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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18
AS To Your
Lights

AYO MATTER how well fur
IN nished your house may be, ii
isn't well furnished at all un-
less you have attractive lights.
That In, all tho good points are
made worth very little If the lights
are insufficient, glazing, or unat-
tractively shaded.
Now it isn't n very difficult mat
ter to see to it that the lights in
your house are attractive. As in
so many other cases in this, too,
good effects depend on good taste
rather than on the expenditure OF
much money.
For one thing. BIO sure that the
lampshades are all in colors that
harmonic with the other furnish
inEs OF the room and at the same
time give out O becoming light. A
beautiful woman may be made to
look most unattrsctive IL tho
lights are unattractively shaded.
And the reverse is true. Attrac-
lively shaded lights will give
beauty even To a homeIy woman.
Remember that shades OF rose
and soft yellows are the most be
coming ones for lampshades. And
remember that yellows give out
most light.
If you use the thin china silk
usual for shades. you should use
two or three thicknesses of IL, so
that the outline of the electric bulb
will not be visible through 81.
There is no reason why, if you
desire n new lamp. you should not
have one. That is. If ii is the diff
ference between q few dollars and
many dollars that deters you. or
lcourse, If your budget won't admit
of the spending of the few dollars
then you must get along for the
present with such lamps as you
have. But il you can spend n few
dollars and have those things
known as clever fingers, you can
make a lamp out OF little.
To begin with, of course, You
must have the base. This you can
buy at s small price II you watch
for il. The little wooden bases
are now very reasonably priced,
and If you can't get anything but
mahogany and want another colo-,
you can enamel the base yourself.
Or you can have base made
Of a vase in your possession. This
can be done with satisfactory re-
suits by any electrician.
Then, when il comes TO tho
shade. you can yourself do the
work OF making one. Buy the
frame, buy the coverings. and get
TO work.
First, If the shade is TO be made
OF silk. wind tho frame either
with silk seam binding tape OF the
color OF the silk, or else with
strips Of the silk turned in at the
overlapping edge. Then cut of
lengths of silk the depth OF the
shade, stitch them together, turn
them under top and bottom, and
gather them. Place this cover over
the shade, arrange the gatherings
, and pin them into place, and bind
off the top and bottom with old
gilt or silver braid or else with a
strip of the silk, covered with a
little ruching.
n Not a difficult matter. Nor an
o elaborate shade. But it is a pretty
q one. and one quite suitable for any
[ sort of room.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18
Your Waste
Record

TN SOME of the stores there are
blanks supplied to the sales
people, who are requested TO
keep a record of lost sales. That
is, every time a customer leaves
without making a purchase, the
salesperson is asked to tot down
on one Of these slips the reason
for this. Among the possible rea-
sons may be that the customer ap-
parently did not intend to buy any
way, that the prices were too
high. that the sort Of merchandise
she asked for was never carried by
the store, that the stock of the
particular sort of merchandise had
been exhausted or that the sales
people were all engaged and the
customer would not wait. When
such slips are kept even for linn
tied period they furnish an inval-
liable aid to the managers Of the
store in building up business. For
they cam direct their energies TO
the particular detail in the store
management that seems most at
fault.
The idea is a good one and the
housewife might do well to apply
it TO her work in eliminating
waste. Every time she throws
away any food she might iot down
Just why this was done. For in
stance, it may be that too much
of a certain dish was prepared or
that the family did not like it,
Then again il may be that food
spoiled because OF lack OF ice, or
because IL was in poor condition
when it came from the store. It
may be that il was burned in the
making. Often bread is thrown
away because il dries before 1t is
eaten and the housewife does not
find time to make use of It as stale
bread. Then again good material
may be wasted because the cook
has lacked skill. because she has
tried a new dish, or because she
has used a recipe that proves TO
he worthless.
Why not keep some such tab on
yourself for a little while? You
may be surprised TO find the cause
of much of your wasted food.
New lingerie frocks OF batiste
and null in light shades of pink,
yellow, mauye, green and blue
show faggoting, hemstitching,
drawn work and coarse, effective
embroidery for trimming.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

hold many pins. but It holds
enough to fasten up one basketful
of clothes, and then its contents
can be replenisned from a supply
in the laundry.
Bags made on embroidery rings
or hoops are very useful. anyway,
for all sorts OF things, because the
wide, open top makes them espe
cially convenient for dropping
things into. For soiled clothes Of
all kinds, for mending bags. for
holding paper and string and for
general pickup bags they are
good.
Hanging Out the Clothes.
All table linen should be hung
the long way of the cloth, so that
the strain comes on the warp
threads which are stronger than
the wool threads. 1t should al
ways be hung perfectly straight,
as this makes it far easier to, iron
straight.
Pillow cases should always be
hung along the seam. IL they are
hung at the hem, wind will get
| into the pillow case and cause UNI
due strain to come at the hem
where they are attached. They
should be hung wrong side out,
which is the way they should be
| left when washing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18
When 1t Comes to Your Clothes On Washday


"HERE are great many things
that may be at fault If the
- clothes when they come up
stairs after the wash are not as
white as you would like TO have
them. One of the most usual
troubles with city jewellers is that
the clothes are not dried in the
sunshine. Handkerchiefs especi-
ally become yellowed and unat-
tractive when they are never dried
in the sunshine. II enough soap
powder is used to whiten them
without sunshine this is pretty
sure TO eat the fabric of the hand
kerchief and wear it out.
Often the young woman who
tries to wash out her handker-
chiefs and underwear in her own
small apartment or clearinghouse
room finds that no matter how
careful she is to get the things
spotless they look yellow and
grimy because they do no not have
the advantage of the sunshine.
Perhaps the difficulty is that
your clothes are not soaked before
hand. Soaking clothes overnight
is one of the greatest Of aids in the
washing Of family laundry. II
you have not been soaking clothes
you will surely see the improve
ment when you begin. The water
should be cool but not so cool that
you chill your hands in putting the
clothes in it.. A good way is tC
sort the clothes over, moistenine
each one and rubbing soap on tbs
most soiled parts, and then rolling
it up and packing it in the wash
tub. Continue this until the tut
is full and then fill it with COO
water. Another way is to fill the
tub half full of hot water and theT
add two quartes Of water boiled
up with some good soap powder
or soap chips. Mix this thorough.
and add the clothes. Be sure tina
the undissOlved soap powder Of
soap chips do not lie directly OF
the clothes in soaking.
Still another thing that may b.
1
not spotless is impure water
Sometimes water from the boiler j
rusty. II this is the case yol
should send for the steam filter o
plumber to have the boile
cleaned. II the fault is with tn
water supply you should get an in
expensive filter to attach to tn
faucet in your laundry.
s2eSSS
The Rope.
1t is quite a trick to han
clothes out successfully. Firs
there is the question of the rope
IL you wish to leave it out all, tn
time, and this is sometimes a he'll
in family of small children wher
clothes are to be dried severa
times a week, then by all mean
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

YUGE single flowers are used
TO trim some OF the large
q = hats. The flower is perched
on the edge of the hat brim. fas-
tened securely, and held down
both on the upper and under edge
OF the brim.
Water lilies, single ones, are
sometimes used in this way, and
the effect is particularly good. Big
white one. with glowing orange
centers, on black hats.
Another big hat is trimmed with
a lace veil. held on irregularly, so
that il floats away at one side over
the shoulder, with huge rose.
Two tassels of silk form the only
trimming 10 q small sport hat. A
tassel hangs down over each ear
from the rounded edges of the
brim, which curl at the sides.
A negligee foundation Of silver
cloth is covered with a tunic Of
MluNe ScOl SStaSs
A costume for 4 little girl con-
sists OF a hat and shocked frock
of bright pink-candy pink, some
body called it-linen. 1t is en-
broidered in whitehall is, the
hat is. and the frock is shocked
in white.
A little girls frock for dress-up
occasions, Is made of pink cotton
net over pink georgette. Pink is
particularly effective color for
little girls. and one much in vogue
this season.
Green leather is used to trim a
suit OF white silk Jersey. The col
lar and cuffs are OF the leather, in
r bright, apple green shade, and
there are trimming bands on thc
skirt and at the hip OF the coat.
Buttercups, huge yellow silk
ones, trim a hat OF black straw oil
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

the garden-party variety. Butter
cups are favored by the milliners
on the better-class hats this spring.
Daisies, too, are used on some
of the new hats, huge white daisies
with golden-yellow centers of vel
vet. These are not the buttercups
and daisies that were used last
year in the wreaths Of field flow
ers that adorned dark hats, but
big splashing flowers that are used
alone. not in combination with
corn flowers and peoples.
A negligee of white crepe is
covered with a printed design IL,
bright red. 1t is almost suggestive
of one of those table cloths that
sometimes adorn kitchen tables in
its persistent effect of red lines
against white background.
A hat and a sleeveless jack IT
made OF soft duvetyn or of silk, 10
match, both showing the same sort
VI tilDl Olutl., QullllHS VI OlHtl
trimming, form an effective set for
sport wear.
Doll bags, made with tiny and
fascinating doll heads and arms
dressed in quaint little frocks 81
black or Of figured silk, are en-.
chanting. They are really large
enough to be useful, too.
A yellow lace frock shows g
rolled and twisted girdle Of vel
low and green chiffon.
Parssols, fiat and shaped after
the japanese style, are made o.
Japanese-fgured cretonnes.
There are perfectly square para
soils, also made of figured cretonn,
or figured silk. They are especi
ally effective when carried with !;
white frock.
A parasol is made, too, with {
doll handle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

have n strip OF copper wire hung.
for this can be left outdoors with
out injury. and simply needs 70 be
wiped off before each using. It
will not rust or otherwise mark
the clothes. 1t Is always unsatis-
factory to leave out hemp or other
sorts OF rope.
There Is a distinct advantage in
possessing circular clothes dry
ing device that may be set up in
metal socket in the back yard. 1t
is considerably easier to lift this
In and out than It is to put up
clothes rope each week. Moreover
il may be placed near the cement
sidewalk or a wooden platform so
that you may by swinging the tree
around as you work, hang all the
clothes up without getting your
feet muddy. This is not possible
to do in most places at this time
of the year with the ordinary
clothes line stretched about on
clothes posts.
There is possible disadvantage,
however. in hanging clothes on
such a device, that the clothes
hang closer together than when on
separate lines and hence do not
dry as quickly.
As to Clothespins.
Did you ever hang out wet
clothes on a cold or windy day?
IL you ever did, you know prob
ably how difficult it sometimes Is
to get the clothes ON the line and
the pins properly in them, before
the clothes blow away or your fin
gers get chilled to the bone.
Now a good deal of this diff
Guilty is due to the fact that very
often the clothespin bag is not a
convenient one. For one thing, II
Is very often made deep, which
far down, something plunging the
arm in to the shoulder, before you
can grasp clothespin in your fin
gers.
One housewife uses a bag that
would be a good model for many
other women to follow. 1t is made
OF stout cretonne or denim or tick
ing mounted on a large oval hoop
, She buys large embroidery hoops
and gathers the top Of the bag OK
, the hoop. She makes a loopec
handle, OF course, which she car
HANG over the end of Ona of thi
arms OF her clothes reel. Befort
she bought the reel, when she useC
, regular clothes lines. she used I.
make the clothespin bag with ;
long loop that swung over thu
, shoulder. holding the bag on thu
} hip.
, Now this bag is made quite shall
low, so that the clothespins ar
] always easy to reach. 1t does no
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18
Furnishing
Your Garden
The Shops Arc Full Of Things TO
Tempt You and This Is the
Time to Make Your Choice.

-HlS Is the time TO buy furni-
ture for your garden and
- verandas. III you can only
AFFORD. or only need. a few pieces,
we'll and good. Get those few
pieces now. IL you can afford
and need many. go ahead and get
them now. The shops have their
best choice now, and prices this
spring are at least little better
than they were year ago.
There are most interesting new
chairs, with wooden sides and
back and seats of hempen rope
used like splints. In green and
esting. and OF course they are also
comfortable.
A swing OF some sort Is almost
essential to your garden happiness.
There are the regulation garden
swings of wood, with striped avn
ings over them. that may be had
from fifteen dollars up. And then
there are the glidings swings, that
slide backward and forward III
stead of swing. that cost more
beginning at about thirty dollars.
These. too. have awnings of gay
stripes overhead 10 keep the sun
of.
Tent houses. with Melted sides,
are a good investment. especially
where flies or mosquitoes are
abundant. These tent houses
come with wooden floors. a door
that fastens, and sides that are
really proof against mosquitoes
and flies. You can spend hot
night comfortably in one OF them.
and az they are fitted with canvas
flaps that let down at the sides
you have have as much privacy as
you wish in them.
A child's tent is sure to give a
child much happiness. He can use
IL for little garden playhouse,
for a sand pile when he is tiny.
and later on for all sorts of fasci-
mating play.
II is a very good plan II you
have some sort OF little house or
tent in the garden 10 have in it a
box containing a dust cloth which
is frequently replaced by a clean
one. With this the chairs that are
left out can always then be easily
busted. More frocks have been
ruined from soiled garden chairs
than a few, and If a dustcloth is
always at hand there is little ex
cuse for not busting the chairs.
Many cushion sought TO be In
the garden. for they are sometimes
more comfortable than chairs. Il
is an English trick TO have garden
cushions OF color that can bs
easily seen at dusk, so that they
will not be overlooked and left out
overnight. Tan and white are 81
course the best colors for this pur
pose.
There are garden cushions GOV
cred with rag tops, just like RAJ
rugs doubled over and sewed III
and stuffed with cushion centers
They cost ten dollars each bu
could be very easily made from
small rag rug by any woman wit
knack at sewing and making
things.
There are gliding and swinging
scttees that are very comfortabl
adjuncts TO porch and garden
These vary so in price that it
hard to give quotation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

A parasol is made, too, with a
doll handle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

There are perfectly square para
soils, also made of figured cretonne
or figured silk. They are especi-
ally effective when carried with
white frock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

New lingerie frocks OF batiste
and null in light shades of pink,
yellow, mauve, green and blue
show faggoting, hemstitching,
drawn work and coarse, effective
embroidery for trimming.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

Parssols, fiat and shaped after
the Japanese style, are made of
Japanese-figured cretonnes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

A child's tent Is sure to give q
child much happiness. He can use
1t for a little garden playhouse,
for a sand pile when he is tiny.
and later on for all sorts of fasci-
mating play.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

Two tassels of silk form the only
trimming TO a small sport hat. A
tassel hangs down over each ear
from the rounded edges of the
brim, which curl at the sides.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

Buttercups, huge yellow silk
ones, trim a hat OF black straw of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

Another big hat is trimmed with
a lace veil. held on irregularly, so
that il floats away at one side over
the shoulder, with huge rose.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

There are most interesting new
chairs, with wooden sides and
back and seats of hempen rope
used like splints. in green and
brown. These are new and inter
esting. and OF course they are also
comfortable.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

A negligee foundation OF silver
cloth is covered with a tunic of
mauve georgette.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

Water lilies, single ones, are
sometimes used in this way, and
the effect is particularly good. Big
white one. with glowing orange
centers, on black hats.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18
New Fashions in Little Bits

the garden-party variety. Butter
cups are favored by the milliners
on the better-class hats this spring.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

A yellow lace frock shows a
rolled and twisted girdle of yell
low and green chiffon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

NO MATTER how well fur
IL nished your house may be, 1t
q isn't we'll furnished at all un-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-18

There are garden cushions COW
cred with rag tops. just like rag
rugs doubled over and scwed up
and stuffed with cushion centers.
They cost ten dollars each but
could be very easily made from a
small rag rug by any woman with
a knack at sewing and making
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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-12-28
BRITISH NAVY iMPRoNE-=
MENTs ALARM CAPITAL

Relative fighting efficiency Of the
British and American battleships, par
Ilcnlarly at long range, are understood
70 have been called sharply to the
attention of the senate naval commit
Tee in consideration of the pending
naval appropriation bill. Naval off
aeFs N ksHx2sts be AR2gw con
ehed1eH- the point. MS the British
have virtually completed post a
nodernization OF their 17-lnch gun
ships and no start on similar work has
been made In the American navy.
The effect of the British post war
improvements, II was said In naval
circles, was to- give the entire main
British fleet a range of 10000 yards
against a maximum of about 10000
Yards for all American battleships ex-
cept the Tennessee, California. Mary
land, Colorado and West Virginia.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-12-28
WIND UP pAuoHERrY CASE

Washington.=The house judiciary
committee made preparations to wind
up before adjournment its investigation
OF impeachment charges made by Rep
resentatIve Keller, Republican, Mime.
sofa, against Attorney General Daugh-
erty. A report probably will not be
made to the house. however, until after
the Christmas holidays.
It was regarded as certain that the
committee would report II had found
no evidence TO support the charges.
The department OF justice Is prepar.
ing to file suit against the Wright
Martin Aircraft corporation for recov.
cry OF a war claim amounting to
SO 1901. 715. the judiciary committee was
told by Assistant Attorney General
Seymour.
The activities OF the government in
past Investigations Of the Wright-Mar-
tin contract were aired In some detail
vt the hearing, the cus holding the
center of the stage during most Of the
morning session OF the committee.
Representative Woodruff, Republi-
can, Michigan, appearing in connection
with charges made regarding wal
frauds prosecution, declared he was
prepared to show that a year ago Guy
d. Goff, then assistant attorney gen.
eral, inquired into the airplane com
contract and recommended
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-12-28

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the Civil
war, widows OF veterans and Civil war
nurses probably will receive Christmas
presents from the government In the
form Of increased pensions, as the re-
suit of an agreement reached by con
ferees OF the Bursum pension bill.
The bin was passed by the senate
last summer and by the house at the
recent special session. Slight differ
ences between the two houses have
been compromised and the author of
the bill, Senator Bursum. Republican.
New Mexico, has announced that he
hoped to obtain final congressional
action and the presidential signature
before Christmas.
Pensions Of veterans are increased
under the measure from $50 to x72 a
month, widows pensions from $50 TO
$50 and nurses pensions from $50
TO $50.