The Indiana State sentinel., 1886-01-20
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.

Heavy, cumbersome furniture is not to
cabinet-makers have sense of discretion in
their designs, and are rapidly introducing
the lighter mode of Louis XIV time; the
fancy IN boudoir furniture is to have the
wall paper, draperies, portieres, and carpet
to correspond in color, while the chairs
lounges, and fauteuls are upholstered va
riously in plush of different but harmonizing
colors or brocades of several kinds; and
many fancy chairs of cane or bamboo, gilded
or painted and cushioned with plush or tap
estry finely fringed in Louis XIV. or XIV.
styles and all sorts of fancy brass and onyx
tables, stands, and etageres and low bamboo
5Qclock tea tables, japanese screens, teak
wood cabinets and book cases, small desks
ard numberless other beautiful objects that
mark the individuality of a woman of taste
and refinement.
Concerning the decorative craze a writer
in the Hartford Times sensibly remarks: The
rage for over-decorating household articles
continues. Women still take pleasure in ty-
ing up chair legs with ribbons, and dressing
whisk brooms with bows. The latest deco
rative folly is milking stool. Valuable
space is given in fashion magazines in tell
ing how to decorate them with plush, gilded
paint, field daisies, and to tie their three legs
with braided ropes of ribbons. Why not gild
and tie its tail with pink and olive ribbon?
1t would make charming pastoral picture
switching its be-ribboned tail among ''the
beautiful, beautiful daisies" There is so
much nowadays that is really handsome
and artistic in the way of fancy work and
decorative art, that there is no need of re-
sorting to much of the foolishess that falsely
goes under that name. Furniture is prettier
without ribbons, and the place for rolling
pins is in the kitchen pantry; they should
not be placed on a bureau, covered with
plush and hung with button-hooks All
such articles are meretricious in taste, and
small as they are, they exert wrong infiu-
ence in educating the mind to true ideas in
decorative art;
An excellent and inexpensive dessert is
made as follows: Peel, and with scoop take
out the cores of, as many as are required for
your party. Put them in baking dish with
a little lemon-peel, and syrup of sugar and
water. Cover baking sheet or plate, and let
the apples bake very slowly until done but
they must not be the least broken. Place
the apples on a dish, fill up the center of
each with boiled rice, and if you wish the
dish to look pretty at small expense, place
dried cherry on the top, or little preserve
of any kind will do. Put boiled rice also
around the apples, and pour over it the
syrup in which they were cooked.
In building new house a dressing room
should be regarded as one of the necessities,
even at a sacrifice of a portion of the space
desired for the parlor- 1t should be at least
eight by eight feet. we'll lighted and warmed;
should contain every necessity for the toilet
including the bath.
Empty spools are nice to hang towels and
clothing on. Drive nail through the hole
so the head will sink in the end of the spool.
No danger of rust in using them.
The legs of worn out stockings hemmed,
at top and bottom and with a rubber cord
run in make good sleeve protectors.
A slate with pencil attached on which to
jot down a note of supplies needed is great
convenience in the kitchen.
A set of long drawers of different depths
are better to keep nice dresses and cloaks in
than closets.