The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-18
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DowN pillows are dainty appendix.
Of lady's bedroom o. boudoir lounes
now very much In fashion. TO carr I,
out their intention OF perfect softness
the cover should be made Of nndressed Z
| silk, or any of the plant satins or Indian
silks now to lie had. This cover NAV
he highly embroidered in geometrical
or conventional patterns IN eilk, with
here aud there line of gold introduced,
and the result will be sofa cushion
both novel and elegant. The edge NAV
be finished with fine silk cord, carefully
avoiding anything that will keep the
cushion In shape, as it is expected to
yield to every movement OF weary head
or aching back. One, of these pillows
which are generally little more than a
half a yard square, was covered with
Indian silk III crushed strawberry tint
(Ths fabric may be bought now in all
tho art shades Of yellow, red and blue
at 50 a yard. For light draporles it is
not to be supposedly On the square
forming the upper portion of the pillow
were scattered n few interlaced discs,
enclosing small gconletrical shapes.
The outline Of these designs was TO-
lowed by the needle IN darning stitches,
| taken close together-a small stitch on
tho wrong side. n longer one upon tho
| right--with old gold silk. Some of the
disks were filled by parallel lines OF
darn ng stitches covering the ground;
otht IL had been left will few touches
Of gold, Japanese sky lines" to break
the uniformity OF the ground. BY using
tilosel.. varying in hue from dull blue
t" deep red, old gold to brown, silver
gray to dark blue gray, the designs
were brought out charmingly and with
bnt little work. Pongee in the natural
hue does very we'll for similar expert
mont in color, and any of tho deeper
shades Of yellow in soft silk are recon-
because this hue is apt to be effective
in whatever corner of the room you may
elect to dispose of it, whether tote-a-tote
with blue couch or on MI easy-chair
Of Indian red. Where the possessor OF
down pillow aspires to the simplest
method of covering it. without the ad-
ditional tax Of ncedle-work, I would
suggest width of ono of tho soft foul
ard satins now sold for dress purposes
in all the principal shops. One of these
satins, oream-tinted and besprinkled
with pompadour bouquets Of pale pink
and blue, was mado to do duty for this
purpose with sIccess. When present
for all invalid is in question, or, Indeed
in any case where the cushion is habi-
tually used, the best plan is to make
moavble cover of linen to uso over the
inner Inning of rose colCred lavender or
blue silk, For this purpose drawn work
in all its varieties comes into pluy effect
lively, and the finer the material the
more attractive the result. Work D.
border upon drawn threads OF the linen.
and add few scattered sprays Of flow
ers, worked in split illosello that has
been previously set in color by dropping
the skein INTO boiling water. Glover,
purple and white, is full Of fragrant
suggestion and invitation to the head to
incline toward it, The cover when
finished, should ho edged with lace.
R1ou CLAM SoUp.-Use for this SOUP
the soft CLANS which are sold in ''bunch-
es" or ''strings." Wash quart OF them
in quart Of cold water to free them
from sand, and then strain the water
through towel fine enough to etain tho
sand, and place the CLAIMS in it over the
fire; allow them TO boil gently for about
fifteen minutes. Meanwhile put TWO
tahlespoonfuls each of butter and hour
stir them constantly until the butter
melts and blends smoothly with tho
hour; then gradually stir into them ono
quart of hot milk and tho liquor in
which tho CLAIMS have been boiled; sea-
son the soup palatably with salt and
pepper, and place it where it will keep
hot. Out tho soft part of the CLANS
away from the hard parts which may be
chopped and used for CLAN FR11TEus,
Next beat the yelks Of two raw eggs for
one minute, mix with them half a cup
tul of the hot clam soup, and then stii,
the mixture into the rest of the soup.
and serve it at once. If the soup is al
lowed to boil after the yelks are added
to it they will become curdled. Serve
crackers with the soup.
CRAY-F1su PIE.-The flesh of the tnils
is the only considerable part; tho intes
tine running through the middle of the
tail should be removed. Prepare the
tails OF fifty cray-fsh in this way. Have
ready n quart of tomatoes, peeled,
sliced and stewed, or a can of tomatoes:
roll pound of crackers to crumbs of
medium size. Butter an earthen bakinp
dish, put the above-named ingredients
into it in layers with rather high sea-
son1ng OF salt and pepper and two table
spoonfuls Of butter; let the top layer be
of cracker dust Bake the pic for half
oh hour in q moderate oven. A glass
of sherry wine, or cupful of any cold
gravy, may be added to the pie before
baking 1t, to vary the flavor.
OYSTER Sour, WITH CRAc cKERs. STRAIN
the liquor from quart OF oysters, add
to it ono quart Of milk, and place it over
the fire, to heat gradually. Meantime,
remove all bits Of shell from the oysters.
AS the milk and oyster liquor heat skim
them. and when no more SCUM rises mix
smoothly with them four heaplng table,
spoonfuls Of cracker-du or crackers
rolled and sifted; season the soup with
two saltspoonfuls of salt and dust OF
cayenne pepper; put the oysters into it.
STIR it until their edges curl, and then
serve it at once. The oysters should
not be added to the soup until just be
fore serving it, as they grow hard and
tough if they are cooked more than Just
long enough to curl their edges. Oys-