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third of the shell away, so that it will lie long-ways in the 
saw-buck; gild it, and fill with artificial violets. 
A pure white shell makes a cunning little baby’s head to 
ornament a pen-wiper, or to amuse the little ones. Break 
off the small end, so that it will stand well, make a cap of 
silk with a full white ruching around it, sew some yellow 
floss in the front of the cap, and comb it out to make the 
bang, draw a face on the egg, paint the cheeks pink, 
and tie the cap with tiny pink ribbons ; finish it on 
the bottom with a broad plaiting of swiss, make the 
pen-wiper the shape of a mat, and glue the head on it. 
Eggs can be colored with the dyes which come in ten cent 
packages, and then with the aid of a sharp penknife be 
transformed into beautiful little objects; if one can draw 
or design, the name and date can be put on any way; if 
bright pieces of calico are sewed around an egg and it 
is then boiled for ten minutes it will be very prettily 
colored. E. S. Welch. 
SPRING FASHIONS. 
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I T is early yet to ascertain with any degree of definite¬ 
ness what the prevailing styles for the coming season 
will be, but it is asserted that such changes as are yet 
introduced are more in details than in general outlines. 
Full back draperies will be retained, and may be looped 
or allowed to hang straight, the bouffant appearance being 
given by the bustle, which has most of its fullness imme¬ 
diately below the waist line. 
New basques and polonaises show vest fronts, either 
real or simulated. A design which promises to be most 
popular, because of its suitability to various figures, is 
formed by closing the basque at the throat, sloping it 
back at the chest so that a space of three inches is ob¬ 
tained, and bringing it together at the waist-line, after 
which it again slopes back to the second dart at the bot¬ 
tom of the basque. Another pretty style is the pointed 
vest, which may be of the dress goods braided in an all- 
over design, or else of velvet; the basque fronts are 
finished with a revers collar turned back from the vest 
and graduated in width to form a point where it meets 
together at the basque bottom: 
Polonaises are very long and left open from the waist¬ 
line down. The back is made full enough to dispense 
with draping when the plain effect is desired. 
It is said that short braided jackets are to be revived 
and worn over round waists, the fronts of which are 
plaited in such a way as to give them a fluted appearance. 
In suggestions for over and lower skirts the Bazar 
says: “ One of the prettiest apron overskirts has four 
lengthwise pleats on the right side hanging from the belt 
as far down as the hand can reach, then dropping natu¬ 
rally; the left side is much longer and is caught up in 
cross pleatings, while the back is very bouffant with puffs, 
or with a draped sash ribbon of great width. Lower 
skirts of striped stuffs are arranged quite plain in front, 
that is, without lengthwise pleats or flounces, while the 
back has large pleats very deeply lapped that retain their 
shape the whole length without being stiffly fastened 
together. A plain wool goods, the color of one of the 
stripes, is then used for a dress apron and for the basque. 
There are also dresses striped all over, with cross stripes 
for the overskirt, and lengthwise stripes for the basque 
and lower skirt. Three narrow gathered lapping flounces, 
with their lower ends pointed or scalloped and faced 
underneath, trim the front and sides of skirts of silk, wool 
or velvet; the back breadths need no ruffles, as they are 
either formed of pleated breadths or else they are covered 
by very long drapery. A stylish braiding design for bor¬ 
dering lower skirts is made of diagonal rows of braid six 
or eight inches long, ending at the bottom in curves form¬ 
ing a wheel as large as a silver fifty-cent piece ; the 
diagonal rows are of soutache laid double and joined 
closely together.” 
The wool guipure laces are brought out this season in 
sufficient widths to be used, in a similar manner as the 
jetted laces, in ornamenting the fronts of dress skirts. 
They are, however, adapted only to the fine wool mate¬ 
rials, and are either the color of the dress goods or in 
contrast with it The white guipure is said to be very 
effective when used over pale blue or pink cashmere. 
HOUSEKEEPING. 
F OR variety this month, in place of our usual house¬ 
keeping article, we give the recipes used in one of 
Miss Parloa’s recent demonstrations 
Escalloped Tongue and Macaroni. 
For this Miss Parloa used a veal’s tongue, which she 
informed her class could be bought for twelve cents. It 
was not pickled, and had been boiled slowly for three 
hours and allowed to stand in the water until it was par¬ 
tially cooled. When entirely cold it was sliced in thin 
slices as for the table, and enough to fill a pint measure 
was used. 
The macaroni was broken into lengths of three or four 
inches and a pint of it was washed quickly in cold water 
and put into a granite-iron saucepan with plenty of boil¬ 
ing water, and boiled twenty minutes. The pan must be 
occasionally shaken to prevent the macaroni from sticking 
to the bottom, and it should remain uncovered to keep it 
from boiling to pieces. The sauce was composed of the 
following ingredients : A generous pint of rich stock, two 
