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There Are Lots of Ways of Making
Them OveI.
HE mother of‘n. large. family of
T children really has less to do to
make use of last seliaon'u
rlothea because she can usually Just
pass the things down the lino. LiIIlI-
girl! my) boys. dross so much obi.
nowadays iliat little sister’s cloliw
\\lll often do In some way for lltlla
lJl'OthI‘ and little brother's clothes
(on always be turned to account in
little sister’s wardrobe.
it is more difficult where clothes
must be let out and lengthened and
otherwise made to do for a child M10
has outgrown them. This is the:
time when many mothers are lookw
ing over the last year's supply of
Winter things. hoping against hope;
IIIIII some of the old utilise will do.
As to Underwear
There is really nothing ‘you can do
about stockings. If they are tlIeI
least bit short they should be dim!
Woolen drawers and shirts;
carded.
v-an often be made large enough for
another season. If the bands arc
tight but the drawers are otherwise‘
marge enough Just set the garments
on new bands and they will probably
The knitted;
answer the purpose.
wool will spread sunlelently to go
into the larger hands. If they are
a little too short you might try set-
Iing them on rather deep bonds.
Winter union suits can often be
enlarged suinciently by .settiug a
band of cotton flannel neatly about
the region of the belt. If shirts are
too tight in the body'nnd the sleeves, =
a. strip an inch or two wide can be
set in from the end of the sleeve on
the inside of the sleeve down under
the arm and from thence to the bot-
tom of the garment. This strip may
be made of soft knitted material or
might be taken from an old dis-
carded suit of flannel underwosr.
I How to Make Frocks Longer
frocks is not such a
difdcult task as it used to be.1f you
wish you may buy a piece of new
material in contmtinl but harmoni-
ous color and make a band. in the
form of an’ applied hem around the:
bottom of the skirt. Some of the
same material may then be used to
give a little cording or facing at
alcoves and neck and so make the
applied hem seem to part'ot the
rlecoratl'e scheme.
Woman at home are very apt to
think that since ready- made dothes
can be bought so reasonably that it
is hardly worth while to make
things over. Some time you may
find must! really obliged to econo-
mies. You may he 'seving all ‘you
can to send a. son or daughter to
college. to take a trip yourself, to
buy a car or to furnish your house.
Anyway. you are keen on the scent
at every little economy. and it'll
then that you tackle with real on-
thusiasm such a task as that of
making last year‘s clothes do for this.
When There’s
' Money About
N this day and generation about
Itheoulywomenwhodonothave
to handle money are a Very few
very rich women. It is a fact that
many a very wealthy woman almost
never actually touches money. She
needs no car or taxi fares for she
always has her owu limousine at her
beck end call. She needs nothing to
pay for purchase little or big for
she has accounts at every sort of
shop. If she is at a hotel she needs
nothing because the bills she runs
up in the hotel restaurants are put
down to her general account. If she
has a. secretary to take care of her
correspondence and to? manage her
affairs the secretary attends to tips
and fees.
But most of us do not dream of
being so rich that we need not handle
money. In fact with most of us the
more we have to handle the better
satisfied we are. Never leave large
amounts of money in your purse. If
possible have a checking account
and pay by check all but small
amounts. Have a separate purse for
change and for bills. If you open
a. general purse every time you want
a hit. of car-fare there is a
chance that you may let fall a
The chance is remote but it isn‘t
worth taking.
it you have to carry or keep large
amounts of money have a small bag
hanging. around your neck or other~
wise kept securely out of sight.
Some women think that if they stow
money away in some Unusual place
in their house it will be safe. So
they tuck it downrthe hollow tubing
of a bra: or iron bed. or behind a
picture on the wall or under the
rover of the family bible. But just
remember that thieves who enter
houses to steal are pretty good psy-
rhologists. They know the sort of
places that women keep money. and
usually they will not leave until
Ihey have exploped them ell.
on assume. oar
if you want to clean phonographi
”cords near use‘ a damp cloth.‘
Take a soft cloth and rub on it a
little vaseline and use this to wipe
off the discs on either side. Be
sure that it is well rubbed off. This
r-ieens them without doing any pm.
sible harm and is said to improve
the tone of old resort.
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I bungalow never has to face cer-
to the housewife who lives on two
or three or more floors. To the
housedweller who tries to keep
house with one or no servants it
always seems as if she is upstairs
when she needs to be down. and
idownstairu when she should be up.
It is an interesting thing that
some women seem to acquire the
- upstairs habit. They are never quite
in their element unless they are
above the ground floor. They like to
have an upstairs sitting-room or if
this is impossible they arrange their
bedroom so they no use this for
leisure hours. They are prone to
live in the downstairs living-room
only when there is company, on
Sunday or holidays when the men
of the family are home and then
with a certain restlessness as if they
were out of their sphere. After
dinner at night they may llnger
below stairs for a. time but they do
not. feel quite at peace with the
world until they have locked and
bolted windows and doors and have
gone upstairs.
To one of these upstairs women it
always comes .with something of a
shock to see other women sewing
and cutting out clothes. writing lei.—
ters or playing with their children
downstairs. Downstairs seems like
much too formal a place for that
sort of thing.
The tendency now when smaller
housessretheorderofthodayand
when we have to make use of every
spend more time downstairs. Bed-
'no room for a sitting-room, so the
downstairs living-room has In be
used for a morning-room or sitting
room. as well as a drawing-room.-
There is no sewing-room rid the
woman who makes her own clothes
has to cut them out on the dining-
room table.
Besides when one has no maid it
is more convenient to he downstairs
than up. The telephone ls.ususll_v
placed downstairs in such a house,
and most of the duties of the morn-
ing may be accomplished without
having to run upstairs and down. Of
course the obvious disadvantage is
that when one works and sews and
lives downstairs one‘s house is not
always in such apple-pie condition
for callers as when one contrivrs to
keep all the varied activities of saw-
ling and mending and ietth— eriiing
I above stairs
WATCH ATOMIZERS
of black hard rubber the shape and
also of watches. By pressing against
[the sides of this little "watch" the
perfume is gently sprayed out
laid here when the stem of the;
watch is removed
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There are perfume atomlsers made,
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A fancy-dress party at Hellowe’en
is a tremendous lot oflfun. And of
course much of the fun comes from
The witch’s costume can be made
In red and black. Or in orange and
black. The bodice. hem and oapr
the ingeniouenees or beauty of the are of the black. the skirt and the
costumes.
lining of the cape are of the color.
The sketch shows some of the in- ; You can melts the peaked witch's
fer-eating costumes that can be mad. cap from paetebosrd, which you can
without too much trouble—s witch buy or paint black.
It you have an
and II cryssnthemum. a figure r.p.jold brimmed hat that iii-I comfort
resenting autumn. a Pierrot and ably. then you can twist up a lplrai
Plerretts. without which no costume. crown and fasten It on the old hat
party would be complete. and .I
love blsok- oat lady.
The erysanthemum and theI
autumn costumes can both easily be'
made of crops paper in lovely shad“:
of orange. yellow, tan and rod.
and then cover the old brim wIth
black cloth.
in the clnle at the left are paper
masks. whloh you can buy or melts.
and give your guests, if you web as
’they enter, or as they gather for a .
.msrch or to dance.
Some of the Hallowe’ en Superstitions
F you are a young girl. stand in
front of a mirror and eat an
apple-and sitrely you will. in the
glass. see the reflection of your
future husband peering over your
shoulder. ‘
We have no wells, nowadays. ~but
there is a lovely old-time supersti-
tion connected with them. The girl
goes alone to the well, and begins
to pull the bucket up. chanting, as
she does so. “1 wind. I wind, my
true love to find." When she gets
the bucket to the top of the well. if
the spell is properly worked. her
true love will call to her his name
from the well.
Peel an apple on Hallow-o'er: and
throw a length of peel over your
shoulder after you have turned com-
pletely around three times. The
peeling will form the initial of your
future spouse when It falls nn tin:
floor.
Here is. an apple-semi fortune for9
llallovi'o'cn: (fut an apple in half
and count tho scedw. if there are
an even number, you will soon
marry. If one of the seeds is cut.
then you will have a quarrelaome
courtship. If there nrc two out
seeds. however. your marriage will
he marred by quarrels.
There is an old nIII. auncratiiiur
connected with Hillinwo'cn. Plat-I
three nuts. before the firc on Ilir
front bar of the grntc. Of course
if there isn't It grain. place the nuts
on the hearth. If you haven’t a fire-
place. then place thm'u lll the oven.
Name one of the mils for yourself
and two for the man you love. it
the nut named for yourself burns at
the same time with one of the other
nuts, you will marry. If one of the
nuts cracks or jumps. the man will
Imm .I Iwnr Ihoiic. as his attention
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fasten a small candle. You must
cut off just a short length of a tiny
birthday candle. and melt the bot-
tom of it to make it stick. Give one
little boat to each of the guests. At
II given moment light all the
undies. and act the little boats sail-
"rig in a big pan or tub of water.
Watch your own boat. and tell your
lll‘lllf‘le from the way it behaves.’ Ifi
he candle blows out. you won't get
‘I'mir wisho—you should make one the
uomcnt you set the boat sailing. If
the boat capsizes and sinks. you will
be disappointed. The one whose
candle burns the . longest will be
luckiest. but everyone whose candle
burns out will get his wish. if two
hosts collide. that means that the
two'owners will have much to do
with each other in later life.
TWENTY- ONE MEALS A WEEK
MONDAY
Breakfast
- Pears
Oatmeal
Omelet
Cream
Rolls Coffee
Luncheon I
Whole wheat bread
Tomato jelly salad
Hot chocolate
Dinner
Clear soup ‘
Broiled left-over roast beef
Fried potato-
Creamed puenlps Green beans
Cottage pudding
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Grapefruit
Beef and potato hash
, Toast . ’ Coffee
[Insidious ‘
Potato soup Browned wafers
Hot chocolate or m .
Pear and cream cheese salad
Dinner
Raw oysters
Lamb'stew in casserole with
potatoes and carrots
Baked onions
Spanish cream
WEDNFBDAY
Breakfast
Apple sauce .
Corn flakes
l‘ried eggs and bacon
Muffins Coffee
Luncheon
Sweet pickles
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Lettuce and onion sandwiches ' .
Chocolate cakes Stewed Dears;
‘ Dinner
Coneomme
Minced left over lamb in ramekins
I Futteredcarrots Priedeggmant
I _ Caramel custard
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Breakfast
Stewed prunes
Farina. 80ft boiled eggs
Toast Coffee
luncheon .I
Oyster stew
Lettuce and cottage cheese
salad, Russian dressing
Fruit Wafers
Dinner
Tomato soup
Spare ribs Boiled potatoes
Sauerkraut
Onion salad
Brown Betty Hard sauce
FRIDAY
Breakfast
Sliced bananas ‘ ‘
Scrambled eggs
I , Corn flakes
' Rolls Coffee
Luncheon '
‘ Cream of corn soup Toast
‘Lsttuce. and beet salad Hot chocolate
I Dinner
Potato soup
Bakw white flsh Creamed onions
Stewed tomatoes
Prune whip
SATURDAY
Breakfast
Grapefruit
Cereal and cream
Bacon
Butter-wed toast
Luncheon
Left-over fish salad
Graham bread
Jelly roll Tea
Dinner
Vegetable soup
Boiled tongue’ Raisin sauce
Spinach Scalloped potatoes
Fig pudding Foamy sauce
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Baked apples Cream
Buckwheat griddle cakes
Maple syrup Coffee
» Cease
. Dinner ,
Roast turkey Rice
Cranberries Candied sweet:
Tomato Jelly salad
Cocosnut custard pie
Samar
Cold sliced tongue
Lettucerandwlches
Little cakes Canned fruit
covzaao nor-WATER slice
Hotowatcr bags are seen in the
shops with interesting cases made of
brightly colored valours or plush.
These are drawn over the bottles and
fastened at tithe neck and with two
straps hold in position with buttons
‘ and button-holes.
fortunes on Hal-I
lowe'en select walnut shells of the:
same approximate size and in each‘
Wing
GKNSWOLI .
Things To Know
. YET spots on table and bed
l R linen can easily be removed by
2:; thoroughly moistening them:
\Iiih juice squeezed dlrvctly from a
fresh cut lemon. The material
should afterwards be exposed to
bright sunshine. Leave it on for an
hour or two and than rinse out the
. lvmon-lulce. Sometimes two or three
applications of the lemon-Juice may
be necessary before the spots will
finally disappear.
When matches are damp and reo
fuse to strike. you can slwus suc-
cessfully dry them byvrubbing them
backwards and forwards in the
bristles of a clothes or hair brush.
of cleaning white gloves: Some white
'soap should be dissolved in hot
milk and the white 'of an egg and a
few drops of ammonia added and the
whole whipped to a stiff froth. Then
rub the gloves gently with a piece
of woolen material dipped in the
the sheds.
To clean tenets ribbon. be it
black or colored, a good plan is to
soak it in turpentine. It should be
rubbed gently all the time and then
rinsed in fresh turpentine and
ironed between two clean cloths.
The following is an excellent '17
of removing scorch marks from a
silk blouse: Squeeze the Juice out
of the onions, up] add half a pint
of \inegar, half an ounce of soap
and ten ounces of fullers' earth
.80" this until thoroughly mixed
IApply a. little of the paste to the
scorched part. lot it remain there
till dry. then wash it off. This paste
may be stored away in a covered
jar for use at anytime.
When dyeing a. dress or blouse it
is a good plan to dye an odd piece
of material to match, at the same
time. It will prove very useful for
repairing purposes later on. for it is
difficult to match a. dyed material.
By the way, dyed garments should
not'bo allowed to get completely div
on the llne as it is unsatisfactory to
sprinkle them before ironing. Neither
is it wise to roll them up and lay
them aside to keep damp. It is hr
better to take them down when they
are nearly dry and iron at once.
It may be that the chintz of Mr
curtains or cushions looks a. bit
faded. This might be dyed. of
course. but the pretty figure would
be obliterated; Did you ever think
,of touching up the faded pleou with
a little paint? Often Just a little
attention will make a great diner-
once. Fur instance if there are pink
roses that have faded. just use~your
paint brush here and there to make
the roe. look Dinker.
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BY MARY MARSHALL
Menus for the
Hallowe’en Spread
".AJdorf salad in red apples
Bread slicks Cider
Suits-.11 nut-I
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Pumpkin hm
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Pumpkin so I'p
(thicken i‘l'nqllQl’l‘l.‘
Potato strings
Block will its
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Peas
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Crullers . cw.
Apples Nuts
Snap dragon
Waldorf Salad in Red Applee
Scoop out the centers of rosy, rsIl
apples and in the cavities pile
Waldorf galad. In the top of each
mound of salad thrust a little paper
witch or cat. These can be bought
for the purpose. with long ends of
white pastehoard to thrust into the
food.
Bread Itlslis
Arrmge the breed sticks like corn
sheaves on the serving plates. stand-
;ing them upright and tying them
:togsther at. the tOp with yellow rib«
ban or. if you have it. with straw.
{Place two or three little pasteboard
jbrownics or black cats or hobgoblins
of some sort in each shock of corn.
Pumpkin Tarts
1 Line muffin this with pie paste
Iand pour the prepared pumpkin bet-
ter into these. Bake in the usual
'way. They must be carefully re-
inmvod to keep from breaking.
Pumpkin Soup
Make a plain stock of lamb or
chicken and to a quart add a pint
of thick white sum-e and a cup of
Ipumpkin pulp. which has been
flvoiled until tender and put through
in sieve. Season well and serve in
lbouiilon cups. To the handle of
‘eanh (up fasten a little paper witch.
'Ynu can have written menus of this
little sumwr on the table. if you
wish, I'Ind Pall this witch's brew.
Chicken Croquettee. Potato Strings
Arrange the thin slivers of potato.
French fried a delicate brown. in
little mounds on each plate. and in
each stick a little pastebonrd pump-
kin. Place another pumpkin in the
top of each croquet“. At each place
have a little bundle of bread sticks-
short broken lengths—died with
Orange ribbon. with a little pumpkin
thrust through the bow.
Black Cat loe
I Any frozen dessert served in mull
moulds or paper cups will do. To
I‘make it worthy of its name. have
lnlce black llellowdsn eats. either
pastsboaI-d cutouts or tiny little
cats. either thrust in the ice or
standing beside it.
Snap Dream
A snap dragon is made by piecing
broken figs. pitted dates and raisins
in a deep platter. and pouring
around it enough alcohol—in the old
days brandy—to burn. no guests
snap out the goodies as they burn
with a weird. but sometimes warm.
blue flame. .
Some of the Nchloves
LOVES are made with cuffs
G faced with stamped velvet.
Doves“ feathers in softest greys
are used for glove-cuff facings, with
one peeoock's eye in each cuff.
I Pull-on gloves 9! balsa suede are
piped around the edge nth brown
kid.
Some of the pull~on gloves an
made to fit more snugly end neatly
around the wrists by means of a
slashed opening these which batons
with snapper fastsntsga ,
Yellow and brown pleated ribbed
ribbon is used as e frilled cut! on
II. glove of white glaoe kid.
colors is used on the and of awhite
glove.
Gold ribbon is run under slashes
in the cuff of a. white glove.
A raccx THAT RINGS
T is many years since women have
I had an opportunity to rustle or
otherwise make themselves heard
before they are seen. Taffeta silk
petticoste worn beneath silk-lined
dress skirts used to make this pos-
sible. Then years and years before
that when women were the wide
crinolines there must have been
quite a ram as my page!
along. Thin was a certain rails
to be heard just from the passing of
well—starchcd Whll’n petticoata. But
now women must perforce pass
along as uoiselessly as their brothers.
There is one exception to this
rule, and a very interesting one it
is. Phillppe et Gaston of Paris hit
upon the idea of making an evening
frock that actually sous. like little
silver bells when it h wars. There
was a distinct "ttnkledfnkie" in IV
sales salons before tho mannequin
who first displayed it neared the
rooms. This slivsn' son-d comes
from innumerable little mains.
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