New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20

whIskbroom After the room has been swept the win
should be opened and the dust allowed to Settle
after which everything in the room should be busted
with feather brush and duster and every article put
back into It's place The windows should be washed
every fortnight 1t Is good plan to take n certain
number every week. II the weather Is very cold
little alcohol IN the water Will prevent It's freezing
Where no other duties conflict. the housenad should
do the mending aud she should help the parlor
maid waitress with her dishes In the evening. as
sistng at the table II required
Pulled bread Is delightful sort OF bread. which
1t Is fashionable to serve with tie cheese course az
dinners II Is especially an English fad. This
bread Is not difficult to prepare IN any household
whore good bread Is made When the semi-weely
bread Is prepared lay aside one small loaf ana
divide 1t into six parts Rou these parts INTO
straight, lengths as long as a good sized
bread PAN Press all these strands together AT one
end and them into a braid TO form one loaf.
Put this loaf into rather broad breadpan natening
It somewhat so that 1t fills the pan on all sides.
Let It rise for half IN hour. Rub n little butter
over IT, so a. 10 be sure that the crust does not
AXE hard. Bake ii in a rather quick oven. IL
should be thin enough to bake through In half an
hour When 1t Is done, let 1t rest for fifteen
minutes. Now tear 1t apart. 1t Will come apart
In the long slender strips of which 1t was composed
| before 1t was baked. Put these strips on tin
baking pan and set them IN hot oven for fifteen
minutes, when they should be- quite crisp ana well
| colored. They are very nice served with morning
| coffee. -
feature Of the Christmas display Of pottery which
Is already filing the brica-brac counters Is the impor
tatiOn Of the Inexpensive undeTglaze work OF Ger
many. There pretty little olivegreen patters OF
| shaded grounds printed under the glaze. with the
head OF Won Moltke Bismarck. They are of a size
| suitable to hold pens other small articles on the
! library table They cost but dollar each There
also draint candeSicls in this IN the form OF
a water-lily leaf with upurned bud. For people who
like fantastic things. there aboninable monkeys In
' this ware. which arranged to hold candle. In
quaint things there are reproductions Of the puzzle
cups Of old English potters, with their challenge to the
drinkers to empty them without spliDg feat which
would Impossible. they pierced around the
neck with numerous but inconspicons holes. and the
bIm OF the cup hardly snl'ed for the purposes Of the
dinller Nevertheless. It Is said that who under
stands the trick will readily accept the challenge and
easily GimR the contents OF the cup without splng
drop.
ANY kind OF embroidery that VIII give very little
trouble while producing good result IS always desr
able. Powderlng" Swiss muslin with simple pattern
Is particularly easy work and makes charming bureau
scarfs pincuSbonS, ETC.. and II yOn have rosebud
daughter yOu could give her prettier, daimler,
or fresher gown than a white muslin embroidered with
daisies blue forget-mcn0ts rose buds, or falling rose