Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-23
THE HANDY HOUSEWIFE.
Low to Brighten the Home-Artistie
Use or Advertising Cards.

How to Brighten the Home-Artistie
Use OF Advertising Cards.
The handy housewife has just bought
a new patent boiler, and there has been
such saving of smoke and grease, and
the steaks and chops are so nicely
c, Oktd, that she advises every other
house keeper to get one. The difference
b tw, en- this new boiler and the old one
is that the new one is perforated and
has little troughs to catch the juice OF
the meat. In cooking steaks and chops
many housekeepers forget to make the
meat tender by beating with a wooden
mallet. A potato FOUNDER may he used
for this purpose.
A dozen pretty dOllies were made by
a Brooklyn lady out of an old pink and
white table cover. She first cut II lntO
squares of twelve inches; Ihen, alter
ringing, she outlined the design OF
flowers with light blue linen thread.
The effect was excellent, the table cloth
having been originally large one, with
floral designs in the center and corners.
All the little napkins were, OF course,
different, but just at present tn It is con
sidered beauty.
A nursery that has been newly lifted
up in comfortable home up i'll Harlem
is worthy of imitation. The work
was all done by girl of thirteen, the
oldest daughter. For long time past
she had heen collecting pictures oil
birds, animals and inter sting scenes,
and had colored many Of them with
water color paints during leisure mo-
meEts. On all sides of the nursery she
made wainscoting Of them, about two
and half feet high, pasting them on
with thin flour paste, and, of course,
with some regard to sizing and color
ing. AS bordering, number OF pretty
cards, all of the same size, were pasted
above the pictures. The mother of the
family SAYS the instruction and enjoy
ment that the children derive from
these pictures are worth twice the trou-
ble. As finish, the whole was covered
with coat of varnish, and was busted,
and even wiped with a damp cloth,
without injury.
Another family has just put to excel
lent and artistic use large collection
OF advertising cards. Out Of the couple
of thousand were collected the bright
COlOred ones of the same size. These
were pasted On the ceiling aUDut q deep
tcIGrr with very five eff ct and looked
Il. e fresCOinc. Larger ones were placed
H. Il g corner, ana \ Goa, o! C1pal var
nh finisht q lhC decoration.
i handsome CIumb Goth has .iuSs
un.u made by "a hOuSeketper IN rms
ely. she Lad iOur old skirts thai had
-,ta service and we're IF dingy c0lnr4.
These she carefully washed, aud dyed
hripht crimson and blue with family
DIVES" She then cut them into pieces
quarter of yard wide and sewed them
firmly together, afterward pressing open
the seams aud stitching down with
crimson cotton IN herring bone stitch.
The whole was liued with dark red
c. mhric AMI finished with red braid.
All handy mothers now make their
rhildrtu'S school h2gS ont of cOiOred
macreme crTd Dark red, brown or
deep ecru ale the best tiuts. Take
large crucG,t IL, e,l'e and make chain
fourteen inches long that is for q me-
dunn sized bag. Next make a row OF
long stitches, and then follow with the
she'll stitch. Finish at the top with
>Csllops, and crorhet on two handles.
The bottom j. generally finished with
fringe. Palmer ones may be made by
continuing the long stitch until the top
is reached, and emhroidering the mono.
gram in the centre with worsted or ma
creme of some contrasting shade. EcIu
$ the best color for these bags, as 1t
washes well.