Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — nowadays to make it worth exploiting. [ARTICLE]

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EFFECTIVE TABLE COVERS. | Particularly effective for table covers is the new improved Java or Aida canvas, which comes in very harmonious colorings and graceful designs. The material being reversible, a variety in the color may be introduced ,hy using alternately the front or back. Is one example the pure white ground Is strewn with large lilies or dahlias and foliage woven with spring green, while streaks of this tender color form a kind of fretting all over the background, says the Brooklyn Eagle. The green parts representing the pattern are filled with cross-stitch, or, newer still, solid embroidery in lovely natural tints, mostly wrought in lustrine or any other glossy. thread as a substitute for silk. However, a mere outlining will be found sufficient by many, while others still frequently use the material as it comes from the manufacturer. Huge flowers are more striking when well shaded and relieved with Japanese gold. Ivory work could be utilized to cover the damask band of other table covers in khaki shades, now in favor.

THE CARE OF CUT GLASS. Cut glass should have the greatest possible care In handling. A wooden tub should be used for washing, and the water In which It is cleared should never be too warm for the hands. The deeper the cutting, the more liable it is to be broken. Cut glass should never be left upon stone or marble, and in rinsing the water should be of nearly the same temperature as that used for the washing. It should always be drained on a soft towel or cloth. Decanters and water bottles often get discolored, but a soft cloth guided by a wire will generally remove the sediment. When this is obstinate, bits of paper with shot and strong soap suds will do the work. Beans are sometimes used instead of shot. Glass that is ornamented with gold should be washed with castile or a good white soap—that is, a suds — and should be wiped as dry as possible. All fine glass should be kept in a closed cabinet and handled very little. A damp place is not advisable for glass, especially that with gold decorations,—Mary Graham in Woman’s Home Compr.nion. COOKING RECIPES. Graham Bread. Make a sponge as for white bread and when light mix it with one part white flour, two parts graham and to

make up a full measure a handful of Indian meal, and a teaspoonful of salt. Knead as you would white bread and add a cupful of molasses as you do so. Make a soft dough and let it rise half an hour longer than you need for white bread. When twice the original size knead again, and set for the. last rising. Bake in a steady oven. Knglish Muffins. Dissolve a quarter of a yeast cake in three gills of lukewarm water in which a half-teaspoonfful each of salt and sugar and a teaspoonful of melted butter have been stirred, into this sift enough flour to make a' very stiff batter. Beat' for ten minutes and set in a warm room to rise for six hours Tear off lightly bits of the dough mold with floured hands .into round cakes the size of a 1 duck’s egg, and drop carefully on a hot soapstone griddle. Bake slowly, allowing ten minutes to the upper, ten to the lower sides of the muffins. They should swell to nearly twice their original size. The best way to help others Is to help ourselves* to be our best