The record-union., 1899-07-16

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boiling water and stir it's contents
until the mixture is thick and smooth.
After it is thoroughly chilled on the
ice, add pint of strawberry juice, the
whites of two eggs beaten to stiff
froth, and a pint of whipped cream.
Pack in salt and ice for two hours and
serve in small cases. A souffle, it should
be remembered, ought to be soft and
smooth rather than firm. The same
housekeeper has a delicious way of
| serving ice cream with fruits. Her
method she explains as follows: Cut
peaches, oranges, grapes, candied cher
ries, pineapples, bananas and whatever
fruit may be in market into small
pieces sprinkle lightly with sugar, and
cover with champagne and dash of
Maraschino. Put the dish on the ice
| for two hours or more. At the time
when it is to be served, fill large cham
pagne glasses three-quarters full with
the fruit, heaping ice cream or pousse
upon it just as it is sent to the table.
| A treatment highly recommended by
scientific magazine for poisoning
with water, dust it with common
washing soda, and apply to the erup-
ton, keeping the bread wet from the
outside. Half an hour of this treat
| ment is said to be a sure cure.
! A room in a country house charm
ingly decorated with bright scarlet wall
covering. and just the harmonious
e,1, Il g Ii ~. u
work, was almost spoiled by the use
of white curtains. These are cold and
inartistic, and should be used to COM
plete a white room perhaps, but not
often in any other scheme of decora-
/ ton. cream or ecru in some trans
parent fabric that falls in soft, grace
! full folds. is much to be preferred from
an artistic standpoint as we'll as one
| of economy.
A well known educator was asked re-
Gently what he considered the essen
! tials of a girls education. Reading,
writing and speaking" she said un-
/ hesitatingly. Il consider that they
| should be taught to read-not to know
| their letters glibly and get the sense
of paragraph in a book with quick
ness; but that they should cultivate
and strive for the ability to take up
/ the morning paper and read in an in
! telligent, pleasing fashion a column
account of some happening of the. day
| ] want them to learn to write not 50
] much to fill publishing houses with
! novels, treatiseS or short Stories but
to be able to sit down and write in
legible script a comfortable or comfort
ing letter to a parent or a friend.
want them to be able to speak the
English language as it was intended
it should be spoken-purely and sim
ply, not to fill it with mannerisms nor
to defile it with slang"
1t is said at some of the leading
houses where such articles are sold
that English china is largely supersed-
ing the French. The fact that the
former is much less brittle has cen
discovered and appreciated by good
housekeepers. OF late years, too. the
English decorators have duplicated
! most of the exclusive French patterns
For example, the old Sevres pattern of
/ the tiny punches of flowers has re-
Gently been most beautifully repro
duced in Coalport. One of the latest
patterns is copy of a design which
/ went out of favor at least twenty-five
years ago. It's revival in limited pro-
+ duction has caused it to be much
| sought after by those who want eXclu-
! sive novelties. A woman who wishes
a salad set could procure at first only
! the plates, ordering her bowl six
! months before it could be delivered to
/ her, as the shape even had to be de-
signed When it is finished it will be
reproduction of the genuine old Chi
/ nese bowls. The colors in the decora-
! tions are a deep pink, green, and a
4 line of royal blue. The owner viii
! have the satisfaction of having a mod
crate priced set cit will cost only 800
that cannot be duplicated at least dur
ing the first season she uses it.
| The oblong wooden boxes covered
! with gay cretonnes which came in as
shirtwaist boxes have been declared by
Popular verdict to be useful, hut not
ornamental. They are consequently
banished to closets. where they may
| still serve their very excellent pur-
| pose. The upholstered Window-sea
covered in materials OF more subdred
/ have taken their places for room serv-
| ice. These open to disclose a deep OBJ
| long box that is an excellent reccpta-
| Gle for dress bodices or shirtwaists as
! preferred. A new box of the same
| genus has 10 fabric upon it, but is
| stained in imitation of the dark
Flemish oak, now highly esteemed as
finish. Some very good decorations
in imitation of poker designs are On
| these boxes, and contribute, with dull
| metal handles, an excellent effect
/; These boxes are much cheaper than
| the upholstered window seats.
The new Dewey rose is dainty aud
exquisite enough for a bridal bouquet
| 1t suggests the La France rose in
shape, but is as delicate in color as the
! tea-rose, the tint deepening in it's heart
Its special characteristic is a peculiar
waxen effect that would give it a
touch of stiffness except for the beau
| tiful curves of it's petals
| Using the Left Hand.
The superiority of Japanese drawing
! can probably be traced to the custom
of that land to make the children prac-
tce painting and drawing without the