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ISITWHITE?
enraily to have the significance
of exaltation. magnificence,
; -m_v. even or power——whereas in
(. n Far East white is of all shades
(" colors most depressing in asso-
.~...~.-.r~n. in China. white is the
. «rnr of first mourning.
.\ little Chinese princess who
- undying in an American col-
“: quick to adopt the ways
..or occidental associates. For
. — graduation she wore a charm-
~: frock of pure white with all
i». r accessories matching.
. .21; most becoming. in spite of
.. yellowish cast of her skin.
' ~11nwing the custom of her
intry--—-and not contrary to the
vicm of her associates—she
.w'ualiy used a good deal of
L... paint‘snd rouge. not to men-
" .._ lip stick—and this touch of
ur- kept the pure white from
:2: unbecoming.
\r all events she was delighted
a: her appearance until she ap-
"ni’t‘t’l before her father. who was
.. vii hcr for the event of her
i .hi‘mtion. He was cast down
- "x. sorrow when he saw her. It
as if he had seen his daughter
~ soil in the deepest of black
4. pp. lic- knew of course that she
.. mr-rcly following an Ocidcntai
mm. but so close was the asso‘
'iml of mourning and white in
i'llinll that he could not be con-
nntii she had changed her
_, ,1 mlmn gown for one of rich
i" -nlni coloring. "
trnnni't the Romans. white was
- -l sacred to Jupiter. and in
_ .mcient cults you will find
« ..- white is kept sacred to the
r guru-t dicty. Pure white horses
;- .iimi his chariot. and only per—
‘. ' whim animals were sacrificed
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\‘Chitn has for ages been asso-
. mi with virginity and it is for
reason that the traditional
~ . ‘itllllg dress is of this color.
lix’nry once in a while there
it unis to be a tendency to get
. Vi ..v from the pure white wedding
._ n. Not long ago one bride had
or metallic green about her
whim: ess and sometimes
- is a suggestion of rose or
ii color in the lining or facing.
i: .- apparently there is little
wave that the tradition of the
- -r- white wedding gown will be
IN the Occident. white seems gen-
when.
‘ihv-rn are certain women to
v..~m white is more’ becoming
t'zivn any other color. but there
. in: to he no hard and fast rule
"Kill matter. it is not a mat-
.7 of blondness or brunetteness.
.. eyes or brown. fair skin or
i. .1 K.
.insr‘phint‘. the wife of Napoleon
Twrnporte. was charming in pure
u “tin. and whenever she wanted
1 . .mpcar at her best and put some
.5 hnr social antagonists out of
i'tw'vnance she wore a very
w-p‘m frock of pure white with
. ii} n very little jewclry. In con-
tam the women dressed! in elab-
wuva gowns of gay colors richly
" mmcd with jewelry appeared
c'w ..p and vulgar.
Princess Mary of England is a.
woman of today who is loveliest
‘.". white. She is personally very
fund of mauve and violet and has
many gowns of these tones. as
\"vil as some of blue, but when-
rzcr she is going to dine with her
brother the Prince of Wales. she
“cars a gown of pure white. be—
m'lsc she knows that he admires
Fcr most when so attired. '
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You Can Malt:
Hollandaise Sauce
0LT.A.\'D.-\ISE sauce is areally
H delicious accompaniment to
various good things to eat.
especially to French artichokes nn'l
asparagus.
\l’ith the asparagus season com-
ing. the home conic may well add
this sauce to her list of possibilities.
A famoua cooking teacher once
said that she Judged the cooks she
taught by the sauces they made.
If they could make good sauces. she
was sure they could cook anything
within reason. There seems to be.
according to her. a particular dif-
tlciilty'about making sauces which.
mastered, indicates a high rating as
cook.
The "1an to remember in any
cooked sauce is to cook it long
enough.“ Yet in Hollandaise sauce
too long cooking is ruinous,
Begin with the beaten yolks of
two eggs. beaten until they are
creamy. Add to them the juice of
half a lemon. In a double boiler
place half a cup of good butter.
Add a saltspoon of salt. a quarter
as much cayenne pepper. and the
egg yolks and lemon. Stir con-
stuntly. and gradually add half a
cup of boiling water. When the
mixture is thick and creamy it is
done. It must be perfectly smooth.
And. of course. it must not be
cooked long enough to overcook the
efll.
HERE are so many attractive
I Vanities in tho ahop that it ll
indeed difficult to know which
to choose—if you are lucky enough
to be able to choose any. in tho
Notch some of them arc shown-
(me looks like a locket; of silver.
Will] a tiny silhouette head in black
enamel. The locket hang! from a
cord of black silk. with a little dia-
mond—shaped .1150. and tho cord
worn about the neck- WhenJho
Inrket is open it may. meet
diminutive of Vania m
The three other little object! illus—
trated are in a set. The tiny mirror
has in its back. which M
one pushes a little spring. a small
powder cannot.
powder puff and
The two little cylinders hold rang!
and lipstick. The coverings are
eithe'r or colored enamel—4n any
color you wish to match your frock
or your taste—or in gold or silver.
Many vanities are cleverly con-
cealed—in the handbag. in the urn-
brella handle. in .s. bracelet or a
party bag. it seems to be quite a
” trick for a manufacturer to think of
name new vanity. There is always
s. market for it.
There are lovely artificial flowers
to wear or carry that hide beneath
silky petals nirylike powder
their
puffs and lipsticks.
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sistant to Anne Rittenhouse
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Needles and Pins
A RETIRING JOB
“ E can never hope to
save enough to retire
on," said the Young Mar-
riml “'nmun of Party. "\Ve had to
give lip that notinn whcu rents
went up during the war. But my
husband's going to retire. Just the
Ninth.
jivl‘."
"Your retiring Job?" echoed some-
one. lint in the least enlightened.
"It's a new‘idcn," explained thci
\\‘c‘rc starting our retiring
Young “'omnn of Forty. "I know
evvr so many wnmcrt film are pian-
lting them. You see when prices-
w’cltt snoring with the .
when every one gave unttl it hurt.
bank that was going to be invested
for eventual retirement melted a<
wny.
we ecimpod for the next twvnty
an old Folks' Home. So we are;
"But what
"0h. chicken raising if you
"Bees and honey-’reaily,
are quite clet'eF-English violets.
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mushrooms. police dog kennels.
summer inn.
as you are interested. You see the
idea. is for the woman. after her.
don't need to be hand fed and
dressed and bathed. to start some
sort of little business venture. She:
starts in a small way or perhapsi
begins to study about it. Thenf
little by little she works up her‘
business and than when her bus?
band wants to retire. there is .1
perfectly good little retiring busi-
ness all ready—something they rm.
do together that. will yield a nice
little income without very hard
work." ,
"But I shouldn't think a manf
would let his wife—" began the in—:
formed one.
"What can he do? She just grits
ahead and starts it and then all“. -:-
a while he just has to retire to ink"
the business off her hands. Sonny
times. you’ know. the retiring busi-
ness gets to be more profitable tint ‘
the job that the man has slswd mu;
worried all his life about.
course no man really objects now——
because he knows that other men
are going to retire in the same
way."
“'AYS “1TH WOOL
It. is helpful to know that s.
knitted garment which is too nar-
row may be stretched much wider
under the iron. When you press
it. stretch it acrou the width. and
repeat the pressing until the de-
sired width ls obtained. If too
wide. the garment should be
stretched downward when press-
ing.
To renovate used wool. wind it
over a chair-back and lay the
skeln looaely just as it is on a
piece of clean newspaper. Pre-
pare the steamer as for preparing
vegetables. Lay the wool on the
paper in the steamer, and cover
with another piece of paper. Then
steam over the lire until ‘the wool
is quite wet and all the crinkles
hare disappeared. Take out and
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war and 5
why somehow the money in the
NYC can save a little. but ifi
years we couldn't save much mor-ei
than enough to buy our way into.
planning is retiring Job." {talk about crab-apple rod.
is n. Retiring .Tob?"i
insisted the unenlightened one. i
like
that sort of thing." was the retnrt.rtrimmings.
apiaries'
rug weaving. book i face of a ripe pineapple.
binding. furniture making. antique- newest of the new tans and is. by
ing. it doesn't much matte:- so long the way. generally becoming.
children get big enough so they:
But nil
She Steps Into the Garden for Her Summér Hues.
HERE has been too much‘lahout the nostrils—«but this is
merely a guess.
Oriental in our fashions
lately. complained a fashion-
able. designer recently.’ “‘omen
are getting tired of it. Let’s get
out of the harem into the garden;
‘Lct's leave the tombs of \mightyi
Egyptian kings and
:for our inspiration.
What is the
use of devising colors that match
exactly the decorations on old
sarcophagi or the faded wrap-
pincs of mummies when we can
look to flowers and fruit and
birds and gentle beasts for our
inspiration.
So the reaction hastet in and.
while we hear of Chin se red and
inquer red. it is really smarter tjo
.‘it 5
found on some of the smart new
French hats. “'ooden beads of
the color are sometimes usedflas
Pineapple. when spoken of as a
color. indicates the warm. red-
nidish. yellowish brown on the sur-
It is the
Enough of the vague for things
Chinese still rests upon us to
make room for a continued use of
jade—though to be really
Chinese we must call it Yu-chi
green. Still. the newer greens are
called after the lowly apple and
the familiar grapefruit. Grape-
fruit green is of a decidedly yel-
lOWlbll cast, but it is still classed
as it green. Moss green is lre-
ulwntly mentioned in the adver-
lisr‘ments for new frocks and hats
in the stern" and there are also
fern and . ladowgi’ass greens to
be considc"-ti. '
ll) ;-_‘_' mains the most talked
alum hills: of the season is pow-
der luluc. it lakes the place that
was l‘t‘lLl two seasons ago by peri-
Wiiikir blur). This does not mean
that i: is on tho periwinkle order
civr it isn't. But milliners and
fl"t2$rllinl{er3 use this new powder
blur when a season .or two earlier
thry rmuid hay-mused periwinkle.
it is not. however. a blue of quite
such a distinctiveness. And for
this reason is less likely to be run
to the ground by too much
popularity.
But why powder blue?
You may know why it was so
named. but if you do you knew
more than many who are ranked
as experts in this matter of color
names. When one of the most
prominent millinery experts was
asked this question he hedged by
Giving a. most exact and elaborate
description of the blue. and it
isn't easy to describe a color so
that it can be recognized. But
he admitted he didn't know
where it got its’ name. .
Another expert—an authority
on textile colors—was asked.
“Why powder blue iii—powder
blue?" he said. "The name?
Oh. that doesn't matter. It's
Just a fancy name."
The truth is that he didn't
know. 0! course it isn't the blue
:1 inn powder-rbgse‘ouaglthit is a
or graph—aim so —blue.
Possibly it" 16 named in: the blue
powder that is und in theatrical
make up ln': making shadows
leave until dry. then wind.
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under the eyes and sometimes
go outdoors. '
trace to its source. though doubt-
less some who mention it in con-
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perennial larkepur of old fashion-
ed
leader among fashionable colors
an
Fill
in
son. and recently a clever milliner
turned out some interesting hats
that were colored in imitation of
the plumage of the lore birds—
rich but not harsh greens, blues,
an
the most often mentioned among
light browns and another color
taken from the ocean
for coral has been revived with
considerable interest.
difficult color names in the fash-
ion.
ple. self-explanatory names that
any one could figure out with a
little reflection.
tail blue mentioned among new
colors of Chinese inspiration that
leaves
There doesn't seem to be any-
thing blue about a Cbinaman's
pig tail, does there?
lariat is one of the light browns.
an
deeply tanned
afterglow is a faint rose.
There is a reason enough for
congratulation in. this matter of
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\
Delphinium blue is easicr to
ction with ribbon or silk have
yer even seen the softly tinted
is still a
gardens. Orchid
d cyclamin and fuchsia are
ll mentioned frequently.
Even the birds of the air con—
buie their colors for the sea—
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d yellows. Terrapin is one of
is coral—
To be su‘re there are still some
But most of them are sim-
There is a pig-
one rather . uncertain.
It is not difficult to guess that
is a tone like
skin and that
d that Arab
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_ MONDAY
" Breakfast
Oranges
ns ream
Scrambled eggs
Buttered toast Coilee
Luncheon or Supper
‘ Minced chicken on toast
Date and orange salad
Wafers ea
Dinner
dulled with cream cheese
Roast lamb Canned peas
Turnips Mashed potatoes
Lemon meringue pie
TUESDAY -
Breakfast '
Baked apples
Fried eggs and potato balls
Hot'rolls Coffee
Luncheon or Supper
Chicken gumbo soup
Boston brown bread and
butter sandwiches
Fruit salad
. Dinner
Cream celery soup
VVarmed-over lamb
Cabbage an gratin
’. Fried potatoes
Apple pudding
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Grapefruit
Brown rice - Cressa
Broiled bacon
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Watchman-remanded:-
color names. We have got awn
from the learned names that
challenge one's‘erudltion. Da
Vinci blue and Velasquez red and
Van Dyke brown would be all
very well if more than one woman
in several hundred had ever seen
a. canvas by Da Vinci. Velasquez
or Van Dyke.
The sentimental color name is
likewise past and gone. This type
of name reigned supreme some
century and a half ago when
French words meaning perfect
candor. stifled sighs. marked at-
tention. and momentary agitation
were current color terms. One
indeed had to be “in the know"
to understand what such color
names meant.
GOOD FUDGE.
There are many delicious kinds
of fudge. and one of the best of
all is the following:
Divinity Fudge—Two and one-
half cups sugar. one-half cup corn
syrup. one-half cup water. whites
of two eggs. one cup broken wal-
nuts. Mix sugar. syrup and water.
and boil until when dropped in cold
water mixture will form a firm ball
between the fingers. Beat the eggs
stiff. Pour half the boiling mixture
over the eggs. beating constantly.
Return the remaining half of mix-
ture to stove and boil until when
dropped in edld water it forms a
hard ball. Then remove from stove
and pour slowly into the first half.
beating constantly. Add walnuts
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”PI-“Dim“
mwm you and me and the
B fence post. what is it that
you have npppermost in
your mind when you look for a
house to rent or for sale or study
plans for a house that you may
some day build?
Do you think first of such
purely practical questions. as
sanitation. ventilation. heating.
planning that will make for elli—
clency in housework—matters of
that sort? Probably not.
For a “‘eddlng
"What a perfectly charming
house for a wedding." reflected
one matrpn several years ago as
she glanced at a spacious old-
fashioned house that an agent
was trying to persuade her hus-
band to buy. But she reflected
that to herself as she saw in her
mind's eye her blushing daughter
Daphne coming down the wide
oldotime stairway. lightly touch-
ing the polished black walnut
bannister with her little hand. or
Janey. the younger daughter.
stately as a queen, stepping with
the dignity of Juno—white veil.
satin train, wedding march and
all. But this wise woman kept
such sentiments to herself and»
said. instead:
“Yes. I like the idea of a fire
It makes
such picndid ~ventilation. And
the cilings are so high. I'd
really like the house.” And all
the time was thinking over
and over again. "What a wonder-
ful house tor a. wedding."
slim
Daphne Elupod
You can cum"- what happened.
Only the amt year Daphne sloped
with a boy in inr class in college
-—SODllOnlOl‘i'\‘ hothwend Janey
has given nozim; that when she
marries she i: com; to have a
church wedding with none of the
flourishes afterwards.
There are many women who
think first when considering a
possible house only of how the
house lends itself to what they
call “entertaining." They figure
how many bridge or mah Jong
tables could be put up conveni-
ently in each room and they alter
the electric wiring so as to make
plenty of plugs for bridge lamps.
They never think how the house
lends itself ’to “entertaining"
members of their own family.
whether there is a nice comfort-
able u for the man of the
house 0 a place where the boys
can bring their friends and play
games.
In Case of Illness
one anfious woman of exceed-
ingly good health never considers
a. new house without wondering
how it. would work out in case of
sickness. She insists on having
connecting doors cut between
bedrooms.
"In case of a trained nurse it
is always so important.” says she.
Perhaps too-«few people think
of houses as possible homes for
children. (To judge from the re-
sults such forethought is surely
rare. But one oldish-young wom-
an of sigty who is at present
Itudying plans for a house of her
own is carefully arranging a
suitable room for a nursery. "I
probably shan't live here always."
she says. "And I know that some
young couple will come along
after I In: gene and perhaps
they'll bless me for having made
a house that is as well adapted to
and vanilla. pour into a. buttered
pan and cut in saw.
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Guam
luncheon os- Supper
Savory rice (from left-over
breakfast rice)
E“ salad
Canned fruit Cookies
Dinner
Sardine canapes
Jollied beef ' Glace carrots
Creamed potatoes
Baked caramel custard
THURSDAY
Mast
Apple sauce or raw apples
Dried beet omelet
Graham muffins Cotes
Luncheon or Supper
Sliced jellio'd bee! Potato chip
Sliced fresh tomatoes with
mayonnaise
llamalade and waters
Din
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lamb chops Buttered ens-rots
French fried sweet potatoes
. Celery Jelly salad
- Charlotte russe.
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Dream ' '
Bananas sliced with minced
. . pineapple "
Plain muffins Coffee
sheltering children as most
houses are not."
AWEEK
Onion soup
Fried fish Scalloped tomatoes
Baked potatoes
Cabinet pudding
may
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Stewed prunes
cereal Cream
Creamed loft-our fish. on toast
Coffee
Luncheon a Super
Tomato bisque _
Baked been sandwiches
Pineapple salad . Wafers
Dinner
Crab flake cup
Brdled beefsteak
Crusted lima beans Watercress
Apple pie Cheese
SUNDAY
Grapefruit
French toast Bacon
Coffee
Dinner
Endive salad. French dressing
Ice cream Chocolate cake
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