Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-05-10

The collection of autograph recipes
is quite a fad of the moment among
houselleepers with taste for cook
ing. Dainty little booklets with or
namental covers are passed around
among ones friends, and famous
recipes exchanged. Many of these
are homemade, the covers being of
cardboard, ornamented with suitable
designs.
Door hangings have been overdone
and one sometimes looks around at a
profusion of professionally draped
thresholds and longs to rests his
eyes with the sight of one honest
door that boldly swings back and
forth and offers no apology for being.
Door hangings should always have a
rather heavy effect.
Table centers, to use with or with
out tablecloth, are round or square;
the latter are often hemstitched, but
the favorite design for both is a vine
of leaves or flowers on the edge, the
petal forming an irregular scallop.
One of the most exquisite designs,
harlnonizing with any color scheme
is the graceful fronds of the maiden
hair fern.
Stoves, generally, are too low; it is
no wonder we hear so much about
the back breaking business of cook
ing; the stove should be set up on
bricks, or smooth fat stones, till it is
of such height that the cook won't
have to be constantly ION the bend. !"
One reason why a womans back
aches so much more than mans is
because she keeps it bent SO much,
often unnecessarily.
Sash curtains may be full or half
length, shirred or plain, divided at
the center or whole, and looped back
at the sides or drawn on the rod as
individual taste prefers. There is
also a wide range of fabrics adapted
to this use, Independent of any tenn
porary prevailing fashion. There
should be as well some regard paid
to the exterior of the house, sash
curtains being more in evidence to
the passers-by and as part of the
outside effect than that of the inside.
When the clothes are hung on the
line they should be well shaken out
and fastened firmly. A galvanized
wire will not need to be taken down
and so is more convenient than a
rope line. A bag with a strap to go
around the neck is handy for clothes
pins. Have a low line so that the
children can hang up small articles
or else allow them to spread them on
the grass.
A piece of furniture which would
be suitable in the drawing room of a
wealthy mansion would be out of
place in a simple country parlor,
where it would be foreign to all it's
humber surroundings. What we
need is furniture in harmony with
our homes that shall meet the needs
of our daily lives, so that our homes
shall be all outward expression of
our lives and our tastes.
The coming woman " will plan a
big closet in each sleeping room,
with window for ventilation, if a
possible thing. 1t will not be a re-
ceptable for old boots or shoes, nor
antiquated bonnets, hats or. soiled
clothing There will be plenty of
hooks at the proper height for her to
reach-not the carpenter-not for
getting to put those in the children S
closet at suitable height for them,
Never tolerate any fancy ironing,
quilting or folding of table linen
Leave that to the cafes and restau-
rants. Table cloths should have a
wide.shelf or drawer appropriated to
them, so that but one fold, that
lengthwise in the center, need be
ironed in. A cover of double faced
canton flannel or table felt is consid-
cred indispensable now between the
table and linen cloth, and this is one
reason why table mats are no longe,
in vogue. They are not needed, fol
the heavy cover protects the table
completely.
Pretty simple dresses OF white
linen lawn, with hem-stitched tucks
/ I L Al r.