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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1911)
TOE SUNDAY OREGOXIAJf, PORTLAND, AUGUST 6, 1011. POPULARITY OF GRAY BLUES FOR DINING ROOMS DOES NOT DIMINISH Whether Home Is Mansion, Cottage or Apartment, This Shade la faTvog-ae for Decorating Scheme Mixing of Colors by Workmen Must Be Closely Watched to Obtain Satisfactory Results. 1 .-rA UIALNU-KUUM, MiOMING BT LAHtA BALDWIN DOOUTTIJE. THERE! eem to b conenu of opinion concernlnn the color cbem for dlnlns-rooma. and that la. that - old blua. r"a telle bias, array blue arc popular colors. Ona doc not mika mistake la using a blua and oransa chme tf tha light la right not a north exposure. Blue la what is called the "Intellectual color, and It would seem more flttlns; to have this color In our libraries. Just why the blue craze for dining rooms Is so Intense I cannot yet fath om, but It Is all tha same, whether It la mansion, cottssre or apartment. Mr last three dlnlnsr-rooms hare all been in aome shade of blue, chosen br each patron without suKsrestlon from me. These patrons simply wanted a blua dlninir-room. One dining-room Is In an English cottage In Laurel hurst. White Enamel Vsed. The wainscot and wood trim are all aof white enamel and the frlexa and 'celling a rery good blue, a clear Eng lish blua that necessitated my sending to London to get the exact color In a chlnts hanging. Thera are French windows opening out on latticed porch and a long window orer the sideboard. At all of them we used an y : v A; A i A A-'' ' A'A; AA in! AA ,j j(0t:... J BSI? ill!.:. ' i - A t A m tl r - ILa'aa .v- SMALL SISTERS DRESSED EXACTLY ALIKE POPULAR FASHION JUST NOW Khaki Togs Haye Certain Tawny Smartness Scallops Embroidered ty Hand on Everything Romper Bathing Suits for Wee Tots. . NEW YORK. July 23. (Special.) It la a pretty notion thla dreaa lng of wee sisters precisely alike. No darger of mistaking tha little folk for twigs, for usually ona Is at least a head taller than the other and often ona la dark and tha other fair, but every detail of the coatume of big later la like tha coaturaa of little sis ter, and ona belleres truly that a load la lightened for the mother who thus easily aolrea tha clothes Question early In fha season. The smart little people who earlier In the season paced aedately up Fifth avenue of a morning, banging devot edly on each aide of utterly .respectable looking frauleina and governesses, have all disappeared now. for every family that can afford such a luxury as a frauleln has departed to tha country, and very few children are seen lnthe street In the better section of the city. But that there are children In town Is proved beyond peradventure by a day at any of the beaches, for tha sands are covered with happy little lads and lesalea. while contented mother read or do needlework In the pleasant can vas chairs with striped awnings over bead. Sample Pair Jot Winsome. Two little girls at Brighton the other day trotted down on the sand in frocks as delectably cool and attractive as pink and white Ice cream. The mate rial was peach pink linen, and the only trimming waa scalloping done by hand In white. Down the front went a straight panel nine or ten Inches wide and scalloped along each edge. From thia panel four-Inch straps reached around the the back, and these straps were also scalloped. Below the straps waa a low-pleated skirt, and above tha little waist was finished by a square yoke also scalloped at both edges. The elbow sleeves had scalloped cuffs. On tha panel In front where the belt was set In at either aide were three large white crochet buttons. IVlta theaa aim pie yet smart little frocks were worn shady brimmed panama hats with black taffeta ribbon bands and bows. Hand embroidery, however slmpls. al. ways adds distinction, and a little hand TAKING STENOGRAPHIC REPORTS AT FUNERALS IS WOMAN'S AVOCATION Typist Tinds Work Has Many Advantages Over Office Task, and Is Remunerative as Well as Easily Obtained. Memorial r olios Appeal to All but Widowers, Is Her Experience. bt aAROAnrr M. scott. r the originality of a woman la one of the cities of the Middle West Is due tha opening up of a new occupation for women, that la women with a knowledge of typewrit ing and stenography. If they are ac quainted with their Bibles so much tba tt'r. The new occupation Is none other than making memorial reports or folios of funeral services for the future reference and comfort of bereaved fam. Illea. No public or down-town office la necessary. The work may be carried on at home Just as satisfactorily. How the originator of this new occupation came to engage In It and how aha ear rlea It on may be best told In her own language: rilow did I come to go Into It? Why. I Just thought that here was a new and good field for a woman. I never heard of anyone else doing It before I started In. and I thought heie was my chance, rd worked a good many years la as THE KLABOUATK HiltBLE JIIELF English chlnts. ona of those pretty printed fruit effect, dull blua back ground with Just tha tones In the fruit and learas that appear In tha opalesque glasa In the light fixtures. The furniture Is mahogany and tha whole effect Is good. Another ona Is In an apartment. ITre the efTect Is blue gray blua and silver. All the small hardware and curtain fixtures hare been silver-plated to correspond with the beautiful light fixtures. This la an artlstlo apartment and the fixtures were spe cially designed. The rug Is band woven, made In tha East, and Is dull blue with a two-toned border with a touch of black to give It character. The draperies here are a soft silk that looks like etamtne. No net or other thin curtatna. Just tha soft semi-transparent silk casement curtains. Color Hard to Find. It was eimply Impossible to find this color In any heavy drapery stuff for door hangings so the same silk was used lined with the double-faced can, ton flannel that comes for this purpose and gives to any soft or thin material the added weight and thickness that make tha portlera fall In heavy good folda. Tha third room Is In a large home In Irvlngton. where there la a high wains scalloping Is Infinitely preferable, on a child's frocks, to bands of machine em broidery. Charming little dreasea of pink, apple green or stone blue cham bray are out In peasant style, with seamless shoulders and. loose kimono sleeres the V-shaped or aquare neck opening being acaliciC all around the sleeve edges also. A spray or two of hand-embroidered forget - ma - nots worked below the neck opening and on the sleeves will add a little extra touch of daintiness. For afternoon dresses nothing is cooler or daintier than dtmlty, either plain white with crossbarred or striped threads or In tiny sprigged patterns. Dimities seem somehow especially aulted to little folks and even the col ored patterns launder splendidly. Dimity may be trimmed with lace or embroid ery, but the embroidery should be of tha finest quality with a ground fab ric as aheer aa tha dimity. It aeema su perflous to add that only laces of fine and good quality should be used on children's clothes. Nothing Is so atro cious aa cheap lace, tha Cheaper for many a tubbing on a little girl's frock. Embroidery Flouncing; Charming. Embroidery floanelngs make charm ing white dresses for afternoon wear, and If one Is watchful for opportuni ties very good flounclngs may occasion ally be picked up at a low price. These may be put together with val lace In sertions, plain, fine white lawn being used In conjunction with tha flouncing where necessary- A pretty way to use the flouncing la to have It run straight across the bodice and out over the arm In seamleas peasant style, lace being In serted between the scalloped edges of the embroidery over shoulder and top of sleeve and the edge of the embroid ery forming front and back of a shal low square neck. The embroidery may be turned and mitred at the edge of the sleeve or a finish of lace may be added. This embroidery bodice) Is rather short waisted and la attached -to a straight gathered skirt of the flouncing under a sash of ribbon. When the waistline Is high In tha Dutch or "Empire" faahlon the aash la usually finished with rosettes either at the back or on each side of the front. With tha long-walated Frenoh style of offlca down town and was tired of everything and everybody about tha place. I decided to quit and do some thing for myself.' Then this funeral Idea cams to me, or rather came back to me after slumbering for a doxen years or so. Ton see a long time ago, when I was employed dowa town, a business acquaintance came to me ons day and asked If I wouldn't undertake to report a funeral service for his out-of-town cousin who was unable to attend. Tak Is Cndertaken.. I had never reported a funeral, but had done about everything else, and so I agreed to do It. The funeral vwas held Sunday and I transcribed my notes at my leisure In the week. The vo cabulary would probably have stumped ma if it had not been for my religions and church training tn childhood. I waa mighty glad, Just then that my old Dad ha4 cfads me go to church and ' t, OK OKlGIAL DKSIGJf. cot and beamed celling of dark fir. This Is a dull mstelle shade of blue and tha rur has the Oriental colorings of rich orange, old dull - reds and blues. I planned this room to have the blue frelxe and carry the same dull .orange tan celling In the dicing room ana liv lng room and then use a stencil of blue In each square between tfte beams, but the. man did not carry out my echeme correctly did not follow directions concerning tha mlxlnar of the colors, consequently the ceiling had to be done orer, and to simplify matters we used a plain celling of the blua jnst a shade lighter. than the frelxe. Painters Must Be Watched. I find It absolutely necessary to stay till a color Is mixed and put on If one wants to be sura of it. for neutralising colors by mixing complementary colors Is abaolutely unknown to most of our workmen. Dr. Barton Jacoba' home at Newport Is one of tha fine places that attracts any one'a attention by Its lovely grounds. The dining room has a big marble shelf of original design that attracts the attention. The screen at the door of the butler's pantry Is also another feature. It being a very beautl ful ona of hand-tooled and decorated leather. Tha walls are hung In bro cades. frock with Its .abbreviated skirt, the sash Is tied loosely around the body and allowed to droop In a soft, big bow at one side of the back, the ends of the handsome ribbon falling at the least bit below the short petticoats. Little girl's skirts are rather soft and limp to glre the narrow effect fashionable Just now. all bouftancy being avoided. Very soft and graceful are the rolls and mar quisette dresses which are often em broidered with squares, dots and geo metrical flgurea In color. Such frocks have slightly gathered skirts finished at the bottom with, a. deep hem. The sash ribbon matcher the dominant color In tha embrodery. Khaki for Playwear. For play wear many small girls. like their brothers, wear brown khaki, but this material Is too warm for anything but a mountain or- seashore tempera ture. The brown khaki frocks, mads with utmost simplicity and worn with brown short stockings, brown sandals or low shoes and black patent leather belt and tie. are exceedingly smart. A panama or peanut straw shade hat. wound with a white scarfc should ac company suoh a c'. atume. Beneath the play frock the little girl now almost 'Invariably wears loose knickers or bloomers, which save a deal of wear and washing. in the way of white oambrlo undergarments. Very small girlies may wear rompers which are much more graceful than the dreadful overalls which were a fad soma seasons ago. If the skirts of the romper or rather, the bloomers are sufficiently full, the garment does not look T.omboylsh or hoydenlsh. and may be worn by a slender little girl of even T or S years. After this age tha belted frock buttoned down, one side, with bloomers beneath Is In better taste. Romper bathing suits are worn by small boya and girls alike and are safer for all-day wear on the beach than the oun. nlng two-piece knitted suits which leave the arms, chest and legs too much exposed. - A child's bathing suit should always have a touch of wool In It to prevent danger of chill. Light-weight flannel, or better stilt, the silky pernio fabrlo wbloh combines wool with mo hair, and which comes In attractive sol. orlngs. will give good satisfaction. Sunday school and also memorise chap ter after chapter In the Bible. I made two typewritten copies of tha service on fine linen paper small sheets and big margins, you know and tied thera with lilac satin ribbon. I've changed tha color since then and use only white, for young and old alike. I don't remember what my bill for that work was, but I do remember It was a mighty tidy sura, and that the woman wrote me a nice letter, thanking me for my beautiful work and saying what a comfort and satisfaction It waa t have the memorial folio. "Some months later a prominent business man came to ny employer one day and asked If he would not let me off the afternoon of his mother's fun eral. Naturally my employer was sur prised at hla requeat for the man had stenographers In his own office. He explained that' he had seen a copy of a funeral service I had made and he wanted me to report his mother's serv Ice. He assured us that be was will . lng to pay me well and begged so hard j that my good-natured employer con I sented to let me make thla extra , money. That was some years sgo, but ' If my memory does not fall me, I was gone from the offlca on that particular day about Xn, hour and a half. 1 transcribed my shorthand notes at my leisure during the days that followed, making several original copies or folios and received something like 111 In payment. No Advertising Done. "Later on I reported (gratuitously) two services, one the mother bf my employer: the other, the little son of the manager. As I said before, all this happened years ago. and I had almost forgotten about such work until com paratively recently." "But how did you go' about It to get business And how do you do nowT How do you kaow whom to ask, or do you advertiser "Advertise? No Indeed. I've been keeping this business 'dark' until I get the 'cream' off It. There'll be plenty of competition as soon as It Is known.' I Just read the funeral notices In the dally papers and telephone to the house, asking some member of the fam ily If they want me report the serv ice. I explain what it is and quote them the price. I generally give them my phone number and ask them to call me If they decided to have It done. Then people often call me up If they hare heard of or seen the folios. No need to advertise, for two funerals a week are all I can spare the time for that means three days' constant work, or a week's work leisurely done. JL never promise the folios sooner than a week or 10 days; so I am not rushed and .can put them aside from time to time and attend to- home duties or so cial affairs or unlooked-for Jnterrup tlons. I do my soliciting by phone now altogether. When I began I did aome house-to-house soliciting in the neighborhood. These families told their friends of my work and sent me cus tomers." Refusals Are Few. "Don't you get turned down lots of times r "Oh. yes; but almost always In a nlcs way. rve had only a few brief at that unpleaaant refusals, and only one dissatisfied customer. And naturally ber case Is the only one on which I made a discount on account of her circumstances. You know the old say ing. If you want to make an enemy, do him a service. That's the kind of case she was. I swore then I'd never take pity on folks again and make them a discount. You see Just at that time people are apt to be tn their gentlest, mellowest mood, and my work Is so mugh my own that they have lit tle or no opportunity to be snippy or bossy. Why, lots of times I never see the family before, at or after the serv ice. I use the telephone, the family doesn't appear at the service, and I send the folios and bill by messenger, and they mall me a check. See?" "When some of my friends heard what I waa doing they tried to 'guy me,' saying I was In a good, live busi ness -or that I was in a cheerful busi ness or line of work. Later they con gratulated me on my originality espe cially when they learned how remuner ative the work is, and how easily and pleasantly dona I think It's a snap. Hours Are Convenient. "The services, you see, are held at convenient hours, late In the morning or early in the afterneon. They seldom last more than half an hour. People come atraggling In and delay the serv ices always, but even then and with time spent afterwards verifying names, eta, I am seldom In a house more than an hour. Table and chair are placed for me In a room or hall adjoining the room where" the coffin Is, and as the family seldom or never appears, there Is no "scene' and little r no strain on the emotions. Everything Is dignified and beautiful. "So far I can't see the least objec tion or disadvantage about doing the work. 'I'm enthusiastlo about It- Con sidering the time spent on It, it Is more remunerative than office work and much more pleasant there's a sense of leisure and freedom and being your own boss about It. The minister's re marks and Bible reading and prayers are beautiful and uplifting, and. per sonally, they're good for me lor I'm FRUIT CANNING EASY BY "OPEN-PAN" PLAN Many Difficulties in Preserving May Be Overcome If Simple Rules Are Followed in Preparing Tasty Dishes. BT LILIAN TINGLE. Fruit Canning and Preserving 8erles No. 4. CANNING fruit by cooking In the Jar is a method somewhat mttre modern than, the "open pan" way. described laat week. 'It has, however. Increasing popular ity, since fruit thus prepared usual ly keeps Its shape and color better; and its flavor, too. Is sometimes superior. For all exhibition purposes this method Is preferable. It Is also well adapted for use in the steam cookers now so widely used, as well as In tha invalu able flreless cooker, although tha method must be somewhat modified to suit the conditions of the latter. Fruits may be canned In the jars without the addition of any sugar which la sometimes an advantage where fruit is plentiful, money scarce, and the pries of sugar showing its usual advance In connection with the can ning season. Red fruits, however, need soma sugar In order to preserve their color at Its best. In general. It may be said that fruits' requiring sugar when eaten fresh should have sugar In like proportion when canned. Probably the best way Is to make a boiled ayrup of given atrength, ac cording lo the kind of fruit used, and, after packing the Jars with the fresn prepared fruit, fill up the Jars with thla If canning for sale or exhibi tion purposes, a syrup gauge will pro bably prove advantageous in securing absolutely unform results. For domes tic use. what Is called 14 degree syrup made by boiling for five minutes, one pound (approximately two cup, iur with one quart water can be used for pale fruits; and "J4 degree" syrup mads with one pound sugar to one pint water, for red fruit. Is an easily re membered rule. Generally speaking, for the most attractive appearance, the syrup should be of such a density that the fruits do not too readily sink In It, but not so rich that they cannot be Induced to sink. Peaches or apricots will stand a richer syrup. If desired, even as much as two pints sugar to one pint water. Very dark small ber ries, such as huckleberries, elderber ries, and blueberries, may be success fully prepared in a syrup of half cup sugar to one pint water. Usually the following steps are necessary, though different kinds of Jars may call for alight modifications. 1. In a room as ciean ana rce as possible from floating dust, collect the necessary material and utensils. Th fruit must ho fresh and sound, and Nnot overripe.. Canning does not re store spoiled materials. j. Make the syrup in requirea quan tity. - t Prepare the fruits oy picKtng, rins ing and paring, or not, as may be nitoessarv. Larger fruits, unpeeled. such as plums, crabapples, etc., should be thoroughly wiped, to remove an bloom or "fuix," and caretuily pricked i like the majority of my "day and gen eration' pretty earthy. This work Is a. sort of balance for my wordllness and materialism. "Another thing. The rooms are al ways well ventilated have to be of course and there's no old tobacco smoke. Everything Is quiet; everybody Is dignified. There Is no noise, no hurry. Instead of hustling out in the morning early, I can sleep late., read the paper, open my mail and then start to work. I generally know a day or ao ahead when I am to report a service. I've only had, one "hurry-up" call, and then the minister had to wait only about five minutes for me. Folios Win Favor. "With the exception already noted. people have telephoned me or written me the nicest letters thanking me for suggesting the folio to them. You see the memorial Is so much more attract' Ive and satisfactory than even they ex pected and Is such a comfort to them (reaching them at Just the psycho logical moment, so to say. when the ex citement of the funeral Is over and the family Is beginning to take up Its for mer routine) that they feel a sort of personal gratitude to me for having suggested the memorial folio to them. "My experience has been that few people In poor or In moderate circum stances think they can afford it. al though Just as many people compara tively In affluent circumstances have refused me for the same, other or no reason. Of course you have to make allowance for Its being a new thing. and lots of people don't get the right idea or it Dy a description over ins telephone. I fancy some of them im agine it Is a sort of wax-flower or chromo affair l be put in a case or hung on the wall. I recall one young man. who, after I had described it most minutely and carefully, replied: "No, we don't want anything like that In ours we've had enough to bear and remem ber without that." "It la an exceptional case where the Idea appeals to a man and he wants the service reported for his own per sonal satisfaction or use. Most wives and mothers want It. Widowers Don't Apply. "Young people or even adult chil dren seldom are interested in it. and I have yet to receive my first order from a widower for a report of his wife's funeral service. Strange, lsnt ltf - And Fve asked dosens of them over the phone, I suppose. "Just to Illustrate how quickly peo ple are won over to It ones they see (It and understand what It Is one of my friends, a business woman of lntelll gence and fine Julgment, couldn't sea for the life of her, she said, how any body would want such a thing. She chanced to call at my horns one even lng as I -was finishing a folio for life long friends of hers. I read the service to her and before I was half through I noticed that she was moved very much By the time I .had finished she was smiling through tears and acknowl edged what a beautiful Idea It was and saying that when the time cams sha wanted It done for her family. "But It's like almost everything eleTe In the world, a matter of temperament and taste. I believe the majority of people think such a folio will prove an unhappy reminder, only the minority tbtnkiwr it will prove to be a comfort and consolation to them. So there you arel "Ona thing ioore! ' As I said In the beginning I believe, it's a fine occupa tion for women at home. I know of no more beautiful work for anyone to engage In. It's high-class In every res Dec t. The subject-matter is uplift lng and the mechanical work Is easy on vour eyes and nerves and gives you op. portunlty for artistic "copy." You do all your work under ideal conditions. For the home woman. It seems to me, it s an ideal occupation or a side line. An hour or two at week is all she needs to be away from her home. I doubt if the average housewife would have time for more than two or three services a month. The typewriter rental is small. For a slightly larger amount a. monthly Installment or payment may be made on a second-hand typewriter and the machine pay for ltseir in less than a vear. or a new one secured sim ilarly In about a year and a half. That's miehtv little caDltal to invest the nrst year In a new bualness that brings such good returns." over. For this a "fruit docker" either bought or homemade. Is useful. A large cork, through which several stout darning needles have been driven, makes a useful "docker." Fruits that are pared, or have the skin removed by boiling water, as peaches, apricots, and tomatoes, should be dropped Into cold water to prevent discoloration. 4. Rinse the Jars In cold or warm water, as convenient, and fill with the fruit, filling to the brim with syrup of suitable strength, or with water or fruit Juice if preferred. In this case as stated before, the fruits will be less good.ln color, and will need longer sterilization. Sugar must; of course, be added when they are opened for use. E. Rinse he covers in hot or cold water, according to the kind used. Rinse and adjust rubbers. If rubber are used. Adjust the clamps, or screws, loosely, .so that the steam may es cape. , 6. Place on a rack in a washboller, or In a steam-cooker. 7. If the boiler Is used, fill It with cold water to the necks of the Jars, cbver, and heat gradually to boiling point. Then watch the clock, and boll steadily for a suitable time. This de pends not only upon the kind of fruit, but upon Its size, ripeness, strength of syrup, size of Jar (a two-quart Jar will naturally take longer to "cook through" than a pint Jar), whether tha fruit Is whole or sliced, etc. Judgment here Is more Important than rules, but a useful guide, with small . fruits especially, "Is to notice when the fruit begins to rise from the bottom of the Jars. Better cook" the fruit too long than too little. Usually not less than SO minutes will be re quired, though sometimes, with small or cut up fruits, 20 to 25 minutes will do. . Not less than an hour will be needed for fruits put up in waten, or, better still. In their own Juice or -that of some other fruit, as suggested In last week's lesson. Country housewives with abundance of fruit may extract the Juice from the small, less choice berries or apples, etc., and use thla Juice in place of sugar-syrup in can ning;, thus avoiding the purchase of large quantities of sugar when It Is at Its highest price. Fruit put up in this way should, of course, be carefully labeled to distinguish it from that canned with sugar. If a good cool cellar Is not available for keeping the fruit, the time ot boil ing had better be still further Increased. An economy of fuel may sometimes be effected by the use of the flreless cooker to soften hard fruits, but sterl lizatlon can only be secured by the use of the boiling temperature. If a steam cooker is available this will be found more convenient and ef fective than the wash boiler. In this case count the time of cooking from after the steam is up and give rather longer than If it were done In the wash boiler. For high altitudes twice J SLASHED SKIRT LATEST CREATION FROM PARIS Overdress Matches Coat, but Petticoat Is of Different Material in Graceful Suit Tiat Embodies All the Dressy Fall Features. :f;:;;:H:s Avt A- I ' J ? i 1; AJ; ii I II . saaww,,, .. 1 " 1 I. ;.-.:K'-V:ft:K NEW CREATION NEW YORK. Aug. 5. (Special.) From Callot Soeurs, In Paris, comes this charming suit that embodies all the new Fall features and has the grace that the Callots put Into everything that comes from their workshop. There Is an -overskirt of material matching the coat, slashed to show a petticoat of quite different as much time may be needed for com plete sterilization than at lower levels. When cooking ana sterilisation are complete, remove the Jars and set aside to cool, being careful not to place them on a cold or wet surface or in a draft. Tighten the caps or clamps according to directions. . When the fruit is cold, test the com plete sealing of the Jar, label neatly, noting date, kind of fruit and method of canning, and store. ' In many cases It is desirable to test the cans occa slonallv for the first .10 days. If any defect la found resterilise the fruit and prevent waste. Sometimes, too, it is necessary to Keep cnangms m yuai tlon of the jars, so that.the syrup may gradually so penetrate the fruit that It no longer tends to float on the sur face. . Quits freauentlv in fruit cannea Dy this method there is considerable shrinkage so that the can no longer appears full. As Jong as the fruit has been thoroughly sterilized and the seal ing Is complete this will not really matter except for appearances al though it would jnean that tne iruit would not keep if it occurred in a Jar of fruit put up by the "open pan- method. When, however, the fruit is intended for sals or exhibition incompletely filled lore will not do and the follow ing method may be adopted, which, while slightly more troublesome, gives very attractive results. See that the syrup is such that the fruit readily sinks in it. After the fruit has boiled in the jars full five minutes from the time of first boil ing, -take up the Jars, set them on a table -and remove caps and clamps or screw tops. Cover with a clean towel to prevent Invisible dust dropping In. EmDtv one or two or more Jars Into a dish; pour off the syrup, which may be used for other purposes or lor a new batch of fruit and use the fruit to pack full the other jars, removing some of the syrup from each. Be careful to see that the fruit Is well pressed down to the bottom and that no air bubbles remain. Now rinse again the covers In hot water, adjust them; replace the nilea-up cans in tne boiler and finish sterilizing In the or dinary way. This gives a full, hand some looking Jar and prevents both floating of the fruit and vacant spaces in the Jar without spoiling tne shape or color of the fruit as "open pan" cooking sometimes does. Vegetables, meats, and fish may be satisfactorily canned by this method 1th special precautions and modifi cations, to be suggested in the next lesson. , To Protect Petticoats. Pittsburg Dispatch. To protect the ruffles of petticoats from the inevitable wear and tear, bind ; - V1 - , A ; FOR AUTUMN. material, in this case, coat and overskirt being black basket-weave worsted, and petticoat black satin. Contrasting underskirts with coats and overskirts promise to be all the vogue for dressy suits later in the season. The satin skirt is edged with the Inevitable fringe, and the jaunty little coat is trimmed with nickel but tons. the edge of the outer ruffle with rick rack braid and the dust ruffle with tatting braid, which Is coarser. Not only will the lace and lawn be pro tected from harm, but the appearance of the ruffle itself will be improved. This Is a little hint given me by a notable German housekeeper, who also embroiders beautifully; and if you had seen, as I did, the beautiful petti coats which she assured me were years old, you would hasten now as I did also to purchase at the nearest em broidery or notion shop a sufficient supply of braid of the proper width. . Tempting Fruit Jellies. Peach Russe Soften two heaping teaspoonfuls of powdered gelatin in a little cold water; dissolve the softened gelatin In a pan placed in hot water. Strain through a fine sieve on two cups of peach pulp, prepared from ripe. Juicy peaches, sweetened to taste. Add a little strawberry, raspberry or currant syrup if desired. When the Jelly Is beginning to set fold In a pint of whipped cream and add the grated rind, of a lemon and a half teaspoonful of almond flavoring. No More Gray Hair Easy to Restore Natural Color of Your Hair "by Simple Method Science has just been finding out some of the most amazing things about the hair disco verlas that overturn many old Ideas. For Instance, with a newly dis covered harmless product, the . nat ural color Is r- L stored by a simple be applied by any one In a short time. This scien tific treatment is embodied In the Queen Gray Hair preparation that makes any desired shade from the one package, leaving the hair soft and fluffy and making a lasting color that is not sticky and does not rub off. The Queen Gray Hair Restorer Is Instan taneous in its effect and requires but one application to restore the natural color of your hair. . i ne Dest nairdressers use it ana sell It to thoir patrons. It is in two sizes 50c and Sl.DO and can be obtained from Woodard, Clarke A Co., or in the toilet department of the leading drug and department steres throughout the country. 4