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Show Woman's Page Real Trick of Good Salad is in the Mixing of Ingredients Several New Things for Salad Mixing New Dishes and Devices for Serving Dark Blue Still Holds Popularity Covert, Sand and Putty Fashionable for Spring Suits Laundry Helps Pure Dress Linen Should Never Be Starched To Make Ironing Easier. "The stars incline but do not comp! Horoscope (Copyright. 1915. b :ho McCIlire Newspaper Syndicate I Thursday, February 11, 1915. According to astrology this Is an unimportant day, for none of the plan-its plan-its exercises a strong influence. While Uranus and the Sun are mildlv benefit bene-fit in their sway, Jupiter and Mercury are adverse. The gign is encouraging for journeys jour-neys that have business as their ! goaI . , . , This is an auspicious Umo for DO: ginning long trins and for making changes for the purpose of improving domestic and financial conditions. The star? BT fairly encouraging for the Panama-Pacific exposition. Railways will benefit, but they have the augury of labor troubles ann" heavy losses through accidents and strikes. Postoffice affairs are subject to n away that is not fortunate Scandals and" graft may be uncovered in districts dis-tricts least open to suspicion, astrol-4 astrol-4 oger8 declare. This should be a fairly lucky rule for friendships between men and women, hut they arp warned agalnal tbo tendenc toward romance and sentiment, which is termed madness v.-, tVio upcrfi "Under this configuration the imaginative imagi-native faculties should be active. It a government that is conducive to discoveries in OOCult science and to astonishing inventions. Improvements in aerial navigation, so long presaged h the stars, are liVelv to bring fame to Americans Discontent among tTnlted States armv officers is indicated by tn Planets. Military affairs will oc cupy public attention during tne coming com-ing months. As Tuplter transits the progressed Sun this month, astrologers interpret the direction as beneficial to the nation na-tion and Indicative of increased honor and prestige for the President of the United States, who will receive decorations deco-rations from foreign rulers, it Is predicted pre-dicted Music is to gain unusual attention in this country Prom 191" the astrologers as-trologers declare that the I nited States will be recognized as the center cen-ter of artistic endeavor and the home of great interpreters and composers. Persons whose blrthdate it Is should avoid speculation Their bust neSB will require undivided attention Those ho are emploved should be careful Children born on this day are likely like-ly to have uneventful careers Girls have the augurv of marriage with elderly persons These subjects of Aquarius often have an exceedingly practical trend of mind. oo DAINTINESS IN SALAD MAKING. Or course, it is perfectly possible to mix a good salad in a stoneware bowl with two sticks for fork and spoon The real trick of a good salad is in the mixing, not in the implements im-plements in and with which it is mixed. But it is far pleasanter to mix a salad with the dainty paraphernalia parapher-nalia provided for that purpose in the Bhons. This year there are sev- eral new things lor salad mixing, nd in serving salad, too, the new dishes and devices that mav be bought for the purpose are decidedly attractive. H There are several sorts of little salad mixing sets that consist of a tray or holder containing an oil cruet, a vinegar cruet and two or three shakers sha-kers for salt and pepper. The tray contain also a little silver dish in which the French dressing is to be mixed. This dish is made with a handle convenient for holding, and a lip from which the dressing is to be non red Perhaps wooden mixing sets, con sieting of big fork and spoon, are best, but those of silver are also good and so are those of bone and ivory Eli The flat silver or silver and glass dish with the little cheese plate in the center the flat part for wafers is by now a usual adjunct to the salad course Somewhat newer is the flat dish with a little silver holder hold-er for a glass cup in the center the glass cup for the softer sorts of cheese. There are good, deep, silver boats 10 hold the sorts of salad dressings that are decidedly liquid in nature and that are passed after the salad Is served. Such a boat is needed for the dressing, which is a combination of oil, vinegar, cayenne pepper and roquefort cheese. There are good, deep silver boat fashioned casters, holdlne bottles for 011 and vinegar, and shaker for pepper, pep-per, cellar for salt that are attractive attrac-tive for use when the dressing is poured directly over the salad as it is made. The tray with the mixing dish is tar more convenient, however, "vhen the dressing is to be mixed before be-fore it Is poured over the salad, as he little mixing dish is always at (and with the other ingredients and implements. HOLDING ON TO DARK BLUE. Those who are in the business ot selling clothes are interested in the act that the buying public has not had its fill of dark blue It ask6 for ! it as often now as it did In Septem-I Septem-I ber. despite the growing popularity of covert, sand and beige as well as putty These shades are at the j height of fashion, although the mau-iufacturera mau-iufacturera say thai they were not in-I in-I eluded n tin1 color card which la sent :ouf from th mills of Paris for spring use, and which USUallj rules the out I put her3. The American manufacturers, manufactur-ers, however will make and sell those shades, and there is every reason to suppose that the women will continue to like them. For a time they have been ranked as exclusive colors, now 'they will go out broadcast to th- continent. They are admirable- for spring, giving one a little rMif from the uniformity of b'ue, hut they -dently will not oust it. Tor spring it will come out in several sev-eral kinds of silk, as there is little doubt that this fabric will be the one to reckon with for severnl months. Taffeta will again be brought forward but women seem to prefer it for informal in-formal evening gowns rather than for everyday frocks. ith a bullion design de-sign or a flowered surface, it will be the smart fabric for dinner frocks, as the Louis Philippe styles need t It is onl fashionable in light colors and in white, In black It is taboo LAUNDRY HELPS. Here is a good way to remove zrease spots from colored materials. Fee a piece of French chalk, putting :t over the staiu and holding over It a hot iron to melt the grease, while the chalk absorbs It. When wine is spilled on the table cloth, if the stain is immediately covered cov-ered with table salt and soaked in boiling water after the meal is finished, fin-ished, the stain will be entirely removed. re-moved. Pure dress linen should never be starched. Linen should be Ironed while very' damp and the result will be a flue glossy fin'sh An excellent way to render children's chil-dren's clothes fireproof is to rinse them In wafer to which an ounce of alum has been added. To make the task of ironing easier if a small piece of white laundry' wax shout the size of a small lump of sugar su-gar is put in the starch while it is hot, and then the clothes dampened with hot water before ironing, the irons will run smooth and the clothes will have a delicate gloss. To preserve clothespins and clothesline clothes-line and keep them flexible and durable, dur-able, they should be boiled in clea-water clea-water for a few minutes and dried quickly. This should be done twice a month. To remove blue stamping marks from embroidery pieces I offer my method which has never failed. Rub lard Into the marks first, letting it stay on for an hour or so, according to the spot, then wash in the usual way. |