Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-27
HOME MATTERS.
ONE LATE AND COOP RECIPEs-A BATCH OF
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOUSEHOLD DECORATION
FRIGHT The FIRST THE


WHITE Lace BEDSPREADs over silk or silesia
,f some delicate shade. with pillow shams to
match are revived.
PRETTY OLD FASHION revived Is that OF
decking the dressing table. wash stand and bed
n pure white dmity or muslin, made with
iutcd frilis and bows.
A VERY DELICATE JELLY is made from crab
or lady apples. Brown sugar is used III the
making. a pound of the sugar being allowed to
lpound OF the fruit.
VELVET PIANO Covers are becoming very
fashionable They are made full size. of Grim
son. old gold dark bIue and bottle green. and
heavily embroidered in god
TABLE-WATs FOR HIGH TEAS are made of pine
green ma;reme cord and crociieteI in the form
of "a beech o- elm leaf 4 bow of narrow dark
green ribbon is placed on the stem.
DAINTY LANP SHADES are crochetel out Of
ieep pink cotton and covered with Torchon
ace. Others are made of pink tissue paper cut
in long tats and much crinklcd.
IT Is WISE to give all winter clothing and
,edlne which Will soon be brought out Tor
lse thorough airing. They should be placed
n the yard and well shaken to remove all iul-
puritics.
PALE TERRA COTTA is a beautiful new color
or walls and very cool in its effect. All cool
,OlOrs give distance 70 the walls. Red. in most
Of its shades. is very far from being a warm
color. although that is the popular idea of 1t.
A WHOLESOME BIsH Of ONIoNs.-Boil them in
salt and water until they begin to be tender.
drain the water from them. and wraD each onion
in SOP paper. set them side 10y side into drip
ping pan. let them lake uGtil done. then put
them into vegetable dish, and pour rich brown
gravy over them.
PLATES SHOULD ALWAYS be sent to the table
warm for dinner. IL placed in the oven they
apt to crack or become discolored The best
method is to dip them in boiling hot water and
let them remain for few moments Dry
quickly; pile and set on the table Tea cups
should always be dipped in hot water before
pouring in the tea.
TEA COsIEs ARE COMING into favor. One
seen recently was made out of handsome bits
Of silk and velvet in a crazy patchwork design,
bordered by cord of twisted silk. Another
was of olive green plush. but lined in gold and
crimson with quaint Japanese figures. while a
third was made OF fine clCth trimmed with
applique leather work
A NEW WAY To MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE is to
take a square. plain cake to be about an inch
in thickness, and on top 10 place one layer of
chocolate. about half-nch in thickness The
chocolate icing is made much better if the sugar
is first boiled almost to candy IN little water
BY this process granulated sugar may be used
and the objectionable gritty taste may be done
away with.
BROILED REED BIRDS.-This way of cooking
the reed bird, though it be simple. certainly
ought to please the most fastidious palate:
Pluck draw and split the birds down the tack
and place them on folding wire hrOiler over
o clear fire. turning them from side to SIDE
When done send to the table Immediately
on a hot dish. pouring over them just before
serving little plain melted butter in which has
been mixed teaspoonful OF Johnston's fluid
bee1.-Thc CGt.rtr.
good many families have such quantities OF
ripened pears that they can neither eat nor
prOitabiy dispose of them. 4 lady who has
tried it fluids this All excellent use to make of
them: Cut them in thick slices. stew them and
then. IN an open oven. dry them thoroughly. if
t takes two days. They come out all honeyed
over with Their own sweetness, and ti@-Eke in
their substance and consistency. at one suggest
Ing both Taisns and figs. And they are excel
lent eating. far finer than any one would believe
without trying. They viii keep it is said
gear or t"o.-BoStoa Transcript.
CUsHIoNs AND PILLOWS stuffed with pine.
-hemioc;l aid spruce sre now in fashion. They
make fragrant and useful ornaments for parlors
and bedrooms. a5.d are particularly grateful to
people suffering with lung troubles or head
ache The pine needles are stripped from the
bouGhs. and the helElOck and spruce broken
into snail pieces \ muslin bag the size of
the cushion or pillow. is first used as a cover
in@, and then another one of six. satin or plush
IS added One OF tie rrettipst of the Kind is
made of pine green satin with back OF plush
Of the SAME shade. Or the satin is embrOid-
cred in old gold silk. ..IreaIn of the Forest ." in
French. and in one corner is embroidered
cluster of pine cones. \ bow CT satin ribbon
ornaments one end.
A NEW RECIPE FOR MAKING CHOCOLATE is
as follows: Crate sufficient bakers chocolate TO
allow one teaspoontul TO each cup; mix this
will u
porcelain kettle a pint of rich milk. and when it
comes To a boil. add half pint of boiling water
This will make about four cups Of chocolate
Add the four teaSpO0nluS OF chocolate. stirring
quickly, and boil FOR five minutes. Sweeten
and boil one minute longer While the milk is
boiling prepare the cream as follows: Take
half pint. put in shallow bowl and whip stiff
heaping it in a slender glass tumbler. When
serving the chocolate, add a heaping teaspoon
full of the cream. The effect of the floating
cream above the delicate chocolate color is
pleasing To the eye. and the chocolate tastes
better when made in this way.
RIGHT THE FIRST TINE.-If you will teach
the children and all about you in the house to
do things by the first Intention" or what is
sometimes called the primary movement, half
the work OF housekeeping saved For instance
q boy sharpens lead pencil; he cuts it all over
the soft: or the EOor. There the shavings lie
until som ebody has to sweep them up If he
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ting over the waste-basket. or in winter over a
newspaper. then Cmptyng his chips into the
ire. the whole performance is finished when it
Is done Just so with the people who strike
matches and leave them where they fall on the
tops OF bureaus or WaSh>tandS. or on manteI
shells. Every burnt match should go directly
into some receptacle provided for it, or into the
FIRE In cutting out materials tc make I'D it is
perfectly easy 10 gather up the scraps as they
drop under the scissors and put them into a
little basket In GresS-ftting do YOUR cut
tiE% over a large sheet spread upon the floor
"ii!th can br gathered up every day. and it's
contents assorted for tie piece bag In
eating fruit teach a Child 10 put away the
skin and pits at cnCe where they should 90,
eating them over "A plate paper instead of
over tEe "@9.e place. There is no need of two
movements 10 flash what can be done in one
When a cTOrkcd kettle Is set down upon a clean
wooden table then somebody mas to scrub hard
Z" get the MARKS ont. When fruit-GrippiU9 fin
gers are wiped IL far white napkins then there
i trouble IL tie wash and ruin in the linen
closet. The primary movement in both these
cases would have supplied the proper iron stand
AID the coiored Il Oyiey first. But it is chiefly
n avoiding the useless litter" and confusion
that children and their elders make about q
room that the saving tells. IL is lust as
easy in opening letters and taking off the
wrappers Of newspapers to drop all the bits
into the wa,te-basket at once as it is to &C.
cupy somebody's five minutes in gathering
them up afterwards Teach the maid. little
Or iuil-grown, that If she Will have clean