Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1902 — ALL OVER THE HOUSE [ARTICLE]

ALL OVER THE HOUSE

Artistic Schemes of Lighting the Principal Rooms of the House. Some of the most beautiful designs of old Sevres candelabra, fitted with representations of wax tapers, on the top of which the electric light appears, have been reproduced for drawing room use. For the writing table or wherever a soft light close at hand is needed nothing could surpass the lovely little statuettes of classical figures or Dresden shepherdesses holding the incandescent burner. Bronze or silver is often used for the copies of famous sculptures. For larger lamps oxidized silver, wrought in artistic hammered designs, is perhaps the newest idea, and Greek and Roman shapes are ffeely followed. Both govetable and charming are the copies of handsome silver sticks for one 1 ight or with, branches that are available for the dinner table. These require shades to provide the subdued light desirable, and never have they been so varied or so suggestive of effective “color schemes” in the decorative setting. Mauve shades are great favorites at this season, as they harmonize with the “market bunches” of violets which are always favorites when lilies of the valley and jonquils are in season. i

Wall Paper Novelties. Speaking of panels, they are great- ! ly in favor and may be made with i anything from narrow bordering to a hand molded plaster composition, i tinted to harmonize with the hand [ pressed panels, which it so delicatejly frames. They are for drawing : rooms. For a den we have this splendid new “hand printed crown hanging,” to use a trade term. It transforms a bare room into a thing of Turkish coziness and without the expense once necessary. For instead i of rich silks the scheme as far as ■ the side walls go is all carried out .in paper. The paper is oriental red i paneled off ami topped with a printled design in numerous oriental colj orings. Divans, with the necessary ■ cushions, and the delicate grillwork i arches (of the composition that, i' looks like carved wood) in the doors | and windows finish off most artistici ally this fascinating apartment. Lanterns and oriental hanging : lamps, together with some few ; pieces of furniture in the shape of ■ carved wood and red hangings, comi plete this fetching den. fashionable Table Crystal. i The smart hostess who would be the exponent of all that is new has j to look to her table crystal, for if ■ she would be up to date this must jbe touched with delicate tinting, and each of her guests must dri:.k | the sweetest nectar from the heart i of a flower, as flowers are the newest water and wine glasses fashioned. I The stand and the fine long stein are of the purest white crystal, and lit is only just where the blossom I that forms the bowl spreads its petals at the mouth that the color begins which soon merges into the deepest blue, violet, orange or green. In the case of the decanters, carafes and the larger glasses the flowers and leaves of decoration i trail up from the beautiful Carlsbad crystal that gives its name to the most fashionable of dinner table appointments. Rack For Plates and Cups. Au effective rack for u-c in the summer cottage and designed principally as a background for delft plates and cups is made of a fine piece of ash treated chemically until it takes a soft gray tone. The decoration consists of a water color design suggesting the sea with some gracefully outlined fishes swimming in the blue water amid the stems of the water lilies which appear at the top. The deep tint of the delftware shows to excellent advantage against this seascape. To Clean Flannel Blrnkets. Flannel blankets may be suecess- . fully cleaned by using borax and soft soap. Put two tablespoonfuls of borax and a pint of soft-soap into cold water enough to cover the blankets. When the borax am! soap i have become dissolved, put in the . blankets and let them stand over ' night. The ifext day nib them out, rinse them in two waters and hang diem to dry. Never wring them. Cock Cornstarch Enough. Cornstarch is a v ilimbfv food.b it lit rarely go's cooking enough take away the raw taste a <1 ila that are natural to it in the uncooked slate. Cornstarch pudding or the blancmange made from it i- objected to by many persons and particularly by children, to whom it would be, if palatable, a nourishing food. - Something Unique. A new model for small dressing bureaus has both ends raised box fashion, one of them ending at the front in a newel post effect, bearing a lamp of classic design.