Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

in Petrograd. where she is again en-
gagged in hospital work. Standing be-
side her in one of the pictures is the
stunning Princess Michael Cantacuzene,
who was Julia Dent Grant. grand
daughter of Gen. L. S. Grant and niece
of Mrs. Potter Palmer. Both women
are wearing the war uniform of Red
Cross nurses and both are devoting
ten hours a day to the relief of SOL
dierS wounded in battle. Prince Can
tacuzene was seriously wounded a the
beginning of the war and has not been
able to return to the front. He oc-
cupies an important post at the Rus
sian capital-one that brings him in
Conferences" are extremely fash
ionable and even plain talks are
popular. OF
Soon Conference course. many, in
fact most of the
and Talk Times. talks" have to
do with the war, and if tickets of adj
mission are not sold it is a fact well
understood that contributions are in
order from those who attend. The
parently knows no limits and rarely do
invitations to attend this or that con-
ference or talk meet with destinations,
while the contributions. even after all
these months of the pouring out of dol
lars, are invariably worth while.
There are only few malcoptents
who when invited to meet Comtesse
Chose or "Marquise Chose ask IN
advance in what special charity she is
int cd
The throwing open to the public
not the general but the selected pubic
of the superb private houses, as has
been done and is being done this win
same selected public, who have gladly
contributed to the charity 1t was
sought to aid. whether or not they
heard any of the talk. And the amount
of money raised would be thought
amazing if the total could be ascer-
tanned.
Mrs. John BIey is president of the
Chicago Housewives League, which,
the Clean
Says Home Life FOOD cup
Has Greatly Changed. W orking
for a number of years quietly to better
the housekeeping of Chicago homes,
says the Herald of that city.
II believe" she said. that anything
which you can do well you find pleas
ure in doing, and. the other way around,
the things you take pleasure in doing,
you do well. Housekeeping is such a
vital matter. 1t is so much more than
economical marketing and sanitary
dishwashing. 1t is a continuous course
in investigation and achievement.
II love my housekeeping too we'll to
let any one else do it. With the many
modern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that no
longer have to be wiped, fireless cook
ers and vacuum cleaners-and with a
pleasant kitchen housekeeping in an
apartment here in Chicago can be
made an everlasting pleasure.
when l select an apartment / select
it for the view. l rent the view and
the apartment is thrown in. And I am
careful to have some of that view in
my kitchen. With plenty of light. a
sunshiny yellow wall, view of Lake
Michigan and rows of shiny aluminium.
I'd rather go into my kitchen and
spend an afternoon any time than go
downtown to card party.
TOO many people are eating in res
taurants these days. In New York so
per cent of tae population eat away
from home. Il is running the home life
of this and the next generation. Busy
days make mealtime the only time in
the day when the family can be to-
gether. No woman has a right to sac
rifice that intimate little circle for res
taurant clatter. Dinner should be a
ceremony, no matter how simple it
may be. / don't believe you will find
man in the world who would rather
eat the most elaborate bit of milk-fed
chicken under glass at a downtown
hotel than plain steak in his own COM
Portable dining room.
THE young woman, and the older
ones. too, l am afraid. are learning to
think that they cannot entertain with
out hotel luncheon or card party The
old home dinners and teas are going
and a waiter with number is taking
the place of the bright-eyed young
hostess, who explained proudly that
she made it herself