The National tribune., 1897-01-07

A FUa CAPE WITH BnocADE VELVET YOKE.
Sleeves are getting to be painfully small.
Very neat gowns arc made Of black figured
wool goods with satin belt and collar. worn
with narrow white linen turnover collar and
cuffs.
In making over house or party frocks one
can always freshen black frock by adding
new, bright trimming to 1t, while an old light
colored party frock frequently can be made
over with black trimmings so rs to be fresh and
stylish.
~
Coral-color is a favorite shade of rose just
now, and many are the collars and belts Of
folded velvet of this soft pink shade.
Irish poplin-an old-fashioned materials
fayorite with the English Queen, now comes in
moire and plaid effects.
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Flaxseed tea is . good, old-fashioned remedy
for coid on the lungs. To make it: Pour
boiling water over the faxseed; et it steep for
short WHILE pour of the "teA"; season it
with lemon,j juice and drink it hot, and drink
Of it plentifully.
-.
It is not to be denied that eggs poached In
cream or rich milk are particularly delicious.
Season the cream with salt pepper. and butter.
and, if you like, drop or two Of Tabasco sauce.
Drop the eggs into the boiling cream, and leave
them until they are cooked to the desired de-
gree. Serve ON hot toast, and pour the cream
over them. This is good recipe for chafng.
dish cooking.
flashes and stews Of mutton or beef are much
more nourishing il made from fresh meat than
| when "ieft-overs" arc used. Meats and vege-
| tables cooked tho second time are always less
digestible and less nutritious than freshly.
| cooked foods A good, palatable stew can be
| made Of rice and meat, or Of meat and to.
matoes, to vary the usual meat and. potatoes
hashes and stews.
| ~
| Prof. Charles ELIOT Norton. Of Harvard
created quite sensation in a recent lecture by
saying that the people have not risen in the las
1 $500 years above the best thought of til,
Greeks. In tho course Of the lecture be said
"Most people have hot had the training which
shall enable them snotEto DO vulgar. Neithe
they nor their ancestors have had an expert
ence of tho refinsments 81 life. Chewing-gun
has such . large sale because Young wome,
have not risen far above barbarism." He fav
ored familiarity with poetry and the Teaching
| ~ dec dat 90 I'm nj ua 70
| 1t hurts our vanity to have things like thi
said of u.s. and the sting comes in in the partia
truth of the rebuke. But to the casual studen
of history the $500 years between US and tn
glory OF Greece haSe been fraught with benef
| to the common men and women Of the worl
who have been slowly climbing up to wher
they can appreciatSand benefit by the highe.
thought Of the world land who have worke
out into actual conditions the great theories q
right aud truth. i11shc days Of the Greeks
slavery was matter Of course; in our day til
idea is abhorrent. Jove. the great deity of tn
Greeks, would not b wanted nor admitted int
our polite society, and moderf child Of
years could teach him courtesy and morality
The ancient religion and its deities is not fo
moment to be fsvorably compared to til
modern. Az to the reinements Of life, "
acknowledge and bewail our manifold vu
garities; but does any one know that Gree
girls did not chew gum or, If they did not
that that they did not have worse, much MOI
disgusting tricks7 Modern ideas Of re6nemen
cleanliness, comfort and manners are und'
niably infinitely superior to the ancient
Nevertheless. all honor to the Greeks Il
] what they have done for the world; but a