The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-13
The HOUSEHOLD.
Suggestions for the Household.


nothing is more durable than velveteen
and the different varieties of that fab
ric sold under various similar names.
Being a cotton fabric, it does not gather
moths, and both its dyes and texture
are almost wear-proof. The beautiful
tints in which it is shown make it avail
able for any scheme Of decoration.
A Marguerite salad is the appropri-
ate title of preparation of eggs and
lettuce leaves, which is an ornamental
dish certainly, and one that is also APP
| petizing. The inner leaves of the
heads Of lettuce are arranged in the
shape of very small nests. Several
eggs are boiled hard and firm and the
yolks removed. The whites are cut in
thin circles and arranged in the lettuce
cups, the center being then filed inf
with the yolk of the egg mixed witA
golden mayonnaise.
Flowers trailing singly over the cloth
is one form of decoration in more Oh
less use at special functions. Host
esses find frequently, however, that the
roses and other blossoms do not last
through a long meal, and every one
knows that trailing faded flowers are
not an attractive sight. To obviate
this, florist says that if bit of moss
is dipped in water and then shaken
nearly free of it, the cut end of the rose
may be wrapped in this and tied on
with bit of sewing silk, and this will
keep the flowers fresh. 1t is easy TO
conceal such treatment by bending
leaf over the end.
There are still persons to be found
here and there who object to the taste
of pure, sweet olive oil, and for such
may onnaise dressing as ordinarily
made has no relish. 1t will be found
to be valuable, however, if after the
dressing is made, good teacupful of
whipped cream-that is, teacupful
after it is whipped-is beaten in. The
cream kills the taste of the oil to
considerable degree, yet the sauce has
the richness which it can get from no
cultivate a liking for olive oil. 1t is
one of the best of foods.
The latest thing to be utilized by the
grasping decorator is the ribbed paste
board similar to that in which bot
ties are wrapped. This dull tinted,
corrugated surface has attracted their
artistic eyes, and they have boldly
} seized upon it to accomplish some very
good effects. AS usual, they take the
country houses for their daring expert
ments, because there one expects, or at
least forgives any bizarre scheme in
, the way of decoration. The paste
; board is used in its natural color of a
sort of coffee brown, or it is sometimes
painted over in a dull red, green, or
yellow.
The efforts of the various relief Or
CARNATIONS that have been formed
among women's clubs are confined to
the most practical methods. 1t is sig
nifcant of the experience of the women
at organized work that they have under
taken these measures in such prompt
ly efficient fashion. Cool-headed
women, accustomed to committee work,
have brought quick order out of appar-
ent chaos, in the embarrassment of vol
unteer service, and prompt discrimi-
mating judgment has rapidly produced
tangible results. The Impractical wo-
man who has occasionally presented
herself has been quickly suppressed,
, and the work in all its phases has gone
ahead with most commendable de-
spatch and efficiency.
Old linen pillow-cases that are worn
to the verge, but not over it, of break
ing in places, may be clipped out of the
linen closet and put aside to be used
as bags in which valuable winter gar
ments may be safely put away. Any
, place that lie fretted through should be
. reinforced with piece of old material,
: either cotton or linen, and when the
coat or gown is carefully brushed to
! see that absolutely no moth egg or
. creature is left in, it may be inserted.
!, The ends of the case are then slipped
, in the machine and closed tightly.
Thus protected, it is safe to keep the
garment in bureau drawers, few
, pieces of lump camphor being tossed in
l as an additional safeguard.
The Syracuae School of Domestic
/ Science, which has just sent out its
l second graduating class, continues to
be shining light among organizations
, of this sort. The experiments in this
line, which have been tried in many
l cities much larger than Syracuse, have
, in most cases failed. The organiza-
J ton in Central New York, however,
! has struck the keynote of success and
, goes on constantly to larger things.
Glasses in three courses went out from
the school this year-a small one in
dietic cookery, whose members were
recruited from one of the city hospitals,
and two much larger ones in wait
resses' work and advanced cooking. So
fourishing, indeed, is the school that it
!, counts club of nearly fifty members
called the "Cordon Bleu," made up of
; graduates from the school. This club
proposes to hold monthly meetings, at
each of which a new dish is to be
,, demonstrated. Mrs. S. B. Larned, the
capable president of the School of Dc
nestle Science, and woman who
. seems to have hit the nail Of successful
effort in this direction squarely on the
head, is the president of the new club.
So iourishing has the School of Do
mestic Science become that it is about
breaking away from the parent organ
ization, the Household Economic AS
ISOLATION Of Syracuse, to which it will
be auxiliary, but no longer dependent.
; From now on, the school will be con-
Quoted by board of managers, and