The Portland daily press., 1895-05-25
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| very pretty and useful holder for
| one sheet music could be made at home
with but little trouble and expense. 1t
should be made after the fashion of the
leather cases that are SO generally used,
and which, when made of the genuine
leather, and well finished off are very
costly. But, if one has not such a guide
or pattern to follow, one could easily be
successful by following these directions:
Procure two pieces of brown linen, eigh-
teen inches long by fifteen and half
wide, one end of which should be straight
across, while the other should be nicely
| rounded. One piece is intended for the
| outer covering, while the other is to serve
as the lining. Before being put together,
however, there must be an interlining of
light-colored hair cloth, grass cloth or
canvas, in order to give strength and
firmness to the linen. This canvas lining
should be cut trifle smaller every way
| than the linen, and after the outer cover
ing is basted firmly and without wrinkles
upon it, the inner covering or lining
should be neatly hemmed to these. When
the straight end of the case should be
turned over upon the inside and securely
fastened at each side, thus forming the
place where the sheets of music are to be
inserted. All that is required to finish
this simple case is a yard of brown or
|linen-colored ribbon, about one and
half inches wide which should be sewn
i,at J,a @f+ 10 Jo5o hot
when the case is rolled up it may be kept
in place by tying the ribbon about it.
This would be exceedingly simple and
plain, but if one were willing to spend a
| little extra time upon its construction,
one could add much to it's beauty by
demonstrating the edges of the outer
| covering with brown silk Roman floss,
| the same shade as the ribbon, and also
| by embroidering the owners initials
| upon the inner covering, in an effective
manner, with Asiatic rope silk.
Another charming idea would be to
substitute dark blue denim for the linen,
using a lighter shade of blue Asiatic
twisted embroidery silk for the feather
stitching and the same shade for the rib
bon, while the word music could be
silk upon the denim, just above the place
where the ribbon is sewed. Such a music
case could be varied in many ways, ac-
cording to individual taste, and if one
desired 1T much more costly material
could be employed in making it.-Eva
Marie Kennedy in Boston Budget.
Icing.
The following receipts for frosting will
furnish sufficient variety to suit every
one:
Quick Icing. Take a heaping teaspoon
full of fine, pulverized sugar, beat the
white of one egg until slightly foaming
but not frothed. Mix thoroughly with
the sugar and flavor with lemon or
vanilla and spread on the cake while
warm
Soft Icing. Take ten teaspoonfuls of
sugar to one egg. Beat for ten minutes
| together; flavor to taste.
Lemon Icing. Beat the whites of four
eggs; whip in pound and half of
powdered sugar, beat smooth; add the
juice of lemon and few drops Of lemon
extract; beat twenty minutes; put on
the cake in large spoonfuls and smooth
OOAeA
| Plain Icing-Place two eggs on ice for
half an hour. Break and beat the whites
until frothed, then sift in gradually, half
q pound of powdered sugar. beat and add
half teaspoonful of lemon juice; con-
tinue beating until tibet icing is white
and stiff. Set in cool place until want
ed. Spread on the cake with warm
knife.
Boiled Icing. Dissolve one pint of
sugar in three tablespoonful of water
and boil until brittle. Beat the whites
of four eggs, pour over them the boiling
sugar and stir; flavor and beat. Spread
while warm.
Almond Icing. Take three cups sugar,
one pound of almonds, blanched and
pounded to PASTE and flavor with ex-
| tract rose. Beat the whites of three eggs
and stir the sugar with the sugar and al
monds
Chocolate Icing. Melt half pound of
grated chocolate over boiling water; add
half pound of powdered sugar and stir
until smooth; add a teaspoonful of ex-
tract vanilla. Spread on the cake while
warm.
| The Value of Light.
A sunbeam is a small thing yet it has
a power to fade the carpets and curtains,
to rot the blinds, and for this reason
some folks carefully exclude the sun
shine. What is the result? The family
is always ailing, the young girls have a
waxen, white skin and a weary, pinched
expression if countenance Their appetites
fail, they fall into such bad state of
health that the doctor is called in. In
olden DAYS he would have shaken his