In hanging pictures, there must be a scheme to which the general tone of the pictures should conform. A dark carbon mustn't hang close to an etching drawn in delicate lines and bordered by a bright white mat.
If water-colors with their soft tints elbow oil paintings with their bolder tones, the former will be faded, the latter coarsened, by the proximity.
Etchings, photographs, drawings, engravings, water-colors, and pastels may be assembled in friendly terms. Even then, however, there must be judgment exercised in how they are placed.
Dark, heavily-shaded pictures should not always hang in the strongest light, but in some cases seek a sheltered position away from the glare of the windows.
Near the light belong the pictures in fainter tints, the subdued water-colors, the engravings whose best points need illumination.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Typical 1900 Meals
A typical 1900 meal is breakfast: prunes with stewed raisins; fried smelts; creamed potatoes; waffles with maple syrup; coffee. Lunch is: deviled eggs, hot rolls, tea. Dinner is: clear soup;panned hare; brown sauce; rice and tomatoes; cole slaw; wafers; cheese; peach tapioca with whipped cream; and coffee.
Or for breakfast: stewed fruit, curried sausages; rice puffs; French fried potatoes; ; coffee. Lunch is: veal sandwiches; muffins; apple rice balls; plain cake; tea. Dinner is: cream of barley soup; mutton ragout with grated cheese; browned potatoes; mashed young turnip; apple and celery salad; baked Indian pudding with caramel sauce, coffee.
Or for breakfast: stewed fruit, curried sausages; rice puffs; French fried potatoes; ; coffee. Lunch is: veal sandwiches; muffins; apple rice balls; plain cake; tea. Dinner is: cream of barley soup; mutton ragout with grated cheese; browned potatoes; mashed young turnip; apple and celery salad; baked Indian pudding with caramel sauce, coffee.
1900 Kitchen Tips
1. A new way of serving poached eggs is to pour browned butter over slices of toast before placing the eggs on them, and sprinkling with finally chopped pickle.
2. To remove any dish from a mold when cold, wrap a hot cloth about the mold for a minute or two.
3. Wafer crackers, when sprinkled with grated cheese and slightly browned in the oven, are dainty to serve with salad.
4. Brass kettles should be cleaned with salt and vinegar in order to avoid verdigris poisoning.
5.Gum camphor kept in the case or closet with new silverware will tend to prevent tarnishing.
6.For dipping articles to be fried, one must use the whole egg, or the white of an egg, but not the yolk alone.
7. When frying, the economical woman only uses enough of her frying fat to comfortably cover what is to be rried.
2. To remove any dish from a mold when cold, wrap a hot cloth about the mold for a minute or two.
3. Wafer crackers, when sprinkled with grated cheese and slightly browned in the oven, are dainty to serve with salad.
4. Brass kettles should be cleaned with salt and vinegar in order to avoid verdigris poisoning.
5.Gum camphor kept in the case or closet with new silverware will tend to prevent tarnishing.
6.For dipping articles to be fried, one must use the whole egg, or the white of an egg, but not the yolk alone.
7. When frying, the economical woman only uses enough of her frying fat to comfortably cover what is to be rried.
Proper Tablecloth Length
One of the best 1900 caterers gives the exact length over the table that the cloth should hang. This is eighteen inches at the narrowest point, a width which at the corners, makes of course, a deeper sweep. The full yard-square napkin is the most approved dinner size. although many hostesses of wealth and taste prefer the seven-eighths size.
The artistic needlework in the March 1901 Ladies'World magazine is particularly on Russian Honiton and Rennaissance lace. The designs include a butterfly for a sofa pillow, and a table cover in Renaissance lace.
The artistic needlework in the March 1901 Ladies'World magazine is particularly on Russian Honiton and Rennaissance lace. The designs include a butterfly for a sofa pillow, and a table cover in Renaissance lace.
Fashion Forecast
The severely plain tailored gown will not be in favor during 1901. The demand for plain, tight-fitting tailored gowns is growing less and less. One of the reasons is that they are expensive. None but an expert tailor can give them the required finish. Being heavily boned, and required to avoid wrinkles in wearing, they are not comfortable; and the American woman is beginning to think that comfort is an important consideration.
All skirts flare considerably. Perhaps the majority are laid in inverted pleats at the back, although the "swing" is obtained by shaping at the bottom. Circular ruffles are very well liked. Some skirts have three of them, each one half inch deep.
A bolero comes in all materials and is worn on all oaccsions. It is used with evening gowns, as well as for street wear. Oxford gray is very popular. A dark gray trimmed with stitched bands of velvet or silk and finished with bone buttons is a favorite street suit. Black cloth gowns are correct if they are cut with a flare skirt and a bolero jacket.
The flared skirt can have five bands of satin
A lovely waist for evenings is white taffeta or peau de soie with body and sleeves tucked in fine tucks, and a fichu of net, trimmed in fine lace and laid at a knot at the bust.
All skirts flare considerably. Perhaps the majority are laid in inverted pleats at the back, although the "swing" is obtained by shaping at the bottom. Circular ruffles are very well liked. Some skirts have three of them, each one half inch deep.
A bolero comes in all materials and is worn on all oaccsions. It is used with evening gowns, as well as for street wear. Oxford gray is very popular. A dark gray trimmed with stitched bands of velvet or silk and finished with bone buttons is a favorite street suit. Black cloth gowns are correct if they are cut with a flare skirt and a bolero jacket.
The flared skirt can have five bands of satin
A lovely waist for evenings is white taffeta or peau de soie with body and sleeves tucked in fine tucks, and a fichu of net, trimmed in fine lace and laid at a knot at the bust.
A Week of Hope and Fear
On a Friday night in 1901 the world was shocked to hear the news that President McKinley had been shot. Then came a week of alternatinghope and fear. At times physicians, close friends, and the public were confident that science, a model life, the good constitution and courage of the distinguished patient would triumph, and that President McKInley would be spared. All seemed to go well for almost a week; business returned as usual in a nation confident in the recovery of their chief executive. But early Friday morning the wires flashed to the corners of the earth that the President's heart was failing.
All day Friday despite the hopeful bulletins sent out, it was a time of failing hope in the hearts of the people. The public was keot informed so that they could read between the lines Then came the long and anxious hours of waiting.
At Milburn House in Buffalo, New York,at 3:15 a.m.on September 14,1901, the twenty-fifth president of the United States died.
All day Friday despite the hopeful bulletins sent out, it was a time of failing hope in the hearts of the people. The public was keot informed so that they could read between the lines Then came the long and anxious hours of waiting.
At Milburn House in Buffalo, New York,at 3:15 a.m.on September 14,1901, the twenty-fifth president of the United States died.
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