The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-23
Odds and Ends.

Half teaspoonful of sugar will nearly
always revive dying fire.
1t is convenient to have an iron holder
attached by a long string to the band of
the apron when cooking 1t saves burnt
fingers or scorched aprons, and is always at
hand.
Keep a clasp knife. or knife with a.
handle dinerent from those I'm common USE
Tor the sole purpose Of peeling onions and
so avoid the flavor and color of them
where it is neither expected nor desired.
All the bows for the hair have been in
fected by the gold microbes and a bit of
gold gauze ribbon is twisted into the black
VelVet and the white satin bows that are so
practical for ordinary dinner and home
wear.
Fancy covers for washstand and bureau
i nave gone out to a great extent. Fine white
figured damask with deep hemstitched hem
* used on the handsomest furniture White
lace In heavy qualities. such as Honiton
and Renaissance is used entirely plain over
a pastel color of China silk to match the
room. White Swiss, with deep hem fin
ished at top with lace beading through
which colored ribbon is run, laid over
sateen or silk in light shade, is the most
elaborate used. Long pin-cushions, covered
with an embroidered pieced and edged with
rufifes of footing are put them.
The new Russian blouse, with and with
out the skirt below the waist which fin
ished all the Russian biouses when last IN
vogue, will rival the Elton and bolero iack
cts in fashionable favor These garments
are particularly becoming to slender fig
ures. Many of them are belted, and most
of them have the dropping blouse effect on
the front, even those which are tucked and
| stitched from shoulder to belt Soutache
brafdwork. Russian embroidery, silk or
clotn strappings and appliques, and narrow
gold prafd and buttons are the favored
trimmings Tor these blouses a la Russo
An excellent cough candy is made of
| slippery elm, 1axseed and sugar. Soak a
giii OF whole haxseed In half pint of boil
ing water. In another dish put cup of
broken bits of slippery elm and cover this
also with boiling water. Let these stand
Tor two hours Then strain them both
| through a muslin cloth in a saucepan con-
tanning a pound and a half of graduated
sugar. Extract all the liquor you can stir
| the sugar until IL is melted and then boil
| It until II turns to candy. Pour II out an
| cnce when IT reaches this point on to
| creased papers. This is the old-fashioned
rule The candy is more palatable IL the
| juice OF two lemons is added to il after n
has cooked for ten minutes
| Brown Is popular once more, and a host
of women will look more hopelessly plair,
| than beneficent Providence Intended savs
New York fashion writer There seems
| to be an idea that any one can wear brown
In reality IL Is a color to be treated with
marked respect, and a woman needs deer
| discretion In choosing the exact shade OF
| brown that will be becoming 10 her. Vel
| low brown will steal all the life from some
hair and eyes Gray brown will ruin some
low skin more sallow. And yet the RICH,
brown on the right girl is a thing to con.
| Jure with. Touches OF burnt orange and
black appear on many Of the brown gowns
combine well with many browns: vet ;
brown costume does not lend itself to iniis.
| criminate combination. and unless one &
prepared to achieve complete symphony
Adaptable color Tor general aarvioa eos.
tune.