The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-11

gether by overcasting. The upper edge is bound
with a narrower ribbon of the same color, while
the lower ends are pointed, and each point I'm
ished alternately with a tiny coin or crescent. A
deep lace ruf1e falls below and completes the
shade.
Sailed peanuts, besides being cheaper, make o
good variety on the .'salted Almonds" so popu-
lar as an appetizer at the table and at dessert
Shell them, remove the skins, put them into a
dripping pan. with just enough butter to make
them glossy, and then brown them In q hot oven,
shaking the pan frequently to make them brown
evenly. When the nuts are brown sprinkle
them with salt. Sailed almonds are prepared in
the same way, except that their skins do not rub
on so easily, but must be blanched by pouring
scalding water over them.
Never throw away the bottoms Of Japanese
lacouered trays when the rims warp and drop
off, as they have an unpleasant fashion of doing
in cur furnace heated homes. The fiat bottom,
whether black or gayly colored, round, oval or
oblong. will work in with admirable effect for
purposes OF household decoration. Placed at the
back of a cabinet or set of shelves, the unfinished
edges concealed by a piece Of drapery or some
other clever device, they make capital back
grounds for bits of china or bric-a-brac. and give
an oriental touch quite out of proportion to their
originally humble Office.
Among the new styles of bags intended for
sewing materials, one Of the daintiest and most
convenient consists of three small satin bags of
different colors. all run on the same draw
Jugs Ouo AAsti6 DdE may D0 OI udrk DLuos du-
other OF brilliant orange, and the third of deep
cardinal red, while they can be used respectively
as receptacles for black, white and mixed but
tons and silks. Another bag, of rather larger
size, is made of bright silk, and bears on the
outside in outline stitch the words t.Shoe ma
terials. It's contents are shoe-buttons, shoe
thread, large needles. wax, ETC., all the essen
tails for fastening on ~shoe-buttons. The task is
such an oft-recurring one and SO disagreeable to
most people that it is a boon to have its per-
Torrance lightened by any means.
The wonderful bag of the mother in the
Swiss Family Robinson is in danger Of being
rlvaled, If not eclipsed by a new device, labeled
ceptables in quaint shapes, profusely adorned
but a much simpler and more eommon-sense ar
ticle may be manufactured at home. A peach
basket in good condition, or, better still, q large
cheap sDlint basket without a top but furnished
with a stout handle, may be lined with Turkey
red, and the outside painted, gilded or covered
as inclination may dictate. Pockets Of different
sizes must then be fastened around the inside, a
cord elastic being run in the hem Of each, if de
sired, to prevent any danger of an overflow of
their contents. Into these may be tucked bits
OF trimming of one kind and another, odds and
ends OF ribbon, rolls of tape, sticks Of braids,
cards OF hooks and eyes, etc, while the middle
compartment is reserved for bundles of dress
goods or patterns. A cover of Turkey red that
draws up In the middle by a string long enough
to admit of its folding completely back when the
basket is in use should protect the treasures it
contains from dust Any decoration In the way
Of embroidery or knots of ribbon can be added
at pleasure.