Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-11

brandy or cognac, one pint Tokay wine
| two bottles soda water, three oranges cut
together. Let the mixture stand for an
hour and strain into another bowl. Add
one-quarter Of pineapple cut in slices,
one-auarter box fresh strawberries or rasp-
berries and three bottles of champagne.
Place the bowl in ice, sweeten with little
sugar, stir up well and serve The above
quantity will suffice for a, party,iof twenty.
At this season. when every formal child
who can effect the combination of mud and
water is engaged in the Manufacture of
of California mothers will bear passing on
to the east. Instead of putting the children
into white bifurcated garments. that all too
soon take on the color OF the soil, they are
indicted into those made Of dark blue cot
ton or chambray. A ruff1e Of the same
cut lengthwise Of the selvedge. but not
hemmed gives a neat white finish for each
diminutive leg. Night dresses or drawers
of the same serviceable material are COM
monty used in California and Arizona when
the whole household turns out to sleep I'M
der the stars.
Orangeade may be fiat, tasteess bever-
age or delicate, delicious refreshing
drink, iced to just the proper point and
possessing a number of mingling f1ayors
suggestive of an oriental sherbet In maxi
ing orangeade it must be remembered that
the rind is very important factor. Shave
off the peel of six oranges and two lemons
into quart Of water. add two pounds of
sugar and infuse on the back of the range
for ten minutes. Meantime squeeze the
juice of the lemons and oranges into a
quart of cold water, add the syrup and
beat the two thoroughly together. Add !,
cup of the pulp of pineapple and one of
red banana, and set the mixture on ice to
become chilled. Serve in thin glasses with
crushed ice.
The electric fan is rapidly extending its
friendly offices from business houses to the
home. While its installation is matter in
Volvtng but slight expense, and while 1t
proves itself d boon of the first magnitude a
number of mysterious cases of stiff neck"
| crick in the back and cold In the head
may be traced directly to its well-meaning
| efforts to keep the family cool. Any one
who has ever sat in church ahead Of a
large palm leaf fan vigorously welded by
some good sister will realize how much
more breeze that fan apparently generates
! than possibly be evolved by one of
/ equal dimensions in front. The back of
! the head and neck. to say nothing of the
| lungs. are extremely sensitive to any
draught chill. and word of caution is
| face the fam
| Among the wedding gifts especially ia
| vored by brides this year are the pretty
| silver ramekin sets. These are ornamental.
exceedingly convenient, and as yet uncom-
mon, three points much in their favor.
| Each ramekin. with its little tluted cover. Is
| a perfect silver saucepan, and it is the
|
| kinds of fish directly from them. A ring
in which to fit each tiny pipkin, is pro-
| vided and the set of dozen can be read
| lily brought to the table without any danger
| o. being misplaced by even careless ser
| want.
William ]. Baldwin. in Ventilation and
Warning, declares that most of the esti-
| mates Of the amount of fresh air needed
| in room which human beings are to oc-
| cupy are too small. He insists that three
| thousand or four thousand cubic feet per
| hour for each person is little enough and
says that in the Sloane Maternity Hospital
| provision is made for letting in eight thou
| sand If this amount of air is admitted to
a room near the ceiling Mr.. Baldwin con-
| tends that there will be no draughtS
In report just issued by the United
States weather bureau on the thunder
storms of 1899 it Is stated that the wire
| clothesline the cause of at least a
dozen deaths last year That number of
women were struck by lightning and killed
while taking clothes off the line. Prof.
| Henry says that a wire clothesline ought
| never to be permitted to come within fifty
| feet Of a dwelling Much less should it be
| fastened to one corner of the house, as is
| commonly done
The old funeral linen crash, beneath
which upholstered furniture used to veil
| Its glories in the summer. Is happily retir
! ing from general use. The new art denimS
which have superseded it as covers, some in
soft, cool colorings, with flower effects, that
give the rooms a charmingly cool and rest
| full look without being suggestive of cere-
ments and the tomb
! Mattings are prettier than this sea-
! son, and a new touch of elegance is added
by the Introduction of silk figures. Some of
| these come as high $50 per roll. All sorts
| of color effects are included, and in some
cases the heaviness of the weave suggests
| ingram carpeting.
A delicious temperance punch can be
| made from equal quantities of orange and
| lemon Juice, with sugar. chopped ice. soda
water and fruit. Iced coffee with whipped
cream on top is also desirable filling for
| the temperance punch bowl.