The record-union., 1898-12-18

made a double top with an air spoce
between, which kept the place cool as
we'll as keeping out the water, and both
inside and outside are we'll utilized. The
other boxes which have been put up in
the neighborhood vary according to the
ingenuity, of the owners. Some are
simply. small boxes laid on their sides
on the window lodges and fastened on
with rope secured to the lower hinges
of the blinds on either side. Another
is a neat Uttered painted box just fit
ting into the window space and with g.
small ventilator in the upper part of the
back. The ventilator is made to slide.
and can be open or shut, and the dust
is kept out better than with only Stats
across. On the upper inside edge Of
the red box q board is tackled on, full
length, like a raised lid. This prevents
the rain from beating in and keeps the
dust out in front to some extent
Among other things the clubwoman
ought to do when she is about to attend
a club convention is to have her picture
taken on purpose for illustration. 1t goes
without saying that when the club
any one of note, she will have her pie
ture printed. She usually takes the
prettiest picture she has for that pur-
pose, or perhaps the latest one, and
that is very likely to be decollete and
show, very likely, not even an evening
gown, but a pretty picture in which An
artistic photographer has draped some
soft material around the neck. The
result, so far as the picture is concern
ed is all that can be desired bur il
seems somewhat out of place when un-
derneath the picture of the prettily
draped creature with a gracefully
dropping head is written Secretary OF
the United Body of Hustlers." The text
goes on to add probably that Mrs. Sec
retary is a most energetic woman, tC
whose efforts most of the success of the
organization to which she belongs is
due 1t all makes the anomaly Of the
picture very funny. The picture also
suggests that the convention is per-
haps a convention of draped ladies,
which is equally amusing. The truth
is if the picture is not chosen because
it is the latest and prettiest picture OF
Mrs. Secretary, it is chosen because II
is as thoroughly feminine as possible
and Mrs. Secretary has, with al her
love of doing things and helping the
| United Hustlers to the paths in when
they should go, a perfect horror o. be-
| ing thought a new woman" 1t Is
one weakness in which many women
| who are doing something nowadays
share, and so, where her new woman
| ishness'' is to stand out pre-eminertly
| Mrs. Secretary endeavors to counterac1
| the impression that she is new Wom-
an by sending out her most feminine
. looking pictures
| The way to reach the heart of an art
ist is by way Of the stomach, as with
| ordinary people. 1t is even more the
way to the heart with the student. The
art students, the artists in embryo,
copy the weaknesses more easily than
| the excellenceS of their Superlors. A
New York woman was going to an art
school to make a call and to become
acquainted with some students, girls,
only one of whom she knew. She was
anxious to make a good impression, and
! thought the matter over beforehand
| ''NoW, I know what 1 should do Il /
were in Paris" she said to herself. Il
should take them something to eat; I'll
do that here SO she stopped ct q
confectioner's and bought a quantity
of little cakes. She never spoke after
ward of the success Of the cakes, but
the visit was a great success, and it is
probable that the cakes may have had
something to do with it.
The secret of good cranberry sauce is
the use of very little water, and quick
| cooking. Eight or ten minutes is long
enough. as otherwise the bitter taste
of the seeds is developed. A small cup
of water to a quart of cranberries is
sufficient. The sugar is added just As
the sauce is taken from the stove.
| Guinea hens are more often seen
adorning a farmyard than the farm
ers table, but they are exceedingly
good eating. They have a flavor lit
tie different from that of the ordinary
fowl.