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Show II THE NEW VELVET COATS. I It Is a good stroke of fortune that ! the designers originated short coats for this summer, otherwise, women K would be trailing lengths of velvet J from cellar to shoetops. f. A minimum amount of heat is given J by the short blazers that have come Into fashion with the usage of vel vet. , The short, plain skirt is of wash white satin, fastened at each side ol the front with ornamental pearl buttons. but-tons. The square coat is of exceedingly exceed-ingly supple and thin panne-velvet, lined with white satin, and the sev- eral pockets, the cuffs that flare over the heads and the cape collar are bound with white satin. The hat, which runs out to extreme points over each ear, .points that are as graceful and irregularly balanced as the wings of a gull, has a Mexican Mexi-can crown trimmed with two white splashes of feathers, You may rebel against such a costume cos-tume for the first of August, but there is every reason to suppose that it will be given to you as a first fashion the first of September. SOFT CAKE FROSTING. This is the simplest and best frosting recipe that can be found. Take enough brown sugar to make the required amount, wet it with either sweet or Bour cream, add a lump of butter and let boil until it is quite thick. Take it from stove and beat until nearly cold, then spread on cake. It soon gets like tho finest fudge Never hard. If chocolate frosting is desired, add either cocoa or chocolate to tho sugar. If any particular flavor for white frosting is wanted, just use the extract and white sugar in place Df brown. This never fails and makes iny kind of a cake good. CANNING AND PRESERVING. To can vegetables, such as green beans, lima beans, also corn, prepare eans as for cooking, place in jars ud fill jars with cold water. To jach jar add one teaspoon -salt. Place )n lids C but not tightly), then place unall boards (such as berry crate Ids) in bottom of wash holler, so as1 o keep jar off the bottom of boiler. ?ill boiler with cold water, leaving ibout two inches of the can above he water, and boil steady for Tour lours; then remove from boiler, put in new rubbers and screw lids on ight. As the water evaporates in (oiling, add only boiling water. Be ure to keep plenty of water in oiler. |