The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-11
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

softness of the blankets and the brightness OF
the colored stripes.
A carriage rug for the baby is Of alternate
strips of red and white in Afghan stitch Dor
dered with red and finished with krotted red
fringe. In each of the white strips is q trailing
design of lilies worked in red in cross-stitch.
Oil-cloth may be improved in appearance by
rubbing it with mixture of a half-ounce of
beeswax in a saucerful of turpentine. Set this
In a warm place until they can be thoroughly
mixed. Apply with flannel CLOTH and then rub
with dry flannel.
These directions for sketching on linen are
good: All starch or glaze should be washed out.
Outline the design, using carbon or transfer
paper and hard, fine ivory point Then out
line with a pen dipped in indelible ink, which
.csy be of various colors. Expose the design to
the sun.
Washable crib-covers commend themselves to
young housewives; these are decorated with
FRAMEWORK, crochet insertions and laces and are
laid over colored Innings LINN scrym makes
very pretty spreads over colored surah silk, the
decoration of some being punches of tiny pop
pies embroidered in crewels and bows of poppy
satin ribbon
Japanese bamboo hats are formed into many
ornamental baskets for the wall ard tripod, also
for easel-mounting. first being rendered pliable
by immersion IN hot water. BronZed or painted
In OIL or left in their own soft sage green color
ing, they are made doubly attractive by Innings
VI liVeIy, SatluS, Tie unlSH Delng large
triple bows of satin ribbon, in which sometimes
are fastened punches of fruit or flowers.
Try this potato salad: Boil the potatoes with
the skins till they are just done, not till they
fall to pieces. Peel off the skins while hot. and
slice the potatoes thin For every quart of
sliced potato allow one tablespoonful of oil or
melted butter and two of vinegar, salt and pep
per to TASTE small onion chopped very fine.
and good -sized apple chopped fine. Mix to-
gether carefully, so as not to break the slices OF
potato.
Sachets are now frequently made in long
roll covered with satin, frnged, and tied at both
ends. just above the fringe, with narrow ribbon.
Bits of embroidery find place in the center.
Large sachet bags are made of pongee silk, or
even madras, with full lace about the top, and
are tied to the upper corner of a chair If they
have cluster of violets, wild rose or any flower
embroidered on the side, the sachet powder
should be the same.
Art and Decoration: Quite demand has set
in for narrow beds In couples, to displace mar
row beds, marital customers for these having
adopted the French fashion of sleeping sep
arately. The change in width to three feet from
five feet and four feet six inches in width has
necessitated the bringing out of new patterns, in
which leading feature is the abandonment of
panels and the adoption of scroll-work; also the
free use of nickel in combination with brass.
A happily conceived idea for table scarf is
black surah silk, with each end embroidered
with fanciful design in gold and silver kismet
cord; the edges finished with fringe of narrow
ribbon about one inch in width and varying in
color. There should be three tiers of ribbons,
as it were, each overlapping the other-for in
stance, let the first row be seven inches in
length, the next five, and the last row three
inches fasten the ends of the ribbon in a point,
and upon 1t sew crescents, sequirs, ETC.
This chocolate pudding is recommended: Half
a cake OF chocolate. broken In one quart of milk
and put on the range until it reaches boiling
point remove the mixture from the fire, strain,
and then return to the range; add four table
spoonfuls of corn.starch, mixed with the yolks
of three eggs and one cup and half of sugar.
stir constantly until thick; remove from the fire
and flavor with vanilla; pour the mixture in
baking dish; beat the whites of the three eggs to
a stiff froth, and add little sugar; cover the
top of the pudding with the meringue, and set in
the oven until aelight brown. Serve cold.
For raspberry vinegar take three pounds of
fruit one quart of good cidar vinegar, one pint
of juice, one pound of sugar In deep earthen
pan place the berries and vinegar, let them
stand for three days and wash them thoroughly
Ladle them out into pointed flannel bag; let it
drip as much as it will without shaking or press
ing. When it will no longer drip measure the
juice into preserving kettle. Do not stir, but
when boiling bard stir in rapidly the sugar until
dissolved Let the whole boil for three minutes,
remove from the fire, and when cool bottle it.
To pour it for drink, fill q wineglass third
with vinegar and fill it up with water; stir till
thoroughly mixed.
Ordinarily the summer bags" now so fash
ionable, are. filled with white batting though
there is no objection to swans down or feathers
In plain colors, yellow is largely in demand, as
1t possesses unusual qualities as chromatic
Combined with seal brown, dark blue, or green
it makes a charming bit of color for chair, and
is, besides, durable one Very dainty bags
may be fashioned by sewing two colored ribbons
together, but the process is tedious it is ex
penslve, and Is, as rule, confined to small bags
designed expressly for perfumery purposes In
the making. bags are ruf1ed at the top with
some kind of lace, usually cheap fabric, not
more than three inches wide, and run with silk
cord, by which it is attached to the chair. Fas-
tidious young ladies design bags OF eight inches
in diameter for their bed-posts. The colors are
supposedly the favorite ones of the delicate
creature, and the filing is as likely to be bran
as tissue paper favored with compound of
allspice, orris root cardamon- Seed sandal dust,
and arabic gums, the mixture of some friendly
druggist
The New York Analyst says of manicure meth
DDS: A little ammonia or borax in the water
you wash your hands with, and that water Just
lukewarm, will keep the skin clean and soft
A little oatmeal mixed with the water will whiten
the hands. Many people use glycerine on their
hands when they go to bed, wearing gloves to
keep the bedding clean; but glycerine makes
some skins harsh and red. These people should
rub their hands with dry oatmeal and wear
gloves in bed The best preparation for the
hands at night is white of egg, with "a grain of
alum dissolved in it. Roman toilet paste" is
merely white of egg, barley -four and honey
They say it was used by the Romans in olden
time. Anyway, it is first-rate thing; but it is
mean, sticky sort of stuff to use, and don't do
the work any better than oatmeal. The rough
est and hardest hands can be made soft and
white in a months time by doctoring them a
little at bedtime, and all the tools you need are
nailbrush, a bottle of ammonia, box of
powdered borax and a little fine, white sand to
rub the stains off, or cut of lemon. which will
do even better, for the acid of the lemon will
clean anything. Mancures use acids in the
shop but the lemon is quite as good and isn't
poisonous, while the acids are
The Battle of the Choir.
Half bar, half bar,
Half a bar onward!
Into awful ditch