Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-27
HOME MATTERS.
NEW AND VALUABLE RECIPES.


A PLAIN dessert can be made by following the
directions for making rcly-poly pudding and by
substituting Jelly for fruit Cut in slices and
serve with WINE sauce.
OATMEAL cookies combine many good quail
ties. and viii be- relishcd by children. Make
them just like an ordinary sugar cookv using
twc-thIEts oatmeal and 0ne-thrd wheat flour.
Al extremely simple way OF ornamenting the
square Of flannei which you put over baby in
his carriage i to crochet row OF open work and
small Scalinp on the edge and run bright rib
bon through ;he open spaces
tENHBEEKiSS make a delicious filing for a
roly-p9iy pnGI.n9. stew them. using as little
"a5,r - possible, 81 that the luce will he thick
ana jt!ly-libp; swerten and let the sauce boil for
Minute or two. bat not longer after the sugar
Is pat in.
CREAM FRfTTERS a. an entree with roast beef
anG vegetables. are maze just the same a if
they were to be eaten with syrup. The cream
Is gravy made Of butter and Hour with boil
In water poured over. \ little SUGAR should
be added, and few drops Ot vanilla.
IL TfB FAMILY is very small. and large loaves
OF bread are likely 10 become stale before they
can be- eaten. ir is good plan to make two
little leaves tor one tin. They will keep their
shap,. all right. ami will not run together OF
sdiefe any more than rolls or biscuits do
4 NICE DISH for breakfast is made by cutting
PORK tenderiHins in thin slices; stew them in
wafer TIL they are nearly done; then put
little butter in saucepan, and fry them till
hght brown; serve ti"m on buttered toast,
WIKI mashed potatoes and raw tomatoes sliced
thin.
APFLE CUsTA2D PIE should be baked with an
un1ercrust only. The filling is delicious if made
of one pint of sweet milk one pint of smooth
apple sauce well swcetencd three eggs; flavor
with lemon or with little cinnamon This
will make two small-siZed pies or one very large
One.
4 PRETTY BAG to hold cards is made BY TAX
Ing two squares of pasteboard of the same size
and covering them with satin; on the upper
part of the outside one put on lid of velvet or
plush: finish the edge with a cord and hang by
narrow ribbons. The back Need not be- covered
with satin; sileSa of the same color can be used
The bag should be lined.
\ LITTLE TINE AND TROUBLE used in remov-
Ing the seeds from grape sauce will pay large
interest After the grapes have cooked sutfl-
clentiy so that tine seeds separate readily from
The sauce through a coIander. then with spoon
remove the seeds far as possible put the
skins bach with the Juice to cook until they
are soft, and skim OF any seeds that rise to the
top.
StUCE for a common fruit pudding is nice
made OF one cup of sugar. an even tablespoon
fui OF flour and one of butter. Mix to cream
pour boiling water over this and stir until there
are no humps: then put it on the stove and
Keep 1t there until il is cooked saw for ten or
even fifteen minutes. Flavor with nutmeg and
put IN large spoonful OF mOlaSseS to give it
Iich brown color
CRANBERRY pudding is made by pouring boil
Ing water on pint of dried bread crumbs;
meit tablespoonful of butter and stir in.
when the bread Is softened add two eggs and
beat thoroughly with the bread. Then put i'm
pint of the steved fruit and sweeten to your
taste. Bake in hot oven for half an hour.
Fresh fruit may be used in place OF the cram
berries. Slices of peaches put in in layers
make a delicious variation.
HANDSOME COVERS for sofa pillows and cush.
ions are knit OF silk pieces. The real founda-
fion for the strpe-for it is made in stripes-s
knit of common cotton yarn. and is knit with
medium-siztd needles; knit three rows then
draw through each loop on the next row Il bit of
The s.lh. The silk must be cut in narrow strips
o. equal length and width. The yarn must be
drawn nrmiy down to hold the silk in place
Old AMI even soiled ribbons may be used in this
way
a TABLE SCARF Of olive felt was made hand
Some aad tasteful by having one end a cor
ner of plush The piece of plush was shaped
like triangle. Where it joined the felt there
were so.!e fancy stitches with bright cOlored
SILKS. The other end of the scarf had a straight
band of plush put on with fancy stitches also.
ami instead of bein-s an inch or two from the
edge of the scarf. there a space left OF at
least ten inches below the piush. Both ends
were finished with row of fringe.
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American Travel Abroad.
From tine New York Commercial Advertiser
Meeting Nr. Henry +. Glig, the head of the
American exchange in Europe, and the most
widely posted man in the world on American
travel abroad. Commercial reporter asked
him how many Americans had registered abroad
during the season just closed
Zone hundred and thirty thousand" said Mr.
Gillg, the largest number ever recorded"
How does this compare with other years?.'
was asked.
travelling abroad that will let you see lust how
the trade has increased" replied Mr. Gill ig
'ln 1871 or 1873. the travel was about Is COO an
nuaily. and at that time was laughed at by
chicago newspaper man for predicting that the
number would soon reach 5000 Der year
Nell. II reached the latter Ggure in two or three
Years, and ran ON up 10 the present number of
looV'V all travelling Americans n Europe. |
10" want to predict that We shall see the wear
That " Ill record quarter of a million souls
crossing tho Atlantic bound LurOpeward for
trave! and pleasure"
But where do these travellers mostly come
FROM
From the east. Of course-all the east. thounh
New York Is tar ahead of other Cit rs in the Union
New Yorker runs over to Europe NOWADAYS
IN the same spirit that he Jumps aboard a boat
10 F'sit Conry Island or Long Branch. for recre-
alton and pleasure"
:. How about the west
"a proportion comes from Chicago and the
Northwest"
And the SOUTH"
Very few, almost none come from the
south The people do not seem To be at all given
10 travel outside their own region"
-" nat Is the amount OF American money
expended abrOad:''
Simply millions"
Glove and Ring.
l''fe ~ lies on the GT0urd where she threw IT,
=, HHch slc gave back my ring aud my love,
A;,w indignant a.la'd be II she tnry it
New Id IouHd and was keeping Eer glove
lis a giant de Sued, WY lOng-wristed
ANA the least iitr1. hit worse for wear