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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
ANNUAL HOUSE PARTY
BIRMINGHAM OUTING CLUB

The little cottage at Calcis, in which
many merry times have been enjoyed by
parties of young people from Birming-
ham, has been the scene this week of one
OF the most successful house parties in
its history. The outing will continue next
week and a number of additional friends
are spending Sunday with the party at
the outing club.
Mrs Sydney ]. Bowie was chaperon dur
ing the first days of the house party, and
at present Mrs. Mortimer Harvie Jordan
is with the young people in this capacity.
The girls are Miss Elizabeth Bowie, Miss
Minnie V. Jones. Miss kitty Bibb of De-
catur. Ala. Miss Katherine Kearny of
New Orleans, Miss Leila Smith, Miss
Mary Bradshaw and Miss Florence Cof-
fin, Miss Dorothy Johnson who was
member of the original party. was called
home early in the week
The young men include Mr. Glenn Har-
ris, Mr.. Cecil Gilchrist. DIR. Cecil CASTOR
Mr.. Brice STREET. Mr.. Sam Spurgeon, Mr..
Ravee Norris. Mr. Alwyn Lewis, Mr..
Martin Lide, Dr. o. P. Board, Mr. Julian
Bibb, Mr.. Allen Iemison, Mr. Robert Nc
David, Jr.. and Mr.. Claud Miller.
The usual pleasures incidental to camp
life, emphasized by facilities adding to
the personal comfort of the party not
usual to life in camp, are making the out
ing one of exceptional enjoyment. The
club house is so constructed that party
almost any size may be housed and may
have almost any luxury to which the
fastidious city-bred person is accustomed.
dining room out of doors and looking
over Kelly creek is not the least attrac-
tive feature of the place and the cuisine
is always faultless.
Swimming, fishing, rowing, riding and
tennis compose the chief of the outdoor
amusements and these with bridge and
daneing-the latter introducing. it is re-
ported. many new steps and gides which
will be introduced In the clubs with the
return of the camping party-fil the days
very full. victrola furnishes the music
and vaudeville performance was given
on one occasion this week with the girls
as the performers; number of clever
representations indicated hitherto unsus-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
SONG SERVICE FIFTH
AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN

song service will be presented at
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church
this evening at 8 o'clock.
The regular quartet choir will be
augmented by several of the finest
voices in the city. Mrs. Fields, Mr.
owen Gillespy and Mr. Erin Farley and
Mr.. r. e. Martin. director of the First
Methodist church choir of Springfield
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
MR.. THOMAS TO
DIRECT MUSICAL CLURS

The joint dictatorship of the Treble
Clef and the Arion clubs has been given
to Mr.. Rienzi Thomas. Mr.. Thomas is
a capable musician and Is considered
an admirable leader. There is no doubt
that the work accomplished by the two
clubs next winter will grealy increase
musical interest in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
HENRY-DYER
WEDDING ANNOUNCED

The following card has been issued:
Mr.. ard Mrs. Thomas May Dyer an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
Lily Stewart, to Mr.. William Ledbetter
Henry, on Thursday, July 10, 1918, Bir-
mingham, Ala
An enclosure states:
AT home after August 1. Graymont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

bia. Miss Doris We'll of Mobile, Miss May
Michael of South Pittsburg, and Miss
May Vogel. Others in the party were
Miss Ethel Burger. Miss Rose Burger,
Miss Alice Phillips, Miss Edna Wald, Miss
Irma Blank, Miss selma Blank. Mrs. Abe
Wenstein, and Mrs. J. j. Leysen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
CHEATHAN-RAINEY
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mrs. l.. K Rainey announces the en-
gagement OF her daughter, Eileene, to
Mr. Zac ELAN Cheatham, the wedding to
occur the evening of July 20. at the Wood
lawn Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
HARRIS -EMOND
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. William Berry Emond an
rounce the engagement IF their daughter.
Willie Scott to Mr.. Leon Earle Harris.
The wedding will take place in September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
JOINT HOSPITALITY
AT COUNTRY CLUB

In compliment TO Miss Gretchen Mott,
Miss Margherita Lord and Miss Betty
Cornwall, the three guests of Miss Au-
gusta Clark, Mr.. w. Y. M. Robertson, Mr..
and Mrs. Douglass Mcqueen entertained
last night lt dinner at the Country club.
In addition TO the honorees and Miss
Clark, the party included Mr.. and Mrs.
W. " M. Robertson. Mr.. Kenneth Tn
derwood. Mr.. Maurice Henderson. Mr..
Douglass MeQueel and Mr.. Robertson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
MISS LOUISE HAMMEL
GIVES A BOX PARTY

Miss Louise Hammel's box party this
week was given IN compliment to four
Visiting girls-Miss Edna David Of Column
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
The Upstairs Sitting Room.

THERE are many women who so
: through life without dressing room
or boudoir for their own personal use,
but there are few VINO do not long for
one. And even when the limited space
of a house makes ii impossible for the
women of the household t. have inGi-
vidual boudoirs. there is often one up
stairs room which could lie made into a
sitting room or dressing room for their
collective use.
1t could be supplied with a comfort
able couch, where breakfast other
meals could be taken b. any one tired
or i'll, with comfortable chairs for loung
ing and resting Mitii good. light and a
book shelf for magazines and books. with
writing table or desk, with a Well
stocked work table. a sewing machine.
II it Is to be used also as sewing
room, and pier glass.
1t could hardly be equipped with a
row OF dressing tables one for each
daughter or cousin aunt or mother
who used 1t. as these would make ii
crowded. so the actual dressing would
still have to be done in bedrooms. But
it would prove haven where it's col
lective owners could go for help and
advice, to see whether their dresses
We're on as they should be. to get
hooked up" to rest and read and get
away from the tediousnsss of the bed
room when illness kept them ups airs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Why SiIversmiths Use Blue.

IND YOU ever notice that the silver you
- stow carefully away in neat white
canton flannel bags, presumably TO Keep
it from furnishing. is blacher and more
stained with tarnish when you get 1T out
of its bag than the silver that has been IN
use all the time? And did YOU ever no.
tice, if the silver is kept in a long case
that is wound about itself. that the silver
best protected, nearest the middle, is
most badly furnished?
4 jeweler says that the reason for this
is that white canton flannel is bleached
with a mixture containing sulphur. which
spots and furnishes silver very quickly.
So when your extra dozen silver forks
are carefully packed away in their white
canton flannel case, of course. those in
the middle. farthest from the air, become
the most badly furnished.
1t is for this reason that silversmiths
almost always use blue canton flannel
bags and cases for their silver. not. as
many persons think. because blue is more
beautiful than white. No sulphur is used
in the preparation of blue canton fan
mel, and none fingers in its folds after
it is made up into bags and cases for
silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Buying Ready Made Clothes

you accept the imperfection-a wrinkle
on one shoulder or an unbecoming line
In the skirt, perhaps-with eyes wide
open and determined to live 1t down if /,
cannot be remedied. In the other case
you pledge yourself when you order the
dress or suit made to accept whatever
lmpeffectiOns the best meaning tailor OF
dresSmaker In the world. who works for
reasonable price. is bound to produce.
There are great many ways in which
a ready-made suit Or frock can be al
tered after it is bought. 1t can be length
ened or shortened at home, and any
woman with clever fingers can tighten the
skirt or bodice. There are certain things,
however. that the woman who buys
readymade clothes should make sure of.
X
For one thing, be sure the skirt is long
enough or. If it is too short, that there
is an ample hem to allow for letting
down. Then IL the skirt is tight about the
hips turn 1t wrong side out and examine
the seams to that there is an inch
or SO of material on each side to allow
for alterations.
If the coat does not fit it is better to
pay two or three dollars extra and have
it fitted by professional filter. But if 1t
apparently fits stretch the arms to their
full length to make sure the sleeves are
long enough. If they are not see that
there is wide hem at the bottom of the
sleeves or else that the cuffs can be low
cred to make the sleeves longer
If your are buying wash frock or
shirt waist that there is plenty of
breadth across the shoulders and chest
Almost every wash material shrnks after
it is washed and nothing is more uncom-
Portable or graceless than a contracted
look across the chest. which waist tight
at that point produces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Homemade Cedar Chest.

= EFT, large pine packing box. Hinge
~ on the lid and putty up the cracks II
there are any, but 1t is better to get one
without cracks. Purchase bottle of ce-
dar oil from the druggist and paint the
inside of the box with this. being sure
that the oil soaks into all crevices. Use
the oil plentifuly. and when thoroughly
dry line the box with cambria. Cover the
outside with any preferred material The
cedar oil will retain its odor for years,
and is as much disliked by moths as the
cedar wood itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

THIS seems to be a heyday season
for the manufacturer Of ready
made clothes. Never were they so
attractive, al any rate. and never were
they more reasonable. Charming sum
mer frocks the like of which could only
be made by a first-class dressmaker can
be bought for small price, and linen.
crash and eponge coat suits which would
do credit to any tailor can be had Tor
prices we'll under twenty-five dollars
No wonder the ready made clothes are
more satisfactory, oftentimes, for the
woman who cannot spend much money
on stocking her wardrobe. To begin WITH
they are designed and draughted by high
~ paid experts-men and women who
know all there is to know about their
profession. In the next place. their max
ers have the services of experienced buy
ers who know where to get the best and
most attractive materials which can be
got for the amount of money they can
spend In the third place. isn't it gener-
ally far eaeier, especially in warm
weather, to go straight to a shop and
choose a suit or frock, pay for it and
send it home than to rush half dozen
times to the tailor for fitting or sit in
doors several days with dressmaker.
fussing and fretting and Tuning and plan
ming. as must do when clothes are
made to order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

over the corset was invented in the d.
| rectoire days. and it is rather anna ling
| that it should suddenly appear at this
| late stage of the directoire revival, when
physical attenuation has been worshiped
by every woman. Yet. the fashion is with
Us. and must be reckoned with. and the
! use of this pad to project the figure out
ward at the waist to uphold the drapery
is already accepted. not only in Paris.
but in America. Why: Because the cur
rent that runs through all fashions today
is to be entirely natural. This has been
the reason for much that we have worn
in two years and it is growing more
violent instead of less so.
The aim Is to be as -Grecian as possible
and il nature Is to be followed and the
artifciality of a corset is to be abandoned
then women's figures naturally will show
large waist. which is straight and
slightly obtrusive in front Every one will
say hideous. hideous. and the very first
ones to say 1t will be those who have
shrieked aloud daily over the artificial
methods of lacing in the lower part Of
the figure with cOrSets and Strapping il
down with many elastics in order to sub
due curves.
Among the many costly white net
blohses of which the world is full today
Inere nave appeared enhancing IltJle gar
ments of old-fashioned white dimity. with
a quarterback mercerized stripe. 1t was
once a famous and fashionable material
such as matelasse and grenadine and
MORE and popin. and it has come TO life
just now after all these other fabrics
have been swung into fashion
There are blouses made of this fabric
without any trimming but turnover
hand-em5 roidered collar. which sell for
SIG. but it needs very little calculation in
mathematics to assure any woman that
she can do 1t for less than a third of the
price at home with a SeamStreSs.
The charm in all these expensive new
blouses is that they are made by hand
which is another revival in America of
methods that were once considered nee
essary for refined clothes Women made
their underwear their white blouses and
their thin gowns by hand until the ac-
ceptance of machine work persuaded
every one to give up the older and more
laboriOuS method.
This season there is a strong feeling
against machine stitching on all lingerie
work and desire to make it or to have
it made by hand The inr.s1h of French
handmade underwear and white blouses
has produced this reversal of attitude,
and the result is that women are doing
more of their own sewing or having
seamstresses do it who are clever at
needlework.
The making of this kind of blouse is
also simple: there is no elaborate banding
and inlet squares and bold designs of
French or Chinese embroidery: there is
a shallow shoulder yoke. a full lower
part, long. comfortably fitting sleeves and
tight. three-inch cuff or a loose turn
over The collar is attached. which
is nuisance, but one must admit that
it fits better than any collar which is
put on for the moment although it is apt
to add to the laundry bill and assists in
wearing out the waist.
The square collar is not as much ap-
proved as the round one. and in this
there are three shapes-one that is con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

TX account of its evanescent flavor
~ and color there is no fruit that re
du:res more care in its canning or
preserving than the strawberry. In Sc
lecting the berries be sure that they are
ripe, dry and freshly gathered.
For this reason it is better to wait for
the homegrown berries. Those that
have laid in the market overnight are
scarcely worth the trouble of handling.
Be sure the cans to be used are sterilized.
| tops and ALL and the rubbers new. IL
you are preserving according to the
American custom. allow sugar, pound for
pound. but never allow the berries that
are to be canned 10 stand In the sugar.
as ii extracts the juice and toushens the
fruit
Pack the fresh berries into the cans,
shaking down we'll, but taking care not
to crush. Have ready hot sirup made
from sugar and the juice squeezed from
smaller berries and slowly pour in the
hot strip over the fresh berries In the
jars. leaving as much space at the top.
Have a common wash boiler third full
OF water that is about the same tenn
perature as that Of the jars holding the
hot strip. Set the cans on wooden
rack place straw or kitchen toWeiS De-
tween the cans to prevent their h-ttlnS
each other.
Put the can covers on the jars, but
leave off the rubbers. Bring TO boil
and as soon as the strip in the jars
rises showing that the contents are
scalding hot lift the jars out on to a dry
beard.
Eli. each jar Drumming full with the
scald.ng strip that is left in the sauce
pan, put on the rubbers and screw on
the covers as tightly as possible. When
cold tighten again, wrap each one III
paper and set in a cool, dry. dark closet
or cellar where the temperature does not
rise above seventy degrees
Strawberry Pudding.
Ten ripe straw berries, two whites Of
eggs, two cupfuls OF whipped cream,
one teaspoonful of vanilla extrac.. two
cupfuls of strawberry juice, t"o heaping
tablespoonfuls of powdered gelatin and
four tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Put the gelatin into saucepan. add
the strawberry juice, dissolve over
gentle heat, remove from the ire. add
the sugar, the vanilla extract and ten
large ripe stra wbetries which nave been
chartered. Stand on ice until TIE mix
ture begins to thicken, then fold in the
whipped cream and he whites OF the
eggs stiftiy beaten. Pollr into a wet
mold and place on ice till required.
Turn cut and decorate with ripe straw
berries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Strawberry Pudding.
Strawberry Shortcake.

While there are strawberry short
cakes and strawberry shortcakes. the
one that goes to the right spot is the
one such as our mothers and grand
mothers made before us.
To make il according to tradition.
Stiff together into a large mixing bowl
four cupfuls of -four already once sift-
ed half teaspoonful of salt and a
tablespoonful OF sugar. Chop in three
large tablespoonfuls of butter Dis
solve a level teaspoonful of soda in n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
New Strawberry Recipes

little lukewarm water and add To a
| large cupful of sour cream or rich
sour milk.
Add also a we'll beaten egg. Mix
| with a flexible knife int" dough soft
enough to roll easily. 1t must not be
handled more than necessary.
| Roll lightly and quickly into two
rather thin sheets. Bake In Wen
of the other. the first one well brushed
with softened butter. Bake in hot
! oven. When done. separate and cover
the lower half with q thick laye" OF
strawberries, crushed and sweetened.
/ Place the second cake on top and
cover with whole berries. Dust with
powdered sugar and serve with thick
yellow cream. Sweet milk and baking
/ powder can he used in place OF the
sour cream and soda.
Cottage Pudding With Strawberry
Beat to cream one cupfu OF sugar
and one tablespoonful of butter, add the
| yolks Of two eggs well beaten. one cup
ful of sweet milk in which a half tea
spoonful of soda has been dissolved and
saltspoonful of salt. Str in three scant
cups OF flour sifted with tcaspoonful OF
cream of tartar. Beat well
Lastly fold in the whites OF two eggs
beaten stiff and turn into a bar or oval
buttered mold and bake in quick oven.
III preferred il may be baked I'm indiFidual
stoneware cups. Serve with strawberry
sauce.
Strawberry Sauce.
Rinse a stoneware bowl out with hot
water and dry. Put into II large
tablespoonful of butter and beat to a
cream. Add cup and a half OF pow
dered sugar and the beaten white OF an
egS Beat all together until very light
| and just before serving STIR In punt
of weil-ripened sweet berries crushed
with silver fork.
Strawberry Blanc Mango.
Place one pint OF sweet milk In q
double boiler and when II reaches the
boiling point thicken with three table,
spoonfuls of corn starch dissolved In an
equal quantity OF cold milk. Add pinch
Of salt. sweeten with half eupful OF
sugar and cook. stirring constantly Tor
ten minutes. Take from the hfe and
St. in lightly the whites OF three eggs.
beaten to a stiff froth and haVored with
almond.
Pour IN cups that have been ffnsed out
with cold water and set IN the ice box
for four hours to HARDEN. When ready
to Serve turn out into INDIVIDUAL olshes
and with a sharp pointed teaspoon cut =
little cavity in the top OF each mold large
enough TO hold fiNe berries
Sift sugar over the berries. put spoon
FIJI of vhipped cream on top OF each mold
and pour strawberry juice well sweetened
around the base.
strawberry Extract.
Fill quart lar with berries cover with
white brandy and set aside for two
weeks Strain through cheesecloth. pour
I'm bottles. cork tightly and set I'm cool
ni.ce where the light does not strike r.
This is fine for hayoring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

The ready-made clothes always have
drawbacks, OF course but you know what
they are when you buy them. Equally
certain is 1t that clothes made to order
will not be perfect, but you will not know
what their imperfections are until the
clothes are finished. In the first case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

"HE making of musline goes mer-
rily on. The early heat in May
was a serious blow to those
who had depended on thin coat
suits 10 carry them through
June. Women were caught unawares and
realized as they do during the first heat
Of every season. that the less weight
there is in body covering the happier
they are.
II is always easy to imagine on a cool
6av that X will be quite possible to wear
thin coat suit on a hot dav: this illu-
zion ceases when the hot dav arrives The
clothes that were comfortable then be-
come torture. and the only road to con-
tent is TO wear a gown Of exceedingly
thin material.
Whatever has boned lining becomes
I'VE times hotter than the gown that IS
loose and minus lining or a whalebone
Pressure the body anywhere is even
more uncomfortable than thick material
The women Of the south have always
known this. but those in more temper
ate chimes have clung 10 the lined gowns
and TO thin things that had bones to
give them we'll marked lines.
This has changed What was known
as the slip-on. invented in Paris, has
spoiled women for any other kind OF sum
mer costume. and today the most expen-
sive gown for summer Is hung from the
shoulders, with a large WASTED sirdle to
break the line and even when there Is a
lining IL il not tight: IL barely touches
the figure and Is not supported by bones
This Is not only true of muslin. chiffon
and linen. but also OF wolfe. of foulard
or corded silk and OF all manner of sat
gns
Such a method Of making makes the
question of clothes less veXing in sum
mer III any woman will try out the diff
ference between the two kinds of gowns
on a hot day she will instantly see how
much more comfortable she is In what
Is loose than in what is tight, even when
the materials are the same
The same thing Is true concerning the
difference between a dark and light
gown. Comfortable as q frock os black or
blue satin is, IL takes heat on hot
day. while white or light gown throws
IL off.
All the mass OF folk who have visited
Panama TO see the canal have come back
with new ideas about clothing To wear
In the tropical weather that descends
upon America at intervals during the
spring and summer. The lesson OF light
clothes has beer we'll learned by ex-
perience or by observation. The thinnest
kind of dark china silk is half again as
hot as the same fabric in white in that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

Only an excessively slim figure can
stand this kind of fullness in front, al
though the protest of one voice raised
against the verdict of many designers
will certainly have little effect: the world
Of fashion seems TO have gone quite mad
about the high waist in front with the
fullness and drapery gathered there A
we'll known dressmaker in New York
says that half his patrons now wear an
oblong pad i'm front of the corset over
the waist line. in order 10 support the
drapery and give the figure slight curve
outward.
Any one who has studied fashions will
remember that this trick of wearing a
small pillow in front Of the waist line