The record-union., 1898-07-10

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A woman who is the owner of a rare
ly handsome mahogany table finds it at
cnce her pride and her despair to keep
it up to the high standard of condition
which she insists upon achieving. 1t
was her suggestion recently that she
intended to make inquiries of her cab
inet-maker to see if it were not pOssl-
BILE to have a glass top fitted over it as
is done on trays. 1t would be easy, as
she explains, to keep the glass polished
and fiawless, and through its trans
parency the beauty of the table would
be apparent, while perfectly protected.
Some other housekeeper may like to
similarly pursue the suggestion, al
though its possibility is uncertain.
The Pioneer Club of London, that ia
nous woman's organization, endeavors
to be truly democratic one. To OBJ
literate all social or other distinctions,
its members which include some OF the
best-knoWn women in London in social
and literary circles, are designated by
numbers. This is in decided contrast
to the accepted idea of club life in this
country, where it is the pride Of the
different organizations to parade their
distinguished members. While near
the subject. it may be stated that one
of the topics for discussion at the COM
ing biennial is Shall the Proceedings
Of Clubs be Reported in the News
papers," 1t woud be an innovation,
indeed, TO have the ubiquitous club
columns left out for want Of matter, q
condition it may be added, that is
hardly likely to occur.
Tokay wine is considered the only
sort that should be drunk by nervous
people. 1t is an excellent food.
All authority on children's food ad-
vises that left-overs are decidedly not
to be used for the children's table un-
less they are very carefully protected
and inspected. In most houses cooked
and uncooked foods of various kinds
are kept in uncovered dishes from day
to day in one common refrigerator alb
sorbing GnwhOlesome germs. The great
est watchfulness is needed during the
hos weather in the care Of all food for
the table. To say that every ice-box
should be thoroughly looked over each
morning would be a truism excepting
that without the mistress eye daily
upon this service it is constantly neg
lected. The average cook seems to
think that to keep her ice-box doors
shut is all that is needed on her part,
and stale berries. an uncooked chop,
old milk, cooked vegetables that have
become rancid-these are only the be-
ginning of the list that every house
keeper knows and fights against sue
cesstully only by eternal vigilance
Some one suggests that to watch auc-
tion sales for a store showcase is a
good idea when planting a fernery. A
wooden frame may be painted a dark
green. and the glass box is just what is
needed for the warm, moist air on
which ferns, mosses. and certain other
plants of this nature thrive.
The sanitary Wallpapers now come in
most effective and tasteful. shades so
that they may be used in the living
rooms as we'll as in the bedrooms. For
q while their choice Of design and col
oring was so limited that their use was
correspondingly restricted. 1t is prob
ably only a question of time when all
Wallpapers will be sanitary and cap
able Of being, as are now a few, washed
off in good earnest. A novelty seen
at one Of the exclusive shops was a
paper offered in soft dull shades that
was a perfect representation Of denim.
This popular and dull background for
both floors and walls is highly artistic
and effective and now that the denim
paper has come. we may look for its
early popularity.
When carbolic acid is to be used as a
disinfectant. it should be mixed with
boiling water. 1t is more soluble, and
the two combined into a solution will
keep for weeks.
Dcvilled tomatoes make an excellent
summer breakfast dish, now that the
difficulty OF broiling over a gas fire is
solved. Fresh. firm tomatoes are cut
into thick slices and broiled quickly.
Arrange neatly on a chop platter. and
pour over them a sauce made from two
tablespoonfuls of olive oil, good pinch
OF white sugar, a saltspoonful of made
mustard, a pinch of cayenne pepper.
and three tablespoonfuls of vinegar.
Let this boil up quickly in the sauce
pan, and it is ready for use. These
tomatoes may be served from the
chafing dish. roasted in the blazer with
a little melted butter rather than
broiled
The door-hinge screen is an especially
useful article 70 put in ones trunk. At
most summer boarding houses the ven
tilating transom is absent, and the
door must be set ajar much of the time
10 secure a current of air. Often the
hinges allow space for the inside OF the
room to be seen. and a strip Of chintz,
with four thumb-tack is an easy solu-
tion of the difficulty. For permanent
and more ornamental use a hinge
screen made of ribbon, with floral de-
signs, is effective 1t should be from
five 10 six inches wide and may be
finished at the bottom with rosette if
desired. Often these door hinges are
very necessary to keep the injurious
crack-draught from a bed which must
stand in range Of it. on the principle of
the old Spanish proverb: He who sits
with his back to a draught, faces his
coffin
1t is the opinion of one housekeeper
that for common family use small
sized towels are preferable. 1t, of
course. increases the weekly Iaunder-
ing, but ii is also her experience. she
asserts. that any laundreSs which she