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Show ALU AROUND THE HOUSE. Flowers fur tba Dinner Table How They Should Ba Arrant-ad. For some of the smartest dinner pari Ira writer table slips are not used. Tba art of tible decoration depends upon the aklll with which the flower are disposed. Trails lie on the cloth aud are not even tied with ribbon. Many thing are brought Into play old china, old plat and purloin ornament. A mound of flowers la often placed In the center or one formed only of leave. Rones look delightful massed In hatikeU of old china. A new Idea I to introduce in-troduce arches abont eighteen Inches high, crossing ninh other, made of fnrna which appear to be growing on them. Hpraya of orchids are placed beneath these arches, andbowlsof white lllieaor other delicate flowers lietween. Thecentral arches crowing crow-ing each ot her present theeffectof a bower. A cornucopia with Dlooms pouring from It looks well. In tha country all kinds of arrangements are fashionable; leavea and twigs are charmingly heaped In the neuter, with vases or baskets of flowers at the edge. Rose Jars. Fulfils, suggestive and dreamful as Is tha fragrance ot flowers, it is a wonder that housekeepers do not manufacture their own stuck wherewith to distill odors delicious de-licious aa those from "Araby the blest." It takes but little time and attention, and the result is extremely satisfying. Among tha recipes tried and not found wanting Decorator and Kurnisher gives the following: follow-ing: (inther fresh roses In the morning as toon ss the dew is off, or even la-tor if It be oppreseively warm, in which case they should lie plucked from their receptacles and dried liefore parking. See that no Insects In-sects are concealed beneath the leavea wild discard yellow centers and green sepals. Such fragrant rosea aa the old fashion! damask are the best, but all rosea contain some essential oil. Then in a largo bowl of glass or rhlna place e. layer of petal, then one of due pure salt, lightly sprinkled. Ret it well covered In a dry, shady plsoe, and add to it day by day nil the petal ttict can 1) secured. Mir up the rowsi before adding a new layer, and so continue until the blossoms have disappeared, or long enough to make at leawt two weeks from the first gathering- By this time the roses will fit "cured'' and will appear moist. If there la a quart in all you have the foundation of a good potpourri. Now transfer the stock to a glass fruit Jar, on the bottom of which you have placed two ounces of bruised sllpic mid as much stick cinnamon brik-n into large pieces. The water. If any, should I first drained away. Here allow It to re-multl re-multl one month, el'oely covered, s'lrring it lip thoroughly every day from top to bottom. It Is now ready tor permanent prenerva-tiou. prenerva-tiou. The blue, aud white Japanese jar is best to hold It, fur It preserves the fra-fcrsnce. fra-fcrsnce. Now have redy ao ounce each of tnvx. cinnamon, elovos and allspice coarsely coarse-ly ground, the same quantity of s!i ed ginger gin-ger root and nutmeg, half ss much ants seed and four ouii'-es of musk, with six ounces of dried lavender flowers. Again itrew the rose leaves la the permanent jar, alternatingwlth the mixed apices, moistening moist-ening from time to time with purenl' flti!, using about on fill in ail, and th jar ia complete. |