The record-union., 1896-07-12


cayenne pepper and paprika, lemons,
few cans of mushrooms. olive oil, a
bit of good cheese, some canned sal
mon, sardines. and if you are to make
a delicious Welsh rarebit a few bottles
of good ale or beer. If you do not
object to using wine in cookery, a
bottle or two of claret or madeira Will
not come amiss in some of the recipes
that are to be found in most of the
books on chafing-dish cookery.
The most convenient way Of prepar-
ing a quantity of pineapples for the
table or for canning is to cut the pine
in rather thick circular slices, and then
to peal each slice. 1t can then be fiecked
with fork or cut in fine pieces with a
chopping-knife. A silver knife should
be used in peeling acid fruits.
A simple test for digestibility given to
class of nurses, by which one can cas-
lily determine If solid food is one
which is proper to give a sick person, Is
to drop small piece of it in cold water.
If it soaks up the water rapidly, the
food is moderately digestible.
Bowl and pitchers of pressed paper
are better for summer cottages where
there are not many maids than those of
earthenware, as they are much lighter
and cannot be broken.
Both button radiseS, when sweet and
tender, and summer squash make eX-
cellent cream soups. The radisheS
should be grated, the squash cut in
small pieces, cooked, and put through
a puree sieve Use white stock or milk
and butter for the soup, and season with
I'd little onion juice.
At a delightful summer musicale the
SO ngs and instrumental music We're all
about flowers, interSpersed with we'll
known quotations from the poets about
flowers as a guessing game, and recita-
tions a. few on the same subjects Moth
ing could be more charming for a sum
mer's entertainment. Until one begins
the search she has no idea what
wealth of material there is for it,
A beautiful and Impressive front door
and doorway, an entrance that differs
in some way from that of ones neigh
Dor. is now thought much Of by the
builders of new city houses, and by
those who wish in some way to make
their brow11-stone fronts already built
less ugly and more individual Some
times these entrances are Partisan in
type and copy those of Old or new cha
teaux, or they may, if one has wealth
enough, have for a model the doorway
OF some Venetian palace.
Renaissance lace of fine quality is
often used to border dinner cloths of
fine. heavy, plain table linen. The bor-
ders are of varying widths, from six to
twelve inches, and an insertion of the
same lace borders that part of the cloth
that rests on the tabletop. Russian
lace in edges and insertions is also
used to enrich handsome dinner
cloths 1t is somewhat expensive, but
launders beautifully and as such cloths
are only for occasional use and careful
ly looked after, it may be said to wear
| forever.
The pretty corduroy silks come in Per-
sian and Algerian stripes and in gay
tri- -colors-green, gold, and English rose
, and various other bright combinations
that render them most desirable for
n
made UP in princesse style, fastened at
| the back, with full elbow sleeves and the
bodice portion cut square in the neck.
Others have a nine-Gore skirt trimmed
at the foot with a narrow velvet ruche,
so gathered that a ting frdll ifs left each
side. The bodice shows a short bOlero
Jacket with revers, and also pointed
caps cut in one with the jacket and
ell IL ln1a he
caps are full bishop sleeves matching the
striped silk blouse worn with the jacket.
Separate waists of embroidered ba-
It's te to wear with various skirts just as
silk waists are worn are very popular
this season The embroidery is in all
over designs and the waists copy All
the models now fashionable. They have
yokeS, jacket fronts, dropping ana pox-
pleated effects, and are lace ana nser-
ti0n trimmed like other fabrics Pale
yellow and pink patiste waists that are
rot embroidered aUe effectively trimmed
with rows OF LaATowest black Velvet
ribbon Very many economical women
this :, asCn purchase batiste, grass
lawn. organiy. or other summer-like
wais. ready made at aae best shops.
and then add a homemade sored skirt
of r,la; material to nE,tch. White dotted
Swiss be-. .ces are easily matched, also
those OF India null, chiffon, and grena-
dine or etamine.
Materials for transparent gowns are
so. d tsis year in greater variety than
ever, ard although the majority of these
dresses, are rendered very elegant and
ella , Jrate by rich laees and silk Innings,
exceedingly simple and charming toilets
are made with Innings of batLste. lawn or
ribbon cloth The latter fabric has a lit
1le RIB that makes 1t look like a corded
silk; it has slightly lustrous surface,
and is quite sheer and fine. Sateen in
pink, blue, or corn color is also used to
line organdy, French lawn and similar
airy textiles.
The tendencyis still toward very short
Hyasuues and jacket bodices for nearly
forms is trim, chic and Frenchy On
short, ample figures, alas. the result is
spreading and bobby.
No chronicle of fashions can now be
complete unless 1T takes the require
nents of the woman cycler into con-
sideration, and the heat and humidity
of the season necessitateS some cooler
wear than serge, tweed, or mohair.
Many cyclers wear skirts of these fab
RIGS with shirt w waists of lawn. grass.