Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

inconsistent word or two about pretty
dInmg-rOoms will be written. A long
dining-rOOm is best adapted for the pur-
pose, with a bay window in the end, a
double window curtained with swiss, and
if the little woman has skill with her
brush she may paint on it a trailing vine
of sweetbriar and then finish with an in
expensive lace about two inches wide.
The bay window needs only a lamberquin
of the same. But what a bower of
beauty it may be made with towering
plants, trailing vines and sing
ing birds. The walls of pinkish
gray form the setting for the
picture, while carpet of neutral tints
and inconspicuous figure offers no blot
upon the fair creation The wealth of
beauty gathers at the table. Here is a
table cloth of drawn work thrown over an
undercloth of bright cOlors, and where
my lord shall carve is a large square sim
ilarly ornamented. In the center of the
table lis long, slender vase, where are
always a flower or two, and on company
day this is supplanted by an oval mirror
surrounded by wreath of green, fern,
moses, ivy leaves or whatever may be
obtained. The china may be white, the
glass must those who have skill or money
can have decorated, but white is always
in order. Chairs are now white, and
common ones are painted at home with
white enamel paint that comes in cans
with directions for using it. Two coats are
sufficient and then vanished A few pretty
pictures not many but of cheerful sub
jects with panels of fruit "a side table COW
cred with boiling sheeting having painted
corners, and a corner cupboard com
pletes a dainty feeding place that only
require catering and cooking in keeping
TO make man s paradise and a woman 8
happiness.
One other anxiety how to wait on ia
bles is thus answered. For good form
each individual article must be removed
on tray by itself. This frequently gives
dismay TO unframed servants, but the
loading of trays smacks more of the no.
tel than of the home of ease and luxury.
The use of spoons is becoming more and
more limited in general. The rule is to
eat every thing possible with the fork and
be as far removed from being spooney as
the case viii admit
In the corner cupboard one may see the
new boillon cups, urn-shaped. with
handles and cover, pretty pie-knife,
designed as a dagger, sharp on both
edges with the monogram on the shining
silver blade.
The lady of this pretty room will want
to give a Russian tea, and she must serve
her tea Russian fashion 1t is made in
the cup and not in pot. The dry leaves
are placed in the cup, little hot water
poured upon them, slice of lemon over
that, then the cupis filed with hot water
and the lemon well dug with q spoon by
the pretty hostess, who manages thus TO
show off a pretty tea service, pretty
hand and arm, pretty ring, handsomely
lined empire sleeve. and graceful neck
and lip curves all at once. No cream
must be used, the less sugar the better,
and transformations y the most correct
adjunct These are served alone and
eaten in large quantities as though little
cakes, not candies.
RECIPES.
Bread Dressing for FowIs-Soak stale
bread in cold water five minutes, squeeze
as dry as possible, season with salt, pep
per, sage or thyme to taste.
Delightful DOughnuts- pints of
flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking DOW
der, one grated nutmeg, salt, one pint
of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter.
Beat up four eggs in a pint cup and I'LL it
up with sweet milk. Mix and knead
well -
Co. ,e Cake-One cup of butter, two