Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-31
HON r. TOPICS.
Not's on Household Decoration.

Not's Oh household Decofatlons
The pretticst summer curtains are mad
OF cream-colored crash with stripes an
hnted borderings of light blue sateen
Piaitings of alternate blue and white foru
valance across the window above, an,
the curtains are looped back with band
J also of alternated colors,
Nothing is handsomer for q dining
room table cover than deep crimson clotf
with heavy bordering Of dead gold
hnished off with q conventional design il
the corners, while for libraries the colol
selected should be deep maroon or darl
blue. Sometimes fringe 10 preferred Il
the bordering, but it must be very hand
some, and, consequently, is expensive.
The prettiest shaving cases can be made
oy taking little Japanese fans as the
foundation cover the fan with silesia o,
SIX, or OF both, in slips =; cut piece Of
pasteboard the size of the fan, and .s this
Is to DO the outside Of the case, cover il
with silk or satin. Trim the edge with
narrow lace or plated ribbon, ornament
II Sitn bow, or paint spray Of foweri
upon it, or put on it neatly transferred
picture or an initial or monogram. Fasten
the paper leaves, which may be pinked at
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on the cover, catching it with silk TO the
upper part Of the fan, near the handle.
Put loop of ribbon or chenille at the
end of the handle to hang it by, and you
VIII have very presentable gift for a
gentleman.
Folding screens for bedrooms can be
very handsomely made in brown linens
or serge, with conventional designs in
crewels, upright and stiff flowers being
the most suitable for the purpose. This
ties make most admirable design. Da-
does OF darker material have good
effect. Upon screen of brown linen o
dado OF dark green worked in field flow.
ers. with the pattern above on the brown
linen of tall garden hollyhocks or tiger
lilies in mixture of crewels and silks. is
very effective such screen is admira-
BILE In passage or round bedroom door.
For nurseries the prettiest screens can be
made by simply covering clothes horse
with dark cloth or brown holland aud
pasting colored pictures or cards upon it,
making regular consecutive designs or
carrying out the scenes Of favorite nur-
sery tale.
Rustic work is specially suitable for
brackets, and il the materials are we'll
selected and arranged it will have all the
appearance OF coming in relief. Key
racks. hanging baskets, mirror frames,
even lambrequins can all be effectively
made OF the treasures of the wood which
are SO easily collected at this season Of
the year. Cocoon nut shells, too, are
among the natural objects that can be
pressed into the service of home decora-
ton. The half shells can be utilized in
many ways. Fastened on to back
ground of polished wood they serve al.
mirably as receptacles for flowers, plants,
etc. Then they serve as wall ornaments
II placed in m upright position and fas-
tened with strong glue. Excellent hang
ing baskets are made Uf item by hu, ing
vase OF wood to serve as groundwork
and arranging three half cocoanut shells
upon it with holes drilled in at the bottom
to admit of screws, by means OF which
they can be firmly fastened in position.
Strong glue, to fasten acorn, twigs, nuts.
etc. upon the shells, ran be easily made
Mt home by melting half pound Of rosin
or pitch slowly in an iron pot, and then
mixing powdered yellow ochre with it and
piece OF wax the size of nut. This
composition when cold can be cut up into
cakes and used as glue, melting readily
b eforo the fire, when needed.
seasonable Recipes.
"Do you wish to know" said q man Of
science, walking into my kitchen yester-
day, 'how to know that your fruit can is
certainly air-tight?" I was that moment
contemplating can which had little
nick on the upper edge, and it was hard
to judge whether the rubber would effect
ually keep the air out. The man lighted
bit of paper, put it into the can, slip
ped the rubber ring over, and put the
glass cover on. The burning paper ex-
hausted the air, and behold the cover was
with difficulty removed.
To prepare sweet corn for winter use
have the corn clean from silk, cut from
the cob with q sharp knife, not too close
to the cob, then turn the knife and with
the back of it press out the pulp from the
ear, when you have plate of milky rich
corn. Butter plates or bright tins, spread
the corn hhlf an inch thick and put it at
once into moderately hot oven, hot
enough to scald the milk but not to scorch
it. Watch it for half an hour, turning
the plates round, and then with a knife
or spoon stir the mass and keep it in o
cooling oven, stirring it often enough to
prevent the corn sticking TO the tins.
When it is fairly dried put in paper bags
ane hang it near the fire to complete the
process. When needed for use it will
only be necessary to soak it in water over
night and cook it next day in the ater it
has beon soaking in.
An excellent plum cake is made of one
pound each of butter, sugar and flour,
ten eggs, one pound of raisins, half a
pound each of currants and OF sliced cit
ron, teaspoonful of ground cloves, one
OF mace, one nutmeg, the juice and grated
peel of lemon, half coffee cup of New
Orleans molasses. Beat the butter till il
is soft and creamy, then add the sugar.
Beat the whites and yelks of the eggs
separately, stir the yelks in with the but
ter and sugar, stir the flour in gradually
(having first mixed one heaped teaspoon
full of cream of tartar with iD. When
the flour is about half worked in put in
half tenspoonful of soda dissolved in as
little water as it is possible to use, then
add the whites of the eggs, and lastly the
fruit which is well covered with the rest
of the flour. Bake in large tin with a
buttered paper on the side as we'll as on
the bottom. 1t will need to bake slowly
for five hours. Do not attempt to lift
from the tin till perfectly cold. This
should be made two days before it is
wanted.
A simple but perfectly satisfactory rule
for making charlotte russo is here given
Beat one pint of thick sweet cream until
it is stiff dissolve one ounce of gelatine
in half a pint Of cold water; put half q
pound of sugar in half pint Of milk.
When the gelatine and sugar are dissolv.
cd mix all the ingredients together, Hav.
oiing with vanilla. Line your mold with
nice cake of any kind--it need not neces
sarily be sponge cake, though this is the
orthodox kind. DO not put the pieces OF
cake SO closely together that the cream
will not get between them, for the aim
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