The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-26

mas daisies and the bright yellow dandelions
will adorn the remaining end the raveled monte
forms fringe with deep knotted heading;
lunches of lavender yellow and olive silk tied in
with the Rawlings brighten the fringe
A pretty wall pocket is made of large palm
leaf or Japanese FAM covered smoothly with silk,
serge or pretty satteen or cretonne. The pocket
part is made large enough to allow of being gath
cred or box plated and to have heading above
and below. 1t is then fastened securely to the
fan and edged with fluffy balls of silk The fan
is suspended by silk cord fastened securely to
the point where the handle joins the fan and
either end is finished with ball of silk like those
about the edge.
Dried bananas are among the latest novelties
They are said to be an entirely new food prod
duct, and certainly delicious. The rind of
the ri be fruit is removed and it is dried without
sugar, forming dark colored, firm preserve of
slightly softer consistency than citron, and hav
ing the flavor of ripe banana. The fruit re-
| tains about onethird of its original size, and
may be either eaten from the hand, stewed or
cooked IN cake or pastry. Banana fritters from
them are superior to the natural fruit, which
comes to this market green and is ripened III hot
rooms.
carriage robe which deserves mention is
made OF wide white linen, divided into squares
by lines of blue. Upon each square is embrod-
cred with blue wool large daisy with petals
worked in the long daisy-stitch used for these
flowers, and center made by working brown
ish yellow disc The edge of the robe is bound
with braid, and, if care is used in selecting braid
| and woods, the articles can be washed whenever
it is necessary. The same material can be
found with red lines, and if used in this way the
daisies, asters as they might be called in this
case should be of red to match.
In fainting the heart ceases to contract for
instant and no blood reaches the BRAIN so the
person becomes unconscious. There is but n
step between this and DEATH and yet people in
good health almost always recover from a swoon.
Lay the sufferer instantly the back with the
head low; open the window to let in rush of
fresh air; loosen all clothing about the body.
This will generally be effectual; if not, dash
cold water in the face slap the region of the
chest over the heart, apply ammonia to the
nose, or the ld-fashioned remedy of burnt
feather. and put the fOrefnger into the mouth
and depress the back of the tongue to stimulate
the opening into the windplpe. The sufferer
should be kept quiet for some time afterward.
To make curr ant jelly free the fruit from all
stalks and leaves, and add to them one fourth
their weight of red raspberries. Mash them all
so as to crush every berry. This operation will
be greatly facilitated by making the fruit scald
ing hot. Now, pour the pulp into a flannel
jelly-bag to filter, placing earthen or wooden
vessel underneath to catch the juice it trckies
through. Boil the juice in bright copper pre-
serving pan adding pound of white sugar to
each pint of juice remove the scum as it forms
on the surface A very few minutes will suffice
to boil this to a jelly which may be ascertained
by placing a little on cold saucer in cold water
or on ice. If 1t cOngealS in a moment it is d0ne
but if it remains quite fluid the boiling should
be continued. The all-prevailing mistake made
by our housewives in making currant Jelly, is
that they boil it too much.