The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1895-01-30
CANDLES IN ALL COlCRS.
4 Dainty Boston Miss Exposes the Secret
of Her Boudoir's ErilliaEce.

A Dainty Boston Miss Exposes the Secret
of Her Boudoirs ErilliaHce.
Cne day ut q little luncheon party
the wax taper sprite rnbosomed her
self thus to her friends:
You havo asked me how get SO
many and such beautiful candles,
and how / can afford to light them
as tho dusk dawns on and even touch
n 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 will work
as talk, making an object lesson In
candlcmnking.'
Just here q servant entered with
chatting dish, q dozen composition
candles, a ball of candle wick and
some co,oring substance.
Now, you see," chartered the
hostess, while her fingers worked
busilv II have here just common
white candles that cost q mere song.
And I shave them with this sharp
knife into this chatting dish. The al
cohol lamp will speedily make them
into liquid WAX, rs You will notice as
I shave. Now l have finished, and
the dish is full of the thick liquid
wax. Now, you sec, stir little of
this pink dye, bought at the drug
store, into tho liquid, and then l add
this little drop Of oil, for fear the
mixture should be too thick.
Now" turning to little cabinet,
there is u candle mold. bought it
at fancy store. 1t holds three can
dies. And through the center Of each
section / run q strip of candle wick
and tic it at each end, SO. Now 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, Aiaude, on my right,
hold the mold steady. There, ono is
filed. Now fill the other"
In minute all the molds were
full, and then, setting thom 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 the hostess
whom she could find time to speak,
for the filing had been such rapid
work, you see I have plenty Of pink
candles, Now I'll deepen the color
to red. The druggist told mo just
how to do it. See, it is lovely car,
mine. Now We'll soon have bril-
liant set of these. Then, if we want
to do so, we can add blue and have
purple, as red and blue make thai
shade. When I want white Candles
leave the mixture clear and simply
pour it in my pretty molds, like this
And sometimes I make gray candles
and again yellow ones, and then ado
blue to mako green.
There is still another surprise, >
chattcd she. Here arc some dainty
candlcsticks. Are they not so? That
made ont of brass wire. I twisted
it with tho aid Of a few tools, anG
now I N going to make some souve
Mrs for this luncheon. See, the can
dies are now firm" slipping couple
out of their tin mo1ds, land notice
how perfect in shape they arc, ant
how nicely they cit in the sticks. You
sec, they arc made to order. ALLOW
me, Ethel, to present you with thu
purple set. And you, Maude, let III
give you the carmine ones. Ant
here is tho pink set for you, and thu
white set for you"
And so the luncheon souvenir.
were given out. And tho young wo
men went home, rejoicing not onl.
in pretty gifts, but in the knowledge
Of having learned q very fine an(
useful household accomplishment
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