Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-07

bedrooms.
MATING makes handsome dado for dining
OF sitting room.
The latest screens have frleze of netted cord
with rayelled ends.
I'VE legs of gypsy tables. as well as the tops,
are ROW covered with plush.
CHEAP cottage furniture is now covered over
with eratonEe by clever fingers. The effect is
Charming.
LovERs OF BRowS BREAD should have tin
made on purpose for it, round and tall. with a
closely fitting cover; in this genuine brown
bread should be baked slowly for tours hours
MAHOGANY and cherry are extensively used in
the manufacture of parlor furniture Plush in
peacock blue and reds is the material most in
favor ~
FASHIONABLE bedrooms now have the floors
either covered with Mating or stained Cheese
cloth and plain SWISS trimmed with lace are
mue. used for bedroom windows
COCOANUT CUsrARD-Make good boiled Gus
tard, flavor with one teaspOOnfui of bitter
almond essence, crate a cOcoanut; pour the
custard when warm into glass bowl. and when
Ii gets cold strew the cocOanut on top. Sift
white sugar over this.
THREE BATHS WEEK are considered a suff-
Client number for a year old baby with feeble
digestive organs. The water should not be too
warm but it certainly should not be cold. Rub
baby a. rapidly and as roughly as you can with
out making him cry
The LATEST TIDY IN MACRAME is made of one
strip of lace with a space left for broad ribbon
just one then pat in deep fringe. Measure the
spaces in the ribbon accurately, and on those
parts that are to appear between the meShes
smbrOider rose binds and green leaves.
LEMON JELLY.-TwO cupfuls of sugar one of
lemon juice, one quart of boiling water, one
cupful of cold water, a box of gelatine. Soak
the geatine in the cold water for two hours
Pour the boiling water on it, add the sugar and
lemon Juice. strain through napkin, mould
and harden.
lee FOR TIE SICK.-If it is thought better to
give sick person bits of ice instead of allowing
him to drink great deal of cold water, wrap a
small piece of ice in clean, white flannel CLOTH
put IL into bowl and let ID stand by the bedside:
provide long pima hat bin is best; with this
small pieces OF the ice be detached with little
effort, and no one need touch them with the
fingers. as they can be carried to the mouth with
teaspoon.-Ne1o York Post.
An ORNAMENTAL panel can be made at very
trifng cost: it is however. necessary to have on
hand stock of well pressed flowers and dried
grasses. Daises and buttercups, Dansies and
daffodilS do particularly well for this work A
long narrow panel of thin wood is covered with
olive-@reen Canton flannel or sateen as their
color viii show the flowers to best advantage
The flowers and grasses are then arranged as
gracefully as possible in long cluster and fas-
tened TO panel heye and there with gum A
narrow ribbon loosely led around the stems,
has good effeet-dmericda Green
PRETTY pocket -handkerchef sachet NAV be
made twelve inches square, bringing the corners
into the center. sewing three together, and
leaving one to turn back envelope fashion
Quilted silk or satin looks best for this with
either a spray embroidered in the center of each
diamond formed by the quilting or pearl or
other bead at each intersection. Glove boxes
are now made Us long an eight-buttOn glove
and Just an inch wider; they are made in card
board, covered with satin and edged with cord
the top forming the lid.
II PRESERVING TIAE-A German method of
covering preserve jars whereof the tin lids are
lost OF never existed, is recommended as follows
After the sweetmeats are covered with niece
OF branded paper. cut the covers as usual from
TIE sheet OF preserving paper. Dip the rounds
Into basin of water. and when they are thor
Cughiy saturated apply TO the tops of the jars
anu tuinDleTs; press around tightly and tie. The
Wet paper fits like cap around the rim and is
airtight- When the paper dries the cap is an
exact it, There Is no paste to tempt the little
teeth of hungry mIce-
The BANIsHED ..CAsTEE THE newest device
hammered silver. With giIded cork, perforated
at the top. This age has seen the decline and
1aii OF the dinner caster from the zodiac of our
tables Its place knows it no more. The
breakfast caster-a small affair-stlIl survives
but at the most elegant dinners the condiments
are carried round and served from tray Some
old families can show their ancestral spice mills
stlil reuoient- Freshly ground pepper is pre-
ferred by sOHie to the grocer's articles and for
tins the furnishing shops sell small mills for
grinding black and red pepper on the table,
which are made on the model of these old spice
mills.
Cool AND SHADY are the rooms where outside
bamboo or reed blinds are used at the windows
The hot sun beating in the glass Of windows
without shutters makes some Rooms almost
unbearabIe within. Hence the ordinary ..mat-
ting blind Is now seen hung outside of these
windows as rain does not iniure it i'm the least
beyond darkenine its color, which Is rather an
advantage Tor looks. Another invention for
Keeping the suns rays off the window glass is
the hinged shutter or automatic" blind-awnino
fixture. which j. attdchable to any window. Ii
Is simply shutter or Venetian blind set on
at It's tUp instead of at the sides and opening
upwards as a screen, instead OF folding back as
leaf.
A DAINTY BREAKFAST D1sH-To cold corned
or roast beef. minced and freed from gristle and
strings, add equal quantity of mashed OF
sliced boiled potato Mix well together and
season with pepper and salt. Put into a irving
pan large cupiul Of boiling water with half
as much gravy from which the fat has been
SKINNED. and q teaspOontu OF made mustard
III you nave no gravy, substitute soup stock or q
eupful OF soup left over from YESTERDAY Boil
~ briskly before stirring In the chopped meat
ana potato. Toss and stir until the contents of
the pan are bubbiing. smoking heap Be care
ful that the hash is not too stiff Add more
boiling water should the meat and potato alb
serb the liquid too rapidly. and do not let the
nash STICK To the bottom of the pan. The CONN
try housekeeper who has plenty Of butter can
Improve this dish By stirring tablespoonful into
the hot water and gravy. If YOU have neither
gravy ncr stock, double the quantity Of butter
dl-SOlyIng in the boiling water. Serve In "A deem
covered dish--PaiLadeiphid Ledger
WINDOW LOCKISG.-In lieu of iron bars or
wire-net work. which are unsghtly. across up
per windows TO keep the children from falling
out. new invention Is lock In the sash
When this is fixed. the window NAV be raised
or lowered about eight inches without any diff
Guilty, but not even a giant much less a child
can get it any higher Intentionally Nor can il
be LETT up by mere thOughtle ssness; and there
IL not enough room for the urchIn any more
than the giant, to fall through. When the ward
of city house is snail. damp or darkened by
tall buildings near. 4 laundry on the top floor
is an excellent device. This can only be safely
planned when you are on street that has an
ample water main. more of a consideration now
than any comparative height or lOwness OF your
section of the city. In some new houses spe-