New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04

.noo,,,,o .,a tbree-ouarters of pound o. white
sugar. make this mixture smooth tneh a,Iu ~ ~
the hot milk when it has boIlea UP agine stirring
briskly TO mix it we'll Dip mould III coll WIZ"
and pour in the jelly to set. serve WIN "n'Pp'"
cream. ,,...
very dainty but very rich Take one ounce Oh swee.
almonds blanched and pounded sulooth, -, l'nJ
tablespoonfus peach marnalade, or any Ytnoa Yell
of lam two ounces fine bread-crumhs ana TWO WEI
be3ten eggs Beat well together, then ahd one ouoo
of butter melted TO the the consistency OF cdoain
Half fill some buttered cups win the hiA'"io ""''
bake 20 minutes in n slow oyen
GREEN PEA SoUP.-Bo pint OF green peas 10
sailed water with slice of onion sprg OF pars,es
and few leaves of mint. When done. ara" ~ 2, .uo
water and pass the peas through u sieNe. D mond
This nur6e 10 proper consistency with some eoVpu
stock Just before serving make III very nV'' Puu
a niece OF fresh butter, and II yon nave ~, nai
ann of cream If the color Is not q sulncleniiy
hight green, add few drops of spinach greenihg.
serve with small pieces Of fried brood
To KEEP EGGs.-U. w. T. writes: Eggs may be
kept for an indefirite time II packed when quite
fresh i'm boxes with rock alum salt or common alum
m shane like rock salt Pit in thick layer or alum
salt, then the eggs small end down, cover win
alum around and oyer them, and Keep IN cool, dfy
place"
HOUSE PLAyTs-The question 80 often raised by
our correspondents as to healthy TO keep
plants in our living rooms and sleeping rooms Is an
swered by DR.. J. NJ. AndeTs in q recent number OF
The philadelphia Medical Times Experiments made
by him show the valne OF plants M natural ana
perfect atOmiZersD The average ratio OF transpr-
alton for plants having thin soft leaves-llke gera-
niums and lantanas-Is found to be an ounce ana
half Of watery vapOr per square foot OF leaf sur
face for twelve diurnal hours of clear weather. AZ
this rate great tree like the Washington Elm at
Cambridge which has been estimated TO nave TWO
hundred thousand square feet OF surface. would eA
hale seven and three. quarters tons OF water IN
twelve hours. The rate of Transportation TOT ho9so
plant is at least fifty per cent more rapid than ior
one i'm the open air and it is evident tbat Duih-
her of such plants must have materlai lnHuence
on the humidity of the air IN which tney are kept
Experiments made by means OF tho hyRromoteI
show conclusiyely that house plants may properly
be classed as therapeutic agents AS 10 their un
wbolesomeness because of giving on carOonle aclu
GAS AT night il has been shown by experiment 9naC
II would require twenty thrifty plants TO produce
an amOunt of the gas equivalent TO that eXnaeu ny
one baby sleeper. A practical application OF tne
data gained by experiment is gwen In tne caeiulIy
prepared formula: Given room twenty Ieet Lonn'
twelve feet WIDE and ceiling twelve ieet hIgn,
warmed by dry air, dozen thrifty plants, WIN
VT fSin leaves aud a leaf surface of six feet
souare each would. If well waered and so situated
as TO receive the direct rays of the sun preIefaON
the morning SUM for at least sever III hours raise ue
nronortiOn of aqueous vapOr to about the health
standard. $500 49,. oo,,
II IS evident then that every louse mother can
keen the air of Winter rooms moist by having
thrifty plants in Them ard there - every reason 10
believe that the lives of many persons VINO 1ie ii1ui
pulmonary complaints might be preserved ny 'nS
agency at once so agreeable and so sanitary. III
MANY instances cOnsumptlye tendencies nave ap-
parently been cOunteracted by WORKING among