24 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
JUDY O’GRADY’S PAGE 
Fashion and Household Suggestions 
FOR THE 
COLONEL?’S 
ie ADY 
Smart Things for Spring Outfit. 
Tis season the watchword seems 
to be “Smartness” rather than 
mere ) “Prettmess’ ors Userulaeds;. 
In hats this is particularly noticeable 
to the observing shopper. Lines 
count for everything. A hat of beau- 
tiful, soft straw, exquisitely propor- 
tioned, is not marred by atrocities of 
the manufacturers’ fancy. More of- 
ten than not, it has no trimming to 
break the outline of the hat. | One 
severe tailored black hat admittedly 
owed its charm to its severity of out- 
line and trimming. It was a wide 
sailor, finished with grosgrain ribbon 
about the crown and a pair of hand- 
some black wings on the brim. An- 
other hat in purple was of one 
color and this, too, had no up-stand- 
ing trimming. . The crown was all 
tiny purple feathers, smooth and 
shiny like the breast of a beautiful 
bird and five little purple, feathered 
birds were swooping about the brim. 
This was a mushroom shape and one 
of the best hats of the season. St'll 
other hats of the spring have hand 
painting, with perhaps a shirred fac- 
ing for the brim, as their only trim- 
ming. Many of these will be called 
the garden hats this year, and will be 
worn in gardens quite as little as the 
garden smocks of a year ago. One 
of the most attractive of these was a 
huge blue ‘basket work. hat with a 
Georgette crepe facing of another 
shade of blue. About the crown were 
sewed bright, woolen embroidered 
pieces. Another charming rose hat 
had a rose facing and three Dutch 
girls dancing gaily about the crown. 
On the darker garden hats peacocks 
and roosters are painted and very 
charming they are. 
Blouses, Smart and Plain. 
N blouses, too, this tend toward 
smart plainness is noticeable. There 
are a number of charming linen mod- 
els this year that come in the most 
delightful shades of green, blue and 
rose. They have white cuffs and a 
white shawl collar of linen. A single 
large pearl button is the fastening in 
front. Other blouses come in wide, 
vivid stripes in much ‘the same style. 
In almost all the waists, whether of 
linen, Georgette, voile, or crepe de 
chine there is a marked and blesse ' 
lack of ornamentation. One chai- 
treuse voile blouse had for its omy 
relief, narrow yoke, cuffs and collar 
of dull blue, and was fastened with 
quaint blue buttons. A blouse of 
orange cambric linen had a high col- 
lar vest, and wide cuffs of white. 
Black ribbon ran through the collar, 
helping it to preserve its air of starch- 
ed uprightness, and tying in fron. 
The cuffs, too, were tied with black 
bows. 
Skirts are not severe this season 
and are showing many charming littic 
eccentricities that endear them to the 
hearts of women. A_ pocket un- 
awares, a strap, odd buttons and 
capacious pockets are a few of the 
characteristics of the tub skirt this 
year. Stripes of every width and 
every color will be much worn. 
Black and white is good, but seems to 
be overshadowed. just now by the 
colored stripes. Blue and green are 
often seen, sometimes in silk jersey 
cloth, sometimes in gabardine. Stripes 
of many colors appear on some skirts 
while on others the stripes run di- 
agonally or across instead of up and 
down. 
Shoes have never been more tempt- 
ing than they are this spring. Every 
shoe-shop window is filled with the 
most fascinating boots and pumps of 
all colors to match one’s every gown. . 
Perhaps the first in ‘favor--are the 
gray; some light, some quite dark. 
These are plain, well made shoes and 
bear few, if any, of the wierd touches 
of the last season or two. In the 
The Easter Gift Shopper 
Our complete lines and splendid values are a satisfaction—assur- 
ing combination. 
The many rare and new designs will appeal strongly to the gift- 
seeker. 
Our stocks of sterling and plated silver include every desirable 
requisite for table use. 
We can match sets partially complete. If 
not in stock, we can promptly get what you want. 
F. S. Thompson, seweer 
164 Main Street, Gloucester | 
luncheon: 
white boots more leniency seems to 
be allowed, as they are often shown 
with cut designs or black embroidered 
patterns. Tobacco brown is increas- 
ing in popularity and deserves to be 
much worn. It will probably be the 
successor to the bronze shoes, which 
have been favorites for a number of 
seasons. 
Wait-a-Minute Dishes. 
N almost every home where the 
hostess is also the cook and the 
maid, there has come that embarras- 
sing moment at the arrival of an un- 
expected guest and the realization 
that there “wasn’t a thing to eat in 
the house.” To remedy this situation 
without flurry and further confusion 
of mind is the task of the hostess, and 
a difficult one it may be. It may be, 
also, a most interesting one, if she 
has foreseen that just such a contin- 
gency might arise.in her own house- 
hold, as well as in that of her neigh- 
bor. The clever housewife will have 
her shelf of emergency materials and 
her list of quickly prepared dishes; 
furthermore, she will have her work- 
room so arranged that no time is lost: 
in the actual making of the dishes. 
Let us presuppose that the kitchen 
is in’ immaculate order with all the 
tools of her trade ready for use when 
Helen brings two school friends home 
for luncheon without any warning to 
the mother, who is so clever and so 
adapt at making home interesting for 
guests. Let us suppose, then, that the 
mother’s mind flies to her larder, even 
while she greets her guests, and plans 
a get-ready-quick luncheon before 
they have fairly taken off their wraps. 
This is a simple home where all 
who enter do their part, so while 
Helen and the girls set the table for. 
luncheon, Mother repairs to the clean 
and shining kitchen to prepare the 
meal. Upon her emergency shelf 
she finds crackers, a package of dates, 
cans of salmon, tongue, tomatoes, 
peas, peaches, and pineapple, a cream 
cheese, a jar of finnan haddie, one of 
dried beef, as well as canned soups 
of various kinds. This is the emer- 
gency menu she prepares for the 
Cream of Tomato Soup 
Creamed Finnan Haddie | 
Baked Peaches 
Cake or Cookies 
This is how she did it. First, she 
made sure that the fire in the range 
Toast 
was in the proper condition for im-. 
April 14, 1916. 
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