New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23

and large hat tied under the chin with narrow black
velvet.
charming winter arrangement for your drawing
room, any room with a sunny exposure. is TO have
double sashes. and between them In the space eit ny
the window sill to place tin boxes filled with growing
plants ANY tin-man make these boxes, WHICH
should be perforated here and there to allow OF DRAIN
age When the plants require water the boxes can be
taken out and placed strip of 0llcloth 10 draih
If you are building your house you can, by very
little extra expense, make your double sashes-whch'
by the way are great comfort III wlnter-serve Us
veritabe greenhouses by running a Gue from your
furnace along the side of the window In this way
you have the lOvellcst ferns and flowers. The
cold frame however does very well for hardy howers
such panses, which the brightest little things
to peep into your Imaginable, and anything Oh
the cowslp tribe. which also hardy; and there are
many Others that will thrive well which the florist can
tell You of. BY taking little trouble you can have
Parma volets, which are the sweetest Of ALL for on
sunny day by opening little your inner sash yonr
whole room will be perfectly delicious with their per
fume. But If yOu have these yon Will be obliged 10
have the plants changed in the boxes several times
during the season. they stop blooming after time
In NewYorl il is not so much the custom to have
double sashes it Is further north, but they are
very comfortable addition when the thermometer
zero and the wind is travelling at the rate of a
mile minute. Besides, they serve to deaden the
noise from the streets If it is possible to heat the
aperture between the sashes this little Scrap OF
greenhouse that is what it practically iscan be
made to serve as capital ventator by being arranged
in the following manner: II Is welknown fact that
leaves of growing plants moisten and filter warm air
that passes through them. If the inner sash Is lett
open below and at the top the ascending air current
is purified before II spreads the upper part OF the
room. SO. In addition. to the beauty and sweetness
thap ole lf
of veritable sanitary On very cold nights the
boxes should II in cold frames be removed from the
windows and placed in the room, otherwise tho plants
may be frostbitten.
Never have flowers played so important role in
feminine adornmcnt in Europe they do this year.
Ball dresses are edged with frnges OF real, fragrant
blossoms, and a Partisan queen of fashion appeared
the other night at the opera wearing corsage made
entirely Of scarlet gcraniums
Flower boas are now worn by elcgantes for evening
dress. They extremely becoming and easily made
at home if desired A broad and rather stif satin
ribbon and dozens Of fragrant blossoms are all
that is needed for their manufacture
The flowers must be stitched TO the ribbon very
closely so conceal the foundation and the thick
garland must he finished with a bow of long loOpcd
ribbon matching the flowers. These boas are pretter
when made Of double white vioets and mimosa purple
heather and tuberoses, NeapOlltan and Russian vo-
lets Lovely ones also composed entirely Of rose
buds of two shades and of double row of waxy gar
denlas. Diamond dew drops often scattered over
them.
Last but by no means least IN importance to the
owners Of suburban homes come the kitchen.
laundry and cellar and their fittings. Although to
old housekcepers list of what is necessary may seem
superfuous, still young people know so little OF the
practical necessities of life and feel 50 utterly ignorant
when entering a hOuscfurnshng shop as to what to
buy in the way Of kitchen furniture, that this short
summary Of the essentials may help them.
In the first place have your kitchen floor oiled with
llnsecd oil and then coat of hard old finish have
done Immediately the carpenters are ont
of the roOm for this acts 1ller' and will pre-
vent the plumbers from spelling the floor when they
put in the range and sink Otherwise the stains will
sink through the porous wood and Ii viii be impossible
TO get them ont. Another suggestion is that you
have closets cupboards in the htchcn-not one
single dark hole where cook stick in dirty pan or
any matter out Of place" as johnson gives
the definition Of dirt As many shelves You
please but no cupboards. Your walls should be
painted, so that they may frequently be cleaned with
damp cloth. Here is list Of articles necessary for
the kitchen of small family which may assist you
in your first purchase; other things may be added
afterward they occur to you. In wOodenware you
will want I breadboard 1 chopping bowl. rolling
pin, small SPOON l large spoon. a potato FOUNDER
and lemon squeezer. In tin l boiler for ham fish.
breadpan holding five quarts, milhpans, deep
dshpan, enamclled saucepans with covers for four
quarts, . enameed saucepans with covers holding
two quarts, half pint mOulds, Skinner with handle,
dipper, / funnel quart measure, pint measure,
IL pint measure. gill measure, l -four scoop,
breadpans, . small deep pans for cake, plepans.
coffee pot, colandcr. large bread CRATER small
nutmeg Crater, wire scvcs large and small frying
basket, egg bcater cake turner, cake cutter, and
dozen muffin rings.
In irOnware get / pair scales. ] pot for soup with
close fitting cover, l tea kettle, large frying pam
small frying pan, shcct-irOn dripping pans, spoons
with long handles, spoons with moderate handles.
gTfddle / gridron, / wafc-iron l large meat fork
and l can-opener.
In stoneware have 1 crock holding / gallon.
crock holding two quarts, bowl holding six quarts,
bowl holding four quarts holding two quarts. ono
holding one pint one nest OF four baking dishes o.
different sizes.
Then Of course crockery and cutlery for
kitchen use This list comprises what will be abso.
lntey necessary 10 have TO begin housekeeping with.
Cook will doubtless ask you for many more-many
of which doubtless will be quite unnecessary, and
Others again may be essential. However you will
gradually learn yourself what is really needed for
cooks are apt be like the horsclcacs daughter
cried necessarily, I" Give. Give"
Your laundry will have standing tubs, Of course aud
there should be thIeeone for washing one for rnsng,
one for bluing. washboafd, boiler for clothes a
wrnger an ironing table, which should be q feet by
- and covered with thick. doubled blanket and
cotton sheet. skirt board and bosom board four fiat
irons, a polishing iron and iron rest complete the
list of necessary articles to begin with
Finally yonr cellar should be dry. well lighted and
ventilated, with cementcd floor Have separate wooden
bins for each kind of wood and coal and a tin box