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FANCIFUL WAISTCOATS.

THAMO1S leather makes an admirable
- waistcoat material, lightly worked in
black silk and buttoned with double
row of round buttons of black velvet, to
be worn with black velvet suit A
little full waistcoat Of dark brown bro
cade strewn with dull green leaves ends
at the actual waist, or loses itself In a
big. high sash Of blended brown and
green corded silk : s
Brocaded velvet can be used in so many
ways for waistcOais If the groundwork
Is skillfully worked over with chenille or
fine braid, or leave the ground alone and
turn your attention to the outlining of
color or in gold or silver, or even in
chenille. or the finest metallic braid may
be used with good effect. neat blue
serge suit is made attractive by the ad-
dition of a simple canvas or soft leather
waistcoat. 1t is possible that we may
see the old crazy patchwork of our
grandmothers day reappearing. no long
er In the guise /of bed quilt or cushion,
but fashioned into inner coats and waist
Vulnerable little squares of cotton ma
terial. or in other cases of silk and
velvet.
A very coarse but soft canvas in can
vas tintings may be used unembroidered
if tufted with little chenille pompons or
velvet spots appliqued. A very original
waistcoat is made Of old-fashioned quilt
ded and carefully stitched. The wool
and silk brocaded furnishing fabrics
work up into vests with charming eff
feet, as does also coarse corduroy vel
veteen with a little dull gold cord laid
in the furrow between each ridge.
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BEAUTIFYING CHEAP
BOOKS FOR GIFTS

THERE are stacks of books exhibited
on the tables of first-class drygoods
stores on bargain days. and on nearly
every other day for that matter. and in
second book stores-paper-backed
books from cents up. Save that they have
perishable bindings these books are as
good as the best The stories are all there,
the best products of the best authors.
both in poetry and in prose. They make
beautiful and inexpensive Christmas
gifts with the addition Of a simple deco
rative binding, which Is easily added.
Get some ecru linen. A yard or two
will cover number of books. Cut the
linen a little larger than the book to be
covered. Now get good-sized padded
board and pin the linen cover smoothly
and securely to this board, and when
working rest the board on an artists
easel. Any good water color paints may
be used, and French tapestry dyes. much
diluted with water, are good to use when
painting on cloth. the colors obtained
cotton and silk tie dye will not overrun
the design. but blotting paper should be
placed under linen to prevent spreading.
DO some fancy printing on the back
OF the ecru linen cover. and by way Of
variety paint the backs Of some Of them
gold. with the title of the book in white,
others red with title in black and still
others yellow with title In brown. or any
other combination of colors which may
suggest STU themselves to your mind The
after that is dry the title should be paint
ed. and after that little ornamentation
in lines, clover leaf or some other de-
sign may be added. When thoroughly
ready to put on the book paste the edges
carefully over the inside margins of the
paper covers, using good paste for the
purpose.
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TO HELP ENTER1A AIN

a pumpkin filled with fruit Serve sand
wiches. peanuts, pickles, ginger and su-
gar cookies, popcorn. apples, pears and
other fruit.
Progressive conversations are highly en-
PERTAINING. Cards should be prepared
with list Of subjects. such as Should
the Weather Be Tabooed AS a Topic Of
Conversation? do You Prefer the
Mountains or the Seashore. and Why?"
(which Is the Greater Educator, Reading
or Travel?" us Music Without Words
Capable of Expressing EmouOns? The
gentlemen's cards should be larger than
those of the ladies. and each pair. large
and small, should bear the same number.
They. should be distributed haphaxard
and the lady and gentleman having the
same number are matched for the first
topic of conversation. For fixed time.
say five minutes. the first topic is to be
discussed, Then, at a signal, the gentle
men move on one place, leaving the ladies
seated as they were. Thus each topic is
discussed until the list is completed. At
the close the gentlemen decide by vote
who was the best talker among the ladies,
and the ladies do the same for the gen.
tlemen. Have prize that the victorious
pair can share together. small dish of
bonbonS would do.
A very amusing entertainment is the
smelling contest. Into each of a dozen or
more colored bottles is poured 4 small
amount Of some liquid that can be de-
tected by the odor-turpentine, vinegar,
witch hazel, camphor, peppermint, cof-
fee, cologne, bay rum. wintergreen, etc.
The bottles are then ranged in order
on a table, and each member of the COM
pany. provided with pencil and paper,
passes in turn by the bottles, giving a
sniff to each, and then from memory
makes list of the contents of the bot
ties. Shifts must be brief. and as per-
feet solemnity must be preserved for ac-
curate results the sight of the smiling
procession Is very funny. prize should
be given for the most perfect list.
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For a Bridal Luncheon.

A SLIPPER luncheon for a prospective
Il bride was a success not long ago.
Each of the guests, excepting the bride,
was asked to bring some slipper gift for
the bride-anything that had anything
to do with slippers real or make believe.
The imaginations Of the guests evil
IDENTIFY worked well, for the gifts were
delightful. One brought a pair of rib
bon boudoir slippers and another brought
a pair of buckles for dancing slippers.
There was a small silver pincushion
shaped like a slipper. There was
dainty silver shoe horn. There was a
pair of figured silk mules. There was a
dainty pair of silk covered shoe trees
There was silk party bag" with
pockets for slippers. The guests had
consulted with each other a little SO
that there were no duplicates.
They all reached the house of the
hostess little before the bride did-by
arrangement of course. Then they
packed their offerings into the gift Of
the hostess--a chintz-covered slipper
box, fitted with pockets on the inside to
hold half dozen pairs of slippers. and
with floor space for more slippers or
odds and ends of any sort
OF course, the bride was delighted
when she arrived and unfastened the
packages containing her slipper show
err as any bride ought to be delighted
about any sort of shower.
The centerpiece on the table was
white crepe paper slipper. made over a
pasteboard frame. From 1T a narrow
white ribbon led to the place of each
guest, and inside the slipper a small
china slipper. filled with bonbons, was
fastened to the end of each ribbon. The
top of the slipper was filled with lilies
of the valley. arranged in punches, so
that each guest could have one to wear.
The place cards. Of course, were in the
form of slippers. and the ice cream was
served in slipper molds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
: Alcohol and the Hair.

IF the hair L. dusty and unmanage-
abis after journey Of any sort, try
using alcohol to make 1t fuzzy. The
alcohol Will dry I'm q few moments and
the,hair will be ready then to arrange.
Many women who have taken a rail-
road journey Of several hours duration
to q wedding or dance have found their
hair. owing to the heat and dust Of the
journey. quite heavy and dirty, and
have despaired Of getting it in shape
In time for the festivities. shampoo
takes too long to be INDUCED in while
one is dressing-and sometimes it
leaves the hair too fluffy for imme-
diate managing.
To get back tc the alcohol treatment
Part the hair and rub a little alcohol on
Q piece OF gauze on the scalp until 1t is
free from dust. Then rub the hair about
the brows and ears and the nape of the
neck with the alcohol. OF course, IL
should frst have. been brushed as free
as possible from dust. Then let the hair
hang loosely until the alcohol has dried
out The hair win be light and duffy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

TIVE advice to shop early needs to be
repeated each year to catch the
ear of women who are apt to
crowd their shopping into the last mo-
ments before the holidays when the clerks
is such a crush and jam that one is al
most in danger of suffocating in the
crowd. There are many persons who. for
various reasons, are obliged to leave their
shopping until the last minute, there
seems to be no other way for them
do, but there is also a large class OF
women who are able to shop early, and
who should do SO to make room for those
who are obliged to shop late.
II you shop early in the season you
will have q better and larger variety OF
goods from which to select. and. as a
a mad rush at the last minute units the
person for an enjoyable Christmas Let
US shop early in the season and early IN
the day If possible Some made their
lists long ago, perhaps during the iast
holidays when the subject was fresh In
their minds, and purchased the gifts in
leisurely fashion as the months went oy.
Others less methodical but equally Wiling
prepared the lists and neglected TO puy
the presents. This must now De done
during the last few weeks before SHi
mas.
A Christmas hint book is good thing
to carry about with you If your memory
Is not the best, so that you can Jot down
Ideas and hints while they are fresh In
your mind. 1t Is such a satsIacuon 10
give people what they want when 1t can
be afforded. A simple method is that OF
giving presents Of the same KIND to eacn
person. It is especially satisfactory u
most Of your friends are scattered. and
an excellent plan for busy men to follow.
Did it ever occur to you how much
pleasure you could give friend living in
different part Of the country by sending
her something from your own part OF the
country which is new to her. The girl
Of the mistletoe district little dreams
how much another would appreciate
box Of mistletoe which is so common in
some places and so expensive In others.
The young woman In the pine districts
can make pine pillows. and she who lives
near the seashore can make pretty she'll
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simplify Christmas Shopping

ornaments. 1t is the finer sentiment not
the price Of a gift. that counts SO much
among real friends, SO that whether YOU
paint. sketch or sew 1t lies at the TIPS of
your fingers to make little gifts or bor-
row from natures pretty store so abund-
antly supplied.
II you are going to shop by mail II f.
especially necessary to begin early. Each
year a flood OF mail arrives from nro-
crastinating customers who are greatly
disappointed If their goods fail to arrive
on time. ..istakes are more apt to occur
when the shipping department is rushed
than under normal conditions, and when
goods are not ordered until the last min
ute there is no time available for the
correction of such mistakes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
Jointed-Head Hair Pins.

THE newest thing in hair decoration Il
the pin with the jointed head. II
is big shell pin, of the sort worn In
pairs-or In greater numbers--and the
ends or tops are studded with rhine.
stones. They are deity arranged on
hinges so that they may be turned at
any angle to the prongs Of the pin.
Hence, il the knot or strand into which
they are to be thrust is only an inch
deep they can be thrust in lengthwise
and the head of the pin can be turned at
right angles to the prongs in such a way
that its full beauty will show against the
hair.
There are other fancy pins with curved
prongs or shanks. SO that they can be
pushed into curving strand Of hair In
such way that they are comfortable
and secure. 1t is often dificult to place
straight pin comfortably over a curved
part Of the head.
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Butterfly Patty-Cake Pans.

GMALL butterfly patty-cake tins can
- be had. and now that the butterfly
is having its heyday we might as well
have our patty cakes in style. These
little tins could also be used for jelly
molds But whether they are used for
cake or jelly they must be carefully
used.
II cakes are baked in them they must
be thoroughly buttered in every Granny.
SO that the cake will come out whole.
II jelly Is nodded in them 1t must be
carefuiIy unmolded after the outside OF
the tin has been moistened with q warm
cloth, so that none of the jelly will
stick and spoil the shape Of the butter
fly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

For baked beefsteak make tender as di.
reeted, and lay within a buttered roaster.
Strain a small can Of beef tea and pour
over the steak. Cover. and bake slowly
for half an hour. turning once and bast-
ing several times with the liquid in the
pan. When done transfer to a hot dish,
season the gravy left in the pan with salt.
pepper and onion juice thicken slightly
with Drowned flour, boil UP once, pour q
few spoonfuis over the meat and the rest
into a gravy boat. Don't attempt to cook
tough steak by merely broiling it, and
never fry a steak. The best cooks say
that steak should not be sailed at all
until done. Do not cook too much 1t Is
better little underdone, so that the red
juice will follow the knife in carving
III potatoes are boiled Saturday for
about twenty minutes with their jack
cts on they will then bake in a hot
oven In less than half an hour Sunday,
or cold-boiied potatoes can be Drowned
IN the pan when the roast is heated
over. With chops or steak the frying
OF potatoes in deep fat Is a matter of
n very few minutes. Spaghetti with
cheese or tomato sauce is a good sub
st.tute for potatoes. Dry green vege-
tables may be boiled the day before,
drained into small saucepan and re-
heated with little hot water and a
good lump of butter. Caulifiower or
onions boiled the day before can have
their cream sauce made the next
morning. while vegetables which re-
quire long cooking can simmer Or
steam while the housewife is at
church. IL needs be-
The following plan is good one to
reduce the labor of preparing dinner on
Sunday: On Saturday place four-pound
piece OF beef in a kettle. pour over il
boiling water. Let 1t boil briskly for ten
minutes, then add salt. Cook slowly for
three hours. letting it boil down; turn,
and add little more water and brown
again. Set aside To cool. On Sunday
serve hot or cold.
III IT Is TO be hot, set the kettle on the
stove. add a little water and let 1t boil
down. rich brown gravy should be
made. Serve scalloped potatoes, boiled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

LII persons might De divided
~ into two classes. One class
includes those who really in
II ~ habit the rooms they live in
or. to put it quite as clearly.
really live in the rooms they inhabit
The other class includes those who pass
through the rooms of their houses as
they pass through landscape or n
pleasant garden. seeming no part of
their surroundings They seem as much
a part of their own living rooms as
they seem a part of the reception rooms
of IA vast hotel they may chance to
visit.
The rooms that are real part of their
owners are the rooms that persist in the
memory.
What is it that makes a picture of
Dutch interior so interesting? Isn't 1t be-
cause the interior invariably expresses
the personality Of it's owners?
Think of some fayorite room of your
childhood. Perhaps it was kitchen In
q rambling farmhouse. Every corner OF
II looked lived in. The chairs were worn
into comforta BILE holl0ws. Even the clean
floor was shabby at the door. where hun
dreds of feet had passed through. The
cushions on the deep rocking chairs were
pressed into crevices where tired backs
had rested. A teakettle hummed forever
on the stove. doubtless in old fashioned.
but surely in friendly fashion, ever ready
for cup of tea. The very cat, curled
warmly on the hearth. expressed the con-
tentment of the woman who presided
over the room.
That was a room that was lived in.
Perhaps, according to our standards. 1T
was too much lived in. Perhaps there
was a darkened front room which was
never opened excepting for funerals and
like formal happenings that ought to
have come in for some use. But at all
events the kitchen was lived in in a way
that left its impress on every article OF
furnishing in 1.-THE cat included.
There are fortunate persons who i'm
mediately associate themselves with their
surroundings Their rooms could belong
TO no one else in the world. Their pos
sessions all proclaim their owner.
Look at the workrooms of some men.
There is 1ived-in look about them
which even an industrious maids ener-
Setic duster cannot dispel. The way the
desk is placed in relation to the light.
the way the pictures are hung on the
wall. the arrangement of books and pa
pers and cigars and pipes and tobacco
lars the fashion of the chairs and foot
rests-aH betray the individual tastes of
their owner.
Even the desks of some men in big Of
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Suspenders With Skirts.

AN INTERESTING novelty is the sus-
\ pender made similar to mems sus-
penders Those of black velvet, finished
with gorgeous buckles. are particularly
striking. These suspenders are dressy
rather than tailored in effect. and are
especially appropriate to wear with the
new black separate skirts ana fancy lace
blousee,
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NOVELTY from Paris is the veil
"a la Turuue" Like Ynanv other

fashions Of the moment, 1t reflects
the influence Of Turkey on the Partisan
dressmakers and designers; and like the
Zouave skirts and the little Turkish jack
cts. 1t brings to mind a picture OF the
sultan's empire. For although all the
fashions we borrow from the orient are
changed decidedly from the clothes on
which they are modeled-probably so
changed that q Turk hardly would recog-
nize the Turkish jacket, Jap would not
know the kimono waist. and q Persian
would look at the minaret tunic as at
something new-still they do instantly
suggest the orient to US.
The veil pictured gives to the face of
its wearer much Of the imagined charm
of the faces Of the seraglios Of the east
The mouth and chin are softened by the
lower part Of the veil, which is Of chif-
fon. The eyes are unobscured BY the
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coarse-meshed net that forms the upper
part of the veil.
Picturesqueness is not the only virtue
of this veil. 1t is as useful as 1t Is pic
turesque, and although many women
doubtless will consider 1t a bit sensa-
tional. 1t would be an admirable automo-
bile or windy weather veil. The mesh
keeps the hair from blowing, and at the
same time does not tire the eyes nor OBJ
struct the vision. The chiffon protects
the nose and mouth from dust and damp
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
A New Hatbox.

DOxES for hats, waists and other arti-
cles of clothing. covered with Gre
tonne and fitted into a wooden frame.
make serviceable pieces of furniture and
space savers, as well as being decorative
and useful. Black cretonne with bright
colored figures, flowers or large birds of
paradise in the gayest OF, colors is very
attractive. A tall. cabinetlike arrange
ment with a frame of light wood inclos-
boxes all covered with cretonne, is very
serviceable.
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Separate Tunics.

NEW tunics- of ehin.on. net or fancy
y all-over lace are being made with
sleeveless bodices, finished with smart
girdles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

Huge muffs of black or colored fox
have rufues about the hands of wide
plaitings OF cream or pure white net
mounted over chiffon
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Children's dresses are simple We
have good lines instead Of the fussy
frills.
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4 FAD party was a delightful enter
~ tainment given recently by popu-
. - lar hostess. Each guest was re-
quested to wear an emblem of his or her
fad. A woman who aspires to a literary
career wore a pen. Another whose hobby
is pretty hats wore a miniature hat sus-
pended from a chain. The domestic fad
dist wore toy stove around her neck.
while another woman wore a picture of
her baby. A church official, who had I'M
dertaken the collection of the annual
missionary appropriation. had pinned
across the front of his coat the picture
of q mission station In China. and be-
low it a typewriter request for funds.
An artist wore picture of a bungalow
on the mountainside, and explained that
his ambition is to own one some day.
The evening brought many surprises.
for in the usual small talk of the occa-
sional function we do not learn the best
side of our neighbor. One of the guests
asserted that the fad party brought out
more delightful and interesting CONVEX
sation than she had known at any af-
fair during her social career. 1t is GER
tainly a good plan and one which may
be carried out by any hostess, no matter
how limited her facilities for entertaining
may be.
+
A poverty social is fun. Write your in
on wrapping paper and put them
in the cheapest envelopes you can find.
Ask your guests to wear their oldest
clothes, and offer prizes for those who
are dressed the poorest. Play old-fash-
toned games. serve the refreshments in
the kitchen or in an outside shed if it
is large enough. Use kitchen table
without tabIecloth, or with an oilcloth
Light the room with candles
stuck in carrots and potatoes. Have
benches, boxes and peach baskets for
the seats. For centerpiece use half
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The Sunday Dinner.
7 IS necessary to have dinner Sun

TT IS necessary to have dinner Sun
/ day, but 1t is not necessary to have
ii at particular time. or to have
particular sort of a dinner. 1t is quite
possible to have an extremely good hot
meal at l o'clock or little later, whose
actual cooking shall not require more
than half an hour. A loin of veal leg
Of pork or a pair of chickens may be
roasted Saturday and set away In the
dripping pan. and when given half an
hour in a hot oven be just as good as if
the process had not been interrupted, but
a steak needs but little time and is quite
as good as roast beef, while loin chops
are much better than the average roast
Of lamb.
To make a beefsteak delicious lay 1t
upon "A board and with dull butcher
knife hack il from end to end. not cut
ting through it. but breaking the fibers.
Hack closely, and when you have treat
ed one side turn il and hack the other.
Have a gridiron heated and rub well with
a piece Of suet Sprinkle the steak light
ly with salt and pepper and few drops
OF onion juice. When the steak is Drowned
upon one side turn 1t quickly, SO as not
to lose drop of juice, and cook the re-
verse surface. Transfer to a hot dish.
butter well, and cover to keep in the
flavor.
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Do You lnhabit the
Home You Live in?
Are the Rooms
Just a Setting for
Your Life, or Are
You a Harmonious
and Important Part
of the Rooms?

n LII persons might be divided
~ into two classes. One class
"a includes those who really in
u habit the rooms they live in
~ clo ri
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-20
BONDSMAN
IN SERIOUS
TROUBLE

Oyerjoyed at discovering. through
Hoe Fats testimony as bondsmen Tor
Goo Tai Chong. alleged embezzleT
from the American Trust & Savings
Company, that Hee Fat has 5000 bags
of rice stored on property renseC
from the land office. Land Comm-s
sioner Joshua ID. Tucker today. tooa
immediate steps to seize the rice in
lieu of sh046 back rent for the pay
ment of which Hee Fat is in arrears.
Cecil Brown. working upon Hee Fats
security as bondsman. has also dis
covered that Hoe Fat is in arrears
on a note payable at the First Ma
tional Bank. 1t is probable that, with
this evidence, Hee Fat viii De Cts
qualified as bondsman.
Goo Tai Chong. when called before
Judge Robinson this morning. pleaded
not guilty. The case has been called
for trial March Is.