The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
USEFUL INFORMATION.

A BEAUTIFUL quilt for present to .
baby may be made of INNS We ling
lined with white sateen, with rosebuds
embroidered on the turned-over cor
ners.
PoRTIEREs made Of leather braided
in long strands which fall from the top
of the door to the sill are quite the
rage by the devoted followers Of the
Japanesque.
For q mayonaise salad dressing beat
raw egg, a tablespoonful Of mustard,
half pint OF olive-oil, tn with water
and lemon-iuice. This dressing keeps
well, and is suited to all salads.
NORWICH Bulletin: A little shred
from the panicle of almost any one Of
our grasses in bloom, pressed nicely,
makes about the neatest summer vign-
cite you can stick on the left-hand cor
ner of letter.
To MAKE a pin-cushion cover with
little work, get square of congress
canvas. Draw threads on the four
sides, leaving space sufficiently wide
for one-inch hem. Run in narrow
ribbons, hem 1t and edge with lace.
HANDSOME and durable covers for
dressing bureaus can be made of plaid
or plain Turkish toweling. Cut the
covers the size of the bureau, and hem.
Crochet fu edge around, and finish
with scallop. Use sharp crochet
hook, and you can push the needle
through the toweling Toilet sets for
wash stand can be made in the same
way.
MEAD is easily made by this recipe:
Pour two quarts of boiling water upon
four pounds and o half of sugar; add
one pint of molasses and four ounces
of tartaric a i'd Boil all together for
a few minutes, and, when cool, add one
ounce of essence of sassafras. Bottle,
cork tightly, and keep il cool place.
Take one-third of a glass of the mead;
fill the glass nearly full with water;
add quarter OF teaspoonful of car
Donate of soda; stir and drink while it
effervesces.
In selecting materials for curtains,
toilet sets and tides, or drapes, in q
room that is to be constantly used, buy
fabrics that will wash and retain their
color and beauty; better pay moro
money in the beginning than have them
ready for the ragman as soon as soiled.
Consider, also, whether or not they
will harmonic with the other colors
and appointments of the room. A
good quality of linen scrim or dotted
muslin, edged with antique or torchon
lace, or without it, will make the pref
test and most durable bedroom cur
tains.
A DELIGHTFUL temperance drink and
great improvement on Russian tea, is
made with one pint of cold, green tea.
| one quart of ice-water, half pound Of
loaf sugar, the jui,e of six lemons, and
half pint of any kind of fruit juice.
The sugar should be grated over the
lemon rinds. This temperance punch
is further improved by the addition of
half a sliced pineapple covered with
the sugar and bits of ice, and allowed
to stand an hour before adding the
other ingredients. Ornament each
| glass by the addition OF two or three
berries of any kind, or a spray of cur
rants.
COMMON striped bed-ticking, not too
thick, is material used for sofa pillows
in everyday use, worked with colored
crewels, silks and zephyrs. Work the
white stripes in open cat-stitch, and
the effect will be ornamental and the
work durable; or work stripes equal
distance apart with any of the stitches
used for crazy work. and fassen a row
of blach velvet between each stripe. A
pillow of this mater al may be made up
like a meal-bag in shape square at one
end and tied at the other, and the frill
thus formed must be lined with bright
satin. Tie with a satin ribbon in a
handsome bow.
A VERY superior ginger ale is made
with five pounds of white sugar, half
pint of lemon Juice, q quarter of
pound of honey, five ounces of bruised
gi ger, and four and half gallons of
water. Boil the ginger in three quarts
of water; add the sugar, lemon juice,
honey, and the rest of the water, and
strain through a cloth. When cold,
add the white Of an egg and a teaspoon
full of essence of lemon. Let it stand
four days and bottle. The honey gives
it peculiar softness, and from not be-
ing fermented with yeast, it is less vio-
lent in its action when opened. 1t will
be fit for use in week, and will keep
for months.