The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
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II n clean cloth wrung out of water to
which half a teaspoonful Of ammonia has
which has been recently swept. ii will re-
move the dusty look and brighten the col
ors.
Everything now points to a reduction in
the outline of sleeves and skirts for the au-
tumn season. Dressmakers and tailors.
however. will make their way very eau
tiously in cutting into new fabrics for wear
the coming season.
Plain white satin corsages. yelled with
white mousselin de sole edged with Vene-
tian lace and insertion. worn with white
brocaded satin skirts. form some of the
most elegant and fashionable evening
toilets of the season.
Onions are almost the best nervine
known. No medicine is so useful In cases
of nervous prostration. and there is nothing
else that will so quickly relieve and tone
a WORKOUT system. Onions are useful in all
consumption. insomnia. ~hydrophobia. sour
Wy. gravel and kindred liver complaints.
Eaten every other day they soon have a
clearing and whitening effect on the COM
plexiont
Triple ruffes finishing the tops of coat
sleeves will continue 60 be very popular
throughout the fall season. They are wide
point on the under part. Some OF the ruff
fles will be made of the dress fabric bound
on each edge with bias velvet: others will
be made of velvet alone. and silk and satin
gowns will nave the frills lined with taft
feta. brocade or other rich material of a
contrasting color.
One Of the old-time remedies 10 be re-
vived Is that of sunfiower tea for rheuma-
tism. To prepare this tea. procure two
quarts of the black seeds OF the sunhower
Strain and bottle. and take a cupful night
and morning. This was a ~favorite remedy
in the early part of the century. and ii is
by some one into whose hands an old-time
receipt book had fallen.
II an unexpected lunch box has TO he pre-
pared and there is no meat available for
sandwiches. take the yolk of a hard boiled
egg and mash il smooth with a tablespoon
full of melted butter: add half a teaspoon
full each of salt. white pepper and mus
tard. and o~ne-Quarter of a pound of COM
mon cheese grated. Then stir in n scant
tablespoonful OF vinegar and spread be-
tween thin slices OF bread. Such sand.
witches Will be hailed with delight.
II one wishes to use embroidery silks OF
Delft blue on white linen far better and
more pleasing results are obtained by hav-
ing a graceful floral or conventional OF
classical design STAMPED and working the
pattern with several shades of the silk thar
are to be had by attempting embroidered
landscapes and waves. and boats with sails
The colors look particularly wen in the
sraceful scrolls and r~osettes and seeded OF
pearled patterns that characterize the Ma
RE Antoinette embroidery Such designs
are used as borders and ms corner pieces
combining outlining and solid work.
In a neighborhood where piazza needle.
work parties are the fashion this summer
By giving 10 each guest a small square OF
linen and silks and needles. with the re-
quest that each one embroider some OBJ
jet in forty-ive minutes. The names OF
the workers were written on this. and each
one was examined and voted upon for its
defects and @xceiencies. Prizes were giver
for the most correct drawing. the most
original. the best execution. the worst, and
Tor other points. SO that every guest was
possessed OF one. The notion was amusing
because unexpected and novel. The prizes
] other tribes In silver.