Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1876, Page 14

10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1876 —TWELVE PAGES, POOL-SELLING. The New York Pools on the Results of the Election. Three Millions of Dollars Risked on Hayos and Tilden, This Vast Sum Deposited Withe out Security of Any Kind. John Morrissey the Custo- dian of $1,250,000. If He Should Pocket It, No Law Could Rench Him, Gamblers Have No Standing in Court, and John Could Laugh at Them, How the Pools Aro Managed, and Mow They May De Manipulated to the Profit of the Managers, Special Correspondence af The Tridune, New Youk, Noy. 14.—Since the election on Tuesday last, this city has been in’ a perfect fever of excitement. Wednesday morning ail the papers, except the Times, conceded that Til- den Ima won the fight. In the afternoon the Commercial und the Jost virtually gave up, but the plucky Mitle Afail boldly claimed a Repub- lean victory, and issued an extra at noon giving its reasons for the faith which possesacd it. This caused the other papers to revise thelr figures, and Iv a short time their bulletin hoards were allve with words of good cheer to Republicans. ‘The excitement grew intense, and from that time to Saturday night the clty presented moro ucar- Jy the scenes enacted Mn. 1861. when Sumter Was fred on, than on any other occasion ‘since that time, Republicans who hud been disconso- late took tresh heart, rending the alr with their cheers ani sungs of praise, while Democrats, who wero jubllant in the morning, drew Jong faces ond looked suspicious, They scout- ed the {dea of o Republican victory, Dit ‘Treading the Mzures ogaln, were forced to admit that the result was in doubt, and ‘Tilden not 60 sure of winning as he had been. ELECTION POOL-SELLING, Not the least prominent feature contribating to the excitement, and to keeping it alive and actlye for so long a time, was the pool-selling. It woul! seem that nearly every citizen of New York must have been interested in the ¢lectfon- pools. Of course those who had invested i Tilden tickets were anxious to get thelr money, while the Hayes men were rejoiced that the day of settlement had been postpongl. There are six well-patronized pool-rooms in this city. Of these the one mannged by John Morrissey fs the + Inost prominent, while that controlled by John- ston & Co, ranks next In importance. Jolin Morriasey Is to-day the custodian of $1,250,000, intrusted to him fn his pool-room by those who bought pools on the election, Johnston & Co, hold about half a3 inuch, while that invested in the other pool-rooms will make au aggregate of not legs than THRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, wagerel on the ctlection by the pool- gamblers of New York City fone. ‘This is an immense sun to be risked In this manner ona result so uncertain as the way the great. but fickle American people will conduct themselyes onagiven oecasion, But how much more risky does It become when you consider that this vast amount of money—in actual cash—ta intrusted to persous who are wholly irresponsible. A bank js obliged to give security for the safe- keeping of woney deposited with It by its pat- rons, but the proprictors of a pool-room give no security whaleyer for the production of the money duposited with them when ealled for. And here $s John Morriseey—an ex-prize-fighter, agambler by profcasion, Keeper of faro-banks aud puol-reoms—walking around town with a million and a quarter of the people's money in Als pocket, without haying given any bond whatever for [ts return to {ts proper owners. Indevd, should Mr. Morrissey seu ft to appro- priute this yast sum to his own uses,he gould do 60 with the utmost impunity, for not one of the men who trusted him would have uny reinedy against such proceeding, POOL SELLING 18 GAMBLING, andall who participate therein are gamblers. Gamblera have no standing in court whatever, and should Mr, Morrissey pocket: the money 11 Als pussexslon, his victims would be kicked oat of court should they attempt to enter a com- plaint against him. But it i4 generally under- stood that, in all gambling tranaactions, Mr. Morrlasey ls a square” inan, and consequent- Ty his patrons have every couldence in gett Rg what will be due them when the election is de- cided. But not so much can be safdor the other ool-manogers, for a report to the effect that ir. dohneton had decumped with (he proceeds of his poole a day or two since prodditced the Breatcst consternation, The rumor was wholly without foundation, but. nevertheless It pro- yoked a8 inuch comment and excitement ua would the fatlure of one of our inust trusted National Banks. Wall street went into a tlurr: over the report, and the dental of It was deemed worthy of trausmission over the wires of the Gold and Stock Telegraph, whose inatriments aro to be found in all business-ollices in the city. With all this vast sum of moncy st atake on the result, no wonder the contra dlctory dizpatches election regarding the Kept “everybody keyed up to the highcat pitch of exeltement. But finatly it was an. nounced that no more pools would be sold, that. the money already risked was gate, and so people Vegan to culm down. Itis claimed that man of the bogus dispatches froin Floridu, South Carallua, and Loutsiang were gulten up to intiue ence the pools,tu induce payment of the sums Det, or to enable the heavy betters to “hedge.” Cortaln itis that the state of the pools ins heen a‘ leading feature of conversation durlig Wo \ Past week, ‘THD POOL-GAMNEING MANIA veeems to hava. taken tira: posdeasion of the epeculatlyh American mind, Jt Jiu been sald that we ure o nution of gamblers, and would sooner tisk money ona doubtiul speculation, the turn ofacard, orthe (ip of adie, than in legitimate busineas enterprises. Poul-selling scema to huve caught the popular fancy, anil the pool-rooms are better patronized ‘than our clurches or urt-gullerick, ‘They are fitted up conveniently for the transactionof this business, tesembling” more suine husiness exehinge or tock board than a rambling-room. I made the rounds of therm during thehelght of the election excitement, and found them packed full of sinoking und sweltering humuntty. Adolescent youtn, with downy beard, Jortled old cee, with ite bald pate and grizzled chin, while stuble-boy and Broadway swell elbowed each other in thelr anxiety to wateh the combinations, and put thetr money on those whieh offered the greater odds, Stald and sober business neo, Wall street operators, retired merchants, gamblars, borse-jockeys, elbowed cach other in heteroge: neaus crawis, thelr manta for garaullng having: placed all onan cqtulity, ‘The largest: of the rooms 1 visited contaiucd an audience that, ror numbers, would bave gladened the heart of any theatrical manager in the city. 1 conuot gay so mitch for thelr “deportment. Tere was a busy hum of conversation kept up ali the tne, while every person Who was uot chowiug tobacco and expcctorating liberally in every utrection was Mowing clouds of wuioke fram his cigar, elgar- ette, or, aboniluation of abominations, a fattl pe, reblog with nicotine und pungent adors, From ralscd platforme, three or four gilt. tongued auctloncers wera sciling fools on varluus Sporting evcents—the election (lur to this Jow estate has it fallen), horsc-races, a Dall-mateh, ete. In other parta of the room were thu indi: entora necessury for keeping the “ Paris Mi als," where two active operators were kept fully eumploycd ut fae es he HI MUTUAL POOLS" This pool combination was, ‘renchinan numed Oller, wud first Drought to this country iu 1472, They touk the eportlye fancy at once, and secon became the ‘The Parl: matusd pools require on Indl- two pet an event upon which a wager can be tald, and—“ speedlatots. (Poo! gauiblers prefer being called “ speculators’ to *ramblers” which tern brings them within the operation of the law.) ‘The system can bo best explained to thoes unfamilis? with it (has Chi- cago auy sucht) by au Mustnition. Let us sup- Re that, a borse-race ot Jerome Park is attract- jn considerably uttention. For eevern) daya bo- fore the event comes off, opportunitica ure olftred af the poul-rovins for yentlemen to ex. ercke their judgincnt fu nawing the winning horse. We will suppose that ele horses are to partic ates named respectively A.B, O, D,E, F. Tu the Indicator are a wumber of black tin boxes, upon difforent onca of which are fie scribed the names of the horses entered for tho tace, A person desiring to bet on the race pays $5 forn ticket and names the horee he has se- lected to win, Suppose he selects C, the opera: tor manipulates the fndicator, and the box marked © displays a card marked J, wlich means that $5 have been wagered that C wins the race, Another speculator comes along, buys a ticket, anil selects A, and A's box Indi- cates that §5 lave been betou the horas A. Thus au issue {simnde. Other speculators pay their $5, and namo the horee that thelr judg, ment dictates as tho winner. So it goes till the tine for the horses to start, when the pool-room is notified by telegraph and the selling ceases, ‘The Indfeator shows. Aust how many tickets at $5 cach haye been sold on cavh horse, minnpags they stand thus: A. 100; 3, 80; C, 60; D, 40; E20; F, 10, ‘This will be 310 tickets, or §1,550 in the pool, Now ff A wins. the moncy wa- fered on the other horses will be divided equally numong the 100 holders of A tickets; that {s, $1,550 among 100 persons, But suppose F wins; then the total ainount is divided among the ten Jacky mon who bet on F, And so with any other horsey that may chance to winy—the ugyregate of tnoney in te pool is divided equal- ly among thoso who were fortunate enourt to tiaine the winnlng horse. There have been oc- casional instances where an investment of &5 brought $500 anc upwards in return, but those were exceptional cuses, Of course, the mane agers of the pools deduct a connnission from each poul. This is usually & per cent of the grosaamount.-but competition hing tended tu bring down the rate, and iu some of the rooms only 3 per centis charged. it will bo seen that by this system men can NGT ON ANYTHING, from the Presidential election toa dog-fiht, + college regatta, a base-ball match, oro divoree suit. Where there ts an event capabla of solu- tion in two different waya, there 1s the Yankee’s opportunity for making a wager, In the Presi- dentin! pools the combinations embraced every possible contingency, ‘here were poals on the reneral result, on Tilden’s majority in New York; on Hayes’ tnajority in Oniu; thut Hayes wouldn't curry a given nitmber of States; that Tilden would carry every Southern State; and go on, the variatlons being without number, but the theme ever the same,—gambling, gam- bling, gambling. There would be less to repre- hend In this species of * speculation” were It always conducted fairly and honestly as Intend ed, Men havea right -to do what they plense with their money, and buying pools Is about the wame an buying stocks in Wall street, Buty 048 ou are Hable to run againeta “corner” in étuck uperctions, so may you encounter POUL PLAY IN ‘THE POOI-ROOM. The manaver {s the first to recelye intelligence as to how cach sporting, event has Leen decided, and it is within his puwer to so manipulate the thdleatoe ns to swindle his_ patrons, ‘Take the {Mustration above given: There wero 310 tick- ets und $1,550 ih the pool. Ten tickets only were suldon F, Suppose the manager learns that F has won, he changes the fndivutor su as to slow that twenty tickets Instead of Len were sold ou F, taking that number away from the others named, so 23 to leave the whole num- ber unchanged, ‘Then, instead of dividing the winnings between ten persona, be gives ewwh of -the ten ‘boun-fide holders of tickets one-twentieth instead oof © one-tenth, and rakes the remainder into his own private pool, In addition to his 5 per cent commission on the whole sutn which he bad previously deducted, It is allezed that this {dentieal trick has been ployed quite frequently, but more particularly hy Irreaponstte poot-sellers at rave-tracks, The men who keep the pool-rovms, and expect to make a Ilving by means of them, cannot afford tw be even suspected of unfairness, and I sup- pose they are really qttite us honest og other speculoturs whose business ts claimed to bo legitimate, and fs, at least, recognized by law, Certain it le that they have THE CONFIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY toadegree that many of our banking jnstitu- tlous aight envy, for where ure thuse that can show $1,200,0W0 ns the resuit of two weelks’ de- posite! Or where is there a bank that could command one-twentieth part of this aum with- out offering any rity for it, or giving to its depositors a atatement of its financial condition! It is marvelous tow differently people look at things under «different vireumstanves. Within a short time there hare been several savings-bank failures iu our inidst, whereby depositors have Ivat a few thousands of dollars, Forthwith thelr managers wre denounced as reckless and even dishonest, while the Legistature fs mvoked to throw additional safeguards around the de- pnsitors to save them fram belne robbed. But Tera are thousands of depositors who place thelr amoney inthe hands of known gamblers, who give them uo security whatever, and who are utterly and hopelessly beyond the reach of the law should they turn dishonest and pocket the money, Consistency! thy wane certainly fs not “ pool speculator.”” AUCTION POOL has many patrong, but {s not so popular, for tha reason that [t costs more generally to “get in? It vonsists simply of selling ut. auction the priv- Uege of naming ths winner of any given event, ‘To Mustrate. ‘Suppose wo have vy horse-r: with three horses entered for the contest—Vio- let, Datsy, and Pink, ‘The attctioncer announces the race and solicits bids for the cholce, One spectator offers $150 fur Violet, another $100 for Datsy, and a third takes Pink for $200, Each revelyes a ticket esignating bls pool and the amount contained in” it, and the aum he himself bid. When the event comes off, the man who named the winsing horse recelves the entire sum in the pool, less 23¢ per cent commission, which the manager deducts an his remuneration for rent of -ruvms and accormine- dations furnished. These pools go wif very rap- idly when the event ls one which attracts public attention, ant fs to take place immediately, “Speculators” do not like te leave their money: Tong tna pool. They prefer tuturn It over as rapidly as possibic. Suspense ls intolerable after the stakes baye been put up. I know one fre- quenter of race-tracks and pool-rooms who makes a practice of buying the lowest horse In the pool, eapeuiatly if the odds agulngt him are very heavy. If hoe “makes a init,’ it is neeessa- rity 4 lurge one, and out of all proportion to the sum he risked. I tnew him on one occasion to Invest $15 ina pool and win $700, But he fs more apt to be struck by Hglitning than encoun- ter such Inck a second tine, He tells me, how- ever, that he “keeps abead of the gaine,” wine ing heavily occasionally, and losing amalisums frequently. Yet the balance is on the right side of his book thus far, There are many men in New York who have acquired A VERFECT PASSION PON POOT, and haunt the poul-roome day and night. They maybe sald to Hye In them, for Inneh ts handy ud the bar convenient. They watch every phase of the game, and [f, after having bet their money Upon a certain event, there occurs a change in the outlook, they “hedge atone, by bettin in oppoaitton to ‘themeclves, thus saving their inouey “less their commissions, = Dartng the Presidential oxeltenvent there wasn vast amount, of sages und when the pauls come to be pad, it willbe found that less money has actual- ¥ changed hands than would ippoved from the amount putup. From tl rst, Tilden had tho-call, leading Hayes atéodds of nbout $80 to 1 $100. Teds generally belloved, however, that he Was a purty to hese (ransactions, well Knuwing that puol-ioom betting was uecepted as an indd- cation of popular sentiment. As most menilke “to be on the whinkng side, he sirgued that keep- ing the puols iu his fuver would win him votes, And Ido not doubt but it did. Men bonghtfuto ‘pools belleving, from poolroom fudications, bathe was the popular candidate, and atter- wards voted as they lind wage: THE DEMORALIZATION of {t enacareely be estimated. It is eoutrih> uthiyg, u3 the gambling of Wall street. hus con tributed, to sap the foundations of legitimate Iuainess, Tho temptations te acquire money suddenly witbout living to labor fur it, is one. Which few of us can resist. Like any other apectes of gauvbling, (t fascinates those whe duige in tt, and they risk money which they have no rghtto place Jn Jeopardy, ‘They waste their tine and their substaties iunid surround- ings whieh sre caledlated to blunt the moral henses aud to lead tiem to countenance trang: actlons which are neither legitimate, honorable, nor lawful, Especially fd poolesunibling de- tmorallaiug to the young, beenuse of ft bts faact- nation, A five-lallar nete won on a pool will do more to entice younge men any from their business, and to ive thei a disiaste for the plodding ways of lugitinate trade, than almost anything eb And thousands of the youog omen and boys of — this elty uro now labttnal frequenters of the poul- rooms. Whether the laws aguinst pum bling apply to poolkselling or not, [ cannot say, but certain itis the pollee of this elty have never attempted to break it up. Indeed, the: selduin medic with gambling of any kind, an PARO-HAKES AND POLICY-BUOFS Progecttty thelr nefuriuus trate unmolested, in Jerevy some time seo un attempt was made to stop poulesolling at the Monmouth Park reco coures, but it was unsuccessful, ‘Then an ut- feinpt wos made to get a hill through the Les lature deeluring pool-selliug to be unlawful, but this ulsu failed. As a couseqnenct pools ure sold openly at Monmouth Park whenever there worace. It inuy be that the manner in Which the pools are curiducted evade the penal Hes of the guinbling act, but it iy nuvertheless. katubiing, puro und simple, and of the most en- Using: aud demoralizing character, Dutron. ro A Dendty Pool, Pull Mull Gasette, Soine remarkable stutements were made ot an fuquest held at bury in Luneushire, on Satur- duy. respecting a mfl-stream lodge known os “Old Charley's Lodge,” or ‘Thelllatier's Cem- etery,” In which o young woman, ged 1%, ty é - touches me, drowned hereclf, The lodge, it seems, is in the midst of a thickly-poputated neighborhood, and ia not protected by any fence. The water being warin, it offers untsual temptation to autcide, and, owing to its uncusrded conditton, It is also the scen’ of many fatal aceidents to young cnil- dren who fall into It while vlaying on the banks, The Coroner said he considered it “a public acandal”? that Old Charley's Lodge” waa not fenced off in nome way, He bat line! hetd inquests on the bodies of from fifteen to (wenty. persons who had met with their deaths in that lodge, and he understood that altogether upwards of fifty bodies had heen taken oulof it. He dtd not think there was another place In the kingdom to equal it. ‘This fa a mistake. The ponds on Hauipstead Heath clutm to have de- stroyed whore ilves than any otlicr plece of water of aaimiar size In Great Britaly, and the num- ber of bodies taken out_of them is beyond caleu- lation. Old Charley's Lodge fs, howeyer, beyond doubt, 0 most deadly pool, and n police constable at the Inquest tated that tt was a common saying In the borough, “I'l go to Ol Charley's Lodge,” or, ‘Go to Old Charley's Lodge; the first being on expression of de- spair, the second of brutality. THE OME. CIINISTMAS GIFTS. To the Editor of The Tribute. Cur0\co, Nov. 17.—As of late several ladies have given voice to their preferences through the Home columns, T find encouragement to in- quire after my favorite, for which I have o warm feeling of admiration. ‘ Mrs, Sarah L.," where art thoul The gootlly feast ect forth by other fair hands is doubticas fine, but I miss the bright, cheering aparklo of the wine you used to cive us. ‘The drop you sent o short while ago was only exasperating in not being enough. I know it can be no effort for you towrite. Your style {s that of a ready writer, so thero’s no excuse for you on that score. Do, my dear, “drop us a fow lines,” and afford pleasure to the hun- dreds who will read them. The plaintive request. of “May Deino" for information about Christinns gifts ts one that I will give her a few hints about some little things easily made, and which more than repay the trouble of making: First, o tidy and tuflet mats. Cut out of ordinary white muslin (Fruit of the Loom, Lonsdale,” ete.) round pieces, say two fuches in diameter; turn the cdgs in slightly, and with strong threud gather and poll up tlehtly; fasten the thread sceurely; then flatten the little affair out, and you will lave a small round, the vack of which is plain, but with a cirele of gathers on the face avery little distance from the centre, Mako severa) of these, and sew together either jn square or round form, os you prefer your tidy and mats to be. Finish =o by — knotting on oa fringe of fine tldy-cotton around the onter cdge, Tho effect will surpriso you, particularly when placed on a dark background. A variation may be made by Inserting a tiny piece of scarlet or blue silk or fannel beneath the gathera in the centre, showing 8 spot of color In the middle of each round. Simple frames for imperlals and photographs may be made of strips of white perforated card- hoard cnt for the sides on inch or two longer than the pleture; also strips for top and bottom. ‘These strips should be, for imperials, about two anda half inches widt. Work down tho eentra of ench a pretty pattern of aay an Incl in width. Then, with either coarac silk or split zephyr, join together, working at cach of the four cor- ners one of the figuresof your design, but some what larger than on the rest of the frame, so {t will give a heavier appearance to them; place the picture propel then Iny over both frame and picture a picee of clear glass of the same size, and fusten them all together by means of paper smeotlily puted on the back, with the edges sli¢htly over-lapping on to the glass, tuking care that this edge is quite even, The color of the paper should of course correspond with the colors the vard-board fs worked in. For instance, I have o frame worked In gold-colured allk and black, with the outside bordering of black paper, and the effect fa very rich and handsome. As the glass protects the frame and picture from dust, und emoke, they will last fur years, and aro really very little trouble to make, Light blue, with'the paper edge of dark, rich maroon, or pluin color, is very beautiful, A pretty, novel little ornament lor a dainty bracket fg made thus: Take a pure white outs and empty it of the contents through o small Spent made in the Inrger end. Carcfull pluch olf the ragged edge of the penta yy Until one quurter of the shell Is off Over the ed (whlch must be smouth as possible) of the slender vuse thus formed glue a piuce of gilt pansy extending quarter an inchdown both Insite and out. Cover small square of thin wood with glossy bluck, white, or et paper, and on ft place the cup and hold {1 post- tion by means of a eup of five put on the smull end of the shells which is ret upright — on the middlo of the block, You then have a futry-llke yase for holding a couple of minute ferns or a spray of wax-flowers, or any delicate trite consistent with its proportions. A very curlous ond at the same time artlatic bracket can be made out of that commonplace thing, a cow’s horn, Make a bracket in as syin- metrical epane ns possible, with strong pleecs of white cord-brald., Then serape off the discol- ored outside of the horn until you have reached the snowy white Inside, Keep on scraping, keeping the curly Httle white scraps carefully from intermingling with the darker ones, which may be thrown away, for they ure of no usc, Glue these little specks as closely as possible on. your card-board foundation, and you will have a delightfyl little ornament, suitable for the handeomest parlor, and I fee) assured you will never apenk disparagingly of the “cow with the eruinpled horn” after this, Did you ever beautify onc of those old-fash- foned rush-bottomed, black-framed chairs which can occasionally be found fn second-hand stores? They may te made very hand. some jn oa quaint way by ~ putting in a judicious manner some of the finest deval- comante pletures hero and there along the frame, If your pletures are large and well chosen, and taste is used in disposing of them, » pleasing re- sult is sure to follow. Another way to cover little fancy articles,auch na photograph frames, brackets, boxes for hota. ing matches, dominoes, ete., is to cover card- buard shapes with those queer little scraps of moss or lichens which grow tpon tree limbs. Benhiably a close scrutiny of your wood-pile may develop hitherte unknown beauties to your eye. 1 should like to describe to you a dahila whlely Tuse for holding balrping when notin use, It is made of spht, zephyr in tho stitch called “eheep-back.” The color fs yellow, running from a rich warm maroon down to the faintest cream, The darkest color forms the mossy ball i] centre, and the lightest the extreme outer tho intereating colors merging in Hko or- der, ‘The whole is sprinkled with tiny mites of gluss beads which gives a glistening, dewy look to the muck flower, “ Perhaps you muy not find anything suitable in these little things, but still” here they ure ready for some other occasion not perhaps 60 important as Christmas, Twill send more descriptions of articles for wae and ornamenta- tlon if a desire tu have them is signified by any one. In reply to Mrs, 1. B., 1 got some of the Iit- tle buskets you Must mean atthe Exposition, ub the small cost of five cents apiece, 1 think yo can get them e halves; if not, they are easily cut, ‘There is A store where you will find auything and everything inthat” linc on the weal aldo of State street, neur Madison. Onv of the cunningest Ilttle notlons iu my parlor is one of these sume little white baskets filted with gund, in which are stuck minute ferns, luter- Inixed with thiy leaves off a wild rose-bush, which are turned a brilllant red by the frost. Jean Holden ean safely try deodorized benzine on her shuwl, ora very good cleanlig Muld was tiven by some one w few weeksugo inthe Home, Red-bordered napkins and towels, If of goud Hnen, will boll as well ua white ones. In regard to washlug brown nen, I knew a lady who used when washing er cam- brea and culieus for the first thue to pour boil- dng-hot walt water over them before they were piven to be rubbed, oud her dresses ulways ooked fresh and unfuded unt! worn out. Its tual to uge salt water for rinalug high-colured ous, WAL the falr window-gardencr, or some other Kind triend who knows, tell what to do about. a couple of ivics that will not grow, and atl persist in olen heallliy t Why does not Dr, Auiic Hale favor us with her seualble, much-necded letters now! LD hope bhe is not prevented by the scarlet-fever scourge from haying eutlcient Hine, Let ine thank ber forthe help she gave me with amy dear baby while living; but 1, ike hundreds of other fond Mothers In this great city, lust my littls ono during that deadly month of August. Still her letter will be acceptable to mothers with thelr deur Hale ones Lwith them, for 1 think there fg more real need of the knowledye she sup; ites thun thers Is of theso windy diocussious abupt servunt-girle, dress-reform, sugar, and chem)- loons. With thanks for your patlence, Mr. Editor, 1 am thankfully ane Ls Mis. Many 1. P.8—1 think 'Stickum will find a paste mado of four und watur, and brought to a boil, will by sutisfuctory if wade very thin and puton lightly, Tuse greut deal fn pastlag my hus band's articles in the serupbook, und” have found it better thun anything clas for the pur pore. Does she cut out about. one teat in every four before pasting in ler pleces? Inet she will find ber covers will not close properly, ‘The leaves will bo too thick for the apace be- tween them, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicaao, Nov. 17,—~Vlease sir, may [ have a chat through your columns with “ May Demo! on the subject of Cliristmas gifts? Your will- ingness granted, I will at once proceed to tell her about some articles lang in use, but that. tloes not prove that every one knows the knnck of putting them together, Let us first rev what we alall give to fathers, brothers, and husbands, (or to he), Most every man has a watch, and if at night he doesn’t leave tt in his yest, and throw carclesaly the satne vest down most any- where, it's a wonder, Now, to make hin more careful, suppose you fashlun a pretty watch-cuse and hang it near hfs bed or totlet stand; he will be sure to use it if very pretty, Cut out of pasteboard a piece alinust exactly Hike the sole of a allpper, and another piece Wku nsinnli packets go that when the twoure put to- ether it will resemble a sandal. Now suppuse Fou mako your case of Dive allke cover one eile of the biggest piece of pastebonrd with the allk put on perfectly platn, and cover the other side With the silk quilted; the bark of yaur wateh- case fs now png that ds, if the seams are all turned in. nicely and neatly overstitched; proceed to voyer tho pucket In just the same omunner, the luside linet plain, tha outelde quilted; in the centre work au fultal letter; to do su draw or trace on thin paper the fétter and size you wish. Then sel it on the pocket and cover “with small pearl beads, Your caae {s now ready to put together, and with arl beads iunke a fringe all arowne (xeolloped). I think you will have no trouble, even It itis your first atteinpt. Tam afraid ij fava taken tip lots of roum in deseribing this sluple article, but unfortunately 1 have nut the gift of sayings much Ina few words, Sometiting every geuticinan should hinve, Is a vollar-box. Making one pretty and substantial, will snake it nearly Invaluable to lim, wlite the expense fs trilling to you. Vrocure an ordinary sized collur-box ‘of pastebourd, but be sure the cover tite In the box, not out; cover the sides of the box with perforated card- bowrd, inthe centre of whieh you haye some faney border in bright worsted; fasten to the hox Hehtly and carofully, and on each ede sew fluted ribdon an inch wide, the color to inatel your worsted; onthe cover is the prinefpal Work as it tits in of course there will be a tittle Joop in the centro to raise it; around this loup work o wreath, aud above make the word “cullars”? in tiny letters, 1 inltind; and quite cloxe to the edge of the cover sew the fluted nibbon. Your collar box ts now compteted, (unless you wish to line it with elk), and Tam sure sunie one will bless the fingers that: mado it. To make dressing-gown, soil ‘will have to pur- chase*a regular pattern, of course; and as the canvas alitel is pimple, you will certainly have no trouble In Mllng out a patrof slippers, but you must make a sitoking-cup to go with these, and if yott have some velvet inthe house thy cost of this handsome gilt will not be much, Cut out of the eba straight piece about two and a half inches wide, and the size uround to ft the heal {tit Intended for, ‘race on thin papor a border—such a3 you will dnd in most fashion Journals,—and sew thla in the centre of the velvet strip; then comtnence brald> ing with narrow gold or silver braid; remember the expense is less if you have traced a showy border, and yet one that requires less braid than aclose pattern, Cutthe crown out of velvet, about the efze of an ordinary cap crowns trace a centre plece; acw it exuctly In the middle of the velvet, and brald as before; you can add with goud elfect to this centre-work a gold or ailyer tassel; a(ter your braiding [a completed remove earefully all paper with a pair of smull scissors, Put the eap tugether and line with quilted silk, or anything cunventent that is suitable. On the inner edge it is best to sew a narrow strip of elastic, a pretty little trifle for a present is 3 court- plaster case, Cutout of perforated card-board tivo pieces exactly alike, say Uhrce inches long and two Inches wide, on ono of theso pieces work in silk or worsted these words: 1 heal all wounds save those of love." In the centre of the other make mouogrant, or whut you will; join the two pieces together, ex- cept one end, by averstitching the edges; at, each oug of the four corvers puta tiny bow of ribbon, or cord and. tassel of the silk and worsted. I must nut forget to toll you that this Ittle affair will be better Mned with ilk, Now you want to make nemall book that will fit tito thls case; you do not want over six leaves to it, and they must be tnade alternately of perforated cardbeard und court-plaster of different colors, such aa pink, white, and black; joln these Jeaves together at one end by aver aUching or narrow bindlng, and make a little loyp, so that when your bouk {3 iusids the case you can easily remove ft. ‘There, that puts me in mind, I forgot to tell you to put a hanging Jopp fo your watch-casc, ext Week, or xo, If the editor will gracious); allow ino space once more tn this department, would like realy to tell you what to make for lady frlends, articles such as meuchvir, glove and aclesor-cases, vtec, T truat these few descriptions will enable hie to accomplish your desires, Qxonuta H, To the Editor af The Tribune, La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 10.—In last Satur- day's “ Home some ono asks for information about Christmas presents. Perhaps I can give some hints which will be useful. A pretty and inexpensive article for a gentleman fs ashaying- paper case, made in this way: Cut from per- forated paper two pleces, the suine size, in the shape of a shield or a heart, work on one the {nltlal in bright Berlin wool, and {ill the space around ft with alternate squares of wool and bends,—silver-lined ones are pretty, Cover the other piece entirely with the squares. Lino with cainbries bind cach picce with narrow rib bon matching the sliade of woul used, Then take several sheets of different colored tlesue paper; fold and cutabout halfan inch amalicr all arounl than the covers. Pince the papers be tween the embroidered pieces, fasten all to- yether with a bow of ribbon, leaving: a loop to hung itup by. Instead of the perforated pa- per, you can use cardboard covered with silk or velvet and braided. ‘Then 1 havea pretty sllp- per-ease, made of cindbourd covered with blue velvot and bralded with gold braid, Lt requires ubout three-fourths yard of velyet and one spool gold brald. A halr-pln cushion, in the form of a hat, safllor-shupe, with a crocheted covering of Curdinal zephyr, u black velvet band; brim Hned with bluck, tury upon one ide and fastened by a Cardinal bow, A specta- clocase made something tike a slipper-case, ouly amalter, uf course: f osearlet merino em- brojdered with white silk and beads, edges bound with whit ribbon and finished with v how, A Biblo-cushion pleced of tiny acrupa of slik and velvet, — Pretty —boult-covers, chrocheted uf white’ cotton, with bows of vithon ut the corners, aA ect af Hnes for the “little brother,” knit of searlet yarn, A. dainty Swisa muslin apron, edyed with ‘lace or Pialetnus of the mustiin, wits tiny bluo or pink bows on tho shoulders dod pockets, is pretty for a girl from 6 to 15, Tani not a-housekeeper; ain “only a girl; but Pam greatly interested In some of the let- ters in the “Home Departinent.” T know that. T should Ike to make the acquaintance of “Aunt, Lucy" and ber irks, Edn: ust be splendid. Alter I have finished reading the * Home," 1 always fecl like poor little Oliver Twist, I want “more, Yours ‘ fraternally,"? . Eat BRoweEnre. Ta the Edttor of The Tridune, Cintcaco, Nov. 17.—To Young Housckecper* T would eny that {tis better to Just scald red- border napkins, a8 boiling is apt to turn them dark, Also let me give my reelpefor making baking- powder, as in ny early housekeeping days I found It quite an item of expengos Six ounces of tartaric acid, clght of the best baking soda, and one quart of flour; eft five or six times 6 e003 to thoroughly mix the procure the materials fram by su dolng you have tor fifty cents what would cost you &l i you bought ft from a grocer, eure it well corked in a jars uso the ame quantity us you would of any other powder, * May Demo," of Englewood, wishes to ba posted about fancy work fur Christmas. will olfer her a few surgestions, Let her get a sheet of atl cardboard: cut in two pieces so as to form a wall-pockct; cover and fine with some. pretty, bright material—pleces loft trum dress- making will answer; then gct half a yard of chints or cretonne, and carefully cut aut the niany pretty flowers she will And on it, and with miucifage arrauge them fn any manner to sult her taste; bind the edges with ribbon or brald, and ftmakes uw very pretty ornament at very Uttle cost. Very pretty tidiew may be made by using the fyures cut fron the cretonne, and ap- plying thi tu squares of silk or linen; but- vb-hole the edge with sewing-silk to match the Ieaves und Nowors fu color; the burder may be either finttaticn or Valenciennes lace, or a woolen fringe; lace, if alk i¥ used for tho rung works woolen fringe on Hneu, Hoping: this will prove acceptable to the Homo, t re mal, Mas. JB J, ingredients; a! wu good druggist ROFL SOAP, To the Ruitor o@ The Tribune, Mirwauwex, Nov. 1,—My recipe for soft soup is #u good and so easy to make that I have conduded to give the benellt of it tous many opera ag see and read your Toma De- partment and Hie useful recipes: Try out: fourteen pounds of grease; to uns add ten pounds of potash, dissulyed in just bofling waterenough tocover the lumps. In two or three lays pourarer the twnixture several pall- futs of boiling water. (Bo careful to se dotting water, un tliat cooks ft} Keep on adding the water ous fst ns the suap thickens until your barrel ts full of nice, accel, clean soap. It must be stirred Aard every time the water Ie put Into the barrel, uottl tt is ontirely mixed. Try it, housckeepers, Isthere anything which will clear coffea as well as.an egg, and make the clear drink which we like tor brenkfast? [have tried many tings, but nothing will answer to settle it Hke an eg, and it {s didicult at all times to get freeh exes, especially during tho winter. Very respect- fal ty, Mus. J. A. Pinta, USEFUL RECIPES, To the Baltor af The Tribune, Int.xots, Noy, 15.—I tako a great interest in the “Homa Department," and think every one does who {s over ready to learn something use- ful. Tamalad to think that the ‘drese-re- form? question is recefving some attention, and hope ft will continue to do so, o8 I think it will certainly be for the benefit and good of a great many. [Heulth and comfort are the casentlals of life. Iam pationtly awalting the answers in regard to making Christmas presenta. Thave aulce recipe for oyster-soup, which £ think will be liked by allwho try it: Put one quart of oysters into three quarts of bolting water, and pepper and ealt to suit the taste. Leave the oysters in long enough to become heated throngh (na oysters should never be bofled to taste nice). Then skim into the turcen. Now put in one pint of aweet cream, about one dozen crackers, and a good-sized lump of but- ter, quid, Let it come to o boll, and then pour inte the tureen and send to the table. Lalso havea niles recipe for catiage-salad: Take one head of nice cabbage and vlop very fine with salt, after which set it away fora few days. Thet: drain off all the water, and add one tablespoon of inustard seed, And enough vine- gar to cover, and boil it one-half hour, This is to he eaten cold, ZS . Will some one please tell me how to color a poplin dress brown? Westenn Reapen. ™ the Editor of The Tridune. Macomp, Il, Nov. 14— Will “ Blanche," whose few words to mothers I enjoyed so much, send her recipe for Graham bread ani pudding sho thinks eo nutritious for children? Can any one teli mo how to cook oatmeal otherwise than mush or grucl? 1 send recipes for chucolate cake and cream cake that 1 know are excellent: Cream Cuke: Onc cup wiite sugar; one and one-half cups flour; three eggs beaten ecpirate and very,light; two tablespoons water; one tea- spoon Dak! ng powder, ke In twa cukes. reain: One pint milk; one cup sugar: one-hall cup butter; three eggs; two tublespoous four; leinon extract. Cut euch cake and ill with the cream. . Chovolate Cake: Tivo cups sugar; two-thirds cup butter; anv cup sweet milk; three cups Nour; three eggs; tivo teasnvons baking pow- ders Jemon extract. Bake us jelly-cake. Curatnel: The whites of three eggs beaten very stiff two cups sumar boiled until almost candy; pour very slowly ou the whites, beating them quite faat; oue-half eake Baker's choco- late grated; vanilla extract; stir until cool, then put between cach cake and over the top and wldes. A Morugn. To the Rattor of The Tribune, Cmcaqo, Noy, 17.—1 wish to send you a few recipes for cakes, which if made right will equal any made by a fancy baker, Antse drops; Two cupfuls of granulated sugar; three cxys; three cupfuls of flour, and one teaspoon of anlse-seed. Beat sugar and eggs well for half an hour; then add the other ingredients; drop on buttered pane, and bake ina moderate oven. ‘The secret here Hes in beating rapidly and thorvughly. Thege will qiuke «mall cukes, and cach tea- spuonfal is to be dropped separately. Another kind of small cakes ts mado as fol- lows: Take nine ounces of oar; six ounces of sugar; one-half pound of butters four eges; two teaspoontula of baking-powder, Stir but- ter and sugar first; rub the powder futo the flour, und add tho rest. Pour Into square tin pans, Miling them about half an inch, and strew cinnamon, sugar, and sliced almonds over It. ‘fhe altaonds muat be previously scalded. Bake a ight brown, and, when done, cut into squares, Will some one favor me with o good recipe for breakfast rolls, thut can be relied on without experimenting! GERstAN, 7o the Editor af The Tribune. Cnicaao, Nov.17,—"'Grace Mayhue” asked for a recipe for cream cake. I notived quite a num- ber lo last Saturday’s Trinuns, but none like mine, and as it is very nice [ would like to con- tribute its Three eges; one cup of coffec sugar; two tublespoons of cold water; one and a bulf eupeak flour; one and a half teaspoons of Price’s baking powder; bake in fuur Inyers, Cream; half a plut of milk; one egye; threo tablespoons of sugar; one tablespoon of cornstarch; table- spuon of butter; flavor with teaspoun of vanilla or lemon; boil two minutes, stirring briskly; spread with the cream while warm, T have an excellent recipe for doughnuts; if any one would Ike to havo It Lwill send it. This ia“ baklny-powder abomination,” but oever- theless the abomination is very good. “ Cousin NELL,”* To the Fiitor of The Tribune. Exain, U1, Noy. 14.—Sometimes we make a Welsh rarebit by melting good old cheese with a little vinegar, butter, and milk, and pouring It over bread toasted or untoastcd, as we happen to fancy, and it will be perfect. Again it will be somewhat stringy. We havo attributed fail- ure tu the cheese,—" not full cream,” as we had supposed, We havo never seen any reelpes that. we liked so well us ourown, Perhaps some “TTome" curreapondent with wider experience can give us a better recipe, or just the sugges tlon we desire, and secure the thanks of at least one - Ilen-Ilusar, To the Editor af The Tribune, Crtcago, Noy. 16,—Hoping Frank's patience has not been exhausted ero this by a surplus of recipes for chowder, 1 rise from a long silence under the title of a reat “Down-Easter,” aud. offer a recipe for clam or fatichowder: onequart water; two silecs pork; two ordinary-sized onlons, sliced thin. Boll twenty minutes; add half a dozen aiunrteret potatoes; one pound halibuc laid on the top. Put in butter, pepper and salt to taste,—the higher seasoned the bet- ter, Thicken with a Httle fours stew half an hour. Juat before taking up put ina pint of oyster crackers, and you have a genuine chow- der, a ta seaside, Mrnutis, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cuicago, Noy.17.—1 haye not seen anyrecipo for chuvolate marblo-cake, so will send mine, us some ouc may like ft. I think it better thantho spiced cake; one and a half cups sugar; one and a half cups butter; one cup milk; threo eggs; three cups four; baking powder, When mixed, divide the cake, and add to oue- half, one-fourth cake of German sweet chuco- Jute, grated (Baker's will do ag well), Pat fn the pan first a layer of dark, then light; finlsh with the dark cake. Tho batter should be rather stiff, so tho parts will not run together ia baking. Will some one send a recipe for home- toade apple-butter! Miss Bi, To the Biltor af The Trioune. Cuiaaao, Nay, 17,—Cora Lee would like to Know how the-bakers mako glnger-anaps, 1 have a yory good recipe, which I think ste will like a» well. Take ono pint of New Orlcans molasses; two tablespoons of lard, and one tablespoon of ginger; Iet it como toa boll, and when cool add one teaspoon of soda (dissolved {no littly water) and Hour enough to make 9 soft donb; roll thin and bake ina quick oven. Thayea very ead recipe for ice-cream cake, Te any one would Hke ft 1 will send tt, , Aunt Betsy, To he Editor of The Tribune. Cuicago, Nov. 17.—I will bero copy from tmy reelpe-book an “English Christmas mince- ples” ‘fhreo avd a half pounds cach of beet aud suet chopped fing; threo aud a half pounds cach of raisins aud currants; seyen pounds of apples chopped; onc pound of candied cltron; two pounds of suger; one ounce of nuumeg; four quarte of good cider: ovo pint of best yinegur; salt; und a pint of gulden sirup, Mull the raising should be stoned und chopp: 5 the other half Jeft whole. Alina, Louisa 'T, — CENTENNIAL PUDDING. To the Bduor of The Tribune, Six Mines enon Minwaugee, Wis., Noy. 13, —The Home Department of your valuable paper ig .a harbinger of Joy {n my quict country home, Thave acquired a friendly feeling for many of your contributors, aud, fn imagination, have wocla! chats over a cup of tea with them. I now offer a recipe which we will call Centennial, it belng a dish of my grandmother's, who, {! Hylug, would be nearly one hundred years ol wge. Besides, Br, Editor, you know everything muat by ealted Centenntal this. One quart. sweet milk; salt to taste; when boiling, stlr in flour, which shontd be previously sifted ant standing nears continue to stie in the four until thick enough to form tua mold. Tt must be constantly stirred or it will become bumpy. As avon agit reaches the pre consistency, the “pudding is ready to be turned into a guart bow), putting a plate over Now for the Rullcem he bouquet of the whol Tub together ono tablespoon of butter aud the sane of tours one teacup cold water; one wine-glass of vinegars one-hulf teacup of molusacsy same of murars one grated nutmeg. Stir briatly until boillag, It fs now ready for table. If property manip. ulated this {su most exeellent puddiriy, Any one falling to find {iso must not blame ime, ur think I lave omitted any Ingredient. f oneg heard a gentleman say bls wife had attempted it, and you could throw it against the door and Not Infiire ft [the door or pudding!) one particle, Trusting Thave not Infringed too much upon your estimable paper, L reniuln yours, ete., Betsy JANE. — TRAINING-SCIHOOL FOR DOMESTICS Th the Editor of The Triduns. n Ping Lovar,” Nov. 10,—Upon my return home, two wecks ogo, I was gratified to sce that my fellow-lousekecpem were moved to speak upon the servant question. It fsa matter in which I have been much interested for gone time, not only practically but Uscoretically, and Jast summer I wrote two articles on the subject for the Home Department, hoping to call forth replies from those whose practical pens could discuss the subject more ably; but os they failed to elicit any response, { subsided. With the exception of a few who any they never have auy trouble’ with their servanta, and whom I was led to belfeve upon closer observa- tion folluwed one of Vanderbilt's business maximsto "never tell of defeata—only suc- cusses,—=\with tliese exceptions I find in com- paring my twelyo year's experience with others that Enat and West, clty and country, and be the station high or low, the same tale of the svarelty of competent, trained domestics; that the mothers were breaking down with their burdens, our boys and yirls growing up with o conteinpt for home duties, onr young married wople crowded Into boardlng-hotises and knoww- ng notbiug uf tle beauty and sunetity of home, because ekilled Iabor cannot be ubtained. Inoticed ina former paper the catses which I have led to this state of affairs, and we ore more interested fn the remedy. Ona Indy sa “rT think American womenare o shiftleas’ act to endure these ills without any concert of action to lielp mattera.”?” Those who have given the subject any thought agree thata training school would be a movement In the right direction. Some may eny that every kitchen, every house- hold, shoul be such n° school, and the imis- treeses teachers. Nothing fa pleasanter than taking a young girl, and by patient instruction see her develop intua skilled housewife, and know when she goes forth to a home of her own that she Isa better wife and mother, her hus- band and sons better citizens, because of tho in- iluence of a womanly character which you havo helped to form, But allintstreeses aro not good housekeepera; many of those who are such are not * unt to teach;? and ngatn, however capable aul willing a mistress may be, sickness, the care of young childeen, or other equally important. dutica, may ao tle her hands that she {3 utter! unuble te give a domestic the instruction which she necds, and habits are contracted which no after training can eradicate, Then, again, those irts who laye the most brains and prove » be the most coinpetent only take up housework aa a stepping-stone td something better, or more respectable in their estimation, and however inuch they may like the home and the peuple, however well tested, or well paid, are ready to leaye upon a moment's notice, and housekeepers never know what a day may bring forth,—which, of course, Is true of all mundauc affaira,—and would nut be so dire a_calainity in the household, if their places could be filled without trying halfa-dozen to find ono witha cupacity to be taught, and then spending three months in instiiliug into her mind the a, ¢ of housework, As children make more rapid progress at school than when taught alone ut lome, so more satisfactory results would be obtained from teaching a class of twenty or thirty girls than one alone. They" would te [mbucd with a respect for thelr call- ing, thelr ambition would be aroused to excel in thelr work, their minds enlarged, brightened, and made ready to recelye after Instruction. Whereas, when wosking alone ina kitchen, there is so much telling, 80 much doing over, that they think the iistress particular and fault-finding, or sce auch a wide difference in her skill und their own clumsiness that they are discouraged. Agaln personal habits, as the care of thelr persons ond rooms, neat- ness ot table, cte, can be taught to a class without — givin; offense, As for the pupils of such asehool, [think there would be many who would gladly nyall them- selves of the privilege, for those who are inter- ested In city nilsslona and Industrial schools kuow how gratified most parents are with tho iustruction given thelr children, Lhuve heard fathers say that girls were not food for anything unless they learned to do Housework; und, Ilving as the majority. do, large families crowded In two or-three roome, they have no opportunity to Icarn to do work as it ts dane in a well-ordered home. Parents have begged mo to take their girls and teach them to be housekeepers, and, when posst{ble, I baye dune su with iuod results, but have felt that it would lave been more satisfactory to them and fo nes eould they haye had gomo previous raining. Is it uot possible to establish o school where young wonien can be cducated inallthe branches of the housewife’s urt, and made Intelligent, ea- pable domestics, with respect for thefr vocation, and a desire to excel? There ore well-ordered homes und right-minded men and women walt- ing to welcome euch skilled Jabor and give them that respect and consideration which ts always due the faithful emptoye. And now that so muny avenues for employ- meut are closed, could there be 4 better time to open up an old highway, which {s overgrown with weeds And stumbiing-blocks, and inako that bright, and cheery, aid bloasoming like the rose, ao that multitudes shat! tlock to walk thereln, cach one pieking up a atone, pulling o weed, or planting u flower, sf L Ie TILE ETIQUETTE OF TIETABLE, To the Editor af Tha Tribune, Apnian, Mich., Noy.18.—“ Dabbter’s" letter, in your last Saturday's Trung, pteascd me exceedingly, £ have often wondered, myself, at the seeming indifference of an otherwise neat amt fashlonable housckeeper as to tho arrange: ment and serving of her table. Now, a8 Dab- bler? ond myself aro mutually interested on this subject, let us invite others to joineus in writing a series of short letters regarding tho “etiquette of the table? Iam convinced that many women who have commenced house- keeping by belng very particular in regard to the matter, lave becaino discouraged, uncusy, and careless, owing to poor servants, many and In- creasing cares, cte., and have decided that os Jong as the table-linen, allver, ete., are clean,” and the viands well cooked, it makes little dif- ference whether Bridget puts the dishes on straicht or not. Company arrlyes. Al! that alters everything. There is a tremenduous rushing around to stralzhten things up. Perhupa wo have arrived unexpectedly; low unplegsunt it is to know that our friend and hostesa fs in tho Kitchen or dining-room, worried and anxious lest. Bridget should make somo mistake In arranging the table. The knowledge of this utterly destroys the pleasure of an otherwise delightial visit. Jt wattera not that the library or sitting-room into which we are ushered presents the extreme of domestic comfort, with its Elowlng ire, its pictures and Mowers, and all that tends to make a room cheer- ful and hoapitable-looking. There {s a jar some- where which Is pay two visible in the worrled Jook and frequent, if not total, absence of the “presiding genius.’? ow all this can be avolded. Make it arnlo to have your table arranged every day aa you do for company, One certalnty finds a ‘meal, how- cyer simple, much more enyoyabte when datutlly served, How tempting the tout ensemble? is, the anowy cloth, the gleaming ellyer, the piitter of the well-washed glass and ching, and the dishes put on straight, “Tistead of huddiin; tho meat and vegetables all around the plate of that poor mystic, the * masterof thehouse, how much better to put sitnply a dish of meat etore him; putting the Vegetable-dishes at the sides (J om supposing that “the hegds of thu house sit vppusite cach other,-the long way of the fable, which is tho proper way, ? belleve), Tedetracts very much from the beauty of « din- uerctable tu hayo the tea-cquipuge’ upon the table, If teaor cnlfeo is desired, ft should be served with the desert; and, os “Dubbler™ raid very truly, dessert should not be brought in until every dish is removed and the crumbs brushed up, " Tt auves u world of annoyance to enforce these rules every day. There is then no need of sham” refluement, to bo brought out only for thy bencilt of nbraunrene aud to be locked up in the panty along with the best. chluu ay soon as our friends depart, aud then we are ready for any emergency in the shape of an unexpected visitor, aud cau sit serenely by the cheerful slow of our Mrestds really enjoying the soviet éur friends, secure in the rite, ede thatno poe sible mortiflcations await us ut dlunerthne- Eating, o8 some distinguished writer hus said, “teu Vulgar hublt” wt best, ‘The meru act of puttiyg food lute the mouth and satisfying au anttl apy oy povtieal Ate hoe certatat or poetical about. thetheredore Ay, thtnaa, : rat truly retina age fF tle to ussactate wtn Util peopte tliat tenis to make the t Me delightful, Cheer th 0 arent fable, we gtate Whether ‘ Post Nothin: erty’ ens the aypétite better than ang Tee Harpe Of, As Ehnve: sald before ties tale T upplied novery Ny"—Hust ns fins to rear thelr children ti true culture ae ment teach them to bo polite wnt irene retines at all Limes, ond not espe: fully su dn ery eleed My letter fs getting ton lune, so yocuibany. Feel Gries muse We AL nny wish to continue th {svi stup, More some other tiny, ie oy ihn ae vite How. Wil the lady who wave the eaten Fepeat ft, ws [haya a itt Winsig, CRU "Voune, erenin-puffs Idndly paper? —. PASTE For “sry 7 the Editor af The 7 Mitspane, Mich, Noy. 15.—1 destre ty “Stickum," and all others with her, whacee to preserve for future use the ex ellen nate of your “ Home Departinent,” ty hes thing which they want, aud which she ing thes for, Go to your drugutst and procure an ene quintne bottle, with its apnropriate weit At the same place get one of the smnalter “oe of the brushes known as * gash tools." ne whole in the centre uf the ek sui an Inrge, but close-fitting, ir to admit the your brush, ‘Then purchase one ounce ne tragacanth—sclect the whito Males: RSs Mulste part of this (as the whote ounce will famines ie more than Aen will want, at one) with et waters it will soften and inereuse in Turk and become sticky, and you can tien Feduce its atu slatency. to “auft your Tikes, You cat sco quite thin, but if too thin, and yon use it tps i. slips cut from the RewWspapere, It wil} pt through unsized paper, and, when dry, will ul ke thowrealing-matter a dirk and tilesible ayes ance. A little practice will show you Whit yo Want, Should your paste ever heeume dry tame exposure, or, a8 it will in warm weather, lsime sone or niouldy, molaten it as from time tenet it snoy require with o ttle good vinegar, ‘The will make tt permanently unchangeable, una: ue will then have at hand a neat, tly, wide mouth ed poste Lottie, from which Itttle or no evapora. tfon can take place, and hence an cverrealy supply of the best possible pustes wien hse perpetuate and make useful ty mankind thos 7 most excellent recipes, the wrought-out problems of the best and most experienced honsewts : and housekeepers in onr land, and son will Ke complish for tho “art of cutsine" what tho inventors of the printing preas did for the cause of human knowledge—voltect the matertals out from which a better book can be conipiled than has yet appeared,—jnst ns the painter ts abla bya careful study of ail of the elements of beauty inthe “human face and form disine," to) splice combing, and transferte canvas a nore a pleture than eyer existe: y TS alton what 1 oe ir or, Whatan excellent thing e¢ accomplished If a practical test could ful ba of a or these reeihets ani ie Dest of all this el rncred wu! or thi mankind! oe ees a hanelltof To the EMitor oF TAs Tritne, Muskegon, Micb., Noy. 14.—1 am nota rub- serlher of your valuable paper, but chance throw in my way laat Saturday's fssuie, and, wishlug to impart alittle information, and nlsoto gain a ttle” myself, Itake the Hberty of writing to yes {f the lady who wished to know how to make puste for scrap-books will follow foe, I think she will bu satisiled with firs ae sult. [use corn starch, Wet the starch in cold water, and then pour bolling water onit, enough tocookit. Ifshe getait Just right itwill be about ns thick as thin cream, I thluk it best to ‘use it ns soon ns possible after itis made. [t is the best paste I ever used. J apply it with an old toott-brush. Youra, A Stmanogn, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cnroago, Noy. 17.—Please allow me to say, for the benefit of an inquirer for mucilage for scrap-books, that commen laundry “clear starch” is decidedly better than any mucilage Thave ever used or heard of. Save a little Monday from the clear starchiny,” and you will have no trouble about ‘acraps" being half fastened, and the starch never discolors. Tho gaine {struc also of herbarium work, and, In- deed, of any sort of faney work where eevdlng neatness fs desirable. CTW, To the Editor af The Tribune. Cutoago, Nov, 15.—In last Saturday's Trie- une “Stleckum " wishes to know what paste to use for her scrap-book. Corn starch or flour paste cooked (using about a toblegpuon of starch or flour to a half pint of water), is tho best “stickum.’? Be sure and take the precaution to parte only the edges of the eerap, caving the middle dry, and all obieettons onus count of wrinkling Will vantsh. While drying, pluce some heavy weight on the book. Mns. Louise. To the Editor of The Tribune, Sourm Evanston, Noy. 17.—Yourcorrespond- ent ‘ Stickum" asks for a quod paste foracrap- books. Ifshe (for no man would make a scrap book) will try boiled starch, I think she will find it aeucccas, Make it thick cnongh to forma fine jelly when cold, and useas any other paste. A photographer told me, and Fike it much. T this the Home a very interesting addition to your paper. Eausest. To tha Raltor of The Trivune, Curcago, Nov. I had the same expe- rience ns “Stickum?* tilt I tried gum truss canth, which can be procured at any drug-store. Pour warm water over the gum, and let it etand till dissolved, Iftoo thick, more water inay be added, I huye used this with entire success 08 may be seen by several serap-bouls, Tncludlug a good * reipo-book ” taken from the Home. Mna.N. We I CABRAGE SALAD, ETC, ‘To tha Kaltor of The Trivune. Mtanranp Pans, Il, Nov. 16.—Judging from my own experience, I know that the Home Depurtment {s thu soutree of a vast amount of pleasure and profit to the many lady readers uf Tus Trinung. [look forward to cach Satute day knowing that there will be stro tu be sue thing in the suggestions given that whit be of advantage to me, It is o splendid Atea, this of interchanging recipes, and helps In every dle rection. It contributes 60 much to the ehverful- ness and happlucss of our homes that I do hove. it will bo kept up. My reelpe for cabbage ealad fs, one cess threo tablespoons of sugar; butter, size ofa walnut; two tablespoons of ground mustard; atts salt; mix these well together, then stir vies one pint of cold vinegar—(bolling 3s Huy Beo” directs { should think would cause 1 th cnrdle}—continue to stir until te boils;, thea pour bollity hot over nicely cut cabbare. Twas glud to notico the request for about Christmas presents, Ido want gute ate gestions, and FE vlink there are few lot will be pleased to learn how to make some y article, useful or ornamental, to bestoy Upe thelr fricuds as “Jove tokens.” ‘ ae A very casily made and cheap, 08 well as in ful artléle, we'eall it a “toltet bag, Is a thus: Take ane yard of guod crash tei ne fiftcen or sixteen Inches whtes double up A bottom to the depth of seven Inches; wit Me piece of brald—any color deaired—throug a e middle of the turned-up part. ‘To form bv one 4 ets, one each for hal and clothes brusty t3| ie strip of the crash elght inches long ran an wide; bind all around with the brallj au Peed the bag (across) one inch above the po: ‘etsy, ae ing one end open; stitch across this strip, Mi ae ing one wide cause for the comb and w hares “it one for the tooth-brnsh. Now shape au oH the upper part envelope fashion, turning ove fe just lup over the apper edge of tha pocket. . q yihing the overlapping part work an {nltial or av a eleg you wish; bind the bag all aroun’ te brald, and inside of binding a row of eri bone or any faucy stitch looks well ed wht? zens i aA colge as braid, (tine a a aries Finish with ittloloops or bows uf the bray atts thecornens; put three loops at the toy onl OE upby, Hung wp, by the side of warts bureau, It wilh be fond quite convener gy Tf thls fs worthy of a place in your col he shall be glad, foras I have ted ee reclpea Aion found in the * Home," a0! oe then: good too, I Went a Fs ey i see} ic i ate a toa Meee Lucy's mince-meat, reel hasbeen gives I have miesed {t somehow. want it very much. A PLEASANT TOME. To the Editor af The Tr Cmeago, Nov. 17%—We all go ahd through this life about tho selilusness 0! faa td but yourSaturday’s paper convinced me ce all a mistake, The gentler meet Ve an overflowing with the ‘milk of iN ri ness,” and “cream cake’ is tho result, (quite sure “Graclo Afashuo™ wil agree 5° ine. And ive Bs I want to ask tho ladies to Fl ton beans and brown bread ‘a rest,” Te something more about oraamenting ti preci’ Our lives aro nut all speut at the tabi ere Tagree with "Dabbler” that whatevet O° town should be cooked und served ly Mare tad Huep, clean dishes, and ‘vright silvel