The record-union., 1896-11-08

per in mind before going out crackers
and cheese, beer for the rarebit, or
other dainties are placed in the cup
board for immediate use. Handsome
bottles of heavy glass, encrusted with
silver, are occasionally bought for al
cohol bottles if the chafing-dish fad has
one firmly in it's clutches.
The following recipe for cleaning
Silk cotton and wooden goods, and one
that is said not to change the color or
injure the fabric in any way, is from an
English authority: Take two good
sized potatoes and CRATE them, adding
one pint of clean, soft water Stir it
well, and then strain carefully into a
gallon of clear water, allowing it to set
tie. Pour the starchy liquid off, taking
care not to disturb the sediment. Rub
whatever article you wish to clean il;
the liquid, then rinse thoroughly in
clean water, dry carefully and press.
Some invitation cards that a young
woman is painting for Halloween
party have trailing across the top the
Other designs that are appropriate for
such cards are a bit of painted bitter
sweet, row of apples, or chestnuts in
the burr, or a scarlet candle in a blue
and black candlestick, or an artistic
horn of plenty, overfiowing with fruits
or flowers of gay colors, or a tasseled
ear of corn.
This is the best way to use onion
fiavoring: Shred the onions on a CRATER,
letting the juice run into dish; or cut
the onion in two, and crush it with a
lemon squeezer. The juice is excellent
for fiavoring chatting dish connections,
hashes, minces, steaks, ETC., and is far
better than chopping UP the onion and
using it that way.
This is a good way to clean your rusty
irons; Make the iron pretty hot and
then rub it over with little beeswax,
tied up in a piece of clean cloth When
the rust has all been removed by the ap-
plication, wipe off the iron with dry,
clean cloth.
Striped papers all of one color are
resemble coverings of silk, where two
effects of light are gained by a differ
ence in the weave. In the papers one
stripe will perhaps look like a velvet,
while the alternate stripe looks like a
satin or moire ribbon. Such papers are
beautiful in soft shades of red or old rose
with the woodwork of the room in white
enamel. One such paper seen had a
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red poppies on it. A curious wall-cov-
ering seen the other day, and as ugly is
1t was striking, was Of deep purple
spotted with gold f1eur de lis.
Many a visitor has been surprised to
find how curiously intimate is the
Queens knowledge of himself, his
tastes, is family connections and his
career, and this even although he may
have spent much of his time abroad,
in, possibly, some remote colonial ap-
pointment. So, too, with women who
often find when they first have the
honor of being presented to her ma
jesty that the Queen knows all about
them and their people, to the third and
fourth generation, as well as being IA
miliar with their own achievements, if
they are women who have accom-
plfshed anything in literature, the arts
or philanthrophy.
A marked tendency on the part Of
children to toe in is not to be attributed
TO mental perverseness, but to the lack
of a proper training of the outer mus
cles of the legs. These should be de-
veloped and strengthened by proper ex-
ercises daily.
Here is a recipe for hot starch: One
tablespoonful of white starch mixed
smoothly with two tablespoonfuls of
cold water, half teaspoonful of borax,
dissolved in little boiling water, and
drop in half an inch of wax candle.
Pour in boiling water and stir continu-
ally until the required thickness of
starch is obtained.
Batting made from lambs wool is now
used for filing the best comfortables
that are made. 1t is much warmer
than cotton and very light 1t comes
in two and three-pound sheets that are
1GXS4 inches. The cost is about 81 20
to 81 % a sheet.
Regarding winter hats, low crowns
are still fashionable but the conical
crowns more or less high make the latest
appeal to favor. These have the recon-
mendation OF novelty. and that is all.
popularity of straw hats with rather
high indented crowns, introduced early
in the autumn, was marked: for women
were apparently tired OF the exceed
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a change in the style of hair-dressing
invaria bly, results in change in the
fashion Of millinery. 1t is to be hoped.
however, that the grotesque sugar-loaf
crowns viii not largely prevail. 1t is
certainly not in accordance with the
present style Of dress. The steeple-
crowned chapeau of the Tyrolean peas
ant looks in accord with the rest of her
national dress, the towering hat making
up by its hight for the ahbreviation of
her scent skirts. so that proportion is
duly maintained. Some of the new WIN
ter hats have wide fiat hrims, others
have turned brims in Amazon style.
rolling slightly on each side, and again
the brims are laid fiat against the crown
in the back, this shape being favored
IN the two-toned felts. The shaded
eamefs-hair hats, matching shaded ef-
fects in dress. are chic and pretty, and
many are in most artistic colorings.
Prophecies concerning the popularity
OF yellow for rich evening toilets this
winter are already verified. this beau
tiful color appearing among elegant i'm
ported models designed by leading
French ateliers. Yellow is made up in
one striking color. or it is yellow with