New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1915, Page 10

AT S SEEI L EEPIREEE o S AND FABRIC5S FOR THE COMING SEASON the sailor of various ma- ria \2; to be the favorite od the autumn season , been determined by a ;ék nne milliner who makes Welier sailor hats than any abroad or at home. The n the illustration is of with a quilling of chiffon brim. It is simply trimmed her ornament placed upon edge of the brim. ime information regarding the Iric: French serge is revived wof the new frocks and suits. an ideal material for hard ear, and it also is very well Ir semidress models. It com- dmirably with satin and also id. The latter is instanced as the chief trimmings for the com- We shall see it in novelty and all manner of widths and variety of ways, old and new, attractive. )bjection to serge is the fact ears altogether too well and gm.n loath to part with it F-. ephemeral fabrics. Paris 'S been extremely partial to e serge, and irrespective of the 'thafigplle_cflons of models sent semiannually to American shores al- ways include tailleurs and demitailleurs of the practical and smart serge. In fact, it is the only color that the well dressed Parisienne permits herself for daytime wear. Black s her first ! choice, then dark blue and then—black again. One thing seems reasonably certain, and that is that beaded garnitures will appear on serge frocks. The beads are dull rather than otherwise and are as- sociated with rope silk to define some | conventional motif. The idea is all right if it should not be overworked, but even should the latter occur the de- signers may be depended upon to ad- | vance some new idea to appeal to those | who cannot endure wearing any gar- ment after even its smallest detail has become common. for fall, just as it has been all through the current season, but by way of greater variety there are some charm- ing cloths, velvets and satins in new shades of familiar colors. Among these are field mouse and a novel shade of gray, not quite as smoky as the London tone nor as brown as taupe nuance; then there is subterranean green, a |clear tone that will combine beauti- Things New In Fancy Work ive workbag of tan linen 3 with hemstitched hem is dowble tier or ruffled effect, d with motifs of fillet lace but- Uin colored silk and a stamped oidered in solid stitch. 1 and striking centerpiece nd tinted in red and black A deep border simulates . effect embroidered in gray, red. Clusters of flowers are ‘red, with leaves in biack. It is i cluny lace. pelty in the form of a bag for § ends of materials suitable for and mending is made of white a stiffened top and a con- ing covered by a deep flap, appears a stamped and tinted epresenting a number of queer little men, presumably made of " This design is embroidered outline stitch. fterpiece in natural linen color | amped with a horn of plenty h asters and forgetmenots, em- in either rope silk or rope he asters being done in loop French knots. It is edged vy mercerized fringe. stry designs are made up sets, as well as in separate uding laundry bags, sewing and round centerpieces, tie s, pval and round pillows, design is stamped and tinted embroidery done in darning - black. se designs giving prominence and tree branches with bril- lored leaves are stamped and red on white etamine canvas. s are outlined in black and up in colors to match the tint- pile the shadow effects which form the background are left un- touched. A quaint workbag is done in tapestry stitch in rich colorings. The top of the bag is finished with a turnover collar in straight band effect, and the bag is finished with a broad strap handle (?t the material of which the bag itself is composed. Candle and lamp shades, circular and square pillows, scarfs and runners, cen- terpieces, pincushion covers and work- bags are made of heavy cream linen, stamped and tinted. A centerpiece is stamped and tinted in black, green and red in natural tulip design com- bined with a striped effect border. It is done in simple outline stitch in colors and finished with a deep cluny lace edge. A table scarf is stamped and tinted in a stripe and conventional floral pattern, outlined in black and white. The stripes form a spike effect border headed in a wreath of the flow- ers and leaves. A unique centerpiece is in a floral and checkerboard pattern. The flowers and leaves are introduced in four clusters, stamped in blue, red, yellow and ‘green, and the checker- board design in black and white squares. The flowers and leaves are outlined in colors to match the tinting, with centers embroidered in black. The entire design is outlined in black. ABOUT THE FANCY BOOT. A light and fanciful boot or shoe de- mands elegance and daintiness in the whole toilet associated with it. More- over, it must be fresh, shapely, immacu- | late. The wear and soil that are toler- able and can be easily hidden in the serviceable black or russet leather or in white canvas or buckskin are not admissible in the dress shoe or boot. I Gl Bl b R R R R R e AN EXTREMELY sSMART FALL HAT Dark blue is to be the leading color | fully with the new Dark brown has been included because of its rich quality, in fine cloth and velvet, and because of its gencral be- comingness when associated with handsome peltries. It is known now that Russian krimmen will be a desirable trimming trimming furs. jfor cloth and velvet costumes. This fur, however, is not as becoming as the dark peits, and it is stated by an au- thority that it will not outrank beaver as a garniture for tailored suits. Of course much of the popularity of any style depends on the amount of in- dorsement it receives from fashionable | T T e R R e 2 e 2 T Y o o Y S T e 0 e e women, and so we shall not actually know just which of the furs will be dominant for several weeks to come. Another tailor contributes some inter- esting cloths for tailor mades which show plain borders in combination with checks or stripes. One of these is in- dicated in a demitailleur from a French | “THE ‘women of today are not inter- 2 atelier. It is of green and tan check, |pearance of tws +flect costumes are with a border of plain green about two |likely to be popular during the coming and one-half inches wide. months. One of these, for example, 18 The skirt is quite original In its | made of dark blue serge combined with draping. It is arranged in loose plaits |dark blue taffeta. The lower hailf of to the band and so manipulated that |the skirt ik of the cloth. It is attached where the border edge overlaps the |to the. upper half of silk, and the lat- front seam the material forms a sort of |ter is freely gathered to an underbod- cascade drapery. This means that the |ice of white china silk. front is elevated above the sides and | Where the jointure of silk and wool- that the hem line is uneven. A par- [en occurs there are placed on either side ticular feature is the double belt of the |of the front pocket simulations com- green border, which is separated by a |posed of bead passementerie introduc- flat piece at the back and drawn over |ing small black, blue, gilt and white the hips to confine the material there- | beads to give an inidescent effect. about. This arrangement imparts a| This, garniture is repeated about the slim line which might otherwise be |edge of the bolero. The latter is quite lacking. short and stande out from the waist Serge associated with satin an- |line. The armholes are exaggeratedly nounced for the intermediate season.|wide the better to reveal the deep set It will fill in the weeks after one has |sleeves of taffeta. These gleeves are dropped the linen suit or frock and has [full length and are completed with found the taffeta garment passe and |white organdie ruffs, bordered with the coming of the period when it is es- | machine stitching in dark blue. A col- sential to adopt the tailored suit. Many |lar of organdie finished to match the ingenious styles ar heing evolved, 80 |cuffs compietes the meck. novel, may whet the sartorial appetite of the woman eager for the latest that the combination of satin and % models. cloth, which, strictly specking. is not One piece frociks that have the ap- | Attitude of' onman Toward Her Job “Walk up, housewives,” Mrs. Heath would say the women of America, “‘to your full responsibilities,” ested in their homes, because they have been taught by their mothers to, consider all work in conuection there- with drudgery, whereas housekeeping today is a science,” asserts Mrs. Heath, president of the Housewives' league of New York city. “If the woman of our day would only recognize that marriage is a business concern of which she forms a responsi- ble partner, it being her function to ad- minister the funds which her husband provides for the making of the home, she would assuredly learn to qualify as a home administrator in the true sense of the word. “All the problems of commerce are | hers to deal with and solve under the new conditions of this century, in which she occuples-the position of con- sumer rather than that of producer. Let her accept her new role as an in- telligent consumer, taking an active in- terest in market values, food conditions and all economic problems of the day, uniting with her co-workers to obtain organized purchasing power and or- ganized consumption, the most urgent ‘home’ needs of this age.” Mrs. Heath maintains that, although women during the past years have taken part in many movements, the | housewives, who form the greatest class of all the women of the world, | have hardly felt the stir of new ac- tivities and have been satisfied like dreamers half awake to listen to the catchwords of the day—pure food, eco- nomical buying, poisonous preserva- tives, tainted milk, etc—without at- tempting to investigate their true meaning or in what measure they were personally concerned therewith. 8OO ODOBOOODD SUPERSTITIONS ABOUWT SHOES. HE German mother says that should she lose the heel of her shoe one of her children will die before the year is out. The Scotch lassie believes that should she by acecident drop her new shoes before théy have been worn they will surely lead her into trouble. it is said that old maids be- lieve that when their shoes come untied and keep coming untied it is true their sweet- hearts” are talking and thinking about them. The sweetheart when on his way to see his ladylove, should he stub his right toe, will surely be welcome, but if he stubs his left he may know that he is not wanted. It is said that if old shoes are burned snakes will squirm away from the place, while to keep old shoes that are past wearing about the place will surely bring good luck. Should you meet a person whose shoes are “worn to the toes” you may put it down as a certainty that “he spends as he goes,” and on the same authori- ty it is said that the girl that has her shoes “worn on the side” is surely fated to be a “rich man’s bride.” & % |2 ® & fow to Make Utility Bags Y ‘bag, which answers the fpose of a laundry and shoe bag, o other pockets for various ar- v be found very convenient faveling. This bag can be taken trunk or suit case and hung disturbing its contents. is perhaps the best mate- for such a bag. It would re- pleces for the foundation of One piece should be a 'and twenty-two inches wide, i & yard and one-fourth long and 0 inches wide. Before join- two strips attach pockets to the lece. Turn up oneafourth yard pttom for the fiap of the iaun- ¢* Slightly round it and bind the ges with tape. When the hag is completed this flap will snap or button over the back of the bag. Across the bottom, after the flap has been measured off, attach shoe pocke side and bind with tape. Snap the flap at the bottom over the back of the bag. By opening the fiap the laundry bag can g ly be removed. SECRET OF COOKING BACON. MO cook breakfast bacon so that Bind a long piece of material with tape across one side; then lay it into four box plaits, dividing them by meuns of a stitched piece of tape. piece of tape across the bottom after the pockets are basted in piuce. Above these pockets attach another bag the width of the strip underneath and any desired depth. nd top edge with tape divided into two sections and stitch tape across the bottom. Now lace the long strips to a depth of five inches with sateen and stitch a casing for double draws‘rir two pieces together on the right Stiten | | will be dry, crisp and a re is no beiter or easier tove thun to cook it in the oven, B sheet iron baking |t slice overlapping the trip of lean rests Bacon | each on a strip of fat is also improved if fi milk, then in flour and fried in tle hot grease. underneath. dipped in swee! 'ittle molasses is put in the pan. ACICICICIOICIOS OO OO RETONNE NOVELTIES FOR 'ONNES In the loveliest colorings imaginable are shown in the shops this season. how many different novelties there are for which cretonne is suitable. THE BO = o DOI CACCE The illustration here will Of course there are myriads of The the contents of it | delicate brown first cut it thin and have it ice cold when put into the frying pan. The Also stitch a|pah should be hot, but not red hot. way with t a lit- It will be crisp, brown and sweet, without a strong flavor, if a oK :\ll-lLO\' time extends over a much longer period these days than it did even ten years ago. The transit facilities and careful distribution and oversight of cars now covering the out- | put of every state in turn enable the melon lover to begin his feast early in June and keep it up into September or even later. The national taste for watermelon might lead us to think it a native of the soil, but Asia and Africa both lay prior claims to being its criginal habi- tat. This, however, is certain—the In- dians of the southwest and the de- scendants of old cliff dwellers are as enraptured with the melon as the ne. gro-himself. hile the energy or heat producing value of the watermelon is not as high as the muskmelon, it is one of the most wholesome and ng of nature's i If unrips apt to produce colic, but thoroughly ripe: its juices carry away with them feverish tenden- es and are considered beneficial in r effect on liver, kidney and blad- der. In our own southwest the Indians gather them as they do in Turkey, pro- tect them from frost in blankets or hay and keep them in good condition untii midwinter. i rather difficult matter to judge | ise the edible portion is side. Weight is the| the juice of a ful ening its ri ss nelons pi y { pressing the sides together. jsound is hcard the chances are that the me] ripe and sweet, while another well known expert states that his fa- vorite method is to lay melon on its back, white side up, then scratch the skin of the lightest pa tender and the melon is yet firm to the pressure of the finger, so that it is diffi- cult to pierce it with the nail, it prob- ably will prove a good melon. The a O O O O OO ARG IR IO |of the SHODOODODOOOOOOCD : A WORD ABOUT MELONS ORI OSSO SRS OSOROIOR number of scales or blisters on the out- side of a melon is another sign of the ripeness of the fruit. When every bit of the surface is covered each seed will be mature and the pulp melt in the mouth. If one is not posse: d of a large, cold cellar or icebox the best way to cool a melon is to wrap it in a wet blanket and put it for a couple of hours in a place where the wind will blow over it without allowing the sun to strike it. Have the melon well chilled, then split in two lengthwise and with a vegetable scoop or tablespoon, using a rotary motion, cut out individual cones of luscious scariet flesh. Arrange on a low glass dish or platter, on a bed of grape leaves or on individual dessert plates. Another wa s to cut the melon crosswise in slices about an inch thi Remove the rind with a little cooky or vegetable cutte! amp into diamonds, circles or hearts and ar- range on a bed of leave Another popular way where the melon is t brought to the table whole is to long bladed sharp knife, ins blade near the top of the melon, then cut diagonally éown toward the other end, leaving four or five inches as a base. Rernove the knife and again in- sert the point three inches to the left of where the knife was first inserced and cut diagonaily toward the far end first cut, thus making a saw tooth. Continue to cut up and down in this way until you have gone ccm pletely around the melon, when the teeth can be readily pulled apart. This is the best way to cut a melon at a picnic or clambake. Watermelon Sherbet. e all the red puip and juice of a elon and to every two quarts al- low a half pound of sugar. Flavor with lemon if desirec Freeze. When half frozen add the stiffly whipped whites of two eggs and continue freezing. T ripe m Fillet Crochet M MPIIERE seems to be an endless va- | riety of uses to which fillet crochet can be applied. A large square of this ‘rochet could be made into a very charming boudoir cap. A square with | e rose pattern would be very pretty, althongh the extremely conventional designs are equally good. square should he made with fifty codonnet, as it Will be more active if the mesh is not too fine. A picot edging may be added to the edge of the square, or it can merely be finished with two rows of the plain mesh. When making this cap a casing 1s stitched around the inside of the square, forming a circle by eliminating the cor- ners. An elastic is run through the akes Quaint Cap are slightly rolled over the crown, poin of the corners at each turned back. The effect is very much the same as a Normandy cap; but, be- ing made of fillet crochet, it is very quaint and unusual. TO SHINE A BRASS BED. \\'HI the lacquer of your brass bed becomes tarnished don’t send it away to be relacquered and pay about $20 for it. Just follow these rules and save your money. First rub the brass thoroughly with a piece of flannel dipped in whiting; then take 10 cents’ worth of shellac, dissolved in enough alcoho! to make it thin, and apply with a small brush D @ ‘Two Gowns Developed In Two Materials BLI.’E serge combined with plald efik is a new autumn vie which bids fair to become very populer. P here are two such gowns, ti.e one ci ihe left having almost a jumper effect since two pleces Of the serge zre cairicd up to the neck of the blouse from the skirt front and back. The plaited skirt is pret- tily joined to the long blouse by means and the t e is fitted te the serge plastron, The |the figure by a girdle or serge. Buttons orname gown on the right is also of blue serge, with a plaited skift, but so ocdiy are the two materials combined that this #own gives an entively difierent appent from the one shown on the left. The iong blouge of plaid si ht up the front and is belted in at the waist Tine by o stitche blue serge. ttoned ’ HEALTH HINTS RACTICAL perature as it can be drunk, 1« n riost refreshing stimulant in cures of (old ov overfatigue. Tts gction is very quicl and grateful. 1t gives real girength, well as acting as a food Toothache can by relieved by bothing the gum and cavity In vinegar ¢ ho! as can be borne. MUSTARD is the nearest approach to a universal cure-all. Few pains will not give way before a mustard plaster, and a wide range of internal inflammations from colds and other causes may be stopped by its timely application. It is the first and best re- as t sort in threatened pneumonia, conges- The taste of made over dishes 1oy be - ‘v ngs, too, but these will give an inkling of the beauty of cretonne used for furniture covering, etc. ied on to the surfaces with furniture glue. The screens are especially handsome and serviceable, and tion of the lungs or determined colds on the chest. casing; then the corners are wired with| This can be done quickly and easily improved by a few drops of Gmion Lty with the cover which can be turned back makes a splgndxd mending receptacle. Lamp shades are . fine millinery wire, so as to make them stand out. The front and back corners and will make the bed look as pretty as if you had sent it to the factory, juice, but met enough o zive & slrong Hot milk, heated to as high a tem- flavor.