The record-union., 1899-07-09

Seymour's note Lady ShucISborough
cannot imagine Mary Stedman 10 be
capable Of cooking for any place but
the servants hall. November 4th, Pa
vilion Hans Place.
Letter No. 3-Lady Seymour presents
her compliments to Lady Shuckbor-
ough and begs she will order her
| housekeeper, Mrs. Pouch, to send the
girls character; otherwise another
young woman will be sought for else
where, as Lady Seymour's children
cannot remain without their dinners
because Lady Shuckborough, keeping
"professed cook and housekeeper,
thinks a knowledge of the details OF her
establishment beneath her notice Lady
Seymour understood from Stedman
that, in addition to her other talents,
she was actually capable of dressing
food for the little Shuckborousns TO
partake of when hungry-to this note
was appended clever pen -and-ink
vignette by the Queen of Beauty. rep
resenting the three little Shuckbor-
oughs with large turnip- looking, heads
and cauliflower wigs, seated at round
table, eating voraciously. scramolinS
for mutton chops dressed by Mary
Stedman. who is seen looking On with
supreme satisfaction, while Lady
Shuckborough appears in the distance
in evident dismay)
Letter No. MADAME: Lady Shuck-
borough has instructed me to acquaint
YOU that she declines answering your
note, the vulgarity of which is beneath
contempt; and, although it may be the
characteristic of the Sheridans to pc
vulgar and witty, it is not that OF
"ladv.'' unless she happens to nave
been born in a garret and bred in the
kitchen. Mary Stedman informs me
that YOU only require a girl who can
cook mutton chop; if SO, I apprehend
that Mary Stedman or any other scul-
lion will be found fully equal to COOK
for or manage the establishment OF
the Queen of Beauty. 1 am your lady
ships, etc.
ELIZABETH COUCH Cnot Pouch.)
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An infusion of tea made from dan
delion roots is recommended to nervous
women as almost a specific against
their malady. The roots freshly gath
cred. dried at home and afterwards
carefully protected in glass jars, are
apt to be more reliable than the pack
ages sold at druggists.
At some of the high-class furnishing
shops the French adjustable down seat
cushion is seen in use in upholstered
furniture. The chair is upholstered in
the usual way-the arms being covered
about half way down on the inside
Here there is a jog in the wooden
frame. into which the seat cushion,
nd with
same material as the rest Of the chair
is fitted perfectly, but in such way
that it may be removed for beating or
dusting. This plan of upholstering
produces the most luxurious seat pos
sible, and the seat can easily De kept
clean and free from moths.
A woman who picked up, not ionS
ago, at Nantucket, plates of rare Old
Nankin ware, paid only three dollars
apiece for them. She thought that her
find was a precious one. but could not
be sure. Since then, as one dealer after
another has heard of her possessing
them she has received consecutive OF
fers of rapidly rising prices. This ware
is constantly becoming more rare with
it's passing too, it becomes more ap-
preciated: it's simple but not to ba
copied tones of blues and white, that
never seem exactly duplicated in any
two pieces, are to many the perfection
in pottery.
An accessory to the nursery outfit
whose convenience not all mothers
have yet discovered are the sponge
bowls of French pottery, prettily deco
rated with quaint figures specially in
tended to please baby eyes. These
bowls are divided into compartments
for hot and cold water. and are set
usually in a little wicker standard that
is easily brought to the mothers siGe
when the childs sponge bath is to be
given