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HOMESrUN.
POR some inexplicable reason, the fem
inine world goes a-travellng in Sum
mer. The Spring, Fall or even Win
ter offers more attractions In traveling
comfort, pure and simple, but the preva
lpnce of a Summer vacation and a gen
eral sense of right to relaxation in hot
weather Is responsible for the tremendous
'vogue for Summer traveling among the
masses. '
The young wife closes her flat in town
and goes upstate to visit her mother
with the advent of hot weather. The
mother of four or Ave active clilldren
closes her town house, and goes half
way across the continent to visit the old
farm directly school vacations begin. The
young woman who has worked in office
or store for nlno months begins to plan
for a trip of some sort when the leaves
burst In the city park. And be it known
that this very day should mark the lay
ing of her plana for the traveling gown,
most Important feature of her Summer
wardrobe. .
It is all very well to say that the gown
does not make the woman, but 141 travel
ing It commands the respect of porters
and other inferiors, and it oftlmes regu
lates the welcome accorded a young girl
on lier first visit to a punctilious and con
servative hostess, for in no way does a
woman show her breeding as in the se
lection of her traveling gown, and in no
place Is the sin of overdressing more con-
Food Value of Various
THE craze for all things Japanese
which has been marked since "the
Yankees of the East" have scored mar
tial success, has now invaded that holy
of holies In domestic life, the culinary
department. -The American housewife
hftE read that the Japanese owes his mar
velous strength and endurance, as well as
his smooth. If dark, complexion, to a well-balanced
vegetable diet. Hence in many
an American home today, where meat
has always played the star role In dietet
ics, vegetables have usurped the place of
honor.
Vegetables should be divided Into four
classes: First, those containing nitro
gen, which is the muscle and tissue
butldlng quality, in which may be in
cluded peas, boane, asparagus, cereals,
Huts and gluton macaroni: second, the
vegetables rich in starch and sugar, such
as rice, potatoes or ordinary macaroni. A
few vegetables there are which yield fat,
such as certain nuts and olives. The last
and least valuable arc the vegetables
which contain principally water and min
eral matter, such as cabbage, carrots, tur
nips, lettuce, tomatoes, etc
Fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, let
tuce, asparagus and even cucumbers, mar
inated in oil and vinegar, are excellent
for toning the bowels and clearing the
.complexion. Carrots are also considered
excellent for the complexion, and boiled
onions are said to be extremely strength
ening. The Italian practically lives on
macaroni or spaghetti stewed in toma
toes and mixed with iheese. The Japan
ese build up firm, solid flesh on a diet of
Tlce.
Rlee and mRcsronl 'hoth shntilrl Vui- hr11?
rapidly, so that the particles are kept
separate. Potatoes must be cooked Just
at the boiling point, and all vegetables
should be dropped into boiling water to
secure the best results. A good rule Is to
cook all vegetables that grow under
ground, such as carrots, turnips, pota
toes, in unsalted water. The one excep
tion Is onions, which are better for having
salt added to the water In which they are
cooked.
Green vegetables that grow above the
ground should have salt added to the
-water In proportion of one teaspoonful
-of jsalt to two quarts of water. Peas and
various sorts of beans are now appearing
on the market at a reasonable figure.
In a. few weeks they will be cheap.
Green ps abould not be cooked care
lessly. TbeJr flavor ,4ef entirely upon
their tretsaBt la tae kiteaea, ae matter
1 splcuous than or. a railway train or a
boat.
I The economical woman chooses her
traveling gown and all It? accessories with
a view to their utility In other direction?.
The business girl counts upon its doing
service when she returns to the office
after her vacation. The wife and mother
expects to utilize the dress later for chop
ping, and perhaps even church wear In
the early Fall.
The general effect of a traveling gown
should be that of smartness and trlm
ness. It should afford no lodging place for
dust or train grime. It should be neither
so dark as to jhow dust nor so light as
to catch the least fleck of soot. And the
inexperienced shopper will do well to ap
proach the salesman at a good chop with
the simple statement that she wants to
see some of the best fabrics for traveling
gowns. In response to this request she
will find a field practically without limit
For general use the favorite fabrics
seem to be mohair and its near relative,
slclllcnne cloth, both of which shed dust
as a duck sheds water. The mohair of
the hour Is light, rilky and lustrous, and
the English mohairs come In the smartest
of patterns checks, embroidered dots and
water stripes. The best plaids do not
show two definite colors, such as black
and white or green and white, but through
a decided design of white with a darker
color, such as black-run threads of In
deflnable red, green, brown or yellow, so
how fresh they may arrive from the
truck garden.
Shell and toss them into very cold wa
ter, allowing them to remain there 20
minutes. Drain and pour them Into a
kettle of boiling water, allowing a tea
spoonful of salt to each two quarts of
water. Boll slowly without a cover for 20
Lmlnutcs, or until the peas become tender.
11 tne peas are cooked too rapidly the
shell cracks and breaks. If they are not
kept at the boiling point they become wa
ter soaked. When they are done, drain
off the water and add a dash of salt, very
little pepper, and for each quart of peas
a level tablespoontul of butter. Shako
very gently, Jusf enough to melt the but
ter, and turn the peas at once Into a
vegetable dish. This is the Ideal way of
serving new peas, and fancy dishes from
this vegetable are not desirable until they
have readied the point where they are old.
Later In the season they can be rubbed
through a sieve and worked Into a puree
or served with a cream sauce.
French Beans a. la Creme. String, but
do not break, two pounds of young
French beans. Cook fn unsalted boiling
water until they are tender enough to
pierce with a toothpick or a straw, but
do not let them boll long enough to col
lect in a shapeless mass. Have ready a
sauce made as follows: Rub the bottom
and sides of a, stewpan with a freshly
cut onion. Melt in this pan two ounces
of butter and rub Into it an ounce of flour
forming a smooth paste. Then add grad
ually hair a pint of cream and stir until
the sauce thickens. Season with salt, pep
per, a pinch of sugar and nutmeg, and a
few drops of tarragon vinegar. Into this
sauce pour the beans. Mix just long
enough so that the beans are thoroughly
hot and serve In a hot vegetable dish,
with a sprig of parsley rising from the
center. If the cream is not at hand, sub
stitute half a pint of milk from which
the cream has not been removed.
Asparagus is frequently served in a most
unpalatable form in the American house
hold because the cook pays more atten
tion to her sauce than to her vegetable,
and serves a creamy, delicious dressing
over a tough. Indigestible etalk. Aspara
gus is sold in bundles. The string should
be cut and each stalk carefully washed In
cold, water and then trimmed; that Is,
cut from the lower end the woody, hard
fiber, then lightly pare off the outside
skin until It begins to turn green toward
the head. Now tie into small bundles, three
or four stalks to the handle, and lay these
carefully into a kettle of boiling, salted
water. Ooe careful cook lays the aspara
gus in. a long, narrow "basket-sieve, with
a- handle, and drops this Into boiling wa
ter, as she fries potatoes In boiling lard.
"When the asparagus ie eoaked, wsick
fine, indeed, that one must examine the
cloth very closely to determine the actual
coloring. These make excellent fabrics
for traveling gowns.
A new offering in a silk and wool mix
ture, despite U up-to-date name. Is noth
ing more nor less than the old-fashioned
gloria, which, by the way, is an econom
ical investment. It shows striking plaids
softened by hair lines, and is very wide,
cutting to excellent advantage when the
circular skirt Is desired. Very few plain
or one-toned cloths are offered for trav
eling raiment. Mixed goods are Infinitely
more popular, and nearly everything Is
waterproofed, from serges to mohair and
silk.
The smartest serges show the same
plaids described in the English mohair?,
and the English tweeds and suitings in
clude loose-weave homespuns In Scotch
mixtures, which, though they look very
substantial, in reality are light In weight
and Just the thing for the loose coat suits
that no many slender girls prefer to the
tight-fitting bolero.
Panama cloth, a variant of mohair, is
extremely popular' for traveling gowns,
and Is one of the most durable materials,
if the suit must do service well Into the
Fall.
As to the general cut of the gown, the
prospective traveler must solve this prob
lem according to the nature of her Jour
ney and the length of her purse. The wo
man who can afford the luxury of a ellk
Vegetables
usually requires about SO minutes, she
lifts sieve and asparagus right out of the
water and sets It to drain over -a pan on
the back of the stove. In this way there
is no chance of the asparagus being water
soaked, and it is less apt to break. While
the asparagus is cooking make the toast
and sauce. Trim off the crust of the
bread and cut Into square pieces. Toast
a golden brown and arrange them neatly
on a hot platter. When the asparagus Is
drained, arrange It neatly on the toast,
with the tips all pointing in one direction,
and send to the table with sauce Holland
alse, served in a separate sauceboaU.
Sause Hollandalse Boll one bay leaf
and a tablespoonful of chopped onion
with two tablespoonfuls of tarragon vine
gar. Allow It .to stand in a china bowl
until cool. Rub two tablespoonfuls of
butter and one tablespoonful of flour to
gether, add gradually a cup of boiling
water, or better still, a cup of the water
In which the asparagus Is cooked. Stir
until It reaches a creamy consistency.
Then add the vinegar mixture which has
been strained through a hair-sieve. Re
move from the fire and stir In slowly the
yolks of two eggs beaten light. Heat
very slowly, but do not boIL Add a half
teaspoonful of salt and a dash of pepper.
Strain and serve immediately In the
sauceboat.
The family will no longer refer to car
rots as "cow food" It they are served in
the form oftimbales.
Carrot Timbales Grate three large car
rots, add to them Tialf & .cupful of cream
and two eggs beaten lightly. Season with
salt and a dash .of cayenne. Fill into
small baking cups, stand In boiling wa
ter, and bake for 30 minutes In a moder
ate oven. When cooked turn out on &
platter and serve with cream sauce.
Steamed Eggs and Tomatoes-tSeparate
the whites from the yolks of as many
eggs as are required for a dish, reserving
the yolks separately In one-half of their
respective shells; season the whites .with
celery salt, white pepper and a dash of
paprika and whisk them to a very stiff
froth. Lightly butter some china rama
kin cups and arrange some of the white
of egg in each, so that the bottom and
tides are evenly lined with it, and Into
the hollow In the center slip one of the
yolks. Then coyer them entirely with
some of the remaining whisked whites,
and, after smoothing 'the tops; place the
caps la a saucepan coataiaing enough
bolting water to reach to rattier less than
two-thirds of their depth. .Tut "a lid ovec
the cups and steam the egaa steadily fer
from six to eight minute. When they
are reedy loosen the watte of egg roaad
the aides af the, cap aad. tarn tae ck
ttwts ef each carefully o ts tae half of a
wtdluai-atocd tacaato, Mck aac .bee
TAILORED LINES
.dust coat will employ a long, all-enveloping
coat of this nature over a shirtwaist
suit of silk or mohair. But for the average
purse the two-piece suit of rough doth or
mohair, with a harmonious ..shirtwaist,
will give best value In prceent and future
wear.
The short Jacket, with perhaps the pos
tillion back. Is the ideal traveling, coat, as
redlngotes or long-tailed jackets ;bfany
fort crease while; ttio. bolero .yahJbe- hung
on a hook or evcrufolded on the'ra.ck over
head,, with less- danger to Its freshness
and good lines.
The traveling skirt clears the ground
all the way round, and It comes In an in
finite variety of styles. For the girl who
carries herself well and has a faculty for
keeping her gowns fresh and smart-ldok-lng,
the skirt of the moment is the two
piece circular pattern with a scam direct
ly down the front. This Is considered
particularly desirable when evolved from
small. Indefinable checks and plaids, but
it Is a question whether It Is a skirt which
meets the needs of an economical, girl, as
it is more apt to get out of shape than
the pleated skirt. Unless cut by an ex
pert. It is apt also to hang In points, sag
ging here or there in a most trying fash
Ion, and if it Is bought ready-made Its
scams, and particularly the plcceout of the
gore, must be regarded with suspicion.
Here la where the sagging will be no
ticed first If the grain of the skirt Is not
preserved In the Junction.
Of the making 'of pleated skirts there
is practically no end, and quite frequently
cooked on a buttered tin in the oven until
just tender. Have ready a sauco made
according to the directions given below.
Garnish the top of each egg with about a
teaspoonful of it and scatter a little finely
chopped parsley over it. Pour the re
mainder of the sauce round the tomatoes,
but without covering them.
For the sauce, put a quarter of a pint
of bechamel sauce into a stewpan of
suitable size, and as soon as It is hot,
stir In a quarter of a pint of thick cream.
Ascertain that there Is sufficient season
ing, and then add a tablespoonful of to
mato preserves and two tcaspoonfuls of
chopped parsley. Use as directed when
the sauce Is thoroughly heated. Thin
crisp slices of toast and butter should
be passed with the eggs.
The Power of Song.
Bulwera Translation of Schiller.
A rain-flood from the mountain riven.
It leaped in thunder forth today;
Before Its rush the crags arc driven,
The oak uprooted, whirled away!
Awed yet in awe all wildly gladdening
The startled wanderer halts below;
He hears tne rock-born waters maddening.
Nor wits the oource from whence they go:
So, from their high, mysterious founts, along.
Stream on the silenced world the waves of
sonc!
Knit with the threads of life forever.
By thoa? dread powers that weave the woof
Whose art the sinter's spell can. sever?
Wbos breast has mall to music proof?
Xx. to the bard a wand of wonder
The herald of the rods has riven:
He sicks the soul the death-realm under.
Or lifts it breathless up to heaven
Half sport, half earnest, rocking Its devotion
Upon the tremulous ladder of emotion.
As when In hours the least unclouded.
Portentous, atrt&es upon the scene
Some fate before from wisdom shrouded;
And awes tha startled souls of men
Before that stranger from another.
Behold how tais world's great ones bow;
Mean Joys their Idle clamor smother.
The mask Is vaaUfecd fom the brow:
And from truth's sadden, solesna lUr unfurled
Fly all the craven falsehoods. of the world!
0 Soar like Fate Itself Is given
To ecare the idler thoughts; away, "
To lift the earthly bp. to heaven.
To wake the p4rit from, the clay!
One with the ges tae bard: before him
All thtar DsclMB aad earthly fly: -Hseeted
are aH saeaaer powers, and o'er him
The dark fate sweeps BS&armlnr by;
And while t&e''aeother'a megle ssetceres flow,
Smoothed every wrfakle oa the brows, .of woe!
Bvea as a child, that after plater 1
Fer the sifeet attest -.ssetacr. beats..
Her veje, ana rewad her Beak eatwlaiar
Tesg arms, vests all its seal is tears:
So by &arfc eastern far estraaged,
Atoag the glad aaa guBeteea track,
Te cMMasad'S Havfry bene aaeaard -
Tae. swift, seas waKa tae waaderer back
Eaaicaed frees taeceM as fersta! werM, aae
3jr, ihefareat, artaV to:aar4fewiBg-,aresU
I'LMTED TYVO-riECE SCIT OF MOHAIR,
SHOWING VOICE EFFECT Kf SKIRT-
the Jackets are built from pleat? to
match, In size and arrangement of those
employed for the skirts. A noticeable fea
ture of the very full pleated skirts Is the
double or triple line of stitching which
outlines the waist and hips on a good
curve and simulates a yoke. These pleat
ed skirts are particularly effective on a
slender girl, who may also venture on the
full-plcatcd bolero or blouse jacket to
match. If they are adopted by a stout
woman, the pleats must be stitched very
fiat and the yoke line must be clearly de
fined. A skirt which will be found moat ef
fective on a stout woman Is a new tair
ored design, which shows a yoke box
pleated in the front, and smaller box
pleats running down from either hip and
in the center of the back, making four
Dame Fashion's Decree
WITH the change of frills and furbe
lows from heavy silk and wool ma
terials to the sheerest and thinnest of
Summery fabrics, the decorative button
loses none of its "Winter popularity. It
does, however, have the appearance of
being an integral part of the lightweight
frock which it adorns. Most of the fancy
buttons come In three sires, from the two
inch button for the girdle to the quarter
inch button for collar and cuffs.
Mother-of-pearl undoubtedly plays the
largest part in the foundation of the Sum
mer buttons. Unadorned it serves as the
approved fastening for morning shirt
waists, but for trimming more elaborate
bodices it takes on endless embellishments
and decorations. Extremely delicate is a
button with a gold filigree center and a
quarter-Inch mother-of-pearl rim overlaid
with gold filigree. Another pearl button
is ornamented with a small gold crocus,
the top of the circle being cut out to form
the upper petals of the flower. For big
coat buttons the opalescent mother-of-pearl
Is covered with sterling silver fila
gree of flowery- pattern, a single button
of this design selling for 33.
Rhinestones are as much a feature of
Something New in Jardinieres for Porch Plants
AN anxious little wife armed with a
formidable shopping list, met her
dearest friend in the basement of a de
partment store.
"Oh, dear," she said, "we have taken
a cottage at B " (a popular suburban
town) "and I haveo many furnishings
to buy that I do not know where to
begin."
"Well," said her practical friend, "take
nay advice and look well to jardinieres
and tubs for your ferns and rubber
plants. By them will your new neighbors
judge you."
There Is more truth than facettowne&a
in ts-ls terse remark. The .'porch, -furnishings
of a household are the first to' at
tract . the criticism, favorable or other
wise,, of her new neighbors, and particu
larly' In jardinieres' does she betray her
taste or the lack of it.
3oae porches er even Summer stoops
ia town, reaesaale a Japanese auction
aaep, white ethers radiate a heiaeHke
feeHag and an laaafaaale ataaeapaere of
god taae aad xeatle aree4titjr. It. ia a
The Array of Fabrics for Hard-Wear Gowns is Almost
Bewildering
box pleats in all. Between these the skirt
is laid In fine side pleats. Another skirt
shows a plain panel down the front, with
side pleats turning in toward the panel
at intervals, all the way round, and these
pleats, just at the knee, are heldjn place
by flaps of the cloth, finished off with but
tons. Still a third skirt shows five box
pleats, the largest outlining the center of
the skirt In front. Between these are
panels finished at the bottom with a V
ehaped point, under which are stitched
four aide pleats, which, with the box
pleats, give a delightful flare around the
foot of the skirt.
In the matter of blouses, gunmetal
black, silk, sober shades of pongee and
mohair, plain and figured, with- collar and
cuff sets' In tucked lawn or broderle An
glais, are preferred generally to wash'
Summer's decorative buttons as they were
of the brilliant ornaments for "Winter's
frocks. The novelty button for nestling
In shlrrings and tuckings of soft materials
Is an oval stone, which may be had to
match any of the season's odd colors, sur
rounded by a circle of tiny rhlnestones.
The button gives the effect of a costly
piece of jewelry- In fact, some women
have pins fastened at the back of the but
tons and use them for brooches. Single
rhlnestone. Imitation ruby, turquoise or
emerald buttons are used for studding
heavy laces or for finishing silk or velvet
rosettes.
"Very costly Is a French imported button
that has the appearance of opaque glass.
A circular latticework of liquid green
composition has as its center a star flower
of palest salmon pink. A tiny rhlnestone
at the heart of the blossom looks like a
dewdrop barely daring to rest on an al
most transparent petal. Peacock eye but
tons are still decidedly In evidence, and
the same focusing eye Is effected in a
shaded coral button.
Metal buttons are finished to look ex
actly as though they were covered with
silk, and many of them are decorated with
a tiny hand-painted flower. Buttons are
also finished in perfect imitation of Per
sian trimming, the rich Old "World col
orings offering a stunning contrast when
great mistake to mix many wares in jar
dinieres and the market is now so rich in
offerings of this sort that a woman will
have no difficulty In picking up a har
mrnlous collection of flower stands and
jardinieres.
One, of the novelties of the season in
porch receptacles for ferns, either grow
ing or fresh from the woods. Is built from
sticks of gray birch to match1 the popular
rustic furniture It stands a little over
two feet from the floor and is topped by
a long narrow trough, lined with copper
zinc Small, split sticks of birch enclose
the side of the zinc basin which is sup
ported by heavier limbs of birch. To
match wicker furnishings, all sorts of col
ored porcelain Jardinieres are covered
with woven straw, and look almost like
basket.
"When straw frames are not used, stone
or porcelain jardinieres are most attrac
tively decorated in the richest of delft
blues, oid rose and shaded browns. One
enerroeas palm vase fa deep blue show
Saakeapearpaa scenes agalRSt a geld
grayed. Another displays QOaiat ceuatfy
aaeaea ia pink, staHdiac eot em a white
'xrtttnd. Bat tkc shops ar das aatltav to
r LAI TED TWO-PIECE SUIT OF CHECKED
GLORIA.
shirtwaists. Many of the boleros for trav
eling shdw pieces of linen outlining the
front. In exactly the fashion displayed in
the white edgings for men's vests. White
and cream colored vests and chemisettes
and dickies are also combined, with heavy
cloth In traellng gowns, and these are
detachable, so that they can be removed
on entering the train and replaced when
the traveler reaches her destination. Any
thing white or cream colored must be Im
maculate if it is to add and not detract
.from the traveler's raiment.
Petticoats of mohair and. mercerized sat
een are preferred to the lingerie skirt' for
wear beneath the traveling gown. 1h
light-weight silk petticoat is, of course,
the most desirable garment of all, but the
mohair is an admirable substitute.
KATHARINE ANDERSON
as to Buttons
setting off one of the numberless varieties
of shepherd checks. Shaded and change
able silks are likewise Imitated in metal
buttons, a silky finished button of porce
lain blue, fading to baby blue, an old rose
graduating to pale pink, or a -golden
brown growing into tan. Brass buttons
are extensively employed in Hne3 or
groups for trimming tailored frocks.
An elaboration of the metal button has a
rim of gun metal or silver, "with a center
of shaded chenille, or chenille in contrast
ing pastel shades, held Arm in the middle
bj- a tiny flower of cut steel. Leather in
any shade forms the center of buttons
with metal rims. These are employed for
setting oft mannish suitings. Not Infre
quently a piece of the suiting itself cov
ers the center of the button.
"When a button finishes the end of braid
bands or loops or straps, it is covered
with braid to match. Linen suits are
trimmed with Hnen-covered buttons, and
on an embroidered frock the buttons have
embroidered coverings done In the same
design in miniature.
This seems to be the year when the girl
who can do hand painting will be able to
use her art as she never has before:
China buttons, exquisitely ornamented
with ideal heads or dainty flowerets, are
the coveted possession of the Summer girl
of 1S05.
turn In dismay from these magnificent
and costly jardinieres, for just beside
them are vases with the same, artistic
colorings In simple design, for less than
half the price. Noteworthy among these t
is a brown vase decorated with golden
brown flowers, in perfect imitation nf the
more expensive brown pottery.
Jardinieres resting on porcelain stand
ards are more popular this year than
ever with the woman who has a spacious
porch and a well-lined pocketbook.
Among the most striking of the new de
signs is a stand and vase four; feet in
height. In a rlcn blending of deep sap
phire blue and leaf green; water lily
leaves are scattered gracefully about the
standard and culminate In a rose
shaped vase showing' a few leavas and
an occasional white lily, which, is ex
tremely natural.
Standards of hammered brass" are also
enjoying a decided vogue, though, they
are merely generally used la aaHsU and
llvteg-roo'ms' than on steps Or pare fees.
The jardinieres walch. accossfpaay tnaam
aave eeenaoaa araas. Hoop" bandies aad
are often haamered In fleur-de-Ms Boa's
aead designs. ' - - "