The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-25
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

gold sateen.
A beautiful quilt for present to a baby may
be made of nuns yelling lined with white sateen,
with rosebuds embroidered on the turned over
corners.
Portieres made of leather braided in long
strands which fall from thu top of the door to
the sill quite the rage by the devoted follow
ers of the Japanesque.
For mayonna:se salad dressing beat raw
egg a tablespoonful of mustard, half pint OF
olive oil; thin with vinegar and lemon juice
This dressing keeps well, and ia 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 vignette you can stick on the left:hand
corner OF letter.
To make pin-cushon cover with little work
get square of congress canvas. Draw threads
on the four sides. leaving space sufficiently
wide for neinch HEM Run in narrow rib
bous, hem it and edge with lace.
The London Caterer says apropos of beans,
that the priests of Egypt held it crime even to
look at beans-the very. sight of them unclean.
The Romans ate beans at funerals. with awe.
from the idea that the souls of the dead were in
them.
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 edge around, and finish
with a scallop Use sharp crochet hook, and
you can push the needle through the toweing.
Toilet sets for wash-stand can be made in the
same way.
Mead is easily made by this recipes Pour two
quarts of boiling water upon -four pounds and a
half of sugar; add one pint of molasses and four
ounces of tartaric acid. Boil all together for a
few minutes, and. when cool, add one ounce of
essence of sassafras. Bottle, cork tightly and
keep in a cool place. Take one-third of glass
of the mead; fill the glass nearly full with water;
add quarter of a t>aspoonful of carbonate of
soda; stir and drink " sIile it effervesces.
To make the old fashioned but always tooth
some, pudding Brown Betty" cut into thin
slices several large apples have ready buttered
pudding dish; put into this layer of grated
bread crumbs; then layer of sliced apples; over
these sprinkle sugar, and SO on alternately
bread, apples, sugar. until the pudding dish is
full, letting the top be of bread crumbs; on this
place three large Jumps of butter. Put In oven
and bake brown. Serve hot with butter and SUI
gar sauce.
In selecting materials for curtains, toilet sets
and tides, or Grapes, in room that is to be con-
stantly used, buy fabrics that will wash and re-
tain their color and beauty; better pay more
money In he 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 scrm or dotted muslin,
edged with antique or torchon lace. or without
it, will make the prettiest and most durable bed
room curtains.
A delightful temperance drink, and a great
improvement on Russian tea, is made With one
pint OF cold, green tea, one quart of ice-vater,
half pound of loaf sugar. the juice of six
lemons and q 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 sliced pine
apple covered with the sugar and bits Of ice, and
RI ND hnV,p hnfn OBJ fha0 fhor
ingredients. Ornament each glass by the addi-
ton of two or three berries of any kind, or
spray of currants.
Common striped bed ticking, not too thick, is
material used for sofa pillows in every day 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 dur
able; or work stripes equal distances apart with
any of the stitches used for crazy work, and
fasten a row of black velvet between each stripe.
pillow of this material 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 handsome bow.
For mashed potato salad boil and mash one
quart of potatoes. Make a dressing of two
ounces of fresh butter. one teacnp of cream, two
tablespoonful each of mustard and sugar. Sea-
SON with salt and pepper Rub the yolks of two
hard led eggs to a powder, and add vinegar
to moisten. Chop the whites of the eggs very
fine and mix in. Put layer Of the mashed po
tatoes in salad bowl. with spoonful of dress
ing dropped over it in spots, then another layer,
then the dressing. until the bowl is filed. Put
the dressing on top. Garnish with parsley and
sliced lemon.
very superior ginger ale is made with FIVE
pounds OF white sugar, half pint of lemon
juice, quarter OF pound of honey, five ounces
of bruised ginger and four and half gallons of
water. Boil the ginger for half an hour in three
quarts of the 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 teaspoonfui of essence of lemon.
Let it stand four days and bottle. The honey
gives it peculiar softness, and from not being
fermented with yeast. it is less violent in it's ac-
ton when opened. It will be fit for use in a
week. and viii keep for months.
The quite common fashion Of decorating nur-
sery walls with interesting and instructive pict
ures and story book dados has dropped little,
1t seems, in that picturesque crawling rugs"
are the latest kindergarten invention. The idea,
an English one, is to cut out animals figures
etc, in real skin. swans down or colored flannel
and to sew them on gay foundation, thus max
ing floor pictures of the protective rug babies
and young children are accustomed to crawl
upon. Specimen rugs are arr nged in farm
yard scenes, pictures of domestic animals or
geological garden scenes In, one, the center of
the rug is occupied with the design of a
girl feeding poultry. She stands in the mid
geese and chickens. The number of these birds
is great, but each be distinctly recognized for
what it is intended for, although they are only
cut out in plain white material. The border of
the rug is composed of farmyard animals, such
as cows, horses, pigs and donkeys, interspersed
with mon carrying spades, wheeling barrows,
ETC., and women with milking pals The foun-
dalton of this rug is of red flannel sewn on to
strong canvas that is two yards square, and ex-
tends four inches beyond,the colored flannel. and
forms border by it's ends being fringed out
The number of figures used is twenty-five,
twenty four being employed for the border, and
one for the center group. The figures are but
tonholed to the foundation with wide apart but
tonholes worked in white Furnishing threads
The rug washes well, and the swans down is i'm
proved by its being combed out with comb
Broken Match.
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