Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-13

possible are used for name cards at
| formal dinners Sometimes they are
slipped among the petals OF fresh roses
Hover being laid at each cover. The
name should be left I'm plain sight, OF
course Name cards are I'm the form OF
| leaves. half OF a pea pod or oyster shell.
| etc, all In paper and very realistically
| gotten up. They are found at the sta
| toners
A correspondent asks for a remedy for
| red ants, which she finds IN an unusual
| place, hotel bedroom. Try leaving
| poisonous ny paper wet and sprnkled
| with sugar about the room, That has
| been found eiiicacIous.
Sour cream salad dressing was eaten
| with great relish at country table The
| hostess gave the following directions
| for making e. stir into a tablespoon
| tul Of lemon juice the required amount
! of salt white pepper, and dry mustard,
| Turn over this a cupful OF sour cream,
beating lightly. Pour on the salad just
before serving
For bedrooms. especially I'm country
houses. rag rugs In attractive ColOrs are
excellent, Rugs a yard long IN blue
red, or green are to be had, and the
carpeting by the yard Is also accessible
The price is from G5 cents a yard up
wards, depending on the colors used
Those IN one tone are higher priced
For peach cobbler line porcelain
dish with three-inch crust and iill the
dish heaplng full OF sliced peaches, put
ting in a few cracked peachstOnes. COV-
or with a thinner crust and bake IN a
quick oven When the cobbler Is taken
frcm the oven carefully remove the up
per crust and mix with the hot peaches
two tablespoonfus Of butter and about
twice the quantity Of sugar Serve with
cream.
A trade school for girls, along the
lines Of the Manhattan trade school
viii soon be opened In Boston, but the
classes Of the Women's Educational
and industrial union Will not duplicate
its efforts. The school Will train young
girls just leaving the grammar schools,
and who would otherwise be forced in
TO the factories or department stores
without any training. The unions
classes will undertake the training Of
older women, who win be fitted TO oc-
cupy more responsible positions than
those filled by young girls.
Brown will be more popular than
ever. II IL remarkable how this color
has held It's favor during the last three
years. Unlike blue, green, or red, brown
goes completely out Of fashion at times,
reappearing 10 be the rage for season
or two, Rarely has 1t lasted as long
as during this last revival
Iced chocolate Is not as we'll known
as iced coffee and tea. Nevertheless, II
is as agreeable drink as either Of
these and much more nutritious, After
making the chocolate with two heapng
tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, un-
s-weetened, and pint Of water stir IN
half pint of whipped cream and set
aside to cool. When the chocolate Is
quite cool HI tall glasses with shaved
ice, add powdered sugar, and pour In
the chocolate. Send TO the table with
tablespoonful Of whipped cream on the
top Of each glass. Avoid too much
sweetening as many people dislike
much sugar in chocolate.
From California comes a recipe for
summer squash that sounds attractive.
A very young squash is called for and
II II be young enough there VIII be no |
necessity even to pare It. cut IN very
small pieces Cut up also slice or
onion and fry brown In a little lard,
Put I'm the squash and a little salt and |
pepper; fry for about 10 minutes and
pour in a fourth Of cupful of hot
water Cook until the squash Is sort
enough TO mash with a spoon
Most women who have TO economic
at all rather dread a summer when
cotton frocks are in vogue II means
so much laundry work and usually
pretty frocks are ruined In the WASH,
IL ttfiI 10 rn
interest I'm the work, and either do her |
nice dyesses herself, or carefully eN-
plain to the wash-woman how TO DO
them correctly there is no need Of the |
least injury 10 the most delicate fabric |
Of the palest hue.
With the proper method there is |
neither rubbing nor boiling, so that the |
hands are not left Scared and sore
after each wash. II can be easily done |
and II is satisfaction TO have ones
wash frocks look new all summer
II YOU are going to wash your pretty |
frooks yourself, try It early In the |
morning. First put all the colored |
things. or white embroidered I'm color |
I'm a tub OF cold water, half a cup OF |
borax to a tub full Of water, Soak
an hour. Then press out most OF the
water. and put into a tub OF water
that has Just boiled, with quarter OF
cup of bOraN IN TINS water anu man
a bar Of dissolved CASTLE soap.
Rub lightly In the hands, and only
a little rubbing Is necessary rinse "
warm clear water and then In clear
water no bluing except for snow white
stuffs, and then only little.
II is safe to leave the ironing 20 even
a moderately good laundress, once the
clothes have been properly conducted
through the dangers Of the wash tub.
Most wash things look better If they are
lroned just as they are almost dry. In.
stead Of letting them dry entirely and
shrinking them. Embroideries are
always ironed on the wrong side and
50 are dotted and brocade cottons.
It takes very little time and strength
10 do washing In this fashion and saves
work and money and nerves for after
a woman has spent two or three days
making frock, II really does affect
her nerves TO see II different color
every time IT'S washed, Mary A. Tran
ton
my. a..1a