The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

HOME DKEssMAKINe.

/ ut hONnc uItteiUdhtI Atutf8tty taantr
dresses only for her family, and GENERALLY
needs to have designs supplied In detail
Hence advise the use OF them in connec-
ton with their chart and tailor cutting
system. In order TO see just how new and
intricate fashions are compounded.
You wouldn't attempt to make butter
or paint picture without the proper
tools. Don't try to do dressmakine with
ont tools necessary to make your work
as 90 aud successful as possible.
You need at least a large cutting table
Of soft wood. dr,ssmaker's shears, n
marking wheel. an abundance of pins,
basting thread (soft finished white thread
for dark goods and light colored thread
that will not crock for light goods),
several small weight for holding msteri-
nj and pattern (some thumb tacks, such
as artists uso TO tack ske tching paper on
drawing board, are very useful, tool. and
assorted sizes of machine needles and
sewing thread and silks. Many women
20 through life getting along without"
and feel pleasurable sort of martyfdon
in so doing. Don't do it. You owe II
to yourself and -FOUR family to have every
thing you can possibly get to make peoes-
sary work as light ms possible. Time
should be saved from work whenever and
wherever possible, in order that more
may be spent with ones fsmily and In
society In the best sense OF this much
abused word. Ii is a great hep TO the
dressmaksr to do her work where IL can
be left, when necessary. just where II
lies. II wastes time and renders work
more trou blesome TO have to put IL away
and "clsar up" after each brief session
upon it. Have u sewing-room, or, at any
rate, make one temporarily while dress
making.
Before buying pattern, consider what
purpose the new dress is TO answe.. anc
decide upon the material. Thou select D
desisn that is suited to the dress goods.
Heavy cloths can be p~Sperly made up
only in styles that are for the most part
plain. Fancy ..esigns with draped effects
alone are So table Tor soft materials
Never mind II fashion writers do de-
clare, avery body wears circular skirt.
Ever body shouldn't Only tall, we'll
forp- ed women should ever wear a oircu-
Lar skirt and then only when they nhve u
number OF other gowns. circular skirt
! is in the nature OF things for dress wear,
and is not and cannot be made proper
SIX rt for rough weather, shopping or
business wear. Its outlines express grace
and ease, and are Incompatible with the
rush of business or the hard usage re-
uuirod of tho general utility dress.
WINTER SALADS.
| Do you know what very attractive
salad can be made by using celery and
70 d cabbages Attractive 10 the eye, L
mean, as we'll as to the palate. You have
probably made q red cabbage salad before
now that between you and me, wasn't
much more of dish than picked cab
bage would be-now, was itY Well, will
help you to do better. Cut of the out
81 de leaves of the cabbage. remove all Of
the stock and the ribs and cut the rest
into shreds. Then cut the best stalks Of
two heads of celery into inch pieces and
| mix with the cabtags in the salad bowl,
| heaping Ii IA little In the centre. Around
| the edge of the bowl In "a manner to suit
your eye for an artistic arrangement OF
| things, put the fresh green leaves OF the
celery as a garnish. Over all pour dress
| ing made of q beaten egg. tablespoonful
| of Oil the same of vinegar, a saltspoon of
| salt, red pepper as you like 1t and just
| few grains of mustard. Let the salad
| stand after 1t is prepared for fifteen min
utes or SO before serving Now lot me see
when will you probably like TO serve this.
| should say that served at luncheon
4 Win otpeef
| croq uettes of ham that IL would be pretty
apt to suit almost any one. For myself,
| j have liked IL with cold boiled ham ana
also with cold beef tongue,
| Now IL you want to make an onion
salad Just try this; Halve the Spanish
onions and soak them for four or 1--WE
hours In water, changing the water half
dozen times. This In to reduce their
flavor. Slice the onions and chop them
| a little, but not to make them mussy /;
then you must freeze them; freeze them
till they are fairly hard. Meanwhile,
make "a dressing of one-third oil to two
thirds vinegar. season 1t with pepper and
salt, sprinkle into 1t some chopped parsley
and when you dish the onions pour the
dressing over them.
A tongue salad Is worthy of oil the goot
things you ever heard said Of 1t. and
| 1t Is easily made. Cut some cold boiled
| beef tongue int small thin strips and
| put ID in the bottom of the salad bowl;
over 1t sprinkle about half its quantity OF
diced potatoes, and on the potatoes put
| layer Of celery cut into pieces. Strew
timely chopped parsley over the top aud
then moisten it all with few table
spoonfuls of rich stock. Make plain
| French dressing, that Is, of oil, vinegar,
salt and pepper and pour over the salad
before serving Use quartered olives and
few slices of gherkins as garnish. Or.
| IL you prefer. use some of the tender green
| leaves OF the celery N. II. Farmer.