The Lake County times. [volume], September 23, 1910, EVENING EDITION, Image 15

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Lirn kimono enters largely Into
the comfort and well being of
milady during the summer
months. And lfs a charming
garment, useful and-attractive, when
not abused, but that It Is abused by
some women who appear In kimonos
of uncertain attractions In and out of
season Is a well known fact.
At a summer seaside boarding house
recently a half dozen or so of girls
congregated in the room of the most
popular member of the "bunch" for a
talk over well, you know the sort of
topics a lot of pretty up to date girls
love to discuss! Each of the girls was
clad In a kimono, and perhaps the
most fetching of all was that worn by
a bright debutante from New Tork
city. About the only thing that was
at all kimonlsh(?) belonging to this
garment was the sleeves, which wero
of the regulation flowing variety cut
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bow. The material was -a charming
white St. Gall swiss scattered with
dots and patterned with daisies. The
rather scant skirt had a deep hem at
the bottom, edged with embroidery
beading threaded with yellow satin
ribbon exactly matching the golden
heart of the marguerites. The short
walsted bodice crossed in surplice
fashion and was trimmed with a frill
of plaited lace on the "crossed" side,
headed with the ribbon run beading.
The wide sleeves had also an effect of
this kind as a- finish. About the
slightly heightened waist was a wide
piece of beading run with the ribbon
DELICIOUS FROZEN DESSERTS
No matter where you live, whether
in town or country, the surest way to
make the house cool Is to keep the
windows shut during the day. - The
house has had a good - airing during
the night if the windows have been
wide open. Then when you close them
ail day and open them at sundown the
atmosphere will be delightfully cool. '
Life in tropical countries during hot
weather , would be Impossible unless
this procedure were followed. It is a
fine plan, therefore, before the sun be
gins to strike warmly on the house for
the housekeeper to see that every
blind in the place is closed. It makes
no difference if the sun does not reach
that particular window; the mere fact
that the temperature is affected . is
enough to require that it shall be ex
cluded.
In the country a greater current of
air may be secured by "bowing" the
blinds. This consists in putting them
on a short hook that will hold them to
gether at the outer edges, so that the
latter two just meet.- This means that
the blinds are about one-quarter open.
A long hook, going from the window
sill to the bottom of the blind. Is re
quired to prevent the wind from blow
ing in quite flat. : In this way the sun
is kept out, while a draft is created.
Windows and blinds in the country
may be opened Just as soon as the sun
goes down because: foliage does not
hold heat, and when the sun goes none
is left. But in town pavements and
buildings throw off heat for several
hours after sundown, and it is well to
delay opening the windows until after
dusk.
To arrange d room so the windows
can be opened at the top Is highly de
sirable, and in the third or top story
of a country house this method should
be considered Imperative. No place
holds more heat than the roof, and its
speedy egress must be arranged for.
If the windows opeft only at the bot
torn the top story will not cool off be
fore morning unless there is an air
chamber above, but with the tops
down it will be fresh in a couple of
hours.
A hand shower to use in the bath
tub is an Indispensable article for com
fort in hot weather. Unfortunately it
is expensive. During nights that are
too humid to sleep one or two showers
may be taken without Injury, and they
refresh the body, sometimes by reduc
ing the temperature and so making
rest possible.
In Byron's time It may have been a
waste of time to "seek ice in June."
But In these days it appears in large
quantities on every well appointed din
ner table all through the summer. It
clinks refreshingly against the sides
of the water glasses, chills the salad
and the fruit and often constitutes the
last course. Summer, in fact, is the
season for frozen desserts, and of all
frozen desserts there Is none more de
lightful than biscuit glace. Particu
larly is it suited to festive occasions.
The varieties of biscuit glace are
well nigh legion, one form calling for
a sherbet, another for a mousse, and
so on in fact, one may use any com
bination that strikes one's fancy pro
viding It is appropriate in color and
flavor and the main part of the mix
ture is frozen. Sometimes the molds
or cases are filled with a single frozen
preparation and decorated with maca
roon crumbs or candied fruits or with
a fine meringue that has been browned
with a redhot salamander. - Some
times the dessert is garnished with
spun sugar.
A biscuit glace is always a froze-i
mixture in individual forms. The cook
books which print recipes for fancy
Jellies and other concoctions ijnder
this title do not act in accordance
with the best French authority.
The following recipes are simple
enough for the ordinary housewife to
follow:
Use naif a cupful of sugar to a pint
of cream, measured before whipping.
Pack the cases In a tin box or flat
mold. Seal them hermetically by rub
bing butter liberally over and Into the
crevices between mold and cover.
Bury in Ice and salt, using five pints
of salt to a gallon mold. Let the cases
remain packed In the freezer for five
or six hours.
Instead of the whipped cream ithe
molds may be filled with plain vanilla
ice cream or .' with, lemon ice cream.
Occasionally French candled fruits
cut into dice are stirred into the ice
cream. Cherries and limes are gen
erally considered best for this purpose.
Sometimes when prepared in this
fashion the mixture is served In, glass
molds.
For still another variation fill up the
paper cases with Ice cream, cover the
top with raspberry ice and decorate It
with French candied fruits cut In fancy
shapes. After freezing serve each lea
on a white doily spread over a crystal
plate. Instead of the raspberry ice
cherry ice may be used. Fruit water
Ice Is often used with a plain vanilla
mousse and makes an attractive des
sert.. The mousse may be merely
piled into the cases and sherbet spread
over the top, so that it will completely
hide the mousse. It will be easier to
prepare in this way than to use the
sherbet as a lining, and it will taste
just as good.
SUMMER COIFFURE PROBLEM
ending in a chou with long ends at one
side of the front.
Any girl could make such a kimono
for herself at small expense and with
little expenditure of time. Cotton
crape of the new thin silky weave Is
an idea for a vacation lounging robe,
as the material lends itself beautifully
to packing, coming out of the trunk
as fresh and unwrirled as when It
went in.
One of the girls at this conference
was gorgeously arrayed in a china silk
matinee with a black background lib
erally besprinkled with big bluets. The
design is rather an unusual one for
silk, and the effect Is very striking.
Velvet ribbon of the same blue as the
flowers trimmed the matinee. Of
course it was not a really warm
weather kimono, but it was "stun
ning," as one of the girls said.
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Women have wide fields of oppor
tunity open to them this summer, for
the modes of the moment uphold the
combination of two or more materials,
a fact that holds good in the realm of
the kimono.
In gowns and suits there are combi
nations of linen and cretonne, the lat
ter introduced as facings for collar
and cuffs or as pipings and vests for
suits.
Again the unusual combination of
sheer fabrics with heavy linen comes
to us in charming forms straight from
Paris.
English eyelet embroidery is back
again enjoying a popularity equal to
that of a few seasons ago, and many
of the smartest lounge sacks and mati
nees are made of English all over,
combined with sheer batiste.
Remnants have greater possibilities
than ever this season. , With a short
length no practical woman need de
spair, for anything can be combined
with another remnant to form a mod
ish dress or negligee.
So do not neglect the combination of
different materials this summer. It Is
the note of the season, and if you wish
to be well dressed you can accomplish
it by a clever alliance of fabrics and
colors. CATHERINE TALBOT.
A FAMOUS BLACKBERRY JAM
Here Is the famous recipe for mak
ing blackberry jam that Is used by the
widow of John J. Ingalls, who for so
many years represented the state of
Kansas in the United States senate:
Take two gallons of blackberries,
carefully pick them over and thor
oughly wash in cold water. Place In
a preserving kettle and pour over one
quart of water and cook until soft, be
ing careful that they do not burn.
Stir at intervals with a wooden spoon
to break up the fruit.
Remove from the fire and press all
through a sieve into a large stone or
earthen ware jar, avoiding tin. Stir
the pulp thoroughly. Take one quart
and put into the kettle and when It
bolls add one quart of granulated sug
ar previously heated in the oven.
Bring to a boil and let it cook rapidly
for fifteen minutes, shaking the kettle
from time to time, so it will not' stick
to the bottom.
When it begins to jelly it is done.
This can be tested by slipping a silver
spoon into cold water, then taking up a
little of the boiling jam and dropping
it slowly in a saucer. If it hardens it is
done. One accustomed to preparing it
can usually tell by the peculiar sound
of the bubbles as they break.
Pour Into small jars and when cold
seal tightly and place in a dry place.
Never try to make more than a quart
of the Jam at a time. It will take no
more time to prepare a little, and it
will be better in every way. "T pre
pare the fruit" says Mrs. Ingalls, "one
day and set it away in the cellar and
make the jam the following morning."
A VACATION GAME.
When you want to entertain a few
friends on the porch some evening try
the vacation game. You will have to
distribute strips of pasteboard on
which are written such riddles as
these. The answers here given were
omitted on the cards handed to the
guests:
Where should the restless go for
their vacation? Rome.
Where should those who wish to re
main some time go? Tarrytown.
Where might very thin people find
It healthy? Dublin.
What Massachusetts or Ohio city
Is Ideal for a picnic? Springfield.
What Is the dustman's best resort?
Asheville.
Where might railroad men summer?
Carlisle.
Where should royalty feel most at
home? Castleton.
What cape ought to attract anglers?
Cape Cod.
What town Is best for ship and boat
builders? Salem (sall'm).
A list of any desired length could be
easily worked up from a school atlas.
Half an hour Is a good time limit, and
there might be an inexpensive prize
for the cleverest set of answers.
AN UP TO DATE NOTION.
One of the fancies of up to date
housewives Is the marking of kitchen
linen in their own script to indicate its
various uses, such as "glass," "china,"
"silver," "dish towels," "servants' lin
en," etc. The words are embroidered in
white or a color at 25 cents a dozen.
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TO PREVENT FADED HAIR.
Do jou want streaked hair of seven
teen different shades when next fall
comes around?
If you do not you must make up
your mind to wear a hat during the
summer.
A bother, you say? Of course. Did
you ever know anything connected
with keeping fresh that wasnt a
bother?
But it Is not half as hard as spend
ing time and money later getting over
the effects of sunburned hair.
Too strong a dose of sun acts on the
hair by drying the natural oils in the
scalp- and then burning, just as a hot
flatlron scorches linen.
If it is Impossible for you to wear a
hat' oil" must' be rubbed' regularly Into
the scalp to counteract this drying ef
fect. Remember that the most beautiful
hair in the world comes from the
peasant women of Brittany, who keep
their heads covered with their little
white caps.
iJIXING one's hair In summer Is a
much more trying problem than
arranging the winter coiffure. Only
the woman with curly hair Is In com
fort. After so many seasons of waved
hair, puffs and curls It Is hard to get
accustomed to the demure hairdress
lng which is considered so smart. The
swirl Is too heating for summer, so
most women welcome the return of
puffs because of their adaptability.
They can be pinned at any angle that
is becoming. They do not take up
much space, and for this reason they
do not heat the head.
For women who cannot go without
a pompadour of some sort there is to
be recommended the thin roll of curly
hair across the front and sides and the
drawing of their own hair over It with
the ends made into a knot at the crown
of the head. This knot is covered or
surrounded with a few puffs. The coif
fure to be seen in the picture Is a
charmingly simple and modish way of
doing the hair.
LEARNING TO REST
Any one with the will to do so can
learn to work, but very few learn how
to rest.
Sleeping is not always resting;
neither is doing nothing a good form
of rest. There are certain forms of
Indolence that are more fatiguing than
hard work. Real rest presupposes
sufficient sleep and enough of the loaf
ing spirit to get off tension, but it
means more than that.
One of the surest rests is in relaxing.
Change of occupation is resting. So
also is a change of scene and view
point. If you live in the city, especially if
y6u are a brain worker, get Into the
RAINY DAY HINTS. s
When there Is danger of a wet car
pet from the overflow of dripping um
brellas on rainy days put a large
sponge in the bottom of the umbrella
stand to absorb moisture.
If you have a stand of china which
is easily broken put in the bottom of
it a rubber mat or rubber tubing colled
into a flat the desired size.
Never put an umbrella carelessly
into a stand or you may thrust It
through the silk of one already there.
Many a good umbrella is ruined in
this way.
If you have borrowed an umbrella
never put it in a public stand, es
pecially If it is not marked. You may
be mortified to have it carried off and
not be able to return it through no
fault of your own.
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TF a girl nowadays does not play ten
nis well, she Is decidedly out of
It. She may not be a champion player
like Miss Sutton, still she will have to
amble pretty nimbly with the racket
to be called a "really truly summer
girl."
And for the girl who does play tennis
this shirt waist has been especially de
signed. You can see how perfectly
adapted It is for the business in hand.'
The neck Is comfortably low and fin
ished with a smart little plaited frill,
and the sleeves give full play to the
arm and are also trimmed with a turn
ed back frill of the muslin.
Some girls have these ruffles hemmed
with white and colored striped lawn to
match the stripes in their flannel ten
nis skirts. But most players prefer
the duck or linen skirt, a it tubs beau
tifully and comes out of the wash look
ing as well as when it went to the
laundry. ; , - - . - .
FOR A YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER.
An acceptable engagement present
for the girl who expects to go to house
keeping in a small apartment is a set
of cookbooks in a small rack the size
to stand In the pantry. Stand, books
and all are not more than six inches
square, yet the books contain a num
ber of valuable recipes.
The five little books are attractively
bound in red or green leather, with gilt
edges, and the titles lettered on the
back. There Is a book on cocktails, a
book on salads, a book on odd dishes,
on sandwiches and on the chafing dish.
WEAR TWO HATS AT ONCE
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country once a week. You can exer
cise or loaf, but you will come home
stimulated. The country girl needs
the excitement of the city.
Many a woman has found going to
the theater the greatest rest she
knows. This Is particularly so for the
brain workers or for women given to
worrying about their, household duties.
Some girls make it a practice to keep
a little knitting and a goad book with
in reach. When they feel themselves
getting nervously tired they knit a
few rows or read a few pages.
The girl who cultivates the "cat nap"
habit has discovered one of the secrets
of keeping rested. An afternoon of
sleep makes for sluggishness; totally
different is five minutes' oblivion
Snatched when sitting , upright in a
rocking chair or stretched flat on your
back.
More restful of all. is the power to
let things go. One rarely hears of a
woman getting nervous prostration
who has the blessed faculty of sitting
down in the midst of confusion to
finish a good book or of snatching a
day of pure pleasure though duties
press.
Such a girl will possibly be called
Irresponsible, but she has learned how
not to live at tension, which is the
crying evil of our race.
Summer is the legitimate resting
time. See that you make that rest
count.
TO CLARIFY BUTTER.
Melt two or three ounces of butter in
a saucepan, heat it until it bubbles
thickly, carefully remove all the scum
and let it stand for a few minutes.
Pour off the clear oily or clarified part,
keeping back all the sediment.
THE latest Paris fashion requires
that woman's hair be hidden. For
this purpose the "hidden coiffure" has
been contrived.
It consists of a combination hat
really two hats in one. Fir6t is worn
a tight fitting mob cap edged with
lace in frill form all round, completely
framing the face and-hiding the hair.
Over this is worn a large picture hat
of coloring and trimming to match the
cap. which appears merely as a pic
turesque frill. .When the large hat is
taken off rearrangement of the hair is
unnecessary, for the cap completely
hides the coiffure.
One of these hidden coiffures seen
recently was black. The cap was of
black satin, being edged with white
lace and bebe rosebuds. The large hat
was of tagel straw with white lace
covering the brim and a small rosebud
trimming to match.
Another method of covering the hair
in vogue in Paris is to wear a bandeau
of ribbon or satin so wide that it has
the appearance of a Dutch bonnet over
the front of the hair.
And, apropos of hats, the small model
is with us again. Just when the mil
liner put It on fashion's list or the
smart woman decided to give up tn
huge hat is a question. While it 'M
quite true that the latter is still worn,
it is equally true that the small one is
the smart thing. Very fetching is the
small hat illustrated of white eyelet
embroidery with a soft black satin
bow. And the chip chapeau with the
white satin bow is charming. And
how, .dcvTou like, the Maud Muller ef
fect in leghorn?
A TRAINING THAT PAYS.
A wise foresight on the part of par
ents will lead them early to see that
the daughter has such business ex
perience and training as will prepare
her to meet the crises of life courage
ously. A twenty-year-old young wo
man, being asked If she dreaded the
future possibility of single self sup
port, gave this frank and admirable
reply: -
- "No! For I have already learned
enough about business to look out for
myself in case I do not get married."
.SAVING A PETTICOAT.
A good muslin petticoat rarely wear3
out at the top as quickly as does its
ruffle. When the edge of the embroid--ery
frays cut it off in an even edge,
hem on the narrowest hemmer of a
machine and add a ruffle of torchon or
linen lace.
An expert on the machine can hem
and sew lace at the same time. The
lace should not be ruffled, but held in
enough to prevent puckering.