Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

CUSHIONS for wickeTchairs are covered
with vatican chlntZ.
LEMON JUICE, instead of cream. in tea
makes a refreshing drink.
PUNCH Bowls OF SILVER are now used
by everybody who can afford them.
| CANAPEs AU FRoMAGE are made of
Parmesan dissolved on round slices OF
! fried bread.
MANTELs are now draped with scarfs
| suspended from brass rod about the edge
Of the shelf.
THE LATEST DICfUM OF FASHION is
that hangings, whether for windows or
| doors, should not match.
CHEESE BISCUITS are made in the same
way as cheese straws, only biscuit shape.
Cold, they are better than hot.
OPALEsCENT GLASS, with gold or silver
lining, makes beautiful wall or ceiling
decoration. For tiles around fireplace
1t is very effective.
To CLEAN DECANTERS.-Cut strips of
coarse brown paper, and put good many
OF them into the decanter to be cleaned
with clear cold water. Tea leaves can be
used in the same way.
A LITTLE SODA as well as salt is recon-
mended to boil with cabbage, and affects
the flavor agreeably. For one lad of
bulk to a good-sized pea.
AN attractive design for pale stone
gray felt table cover is an embroidered
border wrought of scarlet pinks, inter-
mingled with the delicate green leaves of
trailing smilaX for the corners.
KLUsKIs AU FROMAGE.-Make a paste
of cream cheese, yolks OF eggs, bread
crumbs and butter; form into rolls and
fry until of golden brown color, Black
butter sauce is sent to table with them.
A HANDSOME TOILET SET for a summer
room is made Of the new "manila' col
ored satin sheetings combined with robins
egg-blue with frills of dotted muslin. A
design of butterflies Is worked in etching
silk.
KNIT PoRTIERES are made from strips
of silk dresses that have outliyed their
usefulness, or such other pieces of silk as
might be at hand can be utilized. These
portieres have quite the effect Of Oriental
stuffs.
A NOVEL DESIGN In ''splasher' shows
a quantity Of tiny fishes worked in out
line, playfully disporting themselves
| through blue crewel water. The charm
of this lies In its Oddity rather than In its
beauty.
THE plain effects of bedroom mantel
may be improved by hanging in the centre
IL
oak or plush, and on each side, trifle
above, place small shells for vases, bric-a-
brac, etc.
A TABLESPOONFUL OF BRANDY added
to pumpkin pie produces flavor not to
! be equaled by any other means; it takes
away the uncoOked or raw taste that all
| but the choicest varieties Of pumpkin are
certain to have.
| PEACH LEATHER FOR PIES is made by
steWing peaches as If for present use;
/ take out the stones and mash into pulp.
| Spread out thin on smooth, clean board
| exposed to the sun. In few days it will
be dry enough to roll up and put away for
winter.
| PLAIN WHITE TOWELS may be made or
namental by placing two rows of drawn
| work at each end. The work may be fas-
| tened with red or blue or with white. The
white gives little nicer look to the towel
than the colored. Overcast the edges Just
| above the fringe.
AN effective and easily made decoration
| to break a space upon a barren wall is an
| eighteen-inch square board, quite thin
and covered with plush. After hanging
! it diamond wise by means of loops screwed
to the back, nail in the centre carved
and gilded bracket large enough to hold a
vase or figure.
CHEESE PUDDING is made thus: Grade
half pound of cheese very finely, mix
with two eggs, whites and yolks beaten
| up together, and a quarter ounce of fresh
| butter, seasoning well with pepper and
salt. Bake in small dish, lined with
| puff paste, or else merely butter the dish
| before pouring in the mixture.