FEBRUARY 27, 1910.
Picturesque Pergolas in California Gardens
PATHWAYS, decorated or covered
With vines and flowers, have been
always desirable for gardens, not
only because they offer shade, but be
cause of their very ornamental appear
ance. In the times of Elizabeth o'
England, the old-fashioned plashed
walk was very popular. It was made
of young trees or branches woven or
plaited together, and very occasionally
this sort of walk is still seen in an o.d
English garden.
In the modern garden the pergola
litis taken its place. A pergola con
sists of a series of stone, brick or
wooden pillars, supporting a lattice
framework which affords a support for
climbing vines and flowers.
Italy is the home of the pergola. In
the gardens of the great villas near
Home and Florence, the pergola is a
very elaborate structure. .Many of
them are constructed entirely of stone,
with massive columns fairly wreathed
in gorgeous flowers and vines. They
are often large enough to serve as an
outdoor room. These corridors of light
colored stone, covered with green vines,
with clematis, passion flowers and
roses of every hue about them produce
a beautiful spectacle.
To be sure, all Italian pergolas are
not so elaborate, but the sma lest vil
las, or even the gardens of the poor,
have sot sort of a rough framework
for vines to climb and ramble over.
A pergola ..I' rough carpentry may In
built id' any wood, but the supports
should be of durable material. It
should give the appearance of solidity
at least. There is no doubt but that
stone or cement is the best material
for the posts. Either material looks
well and is durable. Do not make the
mistake of placing the posts too close
together—a pergola does not look well
if it is too narrow, and when the vims
are in full growth it will look stl.l nar
rower. Besides you do not want your
shaded walk a mere passageway or a
tunnel.
If the wooden crosspieces are allowed
to project a foot either side they will
break the straight line when viewed
from the end. The number of cross
pules varies; but too many is worse
than nut enough. Light, as well as
shade is desirable, and the sunshine
gleaming through the branches adds
to the charm and the beauty of the
pergola.
a paved walk is must desirable, espe
cially if the walk connects the house
with a summer house in the garden. A
pergola is supposed to serve as a walk
leading from one place to another—
hence its beauty is more fully appre
ciated from the inside than from the
outside, Many gardens contain no spot
whatever for a pergola, but they are
put in all sorts of unsuitable lace-.
If you have a proper place for a per
gola there is no garden structure which
presents less difficulty in the way of
construction than the pergo a. Sim
plicity and solidity are the two main
considerations. For affording shade,
beauty and ornamentation the pergola
is of real value.
HOUSEHOLD TALKS
Oranges may be served cut ,in two,
flavored with sherry and sweetened
with powdered sugar. ■--''":.
For those who cannot eat fried cro
quettes and yet enjoy the savory mix
ture that composes them it is worth
while to know that they can be baked
And if while baking they are basted
with some nicely seasoned sauce they
will taste just as good as fried ones
and be more wholesome too. A brown
butter sauce or rich gravy or tomato
sauce may be used, according to the
variety of the croquette.
, At a certain restaurant in New York
there are served individual dessert
cakes that consist of a foundation of
almond cake with half a preserved pear
in the center. A maraschino cherry
decorates the pear, and shredded pista
chio nuts, with jellied preserve juice
flavored with almonds, are sprinkled
over nad around the fruit. A similar
tart calls for peaches incread of pears
and shredded almonds instead of pista
chios. Still another calls for sliced ba
nanas sprinkled with pistachio nuts.
Add a few slices of raw potato If the
soup proves too salty, then cook a few
minutes longer. The potatoes will ab
corb the salt.
Grease the upper inside edge of a
stewpan with a bit of butter to prevent
the contents of the pan boiling over,
whether milk, chocolate, syrup or ce
reals.
To keep vegetables warm ' before
serving, place the dishes containing
them in a pan of hot water.
Soda is preferable to baking powder
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when used with sour milk or with
molasses.
The absorbing qualities of milk and
butter are so great that It is wise to
keep them in covered vessels.
Some people advise not to wash
meat. Simply rub it with a wet
cloth.
New metal utensils should have a
little washing soda boiled in hot water
in them before using them for food.
Meats, poultry and game should be
hung up, not laid on shelves or dishes;
if fresh fish is to be kept overnight it
should be salted and peppered and laid
on an earthen dish, not on a board
or shelf.
TWO-STEP AND WALTZ
Oh, the ton'ii hop Is a rough, crude dance,
With a step and a Jump, a leap and prance!
Ami I do not care for a two-step where
You steplty-stcp. steplty-step, and two-step.
But the waltz Is so gentle, and graceful and
free
When we glide with the music harmoniously,
Keeping time to Its beat with a rhythm of feet
That go waltzing and waltzing and waltzing.
—Hamilton Pope Gait In Puck.
KENTUCKY TEMPERANCE YARN
A Kentucky senator told about an
old pilot on the Mississippi, aged 82,
who was recounting an incident con
nected with the temperance question:
"Intemperance is ruining the nation,"
he insisted. "The sad victims are on
every side of us; I have seen many of
them In my long career. Once we had
a passenger on a steamboat where I
was pilot; he was intoxicated and fell
overboard. After he had been soaking
at the bottom of the river for quite a
while we fished him out and laid him,
limp and sopping, on the deck; our
efforts to revive him were unavailing,
until at last somebody thought that
whisky would be just the thing to re
store animation. We opened the man s
mouth and poured some down, and it
seemed to stay there all right, for a
gurgling sound came from his lips.
I put my ear close to hear what he
might wish to say—doubtless a last
message for his loved ones at home.
"Roll—meon—a—barrel,' he wheez
ed hoarsely. 'Roll me on a barrel quick
and get out some of the water—it will
spoil the good Kentucky whisky.' "
COMIC SUPPLEMENT MYSTERIES
in Comic Supplemental Land
There's much to puzzle me,
I'd give a lot to understand
Some of Its mystery.
And here I beg some one, who knows,
Its inner workings to disclose.
THE BARREL MYSTERY
If stolen the apparel
Of one who goes to swim,
How is It there's a barrel
So handy there for him?
Somehow or other It would seem
That barrels line each lake and stream,
Each beach and bank, each creek and brook,
For swimmers who've had clothing took.
THE DANGER-WARNING MYSTERY
And who Is it so heedful,
So thoughtful and so nice,
Who puts the sign so needful
Upon the treacherous Ice?
Who is it braves that awful hole
To put a sign up on a pole
What does he stand on In the air
When he puts up that warning there?
THE RAPID-RECOVERY MYSTERY
Who fixes up the victim,
And makes him good as new,
When man and beast have kicked him,
And stamped upon him, too?
Who patches up the cuts and bumps,
And soothes away those dreadful lumps,
And gives them hack to us as If
He'd never had a single biff
—Hamilton Pope Gait In Puck.
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