The record-union., 1897-11-07

these pieces a handful of dried flowers
of lavender-to be bought of any drug
gist-should be placed, and then the
Whole laid in a fireproof utensil, as a
coal-scuttle, should be set blazing. The
refreshing scent will completely destroy
any rival, and will not prove remedy
worse than the disease.
1t is certainly injurious to the teeth
to subject them to an extreme of tenn
perature, and, although most persons
eat of frozen foods and drink iced wa
ter freely, it has become question
whether hot water-so often recon-
mended for dyspeptics as an ante
breakfast beverage-may not hurt the
teeth. 1t can, at any rate, do no harm
to take it through tube or a straw.
A new and fashionable dessert is ice
cream croquettes. These are more in
tricate in appearance than in construc-
ton, for they are merely any good ice
cream packed in croquette-shaped
moulds, which, when they are about
to be served, are dipped in chopped al
monds, Drowned to further carry out
the illusion, and then covered with a
claret sauce. This cauce, good for so
many things, but especially for frozen
dainties of one kind and another, is
more often spoiled by overlooking than
by any other untoward circumstance.
The syrup, one cup of sugar with one
fourth cup of water, must boil but a
minute or two, and then be removed
from the fire to cool. If it show any
crystallization, a little more water must
be added and another cooking tried. 1t
should be clear, and not quite so thick
as ordinary molaSseS. Four table
spoonfuls of claret are added after it is
cold.
The oil of peppermint is widely used
in the East, and is becoming well known
in this country, for external application
in cases of neuralgia or of rheumatism.
Internally, greatly diluted, it is of value
in gastric disorders, or for a cold or
cough. The Orientals likewise employ
the pungent oil as an antiseptic for
wounds or burns. For the latter acci-
dent it would seem the harshest of rem
edies, and yet is no more so than am
monia, which has a most magical effect
if touched lightly to the scared skin.
1t is not at all difficult to grow ferns
enough for a perpetually fresh table
decoration. There is really no excuse
whatever for the artificial plants with
which jardiniereS are filed and Of
fered for sale at good prices. In the
fierce light that beats upon dinner
table the sham is all too readily detect
ed, ingenious though the construction
is. The great point in the favor of these
rock-ferns is that they require no care
whatever.
Beautiful portiereS are made of rich.
dark moss-green corduroy, with a lin
ing of the old-fashioned greenland
black calico, recently revived as cotton
print. 1t is quaint in design and color
ing, and has high satiny finish that
gives it a much handsomer look than is
really its due. The possessor of one
pair of such curtains declares herself as
unable to decide which side is prettier,
the corduroy or lining.
Lemon and orange jelly are pretty and
toothSome served together Although
some cooks make these dishes so stiff
with gelatine that they are leathery, it
is usually considered really nicer to see
a quivering, uniformed mass of jelly
rather than a moulded form in any de-
vice, if the latter calls for that unap-
petizing thickness of the materials en-
pIoyed.
hot ho &c llxy hoy. n iaI
as provocative of colds and other evils.
Every one knows of cases Of severe ILL
ness occurring from exposure to the
outer air soon after such ablutions. And
yet nothing is more refreshing, as moth
ing is more harmless, if properly taken.
This means that one should use the hot
bath. as one does that of very cold
water, merely as a plunge. followed by
quick and thorough rubbings and mas
sage.
The sense of the fitness of things Is
offended by a recent whim. 1t is clock
face set in the center of a filigree cross
cf gilt. Emblems with sacred associa-
tions are in wretched taste thus en-
ployed and the beauty of the work
manship does not compensate for the
idea The same fault may be found with
any use of the crucifix as mere bric-a-
brac. One sometimes does see this
blunder made or the display of other
objects dear to the religious heart in un-
suitable conditions.
Occasionally the art of piping" as 1t
is called by confectioners, is useful to
the cook. Any deft-handed person can
make very pretty ornaments with icing
by the aid of no other tools than small
bag of stout paper, such as grocers use.
IT, in addition TO this, few tubes are
employed, and if the worker has any
taste whatever in that particular direc-
ton. something quite elaborate and in
tricate may be evolved.
Breaking It Gradually.
Howso-Slobs is a kind hearted man.
Cumso-Why?
Howso--When his wife's pet poodle