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Show Woman's Page II American Women at Best in Afternoon Frocks Champagne Shades and Dull Blues Preferred Glass as Hair Orna-I Orna-I ment Spun Glass Aigrettes Most Effective Glass Tiaras Show a Design in Flowers and Leaves Amber Colored Glass Very Stun-I Stun-I ning A Few Timely Household House-hold Hints. AFTERNOON COSTUMES It 1b a well known fact that the I American woman is at her best In af-- af-- ternoon costume To the English woman belongs the trim morning frock to the Russian woman the I glory of the evening gown, to the I French, the charm of the negligee $irtd the filmy dance frocks, but Araer-glcan Araer-glcan women reign supreme as far as' the afternoon gown is concerned. Afternoon gowns play an important .Vwpart, too, nowadays; it is the after-noon after-noon gown that a woman wears to a luncheon, to a matinee, to the dan-I dan-I sant, to the art exhibit, the wedding, and all the festivities of modern life 3 with the exception of the dinner . dance and theater. In consequence, the salient fea- lures of the afternoon gown are of 5j paramount importance to the well- dressed woman, and these according to Paris are wide, girdleless. endiDg ,. in bustle loops, lace tunics and I blouses on frocks of taffeta, or tus-'bjigab, tus-'bjigab, the side looping of skirts, the ifctjuse of artificial flowers as trimming, HjjT, the vogue of tasselB and novel colon col-on lars. The preference for frocks of cham-tha cham-tha pagne shades and dull blues is very H marked, most of the great designers MB having chosen the colors to carry out H itheir initial frocks for the spriug. S One of these Is of champagne taffeta Iprith a tunic of coffee-colored lace I that Is tucked up at the back Into a I bustle like fullness accentuated by I tbe wide loops of a dull brown sash. I The bodice is extremely transparent, Ml being of the coffee-colored lace, with m touches of goid, made up over flesh- 1 pink chiffon and cloth of gold. A k-et corsage bouquet of bachelor buttons I lends a sharp note of color, and the toj whole effect is charming. fc. f ! GLASS AS HAIR ORNAMENT jL Glass as a material for coiffure or-b&ments or-b&ments is steadily making Its way II Into faor Under a strong light spun glass aigrettes are most effective, es- penally when of white, combined 1 with emerald green, sapphire blue, U ruby red or golden yellow Often with these aigrettes are min- gled slender spirals of gold set with , jj diamonds, pearls or other rare stones, jju and if a woman who needs a tiara jtcahnot afford one in jewels she ma Fj,e obtain a good effect with glass j Some of these glass tiaras show a , design In flowers and leaves attached to a skeleton latticing in silver or Lu gold Rosebuds with their foliage jjjjjjarp favorites, but so are white wild daisies and any of the smaller field n blooms. I Clusters of oak or mistletoe leaves a are used with good effect In glass tiaras, and, in fact, any sort of foliage tnlthat It 16 not over-large may cor-jirectly cor-jirectly be used, excepting, of course. Tthe strawberrj leaves sacred to the JEnclish du'.hess. ? Coiffure ornaments and tiaras in mbcr or in amber-colored glass are tunning looking on a brunette beau-TJtv. beau-TJtv. and for blondes there are fetch-2'np fetch-2'np effects in all-jet or in jet coin-j3bined coin-j3bined with paste, pearls or opals. HOUSEHOLD HINTS A waste paper basket in a bathroom bath-room is a real convenience. An application of kerosene oil will draw the sting from a burn. Paint the inside of bureau drawers with white enamel If you would have them alwayB fresh and easy to keep clean Steel articles should be dustad daily, and' once a week polished alternately al-ternately with fine emery paper and emery powder mixed with oil or paraffin par-affin If you are afraid of draughts, have screens covered with coarse muslin to fit into jour windows ju6t like ordinary fly screens and use them at night. Barley is not used as extensively as It should be It Is excellent In soups and delicious as a cereal, but In the latter case it needs long cooking cook-ing in n double boiler A matter of vital consideration in a successful home is the color of the roomB. It should be simple 3nd rest ful always, because home is a place of refuge. A delicious Icing is made with one and ono-half pounds Icing sugar, three whites of eggs and the juice of a lemon. Blend thoroughly and beat hard for half an hour. Stains may be remcned from aluminum alumi-num cooking utenafflg by oxalje acid crystals four tablespoons to a gallon gal-lon of water. Let boil in the dishes for five minutes, then a6h them and rinse carefully For apple fluff, stew four larpe apples ap-ples till tender, pass through a sieve, add sugar to taste, a little spice and the whites of two pkss Whisk the whole till fluffy and pile high in a glass dish or serve In jelly glasses. |