The record-union., 1898-11-27

LID IN lpil
in regard to servants recently IN the
house of a New York woman. she mas
for a servant an Irish woman VINO De
fore she came to her was in the haplt
of going out to work by the day. Al
one of her regular places" there was
a kindhearted, motherly old LADY VINO
looked we'll to the comfort Of any one
whom she employed. The Irish woman
is never tired of telling how this for
mer employer, as the days work OF
washing or cleaning was finished
would say in a motherly way: Now
sit down and rest your weary Dohes
and have a cup of tea" From ire
quent repetition the words ana the
story came to be familiar IN the mousse
hold. Recently an extra woman mas
been employed about the house, ana
the Irish woman constitutes herse1 lne
hostess of this new worker, ana en-
deavors to make her feel at home ohs
sympathizes with her in a comfortable
way about her work and tries evidently
to do to her as she herself has peen
done by No one could doubt 1t Wheh
one evening as the extra worker was
about ready to leave the mistress OF
the house heard the Irish woman re-
mark in almost the exact words ana
in precisely the tone she had always
credited TO her one-time employer:
Now, sit down and rest your weary
bones while make you cup of tea.
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In some New York restaurants cafe
au lait in true French style is offered
at dinner. A small cup Of hot milk
with a little whipped cream ON top is
brought, ana with it tiny pot of clear,
strong coffee AS much of this as is
desired is poured into the hot milk.
A number of young women have been
noticed lately using their little bonbon
boxes for coin purses. AS one box IS
sufficient for bonbon use, and as near
~ every one is likely to have several
in these days of much giving of silver
trinkets, the idea is not bad. The boxes
are secure, and slip easily into the TIM
est jacket pocket for ready reply to the
conductors demand.
People who buy of street venders
should look we'll to the scales used by
them if they wish anything like honest
weight. The vendors stand the scales
so that the base is slanting and some
times at so great an angle that they
are obliged to nail the scales to
board to keep them from slipping. Then
they even up the upper part so that the
tray to hold the fruit or other mer-
chandise they have for sale and the
round iron piece which supports the
- Al. Il low
But the base of the scales is so tipped
that the tray is really half way down,
and when the fruit is put in and the
proper weights on the other side, while
apparently the machine is working cor
rectly, it is only allowing half the
proper amount to the purchaser. 1t is
a trick which most people would not
notice 1t is worth while, as a matter
of curiosity, to cast a passing glance
at the arrangement of the weighing
apparatus of these street merchants.
A young woman in a suburban town,
finding herself obliged to earn her liv-
ing, took a careful and honest estimate
of her money making capabilities. She
found that the only thing she knew well
and could do better than any one she
knew was an accomplishment Of her
girlhood-that of fancy dancing. She
wrote to her old dancing master, and
by his advice took a course at a school
where dancing was professionally
taught. Since then she has been able
to secure in the town of her residence
and in the neighboring towns classes Of
children and older people whom she in
structs in dancing. This is another il
lustration of the wisdom of cultivating
ones special gift of talent when the
necessity for earning money arises.
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The young woman who takes laun-
dress course at any of the domestic
science schools learns speedily about
sanitary washing. She is taught that
handkerchiefs should be soaked for two
or three hours in strong salt water. If
any have been used by a. person suffer-
ing from catarrh, they need longer
soaking in a stronger solution-four
tablespoonfuls of salt to a quart of
water.
Crun-o pie is a local dish peculiar to
Eastern Pennsylvania 1t is offered at
breakfast as a substitute for hot bread.
AS its name indicates, it is a kind of
pastry, and is a compound of shorten
ing, -four and sugar. In its prepara-
tion these elements are crumbled or
picked together. the result after bak-
ing being crisp, f1aky pie, much more
toothsome, according to those who have
partaken of it, than the description
suggests.
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service has not been much seen here
tofore. Now, however, there are to be
had in this beautiful pottery tea sets,
chocolate pots and various other
dishes and vessels applicable to table
use. The fact that articles in this ware
are not duplicated enhances their value
so far as the various ornamental pieces
are concerned, but it has given to the
ware distinctiveness.
A grotesque novelty which will be
priced by the collegian for his den, if
by no one else, is a bric-a-brac duster
holder. 1t is in the form of a head
whose face bears a grinning and dis
torted resemblance to some public man.
The material is papier mache. and its
eoloring a copper flesh tint The dus-
ter slips through cavity in the top
of the head, the protruding feathers
making an odd head gear for the funny
faces.
point to remember in selecting boil
ed Holsters at the fish market is to
choose one with the tail curled up close
under the body. By this sign it is
known that the lobster was lively and
muscular when put into the boiling wa
ter.