The record-union., 1898-05-15

| side partition were ldkcl away, 0i
marked improvement. II the nan
and dining room floors. are not or hard
wood, the best covering is a PLAIN M
! oleum, with pretty art square for the
dining room and couple of small rugs
for the hall. The treatment OF the
dining-room may be according TO It's
light and it is possible, with a little
care and good judgment, to make even
a low room exceedingly effective.
/ At some of the spring sales of needle
work beautiful centerpieces, embroid-
cred with trailing sprays of trailing ar
butus, are to be seen.
To replace the heavy rug and Bagdad
couch-covers, light ones OF chlntz anu
! cretonne are made. These are about the
length and width of a Bagdad curtain,
and are trimmed around the entire edge
with light fringe which matches the
colors of the cretor1ne. These covers
with window curtains of the new scrlm.
which is like the popular fish-net IN
effect. look delightfully."- springlike anu
inviting after the heavy draperies Oh
the winter.
The effort to have women UNDERTAKE
the study of household economics IN
their clubs is still sufficiently dlfflcult
to indicate the strong hold more ap-
Etract subjects have upon the average
club woman. Hours of time are spent
over the most encyclopaedia and aca-
demic work to produce papers on far
away and irrelevant subjects. while the
vital and practical things of everyday
life are indifferently turned away from.
If the matter is brought before a lit
serary club, it is declined as being too
prosaic and not in the lines of culture
and general knowledge. This is SER
Gus mistake. A study of household
economies can be made as literary and
historical as a study of the "Cid" or Oh
the Wars of the Roses If the energy
expended in pursuing these latter un-
doubtedly interesting but unnecessary
schemes of study could be expended in
an intelligent and persistent effort to
understand a few of the principles in
cluded in household economics, the eluD
movement among women would be pro-
ductive of more tangible results. When
these organizations turn to practical
work it is then they achieve really
important ends
A trained nurse says that. in spite OF
all teaching. the hardest thing she has
to fight against in her work in private
houses is the non-ventilation of the
siekroom. To shut up an invalid as
nearly tight as possible seems to
be the shibboleth of the majority of
persons; yet the sick people. more than
others, need the strengthening qualities
i.of fresh air. Draughts, of course, are
to be avoided, but lot of fresh air is
obligatory in every case.
A delicious soup is made of black
beans. A pint of beans is soaked over
night in quart of water and cooked
the next day until tender They are
then pressed through a sieve, stock or
: consomme made from beef extract be-
ing added. A delicious addition to the
dish is meat balls made from finely
! chopped veal. When the soup is sent
to the table, few very thin slices of
flemon arc cut into the tureen with
slices of hard boiled egg floating on the
top Squares of toast or croutons
should be served with the soup, which
is both nourishing and appetizing. 1t
is sometimes difficult to get the black
beans at every grocers. but they are
always to be had at the dehcatessen
stores.
At the end of d narrow hall on the
second floor of a house plain mirror
about the hight of door and the width
of the hall space was inserted in the
rwall Over this. in lieu of a frame, was
n 1roy, rpd fc1 Ctr jcrh
hanging down on either side, with an
irregular arrangement across the top
The effect added to the width and
length of the hall, and added an at
i tractive feature to the passageway.
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The familiar arrangement of fried
oysters around a mound of cold slaw
was varied at cooking school exhibit
the other day. by piling a shell of cab
asbage with the salad, the oysters lying
outside on folded napkin. The salad
lis prettily garnished with olives cut
in rings and small radishes, or wheels
of red boiled beets The oysters should
have a bit of parsley and lemon for
their adornment This arrangement.
! While adding to the effect of the dish
/ also precludes the possibility of the
salad being warmed by contact at the
edges with the hot oysters, as some
times happens.
The Intelligence Of the average par
-llor maid is not equal to taking into
account changes in the atmosphere. Be
Icause of the general rule that rooms are
to be aired in the morning, she does
not appreciate that the exceptional day
comes when the windows are to be
! kept closed. A wet morning not only
takes the stiffening out OF curtains
and Sits in a moist dust that sticks;
Ito everything, but is also positively
injurious to highly polished woods: yet.
unless the caution is given, Jane or
Sarah as faithfully lets in this air as
the clear, dry breeze. 1t is not infre-
qnent even to see bedding carefully
displayed near open window on a rainy
day, under the mistaken notion that
air must be had no matter what ac-
companies it. 1t is such complete lack
of reasoning power or consideration of
:, cause and effect that makes the aver
age maid trial in the household.
The recent robbery of a woman in a
quiet corridor of fashionable New
4 York hotel by another woman who de-
! tanned her an instant to make casual
remarf. is matched by the experience
mot long ago of a woman in New
York theater. While the fights were
( lowered between scenes. she felt a slight
pull at her head and reached her hand
'aup to find gold hatpin half out Of
its place. She actually touched. the
: hand of the person who was thus ar
rested in the effort at theft: but when