Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 23, Number 49, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 June 1893 — Page 8

BIT OF DECORATION.

HOW A CLEVER GIRL DEVISED A TOILET TABLE.

It !i Extremely Effective and of Veiry Little Coat and May Easily Be Copied

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Modified by Any of Her Handy Sisters, Coasius or Aunts. The device shown in the drawing is that of a clever girl, as told in the New York Recorder, who 4etermined to have an attractive Bpring afid summer room, and who used her wits to that good encL

The foundation is a simple pine table of the sort used in the kitchen of every home, and the trimmings are all inexpensive swiss and pure white linen. The table she first rubbed down with sandpaper, then painted with wliite enamel paint, for although it would be covered it suited her fastidious taste to know that her stand \vrjj as tasteful beneath the draperies as it was effective from without. After the painting was done and tho stand was in readiness for further treatment the only difficult part of the work began.

Plain white swiss was cut in lengths sufficient to hang from the table top to tho floor to allow for a 8-inch hem and was made full enough to be plaited round three of tht table's sides. Then the lengths were stitched together, the hem was stitched in palest pink silk, and over

TOILET TABLE.

*lho entire surface of the swiss were painted blossoms in all the beauty of their tender color with a spray here and there, and with the falling petals everywhere about. Common oil paints were used for tho purpose, mixed With an indelible fluid that tho young artist found for salo and which rendered tho colors fast and washable, while they retained the quality that the oil paints give.

When the draperies were complete, they were tacked fast to the wooden edge in a series of small, full plaits, which caused tho wliole to hang like an ample frill, and round the top, to cover the edge and to mako all neat, was tacked palest pink ribbon with ornamental nails. Then a pad of perfumed cottop was made to fit the table top and was covered with soft silk, the shade of th' ribbon already used, and over this was laid a cover of linen embroidered and finished with a frill. The wise girl who planned tho whole knew and recognized tho fact that a toilet stand in constant use must bo easily cleaned if its beauty is to remain, «o for her cover alio selected lineu lawn and embroidered it in silks of tho fastest dye. She used blossoms for the motive of her design and showed them in all tho sweetness of the spring, anil she finished tho cover with a hem and a fall of lino linen lace.

At the nearest carpenter shop was ordered an oblong frame of pine 8 inches wide, and into it was fitted a mirror of heavy glass then the pin© was painted with white enamel paint, and on It as a bnckfe .round were strewn sprays of tho lovely blossoms in all their tender tones. Here and there a straggling tendril overlapped tho glass, and occasional blossoms were painted within the frame, as though they had fallen from tho sprays above, and when all was complete this last device was found to heighten tho entire effect, for the reflection adds as nothing else could do and gives a peculiar charm which without the painted glass would bo wholly lost.

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TOIIJCT TABLK COVER.

Into the wall above the mirror she secured a horizontal brass hook of the sort oaetl to hang cages on, and on this threw curtains of the painted swiss. These last she draped against the wall, behind the mirror and down the ends of the table to the floor. She finished their edges with a graceful frill and caught them back in plaoo with raffled bands of swiss.

Th* I,utM?h*Ntm Cr*a*.

At a luucheon tho other day the table cover was of very pale maiee colored damask, fine and shining- In the center waa a low, oblong dish filled with blue garden forgvttuenots, The china was of the same shade of blue, and at each place .was a bunch of th© flowers.

At another luncheon, which the hostess called "pansy." the dark, polished wood was kit bare except for the centerpiece Mid which wsrc of fine white linen embroidered in pansias of every conceivable shade. Bowls of the blossom* stood on tfee table®, and the cMfca waa simple, thin whit» Frvaeh chitm. lund pstinted i» passim.

SU»tt*«xty tfV* Tottfih VhteU-ti^ Here is* fact which ewry •Wr*Un$r home beeper l» the land dwmM Tht toughest fowl cut be ira*!# t.-uik rif it is put into cold water and •lowly for «£x or **v«a hoot*.

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CARE THE THROAT.

Choker Collar* Harmful—Air and Freedom 5»ecc*»ary to Keep It Youthful. People who make a study of such important problems are always telling women that t&e throat is the first part of their bodies to reveal the insidious approach of age. But they don't add that high "choker" collars and the stiff linr a in which the "tailor made" young women and the athletic girl delight to bind their necks are age's most potent allies.

The proper way to treat a neck ia to give it all the air and freedom possible. Bestow your linen collars and chemisettes upon some one who doesnt want a well preserved throat. Rip every high collar off of every bodice and finish it with a tiny etartding rnffic- of softest silk if it must have a finishing. Cut your house gowns down in V"B ia the back and front. Make your ginghams and your muslins with round waists and surplice fronts and trim them with a bit of lace at tho throat. Then wash your neck every night with a rough cloth and pure almond mea. Rinse it in hot water and anoint it freely with some emollient. If you can afford it and care about taking your crer.m in that way, a cream nee!: bath is excellent.

Another thing which shoemakers and physicians will tell you to do for your complexion is to wear looser shoes for the next five months than you do the rest of the year. The feet seem to feel the general spring languor even more than the rest of tho frame does, and whatever g?ves them the nearest approach to barefoot ease is the best thing for them in summer.

A Sammer Window.

Now that heavy hangings aro no longer needed, there comes the question of how to avoid the stuffiness of curtains and at the same time to escape the annoyance of bare windows and undraped sashes. The material which the drawing shows goes far toward solving both problems and can be trusted to give the graceful lines we seek without exclud-

NET DRAPF.BY FOR WINDOW.

ing the needed air. It is simple linen fishnet and can be purchased with edging and tassels in a variety of colors well adapted to decorative use.

To make a draping similar to tho ono shown, purchase the necessary length, so on tho fringe and then drape it ovei the pole. You will find that it will relieve the blanknesB caused by the re moval of the curtains.

A Dinner Centerplecv.

For a centerpiece on the dinner table nothing is prettier than a jardiniere of silver placed on a freeh linen center worked in a flower to correspond with tho contents of the jardiniere, or a glass lake, which can be purchased for a couple of dollars, may be used under it, surrounded with tinv glass troughs which are sold for 40 cents apiece, placed about the edge of the lake and filled with natural flowers.

U&efnl For Magazines.

Here is a magazine holder which will be an ornament to the sitting room table of the summer home. Take two pieces of cardboard a little larger than Tho Century or Hnrper's, cover them with a thin layer of cotton batting and then with pale green silk. Before tho edges of the silk are sewed together four pieces of rather broad elastic should be sewed through the cotton batting and cardboard. Then the edges of the silk are overcast The elastic should be left about 6 inches long and then fastened to the four corners of the other silk covered pieie of cardboard. *Over the pale green silk of the top piece of cardboard paint a cluster of white and pink clover blossoms, and in silver letters with a drawing pen write "For Idle Hours." The magazines are placed between the two pieces of cardboard, and as the elastic stretches it will hold a number of them.

To Tell Good Baking Powder. Put one tcaspoonful of the powder in a small tin cup, add three teaspoonfuls of water, and let it boil. Then pour into a glass. If the baking powder is pure, there will be a faint, pleasant odor, and the glass will be filled with a foamy mass that will not drip when turned upside down. Ammonia can be detected by the smell, and terra alba, and kindred materials by a sticky or sloppy mixture.

SlnflM Iteuatoei.

Chooee 6 large, smooth tomatoes. Cut a slice off the stem ends* and with your finger carefully scoop out the seeds. Vix together a half cup of finely chopped cold boiled ham, 12 chopped mushrooms, 3 heaping tableepoonfuk of stale bread crumbs, a tabieepoonfrd of chopped parsley, a half tcaspoonful of salt a dash of cayenne and a tablospoouful or melted butter, fill the tomatoes with this mixture, heaping it in the centersprinkle over the tope with bread crumbs, place the tomatoes in a granite baking pan, haste with melted battel and hake in a hot oven 30 minutes. Whec done, take theoi up carefully with a cakt turner and serve.

ItrptUr* la Jfwplrr.

Iiuapct and reptile designs are reignLm *r~mne far jewslry, and veqj attractive U..y aretoo, Pw 'Imws^siMHaasr^wltfc bright gmra bodies Vith dkrsaafe arceeeo, MarespdaH* fifes *sd I*

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SUCCESSFUL WOMEN.

PROFIT AND PLEASURE DER.V-l FROM HORTICULTURE.*^

Fruits aad Flowers In the West and Particularly on the Paciflc Coast—Instance* of Success— How Some Starts Were

Blade—A Sew Profession.

The Californinn Illustrated Marine prints an article on "Women In Commercial Horticulture." It is written by one of the women who by careful study, hard work and- much experience has been surprisingly successful in the enterprise. She owned the first orchard planted for commercial purposes in Mississippi and personally superintended the pruning and planting of the trees. While.waitincr for pecuniary results she resolutely turned her attention to buying for a small sura the flowers that grow iu neglected profusion in the home gardens about her and shipping them to northern cities. Her perfection in packing made this primitive industry such a financial success that it stimulated others to follow her in the new pursuit The article gives interesting sketches of the experiences of other women who are successful in horticulture and proves them highly capable of the financial management as well as the growing of flowers, fruit and..vegetables. j.'•••[] '..li-K "Worc .'n of culture and refinement were the finto embark in.thi3 enterprise.. Necessity in most eases seems to have been the chicf incentive. Yet a few bravely claim love of nature and fondness for outdoor life ns their only motive. One philosophical and serious minded woman exceeds all others in bur nobility of purpose. Being left a widow with four boys, she went into the orchard business, not knowing one tree from another, in order to establish the foundation of a perfect charac ter, through industry, in her children.

She possessed money enough to gratify every wish, yet her one ambition was "to teach ber boys by force of example to be industrious and self supporting." She purchased SO acres of land near San Jose, Cal., and under her own personal care, aided by her boys, it was planted in cherry, apricct and prune trees. For four years slie did nil the pruning, a difficult task for a refined, delicate woman accustomed to luxurious ease, but. the lesson she sought to teac'j made it a cheerful labor of love, bringing satisfactory moral returns aswc!! as remuneration. Her pruno trees alone netted §2,700 last year.

The widow of ono of San Francisco's popular bankers, once a favorite in society, stands at the head of the cut flower tracts near San Mateo, Cal., where ber taste in floral decoration is pre-eminent. Left witi no fortune except a small piece of land, she promptly seized the first opportunity for means of support by turning this into a veritable flower garden. She has now 140 acres under a high state of cultivation and gives her personal attention toevery branch of the business, irrigation Included. "With seven acres of orchids, five of violets, seven of chrysanthemums and a proportionate share of roses and other flowers, her stock in trade must be a delight to the eye and quite as pleasing to the senses as the satisfactory income which it brings. She is excelled by none in the management of this vast garden of blooming fragrance and accomplishes the work with perfect ease, finding plenty of time and inclination to help the needy and unfortunate.

A real rose ranch of 10 acres and a practi-, cal manufactory for the extraction of perfume from flowers and plants is to be found in the foothills near Los Gatos. It is managed by the wife of a San Francisco physician, and she thoroughly understands the business, having lived in the towns in France where the extraction of perfume is the principal occupation. Her samples of rose extract are found to be fully equal to tho imported. This is looked upon by these enterprising California ladies as a coming and profitable industry for women.

One enterprising woman has developed a lucrative business by propagating and ship ping camellias, which are especially adapted to the soil andv climate of California. She has an original method of packing these delicate blossoms so that their perfect condition brings her a high price in market. Another has become famous as a bulb and seed grower, without the impetus of grinding poverty. Pure love of nature and adventure led ber to develop all the resources within herself, and she now "proposes to mako her miniature farm a supply depot of everything rare and valuable within the limits of her climate and'locality." She met with many rebuffs in her first ventures, because as a seed grower her uame was unknown in the market, but by adopting a system of exchange she succeeded in gaining eastern appreciation of her seeds and now orders come from every part of the United States and Europe. The exents met with marvelous success, novelties attract widespread atten-

typical southern woman, highly educated and accomplished and belonging to one of the first families of Mississippi, was the first to successfully ship roses to the north. She has a method of transplanting them in water, so they can be sent long distances and arrive as fresh as when they were first pecked. Finding that early vegetables bring high prices, she turned her attention to the more practical side of horticulture. By keeping herself informed of all the discussions in the horticultural conventions and promptly planting those things which are not specially advised, she is always sure of what will be in demand and is never caught on an overstocked market.

A beginner in floriculture has made a wonderful success in propagating chrysanthemums, Increasing ber varieties from 60 to 825 in one year. She went into the business for physical benefit and is so delighted with the result that she advises "all women to burn up their embroidery and knitting and have a garden, however small, with a view to dissipating headaches and weak nerves by working in the fresh air and sunlight."

This promising list of successful women attests that woman can succeed in horticulture. The writer of the article closes with an appeal to have horticulture added to the course of study hi female colleges of this country, .is it is in England.

Sprinkling Clothe*.

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Sprinkling clothes by band—-that is, dipping up the water with the fingers and slapping it on the shirt or sheet, to leave a big wet splash in one place, with a stretch of rsugheaed dry cess in another, is unknovm in the modem, well regulated laaaory. A tin clothes sprinkler is sold in the shops fcr purpose, though man ^cmea use int: a wafcericf? pot with fine boles. The Ideal*- inkier, howwaSv is the rubber iritor,: v-1 jchtsu florist-In hi® gree::, baud .^xaytng plants. Tfcfe tooc-r.". :uteh in a short time and secaw- ft a evea rather than &n. trrcgtui«r wetti- »•. ,tt frteg, all lioness know. Uh* dash• -4itJqsi fcr -x-i^stal htK:*: .g.—Kxchaa^fc J|||

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A Pretty Little up.

It seems curious that little Mr.su Fnt:n»n Arimo—there, I have told you her nameshould have a man for a teacher, as, yon know, our little girls have governesses.

But such is the custom in Japan. The little girl there must always be under the control of one of the sterner sex. During my visit to Masu Fatima in Washineton a

few weeks since she clung to the arm of her beloved instructor and friend and seemed much attached to him. His manner toward the little girl was touchingly kind and gentle.

He is her playmate, friend and teacher and comes next to the parents, who almost idolize their only child. To know Masu Fatima is to love her, as she is a remarkably sweet mannered child.

She is 0 years old and has been in America a year.—Home Maker.

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His Stomach Was Fast— ing.

Robert—Mamma, my stomach says It Is dinner time. Mamma—You'd better go and see wnat time it is.

Robert (after an inspection of the dock) —Well, mamma, my stomach's three minutes fast.—Life.

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