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THE SUNDAY OREGOXI1N. POKTLANT), JULY 21, 1912. COMMODIOUS DWELLING IS DIGNIFIED AND Furniture for Substantial Home Will Be of Best and Most Expensive Materials, but Will Avoid Gaudiness Care fully Points on Ways of Furnishing Home. I ' -t-r- :r , , e, s - ' a ; fef ,,,, . f7itng rrr I ? i I lT ItctbT Xrcr-I I !!' r . i I 1 R tttt icle.A i T? ill i hi i j u ooa M i I ff i H .t a Til HI I " S IXXLOXiL'lIiv Jtlt ftrJ-lV Sill 14 - hy yr ill j -y 1 . .. I i! fl I 1 . I "is I BT LAURA BALDWIN DOOLITTLE. THE house and plans submitted to me this week by one of the lead ing architects for which to work up a color and furnishing cheme is one of unusual Interest. 1: is a house of dignified appear ance, commodious, . rich and quiet In all its appointments. A home that calls for quiet and dignified furnish ing, rich and of the beet materials, but not showy. It is always a great pleasure to build up a color scheme for a home of this kind, even though It demands a conventional treatment. There Is a Joy In getting together fabrics and furnishing that will har monize in every detail. The whole lower floor or rather the drawing room, library or book room as most people of ultra taste now call it. the hall and the dining-room are all finished In gold mahogany, and real mahogany It is too, not a cheaper wood stained to imitate our good old standby. I do wonder whether any thing will ever take the place In the hearts of all as dones this one wood. Ever since I saw a small table of the most beautiful workmanship finished In a satiny old golden mahogany stain, done by a local workman, an artist in that line. I've been longing to " do a bedroom in a house worthy of it. The man will make a bedroom suite In the same color and finish an empire set a Napoleon bed and a big bureau all In this lovely golden Krotch veneer and In this house I have the very place lor It. The room would be carried out' - . ;rj il I l lae.l li 'rf 'Sfl- r a isst J3 mm trrJUAW . " s i 1 " i I I " I in rich mahogany colors" a color that might be called burnt orange. This room would be the guest room and car ried out in somewhat richer and heav ier materials than I advocate for sleep ing rooms generally. The walls should be papered with an empire paper or hung with damask, the net for the windows in empire design with over draperies in a silk damask that looks as though it had been especially de signed for this room. It Is just the color, is an antique damask with glints of tinsel all through it that makes It light up well. The large rug is a iiandtuft French Aubusson in blue and orange designed for the room. It is a stately room, but it would also be a beautiful one. The fixtures should be antique gold. Wood Trim Motif for Color Scheme. The wood trim In this house is all so rich and beautiful In tone that It calls for certain colors. In fact. Is the motif for the color scheme and one Just works It out as one would a. theme in music. The entrance hall Is large and stately running through the center of the house. The stairs are wide with broad tread and a good rail and newel post, leading straight up to a landing with ample window lighting. These stairs should have a soft gray green velvet carpet, thickly padded and at the entrance of the hall there should be a good Oriental rug In soft tones of blue, green and rose with a back ground of Ivory or beige. The paper for the hall is an imported one with excellent design in a soft dull rose i BOTH BEAUTIFUL color conventional design on a beige background. A large design, but this one is not bold or showy, it is one of those papers that seem to lie per fectly flat owing to the balance of color being so well kept. There Is to be a large seat of mahogany that looks somewhat like an old dower chest of the French Renaissance period, a couple of chairs, a console table and mirror and a tall clock on the landing. The hangings are of a soft old rose velvet, plain and depending on the quality and workmanship for their beauty. The dining-room opens from the hall at the right as you enter and this Is wainscoted high in mahogany and has a cove celling. The frieze Is a tapestry blue, mahogany color, with green the " blue predominating. The hangings are all of blue silk velour. The rug is blue mahogany in color and a handtuft Autrlan. The furniture will be mahogany with a large round table that Is an extension when de sired. A mahogany tea wagon is an ad ded convenience and ornament. A big palm in a copper Jardiniere adds much to this room. The fixtures and all the small hardware should have the red dish gold or copper finish to harmonize with a blue scheme. Conservatory la Attraction. Across the ball Is the drawing room or large living-room. And to add to the vista Is a large conservatory with French doors that will add much to the room when filled with growing things. This is Just opposite the archway Into the hall and is a lovely view from the dining-room. One can sit at the dining-room table and look across into this conservatory of green plants and calms. There Is an ample fireplace Lwith a mahogany shelf and lovely gray and mahogany colored crystal .giazea tile. The fireplace is always, or should be the center of attraction, the piece de resistance, and gives the keynote to the color scheme. The walls are to be gray the same soft gray as in the tile and there will be a narrow border to lust give the touch, of color neeaea. Here are Oriental rugs with the same soft yellow rose tone predominating. The under curtains are of net in Col onial design and the overdraperies of a rich two-toned damask looped DacK with silk cords over crystal knots. The same colored silk cora nangs me pictures. The pictures for this room should have gold frames and the m tures are of brass to harmonise. There is a larre tufted couch done in tapes try near the fireplace, a large library table, a tiffany leather screen near the conservatory that Is a sympnony on color in its rich bronze tones a stat uette on a pedestal and small tables and chairs add the livable touches. The man's den or ofr.lce as ho calls It on the secod floor Is done in ivory enamel the same as all the rooms on this floor. The walls are a gomen hrown with narrow border in bronze colors, zreens Kold and browns set thrie inches from the ed;res and panel Ing each wall space. Here he will have a desk of mahogany, a tufted couch that is for comfort, chairs, a bachelor's cabinet, table and smoking set, in fact, all thar goes to make a man comfort able combined with tne artistic ana practical. The rug is a Khiva in brownish tones. . In fact this whole house is to make for comfort carried out In dignified lines without show or pretense. Good Things for the Larder RANDY PEACHES Peaches are generally very plentiful in Au ci,st and the brandied sort, while very expensive to buy, are cheaply made at home. They are toothsome accompaniments to baked ham or game and go Bplendidly with any sort of cake. No fruit sweet is more liked by the men folk of the family. Put ripe but very firm peaches clingstone variety in boiling water for a few minutes, when the skins will peel off easily. For each half n,,r,ri nf neaches make a syrup of half a pound of sugar and half a tea cup of water. - Skim the syrup of scum during boiling, and when It is clear of foam put in the peaches and boll them until tender, but no longer. tov. .rh one carefully out or tne pot and put in this manner In the Jar. Then remove the syrup irom ine lire .- tn it half a pint of the best fnr Avrv nound of peaches. Cover the fruit with the liquid and seal the Jars while itris hot. - Chow-'Chow On cold meat aas chow-chow comes in very handy, tak ing the place of a salad or more ex pensive appetizer. Enough of the pick le, too, can be made for JI to last all Winter. Chop one peck of green tomatoes, one-half peck of ripe tomatoes, six onions, three small heads of cabbage, one dozen green peppers and three red peppers, with the seeds of each kind removed. Sprinkle with salt and put in a bag coarse enough for the liquid to drain through. Hang the bag over a wide tin pan and let the draining go on all night. In the morning put .u- vntfoiahipR Into a oorcelain- lined kettle with two pounds of brown sugar, one-nait teacupiui m si"" horseradish and one teaspoonful each of ground black pepper, mustard, whole white mustard seed, mace and celery seed. Cover with good cider .i . , nnj hn till clear. Seal hot In Jars with tightly fitting covers. Sweet CucumDer i-icKies tastes sweet pickles are far more ac ..nf,hi than acid onea and they al ways seem much more of a dainty than the sharper sort, it tenaer auu -.ii imnpil and snlced they often seem like delicious preserves. To BOO small cucumoers iurb - uco quarts of cider vinegar; add two r, t ctnnamnn nllRTllCA and ounces ct"." v- v.... , cloves, three pounds of light brown sugar and a lew tiny reo. peppei. . . ..mKAw anA nvir nforht in Lil H tu;ui4MCio . . ' salt and water and then put them In the cold vinegar ana onus -boll. After the boiling begins, cook . mni-A If the vineerar is too strong, add a quart of water to it. An Increase in me of si.trar will, of course, make the pickles sweeter. Ripe Tomato soy in i , ... ... . . . .. lint and many tor com oiw '"' -v , - . ., . .4 n n Ha RlflOA W 1 T fl aeuciuus ftui:ijw3 - - - soy for a basis. A tablespoonful of it put into the dressing of a fish hors d'oeuvre gives a delicious taste. To one peck or tomatoes, peeiuu m" ,i j . l V. nnlnnfi. sliced, thin. suueu, liu. . and one cup of salt. Let the mixture stand 24 nours ami men " the liquor. Then to the tomatoes and , j j miavto nf vin?ar and onions auu i h" r, - one tablespoonful each of ground mus . j ninvoa nTid fi.llsnlce. and iara, 511151, wv- cayenne pepper to taste. Many per sons use nan a umreoii". -cayenne, aa the peppery quality Is thought the chief charm of soy. Stew slowly for three hours, and when near ly done add two pounds of sugar and .,,., nn.md of white mustard seed. Put in Jars while hot. Fruit Drink rui a j""- , , a miart of currants raspoerrie uu -i - into a preserving kettle and mash them thorougniy. oei i - erate heat and let the fruit cook grad- Tin 1 1. miTtnrft becins to uany. lie . - boil, take It at once from the fire and strain it through a jeny oag . . . , n.t,.n ft 1q rlMP and cold. pig DUYV1. 1 ' . . . - sweeten to taste and put against the ice to chill, mis is si"ij. in small wine Menus for One Week Tuesday. Cold Consomme. Boiled Salmon Cucumber. New Potatoes Lettuce ana nucwyf n.c Frozen Rico Cream Raspberry Sauce. Coffee. Wednesday. Rico Soup. . Lamb a la Jardiniere. Puree of Potatoes. Red Currant and Cream Cheese Salad. Raspberry Sponje With Cream Cofiee. Thursday. Watermelon Cocktail, v Broiled Steak With Olives. Broiled Tomatoes. Potatoes. Strlns Bean Salad. Devonshire Junket Trifle. Coffee, Friday. Fruit Soup. Italian Macaroni With Grated Cheese. ' Jellied Vegetable Salad. Sweet Omelet. Apricot Sauce. Coffee. Saturday Freeh Fig; Cocktail. Breaded Lamb Chops. Spinach. Brown Potato Turnover. Tomato, Cucumber and Nasturtium Salad Peach Plum Crusts. Coffee. Son day. Chilled Bouillon. Casserole of Chicken. Potato Balla Sweet Corn. Lettuce Salad. Canteloupe With Ico Cream. Coffee. Monday. Vegetable Broth. Nut Loaf With Tomato Sauce. Potatoee With Cheese. Lettuce Salad. - , Peach Cobler With Cream. 1 Coffee. . , MISS LILLA GILBERT, HEIRESS TO $15,000,000, BECOMES ENGAGED Long Beach Society Entertained in Water by Miss Charlotte Van Courtlandt Nicoll and Guests Are Served by Waiters on Floats White House Would Be Gay if Wilson Should Be Elected. I i I w Ik.". " J ri ' J' MssC.Kirzcortt&ndMcQ?. 'Sirs Pe&rce Bai'ey. fis3jUteJ3.G6ert, y - W . Byj W EVST YORK. July 20. (apecial.) It was announced a few days ago that Miss Lilla B. Gilbert, daugh ter of Mrs. H. Branhall Gilbert, Is en gaged to marry H. P. Renshaw, of Troy, N. Y. Miss Gilbert, who has been in so ciety for two years, has had many suitors. She is beautiful, a linguist, a musician, an athlete and is heiress to 116.000.000. She is one of the best swimnrs of the young society set. Be fore her debut she spent five years abroad in study, principally in Paris. Miss Charlotte Van Courtlandt Nicoll LINENS OF MANY COLORS POPULAR ON MIDSUMMER MORNINGS IN GOTHAM Pink and Buff Are Shades Predominating in One-Piece Suits Gray Continues to Be the Elite Eage in Simple Dress Elaborate Evening Gowns Mark Habitues in Cafes Charming Footwear Noted NEW YORK, July 20. (Special.) New York may be the Mecca of Fashion in America, but that not all the Paris fashions make their first bow in New York is proven by the smart gowns and hats worn by many of the women visitors in New York these days. The hotels are full of out-of-town folk sojourning here on the way to the beaches, or for a fortnight's shopping during the attractive marked down sales of mid-Summer, or merely to enjoy the gaiety of the restaurants and roof gardens and to take little trips to the surroundings beaches of an evening. The frank and friendly burr of Western speech and the liquid drawl of Southern tongues pervade the hotels, the tea-rooms and the shops, and whMe all the real New Yorkers are at Newport, Bar Harbor, South ampton, these others are - enjoying themselves mightily In the metropolis, whose Great White Way is none the less gay because of unfamiliar faces. Everybody is wearing linen of a morning, and the most charming colors are seen. Pale pink and a delicate shade of buff seem to be the favor ites, though one notes blue, lavender and Teseda green in fair proportion. All these linen frocks are in the one piece style; that is, waist and skirt are Joined at the belt.- The high-waisted effect is not as much favored as it was, and with many of the linen frocks, made earlier In the season in this manner, a broad patent leather belt Is now worn. The straight, narrow skirt buttoning down the front or at one side of tho front is the Invariable rule in these linen trot-about frocks, though in many instances the peplum is introduced to give a more formal, coat-like effect. St. Louis Woman Distinctive. A woman from St. Louis, lunching at ful linen frock distinguished by its simple good lines. It was of buff and had a perfectly plain kimono waist Joined to an equally piain i-s" skirt under a narrow belt of the linen In manv Tllfi belt clasped with a round pearl buckle in iront ana an tne way uwn mo in the center front went a row of l. - Kll Kntnn. Avtxtl fn thA hllff UlUUl'CL utiii shade of the frock. There were three- cornered turned-oacit cutis 01 eyciei embroidery, with a narrow collar of th. earno nmhrnMATV finished With a small pump bow of white grosgrain rlDDOn. JUt tne leature ui iuc was an unusual peplum with all the 1 ,H..aEHnn nf nanlum lines and A U 1 111 til ....h I' - ' none of the clumsiness of the ordi nary peplum over the nips, xne ooi tom of the peplum was there, all a.n.,T4 v.,,t thA tnn rf it-had been cut away In curved effect along the line or a cutaway coat, ana iuib panuiuiii peplum was stitched to the skirt, mak ing a graceful trimming at the hips. Another linen suit worn uy a numaa 4.1. a t.fA.,t!nn that marked her from Virginia was worn at the lunch eon hour in Maillard's last week. This suit was also of French linen In the soft gray shade Just now the craze, 3 1. - .ttnnc n-n.o rivpd to match the gray linen. There was the usual straight, two-gore sairt aim aiuipic bodice, and a short peplum fell six 1 1 th wnjnt which was illuics new., -' " ' - girdled with a gray suede belt. This gray costume showea not a toucu ui white, even in collar and cuffs, for . 1. n th. linen, embroidered lur.c YT C 1? V . " .... . with gray scallops. A big Panama hat trlmmea witn pansies, u. puipio pataDu lined with gray and gray satin oxfords t.w , A -..,1 hiittntin and worn Willi oinuniu . with clocked gray stockings completed tms aaoraoie unio , . Uress, in tne evening, is w cittuviaw is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Nicoll, of New York City, and a niece of Do Lancey Nicoll, the famous lawyer. Miss Nicoll recently gave a "tea party" at Long Beach which attracted a great deal of attention. The guests were in bathing suits and were served in the water by waiters on floats. The present head of "The Equal Franchise Society" in New York is the well - known Society woman, Mrs. Pearce Bailey. She succeeded Mrs. Clarence Mackay and has presided at as in the morning it is simple. Not even in January, when the opera sea son Is at Its height, are more expen sive clothes to be seen in the theaters and restaurants, with the exception, however, that in mid-Summer the grand toilette is not the rule. Decollete frocks are seen, but they are rare, and the usual costume Includes a graceful gown of lingerie and lace, of chiffon, marquisette, satin or some similar ma terial and a handsome picture hat.The roof garden restaurants are in great favor with out-of-town visitors, and at these Testaurants hats are almost In variably worn, sometimes with frocks of quite decollete character. The lin gerie frock in every variation Is fa vored, and some of tnese irocas, simple enough in line, are worth small for tunes because of the costly lace incor porated in their make-up. Two pretty young women from a city In Michigan have been stopping at the Plaza for two weeks of shopping and "doing" the theaters and restaurants, and the cos tumes they have worn have attracted much attention because of their smart ness and simplicity. Their lingerie frocks are particularly charming and some of them bear the unmistakable stamp of Paris. Two of these lingerie frocks worn the other evening with immense plumed picture hats were especially lovely. One sister wore a frock of finest batiste, having on the skirt three flounces of net, each . flounce st into the batiste with an Insertion of the net hemstitched to the batiste. The three flounces reached to the knee, and above this the skirt was banded at intervals all the way up with two-inch strips of pintucking, set in with bands of net and hemstitching an incredible amount of work, set so fine and dainty in effect that the frock seemed simplicity incarnate. A panel of the pintucking edged with tiny net frills went all the way down the front from the small square decolletage to the knee, this panel widening at the top and Tunning along the shoulder and down the sleeve to the elbow, the tiny frills of net following the edge all the way. A softly draped sash of mauve-pink satin was worn with this soft and expensive little frock, and un der the net flounces peeped out little boots of white satin with crystal but tons, Lingerie Froclt . Smart. The other sister wore a more elab orate llnge'rie frock of sheer white crepe and VaL lace, combined with French crochet. Over the frock was a coquettish coat of dull blue chiffon embroidered with sprawling designs in the same dull blue with dull blue em broideries on the wrist. The hat ac companying this frock was heaped with palest apricot pink plumes and had long streamers of black velvet and black satin oxfords with buttons of white pearl gave a saucy chic to the whole effect. The out-of-town woman who visits New York in mid-Summer soon dis covers that the lingerie and linen frocks, which are the only possible things for the sultry weather in town, will not suffice for beach wear, and either she must don her dark-colored serge or cheviot traveling suit for oc casional Jaunts to Manhattan, Brigh ton or one of the other beaches, where one may get a whiff of the sea while enjoying an appetizing veranda dinner, or she must invest in a tailored suit of white mohair, serge or some other appropriate material instanter. In early July and late June one may venture to the beach In a thin frock, unprotected by a wrap; but with the coming of mid-Summer the evenings grow cooler, and by August at the shore one is likely to encounter actually chilly weather after sundown, all their meetings at Carnegie Hall. Before her marriage to Dr. Bailey she was Miss Edith L. Black. Should Governor Wilson be elected President of the United States in JJo vember, the social regime at the White House after March 4, 1913, should be a brilliant one. In addition to a bril- . llant wife Governor Wilson has three accomplished and attractive daughters. They are Miss Margaret, Miss Eleanor and Miss Jessie. They are leading fig ures in the social Hf of the New Jer sey capital city. though the days may be insufferably hot. Fortunately, quite delightful lit tle tailored suits built of fabrio con taining a touch of wool, yet In light Summery colors, may be picked up for a trifle at the Summer marked down sales, and one may often obtain a taffeta or satin suit, or one of white or light-colored serge with fetching braid and button trimming for as lit tle as $20 or under. The Ideal beach, suit is of white serge or mohair and' worn with a white hat trimmed with, wings, white gloves and white but toned boots of buckskin. Such a suit will be infinitely smart and knowing in effect. A red or green parasol will .. .1 an-,.aaQHla tAlirh O f P fl 1 (1 T and will be appreciated on the ahadelesa beach In the arternoom , Hot Weather Gown. Washington, D. C Herald. Blazing days are not the best on which to show off one's smartest toilets and in consideration of this one of the best-known dressmakers of Paris has been designing "hot day frocks" for his clients in anticipation of anothee record Summer. The frocks are of the "one piece' order, and extremely simple In design. The sleeves, cut en kimono, are left wide for greater coolness, and in some cases the neck opening is cut so low that the gown slips on over the head and is devoid of fastenings, fullness being afterward gathered under each arm by means of drawstrings. One gown of this sort was In dark blue foulard, with large spots of pale blue. A large black silk bow at th front of the bodice and a silver clasp at the termination of the gathers under the left arm were its only adornments. Pale green silk was chosen for m second gown, which had reversr of white silk spotted and bordered with apple blossom pink. A Convertible Coat. Indianapolis News. Frank P. Matthews, of Baltimore, has Just received a patent for a convert ible coat. The latter can be worn In the daytime as a frock coat or a cut away and can be changed into an evening coat, or swallow-tail, in a few moments. HAM CANAPES Rub chopped ham to a smooth paste, moistening it with cream or melted butter. Spread the paste on small rounds of fried bread, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and cayenne or paprika and brown in the oven. New Drag That Quickly Removes These) . Homely Spots. There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, at a new drug, othlne double strength, has been discovered that positively re moves these homely spots. Simply get one ounce of othlne double) strength from Woodard, Clark & Co. and apply a little of It at night, and in the morning you will see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It Is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to com pletely clear the skin and gain a beau tiful clear complexion. Be sure to ask for the double strength othlne. as this Is sold undec guarantee of money back if It falls to remove freckles. FRECKLES