The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-11-23
FOR THE DINING. TABLE.
Some Suggestive Notes for the Carefai
Housewife,

Housewife.
No woman who values the peace OF
mind of her family will serve cucum-
beers and onions sliced together. Inc
cucumb ers should be in one dish and
the onions in another. The latter
should not be allowed to stand upon
the table, as their strong flavor VIII
infuse itself into all the other viands.
They slough instead be passed by the
waitress to those who like them and
then be removed from the scene OF ae'
ton.
A question which must have arisen
in the mind of every one who has eaten
oatmeal from blue porridge bowls or
peaches and cream from blue saucers
| is. why do housekeepers ever allow
milk to be served in blue ware? The
richest cream ever sent out of model
airy takes on thin, milky look in
blue bowl. As for mere milk, 1t seems
like the very skinned, half-water
fluid dear to the professional humorist
Blue is a charming color for tableware,
hut the inside of dish which is de-
signed to hold cream should be OF a
rich yellowish tint, that will intensity
the quality of the dairy product
A plate is an awkward dish upon
which to pile sliced bread for break.
fast or luncheon. 1t has an unrivailed
faculty for scattering crumbs. a
rather shallow bread basket is much
better. Very pretty ones, made o.
closely woven glasses in which line
of green is here and there discernloie
are sold cheaply. The bread basket
makes possible the display of an EN-
broidered dolly as lining, and is te
be commended on that account.
There are still housewives who d.
not know that the accommodating sil
yersmiths have invented a sort o
spoonfork for those desserts which
seem to demand both implements. l
is a spoon-shaped bit of silver, rathe
sharp at the edge, and dividing int
; two prongs, with which an obstinat
bit of pineapple may be cut an
speared, while the spoon part insure
the gourmand against the loss OF tn
; surrounding sirup. -.
Table linen embroidered in whit
possesses an advantage over tina
marked with colored silks. Its owne
does not have to replenish her chin
closet in order to have harmoniousi
set table. Linen embroidery has a
advantage over silk in that it does nc
become yellow with age in washing
The regulation tablecloths and nal
kins are most effective looking whe
they are adorned only by a narrow b
of drawn work above their hemsticne
hems. and an embroidered monogram
In the tablecloth the monogram IS
ranged to lie on the center of one sid
between the edge of the table and tt
centerpiece, with the tops of the lette
pointing toward the center. Napkin
are folded in four square parts and II
monogram embroidered in the cent
of one division.
There is no place among civillzt
beings for the woman who fails TO ma
a canton flannel under-cover for n
}. table, or for her who allows the lau
:. dress to iron tablecloths and napkin
!. into intricate designs, or for her who
waitress is permitted to set knivt
:, forks and spoons in "stacked-arm
!. stvle at each place, or for her who ia
- to put ice under her butter during I
e dog-days, or for her who does not ha
a a bunch of flowers or a bit OF greene
:, on her table at every meal, or for n
- who fails to serve hot plates with
food and cold dishes with cold vian'
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