The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-22
THE HON {.
ABOUT APRONS.

| OF wide black silk or two breadths Of surah.
Trim with ruflle of black lace and feather
stitch with bright orange silk. Add pocket
trimmed with lace, or If wide lace is used, a
pocket of bit of the lace. Such an apron is
fashionably worn by both young and old.
Another dainty apron Is made Of pale pink
or blue chambray with white feather stitch
ing. Make belt of the doubled cloth in the
form of girdle, having deep point in front
and narrowing to band at the back. Cut
the skirt the width of the material. pointing
the lower edge to match the point of the belt.
Feather stitch around the edges Of the belt
and several rows across the skirt. Trim the
bottom of the apron with wide linen lace
sewed on little full.
Another way is to cut the apron in one
piece, extending the centre to form the bib.
Hem the bottom Of the skirt and the top at
each side of the bib. Put three shirrings
across the waist line, leaving the hem as
little rutfie. Fasten the shirrings to stays
and sew sash ties to the ends Of the lower
stay. Also shir the bib three times below
in this way Of dotted Swiss ornamented by
working over in satin stitch dots near the
edge of the skirt and top Of the bib with silk
floss Use ribbon for the sash ties and put
small bow on the upper left corner of the
bib
A handsome apron is made of one yard of
fine linen lawn and hemstitch hem on each
side. For ties use white ribbon two or three
inches wide run through the hem at one side.
muslin or cambrie. After it has been Semmed
edge it with lace three inches wide and pleat
the fulness into three pleats on each side,
turning toward the center.
Yet another apron requires one yard of
scrim or linen lawn. Make a plain, short
apron; then lay over pattern or design of a
large flower like single rose, and sketch
the outline at intervals over the apron as
taste may dictate. Butt0nhole the outlines
reaching towards the centre of the flower.
Work the center with few knot stitches,
using flosSes.
Another quaint little apron made solely
for ornamental wear, can be Numbered.
Take piece of scrim or muslin one yard
wide and of yard long. Make an inch
deep hem, then make five pleats each side,
turning towards the centre, and on the top
of the inner pleatS, across the bottom and
up each side, sew row OF lace. Turn the
top over and haste inside ribbon belt; tie
the ribbon at one side with loops and short
ends. 1t is a more seryiceable way to make
the bow and fasten with hook and eye in
visibly. With care ribbon belt will last
long time, and 1t takes but minute to I'M
haste the apron; then 1t can be washed and
ironed in square. About 81 yards Of lace
which may be inexpensive-will trim this
apron.
To wear with this or other handsome
aprons girdle Of velvet is often made.
Make it like pointed belt. about 81 inches
wide in the middle, narrowing to Of an
inch. lSew small Tor fiat buttons TO the
lining on the under side, and finish the tops
OF the aprons. or the belt-which reaches
across the front only-with buttOnhOles to
correspond. This Is pretty way to make
school girls aprons.
Other favorite aprons are those of fine
scrim, with rows of drawn work alternating
with rows of cross-stitch or feather-stitch-
ING. and the nrQttV pffnQf s0f d0tto6 unnclfn
worked to represent daisies, either white or
golden, with centers to correspond is yet
popular.-N L. Farmer.
SOMETHING ABOUT HoNIToN LACE
Honiton lace has a curious. checkered
history, with many fluctuations. 1t is said
to have been fest introduced by the Flemings,
who took refuge in England TO escape the
prosecutions Of the Duke of Alva. Many
Flemish names are still to be found in the
neighborhood of Honiton, namely, Stocker,
Murch, Maynard, Trump, etc., In 1900 there
was such demand for it that France
thought it necessary to issue royal Ordi-
nance providing that mark should be affix-
ed to imported English thread lace. Two
great fires at Honiton in 1756 and 1867 gave
the first great check to its production.
Queen Adelaide tried to revive it after
twenty years OF severe depression, by order
ing skirt made of sprigs, copies Of natural
uOW6ISs CUlllutuCl0R With LH6 lnlLldlS OF DeT
name-for very debased and hideous set Of
patterns had come in. This does not seem
to have produced great revival OF the trade,
and when our present queen required her
wedding lace it was found difficult to pro-
vide the workers: but eventually dress
worth 81 900 was made at the small fishing
village Of Beer. The English royal family
hove been most consistent patrons OF H0ni-
ton lace, and have done Immense good in
keeping the trade alive.
Ne will end nv uunt.nC q faxV nuaint
words from 'Fullerton's Devonshire
Worthless" which sum up the plea for the
revival: Hereby many children who other
wise would be burdensome to the parish
prove beneficial to their parents. Yea,
many lame in their limbs, and impotent in
their arms, II able In their fingers, gain
livelihood thereby, not to say that 1t saveth
many thousands of pounds yearly formerly
sent oyer seas to fetch lace in Flanders.
Saturday Review.
WOMEN AS FARMERS.
Farmers who find the business profitable
owe much of their success to the good man.
agement Of their wives, says the Indianapolis
News. 1t is conceded by all that farmer
without wife who is good home man
ager cannot expect to make money. AS gen.
eral thing farmers wives are as skilful man
ayers as their husbands, and share almost
equally with them the burdens and priv
ations of farm life. A woman who has been
reared in the country finds pleasure and
health in overseeing the dairy. the garden
and the poultry yard, as well as looking after
her household duties. Where farmer has
such a wife he can devote his entire time to
his general farm work, and at the end OF the
year the profits will be well nigh doubled.
There are in Indiana great many women
who farm extensively and are as skilled
in the business as any Of the men. These
women have made money out OF the business
a
Marion county has quite number OF women
who have given farming much thought and
are equipped to make the business success.
Many of these ladies are members Of coun-
ty agricultural societies. and their views are
always given as much weight as those eX-
pressed by the male members.
Miss Ida, Richardson, who was brought up
on farm south of the city, believes that sue
cesful and enjoyable farming depends largely
upon the home management by the wife.
She would have the wife be a helpmate to
the husband mall things; not slave to'work,
but a woman who takes an interest in the af-
fairs of the farm and manages the home so as
to increase the husbands profits. She
thinks the country home is, or should be, the
ideal one.
AssDAINTY DESSERT.
A nice dessert, somewhat like Bavarian
cream. is called orange trihe. To make it,
soak half box Of gelatine in half cup of
cold water twenty minutes, or until soft.
Then add half a cup Of boiling water; strain.
add the juice of four or six oranges. the
grated rind of one, the juice Of half a lemon.
and the yolkSo OF three eggs. Cook until it
thlckens: Then add cup of sugar. Stir on
Ice until thick. Add pint Of cream whipped
and turn in a mould. Enough oranges
should beused to get cupful of Juice for the
nall box OF gelatiDe. III the oranges are
quite sour the lemon may be omitted, but the
haVor Is peter TO use sweet oranges and the
lemon. Thin cream is required, but thick
cream may be used by adding half milk.
after adding the orange juice cook bit be-
lore stirring in the eggs. The hot mixture
should be turned slowly on to the well-beaten
eggs. After this is done, set the "trifle" on
pan OF Ice, and when partly cool add the
whipped cream, and pour in the mould
Whites Of eggs, beaten stiff, may be used in
stead of cream; four would be used TO take
Its place.-Boston Cooking School.
CoLoRs.
Colors have various meanings. Red Is sup