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Evening star., 1915-12-14
GOOD THINGS TO BAKE.

For doughnuts have ready a scant
cupful OF sugar, one egg, a pinch of
salt, a cupful Of milk, two cupfuls
Of -four, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and a piece of butter the size
of a butternut or three tablespoon
fuls of melted butter. Stir together
in the usual way and turn the mass
out onto a mixing board. Then roll
out. adding flour to prevent the mass
sticking to the board.
A very nice spice cake is made with
buttermilk. The buttermilk seems to-
impart tenderness as well as richness
to the cake. Cream one cupful of
sugar and a scant half cupful of but
ter. Add cup of buttermilk and stir
the mixture into two cups of flour
sifted with a teaspoonful of soda, half
teaspoonful of cloves and half a
grated nutmeg. When taking the cake
from the oven after baking set the
tin containing it into cold water and
let IT stand until the cake is cold.
Buttermilk can also be used to ad-
vantage In gingerbread Use a cup
/ full of molasses. third of a cupful
of melted butter, cupful of butter
milk. an egg. teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in hot water. a teaspoonful
Of ginger. two and a half cupfuls Of
-four and a little salt. Mix well and
bake.
If there is sour milk on hand 1t will
make delicious loaf cake. Cream a
scant half cup of butter with one and
half cups of powdered sugar. Add
two beaten eggs and half a cup of
sour milk. Stir in half cup Of grated
chocolate that has been dissolved in
half a cup of boiling water and al
full of vanilla and stir the whole into
one and three-Quarter cups Of -four
sifted with a teaspoonful Of soda. Bake
in loaf tin in a moderate oven.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
ILHTELOLLRNEE5 M7O
| LAND

In the busy life of today a garment
that is easily put on iS always desir-
able This design of a tunic overskirt
and bodice in one piece is both grace
full and smart
The bodice has a well defined arm
hole, which, in a very dressy gown,
may be made still more prominent by
decorative folds or trimming. The over
skirt may be trimmed in any accepta BILE
way, according to the fabrics used in
making it. OF course, fur is the trim
ming of the season and appears on
everything, from tulle to heaviest
wooden materials. Even morning
dresses are trimmed with fur.
The frock illustrated has full skirt
of green cloth, with tunic and bodice
of velvet of the same color. The but
tons in front are green, in one of those
Evening star., 1915-12-14
How to
Dry Clean
FineWaists

Wash the article in mixture Of Put
nam Dry-Cleaner and gasoline. Rinse
in gasoline to which handful of -four has
been added If article is white; rinse
again in clear gasoline and when dry,
dust out -four.
Clean your gloves, furs, silks, dress
goods. vooiens. Curtains. etc.. with Putnam Dry.
Cleaner. The easy. simple, inexpensive and
elective way. II won't harm the most deiiea,e
fabrics.
The above 10 bat su< Of the hundreds Of unique and
sErs cleaning uses Of Putnam Dry Cleaner
gloves, dresses. suits, laces, silks, everything .
professional dry cleaner charges big prices for
asveii done, easily done and At slight cost.
Your DTuzgist carries Putnam Dyy. Cleaner
-25e and Soc botties. II he can piy you, write
us-ve will send roc bottle. postpaid, for z6e.
MONROE DRUG CO. QUINCY. lit,
Makers of Putnam FAdeiess Dyes 2-B
Evening star., 1915-12-14
BY ANNE RITTENHoUSE.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK. December 13.-When-
ever it becomes fashionable to cut up
fabrics and piece them together, and
call the result gown. the red lanterns
of danger should be hung out.
The use of the third color or the
third fabric, like the third rail, means
death to art as to life. There is a
childish delight in the hearts of most
women to apply the processes of pic
ture puzzle to the making of frock
The oft-repeated jest of woman send
ing bunch of fabrics that look like
samples to an adviser in dress, with
the request that a design for single
gown shall be given, made up of these
utterly unrelated parts, is not Jest
invented by fanciful mind; it is a
terrible truth. / have labored with the
proposition for too many years not to
speak of it with fear and trembling.
The constant recurrence of this re-
quest to every one who. occupies pub
lie position in matters of dress would
indicate that a large majority of Wom-
en- turn out the contents of their old
trunks SO many times year. and, Sc
lecting two inches of this, five inches
of that and eight inches of the other.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
GIFTS MADE AT HOME.

One of the most useful presents is a
combined skirt hanger and bag for the
dainty dancing frock. Delicately flow
cred dimities and lawns are most suit
able. and three widths of wide material
or four of narrow are required. The
bag should be few inches longer
than the gown.
If the bag is fiowered in pink roses
then sew a narrow ruffie of pink along
the bottom, as on a skirt, and line the
inside of the top to the band for the
drawstring with pink lawn, stitching
continuation of this lining down for
a band. When a pink ribbon is run
through each side of the bag and tied
in bows. the gathered top will form a.
dainty little pink ruffie, two inches
deep.
Next take a wooden or wire skirt
hanger. and baste in place around it
enough cotton batting to make wad-
ding. Cover this with shirred pink
ribbon or a strip of silk gathered on
each edge with a piece left beyond the
gathers to form ruff1e. and then tie
pink bow in the middle. The hook
and handle are twisted around with
ribbon, and a bow at the top finishes
the work, unless the maker wishes to
add few little sachet bags on ribbon
ends into which the owner of the bag
may tuck her favorite sachet.
A useful gift is a dainty mule" for
bedroom wear A pair of lambs wool
insoles forms the foundation. A flow
cred velvet or satin or cretonne toe is
icut a little larger than the toe of the
shoe, by shaping the material over the
shoe and then cutting 1t. This is hem
med around, trimmed across the top
with q narrow ribbon ruche and bow
and then sewed around the toe Of the
sole, which is first covered with silk
or satin of a pale tint The edge of
the sole is then bound with ribbon to
match the bows If a loose kimono
sacque or silk handkerchief kimono Of
the same color as the mules can be
made and presented with them. so
much the better. 1t is fad to have
the bedroom clippers match the kimono.
Evening star., 1915-12-14

One of the newest of the French cor
set covers is made without straps over
the shoulders. An elastic is fitted un-
der the lace insertion at the top and
fits tightly at the bust. At the belt
tiny hand-run tucks take care of the
extra fullness. Hand embroidery Is
used profusely on the little waist and
makes it thing of beauty.
The design pictured is one of bow
knots and openwork. The bowknots
are filed in with tiny seed stitches.
To make them double thread is. run
around the outline of the bowknot, and
then it is worked over and over with
stitches placed at right angles to the
double thread.
The inside is filled in with tiny black
stitches placed close together. Take
care that the stitches do not fall di-
rectly below each other, but that the
dots of each row fall in the spaces of
the row above. The openwork dots of
the design are each worked around
with row of small running stitches.
The dots are pierced with stiletto and
worked over and over.
Evening star., 1915-12-14

was quite clear that whoever had
made them had been going in an
other direction until he came 10 Peters
tracks. Then he had at once turned
to look for Peter. Was il some one
who. like himself. was following the
tracks of his neighbors just out OF idle
curiosity. or was it an enemy? With
ali his heart Peter wished he knew.
One thing was very plain to see, and
that was that whoever was following
him had begun to hurry as soon as he
had found his tracks. and Peter didn't
like that. 1t made him uneasy.
What should he do? He didn't dare
sit still, and he didn't know where to
go. If only he knew who it was, Sud
denly he thought of plan. Perhaps if
they joined his own he might learn
something. Peter wasted no more time
He hurried along that back Etracll
straight to the brush pile. The track
Went all around it and in and out
under IT, Peter didn't like that 4 bit.
He was beginning TO get suspicious.
Then he found where the tracks had
first come to the brush pile from the
direction of an old fallen log He
hurried over to this. The tracks
We're all around and over the log.
Whoever had made them had peeped
into every hole. no matter how small
Then Peter knew.
IT'S Shadow the Weasel" he cried
with frightened gasp. mo one but
Shadow would look into every hole
this way and run all around and in and
out of the brush pile. It's Shadow the
Weasel. and now he's after me. Oh,
what shall I do?"
Evening star., 1915-12-14


AM CHASING MYSELF. AM
AFRAID IT WOULD BE A LONG
CHASE TO CATCH Up
and when they have set a dog to
chasing Peter they just stano near
where they first started Peter, know
ing that soner or later he is almost
them a chance to shoot at him. Peter
has run in circles that way So much
that he seldom thinks anything about
it. So it was not surprising that as
he ran about in the Green Forest this
moonlit night, looking for tracks of
his neighbors, he should gradually
make a circle, and SO come upon his
own tracks made when he first started
out.
At first he didn't know that they
were his own, and started to follow
them. Then. happening to look back
at the footprints he had just made.
he suddenly realized that they were
exactly like the ones he was follow
ing. Peter can always see joke.
even if it is on himself. Huh" he
chuck1ed, Here | am chasing my
self l am afraid it would be a
long. long chase to catch up. | guess
I'll run over to the pond of Paddy
the Beaver and see what l can find
there. He1lo,
Peter sat up very straight and stared
straight ahead at the tracks he had
made earlier IN the evening. HIS eyes
were round with surprise. and then
troubled look crept over them. Some
body had been following him just as
he had followed others. There were
the tracks plain to see. Who could
have made them? Peter hurried for n
closer view of them. But this told him
nothing. He never had seen any like
them before. and so, of course: he
couldn't tell who had made them
Hastily~ he looked around and saw
where the tracks had Joined his own.
They came from the direction of an
old brush pile, and when they reached
his own turned and followed his. 1t
Evening star., 1915-12-14
KITCHEN HINTS.

When boiling turnips add little
sugar to the water; it improves ta,
flavor Of the vegetable and lessons the
odor in the cooking.
Nuts when bought ready shalled
should be scalded. dried in the oven
and put away in glass jars
Women heavily-trilnmed hats m.v
be best busted by using a choan sbayi,1 /.
brush, for it is both stiff and small
enough TO reach every crevice
Suet and lard are best kept in Tin
vessels salt pork, however. should ha
kept in glazed earthenw ..
\ tablespoonful of salt sp,in klod over
quickly
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Little SORES
& Bedtime
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918. by ]. G. Lloyd9
Peter Finds Some Strange
Tracks.
Nothing stronger IS than habit.
AS | viii prove by Peter Rabbit.

Nothing stronger IS than hahi.
AS viii prove by Heter Rabbit.
Peter says that habits always make
him think of burrs-thcy stick and are
mighty hard to get rid of. OF course
there are some kinds Of habits yoH
don't want to get rid of-good habits.
Then there are some habits winch
are neither good nor bad, and it doesn t
really matter whether or not You get
rid of them. Lastly, there are bad
habits, the kind you do want to get
rid of as quickly as possible, and these
stick tighter than either of the others.
They never shake off; they have to be
pulled off or cut off
Now, one of Peter Ra bbit's habits
is to run in circles. a. perfectly harm :
less habit usually, and yet one which
sometimes gets him into trouble.
You see hunters know Of this habit.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
To Hang Curtains.

curtains viii hang straight if a small
teaa weight is sewed in each end of
the lower hem. In the case of thin cur
tains the weights will also prevent
them from blowing. They will hang as
they should, following the line of the
woodwork. For silk curtains get Il
weighted braid, which comes for dress
skirts, and sew it in the hem.
Evening star., 1915-12-14

attractive materials of which buttons
are made this year. Braid or covered
buttons would be Just as fashionable,
If not more SO.
In making up this garment, use a gir-
die or sash, which may be of the same
color and material or of something
quite different and much brighter, such
as bright-colored sash ribbon or silk.
Fringes as well as ornamental ends are
used on sashes, and many of them still
terminate in short overlapping ends at
the side.
The neck should be finished accord
ing to your own style and not strictly
according to the pattern. Some necks
look best open. and some look best
when finished with high standing COL
lar. Try on the sort of collars that you
like and learn which most becomes you
A thin or long neck usually looks best
in a high, fitted collar of lace or chif-
fon, while a short neck generally de-
mands a t1rned-over or open collar.
However. a neck of graceful form looks
best open and showing as much of the
throat line as Is compatible with the
style of dress worn.
! Lingerie collars and stocks with ia
bots are once more in style. and so are
fitted guimpes that fasten in the back.
The front guimpe was a comfort to put
on, but one never sets well, and SO
women are gladly going back to dis
comfort and improved looks in the way
of stocks.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Making Dainties at Home.

The cost of dainties considered nee
essary around holiday time may be
very much lessened by being made at
home as the canning demonstrator
from the New York School of Agricul-
ture proved recently.
They learned that candied fruits can
be produced at about one-quarter the
cost of bought preserves. Seasonable
fruits for preserving just now are
sickeI pears, sections OF oranges, bits
of pineapple and grapes. sirup Is
made from two cups of sugar, one cup
of water and one-eighth teaspoonful
OF cream of tartar. This Is boiled until
it will make soft ball when tried In
cold water. Then the fruit is dropped
in sufficient to cover the surface or
the sirup. In about ten minutes this
should be SKINNED out and more fruit
put in unit! all is cooked. Tender,
juicy fruits may not take quite ten
minutes. while hard pieces like pine
apple will probably take longer. Care
must be taken not to puncture the
outside covering of any sweet, juicy
fruit. as the sirup will not candy II
the Juice becomes mixed with 1t
When all the fruit is cooked 1t should
ulated sugar till dry.
Amber jelly is another delicacy out
Of the ordinary that can be made at
this time of year. The ingredients are
one grape fruit: one orange. one lemon
and granulated sugar. The fruit is
peeled. being careful not to remove the
white pulp with the skin. This must
be saved for the pectin (1elly making
substance) 1t contains
After peeIing. the fruit Is cut into
oiu oh
the grape fruit, which Is very bitter.
The pulp with the skin OF the orange
cut fine Is measured, and to each cup
full of pulp cupful Of water Is added.
for five minutes. Then hot water is
added equal to one-quarter the amount
of water originally acded. When this
comes to a boil the kettle is removed
ured. To five cups of the pulp four cups
Of sugar Is the right proportion. This
| is boiled for forty-five minutes, then
poured into jars and sealed.
| In making fudge stirring while hot
will make it grain. In fact. one can
wait until it begins to cool before stir
| ring to make sure il will not become
grainy. If a rich fudge is desired. use
chocolate instead of cocoa. Two
squares of chocolate are equivalent to
| three tablespoonfuls Of cocoa. Nuts
must not be added while the fudge is
hot. The heat willis the nuts and takes
away their flavor.
Saving in Cooking.
The one thing have always deplored
about gas stove Is the feeling Of
riotous wastefulness when cooking
anything which requires the long. slow.
simmering process But now I have
solved the problem said Mrs. Happy
Homemaker.
| Il have invested in one of the new
patent tops which makes gas stove
into coal range to all intents and
purposes. and now I can have a real
old-fashioned boiled dinner and steam
ed bread. This top is a piece OF sheet
iron. which fts over the six burners
on the stove; by lighting one burner
the heat Is difused under the whole
top and the right amount Of slow
boiling heat IL provided.
] On ironing day. when there Is one
Evening star., 1915-12-14

The pointed overdrapery gives op-
portunity to remodel last years evening
dress. Make the overskirt Of tulle in
color to match the body OF the dress
and drape these over white tulle.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Delicious Marshmallows.

To make these you will need one en-
velope of gelatin, the white of one egg,
two cups OF white sugar, one-fourth
teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoon
full of vanilla. Soak the gelatin in ten
tabiespoonfuls OF cold water till dis
solved. Boil the sugar with ten table,
spoonfuls of water till it threads or till
it reaches a temperature of 22S degrees
by candy thermometer. Then add half
the sirup to the gelatin and let it stand
till somewhat cool. Beat the white of
the egg very stiff, adding to it the salt
and pour the remaining half OF the hot
sirup over the beaten egg and stir it in; ;
then add this and the vanilla f1avoring
to the gelatin mixture, and beat the
whole with whip and then with a
spoon till it is SO thick that it will
barely pour into pans. The best pans
for the purpose are the single-loaf
bread pans-dust them we'll with con-
fectioners sugar before pouring the
candy into them. Set the pans in cool
place and when the candy is ready for
it cut it into cubes and roll it in con-
fectioners' sugar. Some may be covered
with the chocolate coating.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Farms Are Sold in the City

The man who has farm for sale
must publish the fact if he really
wishes to sell. In order to get the
widest publicity he must use the city
daily paper.
The Star is the great farm ex-
change medium for Maryland, Vir-
ginia and other surrounding states.
If YOU are looking for a farm it
will pay you to read the Farms col
umn on the classified pages of The
Star.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
For Iron Rust on Napkins.

Moisten the spots with soft water,
rub cream of tartar and then salt on
both sides and place in the sun to dry.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
To Clean White Kid Shoes.

lather made OF pure white soap and
milk is excellent for cleaning white kid
shoes Brush off as much dirt as pos
sible before scrubhinG with the lather.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
CHARMING NEGLIGES.

A model of yellow crepe de chine,
accordion plated has a cream lace
hem and half-length jacket of plain
crepe, with three-quarter sleeves with
flare cuffs and a V-neck outlined with
silver straps.
Evening star., 1915-12-14

Russian toques OF beaver and other
furs are garnished with dull gold cords
and ornaments.
Evening star., 1915-12-14

mem anu HdiI-ienRtn jacket OF pam
crepe, with three-quarter sleeves with
flare cuffs and V-neck outlined with
silver straps.
A blue satin heglige is loose fitting
and buttons high, with fat collar of
satin finished with a plating, and
veiled with white organdy. Sleeves with
cuffs match the collar, and there are
patch pockets with belt crossing on the
front.
A neglige of rose crepe de chine has a
kimono waist with an empire waistline.
The skirt Is full and laid in plaits at
the top. On the bottom are two narrow
white null plaitings. A hchu of null
crosses on the front and ends at the
waistlfne with satin bows. The fichu
is also trimmed with plaitings. On the
short sleeves are deep null cuffs.
Another neglige of rose crepe has a
plated skirt. the high waistline being
defined with loops of ribbon, band of
lace extends over the shoulders to the
hipline, caught up in short sleeves with
ribbon loops.
A neglige of pink crepe de chine has
a two-tier skirt extending from the
high waistline, short sleeves and a
three-quarter sleeveless jacket of
cream lace.
A model of light blue chiffon and lace
has the skirt trimmed with four accor-
dion plated pointed panels extending
from a wide belt of satin. The panels
are opened at the top and caught to-
gether at the bottom with edges trim
is a short jacket of lace with elbow
sleeves
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Making Various Sweets.

To make the chocolate coating for
these, melt equal portions of sweet and
chocolate in a double boil
er, and when the heat has entirely
thickened the cream or fondant candy,
roll the balls around in it with a fork
or spoon, one at time and as quickly
as possible, until they are covered.
These fondant balls are pretty and
tasty rolled in cocoanut while still
warm, ornamented with a piece of cam
died fruit, half h cherry, narrow strip
of citron or half the kernel of a nut.
Rolling them into crushed peanuts
gives you delicious peanut balls.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
CHRISTMAS CANDIES.
Whipped Cream Chocolates.

Put two cups of granulated sugar,
half cup of golden -colored sirup and
one-eighth of teaspoonful of cream of
tartar in a pan on the stove and boil
(stirring occasionally till a candy ther-
shows a temperature of 23S de-
grees, or till the candy forms soft ball
when little of it is dropped into cold
water. When cool enough to touch stir
until it is creamy and then add to it the
white OF an egg that has been whipped
with q tablespoonful of sweet cream.
Some prefer to add the egg and cream
before the mixture is stirred, and then
to knead it with the fingers till it be-
comes waNy, after it has been reduced
to a creamy mass Shape it into balls
or cones and set it aside to get firm.
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Fashion Uses Left Overs.

Possibly these French designers We're
working out on a grand scale the
identical process of turning out the
old trunks. Probably they. too. pos
sessed masses of unrelated materials
and in the most difficult year of 1870
they were forced to employ the fabrics
they had
They had thousands of yards of fine
materials on their shelves. The mills
We're not turning out their usual quota
of stuff, and there were not full purses
to buy much material; so the French
designer employed her racial charac-
teristic, the one for which the French
woman is as celebrated in the kitchen
as in any other realm-of art-the max
ing of a de1ectable something out of
unimportant nothing. Her gowns this
season were apt to be q sartorial pot
au-feu.
No one was able to complain of her
work. but her example cannot be fol-
lowed safely by thousands who know
nothing of the handling of fabrics.
Economy may suggest the making of
one gown from three others. but let
the woman who is attempting it go as
carefully as though she were stepping
on
Evening star., 1915-12-14
Where Three Fabrics Gather.

One of the recent gowns that were
made for high price is an example of
the deft minsling of fabrics and the
inspiration to home dressmakers to
make a like experiment. The fabrics
are of green cloth. black fur and black
velvet. The result looks like something
that was worn in 1880.
First, there is redingote or tunic.
which has no sleeves and ends below
the knees. sharply nipping in the
waist as it passes down the figure. It's
hem is marked out with a deep band of
fur. Beneath it is velvet skirt. or
rather a velvet band. which is attached
to an underskirt of satin, which consti-
tutes the fourth fabric.
The leg-of-mutton sleeves are of the
velvet, the armholes are outlined with
fur, and there is straight line of but
tons from the chin to the waist. No
tice that it has old-fashioned darts
that run from the shoulder to the bust,
and that it has no hesitancy in de-
manding a small waist.
Worn by the right woman it will be
very effective. Strange to say. this
woman should be excessively modern
in her appearance. Why can't the old
fashioned woman wear the old-fash-
ioned clothes? Will some one answer
that question?