The record-union., 1896-09-06

The best sweeper for mating Is not a
broom, but a brush, one with stiff, not
soft, bristles. This penetrates the
dust. Afterward wipe with soft cloths,
wrung out of lukewarm water.
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Flower screens are effective at garden
parties on the lawn or piazzas. For the
lawn larger ones may be used. They
are made with the assistance of a
clothes horse-one of the large, old,
fashioned kind. Wire netting is tackled
over the frame, and then thrust lightly
full of greens, whatever may be in
abundance. and afterward filled with
flowers. Roses are, of course, very ef-
fective in their season, but asters. sweet
peas, gladioli and other blooms are very
lovely. AT country wedding last week
a low screen of this sort, fashioned Of
white sweet peas. had the bride and
bridegroom initials intertwined in the
center panel with pink carnations.
Queen Victoria does not entertain very
often, her yearly drawing-room being
purely perfunctory affairs that are in no
sense fetes, but when she does. 1t Is as
party at Buckingham Palace Is still
being talked about, and it ought to be,
for it was very superb affair. It cost
the hostess $4,000, and she entertained
5000 guests. The whole thing was
done in magnificent fashion. The
finest wines and the choicest fruits and
viands were supplied. The beautiful
grounds were made more beautiful with
thousands of additional plants, and cut
flowers came by special train from the
Queens estates at Windsor and Os-
borne. The royal hostess may now rest
on her laurels for some time secure In
the thought that no one in society can
outstrip the social endeavor of hers In
the way of lawn fete.
The "Hotel Monthly quotes a German
chef, who says: 1.-The German way to
make raw cucumbers healthful and
palatable is to cut into thin slices and
let soak in salt and water until the
poison Is drawn out. The seedless ends
of the cucumber should always be
thrown away, especially the flower end,
which affects one about the same as
dose of salts"
DYED palms. it has been discovered,
are an effective frieze in a summer
room A seaside cottage has them to
complete a wall hung With gray fishnet
Corn on the cob fashionably served
is broken into four pieces If the ear is
a long one, or In halves If 1t is short
one. Then at the fashionable table Is
found lying by the plate a new addition
of
spoons which there appear-a corn fork,
which is really a two-pointed spear.
upon which the pieces Of corn are Inn
paled and from which It Is eaten
A wastebasket for the lawn was the
happy thought of young woman at
summer boarding house, who was dis
tressed by the careless litter OF dis
carded envelopes, newspaper wrappers
and embroidery snippings strewn over
the grass A big sheet Of birch bark
made square and slit at the four cor
ners to turn the ends up for sides,
which were fastened with thorns, made
a suitable basket for such al fresco
surroundings, and it's mission has been
silent, but effective. Into it the chill
dren throw the cores of their constant
IL gnawed apples, which before its ad-
vent invited ant settlements on the
grass, and many another stray drop
ping from their restless and ever filled
hands.
Saws a dietic authority on the subject
of fruit: The sick will be well and the
well. will be beautiful when the fruit
season is properly understood. Fruit
should be eaten last; sent down the
canal on top of the freight to hasten It's
distribution. If, however, it has been
the habit to eat fruit first, that habit
cannot be changed without mischief.
Let well enough alone
With the big sleeve IS passing. too.
the wide skirt. New models for autumn
wear are four to four and half yards
wide. instead Of six.
The terrible heat wave which has
swept over the whole country recently,
has affected many more persons than
were reported In the daily press. There
were few, indeed. who did not suffer in
the large cities. particularly those
whose occupations kept them In the
heated air. On the fifth or sixth day
Of the existence Of the wave torpor
seemed to settle on all animate crea-
ton. Persons crept about DULY and
acted sluggish and stupid. A car con-
ductor looked without intelligence at
a passenger who asked him a question
three times. then he reused, and pass
ing his hand over his forehead as II to
brush some weight away, said: 'Ex-
cuse me. ma'am, don't seem to know
what I'm doing to-day" He was dazed
and stupefied by the unremitting heat,
and SO was the rest of the world.
"Tf women who must become bread
winners would" says woman who has
advised many such. seek, at least IN
these hard-up days, some occupation
that fills a necessity In peoples lives,
their chances of success would be in
creased. Painting, coloring photo-
graphs, embroidery, Delsarte, music
teaching, and the rest OF the list are
money making methods wnen times are
easy and luxuries abound, put nova
days, when everybody Is trimming on
non-essentials, they are not SO usefui.
"A woman of my acquaintance Illus
trated this point for me. she lives In q
suburban town. and finding herself
obliged to add to the family income,
looked about for way. She was a good
narketer, and knew that she saved
much at her own table from her semi
weekly trips to the city market. Why.
thought she, could not save that for