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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
SEWING ROOM HINTS

the width Of the bias strips with a
little piece OF cardboard notched the
desired width.
When long piece OF ruche is to be
made 1t is much more easily handled
II the stirring threads are in short
lengths not more than yard. Soft
crochet or knitting wool is best to
use as cord, using any number of
strands. according to the thickness re-
CURED There is no end to the differ
ent arrangements of cordings and
spacings that may be used on these
ruches. A pretty effect is gained by
lining transparent material with a
contrasting color. basting the two ma
terials together and making them up
as one. pinked box ruche is a quaint
type Of trimming.
Box plaitings should be hemmed and
joined to the garment by a cord pip
Ing. Side plaitings or quillings should
be cut double. folded through the CEN
ter and basted. They require three
times their finished length The edge
which the plating is to finish should
be turned under a seams width and
basted. and the plating blind stitched
to position. Both edges of knife
plating may be hemmed. and a row of
machine stitching about a half inch
from the upper edge holds the plaits
fiat and makes a heading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Simple Graduation Dresses.

KHANY graduation dresses are made
Iva with medium low neck in white
wolfe, crepe. batiste, net, chiffon and
crepe de chine. Some are finished Off
with the Medici collar, while others have
fiat bands Of inserting. Sleeves may
either just reach the elbow. or else come
down to the wrist. In the latter case
they are. as a rule, transparent. Sur
plice effects and vests are used.
Skirts are in various types. The draped
skirt caught up in front at the sides
is well liked in the more elaborate
dresses, but the tunic or two or three
fiounce skirt is preferred in the more
simple dresses
Sashes are used almost entirely as a
waist finish. Some are placed at the nor
NAL waist line. while others show the
elongated waist effect. which continues to
be popular for young girls. White sasnes
are usually chosen for graduation
dresses.
Fancy buttons of white crystal, or
white crystal showing decorations of
dainty flowers. are attractively used on
many of the dresses Hand embroidery
is used to a great extent on graduation
frocks. st. Gall embroideries are used on
crepes and voiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Summer Bed Comforts.

THE woman who makes her own bed
j comforts and does not have to pur-
chase them has something superior in
workmanship and material at much less
cost Pretty comforts may be made or
fine white lawn, even the cheapest be-
ing suitable Select something with a
small flower: the ragged robin design,
wild roses or purple clematis make neat
covers The edges can be bound with cot
ton ribbon or cotton insertion OF a Per-
sian or Balkan design.
A neat comfort may be made of check
ed blue and white sateen in large pat
tern. The blue checks should be knotted
with white and the white checks knotted
in blue.
A lovely comfort may be made with
white dotted swiss and instead of being
knOtted a daisy design may be worked
over the cover about every twelve inches
apart The designs are small, but neat
and attractive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Practical Travelling Hat.

nNE Of the new folding straw hats is
practical for travelling. These hats
are pretty in the first place. and in
the second place will stand much packing
and unpacking without losing their fresh
ness. One especially attractive is made
of silver gray straw, with band about
the face of green straw and gun metal
buckle as decoration at each end of the
band
steamer wear and travelling in the train.
If YOU are travelling with small amount
of baggage you can pack this folding hat
In your trunk to wear for motoring, boat
ing and tramping and wear more elab
crate hat which you can remove on the
train and protect with one of the capa-
cious paper bags which all porters seem
to have nowadays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
WHAT TO DO WITH A
BASKET OF TOMATOES
Tomatoes Cooked and Tomatoes Raw, To-
matoes Plain and Tomatoes Combined With
Other Things, But Always Appetizing and
Delicious for the Lover of Fresh Vegetables.

chopped celery. spring onion and parsley
mixed with nlayonnaise and walnuts and
celery with mayonnaise.
Tomatoes cooked after manner APP
proved by the French are prepared in this
way: Remove the skin from small toma-
toes. To each half dozen tomatoes allow
cuDful of white sauce. Put a table,
spoonful of the sauce In the bottom of
| individual ramekins and on 1t place to-
mao. Cover the tomatoes with the rest
OF the sauce and stand the ramekins in a
shallow baking tin. Bake them for thirty
minutes and serve hot
Stuffed baked tomatoes can be pre-
pared III almost as many WAYS as to-
mato salad. One good recipe calls for
geen corn. boiled and cut from the cob
mixed with bread crumbs and the pulp
from the center of the toma toes. u-Sea-
son the mixture with butter, pepper and
salt To prepare the tomatoes cut
thin slice from the top Of each ana
scoop out the inside. After the 'stuffing
Is in pace put the tops on again neatly
and bake the tomatoes until they are a
light brown.
Another filing for stuffed tomatoes is
made as follows: Mix cupful of hon.
my, half q teaspoonful Of salt, a tea
spoonful of onion juice. tablespoon
full of chopped parsley and two table,
spoonfuls. of melted butter.
x 4.
otiii SOOu StuHlUss tOIHdtO0S
is made Of boiled rice. minced green pep
pers. plenty of salt and pepper and melt
ed butter and few fine bread crumbs
sprinkled over the top of each tomato
after it Is stuffed.
Planned tomatoes are tempting for very
warm days. To cook them cut firm to-
matoes in halves and dip them in ffeur,
seeing that they are lightly and evenly
covered Far each tomato heat a teaspoon
full Of butter in a frying pan and when
it is hot put In the tomatoes. nat side
down. Cover the pan and cook them
until they are tender and brown. Make
a well seasoned white sauce. put the to-
matoes In a hot dish and pour the sauce
about them. Strew with minced parsley.
A good luncheon dish for cool sum-
mer days Is the following: Scoop out
the centers of as many Arm tomatoes
as there are persons to be served. Sprin
kle the cavities with salt. pepper and
chopped tarragon and carefully drop an
egg in each. Put a piece of butter on
each egg. place the tomatoes in a pan
and cook In hot oven until the eggs
are set.
A tomato and cheese pudding is an
other acceptable dish for cool days. To
make 1t stew firm tomatoes and mix
pint Of them with a half cupful Of
grated bread crumbs, a tablespoonful of
finely chopped onion and salt and pep
per to taste Put the mixture in q but
tered baking dish and add q quarter of
cupful Of bread crumbs mixed with
two tablespo0nfuls Of grated cheese and
one of butter. Bake about twenty min
utes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Short Cuts for H0ws@k@@p@rs

teacupful of flour. two heaping teaspoon
fuls OF baking powder. a scant teacupful
OF lard and enough warm milk or water
to make a sticky dough. WORK this in
with the other dough. roll fiat and cut
into the shape of biscuits Bake quick
ly. The result will be lot OF biscuits
SO nice and light that everybody will
agree that they are superior Ia the ordi-
nary soda or baking powder variety. The
proportions given will be found sufficient
X there was not more than a quart vi
flour used in making the first dough
Warm water or milk should always be
used when making biscuits, as biscuit
dough should be soft and cold water has
tendency to harden the dough. which
also makes II more difficult to handle.
Pie dough Is improved with cold ingre-
dents. AS soon as a liquid touches bak-
Ing powder 1t begins its chemical action
on the -four. The little air cells swell
and burst, making the dough light. Roll
the dough instantly, cut all the biscuits
and place them in the pans, allowing
them to stand for ten or fifteen minutes
before baking. But IL the dough Is not
rolled and cut the air cells eventually
die, and the bread when rolled afterward
10 dead and lifelsss and the biscuits arc
tough and do not rise Some housekeep-
ers claim that il You set baking powder
biscuits on top of the stove at the back
for a few minutes before putting them
into the oven they will rise, no matter
what the state of the oven may be.
When making mullins remember that
eggs we'll beaten are absolutely neces-
sary. and the flour must be beaten until
there are no Jumps. This makes mullins
light grained
To make sour milk biscuits good stir
the curds and whey thoroughly with an
egg heater before using. Ii little bak-
ing powder is used with the soda I'm max
ing sour milk biscuits the result will
please you. Cream of tartar will sour
milk for baking purposes and will also
improve the food in which 1t is used, bur
you must use less baking powder or soda
in that case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
How to Make Last Years LINEN
Suit Look Like This Years

down one or two seams Of the skirts.
The old coat could be trimmed where 1t
has sagged so that 1t is even again and
then bound with braid either black or of
q darker shade of the color of the suit.
The braid binding. OF course. makes
washing Of the linen suit difficult Dry
cleaning can be as easily applied to the
braid as to the linen. black satin col
lar, another popular feature Of many OF
the seasons suits, with cuffs to match,
helps to make It unnecessary to wash It..
and. for that matter, does the braid
binding. For it is always the collars and
cuffs and the edges OF the coat which
FIRST show soil.
Velvet is much used for collars on the
new linen suits. Black velvet is perhaps
the smartest material, but printed panne
velvet is also effectively used. Some Of
ored tan linen and crash suits show col
lar facings of black velvet and the re-
vers of linen.
The linen suits which have black col
lars or cuffs often have black bone but
tons and a few black stitches somew here
on the coat or skirt to give character to
the suit. An arrow worked at the bottom
Of the seams in the back of the coat or
simple design in herringbone stitch at
seams or darts, Is used.
In fixing over last years suit do not
forget that buttons seem to be more used
than ever. Sometimes a row OF fiat bone
buttons is applied from the waist to the
hem OF the coat at the right side or the
left; and sometimes a similar row of say
eight or nine buttons decorates the lower
part of the seam on the other side of the
back OF theskirt. Bone or glass buttons
are most used, although sometimes black
satin covered buttons are used when
satin is used for collar facing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
A Rose Dinner.

W1HEN roses are used for decorative
/" purposes the linen and china should
be OF the finest, while flowers never look
as beautiful as when carelessly Yet ar
tistically arranged. Dainty creams may
be served in the hearts Of roses, but these
roses must be made from the white hearts
of bleached lettuce. Use roses to sur
round dishes, but not to touch foods Tn
less candied leaves are served with bon
bons.
Decorate the chandelier, candeiabra and
candles with silk roses. perferapiy req
for night or pink and white when
candles are not lighted. Place rose with
each dessert and float one in each finger
bowl. Do not use a profusion of flowers
to give a studied effect. but use s,f-
ficient amount of real roses ana artiliclai
ones to look tasteful simple and charm
IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Dainty Corset Covers.

NULL chiffon and net are the mate
AVA rails used for corset covers to be
worn under very thin blouses, and there
is a great variety in the trimming ef-
fects There are fiat bows of colored rib
bon and sprays of null and satin flow
ers for the net and chiffon covers, while
the washable covers are usually made Of
alternate strips of lace and linen, or EN-
broidery. Narrow strips of ribbon or
lace. or Perhaps a putting of chiffon
threaded with ribbon, extend over the
shoulders to hold the covers in place A
very pretty model is made of shadow lace
over flesh pink chiffon. and across the
front trails a slender gray spray of deli
cately tinted satin apple blossoms. These
covers fasten in the back, and in some
cases under one arm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

!, INK clover is beautiful for decorative
- purposes and a table may be made
-. very handsome by selecting the
Lake pink blossoms for this purpose.
They may be arranged low with foliage.
or used to fill vases. II combined with
any other flowers, be sure and group
them with humble field flowers and not
something from the florists. When using
yard flowers for the table, remember that
sweet peas, peoples. pansies. phlox and
nasturtiums look best If each is grouped
by itself.
Wistaria and bleeding hearts combine
nicely; marechal MEL roses may be used
with purple hehotrope; yellow flowers
combine nicely with delicate blue ones,
though If you will think for moment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
When Grouping Flowers

you win recall that nature grows her
yellow flowers In very large groups, sell
dom. II ever, with any other color. though
perhaps little white may be seen with
It.. though yellow lilies, daisies, chrysan-
themums and GOfdenrod mostly grow in
wild clusters without companion flower.
me natural beauty Of floral decorations
is frequently destroyed by the Door Sc
lection of vessels in which they are
placed. or by crowding the flowers in q
small space. fern may be a splendid
specimen. yet its beauty is destroyed
Dy being placed In large brass jardiniere.
Such a vessel will serve nicely for yalIow
flowers. such a. chrysanthemums or eol-
denrod. Plain baskets are daintier for
summer use. and are less expensive than
many OF the more ornate pieces of pot
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Travellers Face Cloth.

THE ordinary face cloth ar sponge may
! be eliminated from the travellers
bag. and In its place hyg:enic sponges
may be carried. These are made Of alb
sorbent cotton compressed to form a small
packet about an inch and half in thick
ness When saturated with water they
expand much as sponge does. and are
as large as "A lall face cloth After
being used once they are discarded. Ten
or fifteen of these take up as little room
as the ordinary size face cloth. These
cotton sponges may be had odorless or
perfumed with rose, violet or some other
delicate fragrance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
why Try to Keep Young?

how much she wants TO eat other thiuEs-
and what is the resut2
Perhaps She does look Young. perhaps
her cheek has more delicate l. ooe : an
the weatnered. comfortable looking check
OF her sister. who has gone through lie
getting the NEST out of il, ami perhaps
she will stay young SO long as she can
spend hours a day trying 10 do 80 But
her youth Is really only skin deep. II she
is forced to live in different circam-
stances for time. where she cannot de-
vote most OF her time to preserving her
complexion. she fades quickly, aud III
the hours spent in ensaarinc youth are
gone FOR nothing
Prince krapotkin. the great Russian an
archist. said in an article about his *
periences in prison that he thought he 4
city-hred man. used To the damp stone
houses Of ST Petersburg, stood The CON
ffnement of the cold, dark. damp Rus
sian prisons better than did strong. com
try-bred men perhaps much stronger and
more robust than he. The change from
the fresh counir yair ana We'll aired
houses To the ill-ventilated and dngy
prison cells was so great that il broke
down their health. They were used -
the daily tonic of fresh air ana sunshine
and could not get along without IL. 30
they sickened and died.
This same principle applies TO the WON
en- who try To KEEP young and those VINO
don't. Those who are used To daily mas
sage and tones and treatments cannot
get along without them if they cannot
have them, and they fade and grow old
While the women who have never taken
any especial care OF their appearance bur
have instead become used To rain and
wind and occasional late hours and indi-
gestible food. look buNom and blooming
until they die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Canning Asparagus.

0NE of the delicacies of the season ia
canned asparagus. II properly can
ned. it will keep a year or more The
best results are obtained in cooking as
paragus In glass, either In a regular
cooker or in an improvised one made
with the clothes boiler Have a rack to
place In the bottom of the boiler, and
place the Jars on this, filled with aspara-
gus and clear, cold water. and a teaspoon
full of salt to each quart.
Place the lids on lightly, yet not too
firmly. Boil for three hours. Remove the
jars and fasten the lids securely Keep
we'll wrapped in papers In dark place.
Do not forget to scrape asparagus, the
same as you do new potatoes, even the
most tender pieces. This will make a
vast difference In. the tenderness and
flavor,
The sashed eton jacket is one of the
va ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
For Summer Dances.

TRIMMINGS of flowers are much used
on dancing frocks. Sometimes the
low-cut neck is edged with small wreath
Of rosebuds or other flowers, and the
same trimm ng IDEA is carried out in the
skirt. Occasionally the flowers are put
on the lining. SO that only glimpse of
them can be had This is also very effec-
tive Many dance frocks are worn with
fancy trimmed corset covers. the outer
waist being of a very simple type and
very sheer. Fancy sashes are used,
showing he cuo;st and futurist coiorings
and sonnet mes a combination of two or
more plain-o olored ribbons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
To Clean Delicate Ribbons.

GAVE the water in which pared pota-
- toes have been cooked and when
tepid carefully wash the ribbons in it. A
certain amount of suds will be. made
which washes the ribbons free from all
dirt. They must be carefully rinsed in
several waters, dried and ironed between
two pieces OF muslin while slightly damp.
Satin ribbon may be ironed on the satin
side and made fresher than when ironed
between muSlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Bordered FI0unces.

THERE are many new materials OF this
1 character. Voiles are bordered in
yenise. Bohemian, Colbert and Macrams
laces Then there are embroidered bor-
ders on voiles, including the popular Bull
garian designs Crepe borders are just
as varied as the yoiles. Bordered ratins
is not a novelty. but there are many odd
and beautiful effects in this material
Bordered linen is new. In making, IL Ia
usually combined with cluny bands OF
lace,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
M0ire Handbags.

BLACK, dark blue. deep steel gray, seal
- brown, taupe and sand color are the
leading shades. Many black purses in this
material are ornamented with steel beads
Very handsome bags have metal frames
beautifully inset with mock jewels IN
color or inlaid in colored metal. Instead
of the usual metal chain or silk cord. the
newest handle is the fiat ribbon with
metal or jeweled slides. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

If you have a good many other jobs on
hand, aud are afraid Of forgetting the
bread that is baking in the oven. set the
alarm clock at the time it should be taken
out, and you can drop that care from
your mind
A clean old linen tablecloth lis nice to
cover the newly baked bread with until
1t steams out good. If the bread knife is
first dipped in hot water and wiped off
quickly before using hot bread may be
cut as neatly as IL it were cold.
When your bread falls to rise take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
How to Keep Eggs.

7 me small berry boxes with paper and
L. fill the boxes with eggs. covered with
dry bran. In this manner only two eggs
are I'm each box, and II is easier to. get
them than when ali are packed In one
box. and there is less danger OF breaking
them. II is splendid method for keeping
eggs for home use. They must be kept
- = .ta.A. a.nnI lhlane -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
THERE are a good many modern
izing touches which any home

izing touches which any home
seamstress could give to last year 8
linen suit, and If you want to go to the
expense of having tailor remodel 1t he
can do so in way that will make it look
like new.
This year. like every year. shows plenty
breasted, with regulation coat sleeves and
notched collars. They are little different
from the plain tailored coat of last year,
excepting they bulge a little more per-
haps about the waist. But the more elab-
crate coats are, most of them, single
breasted. and any tailor could make a
single breasted coat OF a double breasted
one by cutting away the old coat and in
sorting a figured silk. crepon or cretonne
waistcoat or one OF contrasting material
in plain color.
These little waistcoats, reaching a lit
tie below the waist and ending In points
or belted into belt Of the same ma
terial, which hooks or buckles loosely.
are seen in many OF the new coats. They
are stitched at the edges to make them
fat and to help them keep their shape
and they are generously decorated with
tiny pearl buttons or with soutaching in
silk braid.
Another undermining touch is the bind
ing Of silk braid. Many an old coat really
looks we'll excepting that 1t has sagged a
little about the bottom and the edges look
worn or shiny from laundering. Many
of the new coats are bound about the
edge with braid, which also binds the
collars and cuffs and which is stitched
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
How to Make Pufings, Plaitings
and Ruches.

CELF trimmings are the fashion,
and they are not only made Of the
same material as the gown, but
contrasting, harmonizing colors are
also employed with excellent effect.
The softest materials are used for
shirred trimmings. but fabrics having
more body are equally good for plait-
ings
A number of different finishes may be
used for single ruches. Taffeta may be
frayed, pinked or finished with tiny
hand hens Messalines. satins. crepe
de chine and similar materials may be
frayed or hemmed. The edges Of chif-
fon should be rolled and whipped tight
ly with fine stitches. making an almost
invisible finish. Net may be hemmed,
or. if ii has a fine mesh, cut in such
way that the edge needs no finish. Any
Of these materials may also be cut
double, with one or two cords running
through the center. Soft ribbons re-
quiring no finish can also be used eff
fectively.
Whether the strips for these ruches
should be lengthwise. crosswise or bias
depends upon the material Chiffon
should always be cut lengthwise or
crosswiSe. Silks and satins lie in softer
edge, is to be frayed they must be
lengthWise or crosswise. preferably
crossWise, the threads are closer.
making a thicker fringe. If net is to
be left unfinished. cutting should be
in line with the long straight threads
which run lengthwise or bias Net Is
more easily hemmed if cut in this way,
but for a double ruche it may be cut
any of the three ways.
Different materials require different
proportions Of fullness. A soft fabric
such chiffon. requires three times
the length of the finished ruche. Tai
feta, messaline and such materials.
having little more body. require only
about twice the finished length. For
the width for a single ruche one must
allow from a quarter to a half inch for
each cord. the exact amount depending
upon the size Of the cord. For dou-
BILE ruche determine the width a. for
single one and merely double that
measurement The best way to get a
true edge when they are cut length
wise or crosswise is by pulling a
thread % the ma terial You can gauge
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To Wash Dress Shields.

FIRST place in cold water to soak. Per
SEPARATION cannot be removed If they
are first washed In warm water. Scrub
lightly with a brush IN tepid suds, rinse,
but do not wiring