Fashion Notes.

The design illustrated is adaptable either to figured or plain fabrics and is particularly good for washable silks.

Window Treatments.

Spring brings not only dainty budding flowers and soft breezes, but house cleaning time. No matter how much is done to the floors and walls, if the windows are out of tune, the effect is lost. Nothing emphasises spring more than softly hanging curtains.

Curtains of colour may be combined with attractive overdrapes, either side drapes or valance, or both, with the result that there is formed a decorative framing of curtains instead of the mere window trim.

Many folks are using unbleached muslin, which lends itself remarkably well to all sorts of curtain effects. Some women dye the material the desired shade to harmonize with the colour scheme of the room.

In place of one gathered frill as is usually seen arranged along the top of the bungalow window, three narrow frills, each of a depth of six inches placed on a coarse net background, makes an attractive and dainty draping.

The Modern Woman.

We believe that the women of to-day are the best housekeepers that ever lived, in spite of all that is written to the contrary.

The modern housewife keeps abreast of the times. Her home is sanitary and run on an economical basis.

Modern conveniences like the electric washer, vacuum cleaner and electric iron, cut her work in half, leaving more time for recreational and social activities.

Household Hints.

Use wooden spoons in the kitchen. They will not scratch the bottom of pans and the handles do not retain the heat.

To keep silk dresses from slipping off the hangers, wrap two or three rubber bands around the ends of the hangers.

Save all old linen and white material, tear into squares and keep a clean pile in the medicine chest. Then, whenever a member of the family has a severe cold, they can be used and burned.

A few drops of vinegar on the live coals of the fire will remove all cooking odour from the kitchen.

Almond Shortbreads.

Ingredients:

½ lb. flour.

¼ lb. ground almonds.

¼ lb. butter.

1 oz. castor sugar.

Yolk of an egg.

5 or 6 almonds.

Mode:

Blanch the whole almonds in very hot water, remove their skins and divide them into little spikes. Rub butter into the flour until it is like crumbs and add ground almonds and sugar. Mix well together and moisten with egg yolk.

Knead very lightly, then roll out less than a quarter of an inch thick. Cut into shapes, lay some of the split almonds on top, and bake a pale golden colour in a moderate oven.

They are delicious.

Rifle Club Dance.

The Rifle Club are having a “Wind up” dance in the Oddfellow's Hall, Courtenay Place, on October 12th, and hope every one will come along and make the dance successful.