Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-11-26
DOMESTIC HINTS

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artistic designs.
White egg shell porcelain is again
used as favor.te table service.
Sash curtains of China silk edged
with lace make dressy finish to a
dainty chamber.
Yellow is still the fashionable color
for embro deries on toilet covers, pin
cushions and the like.
Among the new fancy work none
Is prett err than the drawn work on
linen bed spreads and shams.
Large Turkish cush ons covered
with brilliant silks make esrhetic
lounging seats for lady's boudoir.
Work tables, such as were owned
and used by our colonial grandames,
are being copied in new mahogany.
BY piping fish for an instant in
boiling water much Of the difficulty
in removing the scales will be ove.-
come.
A mixture of two parts glycerine,
one part ammonia and Little rose
water will whiten and soften the
hands.
A little lInseed oil brushed over
faded green blinds will, if they are
not too far gone, make them look al.
most as good as new.
Flower pot stains may be removed
from window stills by rubbing with
fine wood ashes and then rinsing oil
with clean warm water.
1t is said by some housekeepers that
the addition of a little vinegar TO the
water in which tough meat 5 boiled
will have the effect of rendering it
tender
Bedroom curtains for the winter
are made very full and heavy, with
out being Topped back. Crimson cot
ton plush is pretty and warm, besides
economical.
1t is said that pinch of fine-cut
smoking tobacco moistened and APP
piled to n bee sting will give relief in
five or ten minutes. The poison of u
bee sting is acid, and alkali is nee
essary to neutralize it,
The last formulated idea in crazes
is an international cooking match.
This is TO take place in the Aquarium
IN Westminster in December next.
1t means the production of the favorlte
dishes of each nation.
Engravings are now framed with a
combination of bronze and guilt.
which is said to be new, and certainly
pleasing. Apropos of engravings,
their cheapness nowadays is II sub
iect of remark and no hallway should
be without them.
A great convenience in the bath
room or above the washstaDd is n
splashcr made of enamel cloth, with
two or three pockets; the edges
should be bound with scarlet braid.
The pockets are useful for holding.
brushes, sponges, etc.
An experienced florist states that a
sure sign TO indicate whether plants
in pots require wctting is to rap on
the side of the pot, near the middle,
with the finger knuckle; if it gives a
hollow sound water is needed, but if
the sound is dull, there is moisture
enough to sustain the plant.
For ivy and dogwood poisoning
boil wood ashes enough to make u
strong lyc; wash the poisoned parts
with this and let it remain few min
utes, then wash off in soft, lukewarm
water, and when dry anoint with
grease, Two or three applications of
this will generally effect cure.
Professor Tyndall has proved that
atmospheric germs can not pass
through layer of cotton, and It is
now said that preserved irut may be
kept IN perfect condition by covering
the jars with cotton batting. Putre.
faction is caused by minute atmos.
pheric germs. These are expelled by
cooking. and the cotton b lttinS pre-
vents their return when the fruit
cools.
Quite an acquisition is being made
to art in the later and more elaborate
productions OF rattan furniture. The
material Itself encourages freedom of
design, some of the results of which
are suggestive for cabinet work. Ad-
hitting of being colored, and comb n
ing delicate detail with great strength.
it presents many of the effects of wood
cary ng. Rattan couches and chairs
are now upholstered with textiles.
Very nice almond cakes for coffee or
afternoon tea are made by this recipe:
Half pound OF butter, half pound
OF sifted flour. half pound of
blanched almonds, Leaten fine in a
IN Irtar or grated; two eggs and the
grated rind OF half q lemon. Beat
the butter to q cream and mix it to q
paste with the other lngred ents. say.
ing half the sugar and grated almonds
to spr nkle over the cakes. When the
paste is made roll it out nearly half.
A good cleaning mixture may be
made with two ounces bar soap, finely
shaved, aud two teaspoonfuls of pow
dered saltpetre. Put these ingred ents
into large, open mouthed bottle,
and add one and ahalf pints of warm
water. 1t will be ready for use in
two or three days. 1t is well adapted
for wash NO delicate cOlored articles
ing the head. Mixed with water and
sprayed upon plants, it will kill any
insects injecting them, and also act as
a fertilizer.
There was once liking formottled
rag carpets, because they were the re-
spectacle offspring of industry and
economy, pair of progenitors seldom
seen in this generation. At present
rag carpets and rugs are the charm of
studios. and happy is the master of
the brush and palette who is pos
sessed of a suificiency of these soft,
neutral hued floor coverings. Rag
rugs. woven in the same irregular
m, xture of colors as of old, are also
among the choice possessions of la
dies of exacting tastes. Cut and sew
together the pieces OF inch-wide strips
left from nannels and cashmeres, W tn
gay scraps OF silk and old bits of rum
pied ribbon. Intermingle these ir-
ron MIA rlu On TINT whan ihav ara wo.