Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1895-10-04
FOR the DINING TABLE.
Some Suggestive Notes for the Caref
Housewife.

Some Suggestive Notes for the Careful
Housewife.
No woman who values the peace of
mind of her family will serve cucum-
bers and onions sliced together. The
cucumbers should be in one dish and
the onions in another The latter
should not be allowed to stand upon
the table, as their strong favor will
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 ac-
ton.
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 sancers
is, why do housekeepers ever allow
milk to be served in blue ware? The
richest cream ever sent out of model
dairy takes on thin, milky look in a
blue bowl. AS for mere milk, 1t seems
like the very skinned, half-water
fluid dear to the professional humorist.
Blue is charming color for tableware,
but 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 unrivalled
faculty for scattering crumbs. A
rather shallow bread basket is much
better. Very pretty ones, made OF
closely woven glasses in which a line
of green is here and there discernible,
are sold cheaply. The bread basket
makes possible the display of an en-
broidered dolly as lining, and is to
be commended on that account.
There are still housewives who do
not know that the accommodating sill
versmiths have invented sort of
spoonfork for those desserts which
seem to demand both implements. 1t
is spoon-shaped bit of silver, rather
sharp at the edge, and dividing into
two prongs, with which an obstinate
bit of pineapple may be cut and
speared, while the spoon part insures
the gourmand against the loss of the
surrounding sirup.
Table linen embroidered in white
possesses an advantage over that
marked with colored silks. Its owner
does not have to replenish her china
closet in order to have a tremendously
set table. Linen embroidery has ar
advantage over silk in that it does moi
become yellow with age in washing
The regulation tablecloths and nap
kins are most effective looking wher
they are adorned only by narrow BIZ
of drawn work above their hemstiched
hens, and an embroidered monogram
In the tablecloth the monogram is ar
ranged to lie on the center OF one side
between the edge of the table and the
centerpiece, with the tops of the letters
pointing toward the center. Napkins
are folded in four square parts and tn,
monogram embroidered in the center
of one division.
There is no place among civilized
beings for the woman who fails to hav'
canton flannel under-cover for he
table, or for her who allows the laun
dress to iron tablecloths and napkins
into intricate designs, or for her who's
waitress is permitted to set knives
forks and spoons in "stacked-arms
style at each place, or for her who fail
90 put ice under her butter during tn
dog-days, or for her who does not hav
bunch of flowers or bit of greener,
on her table at every meal, or for he
who fails to serve hot plates with no
food and cold dishes with cold viands
IN. Y. World.