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Show I FOR OUR WOMEN READERS ' (WUTTSX B8PECIAIXT TOM THB BVXlOira TTTLPalAM XT KM. HXVOM B. OILUT, 6000 WAUTOI RKEBT, FBJXAEU-KIA.) ( FASHIONS AND FADS Above all other, tha season's fabric to voile. Square and round neck bodices are equally popular. Indications point to slightly fuller skirts In the fail. Tha bag with the long cord to the bag of the moment. Very fashionable are royal purple parasols para-sols with white silk linings. Lara bags over colored silk linings are caarled with evening gowns. - The pshche knot Is much In evidence Id coiffures for the evening. The embroidered dress Is hers to stay In an assured successful place. Sailor collars of satin or silk ar now veiled with black or whits chiffon. Nothing seems to diminish tha popularity popu-larity of tha collar less bodice or gown. A novel and pretty conceit from Paris Is colored sashes and shoes to match. Satin and velveteen are predicted as the leaders In suit materials for the fall. Irregufar sbn es and plenty of uncurled ostrich plumes mark the latest large hats as a rule. Their prominence in the coronation celebration has brought rich oriental fabrics again to the fore. Sweet peaa In their delicate pink. blue, and lavender ahadeg areldeal forJha afternoon hats. Hats of the grand steeplechase at Au-teull Au-teull ware enormous. Long ribbon streamers decorated soma of them. In spite of Its simple effectiveness, not one woman wears a sailor hat today, where five wore them a few years ago. Colored linings are again to be used for suits; sleeves will be long and will closely follow the contour of tha arm. X number of pretty skirts have the slash at the side or side front, which , gives opportunity for display of fetching footgear. Odd satin and taffeta coats In hsbit shape were in great favor at the recent ; great, race meetings of the French cant taL I.ace gowns, la re coats, lace tunica, lace overwaists. lace scarfs and mantels lace abundant makes a prominent part In tha summer wardrobe. For bridesmaids, lac caps are In vogue. They dmp over the hair In soft pleated frills and are trimmed with rows of silk of roo usee line flowers. IJttls coats or Jackets of changeable taffe'as are worn with voile or mull frocks. They show the high Una and the pleated frill at tka lower edge. Many of tha new parasols are In bordered bor-dered effects pongee silks with bands of Persian or Dresden satins or perhaps a HOUSEHOLD NOTES ; When washing glasswsre h It Inta the hot water side wise to avoid breaking, break-ing, t. If a new sltk skirt la pressed with hot Iron before wearing it will prevent It from cracking. Clear black coffee diluted with water and containing little ammonia will clean and restore black clothes. Hot cinders and the 11k can quickly -, be removed by sweeping the eye with small goose feather dipped la oil. When the windows refuse to slip up and down easily, take a small pieos of soap and rub It along the groove. Remove grass stains with cream of tartar and water or alcohol: tha latter lat-ter never tains tha most delicate color. To lessen the odor of wst paint pat bowls of hot water In the rooms. Tha water has tha affect of absorbing, tha paint odors. - Feathers that have grown grimy may be given a bath In alcohol, after which they should be shaken over heat or la the hot sun until dry. Burns ere best treated with olive oil on antiseptic cotton applied as hot as it can be born. This is also tha boat treatment for a discolored eye. Put a handful of oneree oatmeal la the water bottle and half fill with water. Let stand half an hour, then shake well and rinse. -The bottle will be Hke new. - Sometimes when at a loss for a sand-with sand-with filling chop pecan nuts with celery cel-ery very fins, mix with mayonnaise dressing and spread between thinly sliced whit bread. Ordinary white chalk aoeh as to need in the schoolroom for blackboard work la Invaluable as a 'household remedy for removing spots from white clothes and shoes. Wins stains on table lines ar removed by sprinkling them with salt, moistening moisten-ing wit h hot water and t be n pouiin g boiling water through the stain until it disappears. As a garniture to the commonplace scrambled eg add half a dosen mushrooms, mush-rooms, cut Into bits and cooked In S teaspoonful of butter with naif green Pepper, minced fine. Green, blue, lavender, aniline rods, purple pur-ple and pink should be soaked In alum water two ounces to a tub. Black, gray and dark blue should soaka In strong salted water. When egg yolks are nnbroken they can be kept some little time. Drop them carefully Into a cup and slowly pour water on them until they are a llttie mors than covered. To polish stoves use boiled linseed oil on the steel parts, rubbing Weil with a woolen cloth. Clean nickel with whiting and ammonia, and usa good stove polish for tha top. If you have had the misfortune to burn a kettle, it may be made smooth a rd clean by ft I ling It with as bee and water, leaving It for an hour or so, then washing wash-ing with clear water. When the pte Is ready for th oven pour cold water over It and drain; put at once Into a hot oven and It will bake a rich, brown, glossy surface and the crust will be much flakier. When half a grapefruit or melon Is left from a meal, plaoe It cut aide down on a china or agate plate, so that no air can reach It. and the fruit prill keep as though it had not been cut. Always dry white silk gloves or stocking stock-ing In the dark If one would not have them turn yellow. On this account many wash these articles at. night so they may dry before daylight A couple af tables poonfti's of bo tax In the water required for washing about flv border of plain colored taffeta. Foulards are combined with plain silks very extensively. Rarely do we see a silk dress of entirely one kind of material. ma-terial. It to Indeed a season of remnants Oirla of 14 and up are wearing their skirts very abort. Tula, of course, means pretty shoes and hosiery, as white or tan lisle or cotton stockings and pumps. New Jabots ar lace trimmed and are worn with linen suits or separate blouses. The one sided effect Is evident, a wide frill using attached to a central frill of lace. . Velvet of all colors, especially black, bids fair to bold place as trmnlng even through the hot season. Nothing more effectively tones down such vivid colorings color-ings as are now fashionable. A fashionable Idea for linen and voile frocks Is to place a twelve to slxteii-Inch slxteii-Inch colored band around tha bottom of the skirt, and men Introduce a touch of the color In the waist. pairs of light colored hose wltl remove all traces of stains fmm the leather that they may bars on them. Save a'l the empty spools, and when anv dyeing la done In the household, drop the spools into the fluid for a few minutes; they will make fine Playthings fur ths children on a rainy day. A new Ice cream free set- should be painted both Inside and out before being be-ing used. Such treatment will keep tha hoop from rusting and make the freeser last a great deal longer as a consequence. A little) rait . rubbed on th cups will take off tea stains. I's salt and water to rlean willow furniture. Apply wlt?i a brush and rub dry. A small quantity of sal put Into whitewash will make It tick better. A fruit Ice Is easily made by rubbing a nuart of fruit through a colander and adding a cupful of water as sweet as honey. Mix with this th unbeaten whites of three fresh eggs and frees, stirring constantly. Tour cake will never stick to the tin , If the latter fs carefully scoured before putting the batter Into It. Tb cake can be turned out a half miniate after It comes from th oven. This plan hag never failed. (Jlrls evening frocks tie of light sum mer silks, lawns, organdie, Swiss, etc., with val. lace and often a touch of velvet, vel-vet, especially of king's blue, Copenhagen, Copen-hagen, blue, coral or cerise. ' A novel treatment of white lawn morning morn-ing frocks Is to trim them with checked ginghams the pretty little blue and white, lavender und white and pink and white, that everybody knows and Hkcs. The Napoleonic tendency la very efrowg In Parts fashions. A elite turn of the hatbrlra. a military dash of the collar, lapel, cuffs or separate bag are the little lit-tle things that auggeat tha conqueror. Whole embroidered hats and hats with embroiderv covered crowns are shown In the millinery shops and will no doubt be seen later on with many embroidered costumes on the streets or at summer resorts. Ribbons and piece velvet are both moet generously used on hats of all kinds, and It Is thought by experts that velvet especially espe-cially wllf be strong continuously for the next twelve months In th millinery Acid. ; The vogue of th sweet pea In mllll-1 nerv haa become verv pronounced slm i Queen Msry selected that charming blossom blos-som as her favorite flower, and thereby gave an Impetus to sweet pea motifs in drt-aa goods, ribbons and accesortes. A quick and easy way to gather oa the machine Is to simply loosen the tension, ten-sion, lengthen the stitch and run a straight seam . across the goods; then draw up the straight thread until th desired fullness la obtained. A rent In a raincoat may b mended by : applying a piece of Mack silk court piastsr to the under side Of tits tsar. Draw th edges aa nearly together as possible, moisten the piaster snd press It with a cold Iron until it Is Arm. When the stesk la brought from th market remove It Immediately from th paper In witlch It la wrapped. Many aa Inexperienced housekeeper has spoiled a fins steak by leaving It In tha paper until 11 tastes of the wrapper. Before blacking my stove I rub soap oa my hands, aa if washing them, letting tha soap dry it. When washing my hands after ths work is done, the blacking and tha soap come off together easily. Waving no stsin on the bands. I know a woman who always keeps a small Dlece of whetstone In ber machine The wide Japsnese sash Is a piquant lend charming finish for dainty summer frocks. It Is fastened high In the back, i has enormous loops or bows snd la usual- ; ly of some contrasting or deeper colored satin or silk thsn the gown Itself. Girls are showing again a fancy for low neck dresses completed with second empire em-pire collars o muslin lace or embroidery. Open dresses are very becoming to a soft young neck and I lie Isrim round lingerie collars look fresh and dainty. Girls at summer tesnrts are wearing little turbans and rolb-d half large brims, ail having cn unexte-ted bow of ribbon rib-bon tied by the ribbon clerk. These hats have pert ends. -shoehorn, and usually expose the forehead, even If the hat flu closely at the aides. There Is a decided preference for evening even-ing guwns of gray, the shades being, of couise. tl"se that are at their best under un-der artificial light. Stone gray la not favored, though combined with cerise in various wavs and embroidered In silver tt has found some admirers. OSTRICH PLUMES POPULAE. Ostrir't is now dved a great variety of colors and shades. I was shown a i trio of burnt leghorns each triwmel I with feathers covering" the whole of the I shape, savs a writer in the Millinery ; Trade Review . For one it was nattier ' blu. for anitber a pretty shade of lav-j lav-j ender, for the third rreamv white ! tipped with bttrnf orange. AH three are fashioned into a sort of gypsy shape, drsTD oowa over the ears by the brim being pinched into two flutes at tt. back and rucked up behind. Another in white picat straw, soft almost a jf"Me, on the contrary i rolled off the face and romes down into the mm of the neck. This also is eov-cred eov-cred with oat rich of a deen blpe mUt s verv ilsrk blue, but with more color in it thsn navy. A similsr shspe, oely verv much smaller, in the same straw h a puf of white ostrich flecked with roo piuk r.t the edges. drawer for ahapenlng needles when they become blunted. It la a great scheme and saves a lot of needles, as I have proved to my own satisfaction. r have learned to use a gravy boat la canning and )elly-maklng. The neck la lust wide and r ha I low enough to fit well Into all sises of Jars and glasses, and tn long handle makes It possible to dtp laws boiling frull and not burn one's Angers. When making any kind of wash dresses, those for children especially, it Is -a good plan to baste a piece of tha material ma-terial on the Inside of the dress and let It be washed with It. Then when the patch has to be put on It will be the very eme color as the drees. Our doors refused to catch when they were closed, and at a slight Jar they would spring opta after we did get them shut. Finally we sent for a locksmith, and be put a few drops of kerosene on each catch, then workd toes back and forth a few times. Here Is a suggestion for easily Ironing a bonnet with a drawstring In It: Clip tha string or tape at one aide and fasten a small safety-pin In It. Smooth out the fullness, letting th pin snd string slip back in the casing. When Ironed take hold of the pin and run It out. An excellent treatment for shoes that have t-en rain-soaked Is to rub vacellm well Into ths leather when nearly ttry I This will do wonders toward removing ! the bad effects of the wetting, and prevent pre-vent the shoes from cracking or becoming hard aod uncomfortably to the feet. I have many a head acne during the summer, and have st last found the reason rea-son for them: the strong sunlight hurts my eyes. I have learned to wear dark blue glasses while doing many tasks out of doors, such as banc ing up clothes, sprinkling the lawn, etc., and bava sa cured relief from lbs practice I Some of the large bats are made to ; droop st th.- tdes, generally more on one aide (where the brim almoet toochrs the curve of the shoulder) than on the other side. One of these baa the brim folded over hark and front but not in th stiff manner of a Napoleon. This is in soft white taal bordered with narrow black velvet, and nearly the whole of the right aide aad a nor-: nor-: tins of the crown are covered with a qnaotitv of wild honeysuckle, from the left aide of which juts 'a bunch of barley bar-ley in banana hued iisse bearded with white aigrette. |