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Show ERE I u splendid way to keep bread fresh. After baking, let It cool, then put in paper bags, twist up the top of the bags and put in a bread jar. This keeps the air out, does way with constant con-stant washing of the jars." and keeps the braid fresh for a long time. Recently Re-cently a housewife made a large batch of bread, part of the family went away, and so she had a good deal of stale bread on hand. When her baking bak-ing time came she rolled the hard bread into very fine crumbs and mixed mix-ed It in with new sponge The bread was fine and nothing was wasted. ET?2 0U know how hard It Is to car-m car-m m ry a ba6 aud a muff at the 15SJ same time. An ingenious woman made two big satin envelopes the same color as the lining of her muff. Then she turned her muff Inside out. To the muff lining she stitched these two envelopes, putting put-ting snaps on the flaps to close them. Then she turned her muff back again, right sldo out. In one envelope sho carries her change or her change purse. In the other her beauty paraphernalia. para-phernalia. She no longer has to keep thinking whether she has both hag and muff In her hand, for she leaves her bag at home when she carries u muff. HINY crib sheets can bo had with hemstitched ends, and It Is only necessary to add the embroidery design. The top of the sheet Is turned down to a depth of eight Inches and the design embroidered em-broidered with satin stitch. Many pretty effects can bo obtained with dots. Make a border of Interlaced rings formed of dots of graduated sizes. The edge of tho top Is buttonhole button-hole stitched. Another design Is an arrangement of daisies, while a third has a gracefully trailing vine along the hemstitched border. Baby blankets blan-kets of lamb's woe' are lovely for the carriage, bassinet or crib. Cut the cover tho dimensions required, and bind the edges with two or ce-inch ribbon. In order to keep the binding even it should bo basted first T'S a great question whcthei Hi the "eye-concealing" hat HUH which is now popular in Paris and London, will acqulro popularity pop-ularity here. Somehow, American women like to aeo as well as be Been And, especially if ono haa eyes thai are good to look at, it seems foolish to try to hide them uuder a lace covering. cov-ering. Of course, it will be argued that there is a certain effectiveness In mystery, but mystery on a wholesale scale might pall. Dress experts say they would not be at all surprised, however, to sec the fashion parade assume as-sume the nature of a Turkish procession proces-sion if the new style makes a hit While our imitative facility in dress is highly developed. It remains to be seen whether the hat and others like it will make as powerful an appeal to Chestnut street as it does to Picadllly and the Boi.9. (KS HE new petticoats are tho fluf-nj fluf-nj Hi flest, daintiest pieces of wo-KkII wo-KkII men's wear that can be Imagined, Im-agined, and are full of the bewitching be-witching frou-frou of attractive lingerie. ling-erie. Spangled chantilly flounces are of widths requiring two or three tiers and aro hung over silk or net accordion accor-dion pleated. Such a petticoat answers an-swers as the lining for a net, crepe, chiffon or lace frock as well as a silk one. Plain net petticoats have numerous nu-merous ruffles, plain tops and a flounce nearly covered with tiny box-pleated box-pleated quillings, keeping it light and airy. These make exquislto petticoats for dancing gowns of silk, crepe, chiffon, chif-fon, etc. The fact that only the softest soft-est materials are used permits manipulation manip-ulation of the fabric into pleats, puffings puff-ings and shlrrings. WHEN you repeat something which some ono has told you, be careful to glvo it the samo meaning as the one who imparted im-parted the information. Often the change of one word puts an entirely different meaning to a story, which leaves a wrong impression. If you had a cataract on ono eye, anc' you contemplated a simple operation In time which would effect a cure, how would you like to bear that you had "gone blind?" Perhaps your father has moved his busiaess to a distant city 1 where there is an asylum for tho in-saue. in-saue. Under these circumstances how would you liko to hear in a pub-! pub-! lie place that your father had "gone crazy?" Yet this very thing happened. Au incorrect Intonation gave tho impression im-pression that the man had gone to tho ' asylum and a stupid friend mlscon-, mlscon-, strued the statement- Some people, 1 too, like to add just a little sensational touch to whatever they repeat. They I think it pl l !8 "pep." Satisfy your vanity In somu other I way than pervorUig tho truth. |