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MAMMA AND THE BABY.
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Inc With Her Heir Pretty Fancies for
Indian Snnmer.
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Between daisies and chrysanthemums
there is not much of novelty that can be de
pended on for lasting good style. 'Women
Yenture on their own fancies in dress at this
time ot the season, and some happy designs
result. A navy blue dress with brick red
trimmings does not sound enchanting, yet
it was the prettiest thing seen in weeks. It
was evidently worn by an artist, at least in
feeling, who thought ont her own gowns.
The blue was the very darkest clear color of
cloth, the narrow blouse-vest, the deep cuffs
of the simple sleeve, and the pleating which
showed in the slashed skirt were dnll red,
which harmonned gravely and perfectly
with the marine hue.
The combination of color is one which ap
pears in the rich confused plaids of shagey
iweed and flannel, whose nap blends the
colors softly. These plaids are the gowns
going up to the mountain houses where the
elite linger, knowing the best of the year is
with them. The shape preferred by private
modistes, who supply the most fastidious
women, is the long, plain French pelisse or
close dres, with a deep cape coming below
the waist, with high shoulders, a costume
graceful and appropriate to the season.
BIRDS OK THE HATS.
The most brilliant African bird wings
are seen on hats, a iashion set by London
society in compliment to Mr. Stanley, it is
said, and the women who protested against
the cruelty of wearing the plumage whith
cost the life of a happy creature are silent.
If the birds were only snared painlessly and
killed instantly, the cruelty would be less,
only that it is sad to put so much innocent
happiness out of the world ior vanity's sake.
But the wreath of 13 delicate little wings
round a hat, or the long, slender wing of
some graceful, darting tropic bird always
seem to have blood on them.
A very distmgue dress made lately by
"Worth for one ot his best patrons among
the ladies of the French nobility suggests
the lines which fashion is to adopt. A
walking dress of Suede gray cloth is made
with high plain bodice and fourreau, or
plain sheath skirt with lengthwise bands ot
otter colored velvet, tapering to the waist,
and trimming the bodice. The narrow sash
of black moire ribbon, not more than three
inches wide, with pearled edge, was tied in
a loop that hung to the knee, while the ends
fell to the hem. The sash was tied on the
right hip. The blacc robe adds distinction
to all these light cloth colors. The same
design would be more graceful in wide flat
pleats, allowing plain velvet to appear be
tween the plents.
MAMMA AND BABY.
A California ladv writes for hints about
'"dress, which will "be of interest to many
others. She is a young wife and mother, 20
vears of age, five and a half feet tall, rather
slender, lair faced, light brown hair and
bine eyes. Has one dress made redingote at
present; would like to alter it. No sample
A tall Suit With Jacket.
enclosed. "Wishes to purchase another dress
rather nice. Is entire black suitable for a
young mother?
The days for wearing black will come
soon enongh, though a black silk gown of
good quality sees more use than almost any
thing to be named, for American society. If
a young woman wears Msec it must be very
gay black, much ruffled ind trimmed, glit
tering with fine jet, and lightened with
good white lace lor neck and wrists, chang
ing wiih blouse fronts of white silk muslin,
having collar and cuffs of the same. Xo
limit is made as to expense, so we will take
it for granted as it is safe to do, that the
writer wishes to expend no more than is
necessary to make a good appearance on her
first visit home with baby. In the first
place, she should not make the cloth dress
over in combination with black, as she
suggests, for combination suits are only seen
in expensive costumes. Let her make the
gown into a French waist, with trim skirt,
gathered in the back, or if it is a narrow
gored skirt she may leave the seams open
five inches on the hem to show a bins velvet
flounce or silk knilc-pleating under it
TOOK. OUT FOB KIBBOSS.
Or the skirt may be laid in flat box
pleats, with silk showing between each two,
at front and sides, the bodice taking shape
as a blouse pleated into a belt without frill,
and a long, narrow sash ribbon be worn
with it The small pointed velvet belt,
however, is advisable with a baby to disar
range ribbons. The silk and velvet used
should be a darker shade of the dress, or
something harmonizing very nicely with it,
us chestnut with fawn, or red-brown with
terra cotta. As the wearer is short and
slender, she should not try o wear plain
fitting bodice or basque, or draped skirts,
110 matter if it is the fashion to wear baskets
fin the panniers and swallow tailed coats.
In Calilornia in October nothing would
kgriS fci3 m
be better for her than a trim blazer suit,
which is not at all loud, as ita name would
imply, but a straight box-pleated skht, and
short jacket, easy fitting in the backs fasten
ing by one button across the silk
or laine blouse which forms the waist
to the suit indoors, with a big soft
sash or a silk belt The blazer dress is
utterly out of style on Sixth avenue,
which runs its fashions to death in six
weeks, but English women were wearing
them at the fall races.of the highest fashion,
And at Cowes in very prettv style. Forin
stance a white serge yucht dress with pink
silk skirt for a charming young lady, a
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An Englith T avcllng Suit
white ser?eiicket and skirt with bright
blue "hard-tronted" shirt, as Britons call
the starched cambric shirt, tiith black satin
tie for a rather fast society woman, not so
young. One young girl of the best possible
family wore an entirely simple, fresh cos
tume of brown Holland linen with a pink
shirt and why in goodness wasn't some
artist wise enough to paint her in that de
licious stylish simplicity.
THE BEST GOODS.
The choice may be between a good Amer
ican black faille which will see ten years'
service with care, if strict but gentille thrift
is desired, or a dark brocade in dark helio
trope, or dahlia, for these purples and pur
plish fire reds have the advantage over al
most every other color, that combining
tinges of diflerent hues, they seem
less positive than anything else.
Onn will remember the blue dress.
the terra cotta, the green or golden
brown, year after year and ten of their ap
pearing, but the dull purples, leather or
dahlia shades are so agreeable ana so eva
sive that they never weary, and one recog
nizes their unobtrusive soltness with wel
come. Get a good silk, but don't trim it to
death, tnat is, not expensively, at first. Its
gloss and freshness carry themselves well
enougn, out wnen 11 uegins iu nuw wear,
the velvet and passementerie will be kind
to its failings and give a new respectability.
But if there is certainty of a silk gown
later, our little matron will do just as well,
so long as there is a baby in the case, to have
something more youthful, a dark clear blue
cashmere, or dahlia faced cloth, with the
braided or embroidered sleeves, belt
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and border to the skirt- Velvet
sleeves and girdle wonld probably be
more convenient nnder the circumstances.
Or a gav little gown of check
wool, in dark red, blue and black, with
bonrette threads or vertical lines of golden
russet, made with pUin skirt, slightly
draped in front, and coarse silk open stitch
above the bem, and a dashing little Horlolk
jacket and belt, with blue velvet collar-end
facings to the cuffs would be stylish and
becoming, while it would bear the rough
handling certain to comelater with the in
vincible baby. It is plain that this juve
nile mamma is inclined to take things ser
iously, and wishes to dress with gravity be
yond her rears, perhaps to increase her
dignity Harried and a mamma nt 20 is
enough to give one serious views of life, but
it is a mistake to mope in grave colors so
early.
THE TOtrtraSTEK'S CLOTHH9.
JJow for baby, whose outfit is to be "some
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thing qntte good and pretty," whose mother
is luiuuic in quewuuiugs, unu hukv '-;-to
be so. "For bead wear, what should it
be, cap or bonnet?" Caps at first for the
soft little bare pates, that is a little hood
close to the head, of China silk or crepe da
chene, a straight front gathered to a ron,nd
crown no larger than a half dollar. he
very thinnest wadded silk lining will be
needed in October. A ruche of white silk
muslin or crepelisse with fancy edge will be
a suitable finish, and a big rosette of white
silk muslin with loops ot narrow wTiite
satin edge ribbon is worn on the top. These
round-caps make some sort of shade for the
unused eyes necessary, and a Shetland veil,
or better, one of fine dotted net is added to cut
off the Bolt breath andinjure the optio nerve.
If a parasol gives a good account of itself it
is to shade a baby's face without the stuffy
wool veil which compels breathing the same
air over again and makes the idea of taking
an aifing a mockery. Try it yourself and
see how von like a woolen veil in sunshine.
"Wonld pure white or cream be nice, or
would some color be more proner and bt-
I Pure white is not only the most appropriate,
mm n in hntn rinnir ina neauuiesoi
out most convenient wear ior uui ""r,
two years, as it stands more changing and is
less apt to spot than colors. It takesthe
cream shade soon enough with cleaning.
The white washing silks, the Tahite camel s
hair, add charming things to the list of fab
rics for baby wardrobes, and stand doing
over better than cashmere. The camels
hair mates the prettiest cloak, with its
wadded silk lining for cool weather. The
fashion for these cloaks ordains a round
waist with big sleeves and a long skirt
gathered on this band or bodice.
BABT VS A BAG.
The German way of dressing a young
baby is droll, bnt has something to be said
for it as to health and comfort. The tender
ling is simply put in a wadded silk bag,
which ties around the neck, leaving arms
and legs free but perfectly proteoted from
the wind, which is more than can be said
for our long cloak, with two widths of gen
erous camel's hair in the skirt The Span
ish state dress for infants has the object
laid on a pillow or small satin mattress,
longer than the child at each end and the
showy frontal of embroidery and point lace
is merely laid over, and tied with ribbons,
or basted to the pillows, without any back
to the robe at all. At least this takes the
weight off the creature condemned to wear
it
"What color are his stockings to be?"
The touch of color on the bud is in the
small footings of softest wool and silk com
bined, which should be white with pink or
sky blue soles and sides, tied on with inch
wide soft ribbon, laced through open work
above the ankle, ribbon the same color as
the stockings of course, and the first shoe is
a little moccasin cut out of old white kid
gloves, cunningly lined with silk, folded
and feather stitched together. Little boots
of all wool delaine, silk lined and bound, fol
low, and with a kid sole cross stitched on, are
more durable than all kid shoes, when the
baby undertakes to wear them, commonly in
his mouth.
THE OBNAJIEHTATIOir.
"Should the dress be trimmed with em
broidery or lace?" Heavy embroidery no
longer is wasted on infants' dresses, which
are set off with delicate needle work, and
very fine, soft torchon or Valenciennes is the
only edging nsed, with insertion of fine em
broidery for the bels of baby waists only.
Softest nainsook makes the day dresses in
ordinary wear, which are a yard long from
the neck, with high waists and long sleeves
altogether.
Of the pretty toilets illustrated, the first
is an admirable model for visiting or street
dress for afternoon. The vest of velvet
lightly embroidered, the cravat of lawn and
lace, or silk muslin and silk point, which
suggests a Steinkirk, the small round hat
with crumpled velvet hoops on the crown
adds the ornate touches to the cloth gown,
which is plain to severity in its matchless
cut The second, for autumn tours, is a
striped homespun, with blouse of the silk
and wool washing material brought from
Germany. Exception runs", be taken to the
idiotic jockey cap, whicn is never seen
without detracting from a woman's good
looks. The last is girlish and becoming to
any decently good figure, a model available
in washing materials or light wools trimmed
with velvet, or India and Libertr fabrics,
light and artistic. Shirley Daee.
Fancies for ths Fair.
To the woman of limited means It may be a
comfort to know that straw bonnets and round
bats will bo worn all winter. ,
Miss Nellie Fabbex, of the Gaiety The
ater. .London, has more diamond garters in her
collection than any society woman.
"Up yon think marrlnge is a! failure, Jen
nie I" "I regret to say that up to the present
I haven't bad a chance to find out"
Ethel I find twilight more conducive to
love making than any other time. Maud Of
course. Your features are partly concealed
then.
Although rumor constantly says that one
and two button length gloves are to be worn,
still women will not give up the long, wrinkled
wrist glove.
Another medical school for women is to be
opened In October in connection with Q,neen
Marcraret Coll cue. Glascow. It is said that tho
demand for highly competent women is con
tinually Increasing iu India and the East
One might as well wear no hair at all as to
have it bunched In a hot, unwieldy and cer
tainly unbecoming knot It is a generally
sbared masculine belief that loni hair, uncon
flned, is one of the most pleasing of feminine
adornments.
Mademoiselle Jeankise Duhas, In spite
of her strong resolution not to. will become
Conntess d'Hauterlve the 10th day of next
October. Tho Count d'Hauterlve belongs to
one of the oldest families in Auvergno. and he,
himself. Is a young cavalry officer of distinc
tion. Kate Reillt, a well-known New York
dressmaker, tells a reporter of the TForW. "The
woman who knows how to fit a dress properly
can dictate her on terms keep acarriaee,
wear 'purple and fine linen,' and recreate three
months of the year," luxuries by the way, in
which this skillful artiste is able to Indulge.
The BrUlih Medical Journal concludes an
article on hair as follows: "On various grounds,
therefore, it would seem as If the fair hair so
mnch beloved by poets and artists is doomed to
bn encroached upon, and even replaced, by
that of darker hue. The rate at which this is
taking place is probably very slow, from the
fact that nature is moat conservative in her
changes."
The other day in Now York the Insane sister
of Miss Ellen Bnckley, seeing other people giv
ing money to a religions procession, seized S7D0
from its hiding place and' donated it The
money was the llfe-avlngs ot Miss Bnckley,
and wnen sne aiscovereu iter loss sue rnsnea to
the church authorities, only to find that much
of the money had already been spent Bho will
sue to recover.
UaX anything be done to improve the whist
played by the ordinary whist player? We have
a collection of elaborate and most exhaustive
works on the game, with conntless "dotailed
leads," "specimen bands,", and "later develop
ments." but no one seems to study them ex
cept those who already play well. The bad
player will read notlilne.boyondthe laws of the
rauie; these are sufficient for bis purpose, and
"ilnmble-puppj" is more rampant than ever.
Tee coming election in North Dakota at
tract' much attention because a woman has
been selected as Ibe Democratic candidata for
Superintendent or Public Instruction. Under
tne Constitution of tliat State all women of le
gal residence and more than 21 years ot age
can voie jui tuj itu'iui 'uiuer ur on any icca
question, anu are "engiDle to anyscbool office."
Mrs. Laura J. Blsenhuth, who has been thus
honored, was born in Canada in 1833, her maid
en name being Keller.
These is one thing that might be almost
termed an accomplishment and it Cartainly
marks the habit of customary contact with the
world and that Is the rapid change of toilet
It Is distinctly the ontcome of refinement and
well-ordered borne living, and is very mucu less
exercised in this country than in England. Tu
an American girt changing her gown means, as
a rnle, shutting herself up in her room for an
Indefinite time, while the English maiden dons
walking or habit tea gown or dinner dress,
with the celerity born of constant custom and
frequent changes.
Perhaps the only society woman in New
York who has any practical knowledge of teleg
raphy Is Mrs. Collls, wife of General Charles
H. T. Collls, ex-general, ex-banker, and present
insurance magnate. Mrs. Collls learned to tel
egraph that she might bare little snatches of
conversation with her husband during busi
ness honrs or his occasional absences in Phila
delphia, and so thoroughly did she acquire a
knowledge that General Colli declares no tel
esranhle exnertcan click a niuura over the
wife with greater skill and firmness than his
wife with neater Sfciii ana nrmnesstnan nw
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Go Hand In Hand in the Production
of Wholesome Dishes.
THE BEIGHTEST AND BEST WOMEN
To be Found In Washington Ara Artists In
the Kitchen.
EECIPES THAT THEI HATE PEEPAEED
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"Washington", September 20. The
domestio virtues of onr famous women are
noted the world over. Nine-tenths of our
American Duchesses can play a tune on the
cooking stove as well as upon the piano,
and the best of the famous dinners of the
capital are gotten up not by French chefs
but nnder the supervision of the wives ot
onr Senators, Generals, Bepresentativei and
Judges. Mrs. Harrison was a noted house
wife before she demonstrated her skill in
presiding over the Executive Mansion. The
wives of every member of the Cabinet can
roast and stew, boil and bake, serve and
stew all kinds of dishes to the Queen's taste,
and three-fourths of the Senatorial If dies
who keep house here do their own market
ing. Mrs. Speaker Beed Is a tamous cook, and
Mrs. Senator John G. Carlisle has tickled
the palates of the epienres of the capital
with new and delicious dishes, the recipes
for which originated in her own Kentucky
home. In fact, the noted dishes from all
over the United States are brought to "Wash
ington by these statesmen's wives, and yon
will meet with more new things here in a
winter's dining than anywhere else in the
world.
NOTED TVOMEK'S SPECIALTIES.
I saw to-day the advanced sheets of a cook
hook, entitled "Statesmen's Dishes, and
How to Cook Them," and each recipe is
signed with a fac simile autograph of the
statesman's wife who has invented or used
it There are more than 200 ladies among
the contributors. Mrs. Earrison has re
cipes for soups, chowder and cake. Mrs.
Chief Justice Miller tells how to cook cod
fish and Ex-Secretary Bayard gives his ter
rapin diplomatic stomach-tickler to the
world. Mrs. Speaker Beed prescribes rules
for baking a chicken, which she says 'is
much appreciated in Maine, and Mrs. Boger
Q. Mills shows how they dress mutton in
Texas. Mrs. Senator Spoonergives a recipe
tor pancakes. Mrs. Secretary Windom tells
how to make patties of canned corn, and
Mrs. John "Wanamaker gives the Ingredi
ents of a new-fangled lobster salad. Mrs.
Clarkson has a curious way of roasting a
sucking pig, and Mrs. Senator Reagan has
a tomato catsup which would,' I am sure,
taste well with it
In looking over this book it is easy to see
the specialties of the various women. Some
of onr noted ladies have a sweet tooth and
they run to pies and cake. Others are
Btrong on breads and the substantial, ahd
a baker's dozen pride themselves on their
roasts and soups.
BECEIPIS ET.OM THE LOWER HOUSE.
Some of the best receipts in this book are
among those given by the wives of Con
gressmen. Here for instance is Mrs. Speaker
Beed's baked chicken:
Select a tender fowl, if possible to have It
fresh is imperitive; dress it carefully; fill with
any desired dressing; thrnst the legs through
the hole made in drawing it at the back; pinion
the wings close to the sides; dredge with salt
and a little pepper, and place in a dripping pan
with about one-halt tea cup of water.
Pnt it in a moderate oven and do not disturb
it for 15 or 20 minutes. ,
Then begin to baste it, repeating the process
frequently till testing with a fork shows that It
Is done.
If it browns too rapidly turn another pan
over it at the last.
t Serve with gravy.
If the chicken is tough parboil slowly till
partly done and pnt to hake with the broth.
Here is the receipt for Mrs. "W. D.
Bynum's roast beef:
Tbe best nieces for roastinz are the tender
loin, sirloin, and rib pieces of the sixth, seventh
and eight ribs are beBt If you get a rib piece
have tbe butcher take ont the bone and roll
and skewer tbe meat in shape.
If there is .much fat on the surface cover the
roast with a paste of flour and water.
This should be removed half an hour before
the meat is done.
Have the oven rather hot, if you like beef
rare, and allow lis minutes to the pound. If
preferred well done have tbe oven moderate
ana cook a longer time.
Serve with gravy.
SOME BREAD RECIPES.
Most of the 'Washington society ladies
can make bread. Mrs. Harrison went into
the kitchen at Deer Park while she was
stopping there a year or so ago and made
some for Judge Tyner, who was ill at the
time. The Senator's wives are famous
bread makers, an'd Mrs. Attorney General
Miller is noted for her graham gems. Mrs.
Senator Wilson, of Iowa, makes delicious
light bread. Mrs. Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, can make corn pone equal with
hoe cake of an old Virginia anntie. Senator
Charley Manderson says his wife makes the
best corn muffins in the world, and you can
not persuade Senator Bate, of Tennessee,
that there is any better recipe ior a break
fast bite than that which his wife uses in
making her famous egg bread. Here it it:
Two cups of corn meal, three cups of butter
milk, one rabloopoon of ard, one teaspoon of
soda, one teaspoon of salt, one egg.
Eat hot with Iresh buttermilk.
Mrs. Stockdale, of Mississippi, makes a
famous salt rising bread. Mrs. Beprcsenta
tive Arnold, of Bhode Island, is an author
ity on Johnny cakes, and among the receipts
from Kentucky is Mrs. Representative
Caruth's common biscuit, which is:
"Sift well about a quart of flour into a bowl;
stir intn the middle of it two heaping teaspoon,
fuls of Royal baking powder, an even teaspoon
of salt and a heaping teaspoon of lard, in tbe
order directed.
Have a pint of cold, sweet milk, make a hole
in the center of tbe flour, ponr in the milk and
mix quickly with enough flour to make a soft
dough.
Roll on a biscnlt board with the rest ot the
flour till you have aslieet about one inch thick;
cut out and place in a dry pan, setting closely
together so that they will rise upward without
spreading.
Put into a quick oven on the bottom and
bake to a light brown.
Serve Immediately.
SOME GOOD DRINKS.
HeTe is Mrs. Bepresentative "Wheeler's
recipe for cider nogg:
Beat to a foam tbe yolks ot fonr eags.with
two tablespoons of pnlverized sugar; add slowly
two quarts of good cider.
A little ginger may be added if desired.
Another drink which sounds appetizing is
Mrs. Bepresentative Joe Washington's ap
ple toddy, which Is much stronger than the
above. It Is:
fiake 12 laree apples till thoroughly done; pnt
into a jar wnile hot and mash them well; pour
orkthein three quarts boiling water; cover the
jaf and let stand till cool; then add three pints
of brandy, one pint Jamaica spirits, one-half
pintot peach brandy, one-half pint curacoa;
sweeten to yonr taste.
Let it stand a day or so, occasionally mashing
the particles of apple; then strain for use.
rr itnnieft are small use 16 or 18. If ion nih
to keep tbe toddy, add one pint brandy and
more sugar.
- Mrs. EeDresentatlve Hooker's candied
irult is very nice and "Washington belles
love it
Arizona applet pan aowoy jj by no
means bad to eat Mrs. Maicus A. Smith,
the wife of tbe Delegate from that Territory,
gives tms recipe ior u:
For family ot six use two quart pan.
Pare and slice some good pie apples; place a
layer of apples about an inch thick; season with
sugar and a speck ot salt
Pnt a layer of cracker crumbs half an inch
thick; alternate apples and cracker till the pan
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Bake one hour and serve with cream or rich
m'-lk.
Rhode Island greenings are best,
IU FOE TTSTIOES.
Mrs. Justice "Waite's sponge cake has
pleased many a Justice of the Supreme
Court, and it will please outsiders if prop
erly made. Here are Mrs. "Waite's directions:
Ten eggs (very fresh), One-half pound of flour,
one ponnd scgar (fine granulated), the grated
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bowl; break the eggs, putting the yolks with
the sugar and tho whites In another dish.
Beat the whites of the eggs until they will
not drop from tbe rods; beat the yolks and
sugar to a cream and until the sugar dissolves;
strain tbe "lemon Juice and add It with the
grated; put to the eggJ and sugar.
When tbe yolks and sugar are very light add
the whites, beating all very hard until well
mixed: sift the flour two or three times with
the salt in it. ...
If "New Prooess flour" take out one table
spoonful of it, as it takes less than any other
kind.
Add the flour a little at a time, stirring it in
If the flour Is beaten In, tbe cake will be
tongh.
Pnt the mixture about IK inches thick into
flt pans; sift fine sugar thinly over the top,
and bake in an oven that is hottest at the bot
tom: try with a straw in about half an hour. If
done it will not stick to the straw.
Do not be alarmed If it falls a little when
taken from the oven, bnt do not Jar it or turn
it ont until it is partially cool
Mrs. General Logan's citron pudding is
made as follows:
One qnart of fresh milk, one pint of stale
breaa crumbs (grated), four eggs, cofleecup of
powdered sngar, less than one-half pound of
citron (cut fine), Juice and rind of one lemon,
butter, . ...
Beat the yolks and sugar together; add by
decrees tbe bread crumbs, milk and the rind of
the lemon. .
Ponr in a buttered dish; then drop In the
citron and a piece of nutter over all.
Bake half an bonr.
When cold cover with theinerlnffne made of
the four whites, a cup of powdered sugar, the
Jutce of the lemon; brown slightly and serve.
NEW IDEA IU SWEET POTATOES.
Mrs. Senator Butler's sweet potatoes are a
new thing here. She gives the recipe for
making them. It is:
Boll, skin and slice enough sweet potatoes to
fill a pudding dlsb.
Put a layer of potatoes in the bottom, then
sprinkle a light layer of sngar ovor them, with
some bits of butter, and a very little syrup;
then another layer of potatoes, and so until the
dish is full.
Place It in the oven and bake a rich brown.
Mrs. Bepresentative Holman's Bussian
cream is another good dessert dish. Bhe
makes it thus: '
One quart milk boiled, one-third of aboxlof
gelatine dissolved in a small portion of tbe
mlllr, six eggs Beaten separately, the yolks
beaten with a cup of sngar: then stir in- gela
tine and eggs Into the rest of the milk, boll
two minutes; pour over the beaten whites; pour
into molds.
Place on ice to cool.
And so it goes. Every noted woman has
some culinary specialty, and this paper
might be filled with extracts from their
recipes. Their cooking proficiency by no
means affects their parlor virtues, and I
find that the best conversationalists are the
best housewives. Miss GrDNDT, Jb.
ADULTEBATnra BEEE.
Common Sense Shows That It I Not So Seri
ous n Represented.
Bcience.l
The different varieties of beer and ale are
among the lightest of alcoholic beverages,
tbe amount of alcohol they contain depend
ing on how far the fermentation of the wort
was conducted. In their endeavor to sup
ply a light-colored beer, brewers are resort
ing to the use of malt substitutes, as glucose,
as giving them more satisfactory results a
practice that presents no objection on the
score of health. Such light-colored beers,
however, laok the full and fine flavor of a
beer made from malt exclusively.
In bottling their beer, in order to prevent
further fermentation, resort is had to anti
septics, a practice which should be pro
hibited by law, as the quantity and kind of
antiseptic nsed varies in the different bot
tling establishments; some brewers and bot
tlers, however, do not use antiseptics.. The
use of alkaline bi-carbonates to increase
tbe bead of gas is another adulteration
of bottled beers. "When hops are scarce,
and consequently dear, resort is had to other
bitters, as gentian and quassia; but that
brewers habitually employ unwholesome
bitters, as strychnine and picric acid, is ex
tremely unlikely, because, if for no other
reason,' their sales would decrease on the
mere suspicion of such practice.
BALDNESS AND CUPID.
A Fir or Tiro on a Glossy Pnle Often
Keipi tbe Wedding; Bcilt From RInglDK.
Then is an odd theory, says the Detroit
Free Frets, that the great number of bald
headed bachelors may be accounted for on
the hypothesis that bald-headedness uakes
bachelors. The ingenious theorist admits
that hald-headedness does not impair a
man's value in the ordinary affairs of life.
He can buy or sell, insure, run s bank or
accept an office with not enough hair on his
head to make a first-class eyebrow; bnt
when it comes to making love to a girl it is
very much in the way.
There is a great deal of capillary attrac
tion in love. Girls adore a handsome suit
of glossy hair; it is lovely. And when a
lover comes to woo her with the top of his
head shining like a greased pumpkin he is
at a disadvantage. Jnst as the words that
glow and the thoughts that burn begin to
awaken in her bosom a sympathetic thrill,
she may happen to notice two or three flies
promenading over his phrenological organs,
and all is over. She immediately becomes
more interested in those flies than in all bis
lovely language. "While he is pouring out
his love she is wondering how the flies man
age to hold on to so slippery a surface.
ME. HENEY WATTERSOH.
Ho
Gnvo Promise In Ills Enrlr Year of
Relng; a Great Pianist.
Louisville Post.J
I heard last night for the first time that
tbe great editor and economist, Mr. Henry
"Watterson, is an accomplished musician,
and that bis talents displayed in early
youth had led bis parents to hope that he
wonld one day make a name for himself as
a pianist But fate if my friends the
musicians will spare me the charge of
hereiv and treason had greater aims for
him to accomplish. Mr. Harvey "Watterson
had made arrangements to send his promis
ing sbn to a celebrated European school for
the piano, when an accident to young
Henry's thumb prevented the fruition of
his musical ambitions and turned bis genius
to paths that were from the first strewn with
honors and the promises of greatness.
I suppose it is generally known that tbe
great journalist practically began bis news
paper career as musical and dramatic critic
on the Cincinnati Commercial. His first
criticism was so brilliant and gave evi
dence of such a high order of talent that it
won him the enduring admiration and
friendship of Mr. Murat Halstead.
STEWAET A HARD MASIEE.
B off lie Trnpprd One of Bit Employes and
Then Discharged Hint.
An old employe of the late A. T. Stewart,
the millionaire dry goods merchant of Now
York, tells a "Washington Fost reporter an
instanco which shows tbe means sometimes
employed, by that gentleman. for enforcing
the rules of his store. There was a rule to
the effect that no person employed id the
buil3ipg should carry matches, under
penalty of dismissal. One evening as Mr.
Stewart was passing through the store on
-his wav home, he suddenly turned to a
number of clerks who" were standing near
the door, and asked: "Can "any of you ob
lige me with a match?"
No one answered for a moment, till one of
the men, prompted by courtesy and think
ing that his employer would not take
advantage of him, replied, "Certainly, sirj
here Is one.'r
"You are discharged," was the nngra
clous response- "Go td the desk and get
what I due you." And with a "good
evening," Mr. Stewart passed on to his
carriage." "
Wouldn't be Missed.
Detroit Free Press.l
The St. Louis Gto&e-Democrat Insists that
3,000,000 people 'bare been missed by the
census ehumeraWriid this country. There
are at least 3,000,000 people la this country
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CLARA BELLE'S CHAT.
The Art of Eating and Drinking and
Being Good-Natnred.
CHAMPAGNE AND MATCH-MAKING.
Styles in Dinner Parties Among the -Eltra-Jashlonable.
THE BEST WOMEN DOS'! AIL MAEEI
rconnxsroKozKcx or rai dispatch. 1
New Yobk, September 20.
BUT there is going
to be a straining
after original effects
for dinner parties
this winter. It will
he something extra
ordinary, I can as
sure you, with new
decorations, new
favors, new dishes,
and new surprises.
Eor instance, I hear
of a new dainty
which will be served
in the place or the
sorbet It will be
called "Manger
Suisse." I can't pronounce it for yon, but
I can tell you how to make it Yon take
preserved cherries, and yon mix with them
a quantity of tiny bits of bread crust fried
in delicate butter. Then yon add a gener
ous amount of kirschwasser, or cherry
brandy.
' After thoroughly mixing, you put the
whole in a red Bohemian glass bowl, and
this you place in a larger cut-glass vessel,
filling the space between the two with
cracked ice, and wrapping the whole securely
in a blanket for an hour or so before dinner.
If you were careful to cool the bowl and its
contents by first putting it in the icebox,
you will succeed in almost freezing this con
.nvtiini. Now comes the manner of serving.
You dish it out on little plates of red crystal
with lone, silver-gilt spoons, having two
cherries in enamel on the bandies.
HO PUNCH BOWLS.
I may as well tell you that it will be ex
tremely bad form to display a punch bowl
at evening receptions this winter. Hot tea
will be passed around by a liveried servant,
bnt it will not be plain tea. There will be a
generous dashot arrack and a slice of lemon
in each cup. It will be sweetened with rock
candy. Take care to have your cups scalded
out with hot water first, so that ths tea may
reach your guests boiling hot It must be
sipped slowly, but, ah met its effects are
divine.
A young man and pretty girl were having
luncheon in a fashionable restaurant In a
cooler by the side of their table was a qnart
bottle of champagne.
"Very bad form," said the gentleman at
the table with me. "That fellow has his
girl out to luncheon and he fancies he is
doing the elegant when he orders up a quart
of wine."
My friend is a connoisseur in wines and
viands, and a past master of table etiquette.
I made some inquiries concerning the
methods of wine drinking.
"Never in the world order more than a
pint of champagne when with a lady," said
he. "If you don't know the lady intimately,
you are assuming that she wants to get dizzy
if you order a quart, and if you know her
tastes you assuredly do not wish to recognize
her thirst when it is a wholesale one,
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
It is very rare that two people can possi
bly drink a quart of any one sort of wine
and enjoy it If a quart of wine Is neces
sary then by all means divide it into a pint
of claret and let the champagne follow it.
When you see a young man order a big fillet
of beef covered with mushrooms, stewed
potatoes and a large bottle of champagne,
set him down at once for a new figure in
town or something very fresh in the way of
home product It you will take notice of
the gentleman and lady just at our right,
you will see what scientiSo eating and
drinking is. He i lunching one of his
many friends. The lady is declassee but she
knows the right thing.
"They had sherry when .they sat down;
then eggs a la cocotte, which is a prepara
tion of truffles and mushroom's, you know,
after which came some white bait with this
graham toast delicately buttered; now they
are eDJoying'a very nice dish of sweet
breads pique, and with these they are drink
ing Chateau Yquem, a perfect sauterne. I
just heard the gentleman order broiled
mushrooms on toast, and with these he and
the lady will doubtless have each a sinzle
glass ot champagne; following with a tiny
bit of Boquefort cheese, a toasted hard
cracker and a sip of coffee they will have
finished an abundant but not tiresome
luncheon, and will go away in a genial
mood and with no weight on their chests.
INVITING DYSPEPSIA.
"The chap and his girl over there eating
the steak and drinking glass after glass of
champagne will get up flushed, logy and
irritable. I doubt if the fellow will win
that girl. He has money, I fancy, and
during their courtship he will stuff her with
heavy meats and limitless champagne. She
will end with acute dyspepsia and he will
become bilious, and as a result of these ail-
fJi
Her Jewell Were Genuine.
ments their sentiment will lade and she
will throw him over. If I knew him I
would show him how to keep the girl sound
in body and heart All that is necessary
is for him to learn how to eat in the fashion
followed by onr friends at onr right"
And I know well enough that there was a
great deal of truth in my friend's words.
Eating is an art, and even the divine pas
sion is subsidiary to it.
A man writes to- me to say that women
don't marry because they don't get the
chahce. He adds: "True, there is a small
percentage who never enter the matrimonial
lists for other reasons, bnt the majority, if
they only get the onance at an, are oniy too
happy to accept it But why do women not
get the chance?"
WHAT OLD-MATDISM MEANS.
"Why indeed? How does this man happen
to know that all but a small percentage of
unmarried women "never had tbe chance
And upon what grounds does- he base his
convietion that "the majority ot women, if
they get the chance at all, are only too
happy to accept it? It does not seem to
strike him as within the range of possibili
ties that "the chance" as he calls it, may
have, in innumerable cases, emanated from
an altogether uncongenial specimen of
masculine arrogance, and that, marvelous
as It may appea. there are plenty of women
who have too much self respect to be will
ing to tie themselves to tbe first man that
comes, simply because he has condescended
to Intimate matrimonial intentions, Yet
this is so, as anyone who walks through the
world with Ms eyes open bibii mo.
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"old-maidism" is the sign manual of self
respect, self sacrifice, or modesty. Of course
the men who have been discouraged or re
jected by "superior" women very soon cast
their affections upon a woman who is cast
more In their own mold. These women
are, no doubt, "only too happy to accept
the chance" when offered. But doe the
fact that two mediocrities have found their
affinity constitute them the superiors ot the
women who prefer a single life to marriage
with a man they don't love? Perish the
thought! It is unworthy a place in a just
and generous mind.
DON'T EISE TO HEB LEVEL.
And what thinking person, if he or she
have eyes to see, and ears to hear, has not
noticed tbe imbecility and stupidity of men
not two men. not a dozen men, bnt
hundreds, nay, thousands of them? "Watch
them, for instance, at a picnic, or evening
party, and yon will very often notice how
utterly oblivious they are of the presence of
a truly modest, sensible gem oi a girl, while
all their attentions are bestowed upon the
flighty and flipnant Listen to their con
versation, and yon will find it to consist of
little else but silly nonsense, or spiteful
comments upon others. The quiet wall'
Men Flock Around the Flippant.
flower's discourse is pure, sensible, and
morally elevating; but the majority of the
men she comes across are unable to rise to
her level, and thus it happens that she
actually goes through life without even
having one "chance" to jump at
Preposterous as the assertion may seem,
she is often enough serenely happy in a life
untrammeled by ever-recurring sickness,
worry, domestic difficulties, and a disagree
able, exacting, egotistical, selfish husband.
That there are numbers of good, kind,
generous husbands is, I thank God, an
established fact; but who can deny that
within the radins of every single woman's
observation there must be many a benedict
whose persistent characteristics are quite
sufficient to make a sensible woman hesitate
before she consents to ally herself with a
similarly undesirable specimen of male con
descension. GLITTER THAT IS SEAL.
There is a most beautiful creature now
singing in a metropolitan theater whose
pink and perfect charms have quite cap
tivated the entire city. In one act of the
opera that the beauteous womau graces she
wears many jeweU. The large majority of
spectators believe that these are mock gems,
valned in the aggregate at something like
$100. These jewels, of course, are false.
I was in a jeweler's shop one day this
week when the beautiful creature in ques
tion entered and talked with the clerk con
cerning the repairing of a pin that she had
broken.
"This is a very fine diamond, madam,"
said the clerk.
"All my jewels are exceptionally good,"
replied the actress, with some exhibition of
pride.
"I am well aware of that fact," responded
the jeweler. "I have admired them olten,
madam."
"Then you have seen me," asked the lady,
glancing np with a smile.
Tbe jeweler answered In tbe affirmative.
"Well," said the actress, "yon have
noticed then that my diamonds are the very
best I assure you that the Queen's collec
tion is not superior in regard to quality.
The market value of my jewel is $100,000.
So there is one prosperous actress who
saves her earnings, and some of the glitter
ot tbe stage is real. '
The strychnia habit has increased at an
alarming rate in tbe metropolis.
It destroys listlessness and painfnl
languor, producing a condition 6f pleasing
hopefulness, gayetyand content But be
ware of the reflex action! for tbe inclination
is to send another of these poisonous bon
bons across the lips to help out the waning
effect of the last The last sleep is to follow.
Claba Belle.
A VEBY USEFUL TREK.
Tbe Camnnba of Brazil la of Service From
Rootlet to Branch.
The camanba tree is, every part of it
root, rootlet, branch and- trunk available.
In fact, it is indispensable for the natives
in building and roofing their huts,
making fences, etc, while articles
made from it supply them with
food, light and medicine. It is
a species of palm tree, and grows in dry,
sandy soil. The bulb (the size depending
upon the size of the tree) is strongly farina
cious when dried, and ground produces a
kind of farischa used for food by the natives,
while the rootlets of the bulb are used for
medicine, possessing a strong cathartic prop
erty. The trunk, while the tree is young,
contains a soft, oleaginous substance, some
thing like marrow; this is good food for
cattle, sheep, goats and hogs.
After the tree attains a growth of several
years the trunk becomes very hard and can
then be used for buildicg purposes. The
lower part of the branches, which grow to a
length of 8 to 10 or 12 feet, ore chiefly used
for fences. The leafy part of the branch,
when cut and sun-dried, gives an exuda
tion, which appears on tbe fan-like leaf
or blade. It is a tenacious substance
possessing properties very similar to bees
wax. This wax Is extensively used for
making candles. The leaf or blade has a
noer irom wnicn naw, luais, sw, 1uhj
hrnnnn. dnsters. etc.. are made. When the1
exudation is scraped from the blades of
palm the branches are used for roofing huts
and small houses and for protecting brick
walls from the fierce rays of the bud, as well
as from the rain. The fruit of the tree is
sweet and palatable. The kernel or seed
is rounded to a powder and is nsed in In
fusion in place of coffee.
HOW TO SWEEP.
A Vtw Practical Points Picked Up. by a
Bevy orGlgallna Girls.
"Alice "said Lois, "do you honestly think
sweeping' is harder exercise than playing
tennis?"
I hesitated "I really don't know. One
never thinks of hard or easy In tennis, the
game is so interesting; ahd then it's outdoor
exercise, and there's no danger In inhaling
"""Well,' for mv part," ssid Marjorie, "I
liiro Mmnc- wnrlr that tells. There is so much
satisfaction In seeing the figures in the car
pet come out brightly under my broom!
Alice, what did you do to mske your recep-
ln rnnm en nflffpftlv snleudlferOUS? Girls.
look herel Yon'd think this carpet had just
come out of the warehouse.
"Hfnthpr often tells Aunt Hetty." said I.
"to din the end of the broom in a pail of
water, In which she has ponred a little
ammonia a teaspoonful to a gallon. The
ammonia takes off the dust, and refreshes
tho mIah wnnrfurfnllv. We couldn't keen
house without it," I finished, rather
proudly.
"A little coarse salt or some damp tea
leaves strewed over a carpet before sweep
ing adds ease to the cleansing process,
said Mrs. Downing, appearing on the scene
and praising ns for our thoroughness. "The
reason is that both the salt and the tea
leaves, being moist, keep down the light,
floating dust, which gives more trouble
than the heavier. In sweeping, take long,
light tfeeJUtfUddo soluM too kmj
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A CLUB IN OUR ALLEY.
The Philosopher and Ebymster Con
tinue to Muse Amusingly.
HABITS OP THE CLUB MEff.
Koxioua Vapors and Tenement Elcqaenco
That May Incite Blot.
TOE PKITILEQE3 OP THE SIDEWALK
rwarrrct ron thx dispatch. :
NO. 3.
"We were about to observe that our alley
rejoiced in a clnb. A little consideration,
however, tells ns that the vast majority of
the rejoicing js absorbed by the club itself.
It is highly gratifying, no doubt, to remem
ber that, but a few steps from our humble
domicile, there exists an institution
"formed," according to its own minute book,
"by patriotic American youths for the pur
pose of exchanging lofty sentiments and
disrussing tbe onward march of nations, in
a spirit born of enllghtment and libertyl"
But when the debates of this admirable
institution are prolonged to indefinite and
uncomfortable hours; when the eloquence
of debaters keeps drowsy neighbors awake
until after midnight; and when the princi
pal occupation of these young patriots seems
to be making the eagle scream literally as
well as metaphorically, then the existence
of the club ceases to be a matter of lively
happiness to the alley at large. It U called
the "Marching Through Georgia Clnb,"
but it spends the greater part oi its time,
not in marching, but rather in sitting at
ease on the pavement ontside its door and
discussing the pretty girls who chance to
pass that way.,
ONE DISAGREEABLE FACT.
If the breezes, which occasionally stray
into Our Alley, are to be relied on, the M. T.
6. Club is in the habit of smoking tobacco
of that questionable kind used in the
manufacture of the notorious Pittsburg
"toby." At any rate, there are occasions
when the Philosopher and the Bhymster
wonld not feel disappointed if the wanton
breeze were to blow toward, instead ot from,
the M. T. G. Clnb. The sages aforesaid
would even consent to dispense with visi
tations from the outward atmosphere
altogether on those mournful davs which
see the M. T. G. Clnb assemble in
full session on the sidewalk, elevate
its patriotic pedal extremities to the
level of its free and democratic eyebrows,
and puff iorth the fumes of its very vilest
tobies. A Pittsburg toby may be a thing
oi beauty; we will even grant it to be a joy
forever, when safely consigned to the glass
case of a museum and never destined to be
smoked. But from a toby in full blast
from a toby which is being converted into
vapor, ashes and odor, the odor being ag
gressively in the ascendant both Bhymster
and Philosopher earnestly pray to be de
livered. The M. T. G. Club possesses furnitnre of
a durable and useful, if scarcely ornamental
character. This can easily be discovered as
on all pleasantly-weathered days the whole
available furniture of the establishment is
strewn with a certain graceful abandon
over the surrounding pavement Its
own clnbbouse seems to be the last
place in which the club thinks of holding
its session.
A3 OUTING EVEET DAT.
Every morning, shortly after day break, the
elderly crone who acts as caretaker of the
bouse arranges a forest of chairs and tables
on tbe sidewalk. If the clnb possessed any
lounges we are confident they would also be
given an outing. Then the morning news
papers are arranged in a position convenient
for early callers. Anon the club begins to
appear, and continues appearing in parties
of two and three all day long and far into
the night "What the members do beside
reading the papers, obstructing the traffic
and debating it is hard to discover. Eumors
have indeed been circulated that the clink ot
beer bottles has been heard irom the club cel
lar, but since the members enter the house
only on the rarest occasions this seems highly
improbable.
The club's great strength lies in being in
the wav. If a lady edges through the
crowd of sidewalkloungers she gets stared at
unmercifully for her pains, and is barely
out of earshot belore her dress, gait and
personal appearance become subjects of loud
and severe criticism. The club has been
known to move back its chairs a little in
order to make room for a female, especially
if she were pretty, but if the chance comer
happens to be a male he runs small chance
of getting through the pbalanx of debaters,
and unless he insists udou his right to the
wait is generally obliged to step into the
gutter. This playful Abstractiveness of the
M. T. G. Club has occasioned a good deal of
unpleasantness, and it is to be feared that
the Philosopher, whose temper is short, has
said some wicked things about tbe club and
its chairs.
A SHOCKEIO INCOITSISTECNT.
"It Is," be remarks, "another striking ex
ample of human inconsistency, that any
body of presumably intelligent beings
should purchase a three-story building for
the sole purpose of sitting on the front side
walk appertaining thereto."
The Poet ventures to suggest that the
patriotism ot the club longs to breathe the
pure air of the Alieyjr but the Philosopher
will not accept any such theory. "If fresh
airisallthev desire," he says, "why the
mischief don't they sit on the roof of their
house? There's a deal more ozone up
there." . -.. ,
The general impression in the Alley is
that the club sits on the sidewalk from a
youthful desire to be "thoroughly in evi
dence." If it held its sessions within four
walls," the outward world would not know
of Its existence But by consistently block
ading the sidewalk the existence of the M.
T. G. Club becomes a palpable, if a painful,
fact to the general public.
IS FLESH OE SPIEIT.
The club is always with us, either in the
flesh or in the spirit "When we smell its
tobies, listen to its heated arguments, and
are compelled'to step into the mud on ac
count of its sidewalk assemblies, then we
know that the club is corporeally present
And, when in the lone watches of the
nizht, we wander wearily homeward after
protracted labors, only to bruise our persons
or fracture our limbs over the deserted
chairs and tables considerately left on tho
pavement for the benefit, doubtless, of all
belated wayfarers, then we feel, and feel
keenly, that the spirit of the club still
havers over the scene.
Ihb Philosopheb asd Bhthsteb.
BED -HEADED BUT LOST.
Sorrowful Tale of a Youthful Stvlraraer Who
Didb'l et a Prize.
New York Herald.l
There was a swimming race between fonr
boys in Sheepshead Bay one day last week.
A new suit of clothes was tbe first prize and
a new hat the second. The boys were given
a flying start from the shore and they
rnshed into the water with a tremendous
splash. "When it came to swimming 'the ,
people on the shore soon perceived that a
lithe little fellow, with very red hair, was
winning iu hollow style. He outelassed all
the others and soon bad a wide gap of day
light between himself and his nearest
competitor. Still be continued to gain and
finally reached and climbed upon the float
with ao exultant cry. No other boy was at
that moment "anywhere near" him. Bnt
although he finished first he did not win a
prize, for when the second swimmer came up
he shouted to the referee, who stood on the
float:
t'Don't give dat red-beaded feller de prize,
'cause he didn't win fair. Look at his
hands."
The referee looked and saw that the boy
was wearing a pair of flesh colored rubber
gloves webbed between the fingers and
and thumbs, an ingenious device, giving
tbe swimmer much added power to bis
stroke. Ths referee gave the nriies to the
boys wno finkhed ia aeeoad and tfuidplj ,.