,“‘r(:"r' ,.‘.";""' as as" 1' a q I 'I/A U: o (/14 s Your Favorite . Color tsunami EN and women who spend much time in the city. like those who travel over a desert. become passionately fond I»! green. And as few of us have anything to do with sandy deserts n is safe to say that the one who lilit‘fl green better than any other mior is a city dweller or one who 33.1.4 had his fill of city life and city “in: and longs for the green bride and green trees of the country. ‘ ‘ Some one once took the trouble in figure the number of times that tilil'i‘rflni. color names were men— linlicd by the English poets and lame to the very interesting eon- riiision that ll. is only within the in?! hundred and fifty years that :t'enn has taken pro-eminence. strikospeare and the other Eliza— tmhans seemed to have more to mv concerning gold. yellow, black. and white with red and purple thrown in. And it has been said that when nations are young they seldom display much addition to gnu-n. either in art or in their mention of it in literature. Chil- dren. too. are more apt to select Other colors. Among the ancients. green stems to have been used as a sym- hnl of victory. and this was be- muse victors were crowned with the palm of deep verdure. The olive has long been symbolical of pvuce. and this shade of green is also taken as an emblem of peace. Because green is the color of new and young plant life it has been emblematic of virility and youth. Among Christian artists it has been the color symbolic of immor- tality. hope and the resurrection. l? is the color used by many churches for hangings 'hnd vest— merits. etc.. for the long Trinity season. Green has also been used to represent the memory and pale green has been used in association with baptism in the Christian church. doubtless because of its association with water. Lille other colors. green has its loss complimentary phases. No min is so ignorant of the embolism of colors as not to know what it means to be celled green. Green has also been associated with envy and jealousy. Every one‘ is familiar with the expression. "green with envy." About twenty years ago green became immensely popular among the interior decorators and green wall paper was the rage. Green rsrpets were also affected and the effect of verdure was further sus- tained by the use of green uphol- stnry and hangings. But people became tired of so much green .1an green well paper gradually caused to be popular. perhaps be- rmise of the fact that it almost always fades and in fading takes on a dirty grayish tinge. At a! «vents. yellow and gray soon took the place of green as a color for wall papers. But within the last few years green has been reviycd in interest “m0!!! many smart decorators and there is a distinct fad now for fur- niture painted lettuce green. Woodwork likewise is sometimes painted this color. The green stones ara emerald. beryl, aquamarine. malachite and Jade. The emerald and aqua- marine are. as a matter of fact. Varieties of beryl. malachite is rouiiy only a form of cool”?- Next Week—~1- 1! Purple? mmrmo'woon roman sm- it the day of the silver mono- gramed toilet table set I“ 0 by.lthas ufigedéuadayeg sorts of to ubstitu One of these is the palatal! toilet set. of wood. A particularly at- tractivo example of this sort 01,90! is enameled in a deep cream. and on this soft background are painted bits of Chinesa‘seenery. On the hand glass. for instance. a coolie hauling water in 308' swung from a bamboo over his shoulders. with a suggestive back- zrnund of willows and'a river. ,On the hair brush. two ladies under a tree, with a baby 1'0“!“ in 91" 0n the smallor pieces. m “I" velvet brush. tho loll: fl“. 01 a. comb. the covers of. the smaller rains and cream hoses. tiny bit! 0’ flgnres or scenery. alidoue in Chinese red. blue or yellow. _______———————--— 1.11m PAMG m,- u‘" . The way. crystal m at. seed nowadays would om have b”! considered a druid ornate. For one thing. handblfl 0.! lovely bits or old paisley shawl! show the pattern wicked out with The Well - Chosen First Course BE old English custom which has prevailed here for genera- tions was to begin dinner with a good but soup. The idea seemed to be that when one was tired and possibly chilly a hot soup warmed the stomach and soothed the spirit. Raw oysters before the soup ap- peared as tempting morsels very easy to eat if you liked them and best appreciated before the palate had become confused by stronger flavors. The French idea of serving hors d'oeuvres before the soup shows no regard for the English notion that the stomach needs first of all to be toned and warmed. It is important. argues the French gourmet. first of all to stimulate the appetite. Therefore something fresh and crisp should be served-— olives or celery hearts. Or canapes consisting of very thin slices of toasted bread spread with anchovy or caviare are suggested -——-triiles that actually made the mouth water. The Italian has somewhat the same idea. He starts his dinner with salty. toothsome trifies—bits of3salt fish. highly seasoned dry l sausage. pickled cabbage. red pep- pers in oil. But he is careful that ‘these things should never be really sour. ‘ Here in America we acquired the habit sometimes of beginning dinner with fruit cocktail. Mil- lions of luncheons. no doubt. have been begun with halves of grape- fruits, or grapefruit served in glasses. And now we are assured that this was all wrong. It is actual cruelty to one's stomach to give it something cold and sour and heavy to begin with. Quite often nowadays one is passed stuffed celery by way of or with the first course. The stalks of celery are carefully washed and then diled'with a mixture of creami~ cheese and pimiento. Or you may all: Neufchatsl cheese with a little croam. salt and pepper and use this for the filling. Some- times Ruuefort cheese is used in- stead and then finely chopped olives are sprinkled over each stick. Canapes are quite simple to pre- pare and at any well-stocked grocery store you will find tins or glasses containing anchovy paste. csviare or other pastes with which to spread them. Better still. go to a little Italian or French food store and make your selections from the imported tins they will show you. Many of the appearing that are used in the Italian bore d'osuvre may be bought at not very great expense in tins at the Italian provision stores. ___‘___—————-———'——_ W— tiny white crystal beads. Strange . to guy, the elect is really most Then there are fans of. old lace with glistening rhinestones empha- sishl the pattern. These. too, are edeetive. and really sometimes the white. lg Stones on the rich 1! lens are very beautiful. By MARY MARSHALL- Eight Years Chief Assistant 1. -W . . .. _.._ -V, »-..—-~——~A.«W»_—.~—. _ ~9.»....,.__...—.-~‘ v- 1.2.1:; Lazar/14' .- :1 '-'«’l 1:19.! 13/1. 4!. . . //_ .. 5.»; 5...... rm. SW... 5%., .4125" tOA’ a l d _ - / g \ 0 ~ J ; I K / , ; ‘ ..’ / . . < s _\. : ,1]. o , Q I ' a ’39 , “ . g 53: c5.“ 7" 0- r f U59 é ,5 l . q ’ - ‘ NEEDLES AND PINS THE STURDY OAK wHO said that no man can be really Quite happy if his wife earns more than he does? Quite recently a popular writer in a popular magazine—— and doubtless there are men here. there and everywhere who second the motion—l i k e w i s e many women. Some of them even as- sume the pose that the only reason they don't put their talents to ac- count aud earn more than their husbands is because they are afraid that in so doing they would rob them of happiness. A pose of that sort. I should think. would be even more distressful to the; average husband than -the con- sciousness that the wife-actually does earn more than the husband. Of course a man is robbed of one of his reasons for presuming to regard himself as “head of his own house." when the wife con- tributes more than he to house- hold expenses. Still if women frequently rise above this handicap. assuming the post of head of the family. though they contribute not a sou in actual cash to its maintenance. why shouldn't a man who at least brings in his own "keep" be able to do' the same? Mere skill in money getting certainly oughtn‘t to be synonymous with family “leadership. , Once a well-known nov'elist— author of many American "best- sellers"-——was talking a b o u t women who though married were carrying on successfully in busi- ness or profession. ‘ “Among my own personal ao- quaintauces I could name a half dozen or more women who are earning more than their hus- bands." he said. a ‘ . 'fAre they happy?” asked. "Apparently—more so than the women who don't earn anything." replied this writer. "Are their husbands happy?" asked some one else. _ - ~. "Apparently. so long as no one talks about the situation.” was the answer. "A man doesn’t in the least mind having his wife earn more than he does—4o long as he isn't pointed out as ‘a man who earns ins than his wife.‘ That is why i don't intend to re- count this very interesting list I have in mind." . ' someone our Fate On. St. Valentine's Day 10x2: is apt .6 think um the i l l presentday dearth of Oll- y gible. marriageable men ;fll10‘.ll which one hears IO mush .ubroad is u peculiarity of these i restless days of the twentieth cen- .tury. lut judging from some of ilhe customs that maidens of long '.igo practiced on St.‘ Valentino's Day and the eve thereof they were own more concerned over this question of finding a suitable hus- .hand. If men in those good old 'duys were as charming and pro- tectlvo. as home-loving and as ardent as we are sometimes in- clined to think they were, then there would not have been all this pullaver about learning one's fate on St. Valentine's Day. There seemed to be a widespread notion that the first man a maiden met on St. Valentine's Day would be her own true love. so wise maidens lay abed late so as to avoid seeing any one until theone they loved best might be seen first. Then there was the custom of naming each of the four bed posts on St. Valentine's Eve when one went to bed and the name of the post one looked at first in the morning would be the true love. Girls then as now usually intro- duced an element of chance into this game by naming one of the iposts "Unknown." Another device was to write the names of one's admirers or pos- sible admirers on paper and then to roll each within I ball of clay. When the balls we‘re dry ey were thrown into a basin of we r and the one that bobbed up first contained the name of the future husband. ‘ . Rose Party-Bags Perhaps the vogue for roses is part of our liking for all things Oriental. For t ough the rose does not suggest gypt or China. it is the motive employed in many hits of Persian designing. both in embroidered and woven fabrics, and in these lovely painted boxes that one buys nowadays. with tire printed assurance on the bottom that they were "undo in Persia." . Anyway. the rose is in high vogue as a decorative detail in our clothes. Some of the prettiest and c' vex-est of all party bags are made of huge artindal roses. in silk or velvet. curl upward andiaward. and in their soft depths is hidden a. little silk bag. big enough to bold hand- kerchief and vanity. It is drawn are of yellow silken cord. reveled out at the ends. and when to... are tied they suggest the golden heart of til rose. ' There are some other rose bags made of feathers. dyed red or yellow or pink. These feathers- are shaped like big are grouped regular so that they. too. enclose a ll ties. tightly “‘11“! short am and then thewhols . bachelor ,r: .1 -. 5.) v ariawohé— famous disry.there was a and fasting understanding that amanmustgiveapresenttothe first woman he chanced to see on February Fourteenth. By dint of Nthedayswben Pepys kept hlsoman— among tacit plainedof the lit-Md much strategy one could some- times arrange to meet the woman to whom one wanted to make a present. But sometimes as luck would have it the first woman a saw was a sad-faced char-woman and the gay married ’ i ’ ) , o ntelns oavneutiae’snayiathemsrahl '0 of our" 3% 3 ill? l r E i a i; is El is Es ii? i a 5'3: 3 i i =8 l 3 some love message. ‘ that has been taken up where chocolate letters able might be followed The candy stores of tempting sweets and if there is any acquaintances whom resale with a box of is certainly the time to do i There are some people who content with more this matter of candy giving. pounds or ten pounds of the candy is to them tho There are at.“ _ o g8. 235235-55 i’isiiiiltz E E who seek the Willi—mmr tent to give just the saute soaring of sweets twice. So the candy makers are alwoya on the lookout for candies tin will create new fads. From Paris comes a new kind of bright red sugared almond. It is "dragee do Verdun". Lam importation is the suuar stick wrapped in futuristic papers with fringed ends. To some persons these imported sweetmeats always have a distinctive charm. CUTOUT moans Some of the new blouses as. made of white satin with all up- plied pattern of motifs cut out o! the material of the skirt. m holds the blouse and skirt cog-toss- quite successfully. For instance. there is a skirt of brown cloth. over which is were a white satin blouse. This h e.- broiderod with big um circielsdnin blue, and in sub circle is a g or an egg-shaped of the skirt material. sewn with coarse stitches in brown sill The effect is really good. UN UBUAL wounds There are very gets-eat!” ml- bags of silver or gold gsesh with top: that are really euamded ven- ity uses. They are of coarse diminutive. and clasp into position as handbag tops without m. Opened. however. they reveal thy mirror. put! and powder pad. 1” E ’ "‘ I MONDAY Breakfast Oranges French fried potatoes Bacon Toast Codes Luncheon or Suppos- Vegetable salad Brown bread and butter Cocoa Sliced oranges and bananas Dinner Tomhto bisque Beef croqueues Green beans Scalloped potatoes ‘ . Coffee Jelly TUESDAY ‘ Breakfast Grapefruit Oatmeal , ‘ Omelet Coflee or Supper Tomato rice Pineapple salad Wafers . Dinner Baked ham Cauliflower an gratin Mashed potatoes Apple and nut salad _ Cream cheese Wafers Coffee WEDNESDAY Breakfast Baked bananas Corn flakes Cream Soft boiled egn Graham muffins a Cream Rolls Tomato Jelly salad Hot chocolate Whipped cream Onion soup Cold sliced ham ‘Cream potatoes Spinach rig pudding ' THURSDAY Breakfast - Stewed prunes ed Toast Co ————. 1 . TWENTY- ONE MEALS Clear soup with noodles Baked fish Cucumber salad Ice cream SATURDAY Breakfast Baked apples - Creamed left-over fish on toas Coffee nuncheon os- Supper Chicken soup with rice Crackers Cream cheese and marmalade sandwiches Bot chocolate Dinner Minced chicken. Italian style Baked potatoes A WEEK Baked sweet potatoes flips Celery salad ~ Apple pudding SUNDAY Mast Grapes Griddle cakes naple syrup Cotes Dinner Cream celery soup , Roast leg of lamb Canned pen Browned potatoes Currant Jelly Lemon meringue pie 8 _ Oi ves Salmon salad Browned crackers Jam tarts Tea '0 I L with
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