The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-09
CANDLES IN ALL COLORS.
A Dainty Boston Miss Exposes the Secret
Of Her Boudoir's Brilliance.

A Dainty Boston Miss Exposes the Secret
Of Her Boudoir's Brilliance.
Ono day at q little luncheon party
tho wax taper sprite unbosomed her
self thus to her friends:
You have asked me how get so
many and such beautiful candles,
and how I can afford to light them
as the dusk dawns OH and even touch
a candle to their feathery tips if the
atmosphere is dull and the day
gloomy. Well, I'll tell you. And to
illustrate what l say we viii work
as l talk, making an object lesson il
candlclnaking."
Just here a servant entered with
a chatting dish, dozen composition
candles, a bail of candle wick and
some co,orins substance.
Now, you see," chartered the
hostess, whilo her fingers worked
bu.sily, II have here just common
white candles that cost o mere song.
And l shave them with this sharp
knife into this chatting dish. The al
colol lamp viii speedily make them
into liquid wax, as you will notice as
I shave. Now ! have finished, and
the dish is full of the thick liquid
wax. Now, you see, stir q Gttlo Of
this pink dye, bought at the drug
store, into the liquid, and then I add
this little drop of oil, for fear the
mixture should be too thick.
Now" turning to littlecabinet,
"hcro is q candle mold. l bought it
at a fancy store. It holds three can
dies. And through the center of each
section l run strip of candle wick
and tic it at each end, so. Now I am
ready for tho melted wax. Ethel,
DEAR" turning to the young lady at
the left, "will you pour it in with
this deep spoon while I stir it all the
time? And you, Maude, On my right,
hold the mold steady. There, one is
filled. Now fill the other"
In minute all the molds were
full, and then, setting them away,
the hostess produced another set of
molds, which also were filled, and
another and another. Soon there
stood firmly on the window ledge
enough candles to stock the most be-
candled apartments.
Now" continued tho hostess,
when she could find time to speak,
for the filing had been such rapid
work, you soc have plenty Of pink
candles. Now I'll deepen the color
to red. Tho druggist told me just
how to do it. See, it is lovely car
mine. Now we'll soon have a bril-
liant set of these. Then, if we want
to do SO, we can add blue and have
purple, as red and blue make that
shade. When I want white candles,
1 leave tho mixture clear and simply
pour it in my pretty molds, like this.
And sometimes I make gray candles,
and again yellow ones, and then add
blue to make green.
There is still another surprise"
chatted she. Here are some dainty
candlesticks. Are they not SO? That
I made out of brass wire. I twisted
it with the aid Of a few tools, and
now m going to mako some souve-
Mrs for this luncheon. See, the can
dies are now firm, slipping couple
out of their tin molds, land notice
how perfect in shape they are, and
how nicely they fit in the sticks. You
see, they arc made to order. Allow
mo, Ethel, to present you with the
purple set. And you, Maude, let me
give you tho carmine ones. And
here is tho pink set for you, and tho
white set for you.
And so the luncheon souvenirs
were given out. And the young wo-
men went homo, rejoicing not only
in pretty gifts, but in the knowledge
of having learned a very fine and
useful household accomplishment.
Boston Globe.