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things in which to serve iced drinks
or course, If you have none of these
special services you can use ordinary
glasses and to hold the supply any
big jug or pitcher. A big jug or pitcher
decorated with flowers, and thin water
glasses, indeed, spread forth on a
wicker tray, make as tempting sum.
mer showing as need be.
But II you wish to indulge in on
of the lovely iced tea sets. YOU can f1nd
dozens worth getting. The only diff
cult thing Is to decide on taking lust
one.
There are wicker trays with com
partments around the edge to hold
the glasses and a central place for
the pitcher. Sometimes, instead Of
glasses, thin porcelain goblets-like
the china holders for hot chocolate in
the drug store--are sold in these sets
They are decorated. cottage fashion,
with flowers and the pitcher .,.',hes
them.
Thisssummer, when sugar is scarce
we cannot waste much of our allow
ance on iced drinks. But we can ef.
feet wonders by using fruit for sweet
ening all sorts of iced beverages. ca
cepting tea and coffee. And if we
used sliced orange instead Of sliced
lemon in tea we have helped TO
sweeten that too.
Moreover. 1t is quite possible to USE
strained honey in a rich fruit punch.
The honey flavor is really delicious.
If the fruits are carefully blended. And
by using only fruit and honey we are
| having delicious feast without in
tringing on the food laws our con.
science makes from the suggestions
and requests of the Food Administra-
ton.
Honey and grape fruit combine ad-
mirably. so If you can get grape fruit
you can make them-that is to sav,
their juice-the basis of delicious
fruit drink favored and sweetened
with honey Add any other fruit juice
you may desire, with more honey as
needed for sweetness
If you have canned fruit juices from
last year, you may use those 20
sweeten cooling beverages this sum-
mer If you have grape juice on hand.
too, you may with a clear conscience
use that to sweeten punches and You
can add it or fruit juices to iced tea
and thereby make a delicious drink
Very often there is too much juice
on canned fruit. and this, too my Ia
drained off and used for swestenng
summer beverages.
Pineapple punch is made with
grated pineapple, boiled with three
cupfuls of water for half an hour, then
strained through jelly bag. cooled
and added to two quarts of tea. the
Juice of three lemons, sugar to taste
and a pint of grape juice The add
ton of Candied maraschino or fresh
cherries to this beverage when 1t Is
served improves it And this sunlmor,
when sugar is scarce. you can sweeten
1t with strained honey.
II is a very good idea to keep a
pitcher of cold tea--or bottle Of T. -.
always on ice. 4 bottle OF charged
water always cooled, some oranges. A
little honey, few lemons-and vol
have always the markings for delicious
cooling beverages.
II they are always cool you can
make them with the minimum of Ire.
II you depend on frui; juice and honey
for sweetening you can make them
with the smallest diminution possible
Of Your small supply of sugar.
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Food Conservation Has Brought to
Light Innumerable Ones of Value

But still you may not want to use
the old cooks who simply must use
their own recipes. If this is the case
then you must learn the not very diff
ficult task of translating your recipes
into terms of present day foods.
Translate Your Old Recipes.
You must learn what you can do
with a recipe and not spoil the re-
suit. You must learn the characteris-
tics of the various fiours so that you
can use them in your recipes to ad-
vantage. You must discard the re-
cipes that cannot be translated salts
factorily and use those that can.
Suppose, for instance. you feel in
spired to make a chocolate loaf cake
with a white frosting. This is a good
selection. for the reason that choco-
late in the body of the cake covers
up a multitude of sins. The hardest
kind of cake to make with substitutes
Is a delicate plain cake.
Potato and rice -four are the only
substitutes for these delicate cakes,
and they are expensive. Flour of an
inferior color has no disadvantage in
Il chocolate loaf cake. For the same
reason n spice cake is a good selec-
ton when using flour substitutes
1t is a good idea to use nuts In cake
when you have them, for with nuts
you need n less rich cake batter.
Raisins and currents are good like
wise, for they are sweet in themselves
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FLOWERS FOR SPRING.

r VEN flower gardens are affected
by the war. and though ~
country that does most to con-
tribute to the brilliancy of flower he5s
Is somehow keeping out of the great
struggle we cannot hope to have any
imported bulbs-or at most very few
from Holland this year. From Nl'-
land come our best tulips and some
other varieties OF spring hl>om.0F
bulbs that we usually plant in tie
autumn.
For some reason we have not beer
| able to get such good results w'1
home bred bulbs thus far, ana vr
must wait patiently till after the W"
before renewing our supply Of s'm =
these choice plants.
But now is the time 10 hcs.n -
think about what bulbs you can i.t
from home production. The fir =
September iris plants are dormant
most parts OF the country and It 20
then that nurserymen send US sr.n
bulbs as we order. They a.e t1'n
| planted for next springs blooming
There are a number Of hardy l.'i"S
that can be had in spite Of war cord
tons, but these should not lie planted
| for about two months, However no"
Is the time 20 plan your Dor ialS arh
beds for next sp"iu'; and t. get t'e
| order sheets placed with YOUR florist
Plants grown from seed In your oNn
garden really do far better than those
that are transplanted from an 'r'
tlrely different environment. Man"
persons with a little care even pro-
duce their own pansy plants ana.
| chrysanthemum giants by sowing III"
seeds some time in the late summer.
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and make delicious cake that Is not
over sweet.
If You use a syrup in your cake in
place of sugar you will find that the
presence of chocolate, spices, nuts or
raisins helps to hide the flavor of the
syrup, although to many persons the
syrup is quite as good as the white
sugar
Now there is no reason why you
should not use as much milk as you
want to. Some OF the first of the war
recipes seemed to be written with the
sole idea of making everything cheap
and so cakes were made with half
milk. half water. They were cheaper,
but there is no object in this kind OF
economy that merely makes things less
nourishing and does not thereby save
a food that we have been asked to con-
serve. So use the full amount of milk
in all recipes.
Eggs are not plentiful. but there is
no objection to using them If you can
afford them. They are a rather eX-
pensive form Of nourishment, so If you
are not very well off select from your
recipes those that contain fewer eggs.
War Time Cake FrOsting.
A good many cooks when it comes to
making cake frosting are in a guam
Diary because it is often difficult to get
confectioner's sugar The only thing to
do then is to learn to make boiled icing.
If you can get brown sugar more
easily than white sugar bear in mind
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their own sewing rooms after the fash
ion of twenty-five years ago.
BY the way, one of the striking
phases Of this war is that women
boast of the cheapness Of their clothes,
and regale each other with the method
OF making old clothes into new, and
the small shop where you can get
something that looks like France
for $40.
Many OF them have also quickly
adopted the Governments INSIDE out"
suggestion. 1t is not unusual to see a
woman holding up the tunic or panel
Of her skirt in the middle of Main
street as she greets a friend. saying,
Here's my inside out gown; how
goes it?"
I Women confidentially whisper to
each other at committee meetings
about the secret little Paris dress
maker who is used to the economical
tricks of the French dressmakers in
turning and twisting to save money
and these addresses are only eX-
changed as a great favor.
All OF which is exceedingly good for
the nation as mass. AS for the high
priced dressmakers, they have their
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BRING YOUR RECIPES UP TO DATE AND SAVE

that 1t can he substituted for white
sugar in any rule and makes a de-
liciously favored icing. Maple syrup
may also be satisfactorily used in
a boiled icing.
For cake filings make free Use Of
nuts and such fruits as dates and figs,
that can be cut up and mixed with a
little syrup or very little sugar to
make delicious filings. A raisin fill
ing can be made from a cup Of
chopped seeded raisins. 2-3 cup of
sugar. Ia cup of corn syrup, n cup of
water, cooked together till raisins are
soft and then placed over water with
a slightly beaten egg and cooked till
the consistency of cream. A little
lemon juice may be added.
Don't give up your old recipes II
you don't want to. Perhaps you make
a good many dishes with a white
wheat -four, and butter at a prohibit
tive price for cooking, you may be
somewhat at "a loss for q solution to
your problem. Learn right away,
then, that any one of the first quality
cooking oils may be used In place of
the butter in n well cooked white
sauce.
1t has this advantage. that II will
mix with the -four without needing to
be melted. And, moreover, rice -four
or potato -four will work into a white
sauce just as we'll as wheat flour. In
thickening gravies yoh will find that
rice -four answers the purpose just as
we'll as wheat -four.
So take "A day off and mark those
Of your recipes that can be modified in
this way. If you keep your recipes all
In your head take time to think about
them enough to discover which Of
them are available in the presen,
situation.
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COLD DRINKS CHEAP
If MADE IN.ADVANCE
MERIcAks are noted the world

A MERICAES are noted the world
~ over for drinking iced bever-
= ages in summer. Now the fact
that ice is high in price may make us
a bit more careful Of using it this sum-
mer than usual.
In view of the high price OF ice, We
would DO we'll to make iced tea or
lemonade or fruit punch or any other
iced beverage hours before it Is needed
and to put it in the refrigerator either
in a corked bottle or in closely COW
cred jug of some sort. Cooled in this
way, the beverage will be at the proper
temperature. II you wish, for the sake
Of appearance or clinking sound, to
have ice in the glasses little shaved
ice will go a long way.
There are those of course who are
always ready to insist that iced tea
isn't iced unless the tea is poured,
boiling hot on blocks of ice. But tea
cooled first in the room and then in
the refrigerator is just as good. say
what those Ice lovers may.
There are many. many attractive
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T is not easy to teach an old dog

new tricks and 1t Is no easy
matter to teach an experienced
cook how to cook all over again.
Especially is this difficult If the old
cook is very good cook.
For this reason those that the food
situation has hit the hardest are the
well established cooks and housewives.
They have learned to feel their way in
cooking. They have long since dis
carded the measuring cup. and above
all they don't like to be talked back
TO" by young cooking school experts.
For the new cooks. the people Just
starting out, there Is no difficulty In
using the new recipes. 1t is really
marvellous what splendid cookery
books based on the present food sit
uation there are now to be had. The
Food Administration and the Depart
ment of Agriculture as well as State
and local food bureaus and organiza-
tiony have spread broadcast recipes OF
all sorts that have produced meal
culable value to the housewives of the
land.
Then there Is another source of
splendid cookery books and pamphlets
those published by manufacturers of
various sorts OF food products. Manu-
facturers of sugar substitutes. makers
of war flOurs, and similar producers
have got out these books and almost
Invariably they are compiled by cook
cry experts OF the first water
Naturally it is very much to the
advantage of the makers of the food
productS 10 have the REGIMES tIIrn out
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INTS OF THE ORIENT SEEN IN THE LATEST PARIS Cow

black chiffon bands to form the
minaret and the tight round Persian
bodice with the. short sleeves and the
neck outlined with jet.
1t is quite probable that the French
designers revived this minaret tunic
on account Of the presence Of the
Allies in Bagdad.
Cabot has sent over a blazing
minaret gown to Florence Walton,
who dances before hundreds Of SOL
diers and sailors in this country each
week. 1t is of cerise tulle, this gown,
trimmed with blue paillettes with a
drapery Of tulle from the back Of each
shoulder, which is caught again at
the wrists in the Oriental manner.
An extreme model which shows the
minaret tunic. and which was brought
to America and sent to Deauville for
the beginning of the season there, is
dark blue silk Jersey embroidered in
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gray Angora wool and with its min
aret, It's tight skirt, its heavy bold EN-
broidery and its dark red sash. one
sees a glimpse OF the costumes in
"Chu Chin Chow"
This lavish use of Angora wool hy
the French and now by America is in
teresting. 1t is difficult to explain in
the light of government measures
1t is used for embroidery. for Blue
Devil caps. and now for the new
gauntlet gloves.
Punctuating the seasons far apart
Is the Medici collar of Nine. Paquin.
She has tried 1t sometimes successfully
and other times in vain. 1t is again in
fashion, and she puts 1t on a mus
tard -colored coat and skirt and makes
it Of white faille with narrow en-
broidery. 1t will be interesting TO
watch its development and see what
the American makes of 1t.
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salient points of these new clothes
are s!enderness, shortness of skirts,
an attempt to revive the minaret OF
Paul, Poiret fame, an insistence upon
sashes arranged in army fashion,
repetition of beige. mustard and tan
colorings. and the introduction OF
broadcloth.
Floating panels, which have for six
months dotted the entire surface Of
clothes in America, have been abol-
ished, If we are to Judge by these fore
runners.
There are capes on evening gowns
which are made in the most brilliant
fairy tale manner. reminiscent of the
extravaganzas in the old days at the
Drury Lane Theatre, in London.
There are no high collars. The
italian decolletage is retained. The
severe neckline, without a line of
white, remains a part OF the fashions.
A deep V is used as a rival to Abe
round and the square necklines.
There are collars that are placed
straight across the back, following
the shoulder line, and allowing the
cloth of the blouse TO fall against the
skin, unrelieved, as 1t goes on its
downward way toward the waist.
Medieval TUNES In Fashion.
There has been no disposition on
the part of the French designers to
lift the tunic out of its popular posi-
ton in apparel. They do not insist
upon II in it's genuine Slavic style.
but they use it as a model for much
that is done in the way Of over
drapery.
There are tun!cs that are cut to a
deep point at each side. and are moth
ing but side pieces over a long en-
broidered cuirass that reaches nearly
to the knees of dark skirt.
There are other tunics that look like
redingotes; and there are sleeveless
ones of blue serge which are dropped
over slim foundation in any color of
another cloth.
The minaret tunic in its present
form cannot fail to be exceedingly in
teresting. If any woman has kept a
French gown, which she bought from
n high class dressmaker or q ready to
wear shop during the time that the
play lie Minaret" was popular in
Paris, she may put it on this fall and
lie we'll dressed. There Is even the
same combination of black velvet and
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not keep them from dressing well
every day and night as they pass from
one entertainment to another.
These gowns are far from eXpen-
sive in the mass. OF course the indi-
vidual who has money continues to
spend it in going to her own dress
maker and paying well for excellent
cloth, good fitting and perfect finish;
but the average woman has begun to
find out all kinds of places where
smart looking clothes may be bought
for small prices. Women are also
turning out q good deal of work in
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THE shops have quickly changed
their wares and now offer all
sorts OF things that appeal to
the woman who likes to be reminded
of her patriotism in the little posses
sions that she must daily use. Lon
don and Paris, as wei! AZ the other
cities of France and England, have
long offered all sorts of war neces-
stiles and novelties.
In both those countries there are
special flashlights. attraCtively. made
for use when there are air raids and
lights are out, There are pretty little
ooses for the daily allowance Of war
bread in Paris. There are tiny sugar
holders to hold the sugar allowance.
and little bottles to hold the daily
measure of milk.
Among the novelties here shown are
the bottle Of perfume in a shell
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Callot Revives the Mnaret Tunic, Other "Crea
tons SAVIOR of the Persian and Still Others
Are Reminiscent of "Chu Chin Chow"

up the morale of our men, and also
our women.
Now we come to the question OF
fashions. 1t is not possible to separate
clothes from this situation which has
arisen through the conviction that the
fighters must be entertained.
Whatever the Government has asked
women to do in the way of clothes
they have done gladly. but that does
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shaped case, the shell shaped bank,
all sorts of note paper of patriotic
tendency, the soldier tent ash tray;
every knitting accessory Imaginable
in the national red white and blue,
or with IA suggestion of bullet or shell,
and all sorts of novelties in the way
of place cards and favors in red,
white and blue.
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ODD BITS OF HOUSEHOLD

NSE Of the interesting little access
series made of enameled ware is
a tiny powder holder, with a
d!minutivc puff on which there is a
little knob handle matching the dish
that holds the powder. This holder is
uncovered. so, of course only the
smallest amount OF powder should be
put into il.
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c OMETHING that gives n charm
y ing dash of color to a dark frocl
of serge or silk is one of the
new Italian bead necklaces, They are
called necklaces, but they are no
more or less than long strands of
beads. not strung in a circle, but left
fiat with unconnected ends. They cost
as much as ten dollars, some of them.
but they are well worth the price, for
their pattern is intricate and effective,
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T Is impossible to avoid differences

r T Is impossible to avoid differences
of opinion nowadays on the
= question of entertaining our SOL
diers and sailors. Argument is rife.
Discussion becomes warm.
A waitress OF parts, who was con-
eidered perfect by the hostess and her
guests, said to her mistress the other
day that she could not serve for any
more dinner parties: that she didn't
mind the work, but that she couldn't
stand the fighting that went on at
the table; 1t got her so nervous, she
explained that she nearly dropped all
the dishes. Her point of view was so
interesting that 1t has become a good
story among the set that go to that
house.
France looks upon us with astonish-
ment. The French think that 1t is a
remarkable trait of the Anglo-Saxon
people that they think they must con-
etantly entertain their fighters. The
poilu has never been entertained in a
public manner. When he has leave he
sleeps, and when he has permission to
visit home he stays there.
In America we are initiating the
methods that are going on behind the
battle lines in France. We have
taken our tip. from England. Every
thing Inat can be done In the way %
dining, dancing theatrical perform
ances, private and public entertain
ments and exquisite gowning is being
offered to the soldiers and the sailors.
Reason for Brilliant Costumery.
The conservatives demur: the opt!-
mists insist that it is right-the battle
begins to wage. Certain people think
It Is a waste of money. clothes, time
and Vitality; others say that 1t keeps
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NNE of the picturesque new colors
I for which n big vogue is fore
cast is called colibri green.
This is jade green. and the name is
picturesque when one knows that 1t
comes from n dartlng, vivid little
hummingbird OF Brazil.
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KNOWLEDGE

their colortng is bright but harmo-
NOUS, and their workmanship renders
them flexible and graceful.
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Callot revives the minaret
tunic in a gown of cerise
tulle, with an outstanding
tunic of blue paillettes. The
tulle drops from the back of
the shoulder straps to the
wrists.
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= ELEPHANT gray is popular cool
r. color that is much used just at
- this moment in combination with
black and with white. 1t is one of the
colors that have been found very at
traCtive in the capes OF crepe and vari-
our sorts OF silk, fringed and sashed
that women have found useful with
thin froCks.
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capes the evening in the dance frock'
flesh coored yelled with silver lace
which hung short estoons of pearls The made
from strands of pearls and caught the shoulder AT
the right is frock by Paqun showing tunic with military
SASH 1t of blue frock and it fastens
right shoulder Buttons buttonhoes of old blue
silk The sash of apple silk and the assels
ranged bags mustard is the ust by Paqun the
left There is Medc collar, black and
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TOR the little girl who loves to
r pretend. a welcome gift would
be set of Red Cross nurses
clothes, consisting OF big apron (big
for little girl, although in reality
quite smalD. Red Cross veil. and
big bag on which there is, in red calico
big red cross applied This would
serve well for the play costume for
a nurse or for the play costume for
mamma away at work at Red Cross
rooms.
EFT Is in high vogue. Hence the
shops are showing interesting
- accessories OF all sorts made OF
Jet from huge Spanish combs to tiny
pendants that are Worn about the
neck on Jet or gold chains.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-13
UNCERTAINTIES OF WAR

The wise man in the Book of &c
clesiastes observes: 81 returned ana
saw under the sun that the race is not
to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong"
Germany is gradually realizing tina:
size is not to be allowed 70 ride rough
;hod over this earth, Notwithstanding
her Numbers and skill in arms. 7
soldiers which have gone from the
United States are making good, ana
the fearful losses which are being
inflicted upon the Hun invaders OF
France is being felt throughout t!
ratherland.
The Litter from a correspondent IN
France recalls once again the splendid
fortitude of the French people in the
time of trial. With hostile airplanee
dropping bombs from overhead, wit
the long-range guns shooting shells
into the city, with the vast hordes OF
the enemy only forty miles away
Paris is not only philosophical, but
even cheerful. The French civilian
like the poilu, has made up his mind
to take calmly whatever comes. They
know that in the end France will be
victorious, because they will be con-
tent with nothing but victory and they
will fight until they get it. In the
meantime, what's the use OF worry
ing?
As contemporary says, with such 4
spirit at the battle front and just be-
hind it, any depression on this side
Of The water, 5000 miles away, Is
sadly out of place. Let us not forget
that. but let US join with our cheerful
ness the grimmest sort of determina-
ton 10 send every ounce of assistance
we can send to the nation that do
splendidly deserves our aid.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-13
GERMAN PRESS WORRIED
Saws Victories are Balanced by Losses
In America.

Washington, June 13-Dissolutlon OF
the German-American Alliance and
the discontinuance of German Ian
guage newspapers in the United
States has wrung from the Cologne
Volks Ieitung the admission that Ger
man interests in the United States
and on the Atlantic have been ruined
Color Of official recognition of this
opinion is contained in a Swiss dis
patch received yesterday announcing
that Foreign Minister Won kuehlmann
is about to go to Hamburg to discuss
with the big North German buslne::;
interests the reformation of the Ger
man consular and diplomatic service.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung's admis-
sion Of German. disaster In the United
STATES is contained in the following
editorial received here:
"Mr. Wilson hopes to succeed ir
crushing the German elements Tin
He will succeed. The Ger