The record-union., 1897-09-19

stroy the color of every garment but
those of black or white in the ward
robe. A housekeeper once tried the
burning of sulphur in her kitchen for
the destruction of cockroaches. It killed
the bugs, but it also ruined gown
which a servant owned and had left
hanging behind a door unnoticed.
The garden shelter, as it is called, is
an English invention, which might be
proftably adopted at American country
residences. It consists of cane seat
with a back some six feet high. and
sides and flooring of the same material
The top and, sides are covered with
awning cloth and the seat may be lux
uriously piled high with cushions
Some Of the shelters are deep enough
to permit the seats-two in number
then-to run the other way and face
each other with sufficient space between
them for a, little table. At the back
wicker wall-pocket is fastened to the
reeds. This ingenious contrivance is
an improvement upon ~Celia's arbor,"
having the convenience of a little room
with the freedom and pleasure Of be-
LIS AAANC Jul u QOOA
Cold boiled or broiled salt mackerel
combines with cold mashed potato very
palatably as a change from the usual
Goldfish ball. Free the mackerel care
fully from bones and skin, add an
equal quantity of the potato, season
with pepper, and beat in an egg to a
cup each of fish and potato. Shape in
croquette balls and drop in deep lard
or in small round cakes and fry in
butter.
A girl of ID, attempting the-other day
to differentiate between her young sis
ter of and her older one of 10, clev-
erly described herself as a middle
aged girl" The title will be expressive
to every mother of one of these maid
ems past childhood and not yet young
ladies in the social sense of the term.
They have attributes Of both periods
and need the wisest care to be guided
between Stiffness and perversity.
Two odd pieces of fancy work were
seen recently upon a cottage piazza.
One was in the hands of a girl who was
graduated in June from one of our wo
mems colleges. She had the auto
graphs of her class written upon
center-piece, which she was then out
lining in black floss in order to per-
petuate them. An older woman was
working a bed-spread for a little boys
crib. This was in large white squares,
like the oId-fashioned patchwork, al
fo,. fyUi
which a simple conventional design was
worked in white flax. Upon the white
squares were animals very realistically
reproduced from careful drawings. a
narrow flounce of the red was to fin
ish the whole.
A Chicago woman is finding a way to
earn the needed extra penny, in the use
of a fine collection of photographs,
which she owns. The pictures are the
fruit of travel in many lands in the
days of her life when extra pennies
were plenty and were gathered with no
thought beyond the wish to have them.
Many times they We're lent to illustrate
talks on various subjects, and when it
became necessary to consider ways and
means for an increase of income, the
sequence was natural that the photo
graphs should be utilized. They have
been divided into subjects, and such
classified groups are constantly in de-
mand for club talks, church lectures,
and similar public demonstration Of
the topics which they cover. A good
business has grown from this uncertain
beginning.
It is scarcely. safe to use the beauti-
full and most decorative goldenrod very
freely in the vases about the house.
There are many persons who are affect
ed by the fine dust constantly rising
from the blossoms, in the same way as
others are distressed by roses, and
many by the conditions of harvest time
They all suffer from what is called
hay fever The goldenrod is as po-
tent in it's i'll effects-to those who feel
its effects at alias are June days or
harvest days to others.
Steam cooking, by several utensils set
one above the other, is much in favor in
many hotels and other places where
result is rather unsatisfactory, since
there is a sameness of taste in every
thing. However, during the warm
weather, when gas or oil-stoves are
sometimes employed TO take the place
of the hot range, the steam cooker may
be used to advantage, because of its
economy of room and fuel, which
means extra heat TO the whole house.
When adding whipped cream to a cup
of chocolate. it is considered better by
those who make it a point to know. to
put the cream in the bottom of the cup
and pour the chocolate over For the
daily chocolate the light froth. which
is a good substitute for the cream, is
secured at the moment of serving by
whipping lightly with an egg-beater or
pouring the liquid three or four times
between two vessels.
A decorator. who is evidently a man
of science, advises that yellow tints
should not predominant in a room
where one works or reads. The color
reflects light strongly and is restful
TO neither eye nor brain
Audubon societies everywhere will
feel an interest in the efforts of Louisi-
ana women to honor the memory of the
great bird lover. It is their purpose
to erect monument to their distin-
guished countryman and place it in
Audubon Park, in New Orleans.