The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-14
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.

The thistle and the milk-weed are new
flowers for art needlework embroiderers.
The London Standard says that ninety
per cent. of the cases of lateral curvature
of the spine in girls are associated with
high-heeled shoes.
Ice cream plates that are new are of
Bohemian glass with little handles. The
shape is something between an oval and
a square. Others are in china, cream
colored ground, with gilt edges in shape
like full.sized grape leaf.
Do not lift or drag child by its arm
or arms. You strain ligaments which
were not intended to bear the weight of
the body. A grown person swinging
from bar with his hands relieves the
ligaments by the use of muscles.
German Puifs Half pint milk, five
eggs, two large spoons -four, two ounces
butter; bake in small tins; fill them half
full; they require quick oven; few
minutes will bake them; to be eaten as
soon as they are out of the cups, as they
will fall if allowed to cool.
New.-A side dish which will be new
to many cooks, is made by slicing very
thin some onions and green tomatoes, in
about equal proportions, and frying
them together just as you would fry
onions alone. Salt them well, and if
there is any danger of their being greasy
drain before serving.
Delicious jelly can be made OF cider.
To one pint of clear, sweet cider allow
one pint of cold water, two pounds of
sugar, one package Of gelatine, one
large pint of boiling water; then add to
this the sugar, a spoonful of cinnamon,
the juice of two lemons, the grated rind
of two, then the gelatine. Add the cider
last; then put all in thick flannel bag
and let it drain. Do not squeeze it at all.
Put it in bowls or glasses and set it away
to cool.
Marmalade CT ounce IS made by stew
ing the skins, cores and seed till per-
fectly soft, in just enough water to cover
them; when done drain this water
through muslin cloth thin but firm,)
then add the halves or quarters of
ounce and cook until they are soft, stir
and mash the fruit until it is without
form and is not lumpy; then add half a
pound of sugar to pound of the mar
malade. Seal in bottles or glass jars.
A new material for workers is a kind
OF cotton Grape cloth, ecru and white, of
sufficient weight to take and retain good
embroidery. A chair-back in this stuff
has a large branch of Japanese lilies
worked in copper red, yellow and
salmon silks with dull green foliage.
The lustre of the new flo silk or washing
silk in these tnts is very brilliant, and
embroiderers will hail with gratitude
the opportunity to set to work on a
washing fabric without the preliminary
tedious process of setting the colors of
thin silks.
A pretty hair-pin box is made by tax.
ing four of the small Japanese fans,
which are about four or five inches
across. Tie the handles together close
to where they join the fans. These han
dies make four little legs for the box to
stand on. Catch the fans together with
q few stitches Of black thread, and you
have delicate but very pretty ornament
for the dressing table. If you use fans
a trifle larger than those mentioned here,
a small pasteboard box can be set within
and so it can be used to put small articles
of jewelry in.