The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21

oil to make the paint flow easily from the brush
Any man can paint kitchen floor and save the
women work by doing so.
Little bags for holding the handkerchief or
purse are made of crecheted silk. strung with
pearl beads. They are carried with spring cos
tunes, which lack pockets.
A towel of monte linen, embroidered in yel-
low silk, with large peacock in one corner and
smaller design running across the other end,
would make the prestiest of tea-aprons
Straw mating should be washed with warm
salt and water wiring out soft cloth in it and
apply quickly, not wetting the mating much.
only enough to take out the dust and stains
Lemon juice and salt will remove ordinary
iron rust If the hands are stained, there Is
nothing that will remove the stains we'll as
lemon. Cut lemon IN half, and apply the cut
surface as if it we're soap.
Clean cane chairs by saturating the cane we'll
with a sponge and hot water using soap If neces
sary, then put it in the open air, or in good cur
rent of air, and as it dries it will tighten and be-
come as firm as when new
The old-fashioned 'log-cab;n" quilts are again
the fashion. Made with gay scraps of plush
and velvet, they have only faint resemblance to
the cloth and flannel coverlids, in making which
our grandmothers economically used up their
Scraps"
A dainty round cushion is made of white linen.
The cover is of fine cambria edged with delicate
torchon lace. with tiny sprays of duets en-
cushion by running it with strings of narrow
blue ribbon, masses of loops of the ribbon finish
ing the cushion on two sides.
useful summer dress has full skirt of ecru
pongee, bordered with two bands of garnet vel
vet An embroidered apron front is peated in
at the waist high the left side, draped little
way down the skirt seam on the right side, and
fastened with fots of garnet velvet ribbon. The
Jacket bodice) has reveTs collar and cuffs OF gar
net velvet.
A toilet set proper consists simply of three
pieces. the pin-cushion, a mat of any desired
size, and bag for receiving soiled collars and
cuffs, but the term is now generally extended so
as to i clude decorated spasher, mat and towel
for the washstand, a tidy scarf for the prob
able bedroom easy.char, and where the set Is a
handsome one, a mirror scarf ALSO
Roman aprons are easily made of any hand
some towel by simply folding over one end
above the other at any length desired, and rum
ming ribbon under the fold to tie around the
waist, with the bow at one side. rich, deeply
fringed towel. with handsome work which war
rants its promotion from the towel-rack to my
laGys waist, will hang more gracefully than any
deliberately planned and carefully executed
apron.
Household Words has this to say about table
napkins: The law of the napkin is but vaguely
understood. One of our esteemed metropolitan
contemporaries informs an eager inquirer that it
is bad form to fold napkin after ainner that
the proper thing is to throw it with negligent
disregard the table beside the plate as to
fold it would be reflection on the host and
imply a familiarity that would rot benefit an
invited guest But the thoughtful reader will
agree with that this studied disorder is likely
to be good deal more trying to fastidiou6
hostess than an unstudied replacing of the nap
kin in good order beside the visitors plate. The
proper thing is to fold the fabric with unosten-
tatious and lay it on the left side of the
plate, far from the liquids lqueurs and coffee.
and thus testify to the hostess that her care in
preparing the table has been appreciated.