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The Washington herald., 1915-02-01
MODEL KITCHEN AT
SAN FRANCISCO FAIR

Uncle Sam is going to send to the San
Francisco exposition a complete kitchen,
with stove, refrigerator. sink, work table
and all other accessories. It will con-
tain mS1els Of all sorts of kitchen equip
ment- The Department of Agriculture
which has charge of this exhibition. de-
scribes It as follows:
"One general idea emphasized by the
departments San Francisco-bound kftch-
en- should be small. rather than large
to save travelling back and forth. The
stove, table and sink should be near
together, and the distances to supplies
and the dining-room or pantry should
be short. On the floor of the model room
the distances most commonly Travelled
In preparing and serving meals are in
dicated by straight lines.
The fewer ornaments the better in
a housewives workshop is the text Of
another OF this little exhibit Corners
are rounded, surfaces are plain; there
are as few mouldings as possible to catch
the dirt. One feature is a table with
legs that may be raised or lowered to
suit the height of the worker.
"A stew kettle is shown in several
common materials in the model kitchen.
but no particular make Is recommended.
Descriptive labels explain how each ma
terial excels in its own way, and its dis
advantages.
''On the walls Of the model are SAM
pies Of the more common floor coverings
and wall finishes with labels setting forth
the relative merits and drawbacks of
each Linoleum and oil cloth have their
strong points. and 50 have tinted, painted
and undressed wall surfaces. VarnIshed
wall paper is good for others
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A well-garnished dish is twice as
palatable as one that is served un-
tidily A Spanish recipe for salad
calls for a garnish of sliced bananas
and beets This sort or garnish does
not appeal to many American eyes
nor to many American appetites. Gar
nishes. to please us, must be dainty
A few sprigs of fresh, curling, green
parsley suit our taste much better
than does a complicated garnish Of
two or three colors and ingredients
II you would have fresh parsley all
winter grow ii on your kitchen win
dow sill, if that is sunny; If not, on
some sunny window sill. Soak the
seeds for twelve or fiften hours in
tepid water before you plant them.
Then plant them in moderately rich
soil. Keep them in the sun and
moisten them lightly until they begin
to sprout. This will not be for a
couple of weeks, as parsley germi-
mates slowly When il is once up
moisten it lightly every day. Shake
the water over it with a whisk broom
or use a little syringe or watering
can.
II you want to raise parsley for
your own family get a little wooden
tub and punture it's sides with holes
Fill it with good soil and plant the
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Don't Let Your Enthusiasm Lag.

Awful as the war still is-and, OF course,
the suffering entailed by it grows more
awful every day-many of us have lost
our first enthusiasm about it. Knitting
needles are not so busy nowadays be-
strings are not so quickly opened as they
were. War is no longer a novelty.
OF course the clicking of thousands
Of needles, all clicking in the same cause,
grew monotonous. Equally, of course,
some of the garments knitted and GRO
whom they were made, and others were
so made that they could not possibly
fulfill the destiny their makers planned
for them. And, in the same way, some
of the money so generously given has
Kone astray-has not, possibly, been put
to the wisest use. But enough came Of
all efforts at generosity to make those
efforts well worth while.
In the United States there is no need
for sadness. We cannot help suffering
Europe by being sad. We must buy new
clothes-those made in America" If we
blSl-duO cdl dllO lIdNcl anu seek QlE-
traction and entertainment much in the
usual way. But we must not forget
Europe. We must not slacken our small
efforts at making the lives Of the bereft
millions more worth the living than
they are now.
When we hear stories that some of
the Belgian refugees refuse to work,
liking well enough the sensation of be-
ing cared for by charity, we must res
member that the temptation to general
ize is strong in the brain of the man
looking for a good story. Perhaps one
Belgian refugee now and then refuses to
work. 1t is absurd to believe that the
Belgian people as a whole do so.
When somebody says that 3 cents
would be far more acceptable to the
soldiers than three pairs of well-knitted
stockings. we must remember courage
Ously that if the socks had not been
wanted, no appeal for them would have
been made.
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Still another play named for a garment,
THE Lilac Domino" The name suggests
romantic adventures, mistaken identity,
misunderstanding, dreamy waltzes, etc.
We find them all, and more, in the Dippel
Company's pretty comic opera which
comes to the Belasco Theater for. the
week beginning tonight. It is Miss
Eleanor Painter who wears the lilac
domino at a masked ball at Nice. The
domino is a picturesque confection of
lilac chiffon, shirred up the front and
sides and falling in crinky folds adj
around It is 'slashed on each side at the
bottom SO that the front ends in square
tabs, and the back is round. The fronts
and the slashes are edged with a double
ruche Of chiffon decorated at intervals
with satin violets in the same shade. The
hood of the domino is lined with paler
lilac satin.
In this charming disguise Georgine
meets Count Andre de Saint Amand, and
they fall madly in love. Alas! She does
not know that this same Andre has just
been selected, by means Of throw OF
dice, te be the one to marry Georgine,
daughter Of the Vicomte de Brissac and
blessed with a dowry of 100000 francs.
Non, non! These things are never found
out until the second act.
The garden of Viconte de Brissac'
chateau is the scene of the second act,
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HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline, but do not compe
Monday, February 1, 1913.

Monday, February 1, 1915.
Astrologers fin the stsxs today most
propitious, for Venus, Saturn and Jupi-
ter are all in places strongly benehcent
in their relation to the Earth.
1t is a particularly auspicious rule for
women, who should benefit in all their
affairs. both business and domestic.
There is a prophecy that the next five
years will be a period Of supreme at
tainment for the wives and daughters Of
men who are in peril This is interpreted
as having special promise for the resi-
dents Of the British Isles and Canada
Weddings are subject to a kindly in
huence while this configuration prevails.
Romance will be dominant during this
year, it is said, and marriages will be
numerous.
This should be a fortunate day for en-
tertainments, especially for banquets.
Theatrical interests should prosper for
the next few weeks. This is a good time
for new ventures, If they areNnovel.
Jupiter gives encouragement to those
who engage in rev business enterprises.
It is q day believed to be favorable for
the opening of shops or the first steps
in enterprises OF Importance. The seers
foretell gain for merchants and manu-
facturers.
Bankers are subject to a sway called
exceedingly advantageous. They should
reap returns from foreign investments
that will entail much anxiety. Unexpect-
ed losses are prognosticated for certain
venturesome financiers.
During this month the stars are sup
posed to be exceedingly lucky for plumb
ers- An invention that will be OF wide
interest to them is foretold.
Agriculturists, florists and gardeners
have the augury OF fruitful year, but
a plague Of insects is indicated
The aspect favors the occupation and
attainment Of positions Of trust and re-
sponsibility. Business started under this
aspect should prosper.
II Is a lucky figure for leasing. mining,
kIilding and repairing. Fortunes will be
taken from the ground, the astrologers
predict. and Mexico viii contribute wealth
20 the world within the year.
Persons whose birthdate Il is are warn
ed to avoid new enterprises and to guard
their money. Heavy expenses or litiga-
ton are indicated by the stars. Women
should be careful whom they trust.
Children born on this day are likely to
be generous to excess Boys NAV meet
reverses in business Girls may have
many troubles in their love affairs or
their married Efe. These subjects of
Aquarius have Uranus as their ruling
sign.
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HNOZN'
EWWMAN
3 RZ2ZKLZlAY
AND NOLZ2S
February Nell Gwyn.

When Charles II died in England, in
1855. his last words were, Let not poor
Nellie starve" Apparently poor Nellie
Eleanor or Nell GwyI-was the person In
all the world for whom his majesty cared
the most. Yet Charles was the descend
ent Of an illustrious line Of kings, and
as for poor Nell, even the place Of her
birth is unknown and there is great IN
certainty whether her father was a d.
lapidated soldier or a poor fruit vendor.
Nellie herself never knew how to read
or write. She began her career as a ven
dor Of oranges-some people say it was
herrings-in the Theater Royal in Lon
don. She was pretty. short, and plump,
with reddish hair and eyes that were al
most lost sight Of when she smiled.
Through the influence OF some Of the
actors who noticed her prettiness she was
raised from the pit where she sold fruit
to the stage.
Nell could dance prettily and she had
Impertinent, bewitching manners. The
poet Dryden, who realized her powers Of
fascination. kept her supplied with parts
suited to her ability. She was quite in
capable of great emotional or dramatic
acting. She was especially fortunate in
her manner Of reciting prologues and cpl
logues-then the rule in plays. One day
she spoke the words OF an epilogue from
an enormous hat, as large as a coach.
Charles II happened to be present in the
royal box and he fell a willing victim to
the saucy charms Of Nell. He asked her
to go home to supper with him in the
royal coach, and thus began her career
as the kings favorite
The king already had a fovorite in the
person Of the Duchess Of Portsmouth, a.
French noblewoman who had come to
England in the suite OF his French wife,
and the fact that Nell enjoyed the good
will of the people In her role as kings
favorite was due to the fact that the
Duchess Of Portsmouth was a Roman
Catholic, while Nell was, technically at
least, a Protestant. She was said to be
the hdiscreetest and widest creature
that ever was In q court"
It seems rather remarkable that the
king should have been anxious lest poor
Nell should starve, for II was estimated
that during the first four years Of her
royal favor she received sixty thousand
pounds from him-a sum equivalent to
over 10000 But Nell did come near
starving after the kings death. She had
to melt her plate. and she sold the pearl
necklace which she had paid four thou
sand FIVE hundred and twenty pounds
sterling to secure.
In spite Of Nells moral failings she was
good sort at heart. Her charities
were many, and II Is said that 1t was
due to her influence that Charles III
founded Chelsea Hospital. one of the
largest in London.
tCopynght 1l5l
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EscallOped Oysters.

Drain the liquor from the oysters into
dish. Look over the oysters to remove
all shells or grit Cover the bottom OF
a pudding dish with bread crumbs. Put
In layer Of oysters. season with salt.
pepper, and a generous bit Of butter.
Add another layer OF crumbs, and so on
until the dish is filed, leaving crumbs
on top. Dot with butter and bake.
Take the oyster liquor and a generous
piece Of butter. and keep hot on the
stove to baste the oysters with, should
they become too brown and dry on the
top. This is considered better than
adding moisture in the first place. MIX
or cream can be mixed with the liquor
tf desired.
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NEW YORK
FASHION
LETTER
~
M4RE Ia ROGQLzE

or black IL always effective. Some very
well-dressed women have seized on the
brilliant little toque of velvet TO relieve
the tanness Of the tan costume. These
toques, in violet. cerise. American beauty
and other bright shades, are decidedly
effective on bleak, dull days. Some Of
them have the crown made entirely OF
velvet fowers-pansies for the purple
hats, and something that doubtless passes
for a rose in the others.
The Dainty Tea Coat.
A house coat or tea coat is one Of
the useful fashions Of the moment It
is an indoors substitute for a sweater. In
a house kept moderately cool some pro-
lection against draughts is a necessity
over a bodice OF tulle. chiffon or other
hlmy material. Many women are keep
ing their houses apprecIably cooler now
that the outdoors school fad has been
taken up seriously by the rich as well
as by those who plan for the healthful
schooling Of the poor. And the transpar-
ent blouse was not designed to wear In
a room with a temperature Of 90 degrees
or even 65.
The tea coat that is so useful is q
sleeveless garment, cut usually with deep
armholes. hanging sometimes to the hip,
without sign OF a waistline. II can be
made of almost any fabric. Brocaded
velvet, lined with chiffon. plain velvet,
lined with fiowered chiffon, faille silk.
lined with figured net-any Of these 10
effective. The edges can be bound with
gold or silver braid. or with bias fold
of silk. and II the little coat Is cleverly
planned IL can be made reversible. Some
times, made with a 6eep V neck back and
front, IT is slipped over the head and
fastens under one arm. Sometimes It
fastens in the front. 1t can be made of
vivid color or combinations OF color,
and it should always be made with deep
armholes that offer no restriction to the
sleeves beneath II.
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HOUSE.
VINES
DAILY
ECONOMY,
CALENDAR.
THE GIFT BOX.

Is it too soon to begin to talk about
Christmas presents?
Perhaps II seems strange but il really
Is just the time to suggest the gift box"
very present help all the year round.
OF course the gift box needn't be a box
at all. 1t may be q convenient drawer
or a trunk in the attic or a large box
slowed away on a closet shelf But what
ever it is it should be a place to put pos
sible gifts-birthday presents. little q.
vors, Christmas presents and any lIttlA
tribes that may be useful as presentG
Often during the course Of the year we
see dainty little objects in the stores for
q small price and we sigh and say: IF
It were only Christmas season. I always
see such suitable Christmas presents at
such reasonable prices when it isn't time
to buy Christmas presents" Instead OF
signing and passing the object by take
a second look at it and If it is really as
good as II looks buy It and take It home
to the gift box.
Perhaps you make visit to Chinatown
Aa some big city. You see a pair of
Oriental sandals for men, Just the thing
for your brother or your father or your
husband to slip on when he steps out
OF bed. And they are only twenty cents
a pair. but II is not time for present Civ
ing and so you let them pass by. Or per-
haps you are visiting an auction room
and you see mahogany muffin stand
that you could get for two dollars It Is
just little scratched. but it could be
put In perfect condition with q little
pumice stone, furniture polish and rub
bing. 1t would make an ideal present for
your sister and you know she wants a
muffin stand. A new one, you know.
would cost seven dollars, but it is a long
time before Christmas and her birthday
has just passed. Therefore you pass the
auction sale by and do not get the muf-
I'm stand. When you think of il later II
seems very foolish. You should have
bought It and brought It home. II is too
big for the gift box, to be sure, but you
could have slowed II away till Christmas
and the money invested would be gain
ing at much higher rate of interest
than ever bank or bond allows.
Then in the long summer days you have
time to make fancy things and Just be-
fore Christmas time your days are
crowded. II you have a gift box there
will be all the more incentive to make
your Christmas and birthday presents
months ahead Of time.
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convenient. Another reason Is the fact
that ii breaks the straight, fiat line of
the upper blouse section.
The collar Is high and fashionably
uncomfortable. Later on this will
doubtless be dropped in favor of the
Eton effects which are being tentatively
introduced in connection with the
smart cloth suits and dresses.
The material employed to develop
the Russian blouse costume of the pic
tUre is of blue Tipperary cloth, which,
in a way, is a rival of serge and gabar-
dine. 1t is durable and of a prepos-
sessing weave, and comes in a variety
of colOrs that make IL suitable for mid
winter adoption. Just now it is being
offered in the very popular tan shades
that have the advantage of being prac-
tically dust-proof and, therefore, ap-
propriate for everyday wear.
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-
What the Cook Says
About the
Use of Garnishings

soaked seeds over the top and in the
holes. When ii begins to grow il will
cover the sides as well as the top.
Green peppers. of the sweet variety,
make a good garnish to almost any
dish-meat. vegetables or salad. Wash
and dry the peppers and then shred
them or cut them in neat dice shapes
or else in slices. which makes cir
cles of them.
Nut balls can be made in several
different ways for garnishing salads.
One way is to roll cream cheese in
balls and then roll the cheese balls
in chopped nuts; and another way is
to mold the cheese balls and put half
a pecan or English walnut on each
side of the cheese balls.
Another sort of cheese balls is
cheese used can be varied. Soft yell
low cheese, cream cheese or cottage
cheese can all be used.
Red peppers can be preserved to
use as a garnish for meat and salad
Select two dozen perfect peppers and
cut them in quarters. Taks out the
seeds. This part of the preparation
is trying. for the peppers are hot
ana lney Durn Doth the hands and
the eyes. Be sure not to touch the
face while you are working on them
and keep the peppers under water as
much as possible. so that their fumes
cannot escape. Boil them until you
can pierce them with a broom corn
Then drain them. Cook a quart of
vinegar with two cupfuls of sugar
until the sugar is dissolved. Pack
the peppers in glass jars and cover
them to overflowing with the vinegar
and sugar, which should be boiling
hot Seal them at once and store for
future use.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-01
FIGHTS AND KILLS A WOLF.
TrapPer I'm Fierce Battle Defeats
Mate of Trapped Animal.

Marinette. Wis, Jan. 1.-To kill an
enraged timber wolf in desperate en-
counter and emerge from the fight with
badly lacerated arms and legs was the
experience OF Levi Johnston, Marinette
County trapper.
Johnston had killed a wolf which he
found in one Of his traps. and was pro-
ceeding to remove the legs from the
steel jaws when the enraged mate, who
had been watching the trapper. pounced
upon his back. sinking its teeth into
the arms Of the woodsman.
Johnston shook on the beast, but It
came back. biting his legs. Fighting the
wolf back with the club which had dis
posed of it's mate. Johnston grabbed his
rife and sent bullet into the brain
Of the maddened beast. The wolves were
brought to Marinette and a bounty OF
IS apiece win be paid The trapper said
that the fact that he wore heavy cloth
ing saved his life.
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Why Women Change Their STYLES

| why women Cnange Their Styles.
Some one has said that the only rea-
son women have for changing STYLES so
often Is that they may attract attention
to themselves Men go on wearing the
same style OF hat, the same cut OF
clothes, season after season, year after
year. There are some minor changes.
but nothing so radical, as a rule, as to
make last seasons derby or last winters
overcoat grotesque. Many middIe-aeed
or elderly men, who are conservative in
their ideas about dress, have their clothes
made on absolutely the same lines, year
after year.
How different is il with woman. saws
our critic. One year her skirts are so
tight she can hardly walk in them, the
next they have gone to the extreme Of
fullness. In head gear there Is a verI-
table riot Of change Broad hats and
narrow hats, high hats and low hats,
hats with foliage or plumes, and hats
without either, follow in quick succession.
Men say the only purpose Of all this
change is to attract their attention.
question whether our critic, or any
other man Is able to draw the fine line
that separates the ornamental from the
purely useful, either in woman's dress or
In their own May there not be some OF
the peafowl in US aIlH But IL a woman
Is thinking only of attracting attention
to herself, the demure little Quakeress
has the best of US all. in this riot Of
change and OF color. Why not place
some of the blame for the fast and furi-
Gus changes In woman's styles upon the
manufacturers Of feminine garments, who
find II exceedinly profitable to turn out
new styles with every change Of season?
Frances Frear IN Leslie'B-
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New York Bureau of The Washington
Herald MonOIith Building. As w.
34th ST., New York City.
modern styles. Whatever may be COM
ing, surely the lesson Of harmony has
been so well learned by the designers
Of women's clothes that 1t cannot be
lost sight of. Whether the colors used
be vivid or dull, they are used harmon
iously. Cerise and purple, when they
were combined last summer, were COM
bined harmoniously. The shades were
deep, and they possessed each a quality
supplementing the other. Now, when
tan of a thousand shades is the rule,
harmoniousness has been carried, per-
haps, too far. There is danger OF mo-
notony in its use
Today at one Of the smart restaurants
a young woman dressed literally from
head to toe in brown-save her patent
leather boots, and they had sand suede
tops-attracted a good deal of attention.
Her suit was OF sand broadcIoth, her
hat of sand velvet, her gloves were of
sand kid-of a kind especially made to
wear with cloth or suede topped boots,
in tan or gray to match the tops. Her
blouse, which was made with one OF
those high. buttoned collars, that can be
unbuttoned and folded or rolled back
when its highness is Objectionable. was
made Of sand chiffon. As it happened,
her hair was of the duh blond type that
might also be called sand colored. But
there was a saving touch to her costume
that gave it character, and that was the
interesting use of dark sable fur. The
hat was edged with a band Of sable,
and a sable tassel trimmed 1t at one
side She carried a sable mum. and wore
a tight, high sable collar. And her sand
coIored veil of lace was edged all around
with sable.
One must be clever in the use of these
colorless shades of tan II they are to be
effective. A line or band of dark brown
The Washington herald., 1915-02-01

An adaptation of the Russian blouse
is the keynote of the costume in the
sketch. The blouse is confined by a
broad'shaped belt of dark blue tafreta,
adorned with tiny gilt buttons down the
front. This belt tops the plated
to give an apron suggestion.
Since everything claiming any style
pretense boasts of some sort of pocket,
II follows that the newest version of
the Russian blouse has this feature.
But II will be noted that the pockets
have been transpOsed. Heretofore they
occupied space below the belt, but the
most approved ideas of the present day
place them above that accessory.
Moreover. the pocket to be quite up
to-date must be of the slashed order.
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This Man Never Wears a Coat.

Atchison, Kan. Jan. 31.-With the ex-
ception OF the time he attended, the. fu-
neral OF a brother in Missouri. i've years
ago. Joseph Wiscarson. a coal team
ster. seventy-seven years old. OF this
city, never wore a coat In his life. When
he took on the coat at that time he
caught a cold. He never owned such a
thing as an overcoat Despite his age.
he does hard work every dAy.