The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-02-26
HANDY HINTS.
Many Useful suggestions for tho
Household.


A handsome sofa- pillow cover Is made OF
crimson satin, with large half.cirsle of
| embroidery in llgAter saaie,t crimson
upon the upper SGt.
a lamhrequin that is both pretty and
| scryiceall4 FOR the s!tt!n2-room Is made of
| dark seine twinc, II should be one quarter
| of yard deep before the fringe is put in, and
that may lac Of any depth to please the
| fanny. One made OF dark green, with o
cardinal satin ribbon, is very handsome.
pleasant entertainment for few
friends is called quotation party"
When the invitations are given the request
accompanies item that the recipient will
come II the party with three quotations
memCritcu. When these quotations are
given, tie name Of the author is to be given
by any one OF the company who can do So
the one who first giesSes or gives the
name receives favor, usually flower. il
this is not pra( tic ihic n hit of narrow,
bright ribbon tha; can lie tied In the but
ton hole, Is substituted.
Win low PLANTS should have plenty of
blossoms n the proper time. but in order
to bic SOIL they must be beautifully sup
piled with roots. IN lifting plants it is
often the prGct c" to rc,iuec the ball of
earth Ii ted with the plaat by crunbling
the soil arouHd the DIES. This destroys
the ro2tE to sIcd an extent that the feed
ing portion Of them is completely mutilat-
ed, ami, as Il consequence, fresh roOtlets
bave to start Oh t al over the leading roots
before any food can be supplied to support
tha evap ration rapidly going on from the
!eaTeS NNd Stems, especially in very sue
9ulent kinds
A very pretty vsse-mat border can be
made from the rawlings Of Brussels
carpet. Cut a foundation piece of the size
and shape desired from crinoline Allow
for border all around two inches wide,
and cover the centre with a piece Of
bright-colored flannel, cloth or velvet
Cut the Rawlings into pieces four inches
long and arrange in bundles of
four or five threads each. Use
earning cotton, and punching holes close
together in the foundation border; fasten
on these bundles by drawing the centers
through the holes and holding them in
place with the darning cotton. Or, the
ravelings can be sewed on in any manner
most handy to form Il full moss border.
The mixture of colors is very effective.
Boys are sometimes helped to from habits
of order AMI Of good behavior by being
allowed to wear some article of dress which
they admire and really wish to wear, and
for which they must take thought. For
example, boy who had leanings toward
puglism was presented with a pair of
sleeve buttons for which he had longed;
they We're made OF cel!ulcid, and represent
G skull and cross-tones. SO great washis
fear that cross-bOne might be broken off
and lost, that his walks to and from school
were characterized by remarkable self
control. Another boy is allowed occasiona-
ly to were a watch that WIS presented to
him by his grand-fathe and which has,
as he says, "a plate glass 'front.'" and SO
must be carefully guarded. or course
after a time the novelty wears off, but
every time that child behaves properly
instead of improperly tendency tn the
right direction IL developed. -
A musical and literary society, which has
been popular and successful for two win
tiers PAST and is still alive, adopted this
method of determining who should take
part in the programme Of the next meet
ing: In the first place it is perfectly well
that each member of the So
ciety will take part; then the names are
put into hat and are well shaken: then
the president, who is blindfoldetl, selects
the names, one at a time She hands them
to the secretary, who reads them at once.
Usually it is customary to assign to each
one part which it is well known he or she
can take with ease, but sometimes, for fun,
and to vary The proceedings, u programme
is made out, and then the subjects or parts
are designated on separate bits of paper,
they are put into hat and each one who
has already had her name drawn from the
hat, draws a slip OF paper, and is obliged 10
accept us inevitable the part assigned.
Tides for the common sitting-room
should be of inexpensive material, and of
D kind that may be laundricd A pretty
tidy that answers these requirements is
made of white crash; the ends are fringed
out to the depth of four or possibly five
inches, the edge is overcast to prevent fur
her fringing; two inches above the b gin.
ming Of the f.inge threads are drawn out
;rosswise, and ribbon is run ia; this is
put in SO that the drawn th, reads appear |
n the form of squares the effect is cry
pretty. This tidy is long enough 20 that |
I can he gath arcd in the center; it may be |
led with a ribbon, or may be simply fas-
ened blmdly with white thread. An. |
,ther tidy of this description is crocheted |
,f seine Irvine aid h.;S two sIp,ces left for |
narrow ribbons to be run in. In place Of |
'i1bon strips Of siiesia doubled may be |
lsad. The bottom is finished with fringe, |
Pieces for the arms of the chair may be |
made to match, but in these only one space |
or ribbon should he left, and no fringe !