The National tribune., 1894-10-04
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HER CHINA CUP.
Her china cup is white and thin
A thousand times her heart has been
Made merry at its scaIloped brink;
And in the bottom. painted pink,
A dragon meets her with grin.
The brm her kisses loves TO win;
The handle is a mannikin
Who spies the foes that chip or chink
Her china cup.
Muse tell me if 1t be a SIM
watch her lift it past her chin
Up to the scarlet lips and drink
The Oolong drsught, somehow think
I'd like to be the dragon in
Her china cup.
Frank Dempster Sherman.
In cups there are several sizes now sold, and
it is well to regard their special uses, though
novelty cup arrangements. like the tennis cup
and plate, never seemed to be particularly de-
sirable Another cup that is comps ratively
new in design and use is boullon cup. 1t is
rather small. with two handles and has sau-
Ger. Then there are, of course coffee cups, the
largest ones, teaCups, somewhat smaller;
chocolate cups still smaller, but not so small IS
the after-dinner coffee cups. Engagement cups
and saucers may be either for tea, chocolate or
after-dinner coffee depending on the size
They are just intended to be for pretty gifts,
and not limited to any particular size
Chocolate cups are often the tall, slender ones,
though chocolate is served in any small cup
except the after-dinner ones After-dinner
coffee cups frequently do service as bouillon
cups for luncheons. A collection of teacups
allows quite little range in size and decora-
ton, from the fowershaped japanese crea-
tions to the blue-snd-gold bowi-like receptacles
that hail from Limoges.
A happy addition to ) o'clock tea or an even
ing's entertainment is toastiug marshmallows
by an open fire. The candies become very
sticky aud hot. but the process does not inter
fere with their sweetness in the least. 1t is
said that a properly toasted marshmallow-
toasted a golden brown and served hot y
has delightful flavor but the browning is so
often failure that all that can be relied upon
is the fun i'll the operations. That is, certain
quantity. The browning process can be
stopped, and the marshmallows eaten at any
moment, SO there is no actual risk in trying
the experiment. Toasting-forks or long
sharpened sticks will do to hold the candies,
favor.
To cook spaghetti, or macaroni. break it into
short pieces and put them into plenty of boil
ing sailed water. Let it boil until the maca-
roni is tender, then drain it in a colander, pour
cold water over it and shake and drain it as
dry as possible. Grease a baking dish, put in
a layer of macaroni, cover this with melted
butter then with thin layer of grated cheese.
Alternate these layers until the dish is filed
up covering finally with cheese aud melted
butter Bake in quick oven until the top is
well Drowned, and serve.
Now Marion Harland is down on the potato
the "Tyrant Potato" she calls it. With
Mrs Rorer and Marion Harland both arrayed
against this powerful vegetable, its popularity
is sure to be shaken. Marion Harland insists
that it comes to the table too often that the
continual use two three times day is nei-
Their paIatable nor profitable She suggests that
rice aud hominy offer the same food as the
patato-starch-and can be successfully used
to vary the long established monotony.
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Long coats reaching below the knees and
full-length listers are predicted for Midwinter
fashions.
The belt and collar with two resets in front
and two in the back is much more in favor than
one with single resets.
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Broken gg.shells, or newspaper torn .nto
hits, are as good with the aid of soap and water,
for cleaning bottles, as shot. if not better.
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One English custom that finds little favor
here is with regard to the sale of photographs.
There one can go into shop aud buy any of
the latest pictures of the nobility, of the seasons
debutantes. of the writer of the last new book,
or of the bride OF member of Parliament OF
prominent American women. it is possible to
buy Mrs. Clevefand's photograph, the likenesses
of many if not all of the actresses. and OF few
authors-Louisa Alcott and Helen Hunt jack
son. Mrs Harrison's portrait was widely sold.
and is still displayed in shop windows. New
York society ladies rarely allow their photo
graphs to be sold, and it is difficult to get
pictures of women prominent III official life in
Washington. There are many calls for photo
graphs of Amelie Rives Chanler, but she will
not allow their sale. Some people make fad
of collecting pictures of beautiful or interest
ing women The Princess of Wales and the
Duchess of York's portraits have quite sale in
this country, and of our actresses, Mary Ander-
son, Lillian Russell, aud Mario Tempest have
been faYorites.
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