Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25


is to boil maccsroni till tender in water,
pour that off and add milk, which heat
and serve. Fried bread is palatable varia-
tion of plain bread and butter. Dip slices
of slightly stale bread in salted milk, in
which the yolk of an egg has been beaten,
and FRY In hot skillet with as little lard
and butter mixed Is possible. Poached eggs
on toast really nice creamed Goldfish, ,chipped
beef with cream dressing and baked pota-
toes These are old dishes which are some
times forgotten, but which are useful to
vary the luncheon bill Of fare with the
usual done-overs from the dinner OF the day
before.
The feur-de-lis fancy has attacked vases
A beautiful gardeniere standing two feet
high was a massive heur-de-lis in the plain
yellow glaze that is SO much used for pots
and flower holders
Some beautiful effects are being produced
in the new applique work as applied to tray
cloths, doilies, and the like. A set of
sheer linen finger bowl doilies seen with
appliqued designs was q most happy COM
bination of the effect of the lace-like drawn
work and the richness of filed in en-
broidery. Tiny leaves, squares, shells,
crescents, ETC., of lace are bought and
appliqued in white silk upon the linen,
which is afterwards carefully cut away from
beneath. The result is beautiful one OBJ
tanned at . minimum Of time, effort and
skill, as compared with drawing the threads
or filling in embroidery.
It is odd that in our appropriation of
s'fve o'clock tea" from our English cousins
an absolute copy Of its belongings as 1t is
served on its native heath has not also re-
suited But as We took the tea-gown idea
and then proceeded to elaborate it cut of all
semblance to the original, SO with that most
simple of ceremonies, tea and waters, at five
o'clock tea in England. In English houses
this pretty service is merely short halt
between the social pleasures of the day.
finished, and those of the evening, Just be-
ginning; a slight informal refreshment mid
way between the luncheon at 2 and the late
elaborate dinner at s. A cup of tea and O
plate Of thin, delicate waters, or biscuit, as
they are called, is all that is offered or de-
sired, and their serving is as unpretentious as
themselves The tea service is arranged in
one of the lesser apartments, that is, not in
the state drawing room, and when the
hostess comes In from her drive the spirit
lamp beneath the kettle is lighted and she
brews the tea, which the few or several get
for themselves, sans servant and sans cere.
mony.
The tea cloth is usually q simple fine
square of linen hemstitched and with per-
haps a sentence embroidered across one cor
ner-the riot of elegance and elaboration
which American women put on theirs be-
ing conspicuously absent-the simplest
china is used, though always dainty and
delicate, and the whole function lacking in
any sort of show. English women wonder
on coming to Fifth avenue drawing rooms
to have sandwiches, caviare, chicken or
sardines, lobster or chicken salad, oysters
picked or fried, and tea and chocolate
served with more or less pomp of attend
ance and accessories at 3 o'clock tea The
sketch is of q genuine English tea table
which New York woman reioices in, with
the inevitable mitre-shaped cosy, that is as
much part of the English tea service as
the tea itself
The "barefoot cure" is evidently the
coming craze in panaceas. We have had
the rest cure, the athletic cure, the Delsarte
cure, the faith cure, ct al, and now the bare
foot cure. Returning travellers from Ger
many and Austria are bringing the idea
over with them, and as it is vastly less
harmful than the cholera bacilli, which
which they might have brought. it 10 as we'll
to be lenient with the lesser folly. The bare
foot treatment is phase of more than one
pr ocess of cure; under one authority it is
carried on on . sunny beach and the patients
race through the hot sands bareheaded, bare
armed and with legs and feet bare to the
knees. This is to permit the sun and heat,
with their health giving properties, free
access to the skin. under another curist, to
coin Q word, 1t 10 a part of the hardening
course, and though you begin walking bare
footed over smooth turf, you advance by
running through wet meadows, and later,
climax of being able to endure tramping in
cold water. As most of the cures effected
at present have outlived their novelty, at
least we may expect to find this brand new
barefoot cure eagerly seized upon.
Among florists the newest decorative
scheme is the use Of foliage exclusively
Many tables at recent handsome dinners and
supper parties have shown not single
bloom but leaves, tendrils and feathery
fronds, in the various tones of color pos
sible, green, brown, yellow, olive and red.
The scheme has been carried out in hanging
balls of verdure. similar to the floral balls
which have been employed for some time.
These green globes, however, are much
more lasting % they are arranged in wire
basket, bslLshaped, packed with earth and
moss in which ferns are growing, the green
sheets oonsenting to be trained up, down,
sphere Entertainers, however, need not |
fancy that this fowerless season means |
smaller bills, for the demand for foliage cf- |
fects has at once developed q scarcity of |
such material which Is putting a fancy |
price on every fern and trail and smilax |
The cultivated asparagus vine being much |
desired and really very rare as yet, takes
the lead in cost
A pretty hall bench recently seen was one |
OF the short wooden benches, the duplicate |
of the old-fashioned wash bench of our |
grandmothers, straight, stiff and uncom- |
promising. The one seen was of mahogany |
and a plush tufted cushion of soft old |
rose shade wasted on by broad ribbons of |
the same hue passed around the ends, out |
side the supports, to be tied In large fiat |
bow on the top. The model can be copied |
In any of the numerous stains of enameled |
paints and varied indefinitely, as the plain |
benches can be got at any housefurnishing
Children and persons with dyspeptic
tendencies often need warm drinks, in the
winter especially, and = difficulty is found
to provide them when neither tea, coffee
nor the various preparations of cocoa and
chocolate are liked. In this dilemma rice
coffee is very pslatsble and nutritious 1t