The record-union., 1899-10-15

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powdered with small flowers. In copy
ing this pretty invention for the pres
ervation of photographs cheaper wood
can be used, and the covering may be
of some inexpensive silk, cretonne or
plush.
Those of the city dwellers who are
! compelled to forego the pleasures of
autumn in the country, try sometimes
to initiate the informal hospitality that
is ushered in with the cool evenings
and their necessary open fires. A
group of young people gathered around
a CRATE full of Goals the other evening
and enjoyed the pleasures of an oys-
ter roast. The shells had been we'll
washed before they We're brought up
stairs, and all that was necessary was
| to slip them from the shovel on to the
| fire. When they were opened they
We're lifted with the tongs to the plate
and eaten with lettuce sandwiches, and
! coffee as accomDaniments. The plan
| was voted a great improvement over
the chaing-dish. which put all the
cooking on one person, much of the fun
OF the oyster roast being in the fact
that everybody had a turn at the Goals.
! Until a woman has tried it, she never
| realizes what valuable aid to the eff
| fective packing of a trunk is the use
! OF tissue paper. If a fold of the pa
per is put where a gown is turned, the
danger of crease will be lessened 30
per cent. Stufffng the sleeve and blouse
front swith tissue paper will tend in a
| large measure to do away with the
crumpled look that a dress waist so
often presents even after stay of but
a Few hours in a tightly packed trunk.
A housekeeper famous for her success
in picking peaches say that she fol-
lows an old formula that is unequaIed
for simplicity and perfect results. The
receipt as she gives it is as follows:
Pare quantity Of peaches, leaving
them whole; stick five cloves in each
one; boil one quart of vinegar and
tour pounds of sugar, one ounce of
cloves. and one ounce of stick CHINA
mn Tor ten minutes; then add seven
pounds of the prepared peaches. cook
! lng them until tender; life them out
ana put into cans, boiling the syrup
down until rather thick before pout-
ing 1t over. If two kettles are used.
the receipt can be duplicated. letting
one kettleful cook while the contents
or the other are being taken out. In
| TINS way large number of cans may
De hIled in very short time.
The reflection in the mirror does not
portray our likeness with any ATTEMPT
at accuracy. The hair is wrong in
tone, the eyes are not correct in color
J ana our compilations are hopelessly
noeIed by this specious household de-
celVer 1t is certain that if the look
lhS-Slass told the truth, says the Phil
adelphia Inquirer" the sale of v9rious
complexion washes would greatly de-
/ crease, for any fair skin looks era =,
and pallid in a glass, and as a result
many women ruin their splendid COM
pleXlons by trying to improve them, be-
cause they look bad in the mirror
1ou may be certain that, however
pam your face seems it is not so plain
aS II appears in the telItaIe mirror.
secondly, you cannot assume your nat
ural expression while peering in a look
. Ihg-glass. The eye must be in a cer-
tain position before you can see at all.
ana the eye, so far as expression is
concerned, governs the face. The con-
sequence is that you can see only one
oL your expressions in the glass. ana
that one OF tentative examination.
II is not yet too late for dishes made
OF sweet corn. This vegetable seems es-
peclaily tender and succulent in the
autumn. a Washington woman who
makes specially of corn oysters uses
Iof them one pint of grated corn 10
"HIch are added three tablespoonfuls of
milk, small teacup of flour. a beaten
egg butter the size of a hickory nut
teaspoonful of salt, and half tea
spoonful of pepper. The batter is
dropped by spoonfuls in deep boiIino.
lat, and fried quickly until of rich
/ brown color.
For book tea which is one Of the
| latest fads, a number of p11ests-tba
3eAeS equally represented-ar invited
each being required to wear a hadoe
NeHotlhg book. 1t is not necessarily
a novel though the run is on novels
modern
| lhough these are more generally 60
lected The badge which is a IittIe
toy, must express the title Of the bool,
Inc guests arrive decorated, supply
ing and wearing their own DECORATIONS
ana each has to guess the titles of ali
lile others. Some people are very stupid
d. H. some very quick And there is
Skill too, not only in guessing tho
titles, but in making the badges. There
are TWO prizes-one for the guest who
euesses most and one for the guest
whose badge has been most difficult to
interpret.
Those who have summered on the
southern shore of Long Island will re-
call the corn fritters. which are mart of
the famous fish-dinners to be had On
that coast They are served at the
close of the meal instead of with II
ana are accompanied by a hard sanca