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THE "CREGHE” EXHIBIT
AT THE PARIS SHOW.
How the Children of the Poor Are Cared for
in the Capital of the French.
A Remarkable Institution Founded by Firniln Mirbcna—lts Success \Vq|
Speedily So Great That >1 any Duplicate Creches Have Been Estab
lished .Not Only In Paris, Hut in Most of the World’s Great Ofv
ftlized Cities—Where Working Women Can Leave Their
Babies While Enrnin Their Daily Bread—The Pust
and the Present.
(Copyright, 1900, by V. Grlbayedoff.)
Paris, July 18 —Two men, oik a Parisian
and th other an American, were stroll
ing: through the exhibition the other
morning. The man from the United States
had devoted three solid days to an in
spection of the s eat show, and h#d seen
it pretty thoroughly. As they were pass
ing a mammoth steam engine in Mich'n
ery Hail, the American looked a| It for a
minute and then turned toward his com
panion.
"Well, you are wonders, you French,” !
he said. ”1 used to have an idea that all
you caivd about was to amuse yourselves,
and that the only trades in which you are
experts were the making of gimcracks—
Tainting, sculpture, women's c oihes,
feathers, etc., fan y things that
Che world could get along juit aa well
without. This exhibition has been a reve
lation to me It shows me that you
Frenchmen are the equals of any nation
in the practical things of life. I#ook at
that engine, for instance. There's no
country In thp world that could produce
its superior. And over there in the Champs
de Mars Is the Eiffel tower, the biggest j
thing ever made by man. ’
"Thank you.” replied the Frenchman
modtetly. "I am sorry you had such a
poor notion of U3 before, but 1 am glad
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GLIMPSES OF THE EXHIBIT.
you have changed your views. I hope
lore of your people will come to under
etand that we can do big things as well
as small.*’
From the mass of colossal machinery
on the ground floor, the men proceeded by
a wide stairway to a gallery overhead.
“Now," said the Frenchman, "you a~e
going to see the an ipodes of what we
have be n look! g at down there. Every
thing on the floor below' tells of the prac
tical purposes of life, the mechanical in
ventions that enrich the world. Here the
whole aspect is the reverse. This is the
department where sentiment dominates—
the sentiment of charity."
The Creche.
It was the part of the exposition reserved
for the exhibit cf the ministry of the in
te.'ior, in the particular depart
ment known as "Public Help." A
large portion of the section was devoted
to the display of the famous French in
stitution known as the "Creche." It was
to this part that the Parisian led his
THE CRECHE OF TO-DAY.
American friend. "Look around here," he
■aid, "and you will find that the French
are not always thinking exclusively cf
amusing themselves."
He was right. The exhibit displayed a
line of charity that originated in France
and has been imitated generally through
out the world, but nowhere else has at
tained the perfection that characterizes Us
development in France.
The "Creche" was founded In 1846, its
originator being Firm in Marbeau, an emi
nent French publicist and philanthropist,
who, as the result of long years of study
of social problems, concluded that there
was urgent need in the community of im
proved facilities for the rearing of the
children of the poor. He was convinced
that the abandonment of infants by their
■not he up, an evil that was shown by statis
tics to be alarmingly general throughout
the country, was the direct consequence of
the fact that the working classes were us
ually unable to give the required attention
to their offspring. The crime of infanti
cide was also believed to be largely trace
able to the absence of public provision for
the care of the children of the poor. What
was needed, he felt, was an Institution to
supplant, in a way, the overcrowded
foundling asylums; one that would relieve
the poor mother from the necessity of
surrendering the custody and rearing of
her child to strangers.
When M. Marbeau organized such r.n
Institution he styled it a "creche." in rev
erent commemoration of the manger in
which the infant Jesus was placed after
his birth. The purpose of the new charity
was to provide a place w here poor women
could leave their children with perfect se
curity when their dally employment mad 1 }
It impossible to give their infants the con
stant care necessary.
How It \\ ns Introduced.
The first of these homes was opened in
a small house in the poorer section of
Paris. When its objects became, known
in the neighborhood, first one or two, then
several poor women entered and Inspected
Its arrangements critically, if not unsui
tably. perhaps suspecting it was a snare
$o entrap their babies. The gentle-faced,
soft voiced Sisters of Charity soon mad%
jit understood that a good man hgd
! equipped the house with no thought be
i yond helping the poor in their struggle for
| life, and assuring to France future g#ei -
i otions of stronger, better and better ed
j ucated citizens. Within a month ©r so
the place was too small to accommodate
all the children brought there every morn
ing; and many a poor woman of the quar
ter who had previously refused employ
ment of any sort because she could not
leave her babiea alone, confided her little
one to the "Creche” and went out regular
ly to her daily work.
It was not long before the city authori
ties. and public spirited citizens generally,
came to realize the vast benefits accru
ing to the community from the new insti
tution. Similar houses were established
all over Paris and throughout France, and
found ardent imitators in all the countries
of the world. In this ye*r of grace, there
fore, the Creche must be regarded as one
of the most useful and important forms
of charity known in civilized lands.
The exhibit shown at the exj>osition un
der the auspices cf the ministry of the
interior, t*lls the whole history and gen
eral lesson of the Creche in a most Inter
esting fashion. If you want to learn
the entire system you are not obliged to
ask any one for information. All you
have to do is to look around. You will
And a number of the best organized
Creches in the world in min.la.ture models.
They illustrate the procedure from begin
ning to end. You see a neat looking build
ing. such as is to be found in many* a
Paris street, with its name indicated by a
big plaque on facade. You eee a wo
man "of the people" approaching, carry
ing a baby in her arms. You see her en
ter the vestibule, hand the little sample
of humanity to a white bonneted sister,
and get a number in return. You see the
happy young mother turn and hurry aw iv
from the building to the employment that
calls her. while the sister, fondling the in
fant lovingly in her arms, carries It to the
domitory where It is placed in a crib
numbered to correspond to the ticket giv
en the mother.
Further on you see the little ones at
play, with toys and more of oiher things
to amuse tlvin than would ever fall to
their infant lot in the homes from which
they have been brought Another scene
shows the children enjoying a repast of
hot soup or gruel, ar.d st 11 another de-
plots a tiny tot in the infirmary depart
ment rec< iving the care of a physician
and the nurses, and watched over with
as much solicitude as If it were a king's
heir instead of a poor working woman’s
baby.
You pursue your inspection of the ob
ject lesson, and next behold the mother,
at the end of her day’s work, returning
for her child, finding the little one happy
and healthy, and starting home with the
infant clasped in her arms, a picture of
maternal love, gentleness and happiriess.
A Keininder of tin* Past.
These are some of the things, but not
all, Illustrated by the Creche exhibit. As
a whole, it is extremely interesting from
the. varied phast it shows of universal
infancy, past and present. It gives the
visitor a peep at babyhood in the remot
est comers of the civilized and barbaric
world. It show’s how the future man is
hampered or helped by the conditions that
surround the first months of existence in
different lands. It t* lla a pathetic story
of infant deprivations among the very
poor of various countries, and then lets
the visitor draw his own dedu t’ons of the
benefits conferred on humanity by the
! Crec he.
| This comparison is accentuated by two
! lifelike figures in the exhibit. They rep-
I lea nt two mothers of the same humble
I social scale. One refuses to let her half
| starved infant leave her for an instant,
j but clutches the baby in her thin arms
as she stands shivering in a snowstorm,
begging with an outstretched palm of
passersby. The other figure represents the
working woman returning to her comfort
able home with her laughing-faced baby
that has been cared for at the Creche
while she was at work.
(satisfied of the advantag s of thl< g eat
charity, the visitor makes inquiries and
nscer alns the ample conditions gove n
ing Hie beneficiaries of tho Creche. The
rubs are as follow's:
No woman not obliged to work for her
living can put her cnild in the Creche;
this work must necessitate the woman’s
leaving her home for certain houri cvery
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 29, 1900.
day; she must be respectable and honest;
the child must not be under 15 months,
not over 3 years; the child must have no
contagious disease, and nfust either be
vaccinated before entering or while in the
institute; the mother must bring and fake
away the child herself, and must visit
the Creche twice a day to suckle the in
fant until it |s weaned; the child must
be clean and nea!y dressed; and the par
ent must pay a small daily sum for its
care.
That is all. If those conditions are com
plied with any working mother, for only
a mite, can provide her Infant with care
and maintenance that physiologists de
clare has already worked wonders toward
th physical and moral improvement of
the race since Creches have been in ex
istence.
\ Comprehensive Exhibit.
How different it must have been with
the poor before Firmin Marbeau devised
this great charity! That is a thought
that ccmes to every one who visits the
exhibit. The answer to the conjecture is
right there before one’s eyes. It is a
significant, pathetic picture. You are car
ried vividly back to the* olden times by a
str.ge-setting representing some phases of
poverty three or four centuries ago. Right
before you stands the facade of a twelfth
century church. It is the nighttime, and
the big doors of the church are shut. Be
side the closed doors, on the steps of the
church, is a stone crib, and in the crib
is a sleeping baby. The infant had been
carried there in the shadow of the dark
ness by some unhappy mother, who, reaJ
izlng herself too poor to care for it, had
ktssed the child a final good-by, then
placed it in the foundling cradle to be
cared for by charity, to be brought up
by the parish and to be a stranger to
her ever after.
You fill out the other pitiful details for
yourself, beginning with the heartbroken
mother hurrying back to her desolate
home. But since your imagination can
not supply ail details, the history of an
other phase of the foundling’s life is out
lined in an adjoining tableau, which rep
resents the interior of a hospital of those
days, showing how the poor of all ages
were treated In the same comfortless
ward. In one big bed you see. three wo
men; one suffering from no Illness be
yond poverty and dd age; another, a
middle-aged woman, with impending
death from consumption written indelibly
on her emaciated face; and the third,
scarcely more than a girl, lying In the
same bed under treatment for a brok
en arm. Nearby is another big bed, and
In it are "half a dozen foundlings, all hud
dled together, breathing the air of the
unhealthy room, and to be otill further
crowded the next day, when another
abandoned waif i found in the stone
crib on the steps of the old church.
Thus io was with Quasimodo, whose
sorrowful story Victor Hugo told so
touchingly in the "Hunchback of No
tre Fame.”
The clever Frenchwoman who was
authorized by the ministry of the in
terior to arrange the historical expo
sition of the development of charitable
enterprises in France says that fiction has
no way exaggerated the deplorable con
ditions that used to exlt throughout
Europe in the matter of the homes of the
poor, and the scant oare provided for
foundlings, She knows that the poor are
vastly happier these days and that hu
manity in general has benefited, tharuke
to the organization of the Creche.
“And.” she adds, ”the good that has
been done by this French institution of
charity is not by any means confined to
France, for you find the Creches to-day
in every part of the world; and it Is a
matter of record that one of the most
complete and model Creches In the world
Is to be found In Buffalo, New York.
Valerian Grlbayedoff.
Senate Page* Called “Grafts. M
From the Washington Star.
"It is w'ell known. Indeed it is one of the
legends of the Senate that 'Graft* is the
proper name for all the senate pages, es
pecially if their real name is not known
or does not come to the mind instantly,"
explained an old official of the Senate to
a reporter recently, "though the origin of
the name is known by very few. It came
about in this way. One of the fiist pages
ever appointed by the Senate was Grafton
D. Hanson. He served several years,
preceding in the service the late Capt.
Isaac Bassett by nearly ten years. For
awhile Grnfton was the only page in the
Senate chamber, and the calls for
'Graft,’ as he was called, were very nu
merous and at times urgent. Asa new
page came into the Senate from time to
time the name 'Graft' was given them and
used until their names were so well
known that they could be remembered.
The name 'Graft* has, therefore, hung on,
few know* how or why, and though of late
years it is not heard as often, there are
some Senators, especially the older onee,
who use It when they cannot remember
the name of the page, they call him.
Capt. Bassett often told me that the day
after Daniel Webster had him appointed
a |>age he called him ‘Graft,’ and that
for his first three or four years as a page
he was oftener addressed as ’Graft’ than
Isaac or Ike. It may be of Interest to
add that Grafton D. Hanson, though over
SO years of age, is still living, active and
very much In evidence, as many who have
business with the Postmaster Generals
office in the war department will testify.
He loft the Senate in 1643. having been
appointed a lieutenant in the army—Eighth
United States Infantry. After serving
through the Florida war he resigned. (Mr.
Hanson has held the position of chief
clerk of the paymaster general’s office
for many years, and has served there as
a clerk in the different grades for nearly
half a century. Though he is one of the
oldest officials connected with the war de
partment, he never seems to forget the
Impressions made on him by the political
giants of his boyhood days, during his
service in the Senate."
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LUXURY IN MODERN DRESS.
WOMtN SI’END MORE FOR THEIft
CLOTHES TIfA.Y MBV.
\ccording to the l p-to-Date Ta|lor,
a Rich Youngnter fan Dress Fairly
Well for From SI,OOO to a.
Year \©tv-u-In > *, but if lie Has the
Price, He Is Pretty Certain to
Spend a Good Deul More—Some
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Copyright, 1100, by R. Armstrong.
New York, July 27.—Most of the time ot
the mo’em w.m n of wealth, iuxury anJ
fasldon, 1j spent he ween social dve -
Hons and conferences with her dressmak
er and milliner; this is a statement that
none of them would attempt to refute and
few would consider extraordinary.
One woman, it is said, the wife of a
multi-millionaire, is allowed only five
thousand dollars a year for her clothes,
and is unable to meet the demands of
her costumers, paying a little to this
tradesman and a little io that dressmak
er In order to keep h r credit open. The
man of her grade in society and wealth is
constantly between his tailor and the deep
blue sea. One of these same tailors, who
dresses the jeunesse doree, ‘’the John
nies.” as they are called in the more pic
turesque vernacular of the day, is respon
sible for the s atement that a man can
dress neatly, if economical, on from one
to two thousand a year. This for his tail
or, only. Here is the economical wardrobe:
6 suits for knockabout wear at SSO
each $ 200
3 afternoon frock suits at SIOO each. 300
1 cutaway go
2 dress suits at SOO 180
1 Tuxedo suit 80
Overcoat or cloak for dress suit .... so
Spring overcoat 65
Heavy overcoat 00
3 whit© dress waist coats at $ 0
each 30
Total $1 235
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EXTREME.3 IN DRESS. '
The Picture to the Deft Shows Mrs. Theodore Sutro of New York Attired in a Gown Costing $400; the One to <he Right Shows Mrs. Sutro Clad in a Cheesecloth
Gown, the Material for Which Cost Only 50 Cents.
A sum total of over $1,200 for the bare
externals of the wardrob-, which may be
considerably increased if the gentleman
drives, for he must then possess a driving
coai worth sl_o and a tandem coat, for
which he will be charged SBO. If he plays
golf, he must have a golf vest of knitted
silk, wool lin* and. the cost of w'hich is sk),
and a coat for about the same price; in
ad lit ort his golf knickerbockers are $lO a
pair (he w'ill ne<d six pairs), and his golf
caps (there will be several), will be charg
ed at the rate of $3 each.
That is his oulflt for one golf club;
as the various clubs’ colors are differ
ent, he will need a distinct outfit for each
club of which he Is a member.
All this, it should be borne in mind, Is
a tailor’s careful estimate of the bare es
sentials of dress. What a gentleman in
the social whirl nn4* with a reassuring
bank account may fancy is another and
usually very substantial matter.
$2.lK>O and More a Year.
Here is a list of things not obtainable
from the tailor that are used by the mod
ern young man of luxury. It was made
by the purchaser of a society man’s ward
robe, and is guaranteed to be correct:
12 suits of silk underwear at not less
less than $lB a suit $432
36 pairs of silk socks at $3 a pair 10S
12 pairs of shoes for usual wear at
sls a pair 100
Bicycle, golf shoes, hunting boots,
dancing pumps, riding boots, etc.
etc 100
SB2O
These figure bring the young man’s
yearly expenditure for dress above $2,000.
Such an incidental item of <ho toilet as
suspenders may cost anyw'here from $3
up, and if the gentleman is particular In
his choice of buckles for the same, he
will have them of gold, a matter of SSO
more. His evening shirts cost about $7
apiece. Tn bis shirt front, ho follows the
fashion of having pearl studs, and thoe
single stones arc $3,000, for pearls are ex
pensive. If he likes the glitter of dia
monds, the pearl may be surrounded with
small diamonds. A doeskin waistcoast,
which goes with evening dress, sells for
$25, which is not excessive when it is un
derstood that his ordinary waistcoats are
sl2 each. In his evening waistcoat he
w'ill likely hove Jeweled buttons, of ame
thyst or some such stone, and they are
still another Item of expense.
As to his external clothes, he will have
at least a dozen business or knockabout
suits, for which a tailor will charge S3O
apiece; he will have three dress suits and
Tuxedoes; a couple of Prince Alberts and
cutaway frocks will complete the regular
outfit. They will be worn with severe re
gard to "form." in observance of which
men arc much more particular than
women.
llow tbe Mun of Fashion Wears Ills
Clothes.
His tweed suit will be worn until nooh,
when he will don a Prince Albert for af
ternoon wear; after 6 p. m. he will put on
full evening dress, if his evening is to be
spent with ladies; if his companions are
to be men he will wear a Tuxedo Jacket.
With his Tuxedo he will wear a black
waistcoat. He must also have raincoats
and topcoats for the different seasons.
His heavy overcoat may represent any
outlay from a hundred to several thou
sand dollars, according to the quality of
Its lining, which may be of fur. and then
its price is regulated by the kind of skin
that Is used. Then there are spring and
Call overcoats, evening topevot or cloak,
golf coats, and a pink hunting coat, a
i poo coat and driving coat?.
For driving he will wtar a paddock
coat, of light gray, a high hat of the
I Fame color, with b ack band; should his
| vehicle be a brake, le may wear a derby,
j On the trifles of his toilet a goodly sum
. may be expended; the item of handker
chiefs and gloves is not inconsiierabe.
i His doeskin gloves are $3 a pair, and he
must have dozers and dozens of white
, ones for evening wear. His handkerchiefs
are of while linen and embroidered initials
and perhaps plaid colored borders for day
j use. in his pockets he will have a good
I c:gar or cigarette case, costing SIBO, a gold
I match box, a gold knife, a SSO gold key
j chain, a watch SSOO more, and a fob cost
| ing s3*>> additional. His rings, it is row
j ordained, must be of the sunk-in kind,
and are set with the most valuable
stones, emeralds, sapphires, rubies and
diamonds, representing thousands of dol
lar seach. Every well dressed man must
have n seal ring with a crest, if he car
■ ries a cane, and be sure that he will, it
! will be gold topped, and will cost SIOO at
least. When he retires at night he will
wear a suit of silk pajamas, price S2O. and
after rising he wiil go to his morning
plunge in'a SSO silk bath robe. This is
man as a dressed animal, as Carlyle was
I pleased to call him.
Women Are More Extra vagant.
With women there is greater extrava
gance in dress, richer fabrics, a multitude
of accessories that make her attire costly
beyond all ordinary calculation. Her furs
may mean “the ransom of a king.” and
her jewels the revenue of a kingdom.
Dress is to her a pursuit, an accomplish
ment. a weapon of attraction, an argument
of envy and a spectacle of opulence run
riot. It is almost an emotion.
Many women are noted for particular
fancies In their dress; Mrs. Clarence
Makay affects big picture hats; Mrs. Will
iam Astor has the finest laces. Mrs. Gecrge
Gould’s pink pearls and sables are re
markable, while Mrs. John Drexel is noted
for her jewels, and especially her beauti
ful collection of turquoise.
Some women who apparently care little
for dress will spend immense sums on
their underclothing, using gorgeous laces
and gold jewels for the trimmings and fas
tenings. The dainty woman has ail her
underclothes hand made, and a set of
such lingerie costa not less than $35 to SSO,
a sum that may be much increased by
the quality and quantity of lace used.
Her shoes are sls a pair and her corseie
about S4O. In the latter, she will probably
use gold eyelets ar.d fasteners, and the
cost will be considerably more. Her pet
ticoat of silk will represent at least S6O.
Her tailor-made gowns cost from $l5O up;
her reception and evening dresses from
S2OO to S7OO, and lape may be additionally
used that will run into the thousands of
dollars. Her hats cost from SSO to SIOO
apiece; the picture qnes are about the lat
ter figure, and if handsome fur is exten-'
sively used It will be several hundreds.
When Mrs. Howard Gould’s dressmaker
sued her recently, it will be remembered
that a velvet waist was listed at SBO, a
muslin dress at $225 and a few modest
waists and dresses made the disputed ac
count over a thousand dollars, which the
dressmaker protested was not an excessive
bill.
Luxury in Jewelry.
While the gown may be the feature of
a woman’s street toilet, it really plays a
minor part of her misnamed "full dress"
costume which she wears at the opera,
or the ball, or the dining. There Is very
little but jewels in evidence about her
waist, a flash and glitter of gems on a
small support of fabric. Mrs. Astor’s
stomacher of diamonds has long been con
spicuous at the opera pageant, and Mrs.
George Gould has one that is the feature
of her toilet.
How much may be spent cn trifles in
jewelry may be estimated when a small
diamond side-comb for the hair is worth
SI,OOO. For jewels. Indeed, constitute the
sum and substance of the %vealthy wo
man’s attire; the stiff and costly brocades
of other days have given place to an or
dinary foundation for the jeweler’s as
tronomical devices which are displayed
on the firmament of lovely woman’s body.
The superb cloth of gold w’e no longer
see; the gold is in a more concrete form
and sustains the weight of gems without
number. Neither is the rare embroidery
to be encountered nny more; everything
in fabrics is but a background for the
lapidary’s skillful fancies to invest riches
with a material representation.
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money these days, but it must be hung
: around a woman’s neck and put on her
person to glorify and extol. If Carlyle
figures man as a clothed apimal, he took
little heed of women as a jeweler’s sign,
nnd as the gorgeous indicator of her
family’s wealth. These are her modern
uses. Regina Armstrong.
WITH BITS OF BROKEN CHINA.
Clever Women ire * l tilizing Frag
nientn of Porcelain in the Neit Mo
nnic Table*.
New York, July 27.—T0 be surrounded
with pretty things is to many women al
most a necessity, and the very latest and
most ingenious effort in this direction is
the making up of broken bits of china into
tops for card tables, or in jardinieres and
vases. This new art is open to all. for
the melancholy fact remains that in every
home more or less china and porcelain
come to an untimely end. When these
things arc mended they are seldom thor
oughly satisfactory; their value ie. to all
purposes, gone. If laid aside they remain
but unhappy remleiders of the catastrophy,
and not every one has the courage to
throw them away at once.
Here, then, is where the table top comps
to one's assistance. In the thought that
the pieces will look well in the mosaic,
there is something of a salve for the grief
of the breakage; and with this purpose in
vlew r they are speedily gathered up and
put by* in a place of safe keeping. As
soon as enough pieces have been collected
to cover a square table top the work of
arranging them should begin. This does
not take long to accomplish. The pret
tiest table to select for the purpose is a
plain one. made of pine and enameled with
white paint. Its* hight and shape of legs,
as being suitable for a card table, should
be considered. It is first necessary that
a piece of molding, about half an inch in
width, should be set on all about the ton
of the table, and as its corners require to
be well mitered, it is best to have this
done by a carpenter. The table is then in
readiness to receive its china top. First fill
the entire space within the molding with
putty, so that it rises to a hight about
equal with the molding. The various bps
of china are then taken up separately and
pressed into the putty until the whole sur-
face of the table is covered. When this is
accomplished the effect produced is some
thing like a mosaic, or a piece of crazy
patch work. Of course, any particular
scheme can be worked out in this way.
For instance, a top made entirely of bits
of blue and white china would be charm
ing. Or, if one has enough pieces of a
similar color, a star can be fashioned to
radiate from the center. While china also
can be blocked in to produce a smart ef
fect. It is always a point to be remem
bered that the putty hardens quickly and
the pieces should therefore be first col
lected and all set in at once, if possible,
during the same day. As they sink the
soft material naturally rises up between
them and forms putty ridges that must be
smoothed down until exactly even with
the china. It Is now desirable to go over
the surface with a coating of shellac, ap
plied with a small camels’ hair brush.
After this has been done it is a good scheme
to put the whole thing away for a day
or two, or until it has become perfectly
solid and dry. The final touch, and *:ne
that adds greatly, to the beauty of the top,
is to cover all the lines of putty with the
same sort of gilt used to regild old pic
ture frames. This, too, should be done
with a fine camels' hair brush. After this,
a good washing wdth cold water Is about
all that the table requires.
Tlv* china shops are very good natured
about encouraging this sort of work. In
fact, an Instance is known where a prom
inent firm in New York sent, upon appli
cation, a whole barrelfull of broken bits
to a young matron.who wanted to make
such a top, but had not the fortitude to
patiently wait the breakage of her own
household gods. Among the collection
were many exquisKe and distinctive
things.
Jardinieres and small vases are made
through following the same process, only
the execution is done upon perfectly plain
earthen jars covered with putty Instead
of a table top. These things give quite
an air of extravagance to a summer ve
randa, or even to a rather pretentious liv
ing room. .
Another burst of ingenuity seems to
have centered itself in a now' plaster of
paris plaque. It has come as a welcome
way of preserving some of the exquisite
colored heads and floral pictures which
we yearly have sent to us on calendars.
A little good taste and considerable nim
bleness of fingers is all that is required,
in addition to an agateware pie plate,
some plaster of paris and water, a knife,
a bit of tape and a curtain ring, with a
pretty colored picture which has been
neatly cut out from its background and
n bottle of gilt paint. These various
things are then handled in the following
way: At first the plate should be filled
with water, which, however, is soon toss
ed out again, the object being simply to
have a moist surface. The picture is then
taken up and placed face, downward
the center of the plate. As soon as it is
seen that it adheres-to ii quite closely,
the plaster of paris, which has previous
ly been mixed with water until it is
smooth and of the consistency of thick
cream, is poured in upon it, and in a suf
ficient quantity to fill the plate up to the
very top. Here, then, the knife is useful
in smoothing it over. At this point, also,
a contrivance is arranged for hanging up
the plaque in the future. The piece of
tape with a curtain ring on one end of it
is pressed down in the plaster, where It
soon hardens into permanency. As soon
as it is found that plaster is suffi
ciently hard, the knife can be slipped
around the edges of the plate to facilitate
the whole turning out well. .When this is
No Waste in the Kitchen
I No waste of time or materials, for with
a small quantity of extract, remnant,
which by themselves would be InsdS
and useless can be made into adehrii.
coup, or savory dish. ”
COMPANY’S EXTRACT
OF BEEF for
IMPROVED AND ECONOMIC COOKERY
accomplished the picture will appear u
though i had been painted upon the m,!!
white surface of the paste. Should k
any means, the plaster have slipped UII V
der the picture, it can be readilv w iJa
off while it is still fresh. The gilt paj!,
is used to make a border about th,
plaque. It appears well, either as a ,
band or when it is stippled a little.
In the making of these plaques much
of their success depends upon the choir,
of the picture. By far the pretties: on e
that has so far been seen was of a youne
girl’s head crowned with a wealth of
flaming poppies. All else that was par
ticularly noticeable about her were her
filmy green draperies. To further offset
its beauty, the plaque was hung upon a
sage green background.
AUGUST ICES.
Six Well Tried Recipes for Frozen
Sweets.
Pineapple Cream Served in the Shell-
Select a well shaped ripe pineapple in per.
feet condition. Cut off the upper end and
remove all the flesh from the center, keep,
ing the shell in good shape. Set the rind
on the ice to become Chilled, and shred
the pineapple, removing all core. To each
pint of fruit allow three cupfuls of water
and a pint of sugar. Boil all together for
fifteen minutes, then add one teaspoonful
of gelatine, dissolved in cold water, and
press the whole through a cheesecloth.
When cold add the juice of two lemon#
and freeze to the consistency of mush.
Then add one cupful of cream, whipped
stiff. Pour into the pineapple shell, heap
ing it lightly on top, then set the shell
in the can of the freezer, or any pail of
sufficient size w'hich ia tightly covered.
Bury in ice and salt for an hour.
Frozen Punch—Among frozen dainties
there is nothing better than the punch de
scribed. Peel six oranges and two lemons,
squeezing out all the Juice of each one.
Add one gill of rum, half a gill of brandy
and one pound of pulverized sugar, stir
ring until the sugar is dissolved. Then
add one pint of water and half a pint of
champagne. Pour the whole in the freezer
and stir slowly and steadily until it be
comes as thick as soft mush. Then re
move the dasher and stand away for two
hours. Serve in glasses.
A Peach Mousse—This velvety cream can
be made a very perfect dish for either
luncheon or dinner. Prepare a dozen large
ripe peaches, remove the stones, reduce
them to a pulp and then strain. Soak one
teaspoonful of gelatine in cold water, dis
solve it in a teaspoonful of hot water, and
add to the peach pulp. Then set the
whole on ice to become cold. Sweeten one
pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth, then
fold in the peach pulp and pour into a
mold. Cover tightly and pack in ice for
three hours.
Mint Sherbet.—This delicious ice serves
well for an evening collation. To make it
to perfection, macerate the leaves of a
bunch of fresh mint, adding afterward ths
Juice of two lemons. Cover and let stand
for fifteen minutes. Put two cupsful of
sugar and a pint of water in a porcelain
kettle and stand over the fire. Stir un
til the sugar dissolves, and then cook un
til the sugar threads; remove from the
fire. Add one-half cupful of orange
juice and the prepared lemon. When cold,
strain and add curacoa to taste; then
freeze. Serve in glasses.
A Bisque Ice Cream.—This is guaran
teed to be a delightful dessert, it surpass
es those generally made and can b®
frozen in one large mold or any number
of smaller ones. Make a custard with
one quart of rich milk, six eggs and one
large cup of sugar. Let it stand on lc®
for twenty-four hours, then add one lea
spoonful of vanilla and two wine glasses
of sherry wine, also a dozen almond mac
aroons which have been dried in the oven
and crushed, but not rolled to a powder.
Freeze after the usual method.
Peach Souffle.—When peaches are in
season don’t forget a souffle. To make
this to perfection pare ripe peaches, of
a good quantity, chop them in a wooden
bowl with b silver kniftf and strain. To
every pint of the Juice allow one pint of
water, six eggs and one pound of sugar.
Beat the eggs until light, then add them
to the other ingredients and cook the
whole in u double boiler until It becomes
as thick as soft custard. Strain, set the
dish in a pan of cold water and beat the
mixture continuously until it becomes
cold. Freeze and serve with cream slight
ly sweetened ejul flavored with peach
Mrs. Oliver Bell Bunco.
Off tlie Track.
This means disaster and death when ap
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ly serious when it refers to people whose
blood is disordered and who consequent
ly have pimples and sores, bad stomachs,
deranged kidneys, weak nerves and that
tired feeling. Hood’s Sarsaparilla put®
the wheels back on the track by making
pure, rich blood and curing these trou
bles.
Constipation is cured by Hood’s Pins
-25c. —and.