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Play Clothes for' the. Little Tots
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Coats tor Vacation Wear
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R. JULIA BOTTOMLEY
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Cnwlse the vacatlonfst who
starts on a pleasure trip with
out a practical top coat Not
too heavy in weight yet not too
heavy should It be.
Preparedness of this sort
brings Its own reward. For
cool breeses even in summer
time sometimes hold sway.
Then, too, there are motor trips,
hocrs of travel by train and
boat to consider, which emphasise the
advisability of acquiring a smart coat
such as the exeedlngly handsome and
distinguished model pictured.
This is Just such t coat as the best
shops are advocating for summer
wear. Its medium is loose light
weight woolen fabric, In a smart diag
onal design. The model Is featured
with an ever Important self-fahrtc
scarf. Sun-ray tucking while it orna
ments also achieves a perfect fit for
this coat about the shoulders.
Fastel woolens bring a charming
phase of fashion Into play. It adds
sest to sports and town modes, that
so many are developed In lovely yel
lows, pale greens and blues, likewise
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DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING
"'NOODLE RING"
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A somewhat novel and dainty lunch
dish la a "noodle ring" filled with
creamed meat or stew, such as
creamed chipped beef, minced lamb In
gravy, chicken, or cooked fish In
white sauce. The bureau of borne
economics gives directions for mak
ing a noodle ring.
H pound noodlea
t quarts boiling
water
1 tip. salt
1 Up. grated onion
t tbs. butter
t eggS
1 cup milk
t or I drops ts
baico uuc
Cook the noodles for about 20 min
utes in the water to which 1 teaspoon
ful of salt has been added. Drain
well, add the onion, butter, tabasco
sauce, and remaining three-fourths
tea spoon ful of salt Beat the eggs,
add the milk, then the seasoned noo
dles, and stir until well mixed. But
ter a ring mold, pour In the mixture,
place In. a pan with water surround
ing the mold, and bake In a moderate
oven until the mixture has set Turn
into a heated platter and fill the ren
ter with any kind of a creamed meat
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Clothes for Stout Women .
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(Prepared br the Cnlted stata Department
of Agriculture.)
A woman who Is of medium stout
build must choose ber summer ward
robe with especial care If she wishes
both to feel comfortable and look
welL Fortunntely there is now such
wide variety In washable cotton fab
rics suitable for atreet or office wear
Hint she ciin easily find a sunk-lent
number to supply ber needs and per
mit frequent changes of costume. In
plnnnlng the design of her summer
circuses, however, it mny be that de
tnlls which would look well In silk
or other fabrics would not be practi
cal In those Intended for tubbing. The
simpler and less trimmed the gar
ment, as a rule, the more successfully
ran It be sundered snd the cooler
It Is on a scorching summer day.
Here Is a particularly good summer
dress for the women Inclined to
weight ll was photographed by the
bureau of home economics to show
what could be done with blue dotted
Swiss, trimmed with vulenclennes
edging. The dress Is made In two
pieces, with the tucked. Jnce-trlmmed
vest made on the pod Ice from which
the skirt Is hung. The blouse Is fin
ished by a belt which ties In front
and gives the dress the appearance
of a one-piece dress. A long rolling
fitted collar edged with Ince com
pletes the blouse. Cuffs of tucks and
lace are attached to hulf the bottom
of the sleeve and the other hnlf Is
hemmed and allowed to hung out
from the arm. .
Fullness for the knees la provided
by severul large Inverted box plults
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violet . colorings the latter being a
vogutsh color which Is receiving no
end of exploitation. Indeed there Is
quite a rivalry between grayish greens
and dusky violet shades for summer-
Good Food for the
When the grilling day ts over.
And the nun la coins down. ,
When tbt shads of night are till
ing la the country and tba towns
When the whippoorwlll Is calling.
And the wolf begin, to roam.
When the mocking bird Is doting.
Then I want to be at home.
Morris Olson,
When making a layer cake of two
layers, If the family Is small, use one
layer cut Into halves and
put together with sweet
ened whipped cream light
ly flavored. The other
layer fill with the follow
ing filling:
Orange Filling Mix
one-half cupful of augur,
three tsblespoontuls of
flour, and the grated rind
of one-half an orange;
when well blended add
one-fourth cupful of orange Juice, one
tablespoon ful of lemon Juice, the
yolks of two eggs, and cook ontll
smooth snd thick ever water. Add a
teaspoon ful of butter and spread on
the cake. Ice with confectioner's
sugar moistened with orange Juice.
A nice sauce to serve with steak
or hot fish Is:
Parsisy Butter Take three table
spoonfuls of butter, one-fuurtb tea
spoonful of salt one-eighth teaspoon
ful of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of
lemon Juice and add one tablespoon
ful of finely minced parsley. Work
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Aitrsetlve Two Plecs Drsss of Dotted
Swiss for Medium 8tout Woman.
In the skirt. On a woman of some
what large figure skirts should not he
too tight or too short If they are to look
graceful.
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weight woolen couta and ensembles,
la almost every Instance tlirso color
ful costume nre topped with matching
lints cither fi'lt or straw and the ac
cessories through and through carry
related colors. In mentioning fash
lonnlilo ahadr, the new eggshell tint
must not be omitted. Woolous In this
smart tone are irrosistnble, Increii
lug favor for gray la noted. Coats or
ensemble suits In this color cull for
perfectly matched accessories.
In fashioning practical coats of
lovely colored woolens, style crentors
have done commendable thing.
Transforming the utility coats Into a
"thing of beauty" without sacrificing
Its practicality, has added test not
only to town and travel coats, but the
new rain coats revel In color and
charm.
(3. IMS. Weetera Nraiinw Union.)
I HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS I
Fine steel wool will remove starch
or rust from the Iron.
If the vacuum cleaner Is to give
good service, the dust bag must be
kept clean.
To remove the burned crust from a
cake rub gently with s piece of fine
sandpaper.
To alternate two pairs of shoes Is
more economical than to wear one
pair continuously.
Browned flour does not have the
same thickening power ss the same
amount of onbrowned flour.
Darts stitched on the right side of
the material give the effect of tucks
If they are finished on an even line.
By NELLIE MAXWELL
the butter until creamy, then add
lemon Juice and parsley.
A Delicacy. Take two targe or
anges, three cupfula of diced rhubarb,
two cupfula of sugar, one-half tea
spoonful of mace, one-fourth teaspoon-
ful of cinnamon, twelve whole clove.
Dace all the Ingredients together In
a casserole adding the grated orange
rind and cook with rhubarb until
tender.
The mother who feeds ber children
green vegetable, plenty of milk.
coarse cereals
and breads, need
have no fear of
a n undernour
ished child. The
coarse foods, hard
to masticate,
make the teeth
strong, by exer
mm
cise. The gums which carry the blood
that nourishes the teeth, need this
coarse food also to keep them firm
snd healthy.
In recent Investigations of school
children In the East the result are
most Interesting. The poorer children,
coming often from very poor homes,
averaged a better percentage than the
children from wealthy home. This
Fairy Tale for the Children
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, "We Just saw two people go by,"
said the bird of paradise, "and aa they
went by one said :
"'Oh, don't yoo w!h yon could
have that bird of paradise for your
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"'Either of them would do beauti
fully.' "Oh," continued the bird of para
dise, "It mude me sad. But I waa
thankful that I was in the too. I love
the air and I love freedom and I love
my wild home and everything thut
goes with it, but here at least I am
safe, safe, and oh. how people have
gone after my family of late."
"They've always gone after my fam
ily," said Mrs, Heron, sadly.
"That's so, wick, waw, wick, wow,
waw, waw, wuw," shrieked .the bird
of parudise, and the lesser bird of
purmllne nodded.
"You see," the bird of paradise con
tinued, "we've become fashionable
lutely.
"In fact, we've become very scarce
oecause so innny of us have been
killed. ..
"Of course, we don't get our long
and perfuct plumage until we are five
years old.
"Hut w are beautiful birds nnd we
have beautiful feathers. We can't
help but admit It, though we're some
times very, very and that we are ao
leoutiful.
"We have wonderful f outliers
brownldh, reddish, tannlsh fenther
Our throat are of soft black and
green feathers, our eyes Are soft and
yellow and our heads and beaks are
yellow, though our beaks are edged
with blnck and also shaded with blue
and gray.
"But It' our long plume feathers,
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Binds Hats Are Desirable for Summer Play,
(Frepared br th fatted SUIm Department
or Agriculture.)
Shade hats are desirable for chil
dren during any periods of the sum
mer day when there Is glare. It the
hats are chosen with a small brim tn
front but a short one or none tn back,
they will be cool and comfortable.
These two little girls are dressed In
Family
shows thst Intelligence and not
wealth Is the Important factor In well
nourished children.
The custom of giving everybody a
glass of orange Juice dally Is a good
one and most Important for the child.
It contains lime In small amount, fur
nishes excellent Iron salt Is well sup
plied with vltamlnea especially C,
which prevents rickets, and I free
from possible contamination, which la
not true of milk (always). Orange
Juice stimulate the retention of lime
In the teeth, bone tissues and the
body fluids. Alternate the orange
Juice with milk It will be found most
helpful In many schools they are
using oranges Instead of milk for the
lunch time.
Date and Chocolate Cake. Take two
tablespoonfuls of butter, cream with
one cupful of sugar, add a bit of fla
voring, lemon, almond or vanilla, or a
mixture of all; add two well beaten
eggs, two tablespoonfuls of cocoa, or
a square of chocolate melted ; add one
and three-fourths cupfula of flour sift
ed with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Add the flour alternately with
one-half cupful of milk. Bake In a
square tin and when cool cover with
the following: One cupful of dates
Br MARY CRAHAM BONNER
our wavy beautiful feathers that peo
ple like ladle like to wear them In
their hats, and while my neighbor,
(he lesser bird of paradise, Isn't so
perfectly marked as are the members
of my fumlty, they've often been
killed for their feathers, too."
"Oh," said Mrs. Heron, "that Is too
dreadful. But do they go after you
ut any special time?
"Is there some month perhaps when
"But Here at Least I Am Safs."
you're not so much on your guard nnd
they can get you more easily?''
"Yes," said the bird of paradise,
"there Is. When we're mating, when
we're dancing In the trees, dancing
nnd chirping nnd shrieking with de
light, then the men with their arrows
ilioot up at us because we're not pay
ing any attention to dangers.
"We're gay then, guy and glud, but
nlusl (hey kill us then for ladles' hats.
"They take us when we are Joy
jus nnd mtrry nnd happy for trim
ming for hut which can't talk and
a very satisfactory way for the first
coatleaa days. Their print dresses
are designed with loose neck, sleeve,
and leg finishes. In style that depend
an simplicity for their charm.
One child wear a short-sleeved col,
tnrlesa dresa, but the other la almost
as cool snd free from unneresssry
restraint of motion because the collar
la made to set well away from the
neck, and the sleeves are loose, al
though reaching to the wrist Straight
bands are used on the legs of the
bloomers In each case. These are rec
ommended by the bureau of borne eco
nomics In preference to elastics,
which Inrpede circulation. The band
are wide enough to slide up the leg
when the child bends over, but the
bloomers sre kept short on the side
to prevent the band from slipping
down over the knees.
cut fine, one cupful of sugar and twe
tnhlexpoonfula of lemon Juice, with a
bit of the grated rind. When thick
add a tnhletpoonful of butter and
cool. After (he date covering hoe
been e tided, rover with Irlng, to which
a little lemon Juice has been added.
Fruity Custsrd. Beat tbe egg yolks,
add one fourth of cupful of sugar,
two tesspoonfuls of Hour, one eighth
leaspoonful of salt two cupful of
milk, one-half teaapoonful of vanilla
added at the last, five tahlespoonfuls
of sugar. Bent (he egg yolks, add the
sugar, salt and mix well. Add the
milk and cook until thick enough to
coat (he spoon. Cool, add the vanilla
and turn Into a serving dish contain
ing four sliced nrnnges. Beat (he egg
whites, add the five tublespiMinfuls of
sugar, heap on top of the custard.
The reason tonkl la given to those
of weak digestion Is that the atarch,
by (he heat Is partly changed to
augor and Is quickly acted upon by
tbe Juice of the stomach and ready
to be absorbed In the Intestine.
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which can't have little birdllng. Oh,
It's terrible."
"J should say It Is," said the lesser
bird of parndlse. ''They wait until
we're really hnppy end gay, when we
have our mate and are having hnppy
dnnrliig parties In the trees and when
we're chirping nnd whispering secret
to each other about the little blrdllngs
we're going to have lutes on then It
I that they shoot us down!"
"And all for lints'" said the bird of
pnmdlse. "Yes, at least we're safe
In the too, but oh, the people who go
by and any that they would Ilk to
have us an their huts!
"But the keeper Is telling every one
no hears make such speeches nliout
(he sorrow that comes l(f our fam
ilies bemuse of fashions. Am If they
don't look nut thero'll be aVi)ilig left
of us. We'll be nil gone."V,,,
"It's something I enn't tiiltJrstnnd,"
snld Mrs. Heron. "You know I'm of
the family known., "the' Snowy
Herons. ' ., , -.i
"Thnt I because my feathers nro
white, and they're culled aigrette.
"People like to. wear theurn their
hats j women, yes, mothers pf hoy
ind girls, for listen, birds of para
djse," ' '
' There wns a hush In the blrdhousn
of tho too and the heron bugnn t
speak. ,
"They go after yon when 'you're
muting, but they go after me and my
family when our little ones are born
and when they can't even feed themselves.-
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"They wait until then a then
we're not noticing danger hut onl)
thinking of our little' one. Oh, we do
wish people would change that wr
do so wish I" '
(ffl, (, Weetera Newtptper Union.)
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Neglecting to Paint
Meant tonetary Los
Nobody want to live In u dilapi
dated neighborhood, much less a
shabby house. It I true that many
people are forced to, since neglected
houses won't sell. Their appearance
are against them. A house (hat I
old, lu need of renovatlou and paint
la fast ou Its way to utter hopuleas
ness and nobody want It
Houses that nppcur neglected
through luck of paint depreciate In
vulue so much thut an appreciable
property loss Is Invvltuble.
To bocotiie a little more cheerful
on (he subject, whllo nolwdy may
want the old, windswept house, (he
saiuo pluce with ever so slight renova
tion would Increase In Its value and do
alruhlllty fur beyond the coal of (he
Improvements' Modernising an old
house iiiaktw H a desirable asset to
a neighborhood, and a pluce to take
pride In owning.
in nmdcrnli'.utlon, where there I
the slightest bit of structural beauty
In the original lines, for economic
reasons (hey should be allowed to re
main. Minor change which lend
themselves to comfort and plctur
eequeness will be aufllclvnt, tine
fresh paint In an attractive color
acheme will add the Important finlnl
telling touches.
Crowing Movement for
Tree Along Highway!
The possibilities of beautifying our
main highways by means of trees,
flowers and blooming alirub Inspire
the hope (hat some day public demand
will make these possibilities, at least
In a large measure, realities. Msny
good tillage come from demonstrations.
Near Louisiana, Mo, the state high
way commission Is setting out groups
of spires at Intervals of from ViU lo
Hi) feet for a distance of about 80
nil lea. The planta are a gift from a
Louisiana nursery. The gift la gener
ous, but prohnhly a mighty good In
vestment When (hen groups of spl
rra attain blooming growth (hey will
be an example (hat will be sure to
Inspire an extension of highway treat
ment. Indeed, aurh eiamples are nu
merous In some of (he states, especial
ly as to the planting of trees. Per
hnps tn time besuty along our. prttv
ctpnl motor car route will be so com
pelling that almost everyone will re
spect It, Including (be beauty Nature
has provided. If so, then w shall
not have billboards and similar dis
figurements. I'.ichnnge. -
Call far Simple Play Spots
The liindncape architect's grestest
contribution lo modern civilisation Is
designing parka to provide niornl
and phyalral health for the maese
of (he cities. Ferrucclo Vitals of
New York, member of (he National
Commission of l ine Arts, ssys In a
symposium of (he American Ineil.
tute of Architects on collaboration
In the arta of design.
'Ho lung aa only the arlatorrat
were (he ones who desired 0en
spaces outnlde of congested areas."
declares Mr. Vllnle. "(he type of
IAndsciiie development was bound to
become on suitable for pomp snd
splendor.
"But when mnsse of people In
democratic community realized the
necessity of theee same oen spaces,
It wn to secure relief from the con
gestion, to forget formality, and all
(he elements of structures nnd build
ings by which Ihey were surrounded.
Joy of Life la Country
What Is there In country living?
The shortest answer I that there I
everything In country living, nowa
days, that there Is In big city living,
nnd In less concentrated form. There
Is even more, for there I enough hit
sure and suniclent Impulse toward
the formation of really close friend
ships. It Is not loo difficult lo see
one's friends oftener than once a
month or once a year of city dwell
ers, and It Is possible to enjoy with
them most of the things thnt make
life Important In America. Ex
change. Not Toe Many Evergreen
Cnru should be exercised In (he
use of accent shrubs and trees such
lis evergreens, weeping varieties and
colored shrubs. Kvergreeiis are great
ly misused and overused. Generally
speaking, except In houses of decid
edly formal treatment, a combination
of evergreens and deciduous nil rub
nre hetler than Just evergreens How
ever, If your hoime does ' not have
a formal treatment, tbe use o miiu
evergreens Is out of plm."' '., .,,
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nosa sign mtertenence . . tn
Kffectlvenea of the sfuiidard (miner
al, signs and direction and danger
signals on the transcontinental high
ways, which have contributed Im
measurably (n (he convenience and
safety of travel, Is hindered In many
Instances by advertising signs which
are so placed ns to obscure them or
wllhdruw attention from thein. , ,
There's a Difference -
A 'happy place (o live. Indeed, ll (he
city where Is constantly heard I bo
sound of hummer nnd saw, hut some
thing else iiguln Is (he city where only
the hummer I hcurd. Kxchung.
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