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Evening star., 1913-03-02
Short Cuts for H0ws@k@@p@rs

either by the initials OF the person oc-
cupyinS the room or by some tirY device
"a star for one. circle for another, OF
red mark for one room. ar green
mark for another 1t is a great help
when sorting bed linen for many rooms.
Cotton taffeta appliaued VIII flow CT
patterns in cretonne makes a very a.
tistic bed covering Another v"Fy pretty
cove NAV be made from strip OF lace
insertion, cotton orientaI braid Or SO lie
fancy trimming stitched to outline the
top of the bed or box portion. with the
edges of the straight -alance trim
with short rl,ff1CS Of fiowered lawn. THESE
are wonderfully pretty. especially when
lawn is used to strip the cover.
y handsome cover is made OF unbledch-
cd muslin Of the finest quaIi'~ decorated
with one large flower of turkey red mus
lin shaped very much like the southern
poinScttia appliqued to the goods. Two
bands of turkey red about two inches
wide and a foot apart arc placed around
the four sides. quilt of white muslin
dotted with large yellow pumpkin flowers
makes most Interesting style. and is
clean looking. \ dainty comfort may be
made of rose-colored sateen with white
dots and knotted with wash ribbon.
Evening star., 1913-03-02
Novelties i'm the Shops

top and bottom edges and bars of wicker
connecting top and bottom at the four
corners.
SILK bags in different soft colors not
more than three inches long and two
wide hold half dozen family colored
artificial flowers each, and long narrow
place card.
Deep plates of glass and silver deposit
to hold halved grapefruit are sold for 81
each. The dishes are the shape of deep
soup plates, and are SO formed that the
halved fruit is kept from tipping.
Bands of rhineStones for hair decora-
tions can be found for 30 cents They are
well made and show good lines Some OF
them are double bands joined at intervals
by upright strings of stones. Some OF
them are single bands and some OF them
are fancifully shaped. The stones are set
in imitation platinum and sparkle with
great brilliance.
Telephone stands save both space and
temper. Some of them are round. some
square lhey are equipped with a shelf
to hold the telephone directories and a
small moving platform TO hold the tele-
phone instrument. With each is a chair
which just fits under the stand when IL is
not in use and which can be pulled cas-
ily in place when ii is wanted In oak a
telephone stand is SO i'm mahogany II
more
Wicker framed dinner wagons strongly
made are appropriate for use with the
out-of-door service of afternoon tea or
at meal eaten ON the lawn or piazZa
They are sold for $3.50
freproof protector for manuscripts
IS sold for Is cents in a size big enough
TO hold fooiscap. The protector j., made
of rcd-broWu ard boz rd ,.bp;uipaIl--
treated, presumably to make il imper, j.
ous 10 heat. II is shaped like an envelope
1t would be useful for holding bank
books, check books, valuable documents
or important letters
\ novelty for the dolls mouse is made
to appeal to the men OF the doll family
On tray not bigger than "A silver dollar
stands jar containing six little cigars
All ash receiver and "A lighter or cutter
Mrs. Doll could purchase such smoking
outfit for Mr. Doll for the reasonable
sum of Is cents.
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do this kind OF work, and this is one OF
the reasons behind good deal of the anX-
iety among the mill men. Are fabrics
to be smooth or rough? Are they to be
with or without a design? The layman who
knows nothing OF these questions and who
regards fashions and clothes as a foolish
caprice that is indulged in only by women
should learn some of the stupendOuS
financial conditions pertaining to the
change of style before he criticiSes.
1t is rare to see revolution in material.
The mills of men move too slowly for
capriciouSness. The dressmakers go along
for a decade or so using fabrics that
show the same class of work and de-
signing and they exercise their ingenuity
by changing the style and the cut of the
gown to give to the fabric a new appear
ance
OF course the same cloth does not run
along continuously, but slight variation
Evening star., 1913-03-02
CLEVER IDEAS
IN FANCY WORK

CILDED baskets which range in size
- from one two inches in diameter. de-
signed to hold hairpins. to one which
measures as many feet from side to side.
a really capacious basket for scraps. are
among the most easily made OF the
French novelties. The baskets can be
bought gilded or else can be bought in
natural finish and gilded with a prepara-
ton sold at drug and paint stores for the
purpose.
The waste baskets are adorned with
rosettes Of ribbon and chiffon or wreaths
or tiny chiffon satin roses in pastel
colors fastened at intervals to the outside
of the basket and festooned together by
strands of chiffon. ribbon or gold braid
The small baskets for use on desk.
dressing table or chiffonier are generally
lined with a shirred strip of silk in rose
color pale blue or golden yellow, with a
scented silk pad fastened to the bottom of
the basket. About the rim al the top of
the basket. covering the top of the shir-
red lining. strip of gold braid or a
strand of ribbonsine is fastened. The
handles If there are any. are adorned
with punches of roses, rosettes of ribbon
or loops and ends of gold cord.
Basket pincushions are attractive. To
make one choose a baske: oval or round
in shape and after it is gilded stuff it
with lambs wool or hair: not with cotton
as lnlS Is nara TO pierce with pins and
collects moisture which causes rust Tack
piece of thin silk in plain color over the
top. Over this fasten piece of wide
meshed gold net. About the rim of the
basket covering the edges of silk and
net. tuck a piece of soft. pliable gold cord
and fasten it down with yellow sewing
silk. Tie a bunch of chiffon roses the
color of the silk with a bow of gold cord
and fasten at one end of the cushion
Gold lace and net are used to cover
glass vases and jars of various size and
shape. y useful and dainty hat pin holder
is made of a pressed glass vase, eight
inches tall. slender and tapering in out
line, covered with heavy gold lace. The
lace is about ten inches wide: it is gath
cred at the straight edge and fastened
tightly about the stem of the vase. The
other edge is drawn together over the
opening of the vase with gold threads
thus making a net which holds the hat
pins.
Glass jars can be covered with gold lace
and used for smelling salts on the dress
ing table or for candies the tea table
The glass shoppers should have frills Of
lace or knots of tiny roses tied on them
to be complete.
Glass pen trays. paper weights card
trays and coasters are fascinating when
they show pictures of famous heauties
against a background of rich silk. The
colored print watercolor is trimmed
neatly to q round or square shape and
pasted in the center of a piece of heavy
corded or mirrored silk large enough to
back the piece Of glass in question.
Evening star., 1913-03-02
yimt@r Ones, But C@l@rs will Be Brilliant

without effect. Yet it is probable that
the next few weeks will see the last Of
skirts that have all their fulIness drawn
to the middle front of the waist line by
pleats: the line is not good and not even
the most expert artist in drapeIN can
of figure.
During January and February the close
observer noticed desire on the part Of
the designers to drop the drapery low in
front and pull it up TO the middle Of the
back on bias lines across the knees: the
only feature of this that was disconcert-
ing was a fear that il would lead To the
buckle or a least the effect Of a buckle
in stiff drapery at the end of tho spine.
After all. the majority Of women can
wear drapery that has its fullneSs in the
back at the waist line far better than
they can wear 6rapeTy arranged the other
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bination suits should be of many tones of
brown in the skirt and the jacket of cop
per or bronze or Havana above.
The modern tendency to wear fur into
the hot weather has tempted the fashion
designer into putting bands of 1t on the
coats of these spring gowns. ana While II
adds immensely to the present effect any
woman who buys ii must take into con-
Sideration the fact THAT 1t Will have TO
be replaced by another trimming when
June comes.
One sees the most attractiye combina-
tons in plain black and white used in
these suits in exactly the way that
Paquin introduced 1t at the races year
ago. There are white cotton corduroy
skirts with black cotton damasse jackets
and black satin skirts. with cutaWaN
coats of white satin. showing a low waist
coat of black and white velvet fastened
with jet buttons.
The French masters have tried some
eXtravagant combinations AS usual IN
order to draw attention to the feature.
which is a method of theirs that has
never failed of success. When one sees
a skirt of blue and a Russian blouse OF
pink with wide bands of skunk used at
neck and sleeves and a belt of gold cord
run through a coral buckle then one is
attracted toward the idea of combina-
tion suits. and after this one finds the
mingling Of a plaid skirt and plain coat
harmless and Insignificant.
Another variation a theme of last
autumn is the Russian blouse which ap-
pears on the new gown under so many
gliseS that one hardly recognizes it:
certainly no Russian would. 1t is made
in silk. in satin, in the new material
called faillc, matelasse, in plain faille
and in the cotton crepons which are
rough and peasant looking. POiret ha 5
invented n garment which he calls cor
setless coat, although 1T Is quite unneces-
sary for him to put that adjective before
any garment he invents or that his man
nequins wear, for he is the apostle of
bound.
This is more or less of Russian coat,
with something of the Russian peasant s
blouse thrown in, and its fullness is held
into the waist by thick cords of silk
which are knotted in front.
These garments are worn over skirts
Of another fabric and color. some of
which are unfortunately trained-a fash
| ion which it is hoped the American
woman will never take up for the street.
She who spends her life in motor car
| may adopt it, but she who walks is wiser
! If she retains the short narrow garment
that suits her environment and her ac-
| tivities.
There is still strong tendency to retain
| the Turkish method of draping full skirts
| toward the front instead of toward the
back. although there was an effort made
| last autumn to reverse the fashion. but
Evening star., 1913-03-02

to this season, but it will be worked up
as a dominant fashion from now until
next winter There are fascinating plaid
skirts for everyday wear with cutaway
coats or Turkish Jackets in another color.
and in these combinations one sees a
great deal of black and white. Scotch
plaids and checkerboard designs are both
used and the skirt is plain or plated
without sacrificing any of its narrowness
or skirt length. Some on the coats are Of
velvet in the weave we have worn al
ways and in the new cotton weave which
is one of the novelty fabrics.
AS brown and tan are to be fashion
able tones for the rest of this season, it
is only natural that the. e.color Of the COM
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wind will always be more comfortaDle
and less injurious to skin and eyes II a
thin. fne-meshed veil is worn over the
face.
The woman who walks OF motors much
in the wind should understand the value
of fiaxseed in removing particles OF dust
or other foreign matter from the eye.
The seeds can be bought at any orus
store and enough to supply big touring
car with happiness for a week can be
carried in the small corner of coat
pocket The seed. which has an adhesive
surface is slipped under the eyelid. 1t
slides over the surface of the eye, collect
ing dust and cinders as it goes and soon
is washed into the corner. where it can
be easily removed.
IF no flaxseeds are at hand and both
ersome particle lodges in the eve. the
eye should be held closed with handker-
chief The particle often will be washed
out with the moisture that the irritation
cry when anything enters their eyes
and they are generally ready to cry, for
sometimes a cinder causes much pain. The
all impurities, and often before the child
knows it is gone the offending particle
will be safe on the handkerchief
The skin is often very sensitive in lie
early spring. Summer suns and autumn
exposure tougher it. but the time volun-
tarily or of necessity spent indoors by
many women in the winter whitens and
Evening star., 1913-03-02
To Fix Pencil Drawings.

DISSOLVE piece Of gum arabic In
- warm water and spray In lightly
over a pencil drawing with an atomizer to
fix the picture. A regular fiXant may be
bought, but this one answers all pur-
poses If the gum is dissolved in alcohoI
the solution will keep indefinitely. Pin
the picture to the wall. apply the fluid
lightly and allow it to dry. The coating
will prevent the lines from becoming
blurred. II is an excellent method OF
preparing drawings 10 send to publishers
The old yellow tone of n drawing so
much admired by art lovers. may be
given it by pouring skinned milk over il
and drying ii in the sun. 1t will give a
decided yellow cast.
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way, and for this reason alone il is prob
able that il soon will be changed.
As for the Taunicr. there * no longer
doubt of its popularity. 1t may not be
placed exactly NJ the hips and II may not
bc stiffened out in the fashion that Nine.
Paquin uses in a wonderful pink model
with a tulc bodice. but IL Is present in
some form or fashion on many Of the
new frocks.
With Ii has come i'm the Watteau pleat
and its imitator called the straight pane
from shoulders to knees. hanging free
OF the waist and made of the same ma
terial. bnt edged with another. Whcu
this panel is used il Is held down to th.
figure with the eastern sash which
crosses the hips AT the side. lifts M 10
the waist i'm front and Is loosely knotted
below tin. waist in the back.
,Copyti.ui 1913. icy fic Me- nnc New spaIer
S.Nlit.a.et
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lrnnm@r Clothes Will Look StrikImgly Like W

could think of nothing else to do: one
would easily imagine that they had come
to the end of their resources after the
four wears Of pressure put upon them BY
the drcssmakcrs for new fabrics, new
coIors and new widths. Not only the de-
signers of cloths. but the looms them
selves were taxed by the exorbitant de-
mand for novelties, and therefore these
men and machines may be pardoned for
repeating their thick materials i'll thln
ones.
They found out that women like the
various rough cloths which started under
the name of ratine. and as they had not
wearied of them by autumn they deter
mined to give them moro in the spring
This repetition involves a larger question
than the mere production of fashion
able design: no one but the expert knows
how costly and difficult it is to change the
entire style OF weavin" from d smooth
IA a rough surface from broadcloth 10
chnchilla. from no design To raised de
sign.
Evening star., 1913-03-02
To Clean Plaster Ornaments.

DLASTER OF PARIS pieces are pretty
just as long as they retain their spot
less white color. If they become dusty
they may be cleaned by scrubbing them
with a soft brush dipped in gasoline. The
first washing will leave the gasoline very
dirty, you must carefully wipe the
figures and then repeat the process.
W hen thoroughly dirty, and even this
method of cleaning fails the images may
be made To look very attractive by paint
ing with white alabastine, or given a
glossy finish With white enamel. They
may also be renovated by making a weak
solution of isinglass water in which clean
whiting is sydissolvcd. Paint with this So
luton and set aside TO dry. They are
also very decorative when bronzed
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they are no longer high priced, but are
within reach of the average purse. Ihey
were French fashions launched In NO
vember or earlier, but not popularlZed.
but the wholesale houses have had time
to repeat them and bring them out Tor
the mass of women who cannot AFFORD
an original French gown, or wouldn l
wear it if they could afford it,
There are many exclusive frencl
gowns here and many more are coming
over and they are wondrous good to look
at without displaying any startling new
schemes. They merely emphasize some
features that we know about.
For instance. the fashion of wearing a
coat and skirt that have nothing in COM
Evening star., 1913-03-02
Do Not Lick Stalnps.

I has been determined by careful tests
that the mucilage on stamps is inn bit
cd ny number of germs. some Of wiiich
are not at all friendly. Could we know
their infections VIC would not permit that
close intimacy that we invite by licking
stamps with our tongues. The best way
is to moistcn the envelope and not the
stamp.
Sheets of postage stamps carried in the
pocketbook frequently stick together
When this happens, do not soak them
apart. but lay them on smooth surface
with thin paper over them and pass a
hot iron quickly over them. This sepa-
rates without destroying the gum.
Evening star., 1913-03-02
Elongated WaistIine.

THE arrangement of girdles, sashes.
belts or shaped bands well below
the normal waistline is new style which
is rapidly becoming prominent At first
this style was seen only on Balkan
blouses. Now they appear on smart
afternoon frocks, evening gowns anu
street dresses. The girdle which finishes
the waistline on these models extends
about two inches above and several
inches below the waist. IT almost ap-
pears as a skirt yoke. Evening gowns
nave sort sashes of tulle. crepe or rib
bon loosely arranged several inches be
low the normal waistline in crushed
grdle cffect, ending at the left hip.
Long ends fall nearly TO the skirt edge.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

KTARcH winds are responsible for
/" many wrinkles. and perhaps that
is their greatest fault. y woman
walks gayly forth to taste the fresh
spring air; her chic new hat is set lightly
Oh her head, partly secured. perhaps. by a
thin veil A mischievous breeze comes
along, twists the hat askew, pulls the Veil
this way and that-and wrinkles result. or
who does not grit her teeth and furrow
her brow when she is trying to hold re-
fractorv hat in the wind?
Perhaps the hat is finally secured. An
other mischievous wind buries a cinder III
an unprotected eve More wrinkles are
started. For the only thing to Go when
there is cinder i'm the eye is TO screw
the face into a thousand fine lines and
keen the eye shut and comfortable. Ana
after the cnder is out squirting suS-
costs itself as q preventive of the acqul-
sition of more cinders.
The first thing to do to combat the
winds Of March, If wrinkles are not wei
come is to fasten the hat on securely
and to protect the eyes with a strong,
fine veil. The country walk in the wind
taken just for the fun of it demands a
thin net or chiffon veil, something really
mpenetrable. The automobile ride in the
Evening star., 1913-03-02

actly the same fabrics in cotton that
have been worn in wool for two years.
We have seen 4 regiment OF women
dressed in velvet matelasse. damasse.
velours. de laine and ratine. and the ef-
feet was that of warmth and heaviness;
from now on We Will see the same regi-
mont of women dressed in fabrics that
look the same. and they will lac invented
for coolness and comfort.
II is an interesting experiment but 1t
may not prove an attractive one. If the
Evening star., 1913-03-02
A Useful Device.

A NEAT little device, which is both
convenient and attractive can be
made by cmbro!dcrinG the dial Of a clio, X
upon dul linen and providing movable
hands made OF rasteboard covered with
black silk. This can he used in the sick
room as "A reminder of time to give mndi-
cine by setting the hands at the desired
hour. 1t would also he serviceab BILE to a
Gentlcman, who could hang il on his office
door when he went out. setting the hands
that they would Indicate the time hc
cXpeCtcd to return.
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There is no doubt that sewing buttons
on the children's clothes takes q great
deal of time. Shanks fastening under
meath are not advisable, as they NAV
press against the flesh and must ALWAYS
be removed for washing. A good plan to
prevent buttons from peelinS off is to run
strip of tape on the under side of a
fastening TO which the buttons may be
sewed
The tape will hold the buttons firm and
prevent them from pulling out with a bit
of the material. as they are quite likely
to do on children'S clothing.
Cashmere stockings can be made into
rompers for baby to wear while play
ing. Cut the feet from the stockings and
hem the edges. Cut two gussets to join
the tops and whip the triangle pieces
into place.
Cut a dress shield in two pieces, bind
the raw edges and tack under the baby
fancy bib. Children's bibs made of gum
tissue, bound with tape. are serviceable
and easily washed.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

: far ds tho new
fash DnS 60, women
70 u appear To
" ear tho same ma =
terials during the
coming hot wealth
er as they have
worn during the
past cold weather.
Ii was an odd
trick on the part
of the manufac-
turcr TO invent cX-
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color designers had not introduced
chinese blue and several shades of vel
low and brown the result would have
been monotonous.
II is only human to want a new set of
clothes in the springtime. in keeping
with the desires of nature, who not only
wants them. but gets them. We rather
like the appearance in the shops of crepe
and muslins. of laces and batistes. of
marQuisette and net; as it is now are
offered fabrics that have furry surfaces
and raised welts of rough threads. and
cloths that look as though they We're in
tended for the skating rink and not the
casino.
1t IS proba Bile that the manufacturers
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Rhinestone ornaments are used on
skirts to loop up drapery and to hold
sashes i'm place at the foot Of the skirt.
Big bowknots are most effective. Some
times the skirt drapery IS composed of
soft ribbon and q wide strand Of nlei:nes,
chiffon or silk net The effect OF the rib
bon and the net together held by the
rhinestnnes is charming.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

Waste baskets of wire netting are not
beautiful, but they are durable, and
hence are used in many Offices They
might likewise find place in the family
sewing room. They are lighi in weight
and almost indestructble. IN medium
size they cost - cents each.