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The morning times., 1896-11-01
DECORATIVE ILLUMINATION.
Candles Cast Their Light Through
Bronze Figures.

Electric light has more and more firmly
and permanently taken the place of gas for
domestic purposes every year and now the
clear wax and parafine candles are push
ing lamps of vogue
The lists o. bridal gifts no longer num-
| Der ever so many tall lamps and shorter
ones, gorgeous shades, or small silver oil
lights for tables, but artistic newell post
and bracket fixtures for the electric cur
rent and countless single sticks or many
branched candelabra No bride thinks she
| can set up her housekeeping in anything
like genuine comfort and luxury unless her
| dining-room and dressing tables are provnl
| ed with convcniences for tapers and the
rest of the house shows The latest fashions
in electric lighting
The latest fashions naturally are the most
recent improvements, one Of which is the
method of doing quite away with any hang
ing lights in the hall. Moorish, Chinese,
painted porcelain and American plate glass
lanterns have all been taken out by deco
ratorS OF taste. and the wires brought up
through the newell post of the stairs into n
bronze, brass, marble or wrOueht-iron fig
ure. Sometimes this will he Atalanta with
her goidenapplc,the fruit in her out stretched
hand, done in yellow glass and the light
bulb inside. or a slim marble goddess blow
inga glowing crystal bubble from the mouth
of long-Stemmcd lily
The newell post light is not. however. a
positive eXaction, and there are many hall
ways showing the application of electric
illumination flat against the wall. For
THIS the decorators often use a great brass
or bronze plate. fixed on above the oak
table where hats arelaid. On this space. in
engraved or repousse work. the family coat
ofarlns is elaborately set forth and he motto
OF the house etched underneath the os-
cutcheon. Then from upper corners OF the
brass plate spring out and hang pair OF
massive milky glass globes. TO shed not only
n softeEed glow on the corridor. but bring
the family honors. to ones notice.
Occasionally, and where family pride is
great, the brass shield bears the quar-
teriDgs and motto worked out in very
exquisite enamels and the hanging globes
are covered with brass fret work. In the
drawing room us well'as ahe hall. it is the
fashion these days to throw the light out
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OF milk. half n teaSpoonful OF salt and
two eggs, the whites beaten separately and
added last. Butter tue cups, put them
| In the oven on dripping pan and let
them get sizzling hot, then fill three,parts
full with the batter. and bake half an hour
They should pop an inch over the cup,
have brown, crisp crust on bottom, top
and sides, and are as pleasing to tue eye
as they are 10 the palate. Turn out the
cups on a hot dish. and serve with hard
sauce. Do not use any raising hut tue egg
powder would spoil them.
A Delicious Turnover-Anothcr dessert
that always clicits Il request for the recipe
is right side up only, when it is up
side down. and is made as follows: A
pint of flour Sfted, with quarter of a tea
spoonful of salt, a heaping one of baking
powder and one OF granulated sugar, rub
into this smartiy between the hands a piece
of shortening the size of an egg, twot thirds
butter and one thirds lard. mix with enough
sweet milk to make into 4 soft dough, roll
into Sheet about three quarters of an inch
thick and line the bottom of a creased tin
pan such Il smcat 5 are cookcdin. Be careful
that the oven is not too hot on the bottom
heap the paSte-lincd pan with fruit sugared
To taste, and three tablcspoonSfus of wa
ter Sprinkled through, bake about twenty
minutes, then hold over the pan n flat
meat platter, turn quickly and serve after
1t has cooled little. The crust should
be Il golden brown and deliciouSly crisp as
to exterior and fluffy within. A brisk
oven is necessary for success.
II the foregoing recipes are successfully
followed out, the writer will guarantee
that 1.-The family will not be heard to de-
clare, as they SO often do, that they are
tired of puddingS and pies, and only want
fruit. 1t is wei! to remember how nourish-
ing such desserts are. EMILY FORD
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VALUABLE SHETLAND sHAwLs.
High Degree of Art Employed by the
Natives in Weaving Them.
Pail NGN GOzet

Putting aside other branches OF Shetland
hosiery, the Shetland shawl may be roughly
divided into TWO classes. shawIs'' and
'.ciou.!s." 1t is unnecessary to explain the
nature Of shawl, but there may be a few
persons who know not that Il cloud in
Northern parlanceis butthe small. elongated
form of shawl, AMI is a wrap in great re-
quest for evening Wear by the ladies' OF
London and the world. OF these siawls
ana clouds there are, technically spcak-
ing. three distinct kinds;
First. the most elaborate and expensive
is that which is known as Grape" work,
in witch the knitting is 30 delicate as 10
resemble IN appearance the most finely
interviewer sauZe wire. Next in quality
and value To tnis il the lace work.
the name of which explains its nature. The
third sort l. that of the far Cuarscr Shawls
and clouds known a. hap" The last
are much heavier in weight aEu roIGhcr
in texture. Yet iii some OF them the
differeU; shades of color form most
bcIutIiGI effect.
Such is the art employed in their weav-
ing that the gradationS Of tone merge
themselves almost impcrceptibly one in
the other. And this is the more remark
able from the fact that the Shctlauder is
not Toud 81 -'dyeS.' and only uses hem
10 render Salatle piece Of hosiery that
has. so to speak gone wrong. The colors
are the natural ones OF the sheep, the
blacks. browns, grays and ell whites Of
their wool only i'll Fair Isle. midway
between Shetland and Orkney, Is this ruIe
departed from. There, us said, some
vessels of the Spanish armada were
stranded during the fleets un willing
progress round the north of Scotland.
and nearly zoo men sought the hospitality
of the islanders.
a portion Of these the latter, surrepti-
tously ur otherwise, threw over the cliff
The rest they kept, and Were taught by
them to extract from herbs certain dyes
such as tile colurlOving SOuthrnns revcl"d
i'll. and To apply them to their hosiery. The
result is that today the Fair Isle Shawis
and stockings contain checks and lines So
gaudy as positively to su!ly the general
sombernesS OF the great island industry.
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=WHAT \ WOMEN n ARE \ DOING

from the wall. and the effect of candle glow
isgiven byintroducins white porcelain tapers
in the scomes. Atthetopo of every taper tiny
bulbs protrude. and over them fit silken
shades. But in addition to the sconces and
their make-belicvc candles. pretty de-
vice is followed of setting, at Intervals,
along the frieze richly coiored shells Of
glass, fitting over electric bulbs. These
contrivances have ousted from favor hang
ing chandeiiers
If vast blaze OF light Is desired, great
carved glass candelabra, six feet high,
stand before the long mirrors, an of them
with twelve or fifteen branches, bearing
porcelain tapcrs and shaded globes.
Everyone of these small silken shades
by the way, are So arranged that an
underpuffing OF pa!est rose silk filters
the light down and SO modiiies the white
glare, which has been the CHEF drawback
to electricity in homes. In addition to the
wall lights and candelabra, persons who
have this new power in their homes fit
the backs OF their bric-a-bac cabinets
with glass walls and slip bulbs behind
them to illuminate the precious contents.
over the music rack of the grand piano
hangs row Of small glass bells They are
intended to represent Es,if-open lily buds,
So covered by their long green calyx that,
though plenty Of white light is thrown
on the Sheet Of music, the face OF whoever
sings or plays is in the shadow.
Genuine wax lights are considered the
only becoming illumination for dining
room. and the brown bronze wall sconces
show their branches at either side of little
piping satyrs, while on the mantel shelf
and sideboard stand stately candelabra
OF fawns and nymphs upholding boughs of
roses. These are done in porcelain, deli
cately tinted, and after a dinner are car
ried into the drawing-room for extra bril-
liancy. Into every one OF the rose cups
fit tall, Slim candles, called coronation
tapers. their tall shafts Of wax springing
from crown-shapcd foundations
FANNY ENDERS
The morning times., 1896-11-01
A Craze Has Struck the Country
With "Let's Get rlarried"
AS a Record Breaker.
Ten to One of
1t Sold.

openly slip them under the lapeIs Of
their jackets, and when you pass them
tile wind Will take the lapel and lip,=it
forward, and you Will read. Meet Me
at tue Bargain Counter" Under the
other lapel you will catch stop Wink
Ing at Ne"
"Takc OFF Your Hat" Here Comes a
Lady, are twin buttons standing side
by side where you can see them, as the
obliging lapel stays back And hidden
almost IN its very depths is the modest dec
Iaration: mo Man Ever Kissed Me"
This is the button craze as exempiified
by tie retiring girl who would not for
- tie world wear her buttons outside. Too
much Ike wearing her heartupon her sleeve.
Charming little buttons come for un-
dcrwear Girls know all about ttesc but
tons. Get some girl with a pronounced at
tack OF the button fad to tell YOU She
wears buttons on her underwear. you can
be sure. Without icing vulgar and without
violating the proprieties you may know
uuat one Of them says. This is q Bicycle
Corset" and another declares Ribbons
on Everything Il Like Violet Best"
Is statement you see pecping out Of tie
rccE or morning gown, and II tie gov II
lac folded one in front you may catct
CLEAN Of Here's Ny Heart" I'm the
Youngest Of the Family is another con-
fidential remark told by sly button.
AN ENTERTAINING FAD.
The button fad is not 70 tie condemned,
for it entertains, and that is more than
can he said Of most faCs II is q useful
one. too, for the buttons are pins. AMI
what would we 10 without pins? Men wear
these pins under their coat idf"lS and 0uj-
side And they lodge them in their crav ats
and even decorate their trouSr., bands
with them I'm q samson EOlG> up r.,
trousers band OF young Yale wrestler,
and I'm Sandow's CoEsin' trimmed u
sweater in which a Harvard oars football
man rested.
Tell Your Troubles to Policeman"
keeps many a bicycle cap in shape. And
now you see This LaIys Ny Sister
Il Want q Match is Worn by girls, and
PLEASE Help Ne Mount is another legcnI
Of the fair ones.
The button fad enriches many manu-
faCturor, for there are 500 button businesses
in the United States. ana this means many
n factory. The materials are cheap, hut
the workmanship is complicated. Every
button passes through ten pairs II han.s
before it can come To you marked I'm All
Right and Go to L. is sadly narred and
disfigured If you get it before the polish
has been put on.
The morning times., 1896-11-01
THREE TIMELY RECIPES.

Rack Of AIutton-The part of sheep that
butchers call the rack is that part from
which chops. which are TO be ..Frenched,' -
are taken and is an excellent joint for a
small family, as it averages only about
four pounds. Just before putting it in the
oven sprinkle with salt and dredge with
flour. The former draws out n little OF the
Juice from tie meat, but the flour absorbs
IT, and If the oven is brisk, a crust is
formed in very short time which keeps in
the juices. Cover with paper when brown
and haste through the paper Meats that
are not carefully basted are never juicy.
If mutton is liked well done allow fifteen
minutes to the pound, otherwise ten.
Pop OvcrS-As these are very popular,
1T is Well to buy cups without handles,
of strong ware, to bake them in. Make
a batter OF pint OF sifted flour, pint
The morning times., 1896-11-01
A WOMAN'S FACE.
The Marked Changes Made by Ma
ternity Scientifically Studied. :
Copyright, 1861


II is a recognized fact that after a
rnaus marriage there is a different look
upon his face. lie talks differently, acts
differently, owns an expression which he
did not before have. 1t may hc Worn
look; il may be Il Joyous look; that is an
other side of the story: hGt the change is
a cold fact.
Here is another fact. 1t was recently
brought forward by the wife of the great
Or. Tjut. Assisted by her husband, Mrs.
Tat wrote an article for a leading Eng
liSii magazine Ipon 1t. and It's discussion
Was Immediately taken up.
The writer held that after maternity
the expression upon rlIc face Of woGnan
is changed. Further. maternity alters tt:s
eNIT7csSi"l Hy,a the face Of a female IF
every race. And, more stitl. experts are
coming 10 read rrrjHin things from sHcn
fares thar are Indic"> Of happiness or un-
happiness, Of raar. family traits and states
OF mind. The alterations upon the face
in maternity are great. wonderful signs
and students Of nature are NouucrnE that
they were not the firsi to discover and
classify them.
Mrs. TAFT declares that she began to
notice the changes IN her own face. and
watched them develop 10y the AID Il Il
looking glass. She i"ltcd down also the
remarks Of her friends
1t is fact not very well understood,
but nevertheless a fact. that ones position
In life is impressed on ones face, and in
ones bearing. Students of the face Will
tell you what a mans occupation is. And
By h:s Walk and calling. without knowing
why they do II or how rlH'y know it. E1t
from clothes. nor hands. nOr grooming. :"
they viii tell yon: "nly-tEey know il is so.
woman's change comes once and for all.
The morning times., 1896-11-01
Royalty Marries Young.

Royalty almost invariably marres young.
Queen Victoria was not quite twenty-one
when sine married Prince Albert; the Prince
III Wales was not twenty-five when he
welded Princess Alexandra: King Humbert
Of Italy was twenty four when he mar
ried the seventeen year-old Margaret, and
the Emperor of Austria was twent " three
when he welded the lcvely Princess Eli
abeth, who was only sixteen. The king of
tie Belgians was first married at the age
of eighteen, and the German emperor was
only twenty two when he married the
Princess Augustus Victoria OF Schleswig-
Holstein- neutrality-suspicious. ustenb bourg.-
Chicago Chronicle.
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ARTISTS AND AUTHORS
Noble American Institution Founded
For their Use.


AID unique asylum is that founded not
ions SINCE Tor needy authors, artists and
professional persons 1t is called th,,
nome hotel, and is situated in the unDer
part or New York city in a. pleasant
locality.
Among the well-kno wn persons interested
IN the project are Mrs. whltelaw Reid,
MIS-. Ihurber, Mrs. John Sherman, Mrs
Russell Sage, and Mrs. Phelps Stokes.
More than forty Years ago the late N.
p Willis, inspired from the suffering from
poverty and illness, Edgar Allen Poe and
MS WHe, made an appeal for q semi
private In stitntien where literary pep.
pie might find temporary refuge. This
institution, 1t is hoped, has been estai-
hshed in the Home Hotel, whose name
partially Indicates its object. The insti-
tution is free 10 those unable to offer
any compensation, others pay a moderate
price. To furnish a small annuity to such
applicants as may prefer to live in their
OVID homes, Is also one object for which
the home was founded.
II has also been suggested that the plan
OF Les Manages" of Paris, he adopted,
whereby those who so prefer it may have
their apartment for housekeeping, taking
daily from the kitchen such provisions as
they need, and SO live privately. This ar
rangement would be especially appreciated
by artists, who could make homes of their
studios.
The Maison de Retraite in France is
able to carry out many excellent plans,
which the Home Hotel hopes in time to
adopt. 1t accommodates 100 persons, fifsy
of whom pay 800 francs or 500 a year
for their board and lodging; the remaining
fifty pay nothing. hut they must be spe-
c.ally recommended, and they must have
belonged to the literary, scientific or
artistic professions.
Long, indeed, is the apprenticeship of
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deed, II We are 10 judge from the interest
Which Mr.. Smith exniuits IN the WORK, one
| might say his only Regret is that transpor-
tation lines are too defective between our
globe and Mars TO enable him to import
some specimens from that much speculated
about planet.
= But SO vast and varied is the treasure
already within The small space or ground
below the Capitol that one could hardly
write sketch OF it, aud mention more than
the mere names of the plants. In this it
has been decided 10 take up few, reserv-
ing the continuation for another time.
To cultivate an eye for the beautiful
Is TO cultivate Il heart for good, as the two
are nearly akin; bearing this in mind, a
typical view OF South Africa, as given
in one of the great lighthouses, will be
truly an inspiration.
Above are the niesies of the Baguonia
Chamberlain, native to Brazil, and the
Adeni Callma Camosa vines, trailing their
snake-like tendrils over the dense foliage
Of trees; peepiug outa intervals from an
other hanging vine are the bright-hued
AlamaDdos, bright flowers ofrare sizes and
beauty, lending richness to tile green,
swampy scene.
ALI around may be seen growths OF shrub
berry, fruit trees, and ferns. The impress
sion left by the view is one OF profuse
luxuriance, and a languor creeps over one
which is not dispeiled until he catches o
glimpse of a jaundice-colo plant bear
ing the euphonious name, "mother-in-law
plant" The title originated with a Balti-
more newspaper correspondent, and the
story runs thus:
HOW IT DERIVED TUE NAME.
Several years ago horticultural ex.
hibition was held IN Baltimore. 1t failed
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letters! While brain workers sci do m
live to be old. they often live to want
AS Ruskin tells us, theirs is a self.cop.
secration for the benefit of others, writ
ing with nerve point. their pens dipped
in their own blood" When Illness LAYS
them idle FOR awhile, with no respect
full shelter" such as Willis pleaded for,
their lives are painful burden.
One woman, no longer young, who has
spent some time at the hotel, says: II was
encouraged u few years ago by publisher
"a veritabie Mr. Meesom-to write stories
He accepted the first one I wrote, lettering
to pay me n good sum after a certain
number OF the books had been sold. But
that certain number, according to his
account, was never reached"
Her experience recalls Augusta Smith.
ers' interview with her publisher.
We'll, Miss smithers, what is it?" asked
the publisher.
II came, Mr.. Mecson-I came about my
book"
Your book. Miss smithers," this was
an affectaton of forgetfulness: "let me
see-forgfve me, but we publish so many
books Oh, yes, l remember 'Jemima's
Voro.' Oh. well, believe it is getting
on fairly"
II knew you advertised the sixteenth
thousand the other day, put in Miss Smith
ers, apolog etically.
Ibid we? Did we? All, then you know
more about 1t than 1 do" and he looked
at his visitor in way that conveyed clearly
enough that he considered the interview
ended. Ell.
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row sink into iDsi gnificdnce beside the de
struction OF buds and blossoms in winter
and spring. On the grounds of the Depart
ment of sricuiture the sparrows have been
carefully watched for several years, and
TREY have been seen TO eat buds and bios
SONS OF all kinds and at almost all seasons
william Saunders, superintendent OF thu
garden and grounds or the department, and
Prof. o. T. Masonboth wrote in 1885 10 the
department. testifying TO the bud and bios
som eating proeivities of the sparrow. 1t
has been shown by utmost thousand re-
ports that there is scarcely a garden fruit
or vegetable which does not suffer from tie
ATTACKS OF the sparrow. although seine
garden products are more ser.o1sly injured
thas others. Among fruits, grapes appear
to suffer most.
II has been shown that grape buds are
frequently destroyed in the early spring,
and the fact that I21 observers, repre-
seuting twenty-six States and the Dis
trict of Columbia, now bear witness to
injury TO the ripeniug fruit, may We'll
cause apprehension among grape growers
who have not suffered loss as yet.
In California, where grape culture IL
an industry OF paramount Importance.
the English sparrow has taken firm root
and is multiplying and spreading with
ominous rapidity, and unless steps are
taken to wipe out the pest at the earliest
possible moment the result probably will
entail loss to the State OF many thou
sands. II not mil lions OF dollars.
Next to grapes. cherries are most Sc
riously injured. As cherry buds and bios
SONS are fayorite food OF the bird early
in the season, the damage to the riper-
ing fruit is the more keenly felt. After
once getting a taste of fruit 1t seems that
the sparrow prefers it even to grain, or
at least adds large Quantities OF it to its
other food. apples. pears. peaches, and al
most every other fruit suffering.
In every stage of growth OF garden
vegetables. from the planting OF the seed
until another crop of seed is gathered. they
are attacked continuously. The bird is IN
unquestionable nuisance in eating grass
seed when grown on lawns and about
houses. frequently scratching IL up or
plucking and eating the tender sprouts as
they come through the ground.
ENEMIES TO LAWNS.
1t has been found difficult to start
grass anywhere on The public grounds Of
Washington. as these birds eat the seed al
most S fast as it is sown. The wheat crop
suffers from the time of sowing until ii is
stored in the barn or elevator, and even
then the sparrows frequently find way
to get at it. Oats, rye, barley, corn,
sorghum. rice and buckwheat are reported
to be eaten by these birds.
One of the objections made to the spar
row is that it drives away every other
bird. Some years ago song birds and in
sect-catching birds of several kinds were
quite numerous in the parks and grounds
around Washington. but at the present
time I is a rarity to see any other species
than the sparrow in this city.
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Statistics show that there are seventy
kinds of wild birds which are known TO be
moiested by the sparrow, A number OF these
birds are species which nest about houses
and gardens, and with the exception Of
the crow, jay and possibly one or two
others, all are decidedly beneficial to the
farmer and gardener.
The question OF the insect-eating habits
OF the sparrow is one of the most important
to be decided. 1t has been shown that this
birl is decidedly injurious to grain OF
various kinds and 10 fruit: that it causes
q decrease in the number of native birds in
gardens and on farms. as well as in cities
ami towns, and that ii is o serious nuisance
in many ways. II ii could be shown, how
ever, that it habitually consumes large
numbers OF Injurious insects, there might
still be some ground for continuing to
protect It, or al least for retaining from
its wholesale Destruction.
Unfortunately for this bird, after every
scrap or available testimony had been ex-
amiDed, the Agricultural Department came