Show s I HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS FOB 1DFF PASTE For rolling puff pasto hollow glass rolling pins filled with Ice water or cracked Ice are recommended Falling Fall-ing n rolling pin an ordinary bottle had been suggested TO KEHP BUTTEIl Fill a bowl with cold water Put the butter on a plate and put on top of tho bowl then take n piece of butter muslin rued put over tho butter and let both ends drop Into the water You can easily get the butter for use and you will find It Is quite solid and cool Washington Star Star THILL TUB DISH A cut glass dish used for ice cream should be chilled before using notSiul dpnly but with care Plunge the dish Into cold water nnd niter a minute or two take It out and put on it a few lumps Qf Ice This will preserve the dish from danger of cracking POINTEltS FOil THE COOtf When baking potatoes prick them deeply with n fork before putting them In the oven They will cook better and quicker for the pricking When mashing potatoes use hot milk and If you bravo been In tho habit of using cold you will be surprised nt the difference In their lightness FOUR POST BEDSTEADS COMING The old asimloneti fourpost bed appears ap-pears to be coming back luto favor and amateurs mire turning their attention atten-tion to Its decoration Painting carving carv-ing fancy basket work and embroidery mire all employed If the bedspread does not fall low at the sides a length of linen with a deep fall of lace Is tied on at the corners This has n very good effect on any bed and is easily and inexpensively done Crochet is much In vogue now for tho trimming of tea toilet and sideboard cloths as well as for nightdress cases pincushions pincush-ions mud tho ends of bolsters Utlca Observer TEA TABLE FURNISHINGS A new Idea in household furnishings Is a tea table on which is spread a cloth having a white background with a graceful design In blue As a setting for a blue and white china or for use In a room done In Dresden colors this is very effective and n pleasing variation from the regulation tea table with its fancy cover embroldered in white 6 r with plain white squares ot damask They are made of lightweight light-weight material t something like Jap aiiesp r crepe are Imeaitensale nUll liar moiilze very well with the UgllF airy siunmcr draperies VItli a 1 cold set of c-old blue chjna one of these covers Is n pleasing accompaniment but even without family heirlooms It makes an agreeable substitute for the everlasting white used during the most of the year i THE OA11E OF LINENS Every housewife delights In having nice linens for her table and those of heavy damask are cheaper in the end ns they wear longer and look Infinitely better than the light weight linens The thinner cloths can be starched ever so little thereby giving the appearance of heavier weight This must bo done carefully for a sillily starched tablecloth table-cloth Is unsightly to say the least In buying table linen It Is well to re aember that u check pattern in plain or elaborate blocks with warp and woof running straight across both ways Is a better bargain than a fiornl or curved pattern that costs tho same for the check pattern is more easily manufaetured and In consequence n better quality of linen Is put Into cloth of this design than into fancy patterns nt the same price 1st I |