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Show I Woman's Page R I LI. I So Far Black Velvet Hat Trimmed With White Flowers Is Choice of American Women for Autumn Fewer Turbans Tur-bans Seen French Canotiers With Low Trimming the Latest Five Excellent Recipes Oysters and Tripe Palatable Sunday Morning Breakfast Dish in Cold Weather. J BLACK VELVET COMBINES WITH : WHITE. J Paris First, it was the white satin J hat that the milliners offered as the J last thing in headgear, and now tt 1 is the black velvet hat again '' Evidently there is no road thai leads far away from this kind of mil 1 linery. It is not easy to tell whether rl the milliners went to get away from 1 It, or whether the women will not -.a' permit it 3 Tt Is easily seen, by watching buy crs. that the preference goes toward 1 that color rather than any other this 3 could be sorrowfully explainer! if rhf j) buyers were French women who con Tl sider it in better taste to avoid col lJl ors while so many thousands of their vl country women are in mourning; this j decision was reached In tho first ,1 week of the war and was quite In i keeping with the national air of sol :'f emnity with which these people went M to battle. M Buying by Americana. 9 But there are constant openings in all centers of fashion because the M. Americans are plentiful and seem to H have money to buy a few clothes, if jj not the usual amount. This is for 3 reasons of necessity, as eery traveler j has lo6t baggage somewhere along la the line; also for reasons more hll mane the giving of employment to girls and women who have no other ;J means of staving off starvation 1 In thiB especial field the Individual 1 charities of American women have j been numerous, but necessarily re H atrlcted on account of the paucity of 3 luggage allowed by the railroad au J thoritles. However, there have been 31 new fashions galore, for the French 4 designers had all their things ready Vi by the fifth of August and managed to conduct the semi-annual openings Ij as usual. I The great shops have been able to pull together and reopen, and the gal lerles Lafayette, as usual, have come to the front with remarkably good fashions at moderate prices. At all the milliners the race is be tween the black hat trimmed with white, and the white hat trimmed in its own color Women prefer the former, although there is no doubt that the lack of color tells seriously on the looks of the average woman It is difficult to understand why every woman thlnkB she can wear all black No amount of arguing will persuade her otherwise. She will buy a hat in this somber 1 shade, putting it on with any and every gown, and feel that sense ot security given by the tradition that black is the ace of trumps In the game of dress White Flowers; Black Hats. This season, fashion has arranged a better scheme for her, so that her undoing will not be easily acconi plished It demands that the large black velvet surface be trimmed with white. Velvet flowers are among the first choice although they arc not new; and waxed leaves, white silk ro ses, a plain band of grosgrain rib bon arranged In a flat bow, are among the garnitures exploited. Fewer turbans are seen than for three years. What the French call canotiers are in first style; the are an enlarged sailor shape, with a flal crown. Nothing stands upright. All trim 1 ruing Is low and has the effect of be ing plastered on the soft surface. RECIPES. Biscuit Sandwiches. Roll biscuit dough er thin about like pic crust and spread with but ter. Then roll another and put on top of this. Cut out and bake in l quick oven hen done, pull apart and spread while hot For filling take equal parts of chicken and ham seasoned with celery salt and cayenne pepper, moisten with mayonnaise. Cheese Souffle. One cupful of sweet milk, one tea spoonful or salt, one tablespoonru' each of butter and flour, three eggs beaten separately, one-fourth pound of rich cheese, grated, and a dash ot paprika Thicken the milk with the flour, add seasoning and cheese Pour this over the beaten yolks, add the whites, beaten stiff and bake 20 or 30 minutes This Is a light and di gestible dish. Lemon Dumplings. Half a pound of bread crumbs, ha'f a pound of finely chopped suet, p quarter of a pound of dried flour, the rind and the juice of one lemon ana two eggs. Mix together well, form into dumplings, tie In cloths and boil two hours Orange Salad. A fancy salad offers the combine tlon of lettuce, oranges, plmolas or stuffed olives and English walnuts On the crisp lettuce leaf is heaped thin slices of the small oranges, half sections of the walnuts and the pimo las cut in two lengthwise all dressed with French dressing rich in oil the Italian oil preferred. W hlte vin egar and half a teaspoonful of sugar are used with Italian oil and the usual proportions of salt, pepper or pap rika. Oysters and Tripe A palatable Sunday morning break fast dish during cold weather Is a combination of oysters and tripe. Boil until perfectly tender one pound ot honeycomb tripe and cut into narrow-strips narrow-strips Place in a saucepan one ta blespoonful of butter and one small onion, chopped fine Cook under a cover until soft, but not brown. Add one tablespoonful of flour gradually one-half cup of milk and when they begin to boll put in the tripe and 25 oysters. As soon ns the gills of the oysters curl season with one-half tea spoonful of salt and a dash of pep per, and serve |