Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-30
THE HOME.
SOME HINTS AND PRACTICAL
SUGGESTIONS.
What Shall We Wear, and How
Shall il be Cut and
Made Up.


from the saucepan, be added little stock,
or some Liebig's extract, delicious soup
is at one produced, requiring nothing more
| than ordinary seasoning. With care, it
may form clear soup, such as just now is
in fashion among the fastidious; but, pre-
pared however roughly, it is VERY econom-
ical, wholesome and appetizing soup, and
| costs a minimum of trouble must here
add few words in advocacy of the further
| adoption in this country of the French
practice of using, as potage, the water in
which vegetables generally excepting po-
| tatoes) have been boiled When we boil
cabbage, turnips, carrots, etc, we dissolve
| out of them a very large proportion of
| their saline consutuents-Salts which are
absolutely necessary for the maintenance
| OF health; salts, without which, we be-
come victims of govt, rheumatism, lam
| bago, neuralgia gravel and all the ills that
human flesh, with lithic-acid diathesis. is
| heir to, i. G., about the most painful series
of all its inheritances. The potash of these
salts existing therein, in combination with
| organic acids, is separated from these acids
| by organic combustion, and is then and
there presented TO the baneful ithic acid of
| the blood and tissues, the stony torture
particles of which ii converts into soluble
ithate Of potash, and thus enables them To
| be carried out of the system w. Mattieu
| Williams, in Popular Science Monthly.
Last year was induced to try an expert
ment III chrysanthemum growing, and for
this purpose purchased one pound of sui
! plate of ammonia. which / bottled and
cOrked up, as the ammonia evaporates very
| rapidly. ! then selected four plants from
my collection, and put them by themselves
and gave them teaspooniul of ammonia
! i'll gallon of water twice a week IN
| fortnights time the result was most strik-
| ing; for, although | watered the others
with COW manure, they looked lean when
| compared with amm0nia-watercd plants
| whose leaves turned to a very dark green.
| which they carried to the edge Of the pots
| until the flowers We're cut. As matter Of
| course, the flowers were splendid. The
ammonia which used is rather expensive,
| as | bought it from Il chemists shop: this
| year | intend getting agricultural ammonia,
which is much cheaper. | have also tried
| it on strawberries, with the same satisfac-
| tory result, the crops being nearly double
| that of the others. 1t is very powerful and
| requires TO be used with caution.-[ Gardcn-
| ers Chronicle
Many housewife is deferred from MAX
| ing satisfactory and needed changes in pill
| lows from the fact that it is almost impos-
| sible to do anything with feathers without
| losing and scattering them If this plan is
pursued she need have no further trouble
| Suppose that she wishes to increase the size
| of a pair of pillows by adding the contents
| of Il third pillow to them divide the pillow
in two parts by tying a string tightly
| through the center, then rip about quar-
| ter of yard al the end, and rip the same
| length at the end of apillow that YOU wish
TO increase, then Join these two cases and
sew them together; by 50 doing YOU can
| shake the feathers into the case without
scattering them AT all. When they are ont
of the small case, rip the seam and sew the
case firmly, In buying ticking it is always
well to buy the best; you will save a great
deal Of time and energy if the ticking is so
! firm and closely woven that feathers do not
| find their way out to blow about the room.
| Nothing can be 50 injurious to a growing
girls foot as to put it in shoe pointed at
the toe, thereby turning the great toe in
ward and producing one of the greatest
| plaques of lifc-corns. or worse still bun
ions. Young children should invariably
wear straight shoes, with elastic waists"
as they are called, giving full play to the
muscles, and which in adults permit the
wearer 10 walk long distances without IA
! tigue If heels are used at all, they should
| be low. There are three kinds of boots
and shoes those that are made purely on
! hygienic principles, without any COnsidera-
ton as to fashion; those that are purely
| fashionable, and the happy medium that
combines the two. | should suggest to my
readers to consult their interests by turn
ing their attention to the third class, for ii
is decidedly the right path Casselps
| Magazine.
Al a little expense a hammock may be
| made out of seine or InaCraIne cord. You
will have to make your own netting-needle
out Of 4 piece Of wood, say nine inches
| long and about one and half inches wide
At each end cut deep notches similar to
! that of netting-nccdlc. Make mesh to
correspond, only do not notch at the ends
The wood used should be perfectly smooth.
| Net as directions given in June DOrcas,"
| only YOU must remember that you are
working with heavier material, and there
fore cannot be secured To the cushion.
Door frame is best TO secure to.
A lovely cushion to layupon the broad
sofa, now so fashionable, is covered with
black satin A spray of ribbon embroidery
in the form of branch broken from wild
rose bush Is the ornantntation. The
cushion is finished with plating of the
black satin fringcd, The upper edge is
only fringed for quarter or at most a half
an inch, but the bottom may be fringed an
inch or even more. a single box plating
is pretty for this. Do not leave any no
ticeablc space between the plaits.
Discarded broadcloth suits can be used
rs coverings for chairs in. most useful
way, particularly on these small bamboo
and cane chairs which possibly are wogn-
Work Il strip of peoples on monte cloth,
/ ~ .
chair. On either side cover with cloth. 4
very useful and pretty decoration, if one
chooses to make it. Same way with Shaker
chairs. Utilize bits of silk, WOODEN goods,
etc, in applique, on gray-linen back
ground
\ pretty panel for the wall is made of
black velvet, with an owl on a branch
painted on il The bottom of the panel
should have gilt fringe across it. This il
heavy, will help to make tho panel hang
as it should.
FASHION NOTES.
Fashions are about to undergo q great
change; the drapel puff is going 10 disap-
pear the manifold drapcrics which have
formed part and parcel of all costumes fol
the last six or seven Years are 10 be done
away with. We have already seen a GER
tain number of toilets in which there was
no pull whatever. Ii IL exchanged Ion
deep hollow plaits falling straight from tliC
waist. In most cases the bodice is cut prin-
cess fashion nj the back and prolonged into
these plaits down to within about two o.
three inches from the edge OF the under
skirt Sometimes, however the bodice Is
made apart, and comes down into point
or small basque over the plated skirt TIL,
: absence of puff, however, by no means
includes that of the tournure. That i
quite another question. Some OF our sooC
couturieres have indeed had thoughts O
doing away with the tournurc altogether
but others still maintain it, and it seem:
probable the tournure will hold its own Al
least through the summer and autumn
It. however, no longer forms part Of tho
dress itself, but simply consists of sepa
rate article put on over the petticoat undel
the dress Skirts are stitTened with bands
of steel run into false hens made in the
,J,,,S II This however