The record-union., 1899-01-01

do not hesitate to decline an order If q
hostess insists upon attempting to pro-
vide for more persons than the house
will hold. A silver wedding celebrated
in that city recently produced warm
argument between the host and the ca
terer who was to take charge OF the
entertainment. you must count Oh
three hundred guests" said the host'
and the caterer replied: Your house
will hold barely two hundred. Inen
the matter was gone over careIully.
Finally, the caterer summed up the SIT
uation 1.-TWO hundred and nifty per-
sons, possibly two hundred and seven
ty-five might be accommodated in TINS
house, if the furniture was out OF II.
1.-The furniture shall be out of it it that
is ALL" declared the host. Accordingly
the day before the entertainment hal1
dozen men carted away almost every
article of heavy furniture in the house.
and the neighbors wondered why the
C.'s were moving They were treasured
when. the day after the celebration
all the furniture came back. Not every
body is willing to go to this trouble anu
expense, and the alternative of cutting
down the list is much to be prelerreu'
The last word about coffee seems
never to be said. All authorities lay
great stress upon the cleanliness OF the
coffee-pot. 1t should be washed with
cloth kept for that purpose alone, ana
nothing will insure this except eternai
vigilance on the part Of the house
keeper. Mrs. Lincoln's formula for the
breakfast coffee calls for twice as many
level tablespoonfuls of ground co1ee as
there are cups to be served. TO TINS
add some eggshells washed before the
eggs were broken, or the white OF an
egg. which is sufficient to clear about
seven tablespoonfuls of coffee. A table
spoonful of cold water for each cup
needed is added and thoroughly mixed
of boiling water as will be served are
poured over Boil hard five minutes.
A little very cold water, perhaps four
tablespoonful, is poured down the
spout a tablespoonful of fresh coffee is
stirred in, a stopper of tissue paper put
in the spout, and the pot set where 1t
will keep hot without simmering for ten
minutes. 1t should then be served at
once, and should be at the highest state
of perfection. If some of it must be
kept for late risers, it should be prompt
ly poured off the grounds, the coffee pot
cleaned out, and the clear liquid re-
stored to it. The dead" taste of coffee
so often encountered at boarding house
tables, and private tables as we'll, comes
from the grounds. At the hign-class
hotels and restaurants fresh coffee is
made several times during the hours
of serving breakfast Black coffee for
dinner is a strong connection, and can
be made in the same way, slightly in
creasing the proportion of coffee and
very much reducing the amount Of
water The Oriental double coffee is
made by using a strong black coffee
concoction in place Of water in making
the second infusion. This double coffee
should be served i the tiniest of cups,
holding not much more than a cordial
glass, as its effect is powerful.
Waterlogged nailbrushes may now be
a thing Of the past. The simple expedi-
ent has been resorted to by some manu-
facturer of perforating the back with
rather large sized nail holes, through
which the water runs as the brush is
used. 1t is a wonder that SO simple a
remedy for soaked and quickly spoiled
bristles has not been thought of before.
Among the simple gifts which young
girl may make for her mother or older
sister are bureau sachets, hot-water-
bag covers, veil sachets and key pock-
cts. The hot-water- bag covers ara
most comfortably made of eiderdown
flannel. the little opening through which
the ribbon-bound handle is slipped.
Ribbon drawstrings also are used. If
the small Japanese hand stoves are
liked, one of these encased in an en-
velope of eiderdown, buttoned over with
flap, the edges of which are bound
with ribbon, makes a simple holiday
gift.
Sulphur for fumigating should be
placed in the upper part of the room,
DR.. Horace T. Hanks told the Rainy
Day Club the. other day. The fumes of
sulphur are heavy and for that reason
they do not rise. The fumigating quail
ties of the sulphur are excellent when
tHty I0dCH every punt VI tuc IOOul VI
be treated, but because of the heavy
qualities physicians are using another
substance having similar properties.
At card party recently the salad
was appropriately garnished in imita
ton of cards. 1t was served in an OBJ
long block form, and the top was COW
cred with the whites of eggs boiled hard
and chopped very fine. Chopped pars-
ley then divided it into four spaces.
each Stimulating a card. The spots Ct
the card were cut from boiled red beers.
A pretty handkerchief case, not be-
yond the skill of inexpert fingers, is
made from two small hemstitched la
dies handkerchiefs. On one is neatly
fitted pad of wadding. scented with
sachet powder and covered with some
thin silk. The other is laid over it, and
the edges of the two sewed all around
overland. The upper handkerchief is
then cut through the center from hem
to hem at right angles. These flaps
are neatly hemmed, edged with lace,
and turned back and caught at the
corners. In the four little pockets thus
made the handkerchiefs are tucked
Pretty opera glass bags are made OF
dark pushes and velvets, drawn to-
gether at the top with small silk cords.
In the bottom of these is fitted little
oblong of pasteboard about the width
of the wide end Of the glass.
Land in England is 300 times as val
liable now as it was 200 years ago.