The record-union., 1896-09-20

The refreshments served at a royal
garden party not long since were sand
wiches of many kinds, and ornamental
cakes Of "a bewildering variety" The
Strawberries served with DevOnshire
cream We're in great bowls Of silver.
Other silver dishes were heaped with
peaches, nectarines and grapes. TO
satisfy the thirst of the guests there
We're champagne cup, claret cup. lem
onade, and even milk and soda
1t is by no means always necessary to
have celery for chicken salad, as other
vegetables more available in summer
give it an excellent and novel flavor.
Crisp fresh cucumbers. for instance,
combine well with the chicken, and
French peas added make it very at
tractive. Use two large cucumbers and
one can of peas to every quart Of chick
en-. Have vegetables, meat or chicken
and mayonnaise all very cold before
mixing and serving.
Delicate cold meats, such as veal or
chicken, or such fish as Holsters or
shrimps make delicious summer salad,
If cut as for other salad, and put in lay
ers through a mold of tomato OF of very
tart lemon jelly. Or you may partly
fill the mold with the jelly, and when
1t has hardened sufficiently use the
salad for the center, and then fill the
mold with the jelly to the top. The jelly
in the mold will harden more quickly IL
set on the ice. The lemon jelly should
contain only very little sugar, the
tomato not any. Both are made with
gelatine. Sliced tomatoes and French
peas may be used in the jelly for
vegetable course on a very hot day.
Garnish the dish on which you trim the
mold with water-cresses or lettuce.
Serve with mayonnaise.
A beautiful new bed-cover Of latest
fashion is made from fine white or
candle. In the center there Is square
of the material bordered by a band of
Renaissance lace. Next this is wide
border of the muslin, then a narrower
border Of the lace. The spread is fin
ished with a wide frill of the muslin.
The pillow -shams that go with the
spread are also of muslin. The square
of muslin in the center Of each sham
has a large ornamental letter, made
from the braids used for Renaissance
laces. Book-muslin of a good quality
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is usually laid over another Of colored
or white china silk.
A new and good sandwich filling is
made from crisp celery, whipped cream
and grated cheese. Do not attempt to
make this sandwich at all unless you
can get celery that is tender and nice.
Chop it very fine, set on ice; then mix
that and the grated cheese as a season.
ing with the whipped cream
Every house that has one or more
little children should own if possible
one Of the low tables and several Of the
small low chairs that are used in the
kindergarten. If there is no regular
nursery, the tables may be kept in one
corner of the living room, as they pro-
vide a most convenient place for the
work and games Of children, place to
rest their books when reading. and
because they are their own special
property give great satisfaction in
many ways Another piece of furni-
ture that helps the children to keep an
orderly nursery Is a window seat, that
is, a large, long box with a hinged
cover where their toys may be placed
one nursery, where there are three
children, each one has her own special
treasure chest placed under window,
and her one low shelf for books.
Nickel and steel articles are polished
by using emery powder mixed with a
tablespoonful Of sweet oil and table
spoonful of turpentine. Use enough
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apply with a flannel Finish with a
piece of flannel dipped In little Of the
dry powder.
An authority on scallops advises the
housewife to select those that have
yellow tint, as this Is the natural color
of the fish. Those that are white are
often made so by soaking in fresh
water so as to swell them and make
them measure more than they other
wise would.
New beets, especially white ones. are
quite delicious If parboiled about an
hour. peeled, and then simmered in
cupful OF stock until tender. Thicker
the stock slightly by adding to 1t
teaspoonful of butter, rubbed with
teaspoonful Of -four. If the beets are
large. slice them in rather thick slices.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Silver hand mirrors are SO easily
scratched, unless carefully packed.
that cases are made for them Though
some Of these cases are Of white or col
cred linen that Is embroidered, they
are more of a protection to the glass
If made from brocade for the outside,
with a wadded silk or satin lining for
the inside. The cases are cut the
shane of the mirror, and are a little
larger in size to allow for the seams
taken in making them. Ooze leather
embroidered Is soft and thick enough
to use for the purpose without any lin
Ing.
Pink hollyhocks, the double ones that
look somewhat like large pink roses.
were lately used to decorate a BALI
room They were made into garlands
and festoons and tied here and there
with large and graceful bows and
knots Of pink moire ribbon. Another
ballroom at a summer place had gar
lands of oak leaves, and immense
sheaves of green cornstalks were used
with fine effect in a room that had
deep red wainscoting with Egyptian
hangings.
The attractive and profitable enter
tainment lately given by q village I'M