Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 114, Hammond, Lake County, 24 October 1913 — Page 11

jVIahing Your Owri Ralloweeri favors an GasyMatter

IF you are on of those unfortunate beings possessed of a longing to entertain your friends In return for the good times they have given you, but with little money to pend upon a formal dinner or dance, why not cut the Gordian knot by sending out Invitations for a Halloween party and part with all your fears and tremors 7 Tour guests will have a howling: good time, for who ever heard of a Halloween party that was not a access? Why, the very invitations themselves when sot up in a symbolic fashion send pleasurable thrills through the most blase mortals, and the guests arrive in the right spirit for any kind of Jolly sport. The expense of the affair need not bother you. For a few dollars you can

buy enough crape paper to outfit the whole thing, so far as decorations and

favor are concerned.

Witches that are like rag dolls, with painted faces, can be evolved from

crape paper In the twinkling of an ey

These little figures should hold brooms

things from crape paper rolls. The table seen in the illustration is a homemads affair carried out with crape paper. From flat paper In the proper coloring red apples, black cats and black witches may be evolved for place cards and table decorations. But the Jack Horner pie, the piece do resistance of the well equipped Halloween table, can be fashioned from a small bandbox or a frame made of cardboard. A little padding is necessary about the sides of this foundation to give roundness; then the yellow fluffy paper is stretched over and fastened stemwlse unless the pie Is to be extra big. Then one pie above the other, held at the bottom in a blossom-

speaks through the garden hose. A cold wet hand is laid on the victim's cheek as he is warned that his past is about to be revealed to him by three monkeys seated In a tree. The face of the one he loves best will be his own reflection in a mirror, while the future of each guest may be a caricature sketched on paper or some toy to Indicate his particular fad. whim or dislike. In the matter of refreshments the hostess can run the gamut of her fancy. Just sitting on the floor about a wide fireplace, roasting apples, cracking nuts and popping corn and telling yarns is a this year's hostess' idea of arranging her guests for sup

per. Again, the table may be elabo-

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IS YOUR OVEN RIGHT?

WITCHES' TABLE AND NEW HALLOWEEN FAVORS

with paper whisks on their ends. A few yards of crape paper will make big or little round pumpkins with Just a little stuffing, with wide green leaves and stems of twisted paper. Table covers and napkins may be had by the box with all kinds of spooky designs upon them, but lacking these the hostess can make for herself the same

like frill and topped with a witch cap, Is made. : From the top of the pie run the favor ribbons, also of crape paper, or, better still, of stout string covered with the paper. Then when the time comes for each guest to draw for his prize there will pop out at him black cats, owls, pumpkins and apples of candy, paper

or metal. To counteract the evil effects of these omens a few articles such as four leaf clovers, wishbones and horseshoes may be added to the collection. A dress up party is lots of fun, especially if the faces are masked. Of course among the impersonations will be spooks and witches galore, but the

pumpkin man, an apple girl and the bat. In a black dress with big wings, should be represented. At your Halloween party utilize the cellar for a "chamber of horrors." Two sheeted ghosts can conduct each guest, who should be blindfolded, down the creaking stairs to the sound of a cowbell that has been tied under a running faucet. This will give the impression of rushing water and keep the bell constantly tolling. Strips of newspaper or ropes fastened to the ceiling will dangle alarmingly above the victim's head and shoulders, suggestive of bats, while an electric fan will make cavernous breezes. A paper bag burst at the psychological moment will make another shiver, which will be heightened as the voice of doom

rately set and a written menu used, the dishes being disguised under appropriate names, as demon's draft soup, fairy wands (bread sticks or rolls), nightmare, Welsh rabbit, witches' brew coffee, hobgoblin surprise salad, hocus pocus Ice cream. I am sure most girls can think of a lot more. The table centerpiece might be a witches' caldron, made of a pumpkin and hung on a standard of three sticks, with sticks piled underneath to Imitate a fire, and bats, cats and spiders about on the table among the goodies. Another pretty Idea is a tree hung with pumpkin lanterns, with lantern menu cards. - But the easiest decoration of all Is an autumn fruit table pumpkin fruit baskets filled with grapes, nuts and apples beautifully polished. A Cinderella table with all the story worked out will doubtless give ample play for the imaginations of some of my readers. DAPHNE DEAN.

"you can never make a success of

Daicing unless tne oven is exactly

right. If it is a little too hot or too

cold all your nice cakes or pies will be spoiled. You can always test the heat

by putting a piece of white paper on the oven shelf you mean to use and

leaving It there for a few minutes. If

the paper comes out white or very slightly browned at the edges the oven Is cool. If the paper comes out a good deal browned, but not burnt at all, the oven Is moderate. If the paper cornea out brown all over and blackened at the edges the oven Is hot. If the paper burns all to tinder the oven Is fierce. Tou can always cool an oven that Is too hot by putting a baking dish full of cold water Into 1C Let this remain for a minute or two. then take It out and keep the door open until all the steam caused by the heating of the water haa dried away. Use a .cool oven for milk puddings and other things that need to stand in

a gentle heat for a long while, so that the hard substance of fruit may swell

slowly.

Use a moderate oven for rich cakes and other solid things that have to be

baked slowly, so that the heat may work right through them while the

outside remains soft. It la a good plan to put a rich cake Into a hot oven for a few minutes first Just to make It rise and aftereard into a moderate one. Meat and fruit plea should be treated In the same way, a little strong heat to bring up the pastry and then moderate heat to cook the contents of the pie. Bake shortcake and puff pastry In a hot oven. Remember that when you are using a hot oven you must watch It all the time and be ready to see that the baking does not get burnt. If your goodies are burning on top cover them over with a double sheet of greased paper. If they are burning underneath stand the tin that holds them on a baking dish raised en a brick so that the tin may not touch the hot floor of the oven. Borne people always keep an old tin partly filled with sand in the oven or on the rack above the fire. This is very useful, as anything that tends to burn underneath may be put Into the sand tin and kept quite safe. But remember that you must not put your things Into cold sand. The sand must be heated first or It will make your cake "sad at the bottom. A "fierce" oven Is not much used except for very rich pastry and savory dishes that have already been cooked and only need browning.

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QHE woman with conservative taste

wuu iwkb a. i ma Bxiiaxiesi. eiyiea ok the fall Is apt to exclaim: "Horrible! Outrageous! Absurd! I'll never wear anything like that!" But what will Interest you on second thought is that your dresnmaker or milliner Is going to adapt these new fashions into styles that will accord perfectly with your less extreme Ideas, for ultra styles and popular fashions always bear some resemblance to each other. The charming costume pictured is an adaptation of an extreme mode that la

FACILITATING IRONING. THEX ironing, fold an old quilt four double and stand on It. Tou will

be surprised how much leas fatigued

you become. It also keeps long gar

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NEW FROCK MADE OF REMNANTS sure to please the most conservative dresser, and at the same time it will prove an economical way in which to use short lengths of contrasting materials. As you see, the smart little coat la a short cutaway affair of matelaese, and the skirt, a peg top model. Is of plain fabric An odd piece of fur could well be pressed Into service for the coat collar.

A good flavoring for sirups. Jellies and preserves is made with orange and lemon peel.

$F Cbe Beauty Corner

rpHE latest way to achieve rosy cheeks Is to slap them into a good, healthful color. This method sounds drastic. So It Is, a little, but it has its advantages. No one can say, for Instance, that It coarsens the skin as does the use of rouge. The slapping treatment is quite new, and It has a wonderful tonic effect upon the skin. It not only makes the cheeks rosy and healthful In appearance, but it makes them youthful looking too. It helps to remove all the hollows which have a knack of adding years to one's age. It gives, in time, a plumpness to one's face which Is found In the truly young only. The method of slapping Is very simple. It Is done with the tips of one's fingers, or, rather, with the "cushions," so that one's finger nails do not come Into contact with the skin at all, using regular movements all over the cheeks. The slapping should not be too hard.

but firm enough to make the Hkin tingle and glow. The slapping should be continued for at least five minutes night and morning. Before beginning the treatment apply some cold cream to the face, rubbing it in well. This will avoid any slight cracking of the skin if it is sensitive. It is Just as well to smear one's finger tips with the cream also. Just a word about the lips. These are often unattractive because they are pale and hard looking. To bring a little color into them for any special occasion the best thing to do is to apply some good cold cream, then a little eau de cologne and smear again with the cold cream. This will take away the hard appearance, as well as bring color to the lips. It Is not wise, however, to make a practice of touching up the lips in this way, as continued applications of eau de cologne will crack them.

Coquettfeb fur Coats

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TylSTIN CTLY dashing and different

from the long fur coats of yester

year are the stunning little hip coats

Just out This model of imitation Per

lan lamb Is slashed with wide braid

The collar and cuffs are of black and

white skunk.

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PRETTY and practical dressing

jacKei can De easily maae at nome

by the amateur seamstress Jf the fol

lowing directions are exactly followed; A yard and a half of material twenty-

six inches wide are required. Fold this

strip of material through the middle and cut a slit five inches long down

the center, fold. Turn back the two sections to form a collar. If the material is the same on both sides of these flaps hem them neatly or crochet an edge round them, using wool or silk of a corresponding shade. If the ma

terial has a right and a wrong side the collar flaps will have to be faced with

plain silk or with the same material.

The cuffs are formed by turning back

the material of the corners on a diago

nal line with the collar. Two large,

fiat buttons are fastened to each

sleeve, and these are slipped Into loops of braid. The remainder of the fabric is bound with silk ribbon or finished with a crochet edge. Two buttons with

the corresponding loops of braid Join the fronts.

Crepe do chine or Japanese silk or a

cheap cotton crape in an attractive

shade is suitable for making this practical little negligee, which only covers the shoulders and reaches well down the back. The open sleeves are placed over the arms and buttoned easily underneath. This is a particularly useful Jacket for an Invalid, as It is so simple a matter to slip it on and off. If great warmth is necessary it can be made of blanketing or eiderdown.

GARDENIAS IN FAVOR

To Dissolve Chewing Gum TF you were ever unfortunate enough to find a piece of chewing gum sticking tenaciously to your shoe or your chair or your rug or any of your other belongings you probably came to the righteous conclusion that chewing gum was the most tenacious and stickiest substance in the world. There Is one thing that will dissolve it completely and quickly, and that is gasoline, so if ever again you are troubled by its unasked presence dissolve It with gasoline.

TjOR the Halloween supper tomato cocktail is much more appropriate than the oyster cocktail. Get tiny red, round tomatoes and peel them without scalding, cut in halves, quarters or cubes, and put them on Ice to become thoroughly chilled. Place a long stemmed cocktail glass on a small plate, arrange crisp, tender lettuce leaves about the base and in these place the tomatoes, enough for one person. Rub your mayonnaise mixing bowl with bruised clove or garlic; then put In two tablespoonfuls of tomato ketchup, one of mushroom ketchup, a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, salt to taste, half a teaspoonful of paprika, two drops of tabasco and a tab'.espoonful of lemon Juice. Beat these ingredients, well together and put into the glass. Dip the pieces of tomato into this sauce as you would the oysters. Witch of Endor Salad. The salad Ingredients are white grapes with seeds and skin removed, pineapple cubes, apples pared and cored and cut into dice, and tender, crisp white celery cut fine. Add a few Brazilian nuts cut in thin shavings. Mix with mayonnaise, sharpened well with lemon Juice and seasoned with paprika-

Arrange on a shallow dish on crisp lettuce leaves, mask with the mayonnaise or stiff whipped cream, spreading it to represent a playing card, and decorate with red and black spots cut from pimento peppers and truffles hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. Slice rich yellow and Neufchatel cheese thin and cut In small rounds to represent gold and silver coin and arrange in little piles, one on each Individual salad plate. Shake a little paprika over the

whole. Apples on a Stick. These homely old fashioned sweets furnish more amusement for a house party on Halloween than the apple on a string or diving for apples Into a tub of water blindfolded. Choose firm tart apples, not too large, and pierce them with slender little skewers or stick3 convenient to handle. Prepare the coating by boiling two pounds of brown sugar in a smooth saucepan with a little hot water until the sirup is

stringy; then dip the apples in and turn them over and over until they are thoroughly coated with the sirup. Deviled Chestnuts. Shell large sized chestnuts of the common variety and cut crosswise in

imn Biices. rut enougn nutter In a

frying pan to fry the chestnuts a rich

brown, but not to burn them, or fry in deep fat In a wire basket While they are still hot season them with paprika

and either Worcestershire sauce or ta

basco. Canton Cream. This Is delicious and easy to make,

If you do not wish to freeze the cream

yourself order a plain vanilla cream,

very smooth and frozen very hard, and

stir in finely minced preserved ginger

and enough of the sirup to flavor to taste and repack. With each service have a spoonful of nuts, chopped fine and earameled with a little sugar, sprinkled over the top of the cream.

3.ARDENIAS are apparently to con- " tinue in favor. They are used on many of the new velvet hats. They are simply arranged, as a gardenia must be to bring out all its stiff beauty, and they are a fitting trimming for a fabric so dignified as velvet. They are frequently combined in the form of a wreath, with narrow, stiff black moire ribbon another trimming much used on velvet.

X Smart jviodel In Contrasting Materials f "V"OTHING is nicer than inexpensive " house dresses, and the season's styles are particularly well adapted to the making of these little creations at small cost. Take, for Instance, the pretty frock pictured, which lends itself beautifully to a combination of materials. The

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x Rouseworh as a Cure for Nerves X QHERE Is nothing especially new In recommending housework as a cure for nerves. Women often take up the Idea in a faddish fashion and speedily fall back into easy ways, lazy habits and too frequently Indulge In rich foods and sweets that have been de-1 nied them. Now In one of the sanitariums where fashionable women go to get back their poise, appetite and normal sleep a housework cure has been made a part i of the recuperative cure. A splendidly equipped sanitary kitchen is the scene of the cure. Here are the newest conveniences in thevay of antiseptic glass tables, tiled floors and walls. Electric heating and cooking devices, together with a brave array of kitchen china in blue and white ware, make an inviting picture for the aesthetic eye. It is certainly a more encouraging setting than a sun parlor full of nervous patients. A staff of capable instructors In domestic science takes turns in giving lectures and practical demonstrations. In a short while the patients forget their woes and ailments in the novelty of their work, and they take up their dustpans and brooms with Interest and a lot of amusement. Of course there is plenty of rest between the classes. Washing is one of the arts that form part of the cure system, and when the chemistry of the process is made clear it is remarkable how fascinating this usually despised task becomes. Laces and dainty handkerchiefs are the articles chosen, and the pupils are taught the art ot bluing, starching, drying, sprinkling and ironing of these articles.

By degrees the mind of the irritable woman is taken off her own ills and ailments and the cure begins to work. There are lectures by authorities, illustrated by moving pictures, showing the many different processes of culinary work and the right ways of doing certain things as opposed to the wrong ways. "It is good." said the director of a

sanitarium recently, "for women to take interest in domestic tasks. It all becomes a sort of play, and that Is the secret of curing nerve trouble for men and women. Teach them to play. Take them out of themselves and If possible teach them to be useful to themselves and to their families.'

MODISH HOUSE FROCK. sleeves are of the fashionable brocade, aa are also the lnseta in the well cut skirt. The tassel ornament at one side

of the skirt drapery may be omitted if

not quite In keeping with one's taste,

Crepe de chine in any of the attractive

colors of the season would be an ex

cellent medium In which to carry out

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The Little Girl's School Bag "TAKE the little girl's first quarter at school as pleasant as possible by providing her with a book bag. Tou should not forget that she Is not used to carrying things and that even a single book will make her arm ache after a few minutes. i She'll never forget that first textbook if the bag for it is a pretty affair of fancy cretonne or raw silk with stout ribbon strings or hangers. The bag should be lined with oil silk and the child shown how to turn this side outward in case she is caught is a storm. By being taught thus early in her career to look after the appearance of her books the child will continue that sort of thing throughout her Ufa.

DRESSY MODEL IN NET AND LACE. FPHIS dressy blouse Is one of the latest fashion developments of the autumn. It is made of transparent net, with an underbody of all over al insertion. The deep frill about the neck Is of shadow lace, and the one tie end of picot edged ribbon has a unique effect, while lace and ribbon ornament the draped sleeves.

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"VTELOURS DE LAINE Is coming Into Its own. Who could resist for long such a fascinating fabric? Introduced In the spring, it was obvious that its chance wouid only come with the autumn. Velours do lalne has, like plush and peau de bete, a big future, and especially In the more expensive sorts. In which the velvet surface is as thick, as warm, as rich and almost as expensive as fur. It is, besides, likely to remain exclusive as well as distinguished, for it cannot easily be Imitated in the cheaper varieties. Both with a plain surface of thick velvet and in ribbings of every degree of thickness, from the organ tube to the favorite medium stripe which may be carried out in two shades, the rich and cozy fabric is much employed for the wraps which are now being shown

In the shops and which combine elegance, comfort and warmth with a success that Is rare. The favorite shape Is rather less than three-quarter length, rounded in front and somewhat longer behind, and almost invariably revera are long and the fastening Is in the vicinity of the waist. As to the sleeves, these are set in in all kinds of ways, occasionally kimono, but only rarely in the raglan style, the, actual novelty being an elongated pane) fashion over the shoulder.

TO HANDLE HOT CLOTHS. AN easy and convenient way to handie hot cloths in case of sickness is to put two or three of them in a steamer, keeping the water in the lower part constantly boiling. This saves wringing.