The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-18
MADE FROM GARBAGE.
How Clever Washington Woman
Solved a Serious Problem.
FROM the Washington san.

10 you think they're pretty" said
clever Washington woman recently to a
caller. They're my souvenir pillows
Haven't a varietyl'
''Indeed you have" exclaimed the
caller, and what delightful idea! l
suppose each one is associated in some
way with the different places you've
Visited?n
"Ah no" replied the clever woman,
with an amused smile, nothing half so
interesting! They're each and every one
menentoes of the garbage man!
II see you doubt my sanity" she con-
tinued, noting the amazed expression
with which this astonishing statement
was greeted, and laughing merrily, land
I'm not surprised. rll tell you all about
it, however, and then you will see that
there was method in my madness.
you who have been out of town all
summer can't realize how the garbage
question has veXed the souls of all house
keepers in Washington. How TO dispose
of it was a problem not easy to solve.
"Of course, every one has to eat in
warm weather as well as cold, and, like
many others, we use gas entirely for cook
ing during the warm weather, and so can
not burn the table refuse.
"In vain did we appeal, privately and
through the press, to the powers that be,
10 give US d B6UU6E BdEDdBG SSENlCG.
"OuS most eloquent petitions had no
effect whatever, and l was in despair.
In fact, l was becoming really desper-
ate, when l happened to hit upon this ex-
pedient, and | actually believe it saved
me from an attack of nervous prostra-
ton.
"Yuu know what nice atticwe have at
the top of the house? Well, l commenced
with the coffee grounds, and each day
i i
been used.
Il didn't quite know what I should do
with them, until one day 1 heard some
one say that in the country they often
made pillows of them.
THAT was the very thing, and 1 imme-
diately set to work to make cover, so as
to have it already by the time Ihad ac-
cumulated enough grounds, and that
brown and yellow headrest you find so
comfortable is my coffee pillow.
I'm not much Of an artist, but | looked
in the encyclopaedia to see what the coffee
plant was like, and those pretty white
star-lil1e flowers embroidered on the cover
are limitations of genuine coffee blossoms,
though l don't suppose nine out of ten
persons would know it.
'Of course / had to preserve and pickle
all my melon rinds, but I'm rather glad of
that, as they're delicious, and will be so
nice for lunches this winter.
''That pale green pillow on the divan is
stuffed with corn hUsks. Yes, it is
pretty, but can assure you the cobs
were puzzle.
Il dried them, however, and kept Won
dering how / could use them. until /
thought of that arrangement''-point
with pride to an odd looking cluster sus-
pended from the chandelier. Unique,
isn't it2'
~. Ill he
ter they were dried, gilded and tied each
one with a different colored ribbon, and
you see the result"
How very ingenious! l never should
have guessed what that pretty ornament
was" said the caller admiringly, and the
clever woman went on:
II have bunch in every room in the
house, and have given dozens away. You
shall have the next one 1 make if you
like"
4 shall be delighted eagerly assented
the caller.
But the potato skinsl They were
worse than anything" continued the
clever woman. Il disposed of them,
though, finally triumphantly.
You see those three cushions on the
ioorl All stuffed with potato parings
No, you never would have imagined it."
delightedly, but l assure you it is true
vi COURSE udu GIlG GUN WASH JuGu1 DS-
fore peeling, and the skins were SO thin
they dried beautifully. They are very
comfortable to sit on, too, and we use
them every evening on the porch.
Il didn't bother to embroider them
deliberately. If I had, the design would
have been the potato plant
Tea leaves ! treated as l did the coffee
grounds, and you don't know what de-
lightful slumber pillows they make.
Fol =
them actually has a soporific effect, and
every one in the house has one to sleep on.
This is my pride, though, she said,
rising, drawing her visitor to the hall
door. and pointing to foreign looking
umbrella stand.
''Can you solve the mystery of its COM
position2 l know you can't, though, mot
pausing for reply, "for that highly orna-
mental article disposed of my onion skins
and egg shells.
How did l do it," Well, first of all 1
bought tile. Then l took all the egg
shells we used last month, and with the
skins of some red onions dyed a few of
them yellow. For the rest l bought red,
green and garnet dyes.
''When the shells were all ready, COW
cred the tile with a thick layer of putty
and pressed each egg shell firmly down
into it.
The ridges of putty in between gid
ed, vanished the whole, and every one
wants to know where / got it.
''Oh, yes, these things have kept me
busy. but"-exultingly-"I have solved
the garbage question-to my own salts
faction, at least"