St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-11
the front of the blouse and frill of the
same between the tiounces of the skirt.
lie BARON DE FREMONT.
JUST LITTLE PHETTIEs.
Things Intended to Add to the
Beauty of Home Life.


Beauty of Home life.
Among the charming table novelties
which have recently come to the fore is
the strawberry spoon in gold and silver.
Sets of these elegant fanceS are par
tlcularly favored as wedding gifts, pro-
yided the purse strings of the giver are
long enough to meet the cost of the eX
pensive daintieS. The strawberry spoon
has a perforated oval bowl. with a
straight handle ending in point. The
sugar is taken up and sprinkled over
the strawberry, which is then taken up
on the point. Besides acting in this
capacity, it is also considered the cor
rect thing to utilize the strawberry
spoon for olives. The sharp end aids in
taking the olive from the bottle, and
the pierced bowl allows the liquid to
drain from the fruit before eating it.
Cut glass is cheaper than ever before,
and in the smaller pieces or simpler de-
signs is really within the means OF most
people. Dealers explain this gratifying
fact by the introduction of American
wares, which are coming into sharp
competition with what has hitherto been
an imported article.
Washb0 Wis and pitchers are offered
for sale at large china stores i'll charming
patterns, the bowl very large and shall
low, the pitcher high and slender. But
the color, though beautiful III its shad-
ings. does not commend itself to the
finest taste. 1t is an exact reproduction
of the brown earthenWare usually rele-
gated to kitchen crooks.
Cheap and pretty dishes tor the table
are those Japanese small bowls which
are sold for about so cents dozen. Oat-
meal is daintily served in them, or any
fruit which is to be eaten with cream.
A larger bowl Of the same kind and cor
respondingly economical completes
set which is at the same time unpreten-
tiouS and artistic.
Mantel ornaments follow the current
rule of French effects in decoration, and
are the shepherdesses and chevaliers of
Austin DobSon's rhymes or the exquisite
flower productions in fine china. 10 be
correct, nothing on ones mantel should
''match" anything else. Nor should the
clock stand in its old place in the exact
center. 1t seems absurd that there
should be fashion in such matters, but
there is.
A very pretty and easily-made gift,
one that busy woman with her numer-
Gus engagements might appreciate, Is
ItluuG lLOut SSLiSo VI PotiSASSe AOA
thoughts, seven in number, so arranged
that they form little pockets, wherein
may be slipped the memoranda of the
engagements for the days. The pansies,
exactly alike in size and shape, are
three and one-halt inches long and
three inches wide. They are cut from
heavy paper, of the kind used for water
color painting Two narrow Sits some anda
half inches long and quarter of an
inch wide are cut across near the center
of each pansy. Then, with water color
paints, each pansy IS colored, the top in
a very pale purple tint, and then each
| one a shade darker until the lowest one
is of the deepest color. A satin ribbon
one and one-half inches wide is run
through the slits in each pansy, show
| ing a narrow band across the center.
| whereon is lettered, with very dark
purple color, the day of the week.
For orange baskets cut as many or
anges as will be required, leaving half
the peel whole for the basket and a
strip half an inch wide for the handle.
Rem owe the pulp and juice, using the
| juice for orange jelly. Place the bas-
kets in pan of broken ice to keep up
right. Fill with orange jelly. When
ready to serve put a teaspoonful of
! whipped cream over the jelly in each
basket. Serve in a bed of green leaves
laurel leaves, if they can be obtained.