The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-23
OUR GOSSIPER.
time.

The programme for Thanksgiving
day: Morning service, turkey and plum
pudding: headache: nightmare.
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A delightful pudding can be made,
substituting chestnuts for -four. Boil a
pound and half of chcstnuts, peel and
crush i'll mortar: to Il half pint of
boiled milk add vanilla or bitter al
monds for ilavoring: crcam;a quarter of
a pound of butter, add the same weight
of sugar and the yollls of six eggs; stir
these with the milk, add the chestnuts
and, lastly, the whites of six eggs
whipped to snow. Boil in a buttcred
mold an hour and half and serve with
sauce.
White curtains arc pretticst for mar
row windows. and should he tied back
with white ribbons. Porticres should
be thrown over the polc-not hung on
rings. Cover window seats with ma
tcrial to match your portiercs.
Turpentine and sweet oil in equal
quantities is the best preparation for
polishing a piano. After applying the
mixture with soft cloth, rub the piano
with chamois skin.
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Civilized man Graves variety; we have
been passing through period of utili-
tarianism, and, by and by. we shall
Ia,
which has been depressed so long IN
deed, we fear that these balmy days
have already suggested to some one new
ideas about Spring"
where are you going, my pretty
maid?"
Elm going to Germany" she said,
And why go there, my lovely nymph?"
81 go to Koch to get some lymph,
TO kill bacilli, SO to speak,
For worm is in my damask cheek"
A delicious sandwich for the tea
table-slice white or brown bread very
thin, butter the slices smoothly, and be-
tween two slices spread thick layer of
pure maple sugar. These sandwiches
are suitable for afternoon teas.
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The Hunter wooden wedding and the
reception given to Mr.. and Mrs. Pole
were the society events of the city last
week.
MIR. Parnell and the OShca divorce
suit suggests that home rule should
begin at home.
Ribbon collarcttcs are pretty FOR the
street. The ribbon used should be like
that used to trim the street hat.
Feathers, feathers everywhere and
Persian lamb and mink
Pretty foreign coins are again in voruc
for ornaments
The short-waistcd dress is growing in
favor is artistic and sensible.
y young negro girl living in this
State not far from Washington CITY viii
soon he married to an African king. She
was brought to this country years ago by
missionary, has been thoroughlv
educated, and now at the are of fifteen
awaits the summons to her native land
She will he the only wife of her hus
band, though both belong To polyra
nous tribe.
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dress any more than in matters of
gravcr import Study your own STYLE.
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Even i'll what may seem trivial nat.
ters. women should throw all their in
fluence on the side of perfect purity and
reserve we can not see that Roanoke
women need wear extreme dccolletc
dresses because they are prescribed at
the English Court and elsewhere.
One of Roanoke's best known and
wealthiest young ladies always wears
high dresses in tho evening, sometimes
saying, in explanation OF her custom.
that the other style is not becoming TO
her; she might add ''or to any other
woman"
For tho play or the oDcra wear YOUR
church or visiting dress, whether Won
SIT in the dress circle or the parouet.
Evening dress is entirely out of place.
except in p box