
sort to long and painstaking treatments.
as modern women do. She allows exer-
else to keep her hands naturally nice
and shapely.
However, since all women are not in
clined or may not go in for sports and
occupations that would tend to give their
hands the exercise required to keep them
in condition, here are some substitute
suggestions:
To begin with, it should be under
stood that there are few oil ducts on
the backs of the hands and none at
all in the palms; merely myriads of
infinitesimal sweat ducts which are di-
rectly on the surface. AS the ducts in
the skin of the rest Of the body are
deeper and reach the surface through
fibrous cells. 1t naturally follows that
if these cells become clogged perspira-
ton is INSTRUCTED and seeks outlet
through the glands of the hand where
outlet is easy.
All Of which is by way Of explaining
that when the hands perspire too freely
it is sign Of an i'll conditioned body,
and to eliminate the trouble the system
must be "toned up.''
Exercise helps by causing better cir
culation. and here is an exercise that
is excellent, not only for inducing cir
culation in the hands. but through the
entire body, and in ''limbering UP" the
comes free and easy:
Double the arms at the elbows hold
ing them close to the sides, then let the
hands fall Imply forward from the
wrists. Shake the elbows willy-nilly
gently at first, then faster and more
furiously.
Form the habit of carrying the fingers
curved. each finger from the first little
more SO than the other and the hand
itself turned trifle sidewise, thumb In
toward. If not touching, the palm. This
gives more graceful appearance to the
hand, makes 1t appear more slender and
tends to give it a reader grasp for
as you will prove by experiment, it is
in position for action.
Opening and shutting the fingers is
good practice. as also is 1t to run scales
upon an imaginary piano for five or ten
minutes a day, taking special care not to
strike too hard and thereby f1atten the
| finger tips, which should be .prettily
tapering.
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A Danish Apron.

In shop where Danish pottery is
sold there was recently an exhibition Of
old Danish hedebo embroidery. One Of
the articles shown was an embroidered
linen apron over 100 years old. 1t was
edged with tied linen fringe and a band
of hedebo embroidery twelve or four
teen inches deep. The apron was appar-
emily as good as when it was made. and
incidentally it could be purchased for
about $50.
The Danish apron could not have been
worn in the dairy or the kitchen. It
must have been worn when the en-
broidery frame was taken out-and it
must have correspondent to what we call
fancy" aprons. 1t forced the beholder
to wonder where the dainty sewing
aprons of today would be in a century
and a half Most of them probably will
be dust. for they are so fragile and
filmy that they can hardly be compared
with the bit of Danish embroidered
linen.
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STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
Play Days in the Old Briar
Patch.
ny Thornton W. BurEeas.
downright. 1913. ty ]. e. Lloydh

Never could the dear old briar patch
remember such merry days. You see
tho four babies of Peter Rabbit and little
Mrs. Peter were just as full of fun and
mischief Is four healthy. happy babies
could be. It wasn't any time at all before
the nursery in the sweet brfar patch
ciump In the middle Of the old briar
patch wasn't big enough for them, and
in spite Of all timid little Mrs. Peter
could do they would run outside to play.
POOH Peter would say. when little
Mrs. Peter was worrying and fretting.
.sOf course, they are perfectly safe SO
long as they don't go outside of the old
briar patch They have got to have
room to stretch their legs. and no harm
is going to come to them here with you
and me to watch and see that they don
go too far away from home.
Peter had never told Mrs. Peter how he
had found Mr.. Blacksnake in the
nursery, but ever since then ne mad
never gone very far away himself. To
tell the truth, Peter was little anxious
Wuzzy and their two brothers. Little
Pete and Little Jed, had begun to play
about. He didn't really think that Mr..
Blacksnake would venture back, but ne
might, and Peter WOulOnt take any
chances. So very often, when Mrs. Peter
thought that he had gone off to the
Green Forest or over to the Smiling
Pool, Peter would be sitting where he
could keep watch.
Such games of hide and seek as those
four little Rabbits did have! You know,
the old briar patch Is a wonderful place,
full of the incest hiding places and with
so many little paths crossing and re-
crossing In every direction. There never
was a nicer playground. The Merry Lit
tie Breexes OF Old Mother West Wind
came there every day for a frolic, and
rumpled up the soft hair ana tickled the
noses of Fuzzy and Wuxzy and their
brothers, and told them wonderful tales
of the Green Meadows and the Smiling
Pool. Then Little Pete and Little Jed
would sit up very straight and try to
make themselves very tall. and would
boast that they were going to see all
these wonderful things. while Fuzzy and
Wuszy would crouch down under a
friendly brambie and say that they never.
never would dare to leave the dear old
briar patch.
Then Little Pete and Little Jed would
cry, "'Fraidy! 'Fraidy!'' and kick up
their heels in the funniest way, while
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water. so as to test as quickly as pos
sibie as every unnecessary minute Of
boiling takes from the delicacy Of the
preserves. AS soon as jellying is proved
In the drops cooled in the saucer remove
from the fire and pour into the hot jars.
Tie down at once with thin paper dipped
upper side in milk. or rubbed over with
white OF eggs. Press the cover well round
the edges of each Jar SO that 1t will stick
and become air-tight, and when cool and
dry write the name and date on, adding
that the contents are not intended for
long keeping. BY thus covering down
while the space above the jam is filled
with steam. the entrance of air is pre-
vented. and the keeping power Of the jam
increased Pour a little brandy over the
jam to keep longer
Delicious raspberry preserves OF fine
color are made as follows: Sprinkle the
fruit with little dry. warm sugar. d.
rectly you obtain 1t, and when ready
to make the jam put 1t into a pan and
let II get quite hot. Have ready the
sugar. hot and dry in the oven, allowing
one-half pound to each pound of rasp-
berries. Add to the fruit. let dissolve,
heat to boiling point, then remove and
treat as directed.
The storage place for these jams is as
important as other details. They will
keep for many weeks in q cool. dry place,
free from dust
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BY LILLIAN E. YOUNG

0~@~~S~~-s
Some little fullness is allowable in
draperies and in the mounting Of skirts,
but no greater mistake can be made In
connection with fashions as they are at
the present moment, and, in fact, as
they will be for some time, than to in
troduce too many Of the small folds
about the waist, which is what the home
dressmaker is easily led into doing.
Where it is a question Of darts or plaits
or gathers either of the latter should
be given the preference, but there should
be as few of them, and these ais careful
ly and painstakingly arranged, as posi-
BILE. Darts are rarely otherwise than
ugly.
Occasionally, where the somewhat
bouffant pannier is desired, the effect
may be gained by jaboting loose cor
ner Of the dress material over the hip,
thus doing away with extra gathers.
This arrangement is explited In the cos
tune Of the accompanying sketch. The
rest of the skirt is slightly gathered all
around, with the edges left open for five
or six inches in front, disclosing two
flounced underskirt Of self material plait-
ed and embroidered in polka dots.
At the knees the edges are drawn to-
gether and draped from below. Gray
crepe de chine is used for the frock, and
it. is an attractive one for fall and can
be worn later under a long coat.
The blouse fronts are left open just as
in the skirt, and the same arrangement
of filing in Is repeated in the dot-em-
broidered silk. It is to the under part
that the rolled-back white chiffon collar
is attached, with the fronts crossing well
over each other and hoped from be-
meath.
The fronts. back and sleeves are set
onto a square yoke with hemstitched
entre-deux, and the lower part of the
sleeves is gathered into dart-fitted
cuff that has for trimming a row Of
jade buttons along the outer edge. Jade
green satin is used for the girdle.
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woman wore long. alrenveloping coat
of some dark gray wooden material. It
was cut like a Japanese kimono, with the
body and sleeves In one. And the sleeves
were regulation japanese hmono sleeves.
Yet it was cut on lines which made 1t
look in keeping with the straight slim
lines Of present-day clothes.
coat OF this sort would be especially
serviceable, sensible and becoming as a
carriage or automobile coat. It could be
made Of some durable, dark material. or
of pongee, linen or other dust-colored ma
terial of light weight and color.
It would also be a delightful coat for
an evening coat-cut like kimono, with
regulation japanese kimono sleeves. lined
with some bright color. and with q modi-
fed Japanese sash about tho waist. The
pockets, which were made in the bottoms
Of the sleeves, would make capacious
resting places for slippers, fans. hand
kerchiefs. vanity bag and the other
knicknacks Of the evening costume.
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Corn Fritters.

These are a fayorte earnish for fried
or roast chicken or Belgian hare. To one
cupful fresh sweet corn cut from the car
allow a half cupfGl cracker crumbs mixed
with a half cupful Of milk. Add two well
beaten eggs. yolks ard whites, whipped
separately. and season with salt and pep
per. Have ready a hot sheet-iron spider
or pancake griddle, We'll creased with
butter. porn drippipgs or OF. ard drop in
the batter "A spoonful at a time. When
the fritters are Drowned on one side turn
the other so they may be we'll cooked
through. -Four minutes will make them
a golden brown.
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Your Oriental Rugs.

The woman who has followed the wise
custom Of the owners of some valuable
oriental rugs, and has taken them with
her to her summer home, has little need
to worry about them. For it is not the
tread of dusty feet and the exposure to
sun and air that destroy rugs. The foes
to be feared are darkness and closeness.
which develop moths, and the creases in
which the rugs are folded, which turn
into worn streaks.
OF course. valuable rugs that cannot
be carried from pillar to post and back
again. ought to be stored in a reliable
storehouse, where they are lifted and
aired and moved about every week. If
they must be left in a closed house.
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The Use of Kimonos.

The kimono style. modified in various
ways, has been with us for years
and is evidently going to stay with us for
many years more. But Americans stu
have something to learn about the proper
and becoming ways in which to wear
kimonos.
A short time ago a middle-aged Japa-
nese woman was walking along a fash
ionable street of large eastern city.
She was not dressed in Japanese cos
tune. and any one who looked at her was
struck with the fact that she was be-
comingly and suitably dressed for the
street
Close examination showed that the
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~ THE
| k1I1G5HEH
\ PANTRY
Chicken patties.

Line patty pans with stiff paste and
bake to a light brown. Take remains Of
cold roasted chicken and the stuffing, put
ting the latter with the chicken bones into
saucepan with a breakfast cupful of
water and stew slowly. mincing the
chicken very fine. When the gravy. made
Of the bones and stuffing, is reduced to q
quarter OF q pint, strain 1t and put 1t on
the fire again, adding three tablespoonful
Of milk. an ounce Of butter rolled In flour,
and pepper and salt. Let thia boil for q
few minutes, stir In the minced chicken
chicken Is added. Arrange the paste
holders on a hot dish and All with the
chicken, taking care to keep II thoroughly
stirred up. Serve very hot.
Chicken Legs, Martin.
Bone the legs Of cooked chickens and
dip in a mixture Of chopped parsley. pep
per and salt. and liquefied butter. Put on
each side of each leg slice Of cooked fat
pork, wrap them in buttered paper. secur-
ing 1t at the edges, and broil over a clear
fire. turning frequently. When done, ar
range on warm dish, pour a hot gravy
over them, garnish with parsley and
serve.
Fried Chicken, Mercier.
Pluck chicken, clean and truss it as II
for roasting, sprinkle well with -four
plunge into boiling fat to cover, and fry It
for fully twenty minutes. Take It out,
drain and cut into joints. Cover the
pieces over separately with a rich force
meat beaten up with egg ana place in the
oven for a few minutes for the forcemeat
to set In the meantime whip the whites
Of two or three eggs to a Stiff froth, deco
rate the forcemeat with dabs Of this,
place the pieces of fowl in the oven again
for a minute to set the egg, and serve I'M
mediately.
Deviled Chicken Legs
SINCE the legs slightly with little al
cohol lighted on a plate, put them into q
stock pot and boil for ten minutes. Re-
move them to q dish. cool thoroughly,
and season with salt. pepper and a little
cayenne, also Worcestershire sauce. and
some ground mustard. Now roll them
well together. pass one after another into
sifted breadcrumbs. and broil them over q
moderate fire for four minutes on each
side. Arrange on q hot dish. pour over
them hot deviled sauce, sprinkle on q lit
tie chopped parsley and serve at once.
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there were others who looked on and
smiled, though their smiles were not al
ways pleasant to see. There was Red
tail the Hawk. looking down from high
in the sky. They'll soon be big enough
to want to leave the old briar patch and
them Instead of finishing, kedtail
would snap his bin hungrily. And there
were Reddy Fox and Granny Fox. They
knew just how fast those four babies
were growing, and as day after day they
Law hidden in the grass outside the briar
patch they could hear what was going
on inside and they would smile. too, with
very much the same thoughts as those
of Redtail the Hawk.
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their two little sisters would chase them
round and round and in and out along
the little paths until they were all out
of breath. Sometimes one would hide
and pretend to be lost. and then the
others would hunt and hunt. Sometimes
they would see who could jump the
highest and sometimes who could jump
the farthest.
Oh, those were happy days in the dear
old briar patch, with nothing to do but
eat and sleep and play, And the hearts
Of Peter Rabbit and Mrs. Pete. swclled
with JOY and pride as Thea watched And
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But these suggestions arc not to the
spring housekeeper, who has the storing
Of her rugs for the summer ahead of her.
They are for the autumn housekeepcr,
who has the unpackng of stored rugs
ahead of her. If she has folded them
and packed them away in the dark, adj
vice not 10 do these things does not
help her.
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Swift 4 Company's Sales Of Fresh
beef in Wash. D. c.. for the week ending
Saturday. Aug. 30, averaged 11.29c per H.
advertisement
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Deviled Chicken Legs

Black satin Is seldom worn at night,
but 1t IL extremely smart for after
noon.
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spread them in rooms that light and
cover them with mothbalis.
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An oriental rug should never be beaten
on the wrong side. This method Of clean
ing them breaks the warp. Neither ought
2 rug To be hung while ii is cleaned, as
its own weight often breaks IL. IT
should be spread fiat. on the grass or
floor, and carefully and thoroughly swept
with a clean broom End up the work
by sweeping the way the nap runs.
Copyright. 1919. By The Mcclure Ne~spap per
Syndicate. New York City,
Evening journal., 1913-07-24
MUST CALL
STATIONS In
PLAIN LANGUAGE

Trainmen Of the p q. and W. r. r.
have received new orders issued by
the Pennsylvania railroad in order
that the passengers may make less
mistakes by boarding wrong trains
and in order that the unloading OF
passengers at stations may be expe-
dited- 1t is expected that the new
running will become general over the
entire system within the next several
weeks Among the new orders are
the following to the trainmen:
Trainmen will, while passengers are
boarding trains. announce the names
OF the principal stations at which tho
train will stop and oeIore departure
from terminals make the announce
ment in all the coaches.
When approaching station at
which the train is TO stop the name
OF the station will be announced plain
ly at least twice inside of all coaches
and dining cars, the announcement TO
be the name Of the station only.
On through trains the announce
ment should be made, reads the order
sufficiently in advance of the station
to enable passengers to be ready to
leave the train promptly. Several
other directions much the same as
have been in force for a number of
years, are added to the special bulle-
tin.