Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22

then quickly add the desired amount of
boiling water; stand the pot over a hot
fire and let it boil fast for few mo-
ments: add cup of cold water and push
X 10 the back of the range to settle for
FIVE minutes
But the modern epicures prefer the
French method of making coffee by per
collation. For this have the bean not
merely ground fine, but pulyeriZed; use
a minute coffee pot, which consists OF a
pot into which cotton bag has been
fitted, and which can be had from any
house-furnishing store. Put into the bag
one heaping dessertSpoonflll of the pow
der for each cup of coffee, and have
ready just the quantity of fresh water
needed When this has come to boil
pour if quickly over the coffee; it will
drain through the bag and be rich and
clear. If greater strength is desired put
the pot on the fire and allow it to boil up
once, thus forcing the water again
through the bag. If French coffee is
liked little prepared chickory may be
added-about half a teaspoonful to each
four cups-but the use of chickory is as
much condemned by some epicureS as 1t
is urged by others, SO it becomes mat
ter of personal taste. A good blend OF
coffee is a mixture of one pound Of Java
with a quarter Of pound of Mocha, and
two ounces of Rio, or Martinique where
Rio is disliked; but many prefer the pure
Java. Experimenting with these blends
will finally produce a coffee which suits
exactly the family taste, and which once
found. should never be abandoned.
Now G word as to the bag IN the min
ute coffee pots. It should be thoroughly
soaked before it is first used, and after
service it should be washed out and lett
to soak in cold water-never in hot.
After it has been used for some. SIX
weeks new bag is easily made from
thin cheesecloth and slipped over the
IRON ring which supports it. 1t only
takes a few minutes TO renew bag,
and it is safer to change it often. AS
to the war waged over boiled coffee, 1T
may be said that percolated coffee is
pronounced soothing to the nerves, While
boiled coffee is exciting.
Damask DOwries.
When Miss Endicott married Joseph
Chamberlain she carried with her to her
English home many chests of household
linen These were far more precious IN
her eyes than her boxes of Paris gowns,
and we'll they might be, for, beside the
beautiful products of modern looms, en-
broidered with intricate monograms by
skillful French fingers, she had treasures
creamy in tint and soft with age, heir
looms from the days of her Salem an
cestors, when spinning, though needful
art was the occupation of feminine
leisure, the employment of the rich and
the poor, in the intervals of more inn
portant business and in the long nights
of winter The distaff was then, like
the embroidering of soft cushions. BILE
centers and doilies of our day, remedy
against idleness.
fresh. charming fashion is the gift
of quaint chest of drawers, called
+'trousseau chest" from the mother to
her engaged daughter soon after the ring
has been given by the fiance. 1t serves
its earliest duty as the repository of the
congratula tory offerings from girl friends
the teacloths and chocolate napkins which
have run to earth the OverWorked "en-
gagement teacup." The chests, made of
black old Dutch oak, are most suggestive
of the Hollander's love of table linen,
and are supposed to inspire most enthu-
siasm in making the collection. And no
table linen can be better Of it's kind than
the old. heavy Dutch linen, with odd
figures worked in a shade of white that
shows only in certain lights. This is
still manufactured, but it is difficult to
find in this country, as importers seem
to prefer the extremely fine. silky French
or Irish productions.-Dem Maya
zine.
Brides Did Not Always Wear White.
The months of May and June are
known throughout the world as those in
which more marriages take place than in
any others. 1t is interesting, therefore,
to note that the choice of white for we'd
ding dresses is comparatively a modern
fashion. The Roman brides wore vel
low, and i'm most Eastern countries pink
is the bridal color. During the middle
ages and the renaissance brides wore
crimson. and most of our Plantagenet
and Tudor Queens were married in this
vivid hue. which is still popular in parts
of Brittany, where the bride is usually
dressed in crimson brocade.
1t was Mary Stuart who first changed
the color Of bridal garments. At her
marriage with Francis [. of France, in
155S-which took place not before the
altar, but before the great doors of No
ire Dame she was goWned IN white bro
cade, with train of pale blue Persian
velvet six yards in length. This innova-
ton caused quite a stir i'm the fashion
able world of that time. 1t was not,
however, until quite the end of the Seven.
teenth century that pure white-the col
Ors hitherto worn by royal French wild
ows-became popular for bridal garments
IN this country.
s@Sonnets from the Portuguese
Mrs. Browning first made known to
her husband the existence of the 'SSon-
nets from the Portuguese, in the pas
sionate verses of which she told the
story of their courtship. Browning had
no suspicion that the circumstances of
their romantic betrothal had caused the
production of these remarkable poems,
nor was he conscious of their existence
until the year after their marriage
Their custom was" Mr.. Browning
said, ito write alone. and not show
each other what they had written. This
was rule which he sometimes broke
through, but she never. He had the
habit of working in a downstairs room,
where their meals were spread, while
Mrs. Browning studied in a room on the
floor above. One day early in 1917,
their breakfast being over, Mrs. Brown
ing went upstairs, while her husband
stood at the Window watching the street
till the table should be cleared. He
was presently aware of someone be-
hind him, though the servant was gone.
1t was Mrs. Browning, who held him