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Show THINGS IN THE MIDSUMMER SHOPS A most convenient and attractive parasol for the motorist costs just a little under $13. It is made of taffeta in the various fashionable shades of blue, rose, green, violet and brown. It is slipped into a leather case when it is not in use, so that it is protected from dust and dampness. There is a handle flap of pigskin. This is a season of fichus, and among the prettiest are those of cotton cot-ton net. One edged with a narrow frill, and ending in long tabs that tie in a bow at the front, is embroidered with white cotton dots and costs $2.25. Two dollars is the price of a small leather-upholstered chair of the collapsible col-lapsible sort. It is designed for use by an extra passenger in the automobile. auto-mobile. It would be quite comfortable comfort-able for a child for 'even an all-day t ! n n -n A r rrrmirr 1 it suitable for' a shorter trip. An expensive organdid collar and cuff sets may be bought for 50 and I 75 cents. They are usually made of coarse material, but their lines are j good and their trimming is simple, i They can be greatly improved in ap- pearance by working in threads of I black or color over the machine embroidery em-broidery design. An ice tea set consistinng of a cov ered glass pitcher, six tall glasses, ' with handles, six glass straws, through which the i ceeta or other cold drink may be taken, and a wicker tray to hold them all, costs $8. A similar holder containing four glasses, a sandwich sand-wich plate with a wicker cover, to protect 11 and a plnce for four bottles of beer or ginger ale, costs $10. Tis is the time for transplanting evergreens from the middle of July until the end of September. So If you want your garden to be beautiful -with green shrubs and trees next winter, send now to a florist to make inquiries about them. Glass cooking dishes are a new fad in the c6oking world, and they bid fair to find as permanent a place there as the aluminum utensils hold. Twelvo and a half cents is the prince of glass ramekins, and a very satisfac-cassorole satisfac-cassorole can bo brought for less than $2. Of course, the great advantage of this glassware is that the cook c.-in watch the process of the cooking. Another advantage is that the glass can be very easily cleaned and still another is that as glass transmits heat very quickly the timo of cooking dish Is quite presentable enough to uso as a serving dish, so that a pie, baked in a glass pie plate, or moat prepared in a glass casserole, is ready for the table when taken from tho oven. Some-times Some-times these glass dishes aro sold with metal rings into which they can be slipped when taking from tho oven. |