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Show I Woman's Page III To Make Old Brass Appear New Fad fox; Black and White M in Ivory Wear Toilet Articles Novelties in Entertain- lljll ment Golden Rod Wedding Pretty Questions H and Answers on Wedding Proprieties. I S?' 8 i 9 1 r 4c-J fl CLEANING HINTS. Old brass may be cleaned to look like new by pouring strong ammonia on it and scrubbing with a brush. rinse in clear water. fl Tablecloths and sheets should be Q taken off tho lino before they are !W quite dry, then folded smoothly, and ifflj laid on one side to bo Ironed the W next day. fl BLACK AND WHITE ON THE M DRESSING TABLE. fl Black and white, black and white, i M everywhere! H It Is rather strange that wc have lM not vet tired of the fad for black and l white furnishings. Perhaps, howev- I fl er, blaclc and white in our houses will I H hereafter be like black and white in B our clothes. Now that we have once jST tound out how effective it is we may Dr always use it, more or less. !m . One of the newer things is the black H and white ivory wear for toilet arti-jjf arti-jjf cles. Tho black and white are aria' ar-ia' ranged In stripes, sometimes diagonal diagon-al ' ally, and in varying widths in differ-H differ-H ent sets. ' ;S NOVELTIES IN ENTERTAINMENT. I BE At a country house, just before be- 3 f jTYY ing closed for the season, there was Clllj a delightful luncheon given for eight fHfll city guests. Everything was sug- f 111 gestive of fall; the flowers were lift asters and tho centerpiece was a fn brown basket filled with all sorts of Ms. fruit. After the repast there was 1 1 a, game of bridge, with grape juice m served from a punch bowl with bunch- m es of purple and white grapes hanging IH over the edge. The effect was love- fl iy, and'all exclaimed: "How pretty!" I DJ For prizes tho hostess had arranged jl baskets of vegetables and fruit, all I' p grown on the place and put up dalnti- g Hh y with flowers on top. HO Golden Rod Wedding. HI One of the prettiest decorative schemes Tor a fall wedding is to use tho gorgeous golden rod as the exclusive ex-clusive flower. It lends itself to either ei-ther a church or bouso ceremony equally -well; It does not wilt quickly and is found in nearly every locality. Massed in huge brown crocks and jars, it fillo corners and fireplaces; is most decorative in (flower kldor fastened to the walls, and tied with white and yellow gauzo ribbon to the ends of the reserved pews in the church it is all that can be desired. A charming canopy is made by stretching wire netting that comes by the yard, filling with vines and ferns and then studding the whole with clusters of golden rod. The brido may carry white roses and the maids yellow ones, and a beautiful effect ef-fect is made by having tho attendants in filmy white frocks over yellow slips, with yellow sashes and hair ornaments. or-naments. Have yeow candle shades, yellow Ices or icecream, yellow bonbons and if possible, nse gold-banded china. At a daytime wedding this sunshiny color is most effecMve, as it loses its radiant radi-ant brilliancy a little in an artificial light. If cake boxes are used have the monogram in goid. The most fashionable fash-ionable hour for wedding seoms to be at 4 or half atter, and this is just the time for this yellow color scheme. Everyone loves golden rod and the dainty lavender and white asters that are usually found by Its side. Questions and Answers. Please tell mo as soon as possible If the bride and her attendants may go without gloves at an evening wedding wed-ding late in September? Your department depart-ment is certainly a great help to many of us who are not sure about just tho right thing to do. Lucy. Many brides nowadays are omitting gloves, so you may go without them and feel sure that It is quite the proper prop-er thing to do. I am very glad you like this column and find it of service. serv-ice. Reply to Margaret: At a reception ono stays long enough to talk a few moments with friends and partake of refreshments. You may easily accept both Invitations Invita-tions for the same afternoon and get home In time for your own home dinner. din-ner. Reply to "Puzzled": If the family of the bride can afford af-ford it, by all means give the two attendants at-tendants their gowns, then you will be sure to have them as you wish. |