Evening star., 1903-10-24

read: REST is the Sweet Sauce of Labor
Over the dressing table:
And now complete the toilet stands dis
played"
While on the backs of two little rocking
chairs for children are these Illuminated
inscriptions: when little feet grow weary,
and Little feet have far to co.
Other chairs made in the mission fur
niture for little ones have animal sides.
The animals are designed by Cecil Alden.
There are dogs cats and roosters larger
than life, and possibly twice as handsome" "
The cat chair, painted in natural colors.
has cat on either side of the chair, the
two tails in air forming the side posts and
the head projecting in front. All this is
on rockers. much on the order of small
child's rocking horse. Some of these chairs
have the rush seats and others are up
holstered.
One of the most attractive of the dress
ing tables in the popular mission furniture
has it's top of dark wood and at the back
a square mirror set in massive frame of
the dark oak. On either side of the mirror
are sconces holding candles to light it.
While a tremendous advance in the light
ing of our homes has been made since
grandmother's day. everything has to bear
the resemblance of a canQle. Even the
gas fixtures and electroliers are in nearly
every case maze to represent candle hold
ers, whether as candelabra, lanterns or
sconces. For the front hall the lantern form
is most popular These come in any number
of styles-colonial, old English Dutch or
Louis XIV-to suit the character of the
house. Even fishermen's am antique stable
lanterns are pressed into service, being hung
In halls just as they are except that an
electric candle is introduced instead of
tallow. Sconces of all periods and ma
tions are used in dining, boudoir and re-
ception rooms, many of the electroiers
hl do hnt boz l,,Il
the wax or t,-n arr icial c'ndle as occa-
sion demands. Eut candles there must
be.
lighting an old industry has been revived
in bingham, Mass, whereby one may now
indulge in the genuine barberry wax cam
dles-the very same dipped candles by
which our foremothers stitched their sam
piers and tried their eyes.
Through the Society of Arts and Crafts
modern bingham has built up a flourish
ing business in these dipped candles. The
bayberries, which grow there in profusion,
are gathered, crushed and steamed until a
fine wax results. From this the fragrant
pale green candles are made, which are in
such increasing demand.
Along with the revival of spinning en-
broidery, rug making and other feminine
arts comes the "clove APPLE that fragrant
plicty itself. All that is to be done is to
select a good solid sweet apple and stick
it full of cloves. When Miss Jenkyns did
this, according to Mrs. Gaskell in Gran
ford,'' she uttered a Johnsonian sentence
as she put in each Glove; but this is not
an absolute necessity. The mission of
the Glove apple is ito be heated and smell
pleasantly and in the old days this
spicy token of regard was held in as
high esteem as pOtpourri.
AS for samplers" let those who are
fortunate enough to have inherited one
or more get them out Immediately and
have them framed and hung.
So, also, the oldfashioned silhouettes
while a collection or old-time, ambro-
types and daguerreotypes has taken the
place of the family album
For pickup work "tatting'' is again
revived, and some of the daintiest dow
lies and centerpieces seen at the wom-
ans exchange are products of the shut
tie.
In company with colonial furnishings
comes demand for some of the old
fashioned dishes that will well bear an
Introduction to modern society. For in
stance: Molasses apple pie-Pare and
slice tart, mellow apples Line a deep pie
plate or small pudding dish with pastry
fill it half full of apples, then sprinkle
over it a teaSpoonful of allSpice or Gin
namon. The grated rind of a lemon also
cup of sugar, then fill the plate up with
apples and again dust with spice Now
pour in molasses, allowing a good half
cup to a pie. Cover with rather thick
crust, making slitS in the center. Press
close around the edges and bake an hour
in q moderate oven 1t must bake slowly
or the molasses will boil and run out of
the pie instead of being absorbed by the
apple.
Chicken Veal Pot-Pie.-Boil the meat I'M
til about half done. Chickens should be
jointed before boiling and the veal cut in
small pieces. After 1t is boiled a few slices
of salt pork cooked with the veal improves
1t. Season the meat well with salt and pep
per and put in a pot with a layer of crust
to each layer of meat. having a layer of
crust on top. Cover the whole with the
liquor in which the meat was stewed. 1t
should be hot when added. and keep a tea
kettle of boiling water to turn in as the
water boils away. Cold water would make
the crust heavy. Let the whole stew just
long enough to have the crust cooked 9TH
erwise if overlooked it would. be clammy.
The crust may be like that for fruit pies
with less shortening or like that for baking
powder biscuits or milk rolls The latter
would be more genuinely colonial.
Cabbage Hot Slaw-Melt piece of but
ter the size of a hens egg. or the same
amount of good beef drippings. When hot,
put in shaved cabbage and stir constantly
der which will be in the course of twenty
minutes. Season with salt and pepper
When tender add cup of vinegar. Let it
just come to scald. then take from the
saucepan Immediately or it will darken.
Indian Apple Pudding-Turn three pints
of scaldfng milk over a pint of Sifted In
dian meal. Stir In two large spoonfuls of
cinnamon or ginger and teaspoonful