The record-union., 1897-10-24

IS to give an evenings entertainments,
for the drawing-room and for amateur
performance, with scenes from Miss
Austen's novels. These require no set
scenery, but an arrangement OF fur-
nishings after the style Of a century
ago viii make the most effective back
ground. of course the quaint and pc
culiarly stiff dress of the same period
win also help to carry off the perform
ance. After that the rest may be left,
even -dn the hands of comparatively in
different actors, to the words Of the au-
thor. Scenes may be freely selected
from f'Enma, Pride and Prejudice
''Northanger Abbey" and Mansfield
Park There is an embarrassment or
riches from which to choose, as a score
of delightful renaembrances come up to
the mind at the mere mention of those
dear books. There are some characters,
however, such as Mrs. Elton, Mr.. Col
Inns and Lady Catherine, which GER
tainly must be introduced in some one
or other of their most telling situations
Miss Terriers books, by their very
extravaganza, likewise lend themselves
TO similar represe ntatiOns. There are
capital comedies-if not broad farces-
in the pages of Marriage and of THE
Inheritance" where Mrs Blumits and
her friends. or the three sisters Miss
Crizzy, Miss NicIzy and Miss JacIly ut
ter their characteristic sayings, or
where Miss Pratt and Bella and her
Major afford endless food for laughter
Soap viii not remove tan nor freck-
les. Battle the face in warm water,
and dry very carefully with a soft
towel. Do not use soap on the face
unless absolutely necessary. Never use
face powder of any sort; it spoils the
skin by closing the pores. If your child
suffers from sunburn moisten the face
at night with cucumber juice; cut a
cucumber lengthwise and rub it on the
face allowing the juice to remain until
1t dries off; or use q mild solution OF
baking powder.
There is no better way to boil an egg
than not to put it ON the fire at all.
Instead of this, the boiling water
should be poured upon the eggs, and
they then should be covered and set
aside for ten minutes. Cooks who try
this recipe complain of its uncertainty.
If the eggs are done Just right they
are perfection. the white a thick Gus
tard and the yolk smooth and rich But
sometimes. at the end Of the ten min
Ites they are scarcely set at all, and
sometimes they are too hard The rea-
son for this occasional failuTR is that
a proper amount Of water has not been
allowed. This varies according to the
contents of the saucepan. There should
be a half-pint Of v ater and it should
have boiled hard for several moments
before usfng-for each egg. A new de-
vice is the automatic egg-boiler, which
has a dial divided into five one-minute
sTaces. The egg may then be cooked
from one to five minutes, as desired, II
it is dropped into a sieve-lil1e box and
pushed down into boiling water. The
hand on the dial is adjusted to the
time desired. and the box, with the egg,
is lifted out at the proper moment
For an omelet souff1e' separate six
eggs. measure and sift three table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar. See that
the oven is hot and have everything in
readiness. Beat the whites of the eggs
TO a very stiff frOth- Beat the yolks
of three eggs: add them to the whites;
add a grated rind of half lemon, the
sugar and a tablespoonful of lemon
Juice: mix quickly. Heap into bak-
ina-dish. dust with powdered sugar,
and bake in a quick oven for five or
eight minutes. Serve hot and as quick
ay as possible
The greatest promoter and preseryer
of beauty is good health. Early hours,
fresh air, proper exercise and regular
diet are better than all of the lotions
ever compounded to retain a fresh COM
plexfon, graceful form, pleasing ex-
pression-in fact, all the small points
which contribute to beauty.
In England, of course, the umbrella
Is much more in necessary evidence
than with US, and q part of house-fur-
nishing absolutely and constantly re
uuired. Yet it always strikes the Amer
lean mind as odd TO see how many UNI
brellas are given as wedding presents.
Every British bride has any number
among her gifts.
In one branch. at least, of the Wash
ington family there is d pretty custom
worth recording A century or so ago
q Washington bride possessed a dainty
little French fan as a. part Of her we'd
ding day attire. She gave it to the
next bride. and she to the next, so
that the habit has become confirmed,
and this is the course of procedure to-
day. The most recently married, with
in the family or marrying into it, car
ries the heirloom and keeps it until
another marriage occurs. Then she
must pass it on A few years ago it
was in the possession of a middIe-aged
woman, who had held it for some years,
but always with the feeling that it was
not hers. as the children say. "for
good" She carried it about with her,
whenever she took a journey, so that
1t should be under her watchful eye.
On one occasion she was in terrible
railroad accident, from the effects Of
which she has never entirely recovered.
She declares that her last thought, as
she felt the car trembling on the brink
of an embankment. was: 'I wonder if
the fan viii be broken in my trunk"
Certainly her first words, when she
recovered consciousness, to the anxious
group bending over her were: DO you
know if my fan was injured?' Nat
uralIy the strangers supposed that she
was delirious. But it was family sen
timent that prompted that speech
The best way to wash black stock
{ lngs is, first, to turn them wrong side