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NEW MATTINGS AND SUMMER FLOOR COVERINGS
HOW to cover the floors lu sum
mer, either In the country home
or In the city house that must
be made livable during torrid
Uus, Is always a question.
Few Northerners tun bring them
selves to follow the sensible tfoulherii
plan of taking up every vestige of car
pet or rug at the spring houseeleanlng,
and keeping comfortable with absolute
ly bar floors, either of hardwood or
stained. We feel our dignity demands
some sort of floor covering, but want It
to be as oooi and fresh-looking as pos
sible. Fortunatsly, tola la now not hard to
manage. W have effected a compro
mise between nakd boards and the old
alike method of shrouding heavy car
pets with linen coverings In the belief
that It was oooL Today we bav un
carpcted floors and rugs, or else mat
ting, with a small rug or two U break
th monotony.
In rug nothing quit takes th plao
(or summer us of the light, dainty
chlnts fabrioa. In th new weave sug
gestive of old-fashioned rag caj-pet ef
fects. Hi coloring Is light, as a rule blue,
with white striped border; green, with
tlecks of pink, with deeper toned pink
across each end; pale yellow, blue and
pink, ellow and heliolrooe, woven
without hgures, with a broad border of
greenish and whit stripe dashed with
red.
On rug particularly striking la of
two tones of beige, with dull green fig
ures scattered her and there, and a
green and white border, with touches of
led. Another Is of red, with a warm
yellow border touched up with Egyp
tian design. In greeu, red, yellow and
white. A third, as serviceable us It Was
ulectlve, was of navy blue, dashed with
whit, with a ten-liich border of diag
onal stripes In dark and light gieeu,
yellow, brown.whll and red. the strip
mud harmonious by faint waving out
lines of black.
In all these cotton rugs th borders, In
true rag carpet styls. are woven only
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usual-
across the ends. A light rrlngi
ly emphasizes the color effect.
The Iinish la both smooth and rough
the latter new this season. The rugs
wear well, and spots can easily be
washed from tliem. They can be bought
In any size or woven to suit any room.
There are also little rugs adupied to
Uitchen use, mad according to Colonial
patterns, In plaids or checks ot dark
reds and blues, reds and yellows, or
red and green.
Next In popularity to the chlnti rug
are those made of fibre, which have
stood the test of several seasons. This
paper pulp not only weurs well, but In
this season added beauty of color and
.design may be adapted to almost any
rutnii in the house. '1 he border runs en
tirely around In th conventional rug
style; In addition, large and small fig-
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material.
Most of our summer life la spent out-of-doors,
r.nd the rug for the verunda
has now become almost a necessity.
Frobably the most populur, because
the cheapest porch rug Is that of closely
woven prairie grass, ihe grass Is in its
natural tone, the o-Iy dye being in the
cotton warp. Th colorings are good
dull greens, terra cottas, blues, reds and
, yellows, sometimes woven plain, ugalu
with side stripes of a contrasting hue.
This grans niuter! also cones by the
yard and is used. Instead of malting, tor
hallways and slulrs.
If you have a lurge porch, with hand
some wicker or mission furnishings, you
should by all means Indulge In the
heavy fibre Mouxouk or Algerian rugs,
mad In India.
The color effects are daring and th
designs dashing. For Instance, a rug of
plain dull red has a broad border of
vivid Irish green; another, with dark
olive centre, has an appl green border
and a yellow brown outer edge. Again,
there are apparently Impossible com
binations of strong blues and greens and
yel'ows, or a curved border entirely
covered with a huge central design of
suge green, crushed raspberry and cop
perish red.
HOW ONE BRIDE DOES HER ENTERTAINING
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"lAHE June brld Is often at a loss
for some novel way to entertain
her bridal party. Of course, there
is th usual dinner or luncheon,
but these, however attractive they may
be (and In what month of the year can
they be made more so than In June?),
certa'.uly hav not th merit of novelty.
A last-year bride solved the problem
with such delightful results that her
methods may prove suggest iv to som
distraught maiden who is even now
racking her brain to hud something out
of th ordinary rut for a similar occa
sion. The bride In question, as well as all
her attendants, was a city girl. Bhe had
always rather disliked the country, so,
great was th amusement not to men
tion the Jeers of her fi 'ends when she
elected to marry a farmer. '
To assert her woman's privilege to
change her mind, and to give her brides
maids a foretaste of the pleasures of
cuuntry life, the bride-elect decided to
make her bridal party truly bucolic.
t-he asked her gjests the ushers were
Included to meet at her borne at 6
o'clock one late June afternoon, as If for
afternoon tea. On their arrival they
were all piled Into a huge, old-fashioned
hay wagon comfortably filled with
weet-emslllng hay, and driven eight or
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HARDLY anything the season Ties
brought out 1b so stunning as
are tile linKeriu coats for chil
dren. Mads of thd heaviest of
llntn, or of material so sheer that a slip
is necessary, they have already,. In the
short space of time which bus elapsed
sinco they tlrst appeared upon the scene,
made a place for themselves which they
promise to hold throughout th summer.
An occasional little suit Is worn by the
small girl which echous the atyleb of her
older sister. And plenty of linen reefers
are being made as well.
But the most popular styln Is long
enough to reach frorn the throat to
the hem, or a little above the hem, of
the dress.
Those of heavy linen seem more prac
tical, at first glance, and those of the
natural colored linen, or of the uut
rose or blue shades, really are. Uut
In white, and nine out of ten are made
of white, the sheer, fluffy ones are about
us practical as the more severe Btlos.
Both heavy and light coats ure em
broidered by band, or trimmed with tine
machine-made insertion or Bouncing
some even made of the very deep floun
cing which comes for the lingerie
drcsHes and petticoats that the grown
ups wear.
Ullnd and openwork embroidery are
both used, the openwork a little more
often because of Its greater effective
ness, although the coats of heavy linen
are often embroidered only with scnl
lopn, which edge collar and cape ami
cuffs, and even the skirt of the coat
Itself.
Borne adorable little coots, which makn
the tot who wears thein look like a great
French doll, are very much berutlled,
some of them with one ruffle piled upon
another, until the coat is as airy a bit
of beauty as a dress.
Bounds rather dreadful, does 't not?
In reality. It Is rich and artistic.
As for the mattings, they never were
lovelier, even though the dealers are
tearing their hair over deluyed ship
ments. liy the way, . the cause of this delay Is
Interesting.
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straw from Chlnu, so line und pliable
that ever the Japanese themselves mar
vel at Its texture. In point of fact. It
Is too tine for service, but would make
excellent punellngs ur even huts.
Now, the Japanesu mattings many of
them have not turned up yet, because,
when the 200,000 soldiers came back from
Manchuria, the Rovernment allowed to
each of them four mats apiece for new
floor covering. The dealers, seeing more
profit In the weaving of theso cheap
rugs one and a half Inches thick, six
feet long and four wide, promptly went
back on their foreign contracts.
However, more straw by 75 to 90 per
cent, was grown In Japan this year than
last, and the supply promises to be soon
up to the mark again.
There is a noticeable Improvement this
season In all-the Japanese mattings that
have been received. The weavers seem
to be working along entirely different
ten miles Into the heart ot the real
country.
Their destination was a rambling old
farmhouse, where supper was served lu
true couuliy style every thing on the
table at once, until the board talriy
groaned with pickJus, "spreads," meats,
vegetables, uoughuuis, uyple uuce, wat
tles, big iced cukes un 1 huge cups of
coffee in thick, stone china cups. i-Jveu
the decorations were the typical short
kiemmed, tightly tied garden flower ' bo
kay." of every variety and shade.
After a feast, where the hilarity might
have ed one to doubt thai the toasts
were drunk from lineups of new iniik,
the real fun of the evening began.
Uuch bridesmaid was given a pretty
checked sunbonnet and a pail ana sent
out to the burn to milk the cows, a
prise being awarded to the most suc
cessful dairymaid, while the men wore
set to feed'ig the slock and c'Jiryiug
the horses, ith another prise for the
most expeditious.
These chores done, the entire party
were taken to the fields, where they
were given rakes and pitchforks anil
turned Into haymakers. For seveial
hours those city-bred men and maidens
raked and tossed hay with a will, and a
merry time they had of It. 1'rises weie
given to th best workers.
Much merriment was caused whan the
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Dotted swIss makes some attractive
coats, which are worn, usually, over a
colored slip, and trimmed with blind
embroidery In a design that looks like
an evolution from the dotted swiss U-elt-
For slips, China silk (a quality
that does up well) Is best liked, al
though lawns mako a very good subntl
tute where economy enters Into ths
question.
For the heavier coats, pique is used
almost as often as linen, and the many
fotton substitutes for linen are pre
ferred by the mothers wh6 prefer to get
less expensive things for their children,
and then dispense with them after a
season rather than alter and piece them
next season, when the child has out
grown las they have a way of doing) its
clothes.
As to hats, they are fascinating, as
wide flopping brims made of rutlles of
exquisite embroidery and great bows of
ribbon are bound to be when they serve
as frames to childish faces.
Often a remnant of fine machine-made
embroidery, enough to make a hat of,
can be bouuht for very little, and a wire
frame for a very little more.
Full ruffled brims, with tam-o'-shanter
crowns, ure must easily made, If you are
your own milliner, and are becoming' to
more types of children than any other
style.
Setting a full frill oalenciennM lace
under tne edge of the embroidery, out
lining Its scullopa, adds one more pretty,
dainty touch to the hat. The brim
should be faced with the embroidery
plain at the edge, and gathered In to
lit the Inner circle, and an Alsatian bow
of flowered or plain ribbon set directly
In front.
When the coat Is of dotted swlss. dot
ted embroidery best carries out the style.
lines. They have shown more enter
prise In adopting new ideasmany of
th-m are American suggestions. The
coloring Is better and softer, designs
more original and the surface less close
ly covered. In every way, the effects
are, cooler for summer wear.
White matting, plain or embossed. Is
the fuvorile, und gives the best wear;
then conies white with widely scat
tered Inlaid figures In -rich color tones.
One of these, a white of extra tin
quality, has large copper-colored Posts
and pule green leaves. Ai'jtfier sports
strictly Japanese scenes lit a rather
brinht green.
The old conventional closely covered
dark greens and reds, with squares In
lighter tones, still are in vogue, as are
the somewhat similar China mattings.
Few may know why the China mat
ting, which is more durable both us to
dyes and texture than any other kind,
is less artistic In appearance. Chinamen,
though they split their straw reeds by
hand and weave very closely, cannot
or will not weavo figures. Their looms
will not permit of It, and the conserva
tive Chinese spirit will not permit of
new looms. Indeed, their matting guilds
refused rather recently to allow the use
of looms which were sent over from this
country for the sreclal purpose of In
struction In design muklng.
guests hid their boste.'s In one of the
stucks of hay, to the great confusion of
her liance.
T,he long ride back In the moonliyht
Wus not tiie least enjoyuble purt of the
unique aftulr. which was voted by all
the most enJoyate bridal eiiui latnmeut
lUey hud ever attended.
FOR GRAY-HAIRED
WOMEN
THE prettiest combs, made of some
composition which looks just a
little like mother-yf-pearl, without It
Iridescence, come to! gray-haired peo-
file, and is ii.r and awuv more becom
ng than either shell or umber,
come huve silver or goto, trimmings,
a few even set with hinestones, ur
with some of the many new stones.
FRENCH KNOTS FOR
SHADOW WORK
CH.M'OW WOHK (which all the
world s uoitigi may be made a
great deal more attractive If French
knots are set down the centre of each
of the wide petals.
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WITH all the many good point
which boleros huve ubout
them, which make them popu
lar with home dressmakers
una dress artists alike, there are
no end of potty troubles which follow
hard upon their trail little points which
must be carefully looked to In wearing
them.
To, see a woman go down the street,
with bolero and skirt separated by an
Irregular line of white where the blouse
has quite literally bloused out of Its
proper bounds; with gloves too obvious
ly pulled up over long blouse sleeves
and falling to meet the elbow aleeve of
the jacket. Is a sorry sight. Indeed.
No style that Is popular this season
requires so much care lu the putting
on as do bolero fashions. The blouse
must b pulled down In a thoroughly
trig fashion, and adjusted so tbut It
won't ride -tp. one way of accomplish
ing this U to wear a narrow belt of
elastic directly over the blouse and un
der the skirt. If tlds elastic be flat and
drawn through a small, flat wire buckle,
the blouse should "stay put" splendidly.
Ho many of the p.ettlest Bulls huve
some sort of a deep girdle to match
that It I a great help in getting a gen
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I entertainments lor tne orioe
elect, until that much-feted
young woman a often tempted to wish
her friends less generously hospitable,
Especially If there is a large bridal
jarty, this pleasurable round or tesiiv
ties become a source of real fatigue.
Would It not be wiser for the btides
malds. for instance, to defer their ln
div'dual entertaining until after the
honeymoon? If they wish to offer some
courtesy beforehand, let them unite and
give a combination party.
Such an affair can be made very
jolly; Indeed, a touch of the unusual Is
altnobt essential to It success. The
stereotyped luncheon or dinner Is all
very well In winter (or In summer. ro.
If one objects to bothering or lacks In
genuity), but a June wedding offers un
told opportunities for originality.
Theie should be no luck of lWae
where six or ten girls can be drawn
on to arrange a jolly party, but a few
suggestions may prove helpful to those
alreudy thinking of some such joint
party, or Induce other bridesmaids not
to kill their friend with kindness.
In the 1rst place, by all means ar
range for an open-air fete of some
sort.
It may be only a luncheon at the
country club where, ordinarily, there
are plenty of facilities for meals on
porches. Here the element of unusual
nets must be supplied lu the arrange
ment of the table, in the toasts and In
the souvenirs ot the occasion.
At one such luncheon, where the
bride-elect had been a greut belle
and. If truth be told, fomewhat In
constant the bridesmaids gave what
they dubbed "a sour grupes" party.
In the centre of the table, crouching
as If In fear among greut masses of
uddy luve-lles-bleediiiK. candytuft,
pink larkspur and oilier symbols of
fickleness. was a doll dressed to close
ly resemble the bride, while behind
her a tall and slender Cupid drew his
bow at numerous little manikins rep
resenting discarded lovers.
These lovers were china dolls, three
or four Inches high, and Included a
soldier, a sailor, a bishop, a fanner, a
chauffeur, uu octogenarian and a buy
In knickerbocliei s. ii clots and law
yers; even the butcher boy and post
man were not forgutten, while at least
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and skirt should be trim when the bo
lero is off there Dust be no ugly blous
lng over th tup of the girdle under the
urnis.
Sometimes Rlrdle or corselet Is made
ot the same material as the suit;
oftener, when the suit Is of cloth, the
girdle Is of silk that matches, which
makes much the prettier girdle, for It
can be draped and laid upon a fitted
foundation without making the waist
seem thick.
If your bolero Is, as nine out of ten
are, made with short sleeves, wear
short-sleeved blouses with It, or with
long sleeves which can be deftly tuck
ed up to the elbow. The sleeve that
1 most satisfactory for the woman
who likes the long glove, but dislikes
a bare arm when bolero and Klove are
off, drops almost to the wrist, yet
pushes up (and stay) at elbow length
when you want It to.
FETING A BRIDE-ELECT
a dozen students, In caps and gowns
or football and baseball togs, were
bowled over In a greut arrow-riven
heap. F.ach figure was pierced with
an arrow and was sunounded with
the tiny petals of the rambler rose to
represent blood drops.
At the bride s plate was a great heart
made of deep red carnations whose sig
nificance In the language of flowers Is,
"Alas! for my poor heurt!" on which
was lettered In orange blOHsoms: "Take
back the heart that thou gavest me,"
While running from It lu all directions
were trails of Allegheny vine, with tiny
white seuled envelopes attached to the
ends to inclose the card of some dis
carded lover.
For toasts each bridesmaid, assuming
the part of a former adorer, solemnly
rose and In clever rhyme made plain to
KEEPING CUT FLOWERS
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8 IT is positively stckennlg to
the lover ot flowers to see them
fade In a few short hours,
many methods are tried to keen
them alive as long as posslblo.
Much depends, of course, on the con
dition In which flowers are received,
as often they are sent out by florists
when just ready to drop all petals.
However, if they -are in fairly good
condition, they can be kept with
little care for three or four days
even a week.
IJucU evening put the flowers In
boxes, sprinkle them well, cover with
oiled paper and put their In a cool
place. The cellar Is best In summer; In
winter keep them where they will not
f reese,
Keiuember, sprinkling does not mean
drowning. Make the stems Quite moist
and be cureful not to wet The petals,
especially In delicate hothouse never
like gardenias, tea roses and sweet
peas, which are apt to get brown spots
from being touched with water.
The next morning cut off each stem
about a quarter of an Inch where It
lia been calloused.
llefore returning the flowers to the
vuse wash It thoroughly with hot
water to remove ail truces of scum
or slime. Then let tliv water get
gradually cool until you rinse with
cold water to thoroughly chill the
glass, and refill.
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Narrow elastics pluy an Important
part In keeping sleeve and glove alike
In place. With sleeves make a casing
around t'ae lower edge, through which
run white elastlo of the width used
for children's hats. It may tie or be
ewed Into place, and should be just
tight enough to hold the sleeve with
out feeling tight upon the arm For,
besides the discomfort of a tight band.
It will make your hands unpleasantly
red.
Kor gloves catch the elastic (of
course, using black elastic for the
popular black gloves, and white for the
even more popular white ones) with a
few stitches just Inside the edge of tlio
service. Then, when you tuck them
up, well within the bolero sleeve, they
stuy In place, instead of showing a
White bit In between.
While the rules are particularly
applicable to euits or cloth, or of pon
gee, or linen. In every color but white,
they should be observed with white
as well. For It Is not only In The
breaking of color schemes that Ignor
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the guest of honor what she had missed
by not taking him. Of cour.V It
names were mentioned, but the raana
traits were so keenly hit and his vtu J
so extolled that his ldsutlty was not
hard to guess.
At the conclusion of each speech the
br de was presented with a token tyui"
fiug the supposed lover s favorite hob
by as a motor car, a mitre, a hoe. a
gun and knapsack, and so forth. Where
ihe bridesmaids can ufford It, these gifts
muy be mude very attractive by being
In the arm of little gold or silver trink
ets for a chatelaine a novel suing of
calpsu but the cheap toy afford unite
us much fun.
During the luncheon a messenger boy
kept running in at frequent Intervale
bearing telegrams or lnunudlute deliveiy
notes purporting to come from old
lovers. Ihese were In the form of com
miserations to the lucky groom and con
gratulations to themselves for having
escaped his fute.
Where v iter Is accessib:. an all-day
sail, In which the entire bridal party is
Included. Is sure to prove lnleiestlng.
Wt,. brido could usk any better form
of en' t..inment than a cunoe trip down
some winding, shaded stream, its banks
beuutlful with June verdure, especially
If she Is allowed to paddle pan or all
of the way with the man so soon to be
her husband?
The canoes may be taken to some dis
tant point which Hie part - can leach
by train, from where hey paddle honiu-
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June twilight, to end with a suiipcr or
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does not call forth visions of apople
at the country home ot una oi
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uriuesinHius or at a ciuonouse.
If lucky euouga to live near a canal,
deck an old canal boat l:i lnl.lal array
and go for a nioonliKht cruise on II, o
quiet waters.' The slow, dreamy motlou
of the mule-pulled bout. Hie soft even
ing summer fragrant Ihimh, music to
gjitar and maiMjuiln, old giei-s or mod
ern love songs, make a con.liinutiini
that would utterly cast In the simile the
pleasures of the Usual round of brlj.il
entertainments.
If you cannot have a water festival,
then go on a long drive or even a iiol
ley party, with an ul fresco supper at
the end, where the happv pair may be
toasted snl conaratuluted lu their and
your hearts' coiiitnu
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