The record-union., 1896-11-22

Scarlet or pink or a touch of yellow
are all good colors if sparingly used to
brighten and relieve the monotones Of
a blue and white room. Any one Of the
coIors may also be used to keep green
and white room from morotony. II
the prevailing colors in a sleeping-room
are pink and white, use pale olive, or
olive and blue, or pink and violet for
a contrast.
At stall at a recent sale there were
displayed some pretty and odd bedroom
wall pockets for photographs that
found many buyers. Each one con-
sisted of strip of satin ribbon about
half q yard long and seven inches
broad, to which there were fastened,
one below the other. seven large and
gorgeous butterflies made of crepe It's
sue paper and painted with black and
gold. The flies were fastened about
half an inch apart. The edges were OF
sold paint, and the center of the bodies
and the marking of the wings were
done with the black paint. A large satin
bow was fastened to the top of the case.
One photograph was slipped into the
pocket or rest formed by each butter
fly. The cases seen were Of pale blue,
of yellow, of white and of green.
A very rich or delicious pudding is
made from twelve stale macaroons
rolled fine, mixed with butter sugar,
eggs and cocoanut. Beat eight level
tablespoonfuls of butter until creamy
and add to it gradually sugar. Flavor
with one half-cupful of sherry. Beat
half a dozen eggs until light. and stir
a tablespoonful at time into the but
ter and sugar. Add to the batter two
cupfuls of grated cocoanut and the mac
aroon flour. mix thoroughly and lightly
and bake thirty minutes in well-but-
tered pudding dish.
When the ceiling of room is high,
and a plain background is desired for
pictures, a plain cheviot or cartridge
paper often covers the side walls to
within four feet of the ceiling. Above
that is placed a frieZe, perhaps four
feet wide, of paper of the same color,
but ornamented with gold or silver and
inclosed between holdings, one of
which is placed at the lower edge of
the frieZe and the other is made SO that
it fits into the angle between the side
walls and ceiling. This is called an
English frieze. Such a paper seen on
the walls of a library was of light old
red. The wide freZe was ornanrented
by hand with gilt fieur de lys scattered
here and there. The holdings used
We're about two inches wide and Of old
rose with touches of gold.
When your fire is not in a proper con-
dition for broiling chops, they will be
found to be equally good if Dreaded
and baked in hot oven. Use loin or
rib chops, take out the bones, roll them
in as compact form as possible, and
lay in a deep pan, with some of the
fat trimmed from them under each
one. Make a dressing from fine stale
breadcrumbs. season with salt and
plenty of white and red pepper, moisten
with melted butter and a beaten egg
Spread smoothly over the chops. and
bake until they are easily pierced with
a fork and brown on top.
SeeGless raLins with a fine flavor,
ties at the Boston Food Fair. These
raisins are much finer in every way
than the Sultanas, which, though they
may have the merit of being without
seeds, are very insipid. The new raj
sins are made from white California
grapes. and are sold in three grades,
according to their size.
y novel way Of cooking oysters that
| those who like it like very much, is to
wash and dry large oysters, dip them
| in beaten egg. roll in fine freshly grated
| Parmesan cheese, and then il fine dry
| breadcrumbs. After rolling in the
cheese, stand aside ten minutes. and
| dip the second time IL the egg before
| rolling in the crumbs Fry in deer
| fat and drain. Serve celery with the
| oysters.
| Those who buy ground spices will be
| glad to know that someone has thought
| Of the Inconvenience of packing them in
| Tin b5xes from which one must always
remove the lid to see if her stock is
| low, and put upon the market first
class spices in small bottles sealed with
sitter tops. Larger packages have the
mouth Of the bottles so large that a
spoon may be inserted.
|
| The newest face wells are transparen,
white gossamer with tiny black dots OF
| silk cheniiic woven. not stamped. into
| the TRY surface. They are much finer
| and more expensive than the familiar
black and white face wells so long pop
| ular with a large class of women who
| admire them. and when adjusted the
| new vafisty gives quite the old time ef-
| feet ri powder and patches to the com.
| plexion.
Among den.i-dress toilets, coat bod
| ices With jacket fronts and beItad Rus.
sian back are again worn. with a YES,
Of some rich brocede or Of a diaphanous
| textile dfaDed over plain satin Long
slender tabs lined with contrasting
| color are cut at the back of many of the
| lated both front and back Tabled
! bretelles stand out widely around the
| shoulders or taper gradually to the
| waist line The high fiaring collars ar.
| slashed and lined to correspond, and
| as a rule are more becoming to the
| majority Of faces than the wide stiff,
| stock
There is every Indication that fins
qualities Of faced colth and tailor CLOTH
| will be in great use all winter. They al