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piece in the dining-rOom was a partlc-
ularly ugly and defaced stretch of wall.
This was papered straight to the cell
ing with a-dark red, plain cartridge pa
per, and then strapped down each side
for about foot from the edge with
black braid arranged to hold pictures.
Two perpendicular lines of the braid,
which was of the cheap cotton variety,
were stretched from ceiling to shelf, the
outside line an inch or two from the
edge of the chimney piece; the second
line foot further in. Then two strands
were started at the base of each line,
each strand secured by brass thumb
nails. These were laced across dia-
mond shape all the way up to the top,
a brass thumb-nail holding them where
they intersected or crossed the per-
pendicular lines. Photographs of varl-
Gus sizes were thrust in the braid. This
s arrangement as has been said, was
duplicated at the other side of the man
tel. A circular Japanese parasol IN
gay colors occupied the center Of the
chimney-piece between the two perpen-
dicular lines of pictures. In the bed
rooms an added effect Of furnishing
was contributed by the banner splash
ers which hung behind the washstands.
These were made of cheesecloth and
came out beyond the stand to protect
the space above the jar as well. A
wide hem was made at the top, through
which thin stick was run. A band
of bright colored silesia was used as a
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stick in a decorative knot. The greatest
economy was practiced in every fitting
of the house-and this necessity reject
ed many so-called inexpensive effects"
and sharpened the wits to produce
tasteful cosiness at a minimum of ex-
penditure.
One of the best ways of utilizing cold
potatoes is called, according to the
place where they are served, plain
hashed, Drowned creamed potatoes,
Delmonico potatoes au gratin. To four
large, cold potatoes, chopped fine, is
allowed a pint of cream sauce, to which
has been added four tablespoonfuls of
grated cheese Mix the potatoes with
the sauce, turn into a baking dish and
brown in a quick oven.
Their Wedding Journey is the bor-
rowed title which a young couple have
applied to a book of photographs COM
piled during a six weeks bridal trip.
Each is an enthusiastic amateur pho
tographer, and when one is not taking
pictures the other is. Their honey
moon journey took them through Col
orado and the Yellowstone, and leisure
ly back by way of the Great Lakes.
Very little escaped one or the other
of the two cameras carried and the
| pictures are mounted in a large pho
tograph book the f1y-leaf duly lettered
in Illuminated text by an artistic
( friend. The pictures begin with the
marriage ceremony, obligingly photo
graphed by a friend at the moment
when the minister was pronouncinG
| them man and wife. AS the wedding
! was celebrated in the house, this was
not difficult to accomplish. The same
friend stopped rice throwing long
/ enough to catch the bridal pair as they
were driving away, and from that time
/ on the pictures are their own selec-
! tions of the scenes of their travels.
/ Crystallized nuts are easily made By
j the home cook, and are a, useful addi-
/ ton to the menu of the country hostess
! who finds herself the traditional twelve
miles from a lemon. English walnuts
! are the best to use for the purpose, but
/ any large meat nut that the country
/ store may afford can be crystallized
/ A cupful of water and two cupfuls OF
/ sugar preferably granulated, are boiled
/ together until a little drop from the
! spoon into ice water will candy. The
! syrup should then be poured into a
/ straight sided pan or dish, deep enough
to allow it to cover the nuts. The
meats-whole, if small, or haIved II
/ they are English walnuts or Brazil
nuts, are dropped in carefully and left
in dry and rather warm place fol
/ fully twenty-four hours It is a good
/ plan to heat the nuts not hot but t.
the point of being warmed through, be-
fore they are dropped into the syrup.
|
Women have been interested from
time to time within the past few years
! in attempts to suppress some of the
unnecessary noises of the city Much
is promised when the automobile shall
have driven the Gatherings hoofs OF
I horses from the streets Up town ir
these days, when windows must be
/ open continually, the sharp clatter of a
! pair of horses through a quiet resi-
dence block becomes a hubbub to be
! dreaded, so resonant and far reaching is
it. Many of the early morning noises
of the town are apparently necessary
but it is discouraging when ones last
nap is disturbed by a wheezy accordion
playing some melancholy dirge under
the window at 7:30 o'clock. These in
struments, together with broken back
ed violins and hurdy-gurdys of all de-
/ grees of poorness, ought not to be al
lowed on the streets before 10 O'Clock
| in the forenoon. The small municipal
reforms seem to be left nowadays to
| the womens clubs. and the suggestion
is respectfully submitted that some one
of these useful organizations bend its
energies in behalf Of the comfort OF
the morning sleepers.
!
! A mother whose small boy strenuous
/ ly objects to even the slightest darning
| or patching of his quickly worn out
knickerbockers, has hit upon an ingen-
| ious way to repair damages without Of
| Tending his taste. This is to stitch the
patch on the outside shaped and applied
like the extra pieces that are a part
of all bicycle trousers. The seam is
| opened and the two pieces neatly fitted
in, and after the seam is closed again
the double pieces are stitched close to
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