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Show Woman's Page I Question of Undeislips and Petticoats a Most Important One Just Now Summer Veils and the Appropriate Colors Picnic Eggs Recipe for Whitening Feathers A Dainty Baby Cap Blackberry Preserve, f C A CACHET FOR THE PETTICOAT. J I The rUC?tion oi petticoats is a most 16 Important one just nou. lor with the ,e llarrov. skirts and the lacy underslipf fcquired by fashion one wonders how I M girl is io acquire even that nemi-fclothecl nemi-fclothecl look thai is rather expected IS Pi her for her colored stockings will thow at ihe knees, if phe wears a lace betticoat and there Is no room for hr skir's-ho e er a hand of riMion Kout six or seven inches wide can be un on fait at tl1P knees and will greatly add to the effect of her costume cos-tume ' A'H.ii'. r . idc ribbon may be worn straipb' armmd the bust under if 'the arms and will bring out the lare 1 irassiere on t"P of her princess slip. an,l jn the if "iseted days, If the ribbon he hon''l shchtly at front and back. mn n-a'.ly he worn with a well-jnade well-jnade lace brassiere instead of a cor-3 cor-3 set. if one he of the ultra slim figure that It now en regie VEILS FOR SUMMER For the pi r I who has little color or 'who'1 '-kin loses some of Its freshness fresh-ness during th. hot day the face veil Of dotted design In single mesh wil fbe found intensely becoming if chosen Q in a deep tone of pi:rple or dark blue These shades seem to sive a smooth L look and also make the cheeks a bright pink th.,- net even the ever becoming black veil gives to hot weather DELICIOUS PICNIC EGGS. f Six hard-boiled eggs, three table- I spoonfuls of olive oil. or two of butter, one tablcspoonful of lemon juice or hvinegar one-half cup ehopped celery or meat, one teaspoonful of salt, one Iteaspoonful of onion juice and a few t grains of cayenne Ro.l the ggs 20 :minute to make the yolks mealy. ,'jnVhcn cooked place in a pan of cold i f water, cnek th shells and leave fori I five minutes, and you will have no 1 difficulty in removing the shells J I After filling the eggs pierce the two halves with a toolhpick and xrrap JV! each egg In a pieee of white tissue or paraffin paper, twining the paper at . fciboth ends to keep in place 111 A GOOD STARCH. ftS . Put into the starch vou use a little' J , soda to keep it sweet, and a leaspoon-fill leaspoon-fill of glycerine, which Imparts a dainty gloss to collars and cuffs. Clothes starehed with this mixture may stand for thirty-six hours without with-out the least danger of mildew. TO WHITEN FEATHERS Plunge the feathers In naptha. rinse in second dish of naptha and dry in the open air Place In a closed box ;.nd expose to the 6trong fumes of BUlphUr The box must be airtight, or the bleaching will not be successful. success-ful. PRETTY BABY CAPS Use white lace allover and draw the fullness in at the back with ribbon run through a tiny hem Edge the bonnet with a lace ruffle, and make long strings of fine lace insertion about three inches wide. BLACKBERRY PRESERVE. Large, juicy luscious berries should he selected. Pick and weigh, to each pound of fruit allow one pound of sugar. Spread them out separateh on flat dishes sprinkle ith sugar, set aside for one hour, then put In porcelain lined kettle with all the Juice that may have exuded. Stand kettle over fire until berries are slightly heated, then take out one by one with a spoon and spread again on flat dishes When all are out, boil syrup rapidly for fie minutes, then add the berries, stand on back part of the fire where they cannot possibly pos-sibly boil, for fifteen minutes. If they seem likely to break take instantly in-stantly from fire and stand aside to cool Then fill into tumblers or jars and put ata until perfectly cold. Fasten with tissue paper and white of egg. Blackberries may also he used for dumplings, either individual or "roly-poly.' "roly-poly.' baked or boiled ,and for tarlt3. if spiced They do not make good shortcake on account of their clogging clog-ging quality. 00 |