The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
Little Pick-ups.

| so easily.
'As life runs on, the road grows strange
With faces new; and near the end
| The mile stones into head stones change,
| Meath every one friend.
If you want your poached eggs to look
extra nice put muffin rings into the bot
| tom of the boiling water and drop the eggs
into them. A very nice way to cook eggs
| is to drop each into a small scalloped patty
pan, put into steamer over boiling water,
and steam till ''set." Serve on squares of
buttered toast
| The best way to purify room is to set a
pitcher of water in it, and in few hours
the water will have absorbed nearly all the
respired gases in the apartment, render
! ing the air purer but making the water
utterly unfit to drink. The colder the
water, the greater its capacity to contain
these gases ct the ordinary tempera-
ture a pail of water will absorb pint of
carbonic acid gas and several pints of
ammonia. The capacity is nearly doubled
by reducing the water to the temperature
of ice. Never drink water that has been
allowed to stand in a sleeping apartment.
Some women prefer rose or violet per-
fumc, and. copying Mrs. Potter, the alleged
actress who set the fashion, they make long
mats of thin silk or cotton, fitted TO the size
of a drawer or trunk tray, sprinkle them
"CAl w III otLlIlACb pOhNOlS OOfCI WIN oil
other piece of silk, and ''tuft'' it with en-
broidery silk. Sometimes these bags are
made of cheese cloth, which are less costly
and answer the purpose equally well. They
retain their perfume for a year or more,
and if kept in the bottom of a trunk or
drawer will perfume the entire contents
great saving, by the way, on the old
fashioned method Of keeping ones belong
ings perfumed with liquids.
Another philanthropic device is reported
from Chicago. Miss Jane Adams, wealthy
young lady who has recently returned
from several years residence abroad, has
rented a fine mansion in a fashionable quar-
ter. In it she will entertain not only her
personal friends, but to the same swell re-
ceptions will invite the Poles, Swedes,
Bohemians, Germans and other foreigners,
of whom she has picked up many of the
lowest class who are not renowned for
cleanliness, or any other Christian virtue.
She hopes to elevate them socially by CON
tact with another sort of people, treating
them herself, and expecting her friends to
treat them, with just as much courtesy as
any other guest receives.
Since Americans are so fond of importing
English ''fads," we may expect soon to see
every fashionable carriage supplied with a
tea caddy and an alcohol stove, and to
smell the aroma of Old Hyson along with
the fragrance of grass and flowers in parks
and country drives. England'S aged Queen
has inaugurated the custom Of slipping
cup of tea and eating waters while enjoy
ing her afternoon drive. The tea is stepped
over small alcohol lamp that is part of
the furniture of the royal carriage; and the
old lady calmly enjoys her refreshment re
CARELESS of the eyes of the multitude that
are bent upon her. By the way, it may do
to mention en- PEASANT, with all due defer
ence to her most gracious majesty, that,
both at home and abroad, she drinks her
tea out of her saucer in a way which in
this country would be considered decidedly
valgar.
Ladies of refinement are extremely
fastidiOus in the matter of perfumes. Hap
PLY for sensitive noses. the days of musk.
cologne and liquid scents generally have
gone out of use, after the pOmades and
strong smelling soaps that used to delight
the vulgar. Since fashion now demands
that handl1erchiefs shall be delicately
scented with perfumed powder only, the
handkerchief case has come TO be a neces-
sity Of these, the newest kind is
chrocheted with knitting silk in a loose
diamond chain-stitch, fashioned over satin
of the same shade. The satin is cut into
book form and lined with thin silk of CON
trasting shade, and the edge finished with
lace. There is fad nova days for having
all linen perfumed slightly with lavender,
as our grandmOthers did. The sweet stuff
is put into bags of cambria or silk, and
placed between the sheets and table cloths.
as well az in the drawers where under
wear is kept.
The following epitlph, which is nearly
one hundred years old, will be appreciated
by many weary housekeepers:
Here rests poor woman
Who always was tired,
For she lived in house
Where help was not hired.
Her last words were: Friends.
Fare We well; l am going
To place where there's nothing
OF washing and sewing.
Then weep not, my friends,
When death shall us sever
For I'll have good time
Doing nothing forever,
For everything there
Is exact to my wishes
Since there they don't eat
There's no washing ofdiShes.
The courts with sweet music
Are constantly ringing
But, having no voice,
shall get rid of singing
she folded her hands
With her latest endeaVor
And whispered, Sweet nothing
OH nothing forever"
If you have some particularly pet pieces
Of rare old lace which you will not trust to
the mercleS OF another, you will be glad to
have the following direction for washing
them yourself: Soak it at least tWenty-four |
hours in cold, soft water, to loosen the |
1iscoloration of smoke and dust Then |
make strong suds of warm water and |
white soap. Saturate the lace in this and |
press it between the hands; and afterwards |
cleanse it well by rinsing it in two or three |
;old waters. To stiffen it little, but not !
90 much, take one ounce of rice and let it |
simmer few minutes in a pint of water, |
strain through a fine sieve and while warm |
mmerse the lace. Don't wiring the lace, |
)ut press it between the hands and roll it !
Up in a dry cloth. After a couple of hours |
stretch it evenly on pillow and carefully |
1in over the surface, opening out all the !
title points and scallops and fastening
hem down, with the points of the pins
oward you. When the lace is quite dry.
lnpin it from the cushion and lay it between
he leaves of a heavy book Even point
pplque can be made to look good as new
" observing these directions.
There is charitable woman in BROOKLYN
Who has plenty of time on her hands but
-ery little money in her pocket. In order
o obtain funds for church. missionary.
hospital and similar purposes, she hit upon
plan which yields her larger sum than
many rich people feel able to bestow upon
heir less fortunate neighbors, but which
his woman reGgiously devotes to charity.
She spends her spare hours in manufactur-
ng pretty, dainty keepshams" of silk,
ace and needle work, such as the feminine
Ial1 rf.k Ill Al.