The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-24
ALL AROUND the HOUSE.
Novelties i'm Wall Decoration Canning
Strawberries Hints

Many amateur artists are painting their
rooms from ceiling 70 wainscot. All tn not
aspire Ia the ceiling itself, but commence
with the fri,ze running at the top OF the
ROOM ana continue with the datlo. pais. = of
doors, shutters design over the door. and up
the side Of q mirror One design for 4 tadO
Is effective and that consists of 4 roughly
painted brown treIlis rising three feet ar =,
from the ground. with flowers and creencrS OF
all kinds. showing. high above, bird, and
butterflies lowering near. Another mas a
large branch IF hawthorn. cherry blossom
and fruit, etc, springing up from the wainScot
on one side al the room.
Plain papers are made to exactly resemble
certain goods the grain and color of the ma
terial forming the hangings being exactly
copied in the paper They are not expensive,
except those Initiating plain or cisele velvet.
FlOwertd papers are exceedingly handsome.
and when room Is large and the walls are
not pientifuliy supplied with pictures and
other ornaments. they are useful 10 relieve
the general harness OF aspect which viii be
inevitably the ease with plain paper I'm
vestibules and staircases where plain rough
paper with handsome dado and frieze are no.
employed, handsome raised papers are sub
stituted, covered with heraldic emblemS an
imalS. or otherwise; the tints oil the back
grounds are subdued. OfmediaevaI cOl0ringst
For dinins-rooms leather papers, touched up
with metal, are the most fashionable. Rich
Powered papers, initiating The latest Lyons
silks, are reserved for drawing-rooms They
are superbly colored, and form very effective
.panelings in a room which is all painted
white and gold. Some pretty papers are
made expressly for boudoirs, Initiating old
tapestry. These are inexpensive, but i'm eX-
cellent taste For ladies bedrooms there are
moire papers of delicate tints 10 represent
silks Serge and lampas papers used for
the same purpose. also cretonne papers COW
cred with flowers Gentlemen's dressing
L.
furniture and decoration, are frequently pa
pered initiating tiles. vanished over like the
old-fashioned marble papers that were used
upon staircase
The frieZe isby many at the present day con-
sidered an essential division of the wall and
should always be employed where the room
is of good height The designs of this frieze
should not be too prominent nor formal;
some of the best that we have seen have been
of paper not expressly intended for that
use covered well over with flowers not too
large The object of the frieze is To make
colored band or father a tinted band under
the conice, and To simply modify the height
of the wall The latter would be defeated
rather than assisted by formal pattern with
large and brilliant figures for such a frieZe
would dull the ceiling, figuratively speak
ing over our eyes and beside would kill the
effect of the main portion OF the wall.
writer in HaTpers Bazaar recommends
cess in
CANNING STRAWBERRIES.
Three or four hours before they are to be
canned. or. if the weather is cool, the night
before remove the hulls from freshly picked
berries As the berries are hulled, place
them in earthen dishes, adding sugar as ii
preparing them for immediate use on the
table BE careful To add the sugar 50 that il
will be mixed through the berries without
having to stir them. Set the dishes away in
a cool place When ready to bottle them,
pour of the juice which the sugar shall have
extracted from the berries; place it i'm a ket-
tie adding little water in the proportion of
one small cupful 10 four quarts OF juice; this
will be about the quantity that will evaporate
from the juice while boiling. As soon the
Juice j. boiling put i'm enough berries To fill
one bottle. Stir them down very gently; let
them stay i'm about two minutes, then lift
out with strainer 80 as to take no Juice
with them: fill the bottle twO-thirds full and
place il in pan of hot water to keep warm.
Proceed in the same way until all the berries
have been used, taking only enough for one
bottle at time Then fill each bottle up
with the boiling juice and seal quickly. Put
up in this way, strawberries keep their color
and taste.
Do not throw away the tops of mOusque-
taire gloves, but use them for decorative pur-
poses, painting them with any fancifn de
sign. They will be serviceabe for covering
sachets, boxes and other articles.
Benzine answeres admirably for thinning
gold paint.
The necessity of having children taught 10
swim can not be too strongly impressed up
OH the minds of mothers. There is sure to be
time when the knowledge will be of import
ant service. 4 child may begin at six years
of age. The motions are very easily taught.
A swimming school is, of course, the most
convenient place in which TO learn. If, how
ever the child is taught in still water with a
rope fastened about his waist and secured TO
post or some object on terra firma, there is
no danger even in deep water A life preser !
er gives feeling of security to the timid be-
ginner. There are few German children who
cannot swim. Prussian soldiers have To learn
swimming a. part of their military training
4 very good tea cake l. made by beating TO
cream half a cup OF butter and two cups of
sugar. with one cup of milk and a teaspoon
ful of soda dissolved in it, Beat well to"cth-
er. then add one cup 6f -four with Two tea
spoonsfu of cream tartar rubbed in il and the
well-beaten yolks of three eggs. Beat the
whites separately until stiff; add them and
two more cups of flour To the other ingrcii-
ents: beat we'll butter two tins, pour in the
cake and bake twenty minutes cali an
hour. Carcfulncss i'll baking is important.
Premature Burials.
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