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Evening star., 1914-01-11
WHEN BUYING FLOWERS

loosely arranged with a good deai OF
green. they look much better ana make
a far better showing than When they
are crowded together Long stemmed
roses should be put in tall, narrow
vase. Shorter stemmed ones should be
massed. with good deal OF green, IN
low bowl.
Asparagus fern can be bought without
flowers. at the florists 1t Is not very
satisfactory, however when economy Is
an object, for it quickly looses its nne
delicate foliage. The hardy ferns, which
can also be bought, are much more satis-
factory. for they will keep for long
time Indeed, it Is well worth the trouble
to seek these ferns out in the woods In
the summer pick perfect specimens OF
them and pack them in box, nat ana
smooth, to keep in an unheated room for
winter use.
Next to the foliage you put with the
flowers, the dish in which you put them
affects their beauty.
The flower holders that have the most
beauty are not necessarily those that
cost the most. FiShhowls make admir-
able flower holders. So do the big press
ed glass baskets. These by the way,
are enjoying a good deal of popularity
at the moment. Sometimes their handles
are wound with velvet ribbon, in some
pale and lovely shade, which is tied in a
loose, Topping bow at the top of the
handle.
One of the wire frames that keep
flowers erect is of great help to the
woman who would make the most OF
her flowers. One with eight or ten
stems, each ending in little wire
circle to hold flower Will be 1ouhd
most useful
1t is good idea to have a box Of
tn ms
ers. When you use a wire holder an
chor it firmly in the bottom of the dish
with handful of sand. Then put each
flower in position. FIJI up the remain
ing circles with green of some kind,
and stick in few sprigs of green
about the edge of the vase or bowl to
hide the holder
The Japanese metal flower holders
need no covering. They are delightful.
and add to the appearance OF the flow
ers The big frogs. with half dozen
holes in their backs. are especially in
teresting These aa are best ,ba used a.ycis with
sus and the daffodil.
In the hands or homes of some
women flowers wither in a day. other
women are able to keep them a week
magic. They simply give the flowers
care.
To begin with the water IN Whlch
the flowers are put should be fresh.
The stems should be cut off quarter
of an inch when the flowers are re-
ceived, and another quarter of an inch
each day. The water should be
changed daily. In the case OF roses,
little salt should be put in the water.
The flowers should spend the night in
a moderately cool room. which has
been aired just before they are put
in it.
1t would be better for the flowers. OF
course, if they need never stay In
close overheated room. But the now
ers are bought to enjoy. and ii they
are removed from the living or draw
ing room as soon as it gets comfortably
warm-to be sure they will last longer,
but on the other hand, they will be
enjoyed much less. So in trying to
keep flowers fresh, remember that their
first mission is to make you happy.
Evening star., 1914-01-11
Little Accessories of .Womn@m's Dress
More interesting Than Clothes Themselves
Popular Odds and
Ends Today Include
a Transparent Muff
and Feather Slip
pers.
.HE accessories to woman's dress

|THE accessories to woman's dress
are more interesting nowadays
than the dress itself. Perhaps
this always has been the case. The
wonderful old coral brooches of our
grandmothers' days must have seemed
more charming than the hoops that
went with them = i
The dainty little gold bird that graced
the curled and puffed coiffure of a
decade later-the little bird that
swayed with every breath. because he
was mounted on a spring, and which
shone with iridescent splendor be-
cause its different bits of foliage were
made with gold of different alloys
doubtless was considered far more in
teresting, surely far more artistic than
the tight bodices and panniered and
hustled skirts that were the vogue at
the time.
Anyway, today the accessories of
clothing are more interesting than the
clothes themselves.
In the accompanying sketch some of
the oddities of the present styles are
shown. The bag in the center suggests
a new use for the cameo heirloom.
They are quite in fashion, just now.
They are used as shoulder ornaments
on evening frocks. and they are used
in bands as filets for the hair. The bag
Is made of black velvet, and the cameo
that is inset in the center is blue. The
strap of the bag is of velvet embroid-
cred in blue silk.
Both the slippers shown are unusual
That in the lower left-hand corner is
made of peacock feathers. These. by
the way, are occasionally used by
fashionable women with good effect.
One woman wears a small hat made of
peacock feathers, and another makes
it a point to carry a peacock feather
fan.
The slipper shown is one of kind
that cost a hundred dollars. The
feathers are SO arranged that the slip
per, in different lights, shows the col
oring of an opal.
The slipper at the top of the sketch
is a round-toed tango slipper made of
pink kid. The toe and strap show
open work, in which generous use of
Evening star., 1914-01-11

ends with white fox, and caught in the
middle with a huge pink rose.
Beads are worn at all times of the
day. Under the pink and gold slipper is
a string of round green beads. strung
with gold beads alternately arranged.
The pendent ornament is made of gold,
set with the green stones. Almost as
popular as the chain of beads is the
silk cord hung around the neck, to
which pendent ornament of some sort
is attached. The one shown in the
sketch is made of lapis lazuli
Evening star., 1914-01-11


put aside a stated amount of
money each week for flowers
i for the house If you do this
your house always can show
bit of fresh color and sweet odor, and
your accounts need never show a star
ting florists bill For one week you can
economize in flowers in order to have a
little more money to spend the next week.
when, perhaps. you desire more flowers
than usual for some entertainment,
Suppose the amount you feel justified in
spending is only dollar week. Cor
geous lunches of red leaves that Keep
their color and freshness for week can
he bought for small sum. couple of
punches will make a room gay. With
the remainder of the weekly allowance
an ivy plant and a few Chinese lily bulbs
can be bought, and these will help to
make more expensive flowers possible
later on.
For when the lilies are blossoming
against a background of ivy week can
pass without any cut flowers. Another
week of red leaves would make it pos
sible to stock a little fern dish with ferns
for the table
Carnations are perhaps the most salts
factory of all hothouSe flowers. If they
are bought when they are fresh they last
for days And they are, to boot, mex
pensve \ dozen-six on Monday and six
on Thursday-will see you through the
week and SO you can afford to get the
best size and color.
Roses are not so satisfactory. For one
thing, they do not keep so well, and for
another they are more expensive. But
after a week or two of economy. when
the lily bulbs and the growing ivy and
the ferns are depended on for freshness,
roses can be indulged in.
There is a rather new little rose-only
a bud really. 1t is called the Mignon
by some florists and My Sweetheart by
others. And this small rose is not eX-
pensive. Quite a sizable little group or
bunch can be had for a small sum. The
bud is hardly more than half an inch
long and it is pale pink. The foliage is
a pale green and the effect of the whole
Is char1ningly light and dainty.
The arrangement of flowers is almost
as important as is their chice. And the
woman who takes the trouble to study
floral ARRANGEMENT can make 80 cents
worth of flowers look like a dollars
worth.
Take roses, for instance. If they are
Evening star., 1914-01-11

gold kid is made. The little strap over
the instep looks almost unusual now,
so familiar are we with the tan O slipper
that laces with ribbon about the ankle.
The hair ornament is a jeweled band,
supporting three spangled butterflies
on invisible wires. The wires really
are almost invisible in artificial light.
and the butterflies quiver and sparkle
above the hair in delightful fashion.
The muff is one of the new trans
parent muffs. 1t is made of white
chiffon over pink chiffon, banded at the
Evening star., 1914-01-11

The imitation Chinese prayer beads are
one of the delightful trinkets just now.
To be correct they should be OF real am
Der with = Jade bead at each end and .
finish Of tassels.
Evening star., 1914-01-11

Almost any dress can be brought down
to date by removing the old collar. cut
ting the neck in a ''V' and filing 1t in
with airy folds of tulle. Always there
must be the little decollete front.
Evening star., 1914-01-11
Winter Laundry Work.

Hv9ITHiN recent years many women
Nv have changed the family Laundry
" day to Tuesday instead of Mon
day. arguing that a Monday washday
means sorting the clothes Sunday ana
rising early Monday morning. with both
the washing and over-Sunday houseclean-
ing for the days task. If Monday is de-
voted to setting the house in order after
the Sunday rest mending the linen and
preparing it for the wash which Is TO be
done Tuesday. the week is begun with
out hurry, so the advocates of the Tues
day washday argue.
Three things should be kept in view
when washing clothes. First. to get out
all the dirt; second, to keep the things
a good color; third, to use nothing that
will destroy the materials, either cheml-
cally or Observation-Disclosures is, by using
strong soap or bleaching powders. or by
rough beating or scrubbng. All stains
should be removed before washing, as
the alkaH of soap, combined with hot
water, is apt to fix them as dyes, and so
render them permanent
When putting the clothes to soak. use
cold water for hot water will set most
stains II the water is hard, add a
tablespoonful of borax to a gallon OF
water The following is good wash
ing fluid Four ounces of spirits OF
ammonia. two ounces Of salts OF tar
tar. one ounce can of flake lye. Add
this to four quarts of soft water; when
dissolved, il is ready for use. Keep
covered When ready to wash the
clothes put them in boiler when
hall liFlt
Of the above fluid and one-half bar
of shaved soap TO four pals of water
Boil ten minutes, then put In tuo
or machine and rub any solled Spots
remaining, but do not use soap. With
a machine this is not necessary, as
running the machine Will do the work
Colored clothes may be washed in the
same water without injury. The use
of this fluid is saving of time and
soap and whitens the clothes without
rotting them or wearing them out with
hard rubbing. Cooked starch is much
improved by the addition of sperm or
salt. or both, or little dissolved gum
arabic.
To wash iannels. take two-gallon
pail of cold water and one-third bar
of any good soap dissolved. except
full of borax. Stir the cold water. dis
solved soap and borax well together
and put the fannels in this. Let them
remain for two or three days and
tnen fuD the SOlleu parts lRntlS with
the hands, rinse twice in cold water,
wiring dry, shake and dry quickly.
without freezing. Flannels washed in
this way do not shrink, but remain
soft and wear longer. 1t is best to
dry hannels indoors in winter and in
the shade in summer.
IF you wish to shrink flannels. fold
the garment. place 1t in a tub. cover
with boiling water and allow the gar
ment to remain until the water cools.
Hang straight on line and when
partly dry press on the wrong side.
To preserve the clear whiteness of
silk and wooden underwear. the gar
ments must be washed in cool water,
never mixed with other garments, and
must be rinsed in cool water and dried
Indoors. Do not sprinkle before iron
ihS. A disregard of these rules will
result in yellowing the goods, and
mere is no way of restoring the former
~hiteness. Cotton and silk should be
Evening star., 1914-01-11

OF GIEFoN WITH A HEMsIIdCHED Site Ed EDGE @ IT Is
E PRoGk @ ITsEF IS MADE OF BIscTIT sATIH N WITH NJ A 4
@ BRoCADE @ THE THE INTEREsTIN6i LITTLE BODICE M FAS-
TONED TABS. RIBBONS IMPORTANT
Evening star., 1914-01-11

PART IN THE NEW M FASHIONS THE M ROMAN STRIPED
RIBBON DOUBTLESS WILL GAIN IN POPULARITY. 1T
IS S, EFFEGTIyE &c TN WORN AS a SASH WI WITH SIMPLE
URE. ON THE RIGHT IS A DAINTY AFTERNOON FRoCk
MADE OF WHITE TAFFETA, WITH WIRED TUNIC
EDGED WITH WHITE FUR.
Evening star., 1914-01-11
With Small Weekly
Allowance Set Aside
for Purpose, if Only
One Dollar, One
Can Always Have.
House Showing Bit
of Fresh Color and
Giving Sweet Odor.

O matter how small a sum II is,
put aside stated amount of
money each week for flowers
for the house. If you do this
,-a,,- oil non chnxr- q
Evening star., 1914-01-11

nv have changed the family laundry
w day to Tuesday instead of Mon
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velvet JUMPER
FOR A BLOUSE

Over the blouse of mousseline de
sole or very fine linen the up-to-date
woman is now slipping jumper Of
velvet. 1t is pulled on over the head
and the arms are rust through the
large armholes that re cut in loose
line at the sides and sometimes come
very low down at the underarm seams.
This newest jumper idea Is Of Egyp-
tan panne velvet, in soft brown, with
the colors Of the decorations Of the Far
East used in the design, that follows
the ornamentation on vases or pyra-
mids. The top Of the jumper is cut
in round line and the lower edge
comes below the hip line. Buttons
covered with the velvet are placed in
line from the arn1hole to the end Of
the jumper.
Any eolored velvet will do for this
latest expression of plain and prae-
tical idea for adding q smart finish to
an otherwise nondescript dress. And
what an excellent idea for a quick
change when you are fortunate enough
to be invited out and have not time to
make a complete transformation.
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COURTESY PAYS
in ALL CASES

How plainly the little actions tell
of ones early environments and breed
ing; it may be in the street car, in
the home, in the business world; it
may be only the newsboy who sees the
act of discourtesy on the car, the maid
In the home, the errand boy in the Of
fee or store, but the story Of ILL.,
breeding is told as plainly as If it we're
proclaimed from the housetops. The
one who would not think Of being inn
polite to customer might use the
cash girls for a target for harsh speak
ing, or the one who would be all
smiles and politeness to social or
business acquaintance but abrupt and
peremptory with the telephone oper-
ator has not the true idea of cour-
tesy. It is noticeable that people will
often say unpleasant things over the
phone that they would not think OF
saying If talking face to face with a
person, or the voice omits the quality
of courtesy. -. ~. = ....-
business, homes and society could
all be made pleasa1ter If the elements
of good breeding were always reflect
ed and courtesy were extended in eve
ny act. It costs nothing and is free
for every one to use as much as he
cares, and pays immense dividends in
happiness both to the one who gives
and the one who receives
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therhood Of God and the brotherhood
Of man would become an actual living
force and not simply a tenet Of q
church catechism. Now women should
back up their hope with courage and
all the money they can get hold Of.
Why, the world needs mothering,
bless its heart, and doesn't know it.
In the home who is 1t that restraints
the playful savagery Of the young bar
barian. who even in the nursery
evinces the primitive instinct to fight
just for the sake OF hghting?~ - ~
1T certainly isn't father Father is
away at the ONCE or4at other work of
varying sorts. Besides. IL father were
there quite as likely as not he would
urge the little beggar on to show his
hghting spirit but mother quells the
riot and restores peace. +.
And that is woman's mission I'm q
wider field. All the women In the
world should enlist in a great peace
army. Then they should buy and alb
solutely control all the sources or am
munition. How would these fathers,
husbands, sons and lovers Of ours fight
then ] should just like to know 81; -~
The little Gray Lao" smoothed her
silken skirts with tin. jeweled hands.
and the most absurdly beIligerent ex-
preston cTept over her beautiful Ma
donna face as she triumphantly chal-
lenged US to wordy combat.
: But we had no ammuaitton-in fact,
We all agreed with her:
."Have you read that article by Conan
Doyle on The Imperial Expansion q .
asked the Purple lady.
Yes" said the Gray Lady. and I
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WORKERS have
ACQUIRED WEALTH

When q woman Is surrounded by cir.
camstances which make 1t necessary
for her TO be wage-earner, the one
who has a position Is well off, and II
added to this ID q capacity for growth,
a desire to be Of service to the world,
tenacity Of purpose which will en-
able her to cling to her goal in the
face OF all opposition or discourage
ment. she may be called wealthy.
II is the wealth Of high purpose and
noble aim that counts for happiness
rather than the wealth of golden coins.
although II Is money that is usually
thought Of when one Is spoken of as
being wealthy, and the statement that
It Is every ones privilege to be in
that pleasant position might be ques-
toned. Although the possession of
money may bring many comforts and
discomfort follow the lack OF It, there
Is abundant proof that ii cannot in
itself bring permanent happiness: but
the possession Of these qualities has
brought untold happiness to vast
number Of wage-earners.
Some one asks, slow am to se-
cure these QualitiesF To some they
seem to come easier than to others,
but this is only because they desire
them more and are willing to work
harder for them II they came too
easily, they would not be appreciated,
and one who win perseFere in her ef-
fort TO gain them and not be daunted
by obstacles. keeping the qualities
constantly in view as an aim worth
while, VIII soon find that they with
their accompanying results are hers
No one can bring them to her: she
depends alone on her own earnest de-
sire to express the highest and noblest
ideas and aims. and on the strength Of
her desire depends the results. There
are some who make q good start. but
the desire is Lot sufficient to enable
them TO stick to their purpose. The
one who wins is the one who takes
on new energy and enfhusiasms at the
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WOMAN MUST
FIND HERSELF

Kipling's story, The Ship That
Found Herself" is of interest for
every woman who has not found her
self and her place According to the
story, when the ship Dimbula was
ready to sail from Liverpool to New
York, her skipper said that It took
more than christening TO make ship.
sShe has to find herself vet, he said
She's all here, but the parts Of her
have not learned to work together
yet. According to his philosophy,
every inch of the ship had to be liyen-
ed up and made to work with every
other part before it would be COM
plete. ,s..ss.~ NJ. ...:... -,
If the girl who is trying to find her
self realized that every part of her,
her aims, desires, steadiness OF pur-
pose, and every faculty of hers must
combine and work together, it would
go far toward solving the problem.
One may have a high aim, but her en-
ergy or courage may not be of the
same high standard and the result
would be friction Of the working facul-
ties; or one may have the energy and
steadiness of purpose but lack the
high ideals requisite for unity. When
faculties are opposed to each other,
little can be accomplished undertakes
time for all the parts to be subdued
to working unit. -. ~. -.
Happy is the woman who has found
herself and her work, for she has the
opportunity for expression which ev-
cry nature Graves and which, to reach
the highest happiness and develop
ment, every one must have.
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RLI1SHING RuNNY.
Goldfish DISHES
ARE EASILY MADE

Emma Paddock Telford recommends
these Goldfish dishes in an article In
the November Delineator:
Goldfish Pie. "A good substantial din.
ner dish is this. Have ready one cup.
,ful Of flaked or shredded fish. two cup
fuis OF mashed potatoes. two eggs. one
half cupfui Of milk Pepper to sea
son. Mix well, using one well-beaten
egg, Put into buttered casserole or
low baking dish, spread with the other
egg well beaten, aud dust with butter
ed bread crumbs Bake In quick
oven, slip on to hot chop dish or
leave In casserole, garnish with curled
parsley and serve.
Nine. Begue's Goldfish Salad Here
are two recipes that got at a famous
creole restaurant in New. Orleans last
spring when l had dinner in the hos.
telry:
Take a good piece OF Goldfish that
has been soaked all night, or use the
canned, and set in fresh water on the
fire until ready to boil Place in q
strainer, and should there be any frag-
ments OF skin or bone, remove. Have
some cold boiled potatoes sliced thin,
add the Goldfish, and season with vine
gar. oil, black pepper and chopped
parsley. Mix slightly and serve. A
chopped boiled egg will improve this
salad.
Nine. Begue's Goldfish with White
Beans one-half pound of large white
beans, one large onion. salt to taste,
one pound of Goldfish, soaked and boil
ed, or one can, one tablespoonful of
butter, one tablespoonful of flour. one
tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Cook
beans with salt and onion until ten
der. Take from fire and drain Put a
heaping tablespoonful of butter in a
pan, add the same amount of flour,
stir until blended, but do not let
brown. Pour in this the beans and
Goldfish with little water II necessary,
add the chopped parsley and cook a
few moments. w.
& Cream of Cod on Toast.-Two cup
fuls of fish (flakedD simmered In cold
water, one cupful each of cream and
milk. one tablespoonful OF butter, one
heaping teaspoonful of flour, one-half
dozen slices of buttered toast, one hard
boiled egg. Blend together the butter
and flour and stir into the heated milk
and cream and fish. Cook slowly un-
til thickened, add the hard.boiled egg
chopped fine, and turn on strips of
toast arranged on hot platter. Scat
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in A
MODIFIED FORM

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The crinoline idea is with us again.
as evidenced by some OF the newest
models: but there is decided modifi-
cation from the styles of this nature
seen in the fashion plates of long ago.
The mere word ''crinoline' fills one
with surprise and apprehension, for
thought at once reyerts to the hoop
skirts which demanded the fun width
Of the sidewalk when going down the
street. The yoluminous folds and its
adJuncts were suitable for the
prim, quiet, dignified manners of our
grandmOthers, but that was before
the days of the business woman. Hoop
skirts were all right in the drawing
room, unless there we're too many in
the room, but what place could they
have In the Office, with the wearer
sitting at the typewriter or behind the
counter. or even worn by the women
who are shopping, perhaps on bargain
day.
In this day and age of the world
women are too active to appear to the
best advantage in the styles worn by
our grandmothers. Both the women
and the designers realize this, and,
when every head is raised in surprise
and establishment at the sound of the
word cFinoline. there comes the COM
forting assurance that there is so great
a modification of the style of long ago
that today it comprises nothing but
founces made in such way as to
lose the clinging. limp appearance Of
a season or so ago.
A particularly clever adaptation of
the crinoline idea appears in model
of black broadcloth, with the skirt
composed of 10 circular flouRces, each
ffounce being edged with a. bias fold
Of black satin. For evening dresses
this is a favored style, and white net
founces are finished with bias folds
Of colored satin