The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-16
Odds and Enda-

To purify the water cooler, either porce-
IAN or zinc lined, pour a little vinegar on a
a week.
Sand soap is recommended as specially
useful In the case of small boys whose
hands often refuse to yield TO the softer per-
suasions OF ordinary soap and water.
A dry sandwich that is convenient for the
. o'clock tea tray has for a filling shaved
ginger and orange peel. Sugar preserved
ginger and candied orange peel are used for
slices Of bread cut In oblong and circular
shapes.
A delicious ice cream to serve at a lunch
con consists of ice cream favored with cara
mel or burnt sugar and English walnuts
chopped fine. The custard for the cream is
made like the ordinary frozen custards: a
cupful or sugar and three-quarters of a
pound of nuts are used for each quart of
custard.
Stains on the fingers from handling po-
tatoes or trimming vegetables or fruits
may be readily removed by thoroughly rub
bling with an everripe tomato; IL a little
rotten IL acts quicker. A stem of rhubarb
or pie plant is equally effective and may be
mad from early spring until late in the
anything else. and cheaper than oxalic acid
or a rubber brush.
A really good fashion never dies. Now and
then an admirable little mode will be SEEM
ingly lone TO death by its admirers and will
drop suddenly out OF popularity. but the
soul OF 1t goes marching on and sooner or
later IS trfumphantiy revived with all its
former prestige. Apropos of this assertion,
says the New York Sun, witness the recent
temperance of the bolero, the return of
the short-sleeved evening bodice and a
marked inclination toward the resumption
of the Psyche knot in ~coiffure building.
Charms of all kinds are worn on chains
and bangles, the lucky ones being in high
esteem Small eggs or set with
precious and semi-precious stones are con-
sidered TO have more powers in attracting
luck TO the wearer than the horseshoe or
the rabbits foot. Realistic reproductions
or birds eggs call into play all the ingenui-
ties OF the enameler's art and furnish some
exquisite combinations Of color. The head
OF the well-known bird families peeping
through the broken shell is a novelty that
pleases whimsical tastes, and, moreover,
fairly showers luck upon you.
There is a persistent effort in certain
fashionable quarters, says a New York
fashion writer, to maintain the rather fee
BILE revival OF some of the very low-cut and
short-waisted Victorian styles of bodice,
with their much-frilled accompanying
skirts. TIL dress trimmings have prevailed
and a very few of the uncommon looking
and conspicuous bodice styles have been
taken up, but I'm these lays of severe criti-
cism the waist. with belt relegated to the
armpits.. and the Victorian poke. with its
far-reaching front brim, have a hard time
of 1t. And the Victorian couture, with the
hair parted in the middle, waved out, and
brought down over the ears. is a most try
ing style.
W" that women nave uSCidieu again iOi
short sleeves. the invariable accompaniment
OF evening dress is a long scarf of the pal
est. thinnest liberty silk procurable. The
authority for its use seems to be the alb
sence of long gloves and the very graceful
adjunct a we~ll-manipulated scarf in deft
hands can prove. A scarf usually comes 10
a dance or dinner wound round its owners
head. as Queen Louise and Mrs. Siddons
wore theirs, and from the head it slips to
the shoulders and is twisted about one arm
or knotted at the elbow TO let steamers fly
during a dance. 1T Is "A pale yellow. scarf for
q rose-tinted gown, green for a white one,
black for a blue one. and il is as coquettish
an implement in debutante hands as a fan
in the fingers of a Spanish woman. 1t is
neither actually used nor entirely useless,
and IL serves as a perfect touch of drapery
about bare arms and shoulders.