Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 October 1887 — Page 8

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WOMAN AND HOME.

BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING DONE BY

TWO RAILROAD MEN.

Oecoratlve Uinta Worth Heading—Helping Itaby to Walk—Creole's Old Fashioned Iileai—Ijkck ot Cle&uliiten*—Secret ». of Economy—London Shopping.

Let me tell you of a bit of housekeeping done one -winter by two men and because it helped them to be better when they might have easily grown worse, and because by Tpp»n« of it they were enabled to make cheerful a winter which had bidden fair to be dreary, I think we must call it good housekeeping. The last trip of tho train on which they were employed took them away from borne late in the evening, and left them for the nights and Sundays at the terminus of

short branch line. The elder was an engineer, who by reason of bis recent promotion to that position had not yet attained full pay, and had just gone to housekeeping in a plain, everyday fushion •which be hoped to better by and by. I dare cay he bad married far too young, and bis 0 wife was quite inexperienced, and learned bow to keep house by dint of doing it. But ttecAtise of the wife and baby, and the housekeeping, he did not feel able to pay for lodging and Sunday meals away from home.

So be decided to carry bis food from home, and sleep in the round house (the building where the locomotive was stored), and he was very glad to get a companion in the person of tho new brake/nan, just commencing railroad life. He wus a lad of 18, fresh from an up country home, fairly pushed out of the home nest, a loving shelter though it had been to him, by the pressure of the numerous younger brothers and sisters, and he hod not only to shift for himself, but to help these dear ones if be found that he could. He was a good lad, full of-right intentions, but of course ready to be influenced by his couipanious and surrounding!.

They asked for and obtained some bunks and some car cushions in lieu of mattresses, and with thick dark quilts from home and the glowing (Ire in the huge stove they were very comfortable as far us lodging was concerned. But the Sundays were not so pleasant. A locomotive round house has few charms as a dwelling. This particular one bad in its favor that, not being on the main line, it held only tho one locomotive, and the fire being dumped on Saturday night there was neither smoke nor steuai but such places are never over clean. Then they were obliged to wear working clothes for the trip up on Saturday night, aud they did not feel neat nor well dressed, nor could they «o attired attend church.

The engineer pondered the matter much. These were not tho Sundays for which he had planned. My knights of the dinner pail resolved, first of all, that they would dress as well on Sunday us they would havo done if at home. Tboir bags were packed with clean linen and their Suuday suits were carried up on Saturday night It was uu easy matter to drive up nails to bang up the working suits.

They spread down clean sacking where were no boards it was easily taken up, shaken and folded away during the week. Apiece of iron bar heated in the glowing coals of the stove And dropped into a pail of water warmed it sufficiently for a sponge bath, and that and clean clothes restored tho feeling of tidiness they bad so missed.

Those same glowing coals suggested the possibility of giving their food a little more of a home like aspect. The thing grew, plates, cups and saucers and the like, were carried from home and kept in a locked cupboard. They gathered together vinegar, pepper, salt, mustard, pepper sauoe, horse radish, a tattle of pickles, carried crackers, butter, and such things in small quantities, and a tin dish or two. There area great many cooking possibilities in a quart tin dipper and a good Are.

The bread was carried in tho loaf that it might not dry no soon as if sliced. A little tin pail of baked beans was carried every Saturday by the engineer: the brakeroan brought another of oysters, and these last were stewed in a little saucepan that easily wont in at the stove door. A piece of sheet Iron just large enough to slide iu at tho same aperture, had its edges turned up on three sides, anil servwl excellently to roast oysters or clams In the shell. A wire bread toaster answered admirably for meat broiler if they preferred Ixjofsteak to oynters. A firmly propped up board served for a table, and round, solid sticks of wood, with square boards nailed on thorn, mnde seats.

Tho meals over and th«» dishes tidily washed np, they were fit for church, and often went They carricd books and papers from home and read them aloud. Of course there were innumerable jokes at their expense, but out of their comfort and tidiness they could afford to laugh with the jokers. Ami the laughers were glad to come in of an afternoon, and •njoy the (Ire and the lost ilhictrated paper.

After that winter the two were never again in such close companionship. The lad became first a fireman and then an engineer on another road, and ripened into steady, reliable man, a stay and comfort to those dependent upon him. lie sometime* met his Old mentor and alluded to the winter when they had passed their Sundays together in the roundhouse ns time of profit, and gsv» evidence that the good home linbita with which be had gone out into the world were then con firmed and strengtheued to la*t hint ttmxigh bis brief life.

For while yet young hi manhood, one night In early spring, the track slid away under his «nginS carrying the train down a steep embankment to the rocky Iwd of a river Though fatally burned by escaping steam, he struggled out of the heavy impeding cost, climbed the height, heaven knows bow, and staggered in the early dusk, blinded by falling snow, half a mile down the track, to appear before a standing train a reeling, swaying figure, hattem. costless and with visage so blackened and distorted as to be unrecognisable, shouting incoherent words of warning. And yet no on® who knew him evinced any surprise When his story was told in public print. "It was like him," they said.—IL Annette Pooie in Good Housekeeping.

Hint* for lion* I#*orailon. Never a picture so that it will be necessary to mount a stepladder to view it. Hang it «o that tbe water will I* about five feet and a half from the floor,« little below the line of vision of a person of *vemg« height \-'i

Never select furnl re whose "wk S Of support" do not a|r-.-tr adequate C»aii* with swindle leg? inclined fcc» far inward or out ward have an apparent t«orft»ney to* 1 disruption, an.l at* constant terror# to «rs. Straight, sul^fsaiial kg» *azga* strength ami inspire nofUlence.

Kcw treat a hallway as thoughH & doorynnl, and iK part of the tons proper. A l^n should be inviting, and hoU cot to the visitor a prwirti* of U» beauty of the inner rooms.

Never put apiece ot fcraittuv into a room tnrnply ber It Is pretty and will fill np. jBvwrvarti sbouM have its real or apparent W» a general thing tbe eweeesary pieces

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will occupy all the space that should be allotted to furniture. Never permit a white marble mantel to disfigure an otherwise tasteful room. Cover It with a draped mantel board. White marble has a suggestion of cemeteries about it It always looks crude in a drawing room, even in the form of tbe finest sculpture

Never forget that an open fire and judiciously selected pictures will make any room cheerful. I

Never put paper on the walls of a nurser^, it is better to either paint or kalsomine. There is always danger of. poison in the coloring of the paper or of the paste becoming sour.

Never have a drawing room so filled with frail and delicate bric-a-brac that the least movement is fraught with danger of costly and wholesale breakage. This does not conduce to ease.

Never have dark carpet and walls in a room that is deficient iu light Only apartments open to the outer light will stand gloomy tones in decoration.

Never use an inordinately large mirror wfth a bulbous gilt frame, planned with the evident purpose of getting rid of as much goldleaf as possible. Small beveled glasses in sconces or framed in rich plush of color harmonizing with that of the wall paper are in better taste.

Never hang a picture from one nail. Aside from tbe mere question of safety, the use of two nails, the cord stretched across them so as to come down squarely to the corners of the frame, has a symmetrical effect and makes tbe walls look very much more finished.

Never have a carpet patterned with gigantic roses or other actual flowers. They harmonize with nothing. The colors in carpet should, in a great measure, complete the color jtcheme adopted for the room.

Never place a picture or a bit of decoration where it does not serve some artistic purpose. If a picture is intended to be seen in a strong light do not put it in an obscure corner, and, on tho other hand, if it be painted in a high color key, do not bring it within tbe direct Influence of a brilliant sunburst

Never imitate a rich material in a cheaper one. The use of glossy paper laid off like squares of marble for hall decoration bas fortunately been done away with, but the use of bogus stained glass still continues to charm the tasteless.—"A C. B."in New York Commercial Advertiser.

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Helping Baby to Walk.

The age at which babies begin the wide based waddle, which they believe to represent walking, varies somewhat It is not an unheard of thing for them to struggle to tbe feet as early as eight months old. Nor is it unusual to prolong the creeping stage far beyond the twelve months age. When a baby insists on walking before ten or eleven months, it is a sign that it i^ a strong and active child. When it delays until eighteen months, tbe reverse is indicated there is surely some weakness that prevents it Notwithstanding these facts it is a mistake to teacb a child to walk. Whatever tbe Darwinian theory about bow we came to assume the upright position, our children are "to the manner born," and will take it as soon as nature lets tbem.

One thing only is a legitimate help, and that is putting the child on the floor as soon as possible for it to roll and kick for itself. The floor should be thoroughly protected from draughts, und a warm rug or puff placed under the baby. Then give him his fling, in company with a flew rubber toys, and it will soon b» found that the rug is too •mall for him. He becomes more enterprising, and manages to get off by rolling, "hitching" and scrambling. This sort of ezerciss is perfectly natural to a healthy child, and helps to develop the soft legs and feet, and to digest and assimilate food. Besides that, tbe moral effect is to give tbe child a sort of self reliance. Those who "hold the baby" too long cheat him of just so much of bis little experience. Let him scramble and wallow, regardless of mopping up the dust or getting grimy or, if you canuot bear to see him dirty, make him a "weeper" of dark stuff, to be slipped off and oa at pleasure. Boon, he reaches up, as all growing things do, or should, and finds something above him to grasp then pulls himself up and stands on his feet The next stage is walking, by holding on to chain?, the wall, skirts of dresses and other intimate friends. After that, in time, he walks. Babies come to all this as naturally* as they cry when hungry, but Hhould never be forced or coaxed for,the amusement of their elders.—Philadelphia Call.

CiwiIkii1 Old Fashioned Ideas. Tbe Creoles cling to the old fashioned idea, which somehow has almost disappeared, that simplicity of attire best befits youth. Even if a young girl be not pretty according to rule, there is a certain beaute le jeunesse which renders superfluous the magni licence of costly garments. Her slender arched feet must be bien chausses, and her pretty bands well gloved. All her life she has teen taught that the business of women is to be beautiful what is not hers by grace most be won by works. Pate may ordain that she do the cooking, but three slender fingers will never reveal the works or her hands, for «l* dons ber gloves, spread with cold cream, as regularly every night as she says ber prayers. Her finger nails must be cut j|uste au point, and the little half moon at their ba»e never suffers eolipee. Dear to her are fine soaps, perfumes, and sweet waters. Her hair is diligently brushed and braided,

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she pays special attention

to her teeth. But all bo- time is not spent in this cult of exterior self. Sbe sews for the older and younger members of the family, and for very poor friends She busies herself in works of charity, and sbe helps the younger children with their music and lessons. She cultivates her voice, or takes up another language. English comes trippingly from ber tongue with a delicious accent What would not ber American girl friends give to speak their own language as daintily as sbe dow I And when she essays the English slang of tbe hour, nothing can be more droll, more incongruous. She Is not aware that it is slaag. How should she know, when so many of her American friends use it? Sumy they sbonld know their own language. Home keeping virtues too are hern She can bake and boil awl stew. Sbe knows wherein tbe glory of one washer woman's clothes differs from tbe dinginese of another's She understands tbe washing and nwwdtng of lace, the mysteries of preserve"' and jellies, the curative proper tkwof a legton of tisanes —HarperV Boxar.

Wo«u*« of ClMnlintui. Women are rathe: like monkeys, inasmuch astbey am not na: rally cleanly. Tbe troth of it all t! nre too la*T, and the avenge W*- nr. tr-i' it to take a l»ot both every rooming fnvo more than sbo bargliCi'If., v. -us- »1-*U try ft civ."'": t!w» fvU: :a stopfer, rt and then sba w.i qr-.sawith envy on woman .i,: ,V:sf,i-i •.-T I:.- ?itntbieand\\gains Ufcivitf pt:r I»vt of skins. Ua* rain cannot wU no: r. will be AN u:r*| .to

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H..U a «on?e» are fbamsd into being c2.xsr. of sons

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tmsttber^ Us* family, telling tbe world at

large of her decidedly undesirable condition. The average woman's idea of washing is to take the end of a towel, rub some soap on it, dab around ber neck with it, wipe off ber-face, and then trust that if there is a spot it won't show. When I was in a hot bath at the Branch this summer I beard an Amiahla young woman who talked over the top of her bath to her next neighbor say: «Yes, I come in every week, because I think everybody needs a bath once a week!" She considered herself a marvel of virtue, and she was, to a degree.

When women learn to tub, to scrub, to use big sponges, big towels, plenty of soap and buckets of hot water, then they'll have beautiful complexions, bright eyes and good tempers. The average man's complexion is better because it is cleaner and healthier. There is no use of a woman preaching any doctrine until she has learned to be' clean, for she cant be godly while the trail of the serpent is over her.—"Bab" in New York Star.

v* The Secret of Economy. Care is a great secret of economy and this is a gift that does not come to all and is with difficulty acquired. Some persons beautify that which belongs to them, others at once defile and misuse it Clothes require to be treated gently aud with consideration, softly bandied, shaken and brushed, hung by proper loops, in natural folds, not crowded and kept to their distinctive places and uses. Care of the person is an aid in economizing clothing, for nothing is more" destructive than dirt, perspiration, akin exhalations, and nothing furnikbes more rapid marks of deterioration. Care is particularly necessary in the use of gloves, fine handkerchiefs and such other costly accessories of the toilet as are indispensable—fans for example.

People who are careless of their own belongings are no less careless of those of others. I have seen a rich woman borrow a fine fan, sling it to and fro until sbe had broken three of the pearl sticks, then hand it back to the not rich woman from whom she had borrowed it with the indifferent remark, "I am afraid I have broken it," but she did not offer to have it mended. Gloves are among the most costly of tbe minor articles of attire, because they so soon soil and show signs of wear. But they can be greatly saved by care in taking tbem on and off by substituting old ones for journey* and times when hard service is demanded by tbe supplementary fastening of buttons before wearing and neatly repairing small breaks. In fact, if uioney aud a maid are not at command, eterual vigilance is the price of well dressing.— Jennie June in New York Mail and Express.

Loudon Shopping. -f.

London shopping bas manifold charms tor an American. Things, eveu at their ugliest, are so solid and so good that an American, who is a natural judge of fabrics and values, loves the touch of them. Tbe shop girls are as pretty as flowers and have the manners of duchesses. There are no such hats—not bonnets—gossamers, mantles and umbrellas to be found anywhere as in London, above all, no such negliges.

A French woman will make a beautiful looking thing for you with billows of white lace and miles of fluttering ribbon to give it a loose and airy effect, bnt you must be boned and corseted beneath with Spartan like grimness, or your neglige will not set right.

But English dressmaking is really honest' They will lace you for a close waist till you shriek with pain if you will let them, but when it comes to a genuine neglige you throw all your bodes aside and there you are.—The Argonaut

Care for W*rtn,

It is now fairly established that the common wart, which is so unsightly and often so proliferous on tbe hands and face, can be easily removed by small doses of sulphate of magnesia taken internally. M. Colrat, of Lyons, has drawn attention to this extraordinary fact Several children treated with throe grain doses of Epsom salts morning and evening were promptly cured. M. Aubert cites the case of a woman whose face was disfigured by these excrescenses and who was cured in a month by a draclim and a half of magnesia taken daily. Another medical man reports a case of very large warts which disappeared in a fortnight from the daily administration of ten grains of tbe salta—Medical Frees.

Health Hints.

It may be safely asserted that seven If not eigbt of every ten young ladies would be improved in face and figure by the addition of ten or fifteen pounds to their weight To increase your weight eat cnKes, puddings, syrup, honey, candy and pastry, always taking care that it be crisp and digestible. Other fattening articles of food are tender lamb, salmon and eels, milk and cream, corn bread Mid butter, and those vegetables which grow under ground. Breathe nil the fresh air you can get, and avoid foul, stuffy air, especially at night Always breathe through the nose.

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frequent warm baths before retiring, or cold spouge baths in the morning, followed by brisk friction with a coarse towel.—Epoch

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Boll an Egg.

The orthodox manner all will admit Is to keep it boiling for three and a half minutes, bnt after you study how to practically apply tbe laws of albumen coagulation, you will find the egg much better, far more healthy and nutritious, if you will put it in water about SO degrees below the boiling point, and keep it immersed about ten or twelve minutes. Eggs cooked in tbe ordinary way are necessarily raw in the middle, tbe white Is subjected to a higher temperature than the yolk, and is, to a certain extent, indigestible. In the plan ot cooking described, there is uniform diffusion of heat throughout—Atlanta Constitution.

Remedy

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Mildew.

Readers whose books have been or are likely to be attacked by mildew may preserve them to some extent by placing a saucer of quicklime near, in tbe book case or sbelf. or where convenient The lime absorbs the excess of moistnre, and must be renewed, as it becomes slaked and loses its strength. It is equally good for putting in linen chests. Iron safes, or wberever there likely to be any mustiness owing to the exclusion of frasb nir. -Boston Budget

Cooking Vegetable*.

Salt and water boils at a higher temperature than water sitae, so a little salt should be added to the water in which all vegetable? are cooked, even if the receipt calk for more seasoning at the lust A teaspoonful of salt to a quart of water U» right proportion.— Chicago Times.

Plaster busts may be cleaned by dipping them into thick liquid cokl starch mixed with cold water—and brushing them when dry.

If you drop soot on the carpet, oover thickly with salt, and it may be swept np without blacking tbe carpet

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is in the hands of wctoeu.

Place a dish of water In the oven when cake is bakfag to prswot its scorching.

Dried seaweed bas been a favorite means of boonct ornamentation by the Parisiam.

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

WHAT SHALL WE WEAR?

A DINNER TOILETTE OF FAILLE AND v, PLUSH, WITH POLONAISE.

*1' About the Paris Bonnets Imported for Autumn Wesr»An Attractive Morning Robe New, Novel and Bare to

Please. Numbered with other new things originated in gay Paris, are some charming models of matinee robes for morning and negligee. In tbe accompanying cut is illustrated a matinee with polonaise.

FRENCH XATINBE.

The polonaise—which may be of any loft material, opens in front and is slit up half the length at the sides to show a white cambric petticoat trimmed with flowers of lac& Tbe bodice portion has a tight fitting lining made with darts. Over this lining the material of the 'polonaise is gathered as seen. The model robe was of linen cambric, patterned with blue, and trimmed with a band and bows of blue ribbon.

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Autumn Millinery.

Velvet is the fabric for dress hats, and is shown in great variety. The novelty is changeable repped velvet, showing gold with blue, red with green, brown with blue and black with red or orange. There are also plain velvets that are changeable, and others that are both watered and changeable. The embroidered velvets for trimming are in bands with pointed edges, to be used like ribbons, or in small all over designs with scalloped edges, that form the soft crowned poke or turban and also the' most of its trimming. This embroidery is done with tinsel threads of many colors, with colored beads, with jet, steel, silver or gilt beads and the pretty glass beads that have gold linings. Cloths are also embroidered in all these tinsel and beaded patterns, and the loveliest South Kensington work is seen on ivory white twilled cloth, cm reseda, gray and rose wools.

Soft felt bonnets of the pliable felt made up in folds and pleats on a frame precisely as cloth would be used are shown for general wear there are also stiff fslt bonnets with rows of pinking all over them, or else merely pinked edges for those who prefer them.

The newest bonnets, says Harper's Bazar, from which the above is taken, have longer crowns and many have long pointed poke fronts, filled in with a slight face trimming. The coronet fronts, of beads, of feathers aud of velvet, are also largely imported. Trimmed bonnets of velvet from many of the best French millinery houses retain tbe small close shapes so long in vogue here, adding a trifle more, breadth and making the trimming slightly lower.

The newest ornaments in millinery are long slender pins, daggers and buckles, or else very small pins that are used in great number for apparently pinning the bonnet and its trimming together. Rhine stones and aquamarines are in the heads of large and small pins and in rings, bowknots and crescents the preference, however, is for long gilt and silver pins or fer small ones with metal heads. Jet ornaments take tbe form of quills, wings, birds' heads, buckles, crescents, daggers, eta

Pretty Laco Aprons.

Pretty lace aprons are made of skirt widths of oriental or other laces, in black, ecru or white. A yard of flouncing is used, which is cut off at tbe top to make it the required length. This is finished at the sides by a hem or an edging ot lace, and tbe top is gathered over a ribbon, ti hich forms tbe belt and strings. ..

Dtuner Toilette with Polonaise. The Paris toilette here illustrated has a polonaise of heliotrope faille and plush, and is trimmed with a rich passementerie of cord and steel beads. The gracefully arranged fronts, as well as the sleeves and skirt of the gown, are of plush. The peculiar arrangement of the front of tbe polonaise presents the charming feature of the drees. As will be seen the left side gees under while the right front is placed diagonally and then taken back in pleats from the waist line. The neck band is of plush, is two inches high and is trimmed with passementerie braid.

dutskk Toiurnx.

Tbe polonaise, with the exception of tho nock bond, front and skeves, is of lidiotropo f«nia As may be imagined the toilette exceedingly elegant and stylish in effect

WiSiieoats of SIUc MamUn. Soft waistcoat*, composed of a quarter of a yard of rift or ntndin, gathered at either aod. and skill/ally pinned at tbe neck and vndk, ars pretty to wmrwith Jacket l-odk**, brfng kept in at the waist by a belt Bybavfng several vesSa ot tbh description a pleasing varietj* may be produced in a plain costume.

Decorative anil Convenient Objects—Beelpes for Fruit Preserving. A blotter is an article that can hardly come amiss in any room in the house, especially when finished with one of the dainty covers now in vogue. Such a cover is made by cutting drawing paper into any size desired. There is no effort to make the edges smooth in fact they may be torn out so as to make a ragged edge. The edges are gilded. On tbe cover may be painted, in water color washes, sprays of flowers, daffodils, jonquils, tulips or the like. Tho blotting leaves are placed inside the co ver, holes are punched through and all is tied together by a ribbon drawn through and fastened in a bow on the top.

Pretty covers for a larger blotter, or sort of portfolio, may be made by covering pasteboard with light brown linen, on which a design has been painted in thin WQter color washes or with aniline dyes.

Frnlt Syrups.

The beautiful translucent syrups that may be made from the grape, blackberry, raspberry, peach aud other fruits are becoming better known with the last few seasons. Added to water, they mako refreshing and healthful bevem tes, whilo they are also excellent for flavoring pies and puddings. They are all made in much the same fashion.

For grape syrup pick over and wash good, ripe grapes, then sqiu-ezo them through a strong coarse cloth or csaact the juice with a wooden press—metal is apt tj injure the flavor. Next boil the juice slowly for one hour, skimming well. Add half a pint of granulated sugar to a quart of juice when neurly done. Be careful that the syrup does not scorch. Seal in glass jnrs or bottles, wray with paper and keep dark and cooL

Quinces in Perfection.

BASKET FOR CLOTHES BRUSH.

A wicker basket is tbe preferable foundation, if ic can be had if not, this artido is very pretty, though hardly so serviceable, when shaped in pasteboard or other stiff material and covered smoothly with silk or •frtJn Silk or satin also forms tbe lower part of the case and is drawn to a point and finished by a tassel or cluster of silk balls.

A drape of plush with initials aud a simple scroll design in embroidery forms the effective ornament The edge of the drape should be finished with gimp or coaching. In case the latter is used, tiny tassels of silk maj be added and at the top are also tassels or clusters of silk ball*. j,

How to Ilnve a Spotless Floor.f^ To removo spots of grease from boards, take equal parts of fuller's earth and pearlash, a quarter of a pound each, and boil in quart of soft water, and lay it hot on the grease spots, allowing it to remain ten or twelve hours, after which it may be scoured off with sand and water. A floor much spotted with grease should be completely washed over with this mixture tbe day before it it woured. Fuller's earth and ox gall boiled together form a very powerful cleansing mixture for floors or carpets. Stains of ink are removed by strong vinegar, or salts of lemon will remove them. .-4"- ..

To preservo quiuces "in perfection" boil the quinces (pared and cored) in water enough to cover them. When tender drain them and put into ajar in layers with sugar, allowing twelve ounces to every jound of fruit before it is cooked. Cover tho jar closely, as soon as it is lilled, with egg paper over the top. As good authority as Mrs. S. D. Powers says that quinoes kept in this way, without boiling the syrup, are very nice and of a rich orange color. If they show signs of fermenting, set the jar, which should be a stone one, into a warm oven over night, and the quince will l)e a fine, transparent, light red, will keep any length of time and never become hard.

A Pretty and Useful Article. The accompanying cut gives both back and front views of a basket to be hung on or near the toilet table for the purpose of holding a clothes brush. This adds not only a very pretty ornament to the room, but is a decided improvement, as the brush will not often be mislaid when a suitablo holder is at hand.

Mangoes. k_

Select small green muskmelons or cantaloupes, cut a small square from the side of the melons and scrape out tbe seeds with a teaspoon. With a pint of salt to a gallon of water make a brine sufficient to cover the melons, heat it to boiling and pour over them. Let them stand two days, then drain off the brine and stuff the melons with a mixture of two quarts chopped cabbage, a cupful of white mustard seed, three tablespoonfuls of celery seed, two tablespoonfuls of salt, half a cupful of grated horse radish. Pour over them boiling vinegar with alittlf alum in it

Sqoaah for Winter Cse.

Squash for winter use may be pot np in g)»— self sealers. First cook it well, then strain, and add a little water, if it fa too thick fill the jars np full and put tbe covers on quite loosely. Set tbe jars into a boiler of cold water, bring to boiling and cook until tbe squash is thoroughly heated. Then take the jam out and fill up any that may need it with hot water and seal up tight at once. In cocking any vegetable* or fruits in glass jars in a boiler, some straw or two or three thickof beavy toweling or aboard with boles in it roust be laid ia the bottom of the boiler to prevent breaJang the jars.

A Good Way to Pot Up Tomatoes. A first rate way to put np tomatoes for use in perees, soaps, etc., is to stew them and then strain so as to take out all tbe bard pieces of palp. Then can or seal up in stoneware iu the asna! way, or, what is easier still, put into bottles, tbe same as ketchup, cork and dip tbo cxrfced end in wax.

Storing Fruit.

Froit tliat bas been canned or preserved in tbe most perfect manner will spoil If improperly stored away. It sbotdd to kept in a dark and very cool pteca—though, of course, above frwaang also the storage place must be dry. GHaa jars may be wrapped with paper to exclude tiie light

HOW THE GREAT SINGER WHILES AWAY THE TIME, I-* .. 5- p. I

The Bather Nomadle Existence Passed1 iu Hotels and Palace Cars—Breakfast,' Luncheon, Dinner- 81gnor NicolinlJ "Laila Boolch"«Hostess and Friends,

There has been a great deal written and* printed about Mme. Patti^ home life, as far-, as the term can be applied to the rather, nomadic existence passed in hotels and palace cars. As very few persons, however, have' been privileged to note de visa the incidents of a prima donna's daily routine, the published stories have been rather interesting than accurate. The reporters and interviewers that have dealt with the subject at any' length have had to depend, in truth, more1 upon their imagination than upon an abun-1 dance of facts. During Mme. Patti's sojourn' in the United States, which may be taken asj a fail- specimen of her experience elsewhere,! her days have gone by with something akin*' to conventual monotony.

Awakening toward 8 o'clock in the morning, tho songstress takes a cup of coffee before1 leaving her bed chamber. The two or three, hours that go by before luncheon—the French, dejeuner a la fourchette—are wbiled away with the maids, the birds, and the dogs, Signor Nicolini appearing at intervals with a bit of gossip, a suggestion, or some startling intelligence apropos of a particularly long run. made at the billiurd table. At noon luncheon, is on the table, and Mme. Patti steps into the dining room and claims her share of fisbV and of ono dish of meat, ending up with a bit of fruit The prima donna never eats bread, iu its habitual form the broad laid before her is cut into thin slices and baked until it is as hard as wood. She drives daily from 2 to4:80 or S, and very little conversation is carried on as the carriage rolls through the park, or up the road as far as Judge Smith's popular hostelry.

MME. PATTI'S DINNERS.

When Mme. Patti is to sing in the evening,, she dines at 4 o'clock in the afternoon when, she is not to perform, dinner is served at 7. One or two friends are generally invited to dine with la divu, and formality is avoided asmuch as possible. The menu is made up in tho morning, and woo to the cook if all its coraponeut parts'aro not prepared not merely to the queen's, but to the songstress' and to the tenor's taste. A great feature of Mme. Patti's dinners is tho ice that is brought in at that stage of events at which tho plelwian Roman punch is habitually served. At the Windsor this marvelous compound is called "Lalla Rookh," and for the behoof of tho uninitiated it may be described as resembling, the more widely known "Ponding nessolbrode," minus the fruit contained in the latter delectable compound. "Lalla Rookh" is the single subject, outside of billiards, upon which Signor Nicolini waxes positively enthusiastic. His admirerswill be pained to learn that owing to his tendency to bilious attacks, bis doctors have forbidden him to partake of hi* favorite delicacy with anything approaching self indulgence. At dinner Signor Nicolini drinks claret, but avoids white Wines. As for Mine. Patti, twoor three years ago her physician prescribed claret, with a view to enriching her rather impoverished blood. Just now no traces of auosmia are peroeptible, and Mme. Patti haviug wearied of claret is permitted to minglea little whisky with her water at dinner only. Tbero is no such meal as supper in the Patti household, and by midnight Signor and Mma. Nicolini have retired.

HOSTESS AND FRIENDS.

In days set apart for performances Mme. Patti never receives, and does little or no talking. When she is not to sing in tbe evening she entertains her friends from 1 to 2 o'clock in tbe afternoon, and after dinner a 'ittle music of an out of tbe way sort, i. e.r zither playing, banjo solos and so on, byartists who are only too happy to be asked to' meot la diva, is enjoyed by the, hostess and. her friends. Tbe latter are not very numerous, but they are of long standing. Many of them belong to well known Hebrew families,, and nearly all are connected with tho world of finance. Mma Patti has, practically, no professional intimates. At distant intervalsshe is called upon by some artists that haveknown her abroad, but it cannot be said that any close acquaintance exists between her and her brothers and sisters in art

Nor does Mme. Patti cultivate, as do most singers and actors, the society of journalists. Those whom she has known and liked for years are welcomed as friends, but in an evening conversation with tbem and others there is no hint of tho hostem' profession and no mention of experiences or triumphs— nothing, in brief, to suggest tbat tbe artist cares to supply material for a newspaper article or for idle gossip. With her guests Mme. Patti prefers to converse in English, which she speaks quite as fluently as if she had never left England or America. But she drops into French, Italian and German with perfect facility, always recurring to English as soon as practicable. Mme. Patti strives to diffuse tbe belief that Signor Nicolini understands the vernacular, if he does not speak it Signor Nicolini, unfortunately, makes no effort to keep up his wife's well meant and innocent deception.—New York Sun.

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