Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-30
MADE FROM CARRIAGE.
How n Clever Washington House,
keeper Solved nm Important Problem

MADE FROM GARBAGE
How a Clever Washington House-
keeper Solved nm Important Problem.
DO you think they're prettyY" said .
clever Washington woman recently 70 q
caller. They're my souvenir pillows
Haven't l a Variety"
Indeed you have" exclaimed the caller.
and what a delightful idea, 1 suppose
each one is ASSOCIATED in some way with
the different places you've visited7'
An, no." replied the clever woman. with
an amused smile. nothing half 50 interest
ing! They're each and every one memen-
toes of the garbage man,
see you doubt my sanity" she con-
tinued, noting the amazed expression with
winch TINS astounding statement was greet
cd, ana laughing merrily, 'and I'm not
surprised la tell You all about Il. how
ever, and then you Will see that there was
method IN my madness.
You Who nave been out Of town all sum-
mer can realize how the garbage question
has veXed the souls Of all the housekee
in Washington. How TO dispose of il was
problem not easy to solve.
III course, every one has to eat in warm
weather as well as cold. and like many
others We use gas entirely for cooking dur.
ing the warm weather, and SO caunot burn
the table refuse.
In vain did we appeal, privately ana
through the press. to the powers that be
TO give US better garbage service
our most eloquent petitions had no sf.
fect Whatever, and i was In despair
In fact was becoming really desperate,
when happened to hit upon this expedient,
ana L actually believe IL saved me from an
attack of nervous prostration.
fou know what a nice attic we have az
the top OF the house? Well / commenced
with the coffee grounds. and each day
spread out on the floor to dry all that had
been used
Il didn't quite know what I should do
with them. until one day heard some one
say that In the country they oftsn made
That was the very thing, and I immedi-
ately set to work to make a cover 10 as 70
have 1t all ready by the time had accumu-
lated enough grounds. and that brown and
yellow headrest you find 30 comfortable n
my coffee pillow
I'm not much OF an artist. but I looked
IN the encyclopaedia to see what the coffee
like flowers embroidered on the cover are
limitations of genuine coffee blossomA
though don't suppose nine out OF ten per-
sons would know it
'Of course / had to preserve ana nscl,>
all my melon rfnds. but I'm rather GLAD of
that, as they're delicious. and VIII be 10
nice for lunches this winter.
That pale green pillow on the divan 10
stuffed with corn husks Yes Il IS pretty
but 1 can assure you the cobs were q
puzzle.
Il dried them, however. ana kept wonder.
ing how i could use them until / Thought
of that arrangement"-pointing with pride
10 an ood-looking cluster suspended from
the chandelier. Unique. isn't IL?
thoroughly scraped the cobs ana aftes
they were dried gilded and tied each one
with different colored ribbon, ana YOU see
the result"
How very ingeniousl never should have
guessed what that pretty ornament vas
said the caller admiringly. and the clever
woman went on:
Il have bunch IN every room In the
mouse, ana have given dozens away You
Snail nave the next one make II you like"
Il shall be delighted" eagerly assented
the caller.
But the potato skins, They were worse
than anything" continued the clever wo-
man. Il disposed OF them though. nnsny..
You see those three cushions on the
floor? All stuffed with potato par1nesI No
you never would have imagined &" de-
course / had the cook wash them before
peeling, and the skins Were SO thin thcy
dried beautifully. They are very comfort.
able to sit on. too. and We use them every
II didn't bother to emb-oider them vezy
elabor2tely. II I had. the design would
have been the potato plant
Tea leaves 1 treated as I ala the cofrse
grounds, and you don't know what delight
| full slumber pillows they make
The faint aroma lingering around them
actually has a soporifc erecr and every one
in the house has one to sleep on.
This is my pride. though" she ssad.
rising. drawing her visitor 70 the hall door
and pointing to a foreign-looking umhrsus
stand
Can you solve the mystery IL its coupo-
/ sition? i know you can't. though NOT
pausing for a reply. for that highly orra-
mental article disposed OF my onion Sims
and egg Shells
How did DO It? Well FIRST Of an
bought tile Then took all the egg shells
| we used last month. and wfre the sktns OF
some red onions dyed a few OF them yellow.
For the rest I bought red. green and garnet
dyes.
| when the shells were all really. cover
| ed the tile with thick layer of putty ana
pressed each egg shell firmly down into It
| 1.-The ridges of putty In between I gfided.
vanished the whole. and every one wants
| to know where ] got It
''oh. yes, these things have kept me bury.
lbut"-exultingly-'T have solved the gar
bage question-to my own sattsfacttoA. -
least"