The Richmond Virginian., May 30, 1910, CITY EDITION, Image 7

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The ribbon* u**d were wide, Just aa
wide as those w# have been affecting,
but they were *0 *oft that, to revert to
the old simile, they could be "pulled
through a keyhole." With white frocks
many of the hair ribbon* worn were in
, Persian effects, pale pa*tel tints pre
dominating. And I also made a mental
note of how many of the smartest
children were wearing their hair in
' long old world ringlets with the front
quaint mother* with th* proper bow
effect* tor her daughter's hair more
satisfactorily than description* galore,
»o I respectfully suggest that *he take
more than a cursory look at the way*
of hair bow* designed this *ea»on for
Juvenile head*.
When the smart embryo belle* of
New York donned their spring bon
net* I noticed what adorely frame for
the dear little rosy face* th* new hat*
I SMART ~
l.SiPE BOW V\.
EVERT mother in the land ta In
terested in the ‘•newest” way
of arranging her smell daugh
ter's hair And she knows,
or, rather, she should know, that an
especially Important coiffure point is
the disposition a* the bow or bows
that add so much to the beimmlngness
of Marjorie's or Dorothy's hairdress
ing
The parent who follows the modes
■ t a distance will be perfectly content
to gather up the front lucks of the
•'I>ut<>» cut" or long cur! arrangement
of her daughter's hair with a wide
piece of ribbon tied in the butterfly
effect that has been so popular for the
last few years
Hut how way off from present juve
nile hairdressing habits will this moth
er be If she does! How do l know?
l.- t me tell you.
At the famous p!a' house, called by
the unregenerate "the millionaire's
theater." but oftli tally known as the
New theater of New York city, there
was recently given a matinee perform
ance of “Haensel and ilretal," Jiutn
perdink's fairy opera The perform
ance was produced especially for the
pleasure of the children of Gotham,
and a very fashionable audience was
In attendance.
The little children of the rich turned
out In full fori e There score theater
parties chaperoned by smart mammas
and aunties and group* of children
who catu«> with their' French or Eng
lish governesses. And between the
acts there was much visiting among
the "buds" of many seasons hence
Indeed, the superbly appointed corri
dor* at times resembled a flight of
daintily colored human butterflies flit
ting to and fro between the tea room
and their seats.
A* I watched these migrations 1 no
*
tlced that not a single ribbon bow on
the heads of these smart children stood
aloft at attention, us it were, oil the
tub of the brad-—that i». not a single
bow was tied In the old fashion butter
fly fashion. Rather, the hair bows
followed in the wake of all the present
modes and disported themselves in the
“<t*bby" half mast etyle that is the
“thing this season. They didn't stand
up; they sat down in an indolent sort
of way. resting comfortably and grace
fully on the pretty curly lock* of the
little misses heads.
liair divided from the bark and then
drawn softly from the face and tied .
at the side with a flat bow.
Another attractive arrangement a la
< 1 rectiue was worn by a budding beauty
of the fair type, whose pretty blond
locks were held In place by a fillet of
silver gaure ribbon finished with a full
rosette over one ear. These fillets for
less dressy occasions are carried out
with ordinary ribbon, and mighty
smart they are when the right < hlld
adopts them
A glahoe at the illustrations will oc- I
HE NEwl
ALSATIAN ARRANGEMENT
mad* Most of these chapeaus were
of the variety that sat down well on
the head with moderately email brims,
having a gentle curve or roll and large
tdzed crowns, some broad and flat,
others high and broad. But the beauty
of them all was the fact that they
seemed to hat e been made to atay on
the head In the most comfortable man
ner
Surely these ig»w bats are more sen- j
sidle than the small crown, wide rolled ;
and straight brim shapes that alwa>s
slip and slide on the least provocation
Soft satin in Persian colorings, soft
taffeta and cretonne are materials, to
gether with straws, that make many
of the prettiest little bonnets The
fabric Is covered plainly over a frame
which Is edged with straw braid. And
black straw bonnets In poke shape are
very chic faced on the top and lower
side with finely plaited soft black
satin. The left side of a particularly
fetching model of this poke shape has
the left side of the brim rolled up In
front. A cluster of small open rose
buds, made of Persian chiffon In pink
tones with pale green allk ribbon
leaves. Is placed where the brtm turns
up On# could go on Indefinitely re
citing the charms of the new headgear
for the wee girl, but all I can say Is
that to see them Is to love them almost
as much a» their wearers
DAPHNE DEAN.
A PUZZLE TEA
jjro?TRSSES are ever on the lookout ;
for something now to airtime tht-lr
guests at afternoon parties. Every one
eannot afford an expensive entertain
ment. and the following simple Ideas
may be of service to such as these:
There Is a childish game called !
"'heads, bodies and legs."' in which
heads are drap-n on paper which Is
folded over. The slips are passed
around, bodies and legs being drawn in
their turn, and >fcm!e pictures result
when the paper Is unfolded.
For your puzzle tea collect figures of
any description from advertisements In
magazines. Cut off the heads, bodies
and legs, keeping these members sep
arate from one another in different
trays. Each guest Is provided with a
cardboard box or lid In which to keep
the puzzle* and a sheet of foolscap pa
per as well. The hostess then hands
round the tray of heads, and each per
son selects one. When the heads are
distributed It Is explained that every
one can so and search the tray that
contains the bodies and try to And the
correct one. A sood b*s bowl of paste
IS ready on the table- with sev
eral brushes, and the first person who
succeeds In securing « body to lit rush
es to the paste pot and with a dab of
the brush sticks the head and body on
to the foolscap and Is then eligible to
search for the legs. When the correct
legs have been pasted to the picture,
which Is then complete, a fresh head
may be sought, and so the puzzle mak
in* k<>»s merrily on until tea is an
nounced. It is well to have a large
quantity of cut up figures so that the
guests may not find it too easy or hi
stopped for want of materials. The
puzzles are examined, and the compet
itor who has made the greatest number
of correct pictures is declared win
ner.
After tea another puzzle Is introduc
ed. Knvelopes are distributed, and each
person on opening it discovers a quanti
ty of letters taken from the game called
"word making and word taking.”
These letters represent a sentence
which Is written on paper and put into
a small sealed envelope which fits into
the envelope containing the loose let
ters. The box lid again comes into
play for shifting the letters about in
the effort to find the words to form the
hidden sentence.
Newness of the Season’s Footwear
TTsa--—>
NEW STYLt
Tt£ SHOE
rpiIE famdus oIJ couplet—
Her feet beneath her petticoat
Hike little mice etole In and out—
has an especial application this sea
son, for the little »l)ppers and shoes are
very mouse-llke In appearance and of
ten In color. At a famous shoe shop of
Gotham, which numbers am on* Its pa
trons many of the "smart set," the fol
lowing news about the new footwear
was recently (leaned:
For morning attire stout Oxford ties
with thick soles and medium heels are
worn. They are in Russia leather; tan
W black, according to the costume. The
loin are of comfortable proportion. Ini
the afternoon pumps with bow or buc- i
kle or the low tongue shoe is put on I
milady's dainty little foot, and the curv
ed Louis XV. heels are used to some
extent. The colors are In kid or suede
to match the gown. The buckles used !
on afternoon shoes are of cut steel, giv
ing the foot a more dressy effect than
those used on the shoes worn In the
morning.
For evening wear slippers without
straps are considered more stylish than
those with straps. The ornaments are
very elaborate. Gold, silver, rhinestones
and cut steel set with great 5*,.,, an(j
skill are most approved adornments.
Tennis shoes for both men and wo
men are made with combination cork
and rubber soles. White canvas and
buckskin are preferred. Many Russia
leathers are used on account of not
showing soil, and they are more easily
cleaned.
For mourning shoes dull leathers are
used, suede and black buckskin, as the
highly polished leathers make too great
a contrast with the mourning costume. \
Trimmings for the evening slippers are j
dull 1st or blaok steel.
COTTAGE PUDDING WITH STRAW
BERRIES.
Beat one-third cupful of butter to a
cream; gradually beat in one cupful of
sugar, one well beaten egg and alter
nately half a cupful of milk and one
and three-fourth cupfuls of flour sift
ed with two slightly rounding teaspoon
fuls of baking pow der. Bake In a shal
low pan about half an hour. Cut In
squares and serve with a basket of
strawberries.
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NUT FRITTERS.
Two eggs, three cupfuls of flour, one
cupful of chopped nut moat, one cup
ful of sugar, one teaspopnful of baking
poW'der soda, two toaspoonfuls of cream
of tartar, half teaspoonful of salt, two
tahlespoonfuls of melted butter and one
and a half cupfuls of milk. Mix all
dry Ingredients together. Beat up eggs,
add milk to them, then add them grad
ually to the mixture. Drop In spoon
fuls in smoking hot fat. Drain and
serve hot.
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ASPARAGUS 8ALAD.
Place cold cooked asparagus' stalks
from which the tough portions have
been cut on nests of well crisped let
tuce hearts. Put a spoonful of tartar
sauce over the asparagus in each nest
and serve at once. The lettuce, aspara
gus and sauce should all bo well chilled
before serving. For the tartar sauce
take a cupful of mayonnaise dressing
and to It add two tablespoonfuls each
of capers, olive# and gherkins chopped
fine and Just before serving half a cup
ful of double cream beaten solid and
salt to taste.
BREAKFAST BREADS.
Thin recipe for biscuit* has been well
tested by an excellent cook. Mix flour
with cream to a proper consistency and
salt to taste. One pound of flour to a
quarter of a pint of thin cream will
make a paste sufficiently stiff. Form
Into small biscuits, prick them and
bake In a hot oven for fifteen or twen
ty minutes or mix flour, as stated, with
a bit of butter the slxe of a pigeon's
eyit and moisten with a quarter of a
pint of cold water and add*a little salt
and bake.
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Another .recipe for "puffball dough
nuts" Is equally good. Three egga. one
cupful of sugar, a pint of sweet milk,
salt, nutmeg and flour enough to per
mit the spoon to stand upright In the
mixture. Add two heaping teaspoon
fuls of baking powder to the flour and
beat until very light. Drop by the des
sertspoonful into hot fat. They will
not absorb the fat and are delicious
eaten fresh and hot.
DO YOU AGREE7
Marriage Is of so much use to a wo
man, opens out to her ao much more of
life and puts her In the way of so much
more freedom and usefulness that
whether she marry 111 or well she can
hardly miss some benefit.—Robert Lou
is Stevenson.
THINGS TO REMEMBER.
Give with kind words.
Possess knowledge without pride.
Be merciful as welt as just.
Ite liberal In proportion to your
wealth.—From the Sanskrit.
■ %■ V' rfn&i
Saf^r '**
WHEN CLEANING.
JJEFORK applying black lead for pol
ishing a greasy grate make a pad
of the old cloth and rub soot from the
back of the grate or from the flues on
all the greasy parts. The grates will
then take the polish and with much
less labor than usual.
n *
To clean tan shoes taka two pieces of
flannel and a small bottle of turpentine.
Apply the turpentine and rub well with
the other flannel. This removes ail
spots and stains, making the shoes look
nearly new.
* *
To clean and restore ebonUert wood
use a mixture of equal parts of pow
dered pumice stone and lln—«d alt.
Rub carefully the way of the frala and
polish with a dry. "oft cloth.
* *
To remove stains and discoloration#
from marble washstands or mantel
pieces dissolve powdered whlttn# la
strong soda water. Apply with flannel
and leave on to dry for Iwssty-IWI
hours, when It will be found that all
stains have disappeared.
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On the pantry shelf always keep a
Jar with some finely powdered hath
| brick and a large cork. It la valuable
| tor removing stains from china aad
enamel saucepans. Dampen the cork,
dip It In the brick and apply with albbd^
' grease.
Why Not Go A-Gypsying?
r\THEN Elizabeth, she of the German
’ ' garden, spent a summer roving
about England In a van she set a
fashion that has been Increasing In
popularity summer by summer. A
number of American girls are planning
this method of getting back to nature
this summer. One party who will
spend June, July anti August drifting
about a certain lovely part of the
country have a regular caravan, six
vans or wagon* and six women, with a
useful young man on hire bringing up
the rear In a seventh van.
When this caravan gets under way
It will be difficult for the onlooker to
believe that the vans are old furniture
wagons newly painted. One of the
members of the party Is an Interior
decorator, and she ts fitting up the
vans, which are hired from storage
warehouses—old style vans considered
by their owners to be too small to be
of much use In hauling furniture, but
Just the right size for pleasure van*
A large van require* two horses, and
that would make the trip too expen
sive.
When the vans come from under the
ministrations of the interior decorator
their walls will be draped with chintz
A different pattern Is to be used In
each van. (trass rugs will cover the
floors, and a wicker armchair, a wick
er couch, a folding table and a targe
mirror hanging from the walls will
make the interior very homelike. The
trunks of the earavanttes will serve a*
wardrobes and as seats when they are
closed.
The useful young man's caravan will
be the kitchen, the nm« young man ■
preferring to sleep In a small tent. Me
has been Instructed to “knock up"* “
shelves on two sides of his van. Whose
future use will be as a resting place
for pots, pans and kettles. Two hero*
sene stoves will stand In one end of
the van, and that part of the wait not
shelved will be hung with cooking
utensils. Three small nursery toe
boaee. e tent and a folding screen will
complete the kitchen outfit. The cook
ing will be done In the tent when It la
rainy, but on pleasant days the stove*
will bo transferred to the camping
ground. Whenever In thetr weador- '
Ings a particularly pleasant spot l»
found the carevanltes will set up their
lares and penate* for a day or two.
Each of the young women will drlva
her own van. One of them Is a widow
and will act as chaperon. All, by th*
way. have their own Interests. One la
an artist and plans to do a lot of
sketching, two are writers and expect
to gather Inspiration and study village
and country types, while the Interior
decorator counts on getting sugges
tions In the woods end fields for her
dadoes and frlexes.
Of course on a trip like this much ot
the comfort depends on 'the eort ot
clothes worn These carevanltes plan
to dress in short skirts of green or
tan colored wool, with rough linens
for warmer days. Each woman Will
carry with her a folding rubber bath
tub, so shs can have her mornflif
splash In the van—that is, If the uee
1 ful young man gets time to bring the
water.
THE HEAD POISE
T'iO you sigh to be called a stylish
looking woman? Consider the
pulse of your head.
You may have taste and money to
gratify it, but you will never show off
your clothes If you turtle your head,
thrust out your chin, carry your neck
to one side or draw your chin back un
til your whole carriage Is rigid
A Frenchwoman when asked why
her countrywomen usually hud such
finely poised heads said that It was
because they were taught to show the
tops of their collars
Most of us hide our collar tops, a*
the condition of ruohings plainly
shows Try to remember the simple
rule of showing the collar edge and
you will quickly assume the head
polar of a thoroughbred.
If you have a double chin this rule
holds doubly good. Don't think that by
drawing In the rolls of flesh you di
minish or conceal them
The one hope for the double chinned
woman is to turn haughty, hold her
head high and pay money to the mas
seuse.
THE NEW RAINCOAT.
It Is of messallne silk, delightfully
soft and light It Is rubberised by a
process which dstroets Nothing from
Us lightness and softness, yet makes
it absolutely waterproof. It cornea In
all the desirable shades and a very
pale tan. almost a white, and Is made
In a smart style with eirellent lines.
In looks and service nothing has been
omitted to make it thoroughly satis
factory.
But the most delightful feature of
all about It Is that It Is so soft and
light that It ran be rolled up and put
In a little bag which comes with It
made of the same material. It Is not
much larger than a case for a wash
cloth and has a strap so that It ran he
slipped over the arm. It make* a thing
of the past of the heavy, cumbersome
raincoat.
A HOMEMADE FLOWER.
Here is pretty work for the lovsr of
fine stitches, not embroidery, but ordi
nary sewing of the fancy work type.
The large velvet flower for the side
of the straw hat la now made on ea
bochon lines.
Cut out about five petals, rose shaped
petals preferably, suggestive of the
wide open brier rose, hut very much
larger Cut them from the darkest
shade of blue velvet known as corbeau
blue. Before forming them into the
rose (Just as you would a paper flow
er) bind each petal with bias white
satin, cut on* and a half Inch** wid*.
sewed against th« rirht aide by hand,
turned over and faced against tha ~
wre s aide.
Wli n this roae is supplied with a
puff of dark blue satin as a center, on
which have been worked iomt yellow
French knots with embroidery alike,
it may take it* place without shamo
upon the large leghorn hat.
MUSLIN _ __
ROUMANIAN BMBROIDCRV,
Ocean Travelers, Take Notice
(CROSSING the ocean is today tn it
^ fair of lltyle moment. It take* less
than a week unless one of the alow
steamer* Is taken by preference. The
woman who Is wise will have a good
bos of books sent on board with her
stateroom luggage, and ehe will see the
steward ‘'officially” as to having her
chair placed In a sheltered nook. After
this, if a good salloress, she may take
alt that comes as a pleasure. If not an
experienced sea going woman she may
order the books just the same, but ahq,
should confer with the stewardeag of
her corridor aa to having load cham
l
pagne at certain Interval* and also I
lemon juice with club soda. (Unger (
la also refreshing, and hot i
are a solid that will star. In
glngersr.aps and a baked apple i
special recommendations of an i
nircr who sircar* spend# fowr |
the .trip In her stateroom and I
all other food distasteful under i
cumstancea. The bad tailor l
vide herself with a llano
besides a heavy eiderdown,
and she ahould also arrange for I
side stateroom, aa the air ia • I
toward prompt recovery.