Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-07-06
The Dining Room.

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The Dining Room.
The dining room should be as pleasant
as possible, large enough for convenience
and little longer than it is wide. The
wainscoting and woodwork should be in
oak finish There should be hardwood
floor, oiled. The windows should be
dressed with shades of neutral tint, and
simple white sash curtains. A side
board, chairs and table to match the
wainscoting are all that Is really neces-
Sary for an ordinary dining room, al
though a screen and china cupboard are
very desirable additions If you have
no sideboard. make small cabinet of
good boxes, and screw it to the wall so
it viii rest upon the wainscoting. There
should be one box about two-thirds the
required size and two smaller ones,
placed one on top of the other, at right
angles with the first. Give them a coat
of oak finish and line with the prevail
ing color of the dining room furniture
A little plain moulding around the edges
and a glass door makes, with a little
expense, am article both ornamental and
useful.
the dining room. for in no other room in
the house will dust and fly specks be
more noticeable.
Glassware and linen may not be of
finest quality, but there should be plenty
of it. A few pictures are pleasing ac-
cessories. They are no longer expected
TO represent fish or game. or the conven-
tional fruit pieces of our childhood. Any
light study in oil, pleasing etching OF
any pleasing subject is permissible
1t is no longer considered the correct
thing to leave table standing between
meals, partly spread. 1t cannot be rec
commended, more especially unless the
room can be closed while sweeping or
busting is going. on in other parts. of the
house. In laying table ones's own
taste is better than rules. There is
simple elegance in a wellordered table
which appeals to fine taste. To begin
with, one must be provided with a 81
lence cloth to fit the table. This NAV
partly worn blankets. The table cloth
Should be spotlessly white and large
enough to hang gracefully over the edge
of the table. There should be napkins
stitched with an inch-wide hem.
If dinner of one course is to be
served and all brought to the table at
once lay the plates face upward. two or
three inches from the edge of the ia
BILE At the right of the plate place a
knife or knives as may be required; at
the left an forks needed during the meal.
Teaspoons and dessert spoons should be
at the left of the forks; above these,
toward the center of the table, lay the
kins, or those in fancy folds, should not
be seen.
In front of the host and hostess, who
should sit at the head and foot of the
table, place a carver'S and servers set,
as nicely embroidered as time and means
will admit. A plain, hemstitched mat
is, however suitable. The centerpiece
may be little more elaborate than the
others. Overworked embroidery is just
now considered most suita BILE for center
pieces A bouquet or dish of fruit may
rest upon the centerpiece. Salt, pepper
and vinegar dishes, suitable for passing,
may be place at right of host and host
ess, and water jugs or pitchers where
glasses should be arranged as convent
ent.
Coffee. pie and pudding should be
served from a sideboard or table. The
person serving should pass to the left of
the one being served and to the right
when removing dishes that have been
used.
These suggestions are offered for the
ordinary home, where there are not many
courses served or many servants to do
the work.-The Housekeeper.
First Mistress of the White House-Me-
mortal to Abigail Adams.
With regard to the plan for the cree
ton of a cairn on Payne's hill, in Quin-
CIV, in honor of Mrs. Abigail Adams,
which the Adams chapter of Quincy of
the Society Of the Daughters Of the
Revolution are to build on the 18th of
June, it seems that the idea of erecting
this memorial was discussed by the mem
bers of this society at the time of the
building of the cairn in honor of Miles
Standsh, at Squantum, last September.
The matter having also been presented
to the Quincy Historical society, it be-
came a matter of courtesy to try to ar
range joint celebration by the two So
cieties, and Mrs. Titus, the regent Of the
Adams chapter Of Quincy of the Society
of the Daughters of the Revolution,
states that she wrote to the secretary of
the Quincy Historical society, and also
to the curators, some six weeks ago, re-
questing that meeting should be called
to consider the matter No action hav-
ing been taken by the Quincy Historical
society, it was voted to proceed indie
pendently with the celebration, which
has the approval of their president, as
there should be no rivalry between So
cieties which have for their object the
advancement of patriotic work.
The invitation sent out by the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution is as follows:
EsThe Adams chapter of Quincy, Mass,
Society of the Daughters of the Revoiu-
ton, invites you to be present upon the
top of Payne's hill, Quincy, at II o'clock
noon, June IT, 1896, to assist in the erec-
ton of a cairn in honor of Mrs. Abigail
Adams. and to mark the spot upon
which, with her son, John Quincy
Adams then a boy of years, she
watched the smoke and listened to the
guns Of the battle of Bunker Hill Each
person present is requested to add a
Stone to the pile"-Boston Transcript.
Care of the Feet.
Low shoes should be worn instead of
high ones whenever practicable as the