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Show TALL FROCKS FOR GIRLS. I School Styles in Coats and Gowns . Suitable for Misses. Through September and October chambray frocks will be needed . for girls of school age. A pretty dress for girls of 8 to 10 is made of pale blue chambray with joke and cuffs decor- ated with rinss of embroidery in feather stitch. The skirt is gathered I at the belt and is finished with three deep . tucks. Another pretty dark ! chambray frock has a box plaited j waist finished with a collar of white linen. A tie of the same material j finishes the waist and the skirt in box plaits is stitched flat half wa:' to the hem. One of the most striking suits for girls about 8 or 10 is of rose pink linen, embroidered in black and white. This is worn with a black belt and a white guimpe. Serge and challis are to be the fall materials for school frocks, as they I can be easily and successfully renovated. reno-vated. The prevailing trimming will be of braid, soutache being the favorite, favor-ite, especially now, as it can be obtained ob-tained in every shade. There is also a new plaid silk braid which has an intermingling of shining gold thread that lends a dash to a small gown which is very effective. Buttons are ; one of the trimmings which will be popular in decorating the little maid's gown, and these are carefully chosen to contrast with the ' goods and to harmonize with the braid or stitching. As usual there is a cry about the ! forthcoming plaids, which is frequently fre-quently a cry of wolf, but which from all indications will really materialize this year. A belt in leather that matches either a stripe of the plaid or the buttons is a fashionable addition to the small frock. A dark blue cashmere frock is made with deep shoulder plaits to cross surplice sur-plice fashion over a. chemisette of white challis, and with It is worn' a white leather belt. For the linen and gingham frocks which will be worn until fall the stitched linen belt, fastened with white mother of pearl buckles, is the proper one. Suspender' suits of light weight wools are to be worn for school. With guimpes oi lawn or linen, while.sailor suits with kilt skirts made of alpaca will be Avorn by the girls from 8 to 12 as soon as the weather is cool. One of the most serviceable sailor suits is of blacky serge, with two sets of white adjustable adjust-able collars and dickies, one of bril-liantine bril-liantine and the other of duck. These collars are made with big buttonholes that are turned to the inside and under the collar in buttoning on the blouse. All the sailor suits come with kilt skirts, and box and side plaits are to be used largely, as they are especially becoming to the flat and undeveloped figure. Guimpe dresses, while a little lit-tle warmer than suspender frocks, afford af-ford a way of freshening up and wearing wear-ing changes in the guimpe, which is always attractive to the school girl. In making a dress from remnants or in making over ' an older person's gown two pieces in the skirt can be used, the upper part forming a deep flounce, and a narrower flounce set underneath on a foundation. . The colors most in demand either in simple trimmed braid suits or in the combination suits made sailor, guimpe, or suspender (with a wool waist), will be red and blue, red and white, black and light blue, and dark blue and grean. Coats for little folks, instead of being be-ing short, are cut to reach to the hem of the gown, and differ little from the cut of the frock. They are made of serge for fall wear, and are cut with plaits and finished with turn over collars about five Inches wide, of crochet cro-chet lace, with little flat round cuffs to match. A belt can be worn with these as well as with frocks, and they are usually unlined, being made with carefully finished seams and with de-. tachable linings of China eilk. This allows of their being washed and ironed, if made of white serge, especially especi-ally if the part cotton kind is chosen. The little bright red reefers which are always pretty will be worn again this fall. For larger girls there are fall coats of gray and white wool mixtures. mix-tures. They have roll collars of blue colored cloth, and are fitted with "step collars" of white linen or pique, which only partially conceal the blue. The circular coat is a returning fea ture of fashion, Dotn tor young peopie and their elders. They are made in different lengths and are furnished with straps like the golf cape of yore. They are more fanciful and usually longer than the golf cape, however, some of them being made of plaid Scotch tweed, to reach nearly to the skirt. They have turnover collars of velvet and large velvet buttons, and the most luxurious are lined with thin Chinese silk. Young girls, particularly of "e high school and grammar school size, will wear them in navy blue, with blue velvet collar and buttons, and lined in burnt orange silk. For girls of this age they are cut three-quarter length, or just below the hips. Good Things to Learn. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to tell a story. A well-told well-told story is as welcome as a sunbeam in a sickroom. Learn to keep your own troubles to yourself. The world is too busy to care for vour ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If you can not see any good in this world, keep the bad to yourself. Learn to attend strictly to your own business. Very important point. Learn to hide your aches and pains under a pleasant smile. No one cares whether you have the earache, headache head-ache or rheumatism. Learn to greet your friends with a smile. They carry too many frowns in their own hearts to be bothered with any of yours. Beautiful Eyes. Light ,thin eyebrovs may be immensely- improved and rendered darker by the use of almond oil or pomatum, and it is an advantage to any eyebrow to be gently stroked with the finger after the face has been bathed. This simple habit helps to keep the hairs of the brows in place. For long and silky eyelashes somebody some-body suggests the application with a camel's hair brush every night and morning of the following wash to the roots: Rose water, four ounces; and oxide of zinc, half a drachm. Weak eyes may be strengthened by being bathed with an eye douche or sponged with simple rose water or rain water. Wine baths for the eyes are recommended as having excellent tonic virtues-, and weak eyes are also sup-tvp.i sup-tvp.i to Hnfit from the influence of arnica rubbed on the eyebrows. The uinica, however, must be carefully-kept carefully-kept from contact with the eye itself. Herb baths are good for weak eyes, sage water, rosemary water, etc., being be-ing old and good recipes for the pur pose, and an excellent soother when the eyes are inflamed, is to rub the closed lids gently with the finger tips, moving them in circles, and keeping " the touch exceedingly light. Sunday Dinner. Clear tapioca soup. Roast lamb. Mint sauce. New potatoes. Green peas Escarole. FTench dressing. Wafers. Cheese. Fruit. Coffee. Clear Tapioca Soup Soak two ta-blespoonfuls ta-blespoonfuls of pearl tapioca in a large cup of cold water four hours, then stir into a quart of well seasoned boiling clear stock and simmer tt-u minutes. Pearl sago may be substituted substi-tuted for tapioca if desired, but should be soaked four hours in cold water and -one hour in hot before it goes into the soup. j Roast Lamb. Put into the- covered roaster, dash a cupful of boiling water j over it, cover, and cook about fifteen minutes to the pound. Twenty minutes min-utes before taking it up take off the cover, rub all over with butter; dredge with pepper, salt, and flour and brown. Serve with mint sauce and never with made gravy from the pan. New Potatoes. Wash, rub the skins off with a rough cloth, put on the fire in boiling water, slightly salted, and cook until tender. Serve whole. Green Peas. Shell and wash; put them in slightly salted boiling water and cook them in this for twenty-five minutes. Drain well, turn into a hot dish, put a lump of butter the size of an egg upon them and a little pepper and salt. Girls Who Live Hygienically. This season girls who are living hygienically hy-gienically are finding more than a just reward in the admiration their beautiful beauti-ful skins excite. It looks somewhat barbarous to see a delicate girl eating heavy meats, which excite the nerves and invite facial eruptions. When one has learned to subsist on a vegetable and fruit diet they lock back to the days of "heartleB" with disgust. A man and woman were lunching together to-gether the other day. The man had a skin any woman might envy, and the woman had one not to be desired. They gave their orders, the young lady ordered steak, potatoes, and what not, and then came the man's simple order of a tomato salad, peache3 and plenty of cream. It was a good Illustration of "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are." Fruit for breakfast and luncheon and dinner Is not only appetizing but a beauty producer. Pastry of all kinds should be rejected. I Whole wheat bread is the healthy-kind. healthy-kind. Give up coffee. It will Infinitely pay you, and while If you have been accustomed to taking much and are fond of it you will have some of the sensations of him who would give up liquor, do not lose your determination, and if you can just prove to be a Daniel Dan-iel the first few days you will be one all your life when coffee is concerned. Woo Morpheus eight hours every night if you would have clear, bright eyes and a clear conscience. Go gently with muffins and crumpets and buttered toast and rice pudding, and other things like that, and see what a few months will do for you. Biscuits and Breakfast Bread. French Toast. Beat three eggs well, and add one-half teacupful of milk; dip into this mixture slices of bread and fry them in butter till slightly browned;- serve piping hot. Graham Muffins. Set tho iron gem pans on the stove to heat; . beat one egg light in a basin; add one teacupful teacup-ful of sour milk, and two tablespoon-fuls tablespoon-fuls of sugar; stir well together; add a pinch of salt; stir in graham flour to make a rather stiff batter; mix thoroughly- with the addition of one table-spoonful table-spoonful melted butter; lastly, stir in one-third teaspoonful soda, dissolved in a teaspoonful of hot water; the i batter, when ready to drop into the well heated and greased gem pans, should be so thick that it will not run from the spoon, but just drop nicely. This will make one dozen excellent gems. Rice Waffles. To one quart of sweet milk allow two coffeecups of boiled rice, and three-quarters of a cup of wheat flour; warm the milk, stir in the above named articles, add half a teacup tea-cup of homemade yeast, and half a teaspoonful of salt. Make at 12 o'clock to use for tea at G; set in a warm place; when ready to cook add two eggs well beaten; bake in waffle irons. Fritters. Two eggs, two teaspoon-fuls teaspoon-fuls of sour milk, one teaspoonful, of soda, four teaspoonfuls of butter, and flour to make a stiff batter; fry in hot lard and serve with sweet sauce. Gleanings. Odds and ends of soap can be put to a good use if, when a number of them have been accumulated, they are almost al-most covered with alcohol. This forms a thick jelly, which is readily dissolved in water, and will be found useful in shampooing, in manicuring the hands and in the bath. One housekeeper says that she uses only the red part of rhubarb for cooking, cook-ing, cutting it up without removing the skin. Instead of stewing It she balces It in the oven with sugar and a little water. A sofa pillow filled with sweet clover gives a delicious and refreshing odor. Many prefer clover to a pine filling. Matting is greatly improved if gone over with a damp cloth once a week. Do not have the cloth wet, as water rots the matting. Salt sprinkled over a low coal fire will greatly add in curling feathers. Shake the plumes constantly and do not hold them too near the fire. To revive withered flowers which have been packed or carried for some distance is not always easy. The following fol-lowing plan has been found very satisfactory: satis-factory: Plunge the stalks into very hot water and allow them to stand till the water is cold. Then cut off the ends of the stalks and arrange the flowers in cold water. Thus treated flowers will last wonderfully in vases. |