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A CHARMING little blouse dress that will prove wonderfully at tractive to the small maid Is 5870. It Is a particularly smart little model and very practical for home making. The blouse waist Is modlshly full and crosses slightly in front In surplice fashion. The up-to-date sleeves are prettily finished by turned back flaring cuffs. Gingham, linen, chambray, and tha light weight wool ens are all suitable for reproduction. For a girl of 9 years 3 yards of 36 Inch material will be required. Glrlfi' Surplice Blouse Dress. No. 5870. Sizes for 8, 0, 10 and 12 years. This simple, girlish shirtwaist suit "Every Home Needs EVERT home needs a sewing room, permanent, if possible, but at any rato throughout the stress of spring and fall work. Even to the wo man who does her own sewing, It is a boon beyond culculatlon. Until It is tried, one has no Idea what comfort lies in having things right at hand when needed, nor In knowing that they will stay there until all need is past. A spacious airy place Is, of course, much the best. Failing that, a small room Is bettor than none at all. A north light Is preferable; It gives the longest daylight and the least strain on the eyes. With a small room, take out all the furniture not actually re quired, and fill its place with sewing requisites. They are neither many nor costly. The first is a sheet of unbleached muslin, big enough to cover the whole floor. Sew the seams firmly, hem the ends, and fasten It down with drugget-pins in each corner. Set the sewing-machine In the handiest place where a good light will fall over the operator's shoulder. See that the chair for it is the right THE HAPPY HOME COMPANION AN air of gaiety is one If not the most attractive quality that a house companion can display. A languid, melancholy mood creates a de pressing atmosphere. If you are sub ject to low spirits, make haste to-realize that they must be controlled or thrown off entirely. Very much more frequently than you know they are just a lazy indulgence, and worse still, they are always decidedly injurious to the reputation you are trying to build up as an Influential and lovable person. Simply because you are not within eye-shot of strangers, because some thing has happoned to annoy or dis tress you, and only the family is 10 be assembled at dinner, don't assume that you have the right to bring down to the table a long and woeful counten ance on which It would seem that a smile would never again appear Your aim, we will lake just now for granted, is to Imprexs tfie Household agreeably. To do this esUbllsn with yourself a 'rule against entering the TOOTHSOME SWEETS Peanut Brittlei One cup of dark molasses, one cup of dark brown sugar, one tablespoon . of vinegar, one table spoon of butter, boil together until the mixture is crisp when dropped into cold water. Add to this a scant tea spoonful of baking soda and mix thor oughly. Have ready two cups of shelled and freshly roasted peanuts, split them In halves, cover the bottom of shallow pans and over them pour the candy. Set In a very cold place where it will harden in a few minutes. Old Fanhloned Molasses Candy! One cup of brown sugar, two cups of New Orleans molasses, one tablespoon of butter, om tablespoon of vinegar. This mixture abould be boiled without stirring any more than necessary, and should be cooked until it fs brittle when dropped into cold water. Then pour into greased tins and let stand until It can be handled comfortably. Now begins the pulling process. Cover the hands with a good coating of flour, '-; -VV; "... '. (6971-6680) was Btyllshly developed In blue serge, trimmed with plaid ma terial. The yoke effect Is somewhat novel and very becoming, as it extends slightly over the sleeves, giving the wide shoulder so essential to present styles. The gored circular skirt has proved very becoming to the young girl, as It gives extra fulness at the foot, so necessary in a skirt of this length. The trimming bands that or nament the lower edge are Included in the pattern, but may be omitted If plain effect is desired. For a girl of 14 years 1 yards of 44 Inch material will be required for the blouse and 3 yards for the skirt, or if trimming height, also that it is light and free of obtrusive angles and knobs. A bent wood chair Is on many accounts the best. If It Is too Tiigh for comfort, have the legs sawed off. Always clean a machine thoroughly before beginning a sewing campaign. The first thing is to deluge every work ing part with kerosene, and leave it several hours. Then wipe off the kero sene with a clean flannel, rubbing hard If gummed oil remains. Wet the treadle-joints again with kerosene. If the upper works still, show dirt and grime, and particularly If they run hard, take them off and boil them twen ty minutes with a handful of washing soda in the water. Rinse by pouring boiling water over, under, and through them; It is best done from the spout of a tea-kettle. After rinsing set In a hot place for half-an-hour. Next put the works In place, oil plentifully with the very best machine-oil, run at top speed a minute, then wipe off superfluous oil, tighten up nuts and screws, see that the feed Is unclogged, and that the presser-foot stands true; also that the dining room with anything less than a light step and an expression of open good humor. Come into breakfast not only with a shining morning face but a shining morning manner, and give your greetings all around with a look and in a tone that flatteringly Imply that you are very pleased to see your relatives again and that you are rady to take a most prompt and affectionate Interest In them. Yours, you may complain, Is a try ing, busy, easily Irritated and very in fprmal family; that the members have a way of dropping Into breakfast with just nods; some of the children come down with the aspect of having got out of bed very much on the wrong side, and that, therefore, the field for Instituting reforms is not promising. As a matter of fact it is an 'Ideal field where you can create a favorable Impression and break the sullen ten sion of tempers by your amlab'.e "good morning" and by gently insisting on trying to be the pleasantest possible company over the coffee and rolls. or butter If preferred, and pull the candy until it Is too stiff to be. worked any longer; then place on a board and cut or break Into small pieces. Pnnocliat Two cups of dark brown sugar, scant cup of milk, tablespoon of butter. Boil this until you can see the bottom of the pan when stirring the mixture, add a liberal teaspoon of va nilla, and take off and beat until al most cool. Then add as many chop ped nut meats as possible. Pour into buttered pans and mark off In squares when slightly cooled. The success of this candy lies In the fact of taking It off the fire at the crucial moment. If cooked too long, It will all granulate; if not sufficiently long. It will be tough. Butter Scotch i This ia a very simple and wholesome candy. Take one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses and one half cup of butter. Boll steadily for about twenty minutes, take off and pour very thin Into buttered pans. I bands- are used, ! yards will be re quired. Hisses' Blouse. No. S071. Sizes for 14, IS, 16, and IT years. Misses' Five Gored Circular Skirt, in habit back or with an inverted box pleat. No. B6.10. Sizes for 14, 15, 16 and 17 years. This Illustration calls for two sepa rate patterns. .. Scotch plaid Is represented In this child's pleated dress (5965), which Is made over a fitted lining. The closing Is effected Invisibly on the left side under the pleat, and the kilt pleated skirt Is attached to the waist, a belt of the material or of leather being a Sewing Room" and needle is properly set, and the machine Is ready for. use. Fasten to the wall, back of the ma chine or beside It, a set of hanging pockets, at least a dozen in number. Mark each plainly with the sort of thread it is meant to hold, as "Black Silk, No. A," or '.'White Cotton, No. 60." At bottom of the pockets hang a book of flannel leaves numbered from one to ten, and holding needles of sizes to match their numbers. Another set of marked pockets, for bindings, stay casing, buttons, hooks and eyes, cray ons, chalk, basting cotton, and so on, should be put on the wall where it can be reached from the low sewing chair provided for hand-work. If the low chair has rockers, all the better; only they must not be aggressive. Each set of pockets can be backed with a square of denim. Sew small brass ringB to the corners to slip over screw-hooks In the walls. Thus they can be put up without defacement. In a permanent sewing room It is helpful to tack up on the wall the plates after which the A ROLL-UP WINDOW SCREEN 1 S , 'i r S. E. Snedecker Is the patentee of the window screen shown here, which la de signed to roll up like a window shade. He claims for It that It can be attached to any window frame as easily as any Nigger Headsi Two cups of brown sugar, two-thirds of a cup of sweet cream, one tablespoon of butter. Boll for about fifteen minutes. Strain this through a sieve and add to It one tea spoon of pure vanilla extract Thicken with freshly grated cocoanut. Drop In small balls or cakes on well greased paper In tins, and stand in a moderate -4, worn. The full bishop sleeve Is gath ered In a prettily shaped cuff, and a narrow turn-over collar gives a dainty finish to the neck. Cashmere, serge, challls, and any of the plaids or checks that are now so fashionable and the washable fabrics are all suitable to the development. The medium size will require 4 yards of 36 inch material. Child's Pleated Dress. No. 5065. Sixes for 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 0 years. Dame Fashion has created no end of pretty things for the little folks thiB season, but nothing quainter than this little model (6947) has appeared for some time. The front' and back are cut in one piece and suggests the garments of the moment are . to be fashioned. Two more bent-wood chairs, a fold ing cutting-table, a low dresser with big mirror and broad shallow draw ers, should also find place in the sew ing room. Set apart one drawer for linings and findings of all sorts, as crinoline, whalebone, wadding, and canvas. Keep another drawer for un cut stuffs, and a third for unfinished work. A bigger table with drawers and folding-leaves, for cutting big things like skirts, Is a very present help, space permitting. In the table drawers keep shears, small scissors, a whet-stone, several tape measures, and at least half-a-dozen thimbles. Thimbles seem endowed with a certain malign Intelligence, and lose them selves past finding if their loss stops work. If it is, through plentiful sub stitutes, a matter of no consequence, they discover themselves upon the least provocation. Set this big table against the wall if possible, and just above It swing a broad flat pocket sacred to patterns. Fold each pattern flat, and screen now in use, and that another ad vantage is that It can be made to cover the entire window so that both sashes of the window might be opened at the same time to obtain better ventila tion. oven to dry. Cream Tsffyi Four cups of soft white sugar, two cups rf water, one half cup of vinegar, one tablespoon of butter. Boll all together until It hardens in cold water, then flavor with either vanilla or lemon, as pre ferred. This candy should be pulled until perfsotlr wtilts. Princess effect. The skirt Is shirred at the upper edge, but may be simply gathered If preferred. The sleeves are In the fashionable kimono style, and the neck Is cut low enough to slip on easily over the head. Cream colored challls was used for the making, trim med with ribbon run beading. The mode Is equally suitable for the light weight woolens and the wash fabrics, such as linen and pique. For a child of 6 years 3 yards of material Sf Inches wide will be needed. Little Girls' Over-Blouse Dress. No. B047. Sizes for 4, 0, 8 and 10 years. A plain, comfortably fitting wrapper is a most useful garment to possess, a Model One is Here Described keep It In a separate big envelope plainly marked with sort and size. Always press a pattern smooth with a warm, not a hot, iron before using It. If a hot Iron muBt be used, let the pat tern He a while, so It will not cling and curl troublesomely to the hands. There should be two smoothing-irons one heavy, one light, with, either wood en or asbestos-covered handles. An oil stove Is the best thing to heat them with. Properly managed, It makes neither smell nor soot It has the great advantage over gas that It oan be set wherever it Is most convenient A wooden box a foot or so square will hold both the stove and the Irons. By tacking sheet-tin over the top, which must be hinged on, It makes a good resting-place for the lighted stove. Irons presuppose a press-board, which is an Ironing-board In minia ture, with rounded ends and rounded edges over which to shape the most obviously crooked seams. Cover the prB8-board with gray flannel, to be removed and washed once a year. In LITTLE THINGS TO the average mother, baby is beautiful. The pink-and-whiteness of babyhood, peculiar to mere good health, often dis arms criticism. If the mother notices that Baby's nose is a bit too flat or too broad, or the fingers a trifle ill-shaped, or the scalp shows a tendency to scales or dandruff, she is very apt to cover the defects with rap turous kisses and murmur that Baby will outgrow these defects. This Is not fair to Baby, particularly If It be a girl. Tn later years she will turn upon her mother and Inquire pa thetically "Why didn't you have my nose straightened when I was a baby?" The health of a 'baby should demand first attention from the mother, and directly this is assured, she owes It to her offspring to enhance every physical charm and reduce, as far as possible, every physical defect. There are many minor operations which are not dangerous to the child, nor very ex pensive, even when a first-class sur geon Is employed, and this step, taken when the features are Boft and pliable, before the full growth Is attained, will save the child much mental suffering in later years. There are also many malformations' of a minor character which the mother, can reduce simply by home-made de-1 vices and careful massage. Therefore, mother of a now-born and apparently healthy babe, look It over carefully, with a view to ensuring the child's full share of good looks In future years. For Instance, your baby may have wiat Is commonly known as a pug nose. Novelists soften the term by de scribing the nose as retrousse. But by either name it will be a source of much 1 grief to Its owner In later years. And yet it lies In your power to reduce that ' defect, right now. while the bones are soft and pliable. How often you sit with baby on your knee, fondling the dimpled hands and smoothing the silky hair. Why not take the same time to reform the 111 shnpen lllll nose? It looks cute and saucy In thai midst of baby dimples, but It will give! and as necessary for the young girl as tor her mother. This one (6926) is ex ceedingly simple in construction, and equally suited to the lovely flowered lawns and the soft woolens, such as albatross and challls. The sleeves may be In flowing style or gathered Into a band at the wrist. Tucks in the front and back lend an easy fulness to the mode. The neck is prettily finished by a round collar. For a girl of 14 years 5 yards of 86 Inch material will be required. Mlmiea' Wrnpper. No. S025. Sizes for 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. Patterns will be sent to any address on receipt of ten cents by Marjorle addition, have a white cover, cotton or linen, to go over the flannel when dainty colors must be pressed. A lap-board, with a yard-meaBure marked bn the top, is a great conveni ence. Set it up back of the low sewing- chair, but in easy reach. From one arm of this chair hang a small, compact 1ln-cushlon cram-ful of sharp, clean pins and big-eyed bastlng-need-leB. From the other suspend a small closed box with a Bll cut In the lid, and the end of a reel of basting-cotton pulled up through the slit. Basting cotton has even more' than the thim ble's knack of losing Itself. It Is a wary seamstress, Indeed, who gets around both. Small things, as yokes, Btraps, gus sets, and so on, have the same amiable propensity. The white sheet on the floor effectually balks it. Further, It helps the eyes by diffusing and pro longing a soft equal light. Incident ally, it saves the carpet or the floor from lint, and makes the occasional brushing up very much easier. TO MAKE THE BABY BEAUTIFUL the face a characterless look In later years. ' With your thumb and forefinger, start at the bridge of the nose, and with a firm but not heavy pressure, stroke the feature down and out. picturing men tally as you work the exact shape you would like the nose to become. That Is, do not rub down and In toward the mouth, but always out as drawing the nose to a point. If the nose is well formed at the bridge, but flat and broad at the nostrils, begin to massage It close to the face, just above the mouth, and draw the nose outward. If you do this for fifteen minutes at a time or even less, whenever you are holding the baby, or sitting beside Its crib. Bay four times a day, you will gradually work a wonderful transfor mation in the objectionable little fea ture and without Injury to the child. Do not under any circumstances use the little Instrument which looks something like a clothespin with a spring, and which is used by adults for reducing the size of the nostrils. This will make the baby acquire the habit of breathing through the mouth Instead of the nose. Perhaps your baby has a well formed face, but projecting ears. They do not cause much comment now, but as time progresses the tendency to spring away from the head will Increase rather than diminish. Be very careful In holding the baby or laying It down that the ears are laid back perfectly flat, and that neither pillow or blanket Ih In a position to thrust the ears for ward. Whenever you put the baby to sleep, tie the ears back or down with a strip of soft fabric like liberty silk or chiffon. Make the bandage just wide enough to hold the ears In place and tie It under the chin as you would a bonnet. But nover tie it tightly or have the band of such heavy material that the child will notice It. If the pressure Is annoying, the child will be restless In Its sleep. But with a band age of this sort properly made and f Dane, 43 West Thirty-fourth street. New York City. To avoid delay, do not fail to state size of pattern desired, and be sure to write name and address plainly. The Marjorle Dane Catalogue of Fall and Winter styles Is now ready. This book contains a complete assortment of practical, up-to-date designs for la dles', misses' and children's garments, the newest embroidery designs, prac tical suggestions on home dressmak ing, how to make fancy articles and useful household and beauty hints. A copy of the book will be forward ed to any address by Miss Dane on re ceipt of ten cents In coin or stamps. There are just two more absolute sewing-room requirements ft covered wicker-basket for scraps, bundles, and general odds and ends, and a light but commodious waete-basket. A folding clothes-horse, to hold work In hand, Is desirable. So Is a big separate mirror that may be turned at any angle, and a form tor fitting and draping. Even where the house-mother does the sewing, It is a great waste to skimp In findings or thread; Indeed, In any small requisite. With a hired seam stress, such waste Is not only cruel, but wicked. She must be paid for her time, and cften loses more, piercing and con triving how to make five cents' worth answer for ten, than would half finish a garment. This applies with double force to making over old garments. If it needs must be done, have everything unpicked, sponged, pressed, even dyed, before the dressmaker comes. It Is well, further, to make up one's mind as one unmakes a frock. Waiting for the seamstress to make up both to gether is generally costly and seldom satisfactory. applied, the healthy baby who sleeps nearly half of every twenty-four hours will soon show tha good effects of this Blmplo treatment Watch the baby's fingers carefully. If they show a tendency to blunt flat or spreading ends, massage them re ligiously. Start at the base of tha fin gers, near the palm, and rub toward a Joint, so that your own thumb and forefinger, after leaving the tip of tha baby's finger, will touch. Round the flnger nails In cutting them, too, and never, never cut them straight across, giving a blunted shape to the tiny fingers. The next article of this series will discuss the air which the baby breathes, and how fresh air and foul affect Baby's good looks. The third article will consider the care of Baby's hair, eyelashes and eyebrows, and tha entire series will be of practical value to the mother who knows that preven tion in babyhood Is worth ten times the remedies needed In girlhood. A Chafing Dish Recipe Clams Newbursr. Prepare three dozen clams by removing all the hard section and steeping the soft part In boiling water for one minute. Lay in your chafing dish with half a gill of sherry. Add a dash of salt, some cay enne pepper and a saltspoon of nut meg grated. Simmer briskly for one minute. Then add one and a half gills of cream and one gill of cold milk. Simmer gently for five minutes. Beatj three eggs In two tablespoons of cream and add these with half an ounce of butter. Stir very gently for three minutes or until the cream forms, but be careful not to let the eggs curdle. PATENTS THAT PROTECT-Our thrw books for inventor mailed on receipt of six cents tampj. K. 8. & A. H. Lacey, Knout 25 to 85 Puciflo Uldg., Washington. D. C. Established 139.
