Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1911)
- THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAJf, PORTLAND, AUGUST 20, 1911. . PROPER FURNISHINGS IN COUNTRY ' HOMES ADD TO ATTRACTIVENESS EffectiTt Decorations' Are Important Factor to Crea-tin Charming Atmosphere la Houneg "Made-Over ' Farms u Snbnrbaa Placet Are Winning Popularity With City Buyers. j iT. Win m S!: .' ' r icd rS ('; :- I I j " ' ;--.:- 5 t -" - - i - . ' ; k" i , , . T . i . :. t f : 1 t - - i Ik i 4 L I n 1 4-Sf KI UIRA BAU1WJN DOOUTTLt THIS last wtek I went oat of town to arc a houe and ug'g'est orae chansca. It was a country home, on a big pear ranch a big:, rambling. Interesting1 home with lone vtranitas, Tins-corered. cool and pleas ant. It was an exceejinjly Interestlna; place, filled with much old furniture, handed down from ancestors, and prised for that reason. There was a bit; gray stone fireplace in the ltrlnir room. with maMlr wrousht-lron win dows. A bellows, tona-s and shovel were all there at the side of the grate. The mantel was plain and heavy, just suited to the room, and on It were sev eral candelabra of costal and g-llt -old heirlooms. The walls and celling were all of wood celled, they call It and this was stained a light mahogany color. Old'Kurnlture Tsod. There was a spinning wheel In the corner and brass candlesticks on the piano. The furniture was all good old black walnut In very good lines. Ths celling was high and the windows high and narrow. A bis; archway led into a library from ths living-room and a sln Irle door Into the dining-room. Ths kind of rugs and hangings for ths rooms were ths problems confronting the hostess, and was the occasion of my being called there. First color and then spacing- attracted my attention. How to broaden the effect of the win dows and lover the ceilings. I sug gested flowered printed linen for ths hsnglngs. There was an old English feeling- about all ths rooms and so nothing appealed to mo so much as ons sf those English printed linens In dark reds dark bines and greens. The lace curtains at the windows wers to bs taken down and these linen hangings rut up Instead. By running them on brass rlns-s the same poles could bs used and when the curtain hung at the side of the windows it would broaden ths effect and prove very attractive uralnst ths woodwork of ths walls. The Ivory background also ' would give a lighter effect to the room. The archway was to have hangings of ths same. The blue In tbess hangings Just matched the blue in a couch cover that had been woven and handed down by some ancestor In the family. It was a rare and beautiful thing of wool in dull old blue and red. For cushions on this couch I suggested big plstn blue ones to set up against ths wail which Is mahogany red. The carpet rug was of good quality but Indifferent colors and I suggested having It dyed a beau tiful crimson. The big gray fireplace needed this bit of warmth In front of It and the furniture was upholstered in a very good tapestry In blue greens. Acetylene gas was used and the lamp shade was a very good ons of copper and green art glass. The library would have the same hangings and in there we shsll put a Khiva rug In old blues and reds, making a very harmonious color scheme and a most attractive country home. Later I may have some pictures of this home to show for It's certainly a very lovable and artistlo place showing; forth the individuality of its owners. Another country home tbat Js most attractive to -Tire is a lodge In the mountains, the Bummer home of East ern people who have planned It so they can open it at any time in the Winter and be comfortable. The walls 'are all oovered with burlap and the woodwork rough hewn and stained brown. In the dining room Is an artistic frlese of snowshoes. The fireplace is massive and all the furniture specially designed for the horns. India rugs are in the dining room and band-woven ones in the living room. f Another is an all-year-round country home, the house made over from one of those old square, plain impossible farm houses that look so tragically stained as one passes by then). The fad for doing over old farm houses is a very fascinating one and the results seem so great. The hand mads furniture In this living room is very individual and the leaded win dows also very attraetlve. WIDE JABOT DOMINATES WOMEN'S FALL WEAR Handsome Collars of Venlse sod Macrlme Beach Waistline Champagne Colored Gloves Smarter Than Pure White. NEW TORK. Aug. !. (SpseiaD It la the woman who watches the counter where little things are displayed who is ready for a new sea son with irreproachable smartness of attire. The tailored suit bought in the Spring, and the good looking hat. put away during the outing months to be ready for ths first September weeks, may be all very well in themselves; but it will be the fresh veil adjusted in the new way. the spic-span gloves In Just the correct shade, and above all. the last thought in Paris ' neck wear, that will bring suit and hat up to the minute of distinction. One is Impressed with the size of the Jabots and collars ready in the neck wear departments for first Autumn days. Luckily only one jabot Is worn at a time, for two of them, turned back as they sre and pinned against shoul der or sleeve-top. would look rather like 4 pair of wings growing by. mis take In front. The modest Jabot made out of a half yard of fine batiste and two yards of Irish lace, which was considered the proper thing a season ago, looks positively like an eld lady's neckpiece nod, so diminutive Is It In com- 7 parlson with (he spreading: Jabots of '. the moment. These new Jabots are lavishly trim med with handsome lace, set on pleated frills, the lower end of the Jabot ta pering to a point, while the upper end reaches to the top of the sleeve and Is pinned In place with a special pin whloh comes for the purpose. Some of these pins are half an Inch wide and four inches long. They come in plain sliver and gilt and in very handsome styles with filagree patterns and sunken Jewels. One may match one's jabot pin with ear-rings and the lat ter bid fair to be as fashionable this Fall as ever. The conservative- woman sticks to the single pearl or bit of coral, worn close against the lobe of the ear. but there are occasions when the frock Is cut out at the top and the ears are well covered by the hair, when swing ing" ear-rings lend a certain amount of chic and 'distinction to a woman who might otherwise be Insignificant. Some women, also, may wear the long swinging ear-rings when hatted and relied for the street and look Im mensely "chic; but the average woman, and especially the short and plump wo man. Is apt to look common and fast thus decorated. Most of the new blouses for wesr with Autumn tailored suits of worsted or mohair have high, boned collars set into little yokes at the neck. Dutch necks will undoubtedly be worn in the house end on matinee and restaurant blouses later on. when furs cover the throat in. the street, but for the first Autumn wear the neat, high collar Is the thing. Many of the new stocks are made of the thinnest shadow lace or net. a-piping of silk around the top acting as a "stay"and also adding smartness and rrlmness to the stock. Back Collar Pins Passing. On' the best blouses these tall stocks are fastened -at the back with tiny loops and buttons: gold collar pins at the back of the collar not being con sidered good form Just now, though a single handsome brooch is often pinned at the top of the collar, above the but tons and loops. The neckwear departments are full of lace yoke collars and gulmpes, but the smartest sort of yoke and collar, made of fine net or shadow lace, must be made at home. These yokes come In high-class ready-made blouses, and dressmakers set them In handsoms frocks, but it seems impossible to buy such a yoke and stock ready-made. Undersleeves of net or shadow lace are a new Paris feature. These under sleeves mar be worn beneath the loose kimono sleeves of the blouse, giving It a more finished effect. They are gath ered into a narrow band and finished with a frllL In Paris undersleeves of gathered net. stiffened with a hoop of whalebone, are being sold, a decided suggestion that early Victorian modes are on the way. . For indoor wear there are adorable collars in the sailor and shawl srykes; and one'of these handsome collara will transform the most demure little frock Into a costume of distinction. There are wonderful collars of real and Imi tation venlse and of the new macrlme lace which is eo bold and effective. yet so delicate withal. There are also collars of sheer linen and mull, beau tifully embroidered with dots and scal lops, and In the cheaper grades here are machine-embroidered collars trim med with imitation cluny whloh are really very goe'd-looking. Some of these collars come with cuffs to match broad, turned-back cuffs which may have little black velvet bows set at the edge to hold the two ends of the cuff in place on the sleeve. Simplicity Seen Adorned. A young girl lunching at Malllards' the other day wore a trotteur frock of navy blue permo mixture a silky weave of mohair and wool and the absolute simplicity of the straight lit tle frock was made smart by the rich collar and cuffs of cream batiste trim med with ecru venlse. - . Everything ecru Is Immensely fash ionable and the tan. cream, pale buff and champagne tones come under this head. Buff gloves are much smarter for evening wear than pure white, and the creamy chamois gloves are fancied for morning- wear with tailored suits. The woman who' dresses well does not wear out her Summer .silk gloves in September. The minute humid, per splry days are over she tucks away all her silk gloves until next year, and comes out in fresh, smart kid gloves with her fresh Autumn trappings. The white Shetland mesh, veils con tinue to be fashionable, but with Au tumn suits and small hats many wo men are taking up the smaller race veils, which always look trim and neat when September breexes begin to blow. Shadow mesh and octagon mesh veil ings continue popular, but small che nille dots are making an appearance on the smartest face veils. 'The handbag continues to be a reti cule If one may be allowed the Irish ism. New Fall reticules are more lux urious and magnificent than ever, with gold and silver embro'derles on rich silks in East Indian effects. Even sil ver mesh purses now havs long cord or chain handles to be worn over the shoulder. The Timely Gift ERE are a dozen little gifts, the I I sort that Is suitable to give at this time of the year, little gta to wind up the Bummer with In the right way. As a usual thing the friend who lives In the country would much rather hare you send back to her some little thing- from the shops than some thing you had made, and for the same reason the friend who lives where she can get to the shops whenever she fancies would like something you have made. . . The country householder, especially the young- married woman or the girl who is collecting her household things, would usually appreciate some dainty ptey of table linen. Why not get a dozen or so yards of blue and white stenciled Japanese toweling, costing" not over 15 vents a yard at the mostT .Ten to one your country friend has never happened to possess any of this sort of table linen and would value it more highly than the finest damask just because It looks so artistic and sug- gestlte of the daintily-equipped city dining-room. . If you have time you could cut off the toweling in runners of a length to suit your friend's dining- room table and hemstitch them for her. but the gift would be acceptable If you left this easy task for her to-do. For the crosswise runners you would want about two yards, the length of two towels, and the lengthwise runner would, of course, depend on the usual length of the table. For a square or round table for four places four yards of the toweling would be enough for a set. If you cannot get these Japanese runners, you might make some very fetching stenciled table runners that your country friend would be sure to appreciate, or if you haven't the time and your friend is deft with her fingers you might send the linen and the sten cil outfit, the pattern, stencil mixture and brush and let her make them for herself. For this you would want a rather coarse linen about 18 inches wide In pure white or linen color. For the white a dull blue stencu mixture would go well, and for the linen color a dull brown mixture. Another gift that would find a wel come place in the country house would bo one of the artistic lamp shades you can find at tbe Japanese shops. The paper shades with black Japanned nfw f a ROTS MTTST BE PINNED IN PLACE TO KEEP FAIR WOMEN NEAT Latest of Huge Side PatternsImported Prom Paris, Is Made of Plaited Lace, Attached to Embroidered Net Stock, and Whole Accessory Dresses Up Simple Satin Blouse Most Effectively. " 1 - 're y i . . V . ' : :' ' ' ; - T- a- . "..":K f A- - -''-""'J NEW HUGE SIDE JABOT. NEW TORK. Aug. 19. (Special.) One cannot wear too large a Ja bot how, provided the largeness Is all on one side. The new Jabots reach clear 'over to the top of the sleeve, at the left side, and must be pinned in place to keep them from frames can be found in pleasing de signs, or, better still, one of the basket woven lamp shades, with an under shir ring in Just the shade of silk that you know your friend would like. . One of the new little bonbon tongs that are shown for less than a dollar would be a dandy gift. These tongs are exactly-the same-in shape and de sign as the larger sugar tongs, but for after-dinner sugar, as well as for bon bons, they are much better. Tou could send one of these tongs accompanied with your favorite home-made candy recipe to give it the personal touch that adds so much to giving. Now to the friend who is as near the shops as you are you had better send some of your handiwork. If you are at all clever with water colors you could make her a dozen dinner cards or bridge scores that will delight her heart as the season of entertaining opens this Au tumn, or. If you have the knack of managing tissue paper you could send ber a set of dainty bonbon or almond cases for her next luncheon. These can be made over paper Ice cream cases such as you can buy at any caterer's for about 10 cents a dozen, and with colored crepe paper deftly shirred Into place, tied with baby ribbon and decor ated with bunches of tiny paper flowers you have a very dainty table decoration. If you hemstitch there is nothing in the way of a small remembrance so ac- ceDtable as a handsome glove handker chief of the sheerest possible linen. edged with the narrowest Armenian lace edge you can buy. Tou have no Idea until you try how snort a time it takes to make one of these little nana kerchiefs. If you don't hemstitch yon can make dainty glove handkerchiefs of sheer linen edged with outtonnoiea border In white or some dull shade of blue or lavender. This border, can be traced off with the aid of a dime or a S-cent piece. The great advantage in these little handkerchiefs as gifts Is that they can be slipped in a letter and will surely go through the man with Sut the slightest trouble. tumbling down untidily. Sometimes a tiny hook is sewed to the under side of the jabot and a corresponding loop to the shoulder of the bodice beneath. The Jabot pictured is a most hand some one, imported from Paris. One side Is made of pleated lace, and on the other side of the strip of net In- sertion, which forms the center, Is H narrow pleating- of hand-scalloped netf The jabot is attached to an embroIdJ ered net stock, and the whole access sory dresses up a simple satin blousd most effectively. The Inexpensive JLlfe. Harper's Magazine. Tbey tell of an official at Washing ton. D. C known by his friends to be a rather "close" man, who has many a passage at arms with his wife, all by reason of that very closeness. On one occasion a friend had the misfortune to enter just as the pair were ending an argument touching some question of house expenditure. He was just in time to hear the hus band say: - "See here, Marie, you cannot hood wink mo In these matters. Do you think that I have lived all these years for nothing-?" 1 "I shouldn't be at all surprised," -was the wifely repartee i $k TOPPED MRS. NETTIE HARRISON'S 4-DAY HAIR COLOR Ksss ss tauares, SlBpli-CUaf It- Ransltti - Certiie. Cseml- sstlr applM Is Ik) trlraer slmir banc SoMfarMjtsn. Don't 1 sipwlawt with M thlan ui ; risk retilif rw lulr far this (Isultssisnresafr. Costtlat ss Isss, sskihsr sr stksr ssrsrlal hfrtalsst leeoaneiM laf rFTft "U ""the1" ' ! sass, at imt-clMt srufilttl j j SUM, Saaal sss look tree I Wll.1. ud ktm Biflntni m rp sin ntnc nrtnniun lu tl I US PIUSC11CA. SKIDMORE DRUG Ctf, 131 Third 8t Portland. - FRECKLES Don't Hide Them With a Veil; Remove Them With the New Drug An eminent skin specialist recently discovered a new drug, othine double strength, which is so uniformly success ful in removing freckles and giving a clear, beautiful complexion, that is sold by Woodard, Clarke & Co., under an absolute guarantee to refund the money if it fails. Don't hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of othine and remove them. Even the first night's use will show a wonderful improvement, some of the lighter freckles vanishing entire ly. It is absolutely harmless, and can not injure the most tender skin. Be sure to ask Woodard, Clarke & Co., for the double-strength othine; it is this that is sold on the money-back guarantee. Health and Beauty Advice BY MRS. MAE MARTTN. Gertrude: To beautify the complex Ion and preserve its youthf ulnesa, try n n almnznin rrftam-lellv. This is SDlen- did for the removal of blackheads and pore Impurities, as well as clearing the skin of tan, freckles, blotches and fine lines. To prepare, get an ounce of al mozoln from the druggist and stir it Into pl half-Dint cold water, then ad two teaspoonfuls glycerine. Let stand several hours. Using this cream-Jelly quickly clears the ekin and gives to It a velvety smdotnness and charming tint without the least possible danger of growing hair. H. U.: An unhealthy scalp causes nrofuse dandruff and dull. Btriney. straggly hair. I would advise a quin- xotn tonic, wnicn m inexpensive ana f-flnv to orepare. 'Get an ounce of auln- zoin from your druggist and dissolve in a half-pint alcohol, then add a half pint water. Massaging the scalp fre quently wirn tnis slops ltcniness, re moves dandruff or excess oil. and puts the scalp In a healthy condition. Its continued use maKee tne nair sort ana glossy, restores the original color, and promotes a fine growth. Mrs. A I don't think the condition' of your eyes calls for glasses. The ache and smart of which you speak can be quickly stopped If you use an eye tonic, made by dissolving an ounce of cryetos in a pint of water and putting two or three drops in each eye daily. This tonic Is very beneficial, as it soothes aching eye-muscles and re moves inflammation. Using it makes weak eyes strong and gives to them an unusual brilliancy and pleasing ex pression. A. D.: Do not employ the electric nesdle for the removal of those stray hairs, as it is a painful and costly operation. Get an ounce of delatone from the druggist and with water mix a little Into a paste. Spread on hairy surface "and after two or three minutes rub off, wash the skin and you will find the hairs are gone. Delatone costs dollar an ounce and is worth it, too. M. T.; Tour hair can be kept elossv and fluffy by shampooing; occasionally. I with canthrox. Get an original pack' age of canthrox from your druggist and dissolve a teaspoonful in a cup hot water. Massaging the scalp briskly as you pour on a little at a time creates a rich, cleansing lather and when the scalp and hair are rinsed you will find both immaculately clean. With a canthrox shampoo the hair dries quick ly without streaking, and hair that 1 dull, brittle or unmanageable will be come bright, soft and easy to arrange. - Alma: Your ekin will lose that shiny, unnatural look and take on a velvety smoothness and pink and white tint if you discard powder and rouge and use the following lotion: Dissolve four ounces spurmax in one-half pint hot water and when cool add two teaspoon fuls glycerine. Apply this to the skin, rubbing gentlv until dry. This Is su perior to powder because it Is invisible when on. does not rub or blow off, and aside from beautifying the skin and re moving tan and freckles, gives a rich ness to the complexion not possible with powder. It Is especially nice to use in hot weather because perspira tion will not epot It. Mildred: Impure blood causes a sal low, lifeless condition of the skin, robs you of energy and gradually under mines your health. Before it Is too late, get an ounce of kardene at the drug store and dissolve in a half-pint alcohol. To this add one-half cupful sugar and hot water to make a quart, then take one tablespoonful before meals. This tonic soon rids the blood of Impurities, then health and strength quickly return. Nothing equals a kar dene tonic as an energizer and system builder. Miss M.: It is not necessary to visit a sanitarium in order to reduce your weight. Dissolve four ounces parnotls in a pint and a half hot water. Strain when cold and take a tablespoonful be fore meals. This is quite harmless: and while it dissolves fatty tissues, does not leave the skin wrinkled or flabby, nor does it call for dieting. Read Mrs. Martyn's Book, "Beauty." io Adv.