Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14

fret and fume because he cannot play tennis
or drive or rush about necessarily. It's all
part of the high-strung tense condition in
which people of to-day live. Listen to the
soothing rhythm of the rain, look abroad
and see how nature yields to the falling
showers, receive the benediction of the
dropping clouds and you will find rainy
day is like a night of refreshing sleep
bringing strength and vigor in its wake. !"
And everybody present felt as if she had
received new idea
An English woman's periodical suggests
as novelty for tea and garden party menus
two dishes of American origin and to which
our cousins across the water are much ad
dicted. Then follow the recipes for
american corn bread" and american
lemon pie" Both are American and both
are good in their place, but it has taken En-
glish genius to find out they are suitable for
.. o'clock tea or . garden party.
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Brown bread ice cream, though not
high novelty, is still far from common, and
in London is esteemed fashionable delicacy.
1t is very simply made by sweetening
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adding finely powdered brown bread crumbs,
a cupful to quart before freezing.
81 have cured myself of Indigestion of
years standing" said a woman the other
day, ian indigestion which manifested itself
in distressing fatulence, by taking an even
teaspoonful of whole mustard seed on the
slightest symptom of trouble after any meal.
oh he III. h,,t thnr,
down with little water
In the dining room of quaint old house
seen lately, was the inscription over the
fireplace in the following illuminated text
Work the jaws,
silent pause.
Frequent haw-haws.
Which was an exceedingly apt reminder Of
the value of slow eating and cheerfulness
at table. One wonders sometimes, however,
if the motto notion is not getting to be some
what overdone in the modern house. 1t is
cheap sort of culture that, to be had from
any book of quotations, and to be con-
fronted perennially by the same dictum
after awhile grows monotonous.
sit seems to me-" said daring young
woman who had been expected to admire
home where text and inscriptions were
everywhere, "like putting artificial flow
ers on the table at dinner, the same every |
day in the year. If you must have notices |
they should be in panels that admit of being |
changed" And there are more than few |
who will echo this feeling.
'Tn these midsummer days there will be |
found many real bargains in the shops by |
the careful searcher" said woman lately |
who is an excellent manager. 81 never
buy things in season, and in that way 1 |
get the best at an extremely low price. 1t
only means going without or on short al
lowance the first season of such practice,
after that the supply is left over. And
some of the best bargains are at the high
class shops. Everything in their assort-
ments is choice, and if you are content to
take simple, good bonnet, garment or
pattern of dress goods you will have an
article that will be a pleasure 80 long as it
lasts. My little girl needed new REFER
this spring; in the first of the season good
ones were from Sc to SO; the marking down
process had gone on through the week and
came in from where we are stay
ng for the summer and bought beauty for
81 so.
A screen of rope work seen at one of the
exchanges is very effective, as
,hange, if nothing else. The bars of the
creen were covered with a twist. of rope
ending in . tassel at the base, and the
panels were lined with China and India
ilk shirred.
"Wh(n our house was built over year
Igo," commented a mother, 81 had the
,arret walls finished in rough plaster for
he children's benefit. Here they paste
,ictures which like them to preserve for
eference. They do the work themselves, a
PASTE pot and brushes being kept at hand
or them, and after a little training they
how much discrimination in their selec-
ion. The illustrated periodical of the day
J so rich with superb specimens OF picto-
ial ART that fine copies OF master pieces in ]