The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-04
HOUSEHOLD NEWS.
New Design for Tea-C1oth.

| Any new fancy that adds beauty or
lof that cosy function afternoon tea"
lis always welcome. The design of the
little clock, with the hand pointing to
the consecrated hour in the tiny dial is
quite new idea for the delicate en-
broidery in the corner of the tea-cloth.
The design may be elaborated by using
/ the figure in large bold form. with a
spray of forget-me-notS entwined in
one corner The next shows the letter
! o; the third corner has the little clock;
! the fourth closes the circle with a
! large T.; the whole reading Five
| O'clock Tea" The spray of forget-me-
nots is gracefully arranged through
each of the letters, The tiny clock is
however, the chief point and may be
used with a vine-work or clusters of
flowers as the other corner pieces.
Place the face of the clock in the
lcorner, so that the figure XII is set to
lread upwards. The frame is worked
| in white silk a close long and short
stitch (Kensingtom to give solid
| form to the octagons. The inner cir
Gle which outlines the dial is also done
| in white.
The short cross lines and the dial
figures are in light yellow, as are also
| the hour and minute hands. The spray
of forget-me-nots has the leaves done
very delicately in shades of grey-green,
while the flowers are stars of light blue
with the suggestion of yellow in the
centre. The story is simply but plainly
told: the hour for high tea" well
marked, while the dropping flowers say
| quite clearly, though silently forget
memoir
| SOME ARTISTIC EFFECTS FOR
| LUNCHEON.
| A new idea for serving salad
chicken, fish or potatoes comes from
Colorado. where under the sunlit skies
everything grows deep-colored and
luxuriant. The large green cucumber
! is the basis. Cut the ends off and
take a slice 1engthwise from one side
! until the meat or heart is reached.
With a sharp-pointed knife remove
this carefully and fill the little green
/ boat with the chopped salad. Decorate
each end with bit of small crisp
lettuce leaf. Place the whole in the
centre of some circling leaves of lettuce
and serve in individual salad plates, a
silver fork laid in each. Tomatoes are
emptied and filed with salad in the
same fashion and alternated with the
cucumbers. The effect is quite pretty.
| The deep-curled kale is much used as
a basis for low flower decorations. The
deep strung involutions fit closely and
peI1CCbly dIOulu I)duSISS, SSudlMuDuS,
lchrysanthemums. Arranged in a silver
| bowl, or a shallow glass dish, with an
underbed of soft moss, quite wet, the
leaves Will keep green and fresh for
hours.
| GUEST-BOOK COVER.
The friendly sentiment that gave
rise to the custom of handsome reg
/ lister book, in which. each visitor places
his or her name with the date, and the
addition of some pleasant record, has
met with such response, that in almost
every town and country home one finds
lin the library or morning-room the
| guest book with it's story of hospitality
and happy times With much use the
| volume gets rubbed and worn. And
some kind of a protection cover is
almost a necessity. 1t may be of plush,
OF satin, ecru or white linen, with an
Iinterliring of one layer of flannel and
a lining proper of soft silk. Cut it a
| little deeper than the volume, and fully
| two inches wider on each side, so that
when the book is closed the cover over
laps. The edges are neatly overhanded
| together, a small gold or silk cord add
ed around the edge as a finish. If the
/ cover is of plush or satin, the letter
ling or design should be of gold thread,
but if of linen gold colored silk is used,
and the design worked in outline. In
/ the linen cover the silk lining is put in
with a long stitch for easy removal
when Numbered. The words Guest