Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-11-14
HOUSEKEEPING oNA SMALL INCOME,
DAINTY MEALS.

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and elevating effect on most people,
though they may not DO conscious Of Il.
Consequently, II 10 well worth trying, by
each and all Of you, TO have your homo
as pretty and dainty 40 you can make Il,
whether that home b couple OF rooms
q little nearer the sky than the earth, .
stately mansion, . suburban villa, or
humble country cottage. II IL good for
you individually to have - nice sur
roundings ~ you can, and your very en-
deavors In that direction are all educat-
i've.
TABLE LINEN.
Let your table linen, however coarse
or fine, be always mended when neces-
sary. Some people have the foolish
idea that while tear looks 40 II II had
just been made, darn has the appear
ance of premeditsted poverty. This
really IL extremely silly. consider
carefully darned cloth . sign Of far
greater refinement than one OF perhaps
better damask, but placed on the table
with tears and holes In It. To have q
thick felt table-cover under your table
cloth very much improves the appear
snce of the latter. Let the tablecloth
be carefully folded 10 Its own creases,
and never allow II TO be on the table ex-
cepting at meal time.
CHINA AND GLASS.
As far as you can have pretty china
and glass on your table. Really in these
days both are so inexpensive that people
who have ugly things must really do so
because they prefer them. As for glass,
a little colored glass on table has very
often q pretty effect, 30 long as you
keep to one color, and do not have too
much Of Il. The water In 4 pale green
or red glass jog looks nicer, think, than
in an ordinary china jug or glass water
bottle.
DECORATION.
Try and get pretty china and glass
when you are about II, and do not use
cracked or broken ware, unless you
actually cannot afford to replace Il. As
for flowers, they are so abundant In the
country, and so cheap In large towns,
that you can generally contrive TO have
some on your table ut meals. The most
ordinary flowers tastefully arranged
give touch OF beauty which IA always
charming. 10 winter, when flowers are
.cArce, you can SOW wheat In saucers.
Lay piece Of coarse flannel or some
cotton wool In = saucer, wet II thorough
ly, and then sprinkle wheat on IL. Keep
the latter damp, and not too wet, and
place IL In the light. You will soon see
some delicate green emerging from the
wheat ears. have known people with
plenty Of money 10 use this decoration.
PRETTY roop.
sm not going to give recipes for all
kinds Of dishes which are rs lovely as
they are dainty, because this Is not an
article on cooking. | only want you to
try and have the ordinary buildings aud
yiands generally rather more prcttily ar
ranged than one often sees them. One
would think that parsley Was q very
costly thing, instead Of being so cheap,
by the spsrlng use some people make OF
IL. Yet how instantly 1t alters the
aspect OF cold meat, and how pretty IL
looks on the golden butter!
Bresd-snd-butter buildings can be
made to look much nicer than they
usually do by the placing Of few msca-
rooms on the top. A rice pudding, too,
is not only prettier, but very much nicer,
IL brown sugar and small pieces Of but
ter are sprinkled all over the top before
being baked. This obvistes the usual
"blanket," and forms q golden brown
kind OF crust which Is very nice.
COLD PUpprNGs.
Why should these be served up the
second time 10 the same dish that held
them while hot? They cannot be said to
be sppetizing TO look ut, and yet very
little thought and time spent upon them
would very considerably alter their APP
pearance for the better.