Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 January 1887 — Page 6

WOMAN AND HOME.

CORNSTALK3 FOR INTERIOR DECORATIONS.

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Dogs vs. Little Children—Economy and Self DenlaK-LIfe in the Country. Happiness Without Wealth—Hygienic Bints—Paragraphs—Notes. 1 In log cabin farm booses, and even in still 1mmbier bomcs, it ia possible to introduce CBsthetic effects by a free use of cornstalks for interior decorations. No one can have failed to notice the rich golden color and satin sheen of cornstalks in the late autumn season. Their lightness of weight fits them admirably for the purpose we have just indicated, while in the mere matter of exterior finish they are scarcely inferior to bamboo cane.

Let us illustrate by taking the simplest log cabin, with unplastered wails and bare raftera, upon which the floor of the second story ,»•—perhaps a mere loft—rests, thus answering the double purpose of Soaring and ceiling.

In order to conceal the unsightly chinking of mud or plaster which fills the interstices between the logs, a dado is the first device, or rattier wainscoting.

The stalks aro selected of uniform thickBess, and aro then cut into such lengths as may be desired for the height of the wainscoting. The cutting must be done with great accuracy it is best to cut each stalk by laying it against a pine stick selected as a gauge.

Another set of stalks is now to be cut, and these form the ceiling decoration. The width between the rafters furnishes the model for the length of these stalks, for we are now speaking of the most primitive form of log cabin—one which has not even a plastered ceiling.

If paper is not too expensive for the upper wall surface, the cheapest quality of muslin can first bo tacked around the four sides of the room above tho intended wainscoting, and a low priced wall paper of desirable tint applied or coarse muslin of some pretty shade may furnish the covering without the addition of paper. Tho cheapest quality of crimson cheeso cloth makes a handsome background in contrast with tho yellow cornstalks.

For tho wainscoting these are applied simply by moans of

long

Where thore are sufficiently broad window aillji a pasteboard box may bo selected of such sise as will easily fill the space. Cover both •ides- front and back—with short stalks, fill with moist sand, and they will Bervo as receptacles for any sort of flowers, repeating the effoct of the mantelpiece. If there aro low bookcases *in the room, utilize tho same suggestion in their decoration, in this case choosing narrow boxes, placing them along the edges, and decorating tho front surface only of tho boxes. On a certain festive occasion tho flower boxes for mantel shelf, window sills and low bookcascs, running around a haudsomo room, wero covered with cornstalks and filled with crowded masses of large field daisies. Whether in tho glow of sunlight or tho glimmer of gaslight, tho result was so exquisite that it excited the admiring comments of every guest who saw it.

The simplest pin© stick needed as a support tor a screen is at one© niado to assume an appearance of groat elegance by grouping around it several cornstalks iu a cluster, and securing them firmly to tho central support by a ribbon or wire. This is a valuable suggestion for fancy fairs, where there are numerous devices needed for concealing the rough framework of the tables.

It need scarcely bo said that at harvest festivals nothing is more beautiful in the display of autumn fruits and flowers than erect cornstalks grouped in a mass, each bearing its bunion of golden fruitage. For a decorative fringe ou such orcasions care of ripened corn, with the husks turned back, may be used with a charming effect.—Harper's Baxar.

rug Dogs vs. X.IU1* Children. There is, however, another variety of this tender heartedness ami sympathy, which often seems more a maudlin sentiment than a wholesome vr natural one, and is most frequently to be seen expended on tho damb brute creation indeed, the cxpenders of it act as if almost unaware of the existence of any other creation, reserve all their forces, in the way of kindness, for the lower order of and ignore humanity in an astonishing manner. They carry the pug dog in their arms with caresses and tendernesses, of which the little creature understands only the tons, If so much as that, and they brush past the tagged beggar child with sufficient force to knock the puny wretch adde, and scowl «t the littls street sweeper as if be sinned in being alive and meanwhile the price of the diver or jeweled collar and the embroidered blanket of the pet would clothe some tattorsd shiid for a year.

The value of the velvet cushion on which •May a puss belonging to these parties takes tsr siesta would buy a rocking obair for a that new bad eae bat it would hardly

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brads driven through

the stalks immediately into tho logs around the four walls. Tho upper ledge will of course be porfectly smooth and even if'tfee sticks have been carefully cut. As a finish for the top, cornstalks are to be laid along this ledge transversely, and also secured by long brads. This finishes the wainscoting, unless one wishes to add to the security of tho part next tho floor by a thin strip of pine wood.

Since it costs nothing except a few hours' labor, ono may well try the experiment, if 'only for the sako of tho beautiful aesthetic effect. If preferred, a narrow shelf may run around the room at the head of the wainscoting, particularly if it be sufficiently high not to interfere with the furniture. On such a shelf bits of bric-a-brac may be arranged to great advantage. Tho polished surface of the stalks easily pi-events tho accumulation of dust

The sticks for the ceiling are laid between the rafters, and secured to the planks by brads, making a solid surface, ul repeating tho effect of tho wainscoting, e: cept for the division formed by the rafters.

A hostess who deplored tho poverty ot a primitive country home in a chinked logTiouso, which it was impossible to keep tidy, •with the dust perpetually sifting from the walls, was glad to avail horself of this means of beautifying her home, which a guest with ready ingenuity hod suggested. The paneled ceiling was also a great boon, since it deadened tho sound in tho story above the living room. Tho ease with which these corn gfaiifa can bo manipulated makes them desirable for simple summer cottages at watering places. But wo have not yet exhausted their decorative utility.

Cut into short lengths—say of about twelve inches—they make a beautiful covering for the outside of jardinieres or window boxes for plants. On festive occasions, when a mantel decoration is desirable, have a slight wooden or stout pasteboard box made to fit the shelf, or place several boxes in a row on the shelf, and secure an upright row of stalks to their outer surface, leaving them either of uniform height, or sloping them gently from the middlo to each end of tho mantel. Fill tho boxes with sand slightly moistened, and arrange flowors to suit tho taste. Such au improvised mantel jardiniere filled with niniapi of ono kind of (lowers is unique in its

give as much pleasure to the owner of the puss to see the child luxuriating in its rocking chair as to see the cat upon its cushion and it never occurs to such a person to think that the money paid for the gilded saucer out of which many another pet, poll parrot, marmoset, or what not, feeds would heap with healthy food a pewter platter for many a day for the child who never saw a gilded saucer and nevsr is likely to do so. Not that we question the right of those who are able to afford it to keep pets, if they wish, to any extent, and to treat them properly.

But, for all that, it would seem as though, when human beings in distress as to both body and soul are to ba found all about one, one's first energies and one's superfluous funds should be devoted to those human beings and if the pet must have a gilded saucer then that gilded saucer must be counterbalanced by the food heaped on the pewter platter before mentioned. Ono may have the civil right, and possibly the moral right, to own a bruto worth $10,003 at a bench show, yet unless one has within one's ken no instances where the sum of 810,000 means the difference between safety and destruction it can hardly bo with a clear conscience that one locks up so much money in the handsome and useless skin of the beast.—Harper's Bazar.

Economy and Felf Denial.

We must begin early, no matter how difficult the task, to teach that it is a virtuo to practice economy and deny self. A wealthy lady said this afternoon: "It is hard to teach my children economy and self denial when they know and I know it is not a necessity, but I do it for their sakes.

I have until lately been fortunate in keeping the associates of my children confined to the families where the parents think the intellectual life is of much more consequence than the fashionable or social. This fall they have been thrown with cbildron who have a constant supply of spending money and whose conversation is about their new clothes, the number of servants kept at home and other, to them, equally important concerns of life. My children began to be restless. To-day they wanted a new toy, tomorrow a ring this day a dress and that a pair of bracelets. No mother likes to see her children unhappy, and mine, for the first time, were wretched over the denial of their parents of, to them, a seeming good. I never discuss people. I have tried to train my children with democratic ideas, and they do not know that wealth and beautiful homes make any difference with the social standing of the children in town. What was I to do? Here was a first lesson to be given, and it must be firmly fixed in the mind. I helped them to enumerate their blessings from the four large trees, from which swung the hammocks, to their oldest and dearest doll in her carriage or cradle. I showed them their books and their treasures. I told them about their friends and then talked about the unhappiness they had of late shown because they could not have everything they saw.

I told them that there were people who remained like little children in wanting everything some one else had, or what they saw in shop windows. There were some women who liked fine clothes and jewelry and fashiqn, and thought and talked about such things. There was another class of people who devoted their thoughts to what others did, said and had. Still another class who loved trees nnd flowers, pictures and books, home and friends and beautiful thoughts, whose minds were so filled with tbeso things that they were happy in them. My husband, who heard my lecture to my offspring, declared that it was worth at least $50. But whatever InaHng good it may do it has laid the ghost of covetousnessfor this time.—Exchange.

Home JLlfe in the Country, "f Too many of our farmer'shomesare merely so in name? They are not homes—only places to stay. Do not think we are insinuating that you must rush right off and spend •1,000 in buying now furniture, carpets and an organ. Not at all. One of the "homeyest" places we ever saw was one that was entirely innocent of any extravagance in that line. Three hundred dollars would have covered the cost of all the furniture in the house but it was a place we always enjoyed visiting. The head of the family was always jolly and ready to take a hand in the game, and his nine children, always hearty and full of fun, did not care to be out in the evenings. The gills did sewing and knitting as they grew old enough, and the boys were often found "making something but no ever.ing passed that some one did not have something to read to the others—an anecdote or a story —something either to amuse or instruct.

But the main secret of their happiness, if it was a secret, lay in the fact that worrying and fretting were banished. One growler or fretter will spoil a whole family. Fathers, mothers, don't allow a fault finding spirit to spoil tho pleasure of your family circlo. Don't indulge in it yourselves. Have as cozy and comfortable a home as you can afford, but don't mourn over what you have not. Rather rejoice in what you have and be thankful.— National Stockman.

Man's Work and Woman's Toil. Gail Hamilton has a serious word to say of her sex that all should read: "Their spiritual superiority is signified chiefly in this, that the women work for love, the men for money." Thus she sums the matter up: "The spiritual advance made by man is seen chiefly in this, that so much of the money he earns goes to the ministry of refinement, education, embellishment, to the wife and children whom he loves. But the woman sees no money for her toil. Her sufficient, her ample reward is in a husband, content, happiness, growing in grace, in children, bounding to gracious maturity. The unmarried woman works for necessity, for love of her dependent ones, for love of some beautiful or beneficent profession, for sweet mercy and charity to the ignorant, for horror of dependence upon those upon whom she has no claim—seldom for business, ambition or material accumulation. '•The woman who makes a real failure, a failure in her own business, is the unloved woman, the grasping, the selfish, tho repressive, the unaympathixing, the censorious, the untruthful, the woman who is a center of discomfort, a source of anxiety, an object of avoidance, instead of being that gentle, consoling, considerate, motherly magnet which draws unto itself all human, want,and woe and bliss and aspiration."

Happiness Wlthont

I bare known the most influential men in communities, and they were the men who war* without money. Not the richest men are the most influential men Unlay in New York or in the United States. A man may be happy and yet not be rich. I think that as the world goes there is more happiness without wealth than with it I do not ba* lieve there is ever a tiros which a rich man looks back to with more satisfaction than to the periods of struggle through which be has passed. 1 do not believe any man was ever happier than when, having married early (and early roarrin^i are usually virtuous marriages) ami iir.rracd for love, be and his companion wtuluumt into Ufa together, and evary day was a day of ungimuring to ft their means to Ibrir necessities, in their single, slenderly furnished room, whsre they oooferrsd together bow to put scrap with serap and eke eat pittance with pfttsw^ and twtjthit was nalmlata* by pmaim

How often, in later life, wnen p^yto become rich, do the husband and wife iok at each other and say, "After all, my deur, we shall never be happier than when we first started out together." Thank God a man does not need to be very rich to be very happy, only so that he has a treasure in himself. A loving heart, a genuine sympathy, a pure, unadulterated taste, a life that is not scorched by dissipation or wasted by untimely hours, a good, sound body and a clear conscience—these things ought to make a man happy.—Henry Ward Beecher in New York World.

Touching Nerve Centers.

Give me an up-and-down whipping and I will take it like a hero, but tickle the soles of my feet, and I die. Oh, if married folks, and brothers and sisters and loving friends would only take heed of this, and lay it up as aNew Year's maxim! If you are bound to quarrel, quarrel with sizable switches dont use pin points. Lee your cause for grievance take good round words for weapons,not innuendoes and heart thrusts. To overwhelm an adversary with sarcasm is like touching tender E-pots with your finger tips and pretending to bo amazed that it hurts. I despise tortuous methods. If you want to kill a chicken, chop off its head quick don't pick out its feathers ono by one until it dies from the torture. If you are determined to ruin tho happiness of your family and murder its peace, do it quickly by open deeds of wickedness, but don't sit day by day picking out feathers and touching nerve centers.—"Amber" in Chicago Journal.

How to Take Foot Baths.

The best time to take a foot bath, is not at night, but in the middle of the forenoon, when the vitality is at its highest point. After immersing the foet for a time in hot water lift them out of the bath and dash a dipper or two of cold water over them, and rub briskly till dry. By this sudden application of cold water you have closed the pores and left the skin in a tonic condition you have also sent the blood from the surface with such force that it must of necessity, in following the law of reaction, return with force, thus tending to make the feet ultimately warmer. When thoroughly dry draw on a pair of clean-, well wanned hose, put on your boots, and you are ready for a walk or ride without fear of taking cold.

Rubbing tho feet with a little swe4t oil before putting on the stockings is a still further preventive of cold.—Detroit Free Press.

He solved on Cellb' aey.

The "servants in a certain house struck the other day and left in a body. A selfish wonder on the part of the master that everything was not as orderly under the management of his wife as when she had three servants, kept him in a state of mental turmoil and constant crossness. At the end of the week, the son of tho house, a boy of a dozen years, announced gravely that he never intended to marry. It was at the breakfast table, and breakfast was a quarter of an hour late. "I should think not," growled his father, "you'll have some comfort in life if you don't." "That's not it," said the youthful disciple of progression, "I am afraid if I should get married I would scold my wife when she didn't deserve it, so I guess I'll be an old bachelor, and then I can't."—Boston Record.

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temperature of the Play Boom. It is almost needless to say that children should not be allowed to make the kitchen their play room. Especially should they be excluded from it while the meals aro being prepared or other work is being done by the mother which requires her to keep a "hot flre." Of all the rooms in the house, the one allotted to the children should be the brightest and the sunniest, and tho temporMdre should never be allowed to go above seventy degrees, and if kept at sixty-eight degrees it will be still better for them. Free ventilation is, of course, to be insisted upon, and in stormy weather fresh air should enter from an adjoining room.—Dr. Funk in Boston Herald.

A Talk Abont Veils.

The veiis worn by most women during this cold weather aro far from being ornamental, and really do not protect the face mora *han if put on in a sensible manner. When the thermometer reaches tho freezing point the breath of tho nostrils and mouth freezes on the veil, and often chaps the hin, lips and perhaps tho tip of the nose. The veil should just come over the tip of the nos *. and in this way there is room to breatho wi.hout injury to either the skin or veiL To avoid having the face chapped one should be careful not to wash it in warm water just before going out into the cold air. It is the sudden changc in temperature that is harmful, not the cold air.—New York Morning (Journal.^

Equal to Eider DdWn.

If coarse hen and turkey feathers are stripped up tho two side plumes from the stem and thrown in a bag, and the bag is rub ed hard between tho hands or on a washboard, the plumes will bacome massed together into a delicate downy substance, •much of which can be used in lining comforters that will be found warm and light. A writer in Harper's Bazar says that such comforters are equal to eider down coverlets.

Hot Water for Rrulses.

Hot water is the best thin- that can be used to he\l a sprain or bruise. The wounded part should be placed in water as hot as can be borne for fifteen or twenty minutes and in all ordinary cases the pain will gradually disappear. For burns or scalds apply cloths well saturated with cool alum water, keeping the injured parts covered from the air.— American Analyst.

To Erase Grease Spots.

A mixture to erase grease spots: Equal parts of strong ammonia water, ether and alcohol form a valuable cleaning compound. Pass a piece of blotting paper under the grease spot, moisten a sponge, first with water, to render it "greedy," then with the mixture, and rub with it the spot In a moment it will be dissolved, saponified and absorbed by the sponge and blotter.—Kansas City Times.

Dainty cards announcing new arrivals in fashionable families are now sent out to those supposed to ba interested in tho event, and from whom a silver cup, coral beads, spoon, or an amber necklace may be expected, perhaps.

Sixty ChM»go girb organised aco-opera-tive establishment for making men's clothing for wholesale dealers. They have a

good

plant for their establishment and the promise of plenty of work.

If you have such a thing as a corn, roil a lemon until

soft,

cut off a thick dice, bind on

at night. It may soften by one application. If not, -try, try again," and it will surely cure.

It is stated Oat Italy baa declared its seventeen universities ojicn to women. QwlleerNorway, Sweden and Denmark bar* taken tfmilar action.

QassnlCargarstflt Daly does all her shopping in person, with no mors fuss thaaaay of bar subject* and goes early in the dv to

WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?

SIMPLE BUT PLEASING STYLES OF DRESS FOR GIRLS.

Fashions of Beeent Introduction In the World of Society—Decorative Kibbon Bows and Iace and Flower Ornaments for the Coiffure—Kid Gloves.

Pretty ribbon bows are meeting with favor among ornaments to be worn in the hair, and two attractive styles of these, shown in the accompanying cut, ore described in Harper's Bazar.

BOWS FOB THE HAIR.

The bow at tho top is composed of ribbon in two colors, red and blue. Six loops of red ribbon, tho middle two five inches long and the outer ones somewhat shorter, are strapped closely together and fastened under a small shell comb, and a small bow of rededged blue ribbon is fastened upon the comb.

The lower bow is composed of notched ends of salmon pink ribbon and three salmon pink roses. The roses are surrounded with white lace, half a yard of five-inch trimming lace being used for the purpose, and the lace and ribbon are both fastened on a foundation back three inches long and an inch and a half wide. A small shell comb is thrust through the knot of the ribbon.

Dresses for Girls.

The fashion of distinctive, simple styles of dress for girls grows more and more in favor. For those under 8 years of age the quaint Gretchen dresses with short waist and long skirts combine all the good points of the old favorite Gabrielle, but give greater opportunity for picturesque effects, and aro therefore not likely to lose their popularity for a long time to come. A modification of the round waist and guimpe neck, characteristic of this style, consists of fan-shaped pieces inserted back and front the full length of the waist, and composed of contrasting material laid in fine plaits turned toward the middle. Some of the guimpe effects aro in yoke shape others narrow and square and others still are V-shaped, reaching about a third of the way to the waist. Round shapes, some about the depth of an ordinary turndown collar and others reaching quite deep, both back and front, are also used.

For girls of all ages a preference is givon this season to box plaited skirts, the plaits being either single, double or triple. Smaller plaits of a different material are frequently introduced into the skirt, such as cashmere with serge or mixed goods, and surah with cashmere. As drapery for girls not over 13 yeai's old, sash arrangement* appear to predominate.

Children under 4 years old wear skirts reaching to the ankles. This length is gradually shortened until for girls of 8 or 10 years the skirt reaches just below the knees, while for misses of 12 it is half way between knee and boot tope, and for those or 14 it touches the top of toe boots.

Vests and vest effects and cutaway jackets are very becoming to girls of 10 years and upward and are in great favor. ,?V

Kid Gloves.

It is a well known fact that only a small percentage of the so-called "kid gloves" are mado of kid. The demand for gloves is much hi excess of the supply of genuine kid skins, and a substitute is found in the lamb skin which makes an excellent grade of gloves.

Of late years several kid glove factories have been started in the neighborhood of New York city, and the manufacture of gloves has been carried on in a small way. There has been no attempt to compete witli tho French glovo makers, who easily lead tho world, but a fair grade of glove has been turned out, falling well and comparing favorably with imported goods. In all the branches of glove mnlHng here a high degree of skill is required, «nH the workmen here generally learn their trade in Europe.

Why French gloves should take tho lead is hard to tell. The same materials arc used as in other countries, and the workmen are not over-expert but the French glove excels in elasticity, and "gives" when pressure is put on it by the hand, without getting out of shape. This country takes the lead in dogskin, buckskin and doeskin gloves.

As regards the fashion in kid gloves, wide license is given. Ladies may wear either tho dressed or undressed kid, as best suits their own tastes. All mode colors are in style, though tans, browns and grays are leading shades. A four button glove, with or without stitching on the back, represents a popular style, the stitched backs being, however, considered more stylish for streetcar.

Latest Fashions.

Numbered with newest fashions are black gros grain wraps, lined and trimmed with fur, short in the back and half long in front.

Undyed sealskinsacqueasare the latest craze in furs. Early Egyptian coins are now made into necklaces of an odd kind—a kind that will start conversation and keep it going.

Long cloaks of brightest red, trimmed with black fur, have been made fashionable in Washington by ono of the legation ladies.

Dinner cloths or tray cloths are now fashionable when made of the new Irish linen with colored borders in so called peasant work.

Men tailors for women are running riot on military fashions, and the amount of black braid used in "slashing" is enormous.

The Russian bang, nearly straight, but slightly curied at the ends, is at present the favorite arrangement for the front hair. It should be very short at the sides, pointed in the middle, and should leave at least half of the forehead expoaedi

Some of the newest fans are of an oval rfwpi composed of exquisitely tinted and curled swan's feather*. The mounts are of ivory or bone, tinted to match the feathers, and have bows of ribbons at the handles.

Skillful needle women an working panels for reception and tea gowns in applique designs of velvet on satin, buttonholed around fas edge to prevent fraying. A favorite design fc a spray of cherries and leaves in black velvet, edged and veined with steal beads, on a background °f gray or white satin. Beaded trimmings, laces, gimps and aro wad far drsse and wrap la

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Up Stairs, Down Stairs, in Kitchen and in the Lady's Parlor. Numbered with popular window draperies are the various styles of Madras goods. The beauty and variety of these fabrics would surprise those who have not had an opportunity to examine a choico assortment. Some of the colors are exquisitely blended, being as soft and artistic as those in an old India shawl. The mora elegant styles come with dado borders. Theso fabrics are fashionably employed in wide, long curtains that hang frorn^ poles, to which they are attached by rings. These curtains may hang straight or be looped back upon either side of the window. A good plan is to allow them to hang straight until tho newness and accompanying stiffness has worn off, and then loop back with ribbons or other contrivance.

The prevailing tints in these Madras fabrics aro dull, soft shades of blue, red, olive and rose. Considerable yellow occurs old red and olive aro also attractive, so are blue and bronze. When the price of tho genuine Madras goods is beyond the roach of the housewife, sho may have recourse to a large assortment of imitation goods that sell at popular prices, but are all the same, attractive materials.

Frogs as Food.

The squeamishness existing in this country in regard to eating frogs is gradually decreasing, and these are found in the markets of all our leading cities. In tho United States only the hind legs are oaten, but in France and southern Europe, where they are used in large quantities, tho whole animal is consumed. The frog, while widely distributed over the world, is nowhere more abundant than in this country, and there is no reason, therefore, why it should not become a popular article of food. Frog's logs are regarded by epicures as more delicate than spring chicken and with a flavor equal to brook trout. They are good either broiled, fried, baked or stewed. ,"

Jf-"*-*" Attractive Straw Baskets. Straw baskets, even those that are quite homely aud common, may be made attractive and suitable for many convenient purposes, as follows: First paint them in flat color or, if preferred, gild or bronze them then line with silk or satin. Yellow is a favorite color for lining, and ribbon bows of the same are tied on the handles as a finish. The different braids of the basket are often painted or gilded in different tints with good effect. A very pretty work basket is made by lining a shallow woven basket with any gay color of French percale. The stuff is brought over in a full puff on the outside. Inside are pockets for thread, a small needle book, thimble case, etc.

Paper for Cleaning Purposes, /if After a stove has been blackened it can be kept bright and clean along time by nibbing it over with old newspapers every morning. Rubbing with paper is also an easy way of polishing up tho outside of the tea kettle, coffee pot and tinware generally. For cleaning mirrors, windows, lamp chimneys and the liko paper is the next best material to chamois skin, with which housekeepers in the country are seldom provided. ,,

•'f'l A Home Mado Music Back. Aii attractivo anil useful music rack may be made at home of an ordinary saw buck or saw horse, as it is variously termed. The accompanying cut represents one which is described in Demoreet'a Magazine:

MUSIC BACK.

After being made perfectly smooth, it is gilded or ebonized. The ebonizing material comes in liquid form, is put on with a brush and then rubbed smcoth with apiece of coarse flannel. Two coats treated in this way give a beautiful finish. Apiece of pasteboard is folded together and cut to fit tho top, and is covered on one side with satin, on tho other with plush the edges of each end aro turned iu and overhanded together, and a plush cord is sewed on the edge. Tack the pasteboard in place and tie abroad satin ribbon in a bow on each side where the pieccs cross. Small casters are fastened on the legs, so it can be moved about the room easily. %.,

Hominy, as most people know, affords at one and the same time, a cheap and healthful dish. Cold hominy left from breakfast ono morning, may be utilized the next in cakes. Mix with cold hominy an equal quantity of wheat flour until perfectly smooth add a teaspoonful of salt, and thin off with buttermilk, into partof which a teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved when of the consistency of corn cakes, add a dessertspoonful of melted butter, and bake as usual.

If desired, cold hominy can be made into griddle cakes. To ono quart of sweet milk put two cups of boiied hominy, two eggs, beaten a little throw in a sprinkling of salt, and thicken with wheat flour, having first sifted in a dessertspoonful of baking powder. If the hominy be cold, warm the milk, and rub the hominy into it before putting in the flour.

Seasoning Glass and China Ware. To season glass and china ware to sudden changes of temperature, so that it will remain sound after exposure to sudden heat and cold, is best done by placing the articles in cold water, which must gradually be brought to the boiling point and then allowed to cool very slowly, taking several hours to do it. The commoner tho material the more care in this respect is required.

Crnntbs From a Bicb lfan's

Table.

Oranges filled with orange jelly. Ice cream molded in form of the lobster and terrapin, or a little pig with a lemon in itS mOUth.

Water in silver pitchers with great open mouths, after the pattern of the famous Endicott pitcher.

Claret in rock crystal jugs with silver tops and handles.

GOOD HEALTH.

Practical and Timely Hints Abont to Get and How to Keep It. The great sources of mischief from &iin are three—quantity, frequency, rapidityitmd from these, says Hall's Journal of Health, come the horrible dyspepsias which make of human life a burden. By eating fast the* stomach, like a bottle being filled through a. funnel, is full and overflowing before we know it. But the most important reason is, tho food is swallowed before time has been allowed to divide it in sufficiently small pieces, with the teeth for, like ice in a tumbler of water, the smaller the bits are the sooner are they dissolved. It has been seen with th naked eye that if solid food is cut up in piect small as half a pea, it digests almost as soou, without being chewed at all, as if it had bee well masticated. The best plan, therefore, is for all persons to thus comminute their food for even if it is well chewed, the comminution is no injury, while it is of very great importance in case of hurry, forgetfulness or bftd teeth. Cheerful conversation prevents rapid eating.

It requires five hours for an ordinary meal to dissolve and pass out of the stomach, during t|g which time this orgau is incessantly at work,. wheu it must have repose, as any other muscle t|j or set of muscles, after such a length of effort. Hence persons should not eat within less Uiau a five hours' interval. The heart itself is at rest more than one-third of its time. The brain perishes without repose. Never force food on tho stomach. It is but natural that all should feel heavy when night comes, hencethe folly of late and hearty dinners or suppers. Always breakfast befoi^j work or exercise.

A Novel Idea About Ventilation. ... The Sanitary Institute of Great Britiai* has discussed an interesting paper in which, tho writer argues that ventilation, that is, the constant chango of the atmosphere, goes on more satisfactorily in a room with a low ceiling than a high one. Tho argument is, that to have the currents of fresh air circulating, only in the lower port of a room, leaving the upper portion of the air iu it unaffected, ispracticallv a much worse way of ventilating the room than, with the same movement of the air, to cut off the upper stagant portion of it by a low ceiling. For the stagnant atmospheric mass under the high ceiling, although motionless, keeps actively at work under the law of the diffusion of gases, fouling the fresh currents that circulate beneath it, while with low rooms and ldgh windows no accumulation of stagnant air can exist, the hot and foul atmospheric strain being swept constantly from the ceilings in the currents just as dust is swept from tho floor by a hrrmrn.

An Erect and Graceful Carriage. A graceful carriage of the person is very attractive, and ought to bo encouraged by UUfU sexes. An erect graceful carriago may be attained by walking with a heavy book. upon the head or fastening the braids of hair to tho dress so as to hold tho head in theproper |osition a slovenly walk and stooping figure will detract 50 per cent from tholoveliest face and most elaborate toilet, while- .. an erect and dignified carriage may so impress tho beholder as to make him believe a

costume royal when it is only royally worn.

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"Early rising, carried to extremes, impairs the vitality. I would as soon rob a child of its food or clothing as to deprive it of sleep in the morning hours when digestion is finished and dreams become sw^ot, says as good authority as Dr. Oswald.

,!./ ETIQUETTE.

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Floral decorations in cAfflfto glace vaaes or cat glass bowls. Silver tongs with which to eat grapes, gilTrr mutt"**** nudaiahra

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lish or colonial styles, for the accommodation at the wax candles that illuminate the festive board.

After dinner coffee spoons, decorated with colored enamel dceignMnd having gold lined bowk.

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Manners and Social Usages Practiced i» Polite Society. It is at the present time a very convenient and pleasant custom for a bride to announce* with her wedding cards one or more reception. days during the season after her marriage on which her friends can call upon her. Tho certainty of finding a brido at home is very pleasing. On the occasion of these receptions die should not wear her wedding dress, but receive as if she had entered society as one of its members. The wedding accessories are all put away, and she wears any handsome reception dress she chooses. As regards a bride wearing her wedding dress to balls or dinners after her marriage, it is perfectly correct to do so, provided sne divests herself of the veil and the orange blossoms.

Over Supply is Not Hospitality^ Never overload a plate nor over supply a table. It is a vulgar hospitality. At a small dinner no one should hesitate to ask for more if he desires it It will only bo considered a flattering tribute to the dish. At largo companies, where there is necessarily a greater variety of dishes, the most voracious appetito must be satisfied with a little of each.

The French understand better than the people of any other nation how to supply a table. Their small family dinners are gems of perfection. There is plenty for every person, yet every morsel is eaten. The flower® or plants are fresh and odoriferous the linen is a marvel of whiteness the dishes are few,, but perfect of their kind.

Writing Notes.

The writer of notes ought to carefully discriminate between the familiar note and the note of ceremony, and consequently should learn how to write both. Custom demands that all notes written in the first person should begin with "My Dear Mrs. Smith," and close with tho expression "Yours cordially," Yours with regards," etc. The laws of etiquette do not permit the use of numerals, as 1, 2, 3, but demand that one, two, three be written out in full. Abbreviations are considered inelegant

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Showering with hot water, stroking tho joints and pleading the neighboring musclet^ gently gives^lief in co^y of inflamed vp-t

joints. """"""V, Do not whisper hi the si !c room but speaU in a clear, low voice and with distinct enunciation.

A daily bath, early rising and exercise in the open air is said to be the best remedy for a sallow complexion.

To ventilate a room with the least draught raiso the window a few inches and close the opening with a piece of board. Air will pass upward into the room between the upper and* lower sashes.

A common mistake much indulged in by beginner* is the confusion of the first and third persons. A note in answer to an invitation should be written in the third person, r* if the invitation was expressed in the third person. Formal notes are usually thus writ* ten. It is not considered good form to write a note on ruled paper.

Breakfast at Homo and Abroad.

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In France the first break fast consists merely of a cup of coffee and a roll, with sometimes a little fruit A second breakfast, at 11 o'clock, is more substantial, dishes being served which may be eaten with a fork.

In England breakfast is a very informal meal, the breakfast hour being at any Uma one chances to be ready for it The subetan- I tial dishes are served from the sideboard, where they are kept hot in chafling dishes.

The American breakfast is all placed the table, unless oatmeal or other Should be served m• a first course. of plates are also necessary

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