The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-23


Always hang up your broom and you will per-
the year
Pretty house aprons are Roman in effect and
embroidered with an edge in rich oriental colors
IN Roman designs
An old picture frame may be brought into
service by covering it with velveteen Of any rich
Shade: with mat of Madras drawn full over
pasteboard.
Avoid the cheap tricks of hotels and restau-
rants - the arrangement of napkins and table
utensils. Simplicity is never ridiculous, while
pretension usually is.
Very good effects may be produced by using
efewel for certain parts Of design and silk for
others, or by working it in crewels and only
touching up with silk.
A dainty apron is made of India silk; it has a
wide hem and IN one corner above the hem IS
embroidered bunch Of purple and White clover
blossoms wrought with filo-hoss
Slip covers for furniture of linen worked in
washing cottons or crewes are more in favor
than the striped coverings making also an
agreeable variety in the air of a house.
Lay piece of thick Canton flannel under your
tablecloth. Even coarse napery will look like
much better quality with a sub-cover than II
spread directly over the bare table top
Danish the heavy castor from the center of
the table and put there instead a vase of flowers.
If it be nothing more ambitious than-some bits of
sweet.
Mllew on roses is caused by sudden changes
IN the atmosphere, dampness and cool nights.
Powdered sulphur applied daily, when the dew
Is on the plant is the best remedy and pre-
ventive.
The flowers laid by guests plates at elegant
entertainments are usually in loose lunches
roses something of the kind. Ferns, balloon
plants and palms are used about fountains and
In aquaria
fine preparation to make the hair grow is
half an ounce of colocynth and half pint of
Jamaica rum; soak the first in the rum for
three days. strain, bottle, and apply to the hair
with sponge mop three times week.
Beautiful covers for silk sachets are made of
the finest silk muslin, with Vatican figures
painted on them. The color of the sachet must,
of course, be in harmony with the design on the
silk muslin.
Plants for the house should be purchased now,
as those taken from greenhouses at this time
will be far more easy to accustom to the dry air
of rooms than if they removed later in the
autumn after artificial heat has been applied.
The latest whim in decorating the corner of
room is of English origin 1t consists Of cover
ing double stap-ladder with plush, setting
china on the steps, mounting a plant in full
bloom on the top and draping one side of the
steps with silk. Set slantwise across the corner
of a room, this is said not to look very i'll.
Many ornaments may be made of pine wood
and then ebonzed by using a preparation made
as follows Pour four quarts of boiling water
over one ounce of powdered extract of lOgwood,
and when dissolved add one drachm of yellow
ehromate of potassium, stirring the mixture
we'll Apply several coats, according to the
depth of tint needed.
The whites of eggs, as used for meringues, or
frosting for the tops of pies and puddings will
not fall or sweat after baking it if thoroughly
beaten with silver fork wire egg heater a
platter, so that the dish may be inverted without
fear of the frosting Slipping off. Experience
has proved that, excellent as the Dover ard
similar egg heaters really are, they not
successful in merngues as the old-fashoned
method. Dip the knife in cold water to spread
A fancy which has been seized upon by French
ladies may be utilized by our countrywomen
who are def with the needle. Before RELOCATING
to the gag-bag old embroidered muslin or lace
curtains first cut away the delicate designs
flowers, whatever they may be, and use these as
models in applique work for tabe-scarfs, screens,
cushions, ETC. Nothing is easier than to en-
broider over the contour of the figures, either in
silk or WOOL a handsome raised" effect being
the result of the oyer-wOrk
This is what the Caterer calls flame pudding:
Take two ounces of good butter two ounces of
-four and two ounces or pulverized sugar. Beat
the butter to a cream and then stir in the -four
and sugar, adding the beaten yolks of five eggs
and also the whites, whisked to snow. Flavor
with grated lemon peel, and thicken with the
crumbs of stale sponge cake. Mix all we'll
together, and boil for one hour. When DONE
turn it out at once, pour small glass of brandy
over the pudding, set fire to it and serve
Immediately.
Garden vases are put to better than bak
ing the roots of poor geraniums in the sun by
bringing them indoors in halls, to be filled with
water, charcoal and aquatic plants or green
branches, which cool the air sensibly. The best
are broad tazzas of porous clay, through which
the water filters constantly. A vase and pedestal
of this sort set in zinc pan to hold the water is
only second to fountain for cooling room.
Such contrivances are admirable in sickness, for
most diseases in summer require nothing so
much as lower temperature for their care.
Pretty work for warm weather when creweis
are unpleasant handling, is making openwork of
fine enameled cloth, for box covers, portfolios.
splashers and screens. The design, which is
mosaic or trelliswork, is drawn in ink on the
enamel, which is tackled on a thick, smooth
board held on the knee and the figures are cut
cut with a sharp penknife After this silk,
satin velvet of different coors is laid under
the work and gummed or sewed on cambria
foundation, which is secured to the leather and
q thin silk lining completes the whole A rosette
or wheel may have the rays of contrasting color,
and geometrlc figures he inlaid in bright mosaic
with pretty effect The smallest scraps of silk
come in use for this. and it requires no great
practice to turn out very pleasing work
Spinach has direct effect upon complaints of
the kidneys, the common dandelion, used as
greens, is excellent for the same trouble, aspar-
agus purifes the blood, celery acts admirably
upon the nervous system and is for
rheumatism and neuralgia, tomatoes act upon
the liver, OeetS and turnpS are excellent aDpe-
t2iers, lettuce and cucumbers are cooling in
their effects upon the system. beans are a very
nutritious and strengthening Vegetable while
onions, garlic. leeks, chives and shalots, all of
which are similar, possess medical virtues of
marked character. stimulating the circulatory
system and the consequent increase of the
saliva and the gastric juice promoting digestion.
Red onions are an excellent diuretc and the
white ones are recommended eaten raw as a
remedy for insomnia They are tonic and nu-
tritious A soup made from onions is regarded
by the French as an excellent restorative in
debility Of the digestive organs
Among the most charming novelties in en-
hroidered articles are the new cushions for ham
g. abo,, Co.,