The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-10-28
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Variety 6fs Informat ton Which May
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As.NeWport woman is credited with
having started the vogue Of using old
time garden flowers for table decora-
ton. She hasa charming old-fash-
Toned garden, where dahlias, holly
hooks and other of the brilliant favor
ties Of our grandmothers grow. When
she began decorating her dinner table
with big bowls of double pink holly
hooks other fashionable women in
stantly recognized the charm of the
lovely old flower, and abandoned their
American Beauties. at least for sum-
mer wear. r. :. !:
Some one has made a clever discov-
cry about hemming table linen. Hand
hemmed it must be. of course; but,
thanks to this bright idea, the machine
can still be made to do the greater part
OF the work. Here is the suggestions:
Have your tablecloth ready as if to
sew by machine, and turn the hem all
along with the hemmer, but without
threading the needle. This turning in
OF the hem is, every one knows, the
most laborious part of the task. With
this accomplished it is a comparative
ly easy matter to complete the sewing
by hand.
Old people often make the mistake of
coddling themselves too much, says a
physician in What to Eat Thus they
cause weakening of the vital forces
before the advance of age has done so.
Nature never intended that a man
should be put into a dollhouse at 60 and
kept there as delicate plant. Too
much solicitude about the health of
such person may be the actual cause
OF death. The vitality of the person
may be somewhat lessened at 60, but
the man or woman whose health has
received fair amount of attention is
not by any means ready to be shelved
at that age. All that is required is a
little lessening of the burden OF, life
and little more care of the health.
Add no water, either hot or cold, to
form the gravy of roast beef. While
this answers very we'll for the white
meats and poultry, it is much better
to put the meat into a hot oven and
gradually reduce the heat, so that it's
natural juices exude, which are the
best. for basting it. Dredge with pep
per first, then with flour, adding salt
only after the crust of the meat is
we'll formed. A little grated onion is
considered to improve the flavor. Beef
thus roasted will be found to yield a
quantity Of delicious ssn]ate gravv''
upon being carved
Rag rugs are more and more liked
for bedrooms. They are made in most
artistic combinations of color by the
| craftsmen, and may be woven to order
! in tones to match any room. Rugs
made Of old ingram carpet, especially
if the carpet be all wool, are very sat-
isfactory for simple rooms and up
stairs halls. The carpet is cut into
long strips about an inch wide, the
longer the better, and rolled into balls
for the loom. When pieces are seweu
the Jennings must be very neatly MADE.
The warp has to be very heavy to- hold
the carpet well, and care should be
taken that the weaver is good one.
An old green ingram woven with a
red warp is decribed by Mrs. Candace
Wheeler as one of the choicest in her
collection. The red warp is good with
nearly all figured carpets.