The record-union., 1896-06-21

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reinforced leather palm and make
practical and yet easy glove for the
purpose intended. TT has three metal
| clasps on sizes for ladies' wear, and
one or two clasps on gloves for men
| The colors are mostly in red, brown
tan, seal and dust gray.
The round waist blossoms out afresh
on toilets and costumes of every sort
and for every possible occasion. II
| makes the short, stout woman groan
to see what charming things are this
| season achieved with these pretty
waists, yoked, pleated, bloused, ber-
thaed, frilled and puffed. But who but
a slender woman could carry off these
distinctive and ornate styles with any
sort of grace?
For elegant white wool gowns in
tailor fashion, designers are using fine
camers hair mohair, India cashmere.
and Venetian cloth, combined with
Marie Antoinette brocades in delicate
lovely designs on cream or ivory
grounds. The most ornate and ex-
pensive costumes suitable for dress oc-
casionS are trimmed with very fine un-
tarnishable gold braid. The brocade
represents the Louis XIV. waistcoat,
and the rich white jacket above, lined
with white taffeta, is simply piped with
| the gold cord. On other costumes for
| less elegant wear there is pleated
Norfolk waist, edged with the gold
j braid, with the addition of tiny gold
| buttons by way of garniture Some
times simple-shaped pointed yoke of
I very rich white brocaded silk with
sleeves and bias skirt-hem of the bro
cade is on white Henrietta cloth gowns
that faSten at the back. Gold braid is
used in this case like piping cord, edg-
ing the yoke, collar, and upper side of
| the skirt-border. A stylish reception
| costume shows the gored skirt and
4 Louis coat of white drap d'ete lined
with silk, the waistcoat of black and
Whlte barred taffeta silk, the gloves of
Whlte giace kid stitched with black. the
/ parasol rich commingling of black
and white laces, and the bonnet Of
| white lace straw, with trimmings of
black and white iaces and pale pink
| roses.
| On account of the remarkably low
price Of silks, both plain and in every
imaginable fancy device and combina-
tlon, a silk season is upon us-silks for
entire summer costumes and evening
tcllets, silks for separate skirts. and a
host of separate waists, for capes
lnnumerable, for dressy coats and
redingotes with elaborate shoulder Of
fects for elderly women; silk petticoats
] nd
SILK foundation materials in pale deli
cate tints, and wash silks for tannis
travelling, etc. If not composing tbe
garment entire. silk is prominently in
| troduced as a combination of garni-
ture. Inc sale of shepherds check and
plh-stflped summer silks alone has
been phenomenal.
A fashion that one may follow if If is
oeslred TO give unique yet quite use-
less christening gift is to send your eod-
cniid toy of solid sterling silver. This
IS Dutch fashion, and the tovs are
hahded down from one generation to
another Some of these tiny TOYS. which
are carefully designed, take the form oe
tea SETS. chairs and sofas. The stork
winch brings the new baby to the homes
OF Holland is a favorite subject often
modelled in these toys
W hen chops are found too tough for
! broillng, be they mutton or lamb thew
may be made very palatable by stewing o
III the following way: Heat some butter
until 1t smokes in frying pan. and
brown the chops slightly and quickly on
poth SIDES Then put the chops in a
| saucer, nearly cover with hot water.
and cook them gently until tender
Take out the chops and set them where
! they VIII keep hot without drying out.
/ Cool the liquid in which they were
cooked, skim off the fat, then heat and
! thicken with Drowned flour Season to
taste with salt and pepper, and just
before serving add the juice of half a
lemon and from one to two tablespoon
| fills of sherry. Pour over the chops.
| Gilt picture frames that are dingy
may be frightened by rubbing them
with a fine sponge dipped in spirits of
! ings and prints if they are soiled with
stale bread crumbs.
and a very good use may be made of a
i low antique silver cake basket, by fit
/ ting ii with a glass that will hold an
abundance of water, and putting your
roses in that. Tie Il bunch of roses to
the handle with ribbons or grasses and
you will have beautiful decoration for
dinner table.
At an engagement dinner given to six
engaged young women and their fiances
the garland of flowers that festooned
the table just inside the covers was a
/ fine silver cord covered with vines and
small blossoms. Attached to the fes-
| toons Just where they ended at each
cover was either a key or paddock in
the form OF dainty dinner card.
A very good bottled mixture to yield
1 one a glass of homemade ginger beer
when the hot days come is made in the
4 following way: Slice four lemons and
put them in a deep earthenware vessel,
add to them one and half pounds of
! leaf sugar and an ounce and a half of
well-bruised ginger root. Pour over
these sixteen quarts of boiling water.
When nearly cold add a dessert-spoon-
ful of brewers yeast that is fresh Tie
| cheesecloth over the top, and in twenty
four hours strain, bottle and cork. Keep
| in a cool place and use with ice.
/ Another pleasant hot-weatffer drink
that may be kept in readiness in ones
cellar or refrigerator is made by mix