New-York tribune., 1891-03-08

entirely with the knife as il is too fragile 10 touch
with the fingers. Feel your shellac with the lneer
it dries very rapidly, and when it is what the deoo-
rators call tacky" THAT it, llte sticky, but not wet'
lay on your silver with the palette knife and full
camel's hair brush. Begin with the mmutcst corners
Of the background you need now have no care OF
fitting" II, as the edges will brush easily OF Tie dry
pattern. Lay on square Of silver then another ana
another overlapping the edges. until the background Il
completely covered. Then brush the whole surface
with the soft camels hair brush and the erect Is al
most magical the silver takes hold Of the sticky
background and the rough, "pieccdup' loohn' work
becomes perfectly smooth and analgamated.
At your first trial you will probably find good many
bare places where the leather shows through after the
silver is washed of. Cover these instantly with squares
of silver and they VIII probably adhere without any
further application of shclac After you have pressed
these patches into place with ragan old silk hand
kerchef is the Les-bruh off the edges with the brush
As this is the foundation only for background II is
not necessary that the gliding hould be perfect a.
it must be on the pattern for after the silver IS laid
on you will give the whole surface a light coat Of
"vandykc brown With Smdll brush mix your
tube color with shellac and paint the entire silver
background with thin coat Of paint; the CLEANS Of
silver will show through and produce what Is called the
antique effect Your background is now finished and
You can 60 on with the flowers. In the examples Of
Cordova leather which We give the vase i, white and
gold, or rather gold with white trimmings. White -
very difficult to except small places. a. the
larger surfaces are ant 10 crack anG peel or. The gold
is first applied exactly as is the silver You can
always remember there is no danger OF y0ur leaf dd-
herring where there is shellac. Now apply your
white Mix your tube paint with pure shclac. IL
Will roll at first. as turpcntne and shellac are
sworn enemies but yOu get ii smooth by working
your brush a little Now with a small brush paint
carefully the portions Of your which are white
the lilies in the conventional flower pattern and the
small round daisies. The centre and rather mpos-
sibIe flower is dull light blue with yellow ochre disk
the tulips at the side whitish with pink stripes ;
the camella at the top pnksh, and the flowers Of
a yellow-ochre tint. In the old leather all this i'm
possible as it seems, harmonzc'. Modern decorators
blend their cOlOrs in vcricty OF way~ glaze OF
brandy de brown or bitumcn mixed with shellac
and painted the entire pattern Softens the edge,
Int as the shcaC i, apt 10 disturb the edges good
way to powder it with what they call iron rust, in
the metal powders prepared for decoration. But for
com klaton Of tints and successful decoration you
will have to depend after an Your own eyes for color
The substitution of simple shcac for the vehicle,
which one industrial school long bought at high
price, accidental discovery and as it served the
purpose equally well. we suspect il was simply shcac
we were buying all the time. The true decorator
always uses the leaf metal for his gliding but If you
are too inpatient or your work is not exposed TO
rubbing you can get charming effects from bronze
powders. which are simply busted on to the surface
Of the sheac when il i, tacky,' ana VIII not suck
anywhere else that you easily dust 1t OF OF the
rest Of the pattern ola copper and old silver can
both be successfully initiated in leather and some
beautiful effects are produced in this way. This IS
done by first covering the entire piece with silver or
copper. then with coat Of shcac ledNlhS the hlgh
lights dry and then with a dusng OF "ron-rust pow
der" The silver 10 be bright must always be the
leaf silver but the copper be done with the copper
bronze powder put with the shcliac as has been
already described
Cheese ramaquns arc a dainty little dish TO serve
in a cheese Pour cup OF boiling milk over
a cup Of dry bread crumbs. Let the crumbs soak
in tie milk for half hour or till they are Thoroughly
soft then strain OFF the milk, ana sur TWO table
spoonfus of butter into the bread ada iour ounces o
equal part OF ParmeSan cheese and any nice American
cheese; half tcaspOonful Of mixed mustard, salt,
and the mercst pinch OF cayenne pepper; ana tho
yolks Of three eggs. Mix the ingredients thoroughly
and Jus; before using the mixture STIR in the whites
OF four eggs beaten TO stin frOth. Have little patty
bans lined with rich paste and fiji them with the
mixture Bake the ramaqulns quickly in a very hot
oven.
The last importation of blue and white cotton rugs
is not at al attractive. a few good patterns arc
shown, but the majority OF the rugs contain tcO much
white. What is still more unsatisfactory to the
purchaser. the price has been considerably advanced
since they were hrst shown I'm our market. good
sized for the centre OF room costs about TsIG,
while the smaller hearth rugs are SO.
Nothing prctter or more useful has been recently
introduced In table china than the dainty French plat
ters for asparagus which come with drainer. The
platter is finished with the irregular rocalle edge
smashed with gold, which borders most Of the new
French china. The decorations most used shaded
effects. in chocolate. primrose yellow, dull rose. dark
green and peacock hues and flower patterns copied
from old sevres and MeSsen porceains. dainty
asparagus platter is powdered with tiny button
another is with forgetme nots, and another is