Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 149, 3 May 1913 — Page 8

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(By Blanche Draper.) There's a brilliant prospect In store for you. the Business Girl Who Is Optimistic. You're bound to succeed. There's nothing can stop you. You think only success. Not that you do not have obstacles enough In your path to stop you In your onward march. But you make use of the obstacles to help you along your way. Of stumbling blocks, you make stepping stones. And the result Is that no matter hoy many difficulties you encounter, you always come out on tep with bright and smiling countenance. Your cheery disposition, your fine optimistic outlook, ycur hopefulness, all Inspire the confidence of others, and their confidence spurs you on to still greater aehieements. 'And all the while you're happy. You are happy in the thing you plan; you are happy in the thing you are doing; you are happy in the prospects of its success, and, most of all, you are happy when you actually do succeed. All of which means that all the time you are the Business Girl Who Is Optimistic. You are also the Business Girl Who Is Happy.

These Are Too Good to Go Out of Style They're Chicken Croquettes

In things to eat, quite as much as In clothes to wear, there are styles and fads and corresponding changes, both in methods of cooking and In the manner of serving the food. But there are some dishea which are altogether 'oo eppealin? to the human palate to ever go out of style. "And one of these dishes which will never lose Its popularity among those who like good things to eat and who does not is the chicken croquette. Not that any lover cf chicken croquettes ever refers to a singla croquette. For if they are made according to the good old-fashioned way one is never sufficient to appease. And this is the very best way lo make these self-same chicken croquettes:

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QUAINTNESS MARKS THESE GOWNS

Can you Imagine a group of There's something extremely though they may seem. There's which characterized the gowns of very last word. in the realm of Take, for instance, the gown of Dolly Varden and her lovely

any demure maiden might choose as a model for her very best gown, and it would lend to her an air of charm which would be entirely In describable. Equally qua5rt and beautiful are the other designs illustrated herewith, all of which would date for their original lines to the long, long ago, though each of them is at this particular minute the height of ultra smartness.

MY SYMPHONY

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconsicous, grow up through the common this is my symphony. WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING.

Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add one-third cupful of flour and stir until well blended; then pour on gradually, while stirring constantly, one cupful of milk. Bring to the boiling point and let boil one minute. Season with one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and a few grains of pepper. Chop cold boiled fowl (using the white meat preferably) ; there should be one and three-fourths cupfuls. Add onehalf teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful of celery salt, a few grains of cayenne, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, one teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley and a few drops of onion juice. Moisten with the thick white sauce and spread on a plate to cool. Shape in the form of croquettes, dip In crumbs, egg and crumbs, and fry In deep fat.

quainter gowns than are these? pi cturesque about them, inpracticable

a touch of the dear old-fashioned lines long ago. But these models are the the French fashion designers. at the right, so entirely reminiscent gowns. It's as quaint and pretty as Great thoughts belong only and truly to him whose mind can hold them. No matter who first put them In words, if they come to a soul and fill It. they belong to it. HENRY W LONGFELLOW. ' To stiffen starch add to one quart of prepared starch a teaspoonful of gum arabic and one of baking sotto. dissolved in a very little water, stirting well. Before using table oilcloth paste at each corner on the wrong side a square of cotton. This prevents the corners from wearing out as soon aa they otherwise would. The fingermarks on a door can be removed by a clean flannel cloth dipped in .kerosene oil: afterward I wipe with a cloth wrung out of hot water in order to take the smell away. Dingy towels may frequently be restored to normal whiteness by putting in a kettle of cold water, adding white soap shavings and lemon juice, and letting come slowly to a boil. Rinse in tepid water, then blue water and hang in the sun. Stove polish, when mixed with turpentine and applied in the usual manner, is blacker, more glossy and more durable than when mixed with any other liquid. The turpentine prevents rust, and when put on an old rusty stove will make It look aa well as new.

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Beads are more fashionable this season than ever" before. And they are longer and t.igger than ever. Ivory beads hold first place, though beads in various colors are good. The strings are consdierably longer than in previous seasons, and in many instances they are made of graduating sizes, ranging from the extremely large to the very small ones. The old superstition and dislike for the peacock feather seems to be entirely obliviated this season, for the use of these feathers as trimming on hats, amounts to almost a rage. Those who are in doubt as to what to use for the decoration of ratine dresses for Summer will welcome the appearance of a novel ratine button. This distinct novelty is made of ratine arranged in sections and joint'd together by means of white cotton cord. This effect is at its best in ball shapes. Ir. fact, many of the season's most striking ideas are moet effectively expressed in the ball shapes.

Don't Wear Clothes Out of Season

If You Would One of the very greatest economies any woman can practice in the ca-e cf her clothes is to refuse absolutely to wear them out of season. That sounds extravagant, doesn't it? But It isn't. According to the oM-fa3htonod idea, clothes which had done service dur-

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Napkin Envelope Table Fad

Here's a new idea for your table. And it is an idea which has developed because napkin rings have gone out of date. This new idea is a hand embroidered napkin envelope.. Can you Imagine anything more dainty and attractive for the table than that? They are made of finest linen, and cut to fold in the shape of an envelope, the size of the ordinary napkin. They are daintily embroidereJ. and fastened with a tiny wash tonMany girls are making their own napkin envelopes, embroidering them in some dainty design usually incorporating a spray of their favorite nowers, and the monogram. These are taken when the girl goes on a visit, and are used by the nostess tn place of the old-time napkin ring, When made for family use. they are usually designed to match the center piece ( and where entire luncneon sets are used, of course, the napkin envelopes match. One envelope is male for each member of the family, and each is marked with the monogram of the individual. Three or four extra ones i marked with the family initial are j made for the use of guests. The ! idea Is a very pretty one. and adds

Soft and Billowy Is Season's New Neckwear

Be Economical ing the winter were worn on right through the spring, and whenever in in the least feasible, they should be worn during the summer. 'Wher. the first rew spring 'liings are shown in tht shops, she buys their.. Then ihc carefully goc3 over her vinter ward-cie. makes all thi neesary repairs on the garments, thoroughly briihe-, rrd presses her thins? and pa?Us then away. When winter comes again she goes through them, and adapts them to the time of year for which they were purchased, and they serve to save be newer winter things which she 'luyi. In this way her wardrobe Is always well replenished. The economy l"es In the fact that heavy winter fabrics are soon ruined in the sun and dust and dirt tnd rains of spring and summer. Besides being entirely 'nappropriate to the warm days of spring and summer. It is positive extravagance to use them The saving effected in putting them

Little Things Make Home Happy

(BY BliAXCJIE DRAPER.) It's the little thing in the home which makes for real happiness. Had you ever thought of that? It's the thought, though unexpressed, which Is shov.-n by look, or action,'' ' th6 lack of thoughtfulness which is expressed In little neglectful acts, the unklndness which though unfpoken.' is nevertheless felt, which causes the greatest unhapplness. And exactly the same, it is the appreciate . word that Is spoken, the little act of thoughtfulness. though trivial it may be, the smaller courtesies which are so readily extended to friends, but so frequently forgotten In families, which make for harmony and happiness in the little group. ' Yes, these little things are the ones which make or mar our happiness In the home. And these little things are the ones which must needs be watched most carefully. I know a family In which every member treats every other member exactly as if that person were a ver dear friend, instead of a member of the family. There is the closest bond of love between them, but there is not a bit of the familiarity which -oversteps the bounds of individuality. And courtesy always prevails. As a consequence every member of that family iWlS : a certain dignity which is not known in the families. where individuality Is little respected. And. accordingly, each member of that family regards every other member with a corrsponding dignjty of feeling. And the little things are never forgotten. In this family, the little surprise gifts coming at a time when they are entirely unlooked for, gifts trivial in their Intrinsic worth, yet invaluable in the wealth of sentiment which they carry, furnish no end of happiness both to the giver and the recipient. The personal likes and dislikes, the little whims of each member of the immeasurably to the attractiveness of the table. Incidentally a set of these napkin envelopes.would make a most charming gift for one of the spring brides, or for any other prospective or actual housekeeper, while an individual napkin envelope daintily embroidered and marked, would be prized by any young girL For napkin envelopes are quite the newest things in table accessories. A yellow frosting is made by beating the yolks very lightly and thickening them with fine sugar as you would the whites. It takes a little longer to harden than If the white were used. To wash lamp chimneys easily and I quickly fasten a sponge firmly to the end of a stick. The sponge must be iut l.r enough t Khn in ih. rhi ney when saturated with warm soap- j suds. After washing rinse well with warm water and polish with tissue or newspaper. In cleaning Ivory handles rub them well with half a lemon dipped in salt. This will make them beautifully white. After this treatment they should be well washed in cold water and thoroughly dried.

Just -tout as dainty and attractive as lace can possibly make anything ar th delectable bits of neckwear which are decreed by Dam Fashion for the present season.

Instead of being Just simaway when spring comes, and keeping them for use during the coming winter, quite makes possible the purchase of seasonable things as they appear. Much depends, owcver, upon the manner in which garments are packed away. Everything should be scrupulously clean and well Aired. For furs, velours and heavy velvets cedar chests are invaluable, while if other garments are packed away with here and there a bit of lavender sprinkled over them, they will be taken out in the coming fall dainty, sweet, fresh and attractive, and ready for adaptation to the fashions of the season. family, are as much respected and as carefully treated by every other member as could possibly be expected from a person outside the family. And it is these little things which really make for ideal happiness In the home. For after all. you know, it Is the spirit which makes all the happiness or unhapplness. And It takes only a tiny straw to Indicate which way the wind is blowing. Little acts, done or left undone: little words, spoken or unspoken. ar these self-same tiny straws. Girls Eager to Nowadays when a young girl finishes school, if she Is of the average American type and at liberty to do what she will for the next few years of her life, about the .very first thing she does. Is to look about for soma sort of work which will give her a part in the great social service work which is sweeping the country at this time. Never before have young women beeu so eager to enter lines of social service work as now. And "never were so many branches of. work open to her along this line as now. Time was when the young woman who would be of service to humanity had just two avenues open to her. She could become interested In the work of her church, or she could go to the foreign mission fields to spend her life among the heathen. But now there are so many lines of humanitarian endeavor open to young women all over the country that indeed It is a difflcult'matter for a young girl to choose the one for which she feels best fitted. She may become a worker In the Young Women's Christian association; she may enter upon social settlement work; she may establish play grounds, and supervise recreational work; le may interest herself in school centers; she may enter the service of the leas fortunate sisters, even to serving on police forces of most of the cities of the country; she may teach the poor to keep house; she may go about nursing the sick poor; she may establish day nurseries she may do any of a hundred different things, any one of which would tend toward the betterment of her sisters and the improvement of social conditions. It is a source of great pride to young womanhood of the United States that Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of the president of this nation, is one of those who has joined the ranks of social service workers, and is giving the best of ber energy and her effort to the upbuilding of young womanhood mentally, physic na morany " A Choice . If 1 prisoner here must be. Bound by the kitchen s endiesa tolls. I Shall 1 repine ? Or shall I see Bright visions while the kettle boils? If short and dull the carpet strip That marks the daily path for me. Shall I stand still? Or shall I slip Down visioned paths to Arcady? And If my body's firmly tied To narrow work by apron strings. At least the realm of thought Is wide! At least my spirit may have wings! 1

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Egg Croquettes. Boll six eggs for a quarter of an hour, put them Into cold water and remove the shell, then chop them coarsely, add one tables poonful of chopped parsley and four tablespoonfuls of chopped cooked tongue or ham. Prepare a white sauce with one heaping tablespoonful of butter blended with one tablespoonful of flour, when smooth gradually add on cupful of milk and stir till boiling, then boll for eight minutes stirring occasionally, then season with salt, pepper, paprika, and a dash of red pepper, then the egg mixture, mix welL Spread on a dish and allow to get cold. Divide the mixture Into neat pieces and form into neat croquettes. Brush over wtth beaten egg. toss In bread crumbs and fry In smoking hot fat. Drain and serve hot. , Apple Fluff. Two cupfuls of grated sour apples, five tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, a quarter of a teaspoonful of grate I nutmeg and three whites of egg. Add the sugar to the apples while grating them, then add the nutmee. and the whites stiffly beaten. Beat thoroughly for ten minutes. Serve in dainty glasses. . Chocolate. Nut Sandwiches. Melt bitter chocolate that has been grated, and mix Into It finely chopped walnut meats. Spread on sandwiches slices of either white or whole wheat bread and sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar before putting slices together. 11am Toast. Chop half a pound of cooked ham and mix with It one heaping tablespoonful of butter, one teaspoonfrt chopped parsley, two tablesnoonfuH of thick cream, a dash of red pepper and paprika and the well-beaten yolks of three eggs: stir over the flr until the mixture thickens. It mu; not boiL Spread on buttered toast. Do Social Work nels of the Young Women's Christian, association. And she Is but one of the countlern hundreds who are devoting the ber -days of their girlhood and young womanhood to the service of their sisters. Dainty Pinafore With all the other quaint style which have been revived during the past season, none is more bewitching than the new things in aprons, one of the daintiest of which la herewith illustrated.

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