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X THE HOME DEPARTMENT. X
KITCHEN HELPS.
Dear E4Hor I send an article for
publication in the Household depart
ment. Otver your kitchen she lve with
-clean papers and change them fre
quently. The kitchen table should be
. covered with zinc or tin. It Is easy to
-clean, wears for years and Is not In
jured tor Jetting hot kettles or cutting
bread wt it. It costs more than oil
cloth but Is so much better In every
way that it Is moro economical.
VSK FOR LARD CANS.
The empty lard cans that sell at the
tore from 16 to 20 cents may be used
for meal and graham or buckwheat
flour. They are nice for keeping bread
and cake In and as they have closely
fitting lida their contents are kept
clean. An earthen jar with a cover is
good to keep salt In. Tin canisters
should be used for tea and coffee.
WAftHINO MILK VESSELS.
If yea hve a number of tin cans or
-other mflk vessels to wash, rinse them
lth cold water flrst to remove the
particles of milk that adhere to them,
then wash them in hot water contain
ing enough pearllne to make a good
, Suds. It thoroughly defenses and
sweetens - them without injuring the
tin as lye or salsoda are sure to do.
Wipe them dry and keep them on a
shelf where there Is no dampness to
cause them to rust.
TLAN TO SAVE STKP3.
Whc you have kettles In which oat
meal or other cereals have b-en cooked,
It Is not necessary to fill them full of
water to soak. Wei the Inside of the
kettle with water and turn It upside
down on the table until you are ready
to wash It. This plan saves carrying
the water to fill it and having to throw
it out again. Have a place for every
thing sad have everything In Its place,
an old rule, but a good and a strict
dherance to It will save a great mauy
steps. E. J. C.
(Your aseful hints and suggestions
are very welcome. Come again. Kd.)
TO SEASON 8A USA OK.
The farmer's wife Is always pus
sled in butchering time to know Just
how much seasoning to put In sausage.
When one guesses the amount the re
sult is ot always satisfactory. One
rounding tablespoonful of each salt
and pepper and one teaspoonful of
lage to each gallon of meat makes it
just right for us. If the weather is
warm after butchering, the sausage
may be kept fresh longer It pressed
down tightly In crocks and jars and
the too covered with fresh lard. This
excludes the air and prevents the sau
sage getting strong for several weeks.
j TO CAN SAUSAGE.
Afier the meat is ground and sea
soned fry the cakes and pack in tin
cans and run over lard. Some seal the
can afterward, but I never have any
trouble in keeping It, as above. I
think the trouble was they did not cook
it thoroughly. We have sliced fresh
hams uni beef and kept them in the
same war, when too late In the spring
to cure. Sausage In this way is per
fection and a luxury In July and Au-gust.-M.
J. M.
CREAM COOKIfcS.
These cookies are very ciisp and
delicate. 1 cup of sour cream. 1 cup
granulated sugar, 2 tablcspoonfuls of
butter or lard, V4' teaspoonful soda,
flour to roll out. Bake In quirk oven.
l. i.
HOME MADK TAFFY.
One cupful of syrup we use corn
syrup 1 cupful sugar, one teaspoonful
butter, a pinch of soda. I.et It cook
until It hardens In cold water, then
pout Into a buttered platter and place
where it will cool quickly, stirring as
it cools. When cold pull till white,
then cut in squares with the shears.
Jt will be found line. Mary.
TO SMOKE HAMS,
Smoke a barrel in which the hams
are to be qlckled by Inverting it over
a, kettle containing a slow Are of hard
wood for eight days, keeping water on
the head! to prevent shrinking. In this
barrel pack the hams and pour over
iters ? It has cooled a brine made
, in tho proportion of 4 gallons of water,
pounds of salt, S pints of molasses
and 4 ounces of saltpeter, boiled and
skimmed In the 'usual manner. In ten
day they will be cured nicely and may
be kept In this pickle for a year of de
sired A. B. A.
HEAD CHEESE.
I will send you my way of making
head cheese and mince meat. I like
the home made mince meat so much
"better than the condensed. Split the
head In two down the face, remove
skin, ears, eyes and brain. Cut oft the
snout. Wash and put In cold salt
water for. twelve hours, change the
. water and soak twelve hours longer.
Then put over In cold water to cook,
skim, and when sufficiently cooked to
come off the bones, remove to a pan,
take out every bit of bone and gristle
and chop fine. For t pounds meat al
low I tables poonfula of powdered sage.
Mtlr this well Into the meat, put Into a
perforated; mould, put a heavy weight
upon It and let stand till cold.
' , MINCEMEAT.
Tiro quarts of tart apples, chopped
' rltta, 1 pound of beef kidney suet,
frosd from strings and crumbled, half
pound of ralsons, stoned, half a pound
. M cltrou shredded, one cup of molasses,
1 pound of sugar, i scant tablespoon'
rots smeh of salt, cinnamon and mace.
1 tsa poonfula of cloves, 1 nutmegs,
grated, 1 pound of lean beef boiled and
chapped. m oup of sherry and one
pM at brandy. Mix all well together
and let stand a week before using.
Effte Knapp.
(Many housekeepers prefer the home
made mincemeat. We appreciate yaur
recipes. Kd.) .
HOW TO CARE FOR CARPETS.
Dear Sisters Sweeping carpets on
the floor and not taking them up so
often Is best. Yo say it tires you to
sweep? Having learned a new method
from a friend, I will tell you her way.
It-saves jtrengtJi &nA Jteej?gdustout
of the lungs. Se sweeps ber bedroom
carpet once a week this way, and It
looks like a new one, is bright, clean
and sweet smelling. Kill a pall nearly
full of warm water, dissolve two heap
ing spoonfuls of pearllne in it, Btir,
and dip your broom in it; have the
broom perfectly clean and sweep one
width at a time until It seems per
fectly clean. It freshens the colors and
they look new and the carpet will not
fade a particle. Ail the dust is taken
out and the next time you sweep there
will be very little dust. If the broom
looks black throw the water out amj
prepare fresh exactly as the first.- This
way of sweeping does away with the
necessity of taking up your carpets la
the spring S. H. H.
PROTKCT1NG APPLES.
Spraying Is expensive and its ben
efits have never been proven. I am
convinced of the advantage of the
method of catching the parent Insect
by means of what is railed the Ha
zeltlne moth catcher. It Is superior to
the old method of spraying by use of
poisons. I tried this method last sea
son and Jt destroyed thousands of the
parent moths which lay eggs to pro
duce the worms which destroy our ap
ples and I am well satisfied with the
results of my experience. My apple
crop this year where I had used the
Hazeltlne Moth Catcher was very su
perior to the crop my neighbor had
in the adjoining orchard which was
sprayed twice. Where the moth catch
ers are In use, I would recommend two
to the acre In bearing orchards, and
the expense Is very little compared
with the old method of spraying and
the advantage over the old method of
spraying Is very apparent and I take
this means of telling practical horti
culturists through the columns of your
valuable paper the results of my ex
perience with pests. W. Ixmegau.
Florence, Neb.
TO PREVENT ODOR FROM LAMPS
To prevent a lamp from smelling of
fensively and from leaking over, trim
the wick and clean the burner thor
oughly each day. Do not have the
reservoir quite full. Always turn down
the wick Into the wick tube before
blowing out. After the lamp Is trim
med In the morning, turn the wick well
down Into the tube. Wash the burners
In soap and water once a week. The
offensive odor comes from the charred
wick which remain in the burners and
the leakage conies from having the
lamp too full or from having the wick
come to the top of the tube. If these
directions are followed with all kinds
of lamps there need be no trouble as
to odor or leakage. I duplex lamps,
with extlngulHhers, open the extin
guisher after putting out the lamp.
This is the best practical method we
know of where only ordinary means
are available. Cu t Into four or six
parts a moderately sized loaf of bread
that Is two days old ii muBt neither
be new or stale. With one of these
pieces after having- blow oft all the
dust from the paper to be cleaned with
a gooil pair of bellows, begin at the
top of the room, holding the crust In
the hand and wlsping lightly down
ward with the crumb, and half a yard
at each stroke, till the upper part of
the hangings are completely cleaned
all around. Then go around again with
light sweeping strokes downward and
always commencing each successive
course a little higher than the upper
stroke had extended, until the bottom
Is finished. -
HOW TO PAPER CElUNti.
Will someone tell me how to paper
i cciiing which has been nwlsoralned?
Mrs. Andrews.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
A teasDoon of salt seasons one quart
of soup, sauce, vegetables, meat, etc.
One cup of sugar seasons one quart
of anything to be served Icy cold or
frozen.
Three tablespoonfuls of oil, a salt
spoon of salt and from two three table
spoons of vinegar to one pint of solid
muterlals.
One teaspoon of extract flavor one
quart of custard, pudding, etc., served
unfrozen.
On tablespoonful of extract flavoro
one ounrt if Berved frozen.
One tablespoon of liquid Is allowed
for each egg lu making an omelet.
Four eggs to one quart of milk are
med for an ordinary custard. Six or
seven eggs are required for one quart
milk if the custard is to be turned
from a mould Into a solid shape.
Illce absorbs three times Us bulk in
water and more of milk or stock.
One ounce of butter (two tablespoons)
and hnlf an ounce of flour (two table
spoons) are used to thicken one cup of
liquid or sauce,
One teaspoon of baking powder to a
cup of flour.
In making bread, two and one-half
to three measures of flour to one meas
ure of liquid.
It Is said that If a small sack of salt
Is kept near fish and other fragrant
articles of food their unpleasant odori
wll not penetraU Ota house.
Baxkaaf Middle Ago Woavca.
I bad the surprise of bearing on a
recent Sunday u young- minuter who
was supplying a pulpit speak of "the
monotonous lives of niiklle aged wo
men," and I woixfc-red what be knew
about (hem. As a class they are the
busiest, women in the world, and dhey
neglect themselves while pursuing
philanthropic or charitable work in
their tunny directions. For instance,
the back of their dress waists are al
ways broad, unsympathetic slights of
the dressmaker, who relies on impair
ed vision, or invert-! attention to con
ceal her bad work. .Now, I want all
rnv middle aged .readers to take ac
count of their back, to Kit straight
and curve in at the waist line, and
when lieing titled (o assist on a nar
row 'pack. It was Miidjrf Mrs. Lang
try when she ww here that herbaclj
itas a dream of beauty.
Hut the average back conies Bearer
being a nightmare. Notice the pad
of fat (hat comes wilh the years and
seta itself like a fixture on the back
of the neck below the nape. It can
be messaged away instead of making
a permanent huoip. So wilh the well
defined , shoulder blades which give
such character to a good hack, they
put on a coating of fat that obliter
ates all shape and gives one the ap
pearance of being stuffed. Keep that
flesh down by careful diet, baths and
massage. Tliere was once a young
woman who went to Europe and was
presented at the Queen of England's
drawing room. Her whole, family
coached her as to her departure from
the royal presence, impressing it on
her mind that she must face her maj
esty until she had bowed herself out
bf the room. What was their horror
to see their flippant young relative
deliberately turn her back on the
queen and walk out of the room,
breaking all the codes of court eti
quette. When they had breath they
demanded the reason of such a slight
to the royal presence. And that au
dacious American girl said that she
had noticed the horrible backs of aii
the English Indies-jn-waiting and she
wanted to show the queen a good
back.
"And I am certain," said this origi
nal and daring girl, "that her majesty
had never seen a back like mine in
her life. H must have done ber a
world of good."
In carrying yourselves straight you
give denial to the approach of ag
Besides physical ere.ctness it is said
to be indicative of moral rectitude and
it, adds greatly to the beauty of en
semble, Chicago Chronicle.
Priuliac Without Ink.
The "English trade papers have with
in the pant six months devoted con
siderable niac to the disciiHKiori of
printing without ink, a subject which
has considerable interest to all who
are engaged in making books whether
they re paper makers, printers or
publishers. The basis of this scheme
is an invention for printing by an
electrical process, the patents cover
ing which have been acquired by an
English corporation.
From what can be gathered from
the various printed nce.onnts the
printing by this method is effected
without the use of ink in any form
by simply bringing the plate in eon
tact with chemically damped paper,
linen, silk, wood or other material, the
result being a good, clear impression,
the density of which can be varied as
desired. The print obtained by this
process resembles in clearness a cop
per plate or litho-engravhig, and is
otitnined in a more simple manner
than by letter-press printing. The or
dinary" printers' type blocks, forms,
stereotypes or electrotypes, constitute
in themselves a suitable printing sur
face, and may be used in a similar
way, merely coming into contact with
the damped paper to form the print..
The chemical addition to the paper
Wiiii h rr.;;!:es it susceptible to the
electric, current are to be added to the
pulp, and are said to be so cheap as
to cause no appreciable increase in
cost. The. paper docs not depreciate
Uv keeping in stock, and can be sup
plied to the printer in the. usual form
of flat reams and in reels. It is the
intention of the patentees to grant
licenses on moderate terms to paper
makers, so that there will be no ne
cessity for ehnnging the usual source
of supply. The saving to those who
adopt electrical printing will be, pri
marily, in the cost of the ink and in
time and labor.
It is clnimed that all printing
presses now in use can be adapted, at
a small cost, for plectrical inkless
printing. The only change will be to
leave off the inking arrangements, fit
a ihin il.f et of fine rolled y.inc around
the cylinder as a conductor, connect
the negative and positive poles from
the electrical supply of the press, and
it Is ready to print. The same, electric
motor that drives the printing press
will also supply the current for print
ing. Publishers' Weekly.
The Obeliak llUlntegrnllng.
Twenty years ago an obelisk was
placed in Central park, New York. It
is a relic of Thotmcs III. and Kamcsea
II. and In its native Egypt had been
preserved 3,000 years. During the
score, of years in New York it has suf
fered more disintegration than during
the 3,000 yenrs previous, and at pres
ent the world deplores the fact that
if Is rnpidly crumbling to stoma,
There is not a building in the great
metropolis that offers sufficient ac
commodations to the gift of the khe
ilive of Egypt to America. A glass
case built over it would not preserve
it, but lately it. has been suggested
that it lie. placed in the east wing of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, now
in process of construction. This la the
only solution of the problem as to
how this wonderful relic may be pre
served to posterity. William II. Van
derlillt spent $100,000 in getting this
granite Mock to the new world. At
the present time New York is greatly
bestirring herself In the Interest of
the perpetuation of this great gift.
An expedition consisting entirely of
women has been formed In Australia
to explore the Solomon Islands, the
boms of the fiercest cannibals known.
A IStW SI A Kit TWAIN lORY.
Which AcriHiili Far Uia NaB-rabllestim
f ( ursfulljr t'rcp.iraa ili lew.
There is a certain editor In New
York with whom the power of the
Saily press is such a hobby that he
raised the salary of a sub-editor who
Buggeted a "Sunday special" on
Famous Graduates of the Reporters'
Room, and at once assigned his best
dressed reporter to interview leading
authors along this line.
It happened that Mark Twain was
in New York, and the editor counted
on bim as a striking example of the
literary value of newspaper training.
The reporter was ordered to sparp no
space for the interview. Yet when
thearti:laj)r)farvd Mr. Clproen's
name was conspicuously absent, ir
was tbis way:
Mr. Clemens received the reporter
with his customary urbanity, though
he shrugged bis shoulders when he
learned what paper the young man
represented, ak usual Mr. Clemens
was a most elusive man to pin down
in an interview, but at last the re
porter gathered his wits and asked
the question which he meant should
point his article.
"Mr. Twain." he asked, "to what
one thing most of all do you owe your
marvelous success in literature?" He
had counted on "ray newspaper train
ing" as the answer.
The famous numorist half shut bis
eyes, thought a few moments In sil
ence, and then said decisively:
"To the fact that when I was young
and very ambitious 1 lost iriy job.
"May I ask what was your job,
Mr. Twain?' exclaimed the puzzled
reporter.
"Certainly, sir; certainly," replied
Mr.' Clemens, with freat suavity. "I
was a reporter." Saturday Evening
Post.
SNA K IS AtiO HKASTS OK IMUt,
In Tlir Killed Wore Tkan 117 OOO
1'irioiii and IOO Cutilc.
The home department of the govern
ment of India has one sphere of activ
ity to which nothing analogous can
lie found in this country namely, the
destruction of wild hearts and poison
ous snakes. Imring 1899 the number
of deaths among human beings attri
buted to wild animals was 2,966. For
tunately, however, the number is be
low the average of the last four years
and much lower than the number
(4,283) reported in 1837. In 1899 tigers
caused the death of 899, wolves of
3'.!8 and leopards of 237 human beings,
while bears, elephants, hyenas, jack as
and crocodiles were accountable for a
large proportion of the remainder,
says the London Times.
The tiger Is most destructive in Ben
gal, about half of the whole number
of victims of this animal being re
ported from that province. Maneat
ers have especially troubled certain
districts, and libera.! rewards have
been offered for their destruction. In
the Bhamo district of Upper Burtnah
a single man-eating tiger killed about,
twenty persons. A ' special reward of
100 roupees was paid for its destruc
tion. More than half of the deaths
from leopards occurred in Bengal,
while more than three-fourths of
those from wolves occurred in the
northwestern provinces and Oudh.
Special measures were taken to hunt
dmwn a particularly destructive pack
near Cawnpur. High rewards wer
offered and hunting parties organized,
but without much success.
The loss of human life from snakes
reached the high total of 24,621, a
greater mortality than in any one of
the four preceding years. Nearly haif
the deaths occurred In Bengal. whPe
the northwestern provinces and Oudh
came next with nearly one-fourth of
the total. In Bengal the relatively
high mortality is attributed to floods,
which drove the snakes to the high
lands on which village homesteads
are built As will be observed, snakes
are more destructive of human ii;e
than arc the wild animals, but the re
verse is true of the destruction of
cattle. In 1899 no frrwer than 89.238
cattle were destroyed by wild animals,
and 9.449 by snakes. Of the former,
S7.986 foil victims to leopards, and
84,321 to tigers. The leopard is eve.n
moro destructive to cattle than thq
tiger In Bengal. This province is the
greatest st.lTerer from the ravages of
wild animals and snakes. Its loss be
Ini; 30.539 cattle. Assam lost 17.000,
Madras 15,592. Burmah 11.016, and the
central provinces 11.6S9.
The number of wild animals de
stroyed was 18,887, and the amount
peid for their destruction was 107.476
rupees. The number of snakcR killed
was 94.548, and the rewards paid for
this service amounted to 4.151 rupees.
To flnvc Hint to Hold,
"Miss Johns-ton," authoress of "To
Have and to Hold," aays a reader of
this column, who knows her person
ally, "is the frailest, daintiest little
ladv imaginable. Far from being the
dashing creature one would think rrom
reading ber novel, she looks as if she
had not strength or energy enough to
put her thoughts on paper. She told
me that hor methnds of work are
somewhat peculiar. She prefers to
begin to write (it 1 o'clock In the
evening, when everything about her is
still and tliere are no discondar.t.
noises to distract her attention. She
writes only In the South, and, as far
as possible, on ni(xnlight nights,
seated at a window, through which
the monnlfeht. Is streaming." Phila
delphia Telegraph.
i In Australia the mn predominate.
The census shows 85 women for every
100 men.
When 1.000 feet above the ocean
surface one can, on a clear day, hoi p.
ship at a dlHtance of forty-two m!l"R.
In China the Chinese smoke opium.
They are guiltless of the sin of eating
It. The "Mellean man" dots the eating.
Tho official report., just Issued,
stows that during 1900 the number of
pilgrims to Lourdes was 008,000.
among whom were four Cardinals nnd
thirty Archbishops and niehops. of
water from the grotto 105 000 bottles
were despatched to all quartan of the
glob.
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NEBRASKA CORN IMPROVERS'
ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED.
A meeting was held on March 15 at
the Linden Hotel, Lincoln, Neb., to or
ganize a Corn Improvers' Association.
There were thirty-five persons from
various parts of the state who were
instrumental in bringing about this
meeting and who wished to become
members of an organization having for
its object improved methods of corn
culture. A temporary organization be
ing effected, with Lee Smith, the well
known seed corn raised of Pesoto,
Washington county, in the chair, and
T. L. Lyon, professor of agriculture in
the State University aXsecTetaryrsteps
were taken to frame a suitable consti
tution and by-laws for the association,
which resulted as follows:
CONSTITUTION.
Article 1. This organization shall be
known as The Nebraska Corn Improv
ers' Association.
Art. 2. The object of this association
shall be to promote the growing of
corn in Nebraska, by improvement in
seed, methods of tillage, and by such
other means as the association shall
adopt from time to time.
Art. S. The membership in this as
sociation shall be open to all persons
engaged In growing corn and who may
desire to contribute U or co-operate
in the improvement of this cereal.
Article 4. The officers of this asso
ciation shall be a president, six vice
presidents, one of whom shall be from
each congressional district; a secretary
and treasurer, both of which offices
may be held by the same person, and
an executive committee, which shall
consist of the president, vice presidents
and secretary and treasurer. The offi
cers shall perform, respectively, the
duties attaching to their offices.
Art. 5. The officers shall be elected
at the annual meeting and shall as
sume their offices at the close of the
meeting at which they are elected.
They shall hold office for one year, or
until their successors are elected and
installed.
Art. .6. In connection with the an
nual meeting of tbis association there
shall be held a corn exhibit, judging
school and Institute, for which suitable
rules and arrangements shall be pro
vided by the executive committee.
Art. 7. Special meetings of the ex
ecutive committee of the association
may be called by the president, the oc
casion of the meeting being stated in
the call; and upon request of six mem
bers of the association, made in writ
ing to the president, he shall call a
meeting for a specific purpose.
Art. 8. Five members of this asso
ciation shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.
Art. 9. A majority vote shall govern
In all transactions of the association.
BY-LAWS.
Section 1. The meeting of the Ne
braska Corn Improvers' Association
shall be held In Lincoln at the time of
the annual meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture.
Sec. 2. A membership fee of $1.00
shall be charged each member on his
admission to the association, and an
nual dues of $1.00 each year thereafter.
The fund so raised shall be used In
defraying expenses of the annual meet
ing of the association; but no member
of the association shall receive com
pensation for services or personal ex
penses In connection with the annual
meeting.
Sec. 3. In judging all exhibits made
by the association, the score card sys
tem shall be adopted, and the exec
utive committee shall provide cards
adapted to the various corn growing
districts of the state.
Sec. 4. Each ofllcer of the associa
tion, upon being superseded in office,
shall turn over to his successor all
books, papers and properties of the as
sociation which may be in his posses
sion. Sec. 6. The executive committee shall
have power to fill vacancies occurring
In any of the offices, and shall con
duct all the business affairs of the as
sociation not taken cognizance of at
the annual meeting.
The following officers were elected:
President, Lee Smith, Desoto, Wash
ington county. Vice presidents First
district, Wm. Ernst, Graf, Johnson
county; Second district, D. F. Stouffcr;
Bellevue, Sarpy county; Third district,
Jos. Hail, Tekamah, Burt county;
Fourth district, H. J. McLaughlin,
Doniphan, Hall county; Fifth district,
Y. S. Cobeldirk, Alma. Harlan county;
Sixth dlstlct, T. W. D? Long, Alns
worth, Brown county. Secretary-treasurer,
T. L. Lyon, Lincoln, Lancaster
county.
The president and secretary were
authorized to plan a set of experi
ments ot be carried out by members of
the association in co-operation with the
Experiment Station. It Is probable thut
this will consist In tests by various
members of the association In different
ports of the state of a number of va
rleties of corn, tho purpose being to
find the type of corn bust adapted to
each part of the state. Persons Inter
ested In the association and Its work
are Invited to communicate with the
secretary and treasurer, Prof. T. L.
Lyon, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Wedding Decorations.
Winter brides, cling to yellow and
White crysanlhcmumH, as summer
brides always decide on rosea, fpr
their wedding decorations. The crys
anthemums are showy and decorative
and give the occasion an air of snowy
elegance. Clusters of crysanthemums
now mark ore me pews ior me
tlvee at the church, instead of the
time-honored white ribbons.
At one pretty home wedding the wed
ding ring was placed In the heart of a
caila lily, and wai carried In by a three
vear old ring bearer. W hen children
carry the ring It is best t Me It with
tiny white ribbon and pin It by a small
loop to the cushion or flower, aa UtU
hands grow nervous and may drop It.
A pretty background Is secured hy
covering the surface of a pler-gtaas
with strands of fine smilax dotted with
pink roses,; making a curtain.
A new idea in staircase- decoration
Is a series of green wreaths outside
the balustrade with white satin bowt
and loops in a green and white gar
land. An immense cornucopia fastened
hi rbm p -and-fHled- w ith- loose -Cryaattr
themums or roses makes a pretty cor
ner decoration for a wedding party re
ception. When floor space is limited a beau
tiful decorative effect may be secured
by French baskets tied with pink or
white ribbons, - filled with flowers of
corresponding colors, and hung In the
doorways and arches, and flat wall
pockets filled wth flowers suspended
from the frieze of the rooms.
Orchids and lillies of the valley are
the most popular flowers for the bride's
bouquet, which is smaller than that
of last year, the shower bouquet being
entirely out. Most brides prefer car
rying a white kid or satin-bound prayer
book instead of a bouquet.
At the wedding supper a wedding
bell of ice cream is brought in on a
salver for-the bride to cut, or small
wedding-bells and brides' roses are
served at the bride's table. Ices served
from hats and baskets of spun sugar
is a popular style for weddings.
A matron of honor gives dignity to
a bridal procession, and is very pop
ular, and married friends of the groon
serve as ushers.
TheCapitol is Moving.
A series of scientific experiments,
made in the capitol in Washington for
the purpose of showing the physical
properties of the pendulum, have
brought out some queer facts in regard
to the actual movement of the capitol
itself. The big dome moves about six
inches daily in an elliptical track.
Tbis movement is due to the Influ
ence of heat and cold, producing ex
pansion and contraction. A wire bung
from the top of the dome to the floor
below and on the end of it was a spe
cially prepared plumb-bob with a lead
pencil inserted in its lowest point. The
point of the pencil just touched the
floor on which there was a paper. The
pencil point marked on the paper the
exact movement of the top of the
dome during a period of twenty-four
hours, and showed it to be an elliptical
track averaging six inches in length.
The dome starts moving In the
morning just as son as the sun's rays
strike it, and the pencil draws its cur
ved track until sundown, when a reac
tion takes place, and it moves back to
its starting place, but not over the
same tracK, lor me cooi air oi me
night, makes the dome contract, so
that the pencil draws the other half
of the ellipse.
The Washington Monument, like the
Capitol, is influenced to move daily,
by the heat from the sun. Govern
ment engineers at Washington have
rigged up a permanent device there
to show just how much it may be out
of plumb at any time.
The Statute of Lfberty, In New York
Harbor, literally waves a welcome and
farewell to the vessels that ply up and
down the bay, the tall office buildings
bend their heads and the Brooklyn
Bridge rises and falls every day, hav
ing a special device to compensate Its
motion.
i i j fcfcy i iiuigtf . . w .M
Cntir. c-t r--i it- la ni-iw m tl,. In Rurh
hats of it have the appearance of being i
formed of the finest satin ribbon.
Large oval pieces of polished mother . (
of pearl from the center of many de-. .
signs worked in pearls on fancy gold ,
lace and straw crowns.
The lightest effects in hair decora
tions are the butterfly bows, sprinkled '
with finely cut rhlnestones or the
smallest spangles. .
"Veiled" roses are among the softest ,
effects In millinery. The blossoms an-
of the "crushed" variety, and over eacb .
colored petal rests another petal of
mousseline de sole In white or a lighter .
shade of the color of rose.
The latest thing In white evening
shoulder wraps Is made of fancy chlf- .
fon or crepe, half a yard wide and ,
nearly two yards long, and bordered
all the way round with a puffy edgw ,
of white marlbou.
A new muff chain and souvenir In. ,
one Is made of ten-cent pieces. Each
bears on one smoothly polished side
the Initial of the giver, and a con
tinuous chain of ten-cent pieces Is
formed by Joining each coin to the neS
with silver links. ,
A Toreador turban has a crown t
violets, and high brim covered with ,
violet tulle, over which good laC is
draped. The left front has a cabo'ihort
of white pears and white elgretts.
Among the floral novelties In th-i line
of hnli- ornaments is a large, delicately
tinted orchid, sprinkled with cut rh'
stonos to represent devvdrops,
Sal flthe old armehnlr: "I may see"
to have It easy, but 1 feci rocky."
Sometimes the leading lady can heal
the scene painter making a scene.
The dispenser of "smiles" Is not al;
ways a man with a cheerful disposi
tion, t
The National Association of Mann-'
facturers will hold Its next convention
In Indianapolis, Ind., beginning Apr
IS and luting thr Oars.
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