New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-06

be set down In porcelain faicnce cOfeep0t Is all
that needed. The coffee powdered fine. should DO
laid in bag square OF cheese CLOTH fitted into tho
cup. Fresh boiling water is now poured slowly Oh
and allowed to drip through.
Tin or any other metal Is unfit for coffee pot.
Even the beautiful silver caetierc, decorated In nieO
work, is delusion and snare. Porcelain or pot
terry is the only material that be kept clean.
the acid OF coffee readily unites with any metal
and forms coating on its sides that Is unwhole-
and unclean. a pretty blue and White Dwarf
coffee pot. which differs in shape from teapot In
being tall ard slender. will not cost half what Is
charged for patent TIN ones. The cup with IA per-
foraed bottom Is sold at IS cents In the heaviest
quality Of tin, it Is IA small item. Very pretty
coffee pots are made of Carlsbad ware decorated with
shields and guilloches I'm color on creamy ground
The Berlin and Dresden factories make the most
beautiful coffee pots from models of hundred years
these imported into this country o. Chocolate
pots. porcelain dealers not daring to risk tile alb
surdity of offering such dainty coffee pots to
nation that bolls its coffee The double section In
French biggin, may also be found In brown stone
and in blue and white ware in house-furnishin9
stores in the city.
There is an old fashioned preparation which our
grandmotlers made for whitening the hands. Two
cakes Of odtimc brown Windsor soap were shaved mo
and wincglass Of German cologne and wneglass OK
lemon Juice added In day or two the liquid became
could be moulded into cake. Though old this Is an
admirable preparation bleach for removing stains
from the hands
Why do women who arc past their youth ana
arrived at age when time Is writing his story in
wrinkles on brow and check insist choosing bonncts
with brms of pulled velvet Grape? These only
accentuate wrinkles. smooth facing is far
becoming
There is hardly anything in summer more beautiful
than the light that fall through the lace Ike meshes
of lattice carved in any Of the myriad pattern,
Of which the Eastern nations arc masters
These latticcd windows have been in
since the days Of the Arabian Nights" they part
OF this Alhambra and are today one Of the chief
charms Of oriental houses. Dealers in oriental goods
import them in large variety Of patterns which arc
sold at about - foot.
There is hardly any vase more beautiful to hold
large clusters OF brake fern lunches Of golden
rod gathered in country stroll than those of pale
gIa-S-grcen pottery. which come from the SciEde
province in India \ raised arabesque decorates
this pottery under the glaze but it is always monotone
in color.
1t is to speak with pride of the magnia.
ccncc Of stores, il 1t werc
to the special credit of nation
to surround itself with paaiial temples for barter and
sale The glory Of splendid marll:'s cohs,es In tho
variety and choice OF goods. not in the manner a
limited variety OF goods are trclcd ont for sale ard
the O,tentatious surroundings Of the salc~mcn There
is material gain - the Dryer in purchasing hosiery
any other dry goods in shop modelled after The
halls Of the Nonezumas or the Temple of Diana. and
does not induce the of sensible person
10 lind the Of the decorations reflected In his
ILL., The foolish demand the part Of American
shoppers for gorceou, stores has raised the price II
drygopd> in this country than the tariff paid -
the Government. English tradeepcople who have CONC
To- th, country have been compelled to double their
London prices. because plain neat shop such
women Of rank patronze IN London is not success
in this country.