The herald., 1896-10-11

Cunning little strawberry forks .S-.a two
tines are now seen with an enar-eled berry
i In nalurai coiors. Tne handle 10 decor
ated with the vine, fruit and blossoms ~ Q
| most pleasing design.
| Another fancy in strawberry forks has
| three tines and has a handle similar TO
those of af,er-dinner coffee spoons.
| Very pretty silver lemon services are
now on the market They have double
handle with a claw at one end and fork
at the other.
Of silver.
Some lovely cut glass tumblen in sx-
| quiste frames of open-work silver are
among the latest fancies
Ice cream sets are now made in Copen.
hagen English and German ware. and are
beautifully decorated. Cut glass II also
used for some Of these sets.
The latest thing in birthday spoons =
both novel and pleasing. They are enam-
eled and chased with appropriate designs
OF the Zodiac and the flower Of the month.
1t is indeed quite true that the sexs, ON
the street manage their hands and arms
after different fashions, but unlikeness In
tnls particular is artiflcially produced. ~
the wondering writer should easily have
ascertained II he had taken the trouble to
investigate. Men Of high and low and all
tney walk; that beautiful, natural and COM
portable movement is not permitted to q
woman or girl with any pretensions Of good
Dreeding Don't swing your arms ID among
the earliest OF the appalling long calendar
OF Don'ts" prepared exclusively for girls.
IN fact. among the very awful sins that
conservative people charge against the BIZ
cycle girl 1s that when OF her wheel "shs
strldes along and swings her arms" What
sne should DO. according to these censors.
OF course, Is to glue her elbows to her sides
ana to take ladylike steps, However. ath-
ielics ID likely more and more to claim
the homage Of woman, and 1t Is more than
possible that ere long convention will per-
NIT ner arms to swing as freely as do
tnose OF her brother. and when that time
arrives one more woman mystery will
be dissipated. -. =.
Opto-date women are rejoicing in furui-
lure y s!alned-not painted--all the colors Of
me RAINBOW. And energetic women are do
,ng tho staining ,themselves Tho wood must
'De hent-oak. maple, yellow or white pine
ana tne more grained the better. a. the
tsa,,, neayy markings come out particularly we'll
tnrougn the translucent color. BY sending
special order to the manufacturers It 10
easy to get sets Of furniture without paint
OF varnlsn, but II It Is an old piece that II
10 De renovated. 1t must be thoroughly
scraped Put the stain on quite thick and
ruD II on with linen or cotton rag A
coat OF hard oil finish may be applied a.
q nler and then, after II is dry, It should
De rubbed all over with the prepared bees
wax tnat comes in cans for floors. After
tne wax Is rubbed on 1t should be allowed
20 narden before polishing It with flannel
cioth till 1t Is quite shiny and bright.
a good old-fashioned regular green. which.
when rubbed well Into the pores Of the
wood and polished. is really beautiful. The
TWO transparent colors Prussian blue and
raw sienna. make. when mixed together. an
excellent green. or II a brighter tint 10 de-
sired, gamboge and Prussan blue. A very
little OF the latter goes q great way, a. It
Is altogether the most powerful color
known, .s'1 81 Mt
PrussIan blue alone makes a very pretty
peacock blue satin, raw sienna a yellow or
orange. according to the amount Of color
used, crimson lake lovely red, burnt
sienna an almost exact imitation Of new
mahogany.
In staining It should be borne in mind
that II Is not paint, but stain, and that a
very little should be used, a pound being
sumcient to stain a whole set Of furniture.
x q X
The Judgment Of men is apt to be warped
bS tsentiment and feeling. In Scotland the
peSple abominated hymns simply because
the S'piscopalians used them. The Presby-
ter1ans sang only the Psalms Of David.
The Episcopalians used stained glass in
their church windows. and for that reason
tne scotch looked upon stained glass ~
something Of unholy origin.
A Presbyterian minister had been bord
enough to introduce this hated innovation.
He was showing 1t In triumph to one Of
MS female parishioners and asked her how
she liked 1t. '- NV"
"Ay!" she said; "ou az, II i. n,,,
it?' 90 oou "aae