The record-union., 1897-02-28

could keep the brass-kettle mixture
Ito dye their woolens in
A cooking teacher says that the
whites of eggs can be beaten most
quickly if a pinch of cream Of tartar in
the proportion Of an eighth of tea
spoonful to each egg be first added.
A woman's silent influence on the af-
fairs of nation is shown in the ca
reer of Mrs. Gladstone. She is not a
social or political leader, nor in any
way a diplomat in petticoats. She is
responsible, however, far more than IS
generally known, not only for her hus-
bands vigorous health at his ripe old
age, but also for his great ability TO
accomplish the amount of work which
he has through his public life and since
his retirement. When he was in Of
flee It was her ceaseless care that she
could prevent words that meant re-
markable elf-abnegation. The inter-
eSts Of a growing family of seven chill
dren with a fond and proud mother
might easily have made considerable
demand upon the fathers attention,
but neither this nor any social duties,
nor any household perplexities, were
ever permitted to touch his leisure from
statecraft cares. Her youthfulness has
not decreased these latter years; she is
still his best physician and saves his
strength in innumerable ways, trifiing
in themselves, but important in the ag-
gregate and possible only to one who
has made such saving a life study.
Blessed herself with excellent health
all her life, she wears her SO years
lightly, and still shows many traces of
the handsome Miss Glynne who capti-
waited the rising young NJ. P. over half
a century ago.
The curious fact was mentioned in a
recent lecture on costume that in
medieval times, when the Gothic style
of architecture prevailed, women wore
what might aptly be called Gothic
headgear. The tall cones, some of
them measuring fully four feet in
hight. with wells depending, We're in
the same lines as the castles and tombs
of the day. The lecturer commented,
too, on the extravaganza of those for
mer days, which far exceeded the. criti-
cised lavishness of our own times.
When has the nineteenth century
equalled the expenditure of Francois L.,
who paid $500 a yard for his coveted
cloth of gold?
steel WOOL" as it is called really
fine iron filings, it is Miss Parloa's ad-
vice. should be always kept on hand.
1t can be bought at any painters sup
ply store. and is useful in two grades,
the fine for furniture, the coarser for
wood floors. 1t is used to rub off spots,
stains, blisters and the like. 1t takes
off all the polish with the blemish,
and the place must afterward be treat
cd to restore the color and surface The
wool runs in numbers, 90 being fine
and about 11a a good grade for floors
To treat the spot after it has been
rubbed smooth, wipe clean, ard oil with
parafline oil. Next shellac applying
the liquid white shellac with a tiny fin
ger pad of a two-inch square of cheese
cloth, which is dipped first in alcohol.
then in the shellac; the color comes
next, put on with a light touch, and
blended with the surrounding surface;
afterward polishing with a piece Of old
furniture haircloth if one is fortunate
enough to possess it. or felt, or a pol
ishing brush. For very fine surfaces a
piece of sheet cork. which should be
itself first polished with bit of sand
paper, will be found useful.
Directions for making mayonnaise
word of a very successful compounder
Of the dressing that the first moments
Of its making are the crucial ones. Put
the first tablespoonful Of oil in drop by
drop. literally taking a half minute
between drops, and the rest may go in
much faster without danger of curd-
ling. II summer. when the dressing is
more apt to curdle, It is a useful pre-
caution to mix the yolk Of a hard boiled
egg with the raw yolk.
Expectol ating in omnibuses is for
hidden in London. and a sign to the
effect that the practice Is not worthy
Of a scholar and a gentleman-not pro
hibitory, but pleading-has been seen
for some time in the Belfast trans. :"
Tobacco juice makes a stain on gowns
which it is almost impossible to re-
move.
The showing of the National Plant.
Flower and Fruit Guild in its report for
work accomplished in the summer Of
1896 is very gratifying. Although the
guild was organized in 1898, no serious
effort was made to extend 1t widely un-
ill last spring. Then, after a test of
the detail of the plan had been thor
oughly made IN q large number of
cities, the work of extension was
pushed. The report shows dlstribu-
ton of 1850 punches of flowers. 2402
glasses Of jelly. IL baskets Of fruit and
1919 potted plants in New York, Phil
adelphia, Jersey City. Washington, AL
bany and Hartford. In Albany and
Washington large contributions of loose
flowers have been sent from private
city gardens. and in the latter city
from the Government gardens and city
parks. These have not been accurately
estimated, but are reported as many
thousands. The work is now adnira-
bly, systematized, and next seasons re-
cord VIII undoubtedly show large in
crease.
To keep sick room clean where the
carpeted floor cannot be swept, a pro-
fesSional nurse Will go over the carpet
with a cloth wrung out of warm water,
in which has been put little ammo
MA Upholstered furniture is treated
in the same way If that is part of the
furnishings. In many new houses a
sick room is included in the architect 5