The record-union., 1898-05-15

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The first few days of really warm
weather are trying moments TO moth
ers With the children, not one swal-
low, but one ray of sunshine, makes a
spring. and indeed a whole summer,
especially if it is accompanied by a
balmy air. They are ready then to
throw aside heavy wraps and jump into
summer clothing. if allowed, with no
disposition to dress warmly again when
the chill of the day comes late in the
afternoon Constant watching is nee
essary till settled warm weather per-
mits light clothing.
A man who has made a study of the
subject says that women who prepare
themselves for teaching make great
mistake in believing there is some or
ganic. reason why they cannot take up
the chemical and physiological sciences,
and that they limit the scope of their
work greatly thereby. Physics. he says,
is a subject every one should study be-
cause of it's relation to the rationale of
life. 1t is particularly essential to the
woman, for, because her life is, from a
little girl, so much more circumscribed
than that of a man, she does not get the
practical knowledge of practical things
that he does from general observation.
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prepared for teaching She had been
through all the schools of the town in
which she lived, from the lowest to the
highest. In her examinations in some
way the subject of water pipes was
brought up, and it was gradually evolv-
ed that this we'll educated girl thought
that the water pipes, which she knew
only from the faucet end, went down
straight into the ground until they
came to water, which, by pressure of
the atmosphere was forced up through
them
To mix a little consomme with clam
broth adds considerably to the flavor of
the latter.
Il am perfectly worn out" exclaimed
an exhausted shopper, trying to find
a straw hat of particular color to
match q gown l am having made. !
found every imaginable shade but the
right one" Il never bother myself
much about matching" answered her
companion. IF l want things to ac-
cord l make them to, either with oil
paint, diluted with turpentine, which
makes a good fast dye. or l take any
thing that comes handy. l changed a
discolored white straw hat the other
day into a lovely brown by using iodine
from the medicine closet, and friend
Of mine got the shade she wanted by
using beef tea. AS for tea and coffee.
they are regular standbys in our family
for ecru-eolored things-what color did
you want?" "A brown yellow" Why
take little yellow ochre from an oil
tube, mix it with brown, dilute it with
turpentine, and there you are; you can
make it dark or light, according to the
amount of turpentine you put in.
could tell you no end of expedients
which impecunious people like myself
resort to. If my pink roses look faded
] rub rouge on their petals. l always
use shoe blacking to renovate dusty
looking black hats. / can cover old
satin slippers so neatly that they would
defy detection. and / find pipe clay
handy fol a whitener. In short l could
give you tip for almost every occa-
sion, if you needed it, for necessity be-
comes the mother of invention with
those who are. obliged to dress upon
nothing, or next to nothing.
At a recent yellow dinner tiny grow
ing ferns in clay pots, tied with yellow
ribbons, stood at each plate. Straw
berries were served unhulled in little
baskets of white china picked out with
gilt. A beautiful bank of daffodils an6
ferns formed the centerpiece, and the
candelbra were of Russian brass, with
yellow shaded candles.
A delicious olive salad is made by
stoning the olives and covering them
with a good French dressing, to which
q considerable quantity of chopped mint
has been added. The olives should re-
main overnight in this marinade a
fresh dressing being added the next
day, with very little fresh mint. This
was served at a luncheon as a separ-
ate course recently. just before the
soup, tiny slices of Drowned bread
buttered and put together as mock
sandwiches. being handed round with
the course. The same mint dressed
olives sliced make an excellent sand
wich.
The basement hall and dining-room
of the average high-stoop house is
usually the despair of the chatelaine
If she is planning now a little reno
walton of this part of her domain, ii
will pay her to give considerable
thought TO the matter of its redecora-
ton If it is particularly light base
ment hall, it will be possible to make
il very attractive by doing it over in
red-an inexpensive red paper on the
walls with the wainscoting, or what
ever the dado may be, done in har-
monizing color. There should then &c
as a frightening bit a narrow oblone
or oval mirror, with gilt frame and
a picture or two, selected with view
to their cheerful effect If the bicycles
can be banished from this hall, very
pretty effect is contributed by a box
covered with Turkey red, with the toI
cushioned, in which the childrens rub
bers and balls and other impediments
of the youth of the family may be
kept. Have some fresh Scrim curtains
shirred on two little rods at the tor
and bottom of the glass half of tht
hall door leading to the area vestibule
to shut away an undesirable view d
the area beyond If possible. it is wiss
TO take away the doors leading int
the dining-room, replacing them with
portieres. A way to shut off draughts
from the back of the house is to move
the kitchen door forward in the hall
setting it in an inexpensive frame with