The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-29
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS S. \. NErTLES.

A PErrrY QuILr For TIE BAEl.-
One desiring to prepare some
pretty gift for "just the dearest baby
that ever was" need look no farther
for suggestions before going to work.
The quilt may be made Of boiling
cloth, thin linen cambria, hncn-Iawn,
or any similar material Figures OF
cherubs, birds, butterflies, and bios
SONS are scattered as powderins all
over the cloth, being sketched OF
stamped according to ones ability,
and worked in outline stitch with
some pretty, fast color in silk or fine
French embroidery cotton. The lin
ing may match the embroidery in
color, and show through the thin COW
ering, tinting it quite perceptibly, OF
if more delicate effect is desired the
lining may be white. 1t is finished
with a double row of feather stitch
about the edges, and bordered with
pretty washable lace which sho"!d be
Slightly fulled on, OF at Least not
drawn quite straight. Only three Oh
four small designs need be used ton
the figures if they must be stamped
or traced from drawings, but il
one has talent for sketchinS they
may be varied considerably and scat,
tered about in careless confusion and
vet present the necessary evenness OF
appearance. For larger children, OF
for a quilt that is to be exposed tc
more careless treatment, turkey-red
twill powdered with small greenaway
figures, owls, kittens, birds, fruits. OF
flowers, outlined with cream-whlte
floss would be very attractive and
amusing as well as pretty, and could
be as easily cleansed as a plain white
bed spread. An unbleached canton
flannel lining would increase its
weight, and also its warmth anI du.
rability; heavy white lace OF a band
of the red confined by row oi !ancy
stitches in cream-white would be
pretty for a border.
WATER-PRoor SPONGE BAG.-An ar
ticle much oftener needed than pos
sessed is a sponge-bag, especially by
those who must often change their
abiding place, and who are often
obliged to collect and hurriedly pack
toilet articles, regardless Of their con-
dition; in which case wet sponges are
not easily disposed of. All that is
really necessary is plain bag OF case
mada of oil silk or rubber cloth,
through which the moisture cannot
penetrate, but there are few who do
not prefer a fancy bag to one that is
unadorned. Make a bag of oil silk
large enough to accommodate the
sponges used, run wire into a hem
at the top and fasten it in a circle
large enough to admit the hand cas-
lily, run gathering thread III the bot
tom and draw it up and fasten it SC
closely that no water can escape
Over this fit bag of the same depth
but nearly twice as wide, made o1
white web lace with lining Of some
plain bright color; silk or satin
considerably soiled often looks
bright and fresh beneath such a
covering. 1t should be shiued in at
the top below a standing rutfie at
least two inches wide, and closely
gathered at the bottom and finished
with several cord loops and Two tas-
sells. Sew the slirring to the wire at
the tor, and suspend by tasse!-tipped
cords, which may be white or colored
or mixture of both. Very pretty
ones for this purpose are composed
principally of fine white darning cot
ton, to which a few strands of course
silk matching the lining in color are
added. Ribbons would be handsome
but homemade cords and tasse's are
not as expensive and are very pretty
if the bag is made of wash lace, sc,1m,
muslin, OF darned net, all of which
are appropriate Should sponge be
carelessly left too wet, the oil silk
may be drawn out through the open
ing. wiped, and dried without rump-
ling the cover. This is tasefal or
nament for chamber, as well as a
convenience.
MoLAssEs CAKE, TO BE EATEN FRESH.
Take cofee-cup Of New Orleans
molasses, the same of rich buttermilk,
and the same, heaping, of -four. Beat
an egg into the buttermilk, add a
piece Of butter the size of a small egg
to the moIasses, and a desert-spoon-
full of baking-powder to the -four,
with saltspoonful of salt. Mix all
together except the -four; put that to
it by degrees, beating light. Add
spice, and bake quick in a buttered
pan.