Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-13
THE HOUSEHOLD.

A PRETTY TOILET SrAND.-A pretty
toilet stand is made in this way Take an
old four-legged stand Tor dry goods box
will do), and cut piece of pink cambria
to fit the top. Draw this over it tightly
and tack around the edge. Cut piece of
the cambria long enough to go around three
sides of the stand, and wide enough to
reach from the top to the bottom. Draw
around plain and tack. Cut piece OF
cheese cloth twice the length of the cam.
brio and the same width, allowing an inch
and a half for a hem. Gather the edge
opposite the hem, and tack around the
edge of the stand. Cut piece of the
cheese cloth three inches wide, and strip
of cambria an inch and half wide. Notch
each edge of both these box plaits, or
gather through the center. Fasten together
1.-THE pink over the white) and tack around
the edge of the stand with bright tacks,
and also fasten just above the hem. Mats
can be made to correspond, and it is very
pretty as well as inexpensive.
Mock TURTLE SoUP.-Scald a calls
head and remove the brain tie the head
in cloth and boil one hour cut the meat
into small pieces and throw the bones into
cold water put the meat In stew-pan, and
three quarts of best stock and boil gently
an hour or till tender; then set it aside.
Melt the butter in another stew. pan, add
quarter pound lean ham cut small, a little
minced lemon.thyme, sweet marjoram and
basil, two tablespoons of minced parsley,
two onions and few mushrooms chopped !;
when hot, sift in two heaping tablespoons
of flour, stir and let it brown, then add
gradually pint of best soup stock and one
gill of sherry or Madeira stew gently ten
minutes and pass through a sieve add the
tender square bits of Calls head and season
with cayenne, little salt if required, one
quarter teaspoon mace, if liked, and one
dessert spoonful of powdered sugar put
in force meat balls made by chopping very
fine twelve ounces veal, three ounces salt
pork and mixing it with two ounces grated
bread, three tablespoons sweet cream
beaten with one egg. one teaspoon salt, half
a teaspoon each pepper and summer savory.
Make into smooth round balls, little
larger than an ordinary marble; roll them
in egg, then in fine grated bread fry as
doughnuts putting them into frying
basket, then fry in lard. Let them simmer
for five minutes in soup then serve. (By
stewing the bones in liquor in which the
head was boiled you will have good white
stock.
EBONY SHELVES. -A set of ebony shelves,
or wood stained in imitation of ebony or
rosewood, for the corner of room, can be
made very highly ornamental by attaching
a set of lambrequins to the edges of them.
These lambreeuins may be made of any
sort of material thst harmonizes with the
furniture of the room in which it is placed.
Satin or English satteen is about the pref
tiest material for this purpose, and these
can be rendered still more highly orna-
mental by havinga spray of flowers painted
upon them the edge is to be finished with
narrow fringe, and the nails that fssten
it to the shelves may be hidden by velvet
ribbon with a little embroidery of simple
design worked upon it with old gold silk
in stem stitch.
SLEEVE PROTECTORS. = An economical
hint, and one to which all housekeepers
will take kindly to, is to take an old pair
of stockings that have passed their day of
usefulness and have been darned till darn.
ing has lost its magic charm. cutting them
off just above the feet, draw them on the
arms above the sleeves to protect this part
of your dress when doing your work. In
washing dishes, sitting ashes, or the per-
forming of any other duties that may jeop.
ardize the pristine beauty and neatness Of
your dress sleeves, these inexpensive
articles will be found very comfort.
A New IDEA-A nice idea for cane
seated chair for winter is to have it lined
with thin cushion seat, back and sides.
The very prettiest material for these
cushions is plush or velveteen, but there
are 30 many different sorts of most beauti-
full fabrics, all more or less expensive, to
choose from, that | will not attempt de-
scription. would only advise every one
having such a chair to cushion it, and if the
willow is woven in an open pattern, to have
a satin ribbon to match as nearly the color
of the cushion and run it in this space,
having bow to fasten it.
FRENCH Rolls Pare and slice one or
two potatoes, add half pint of cold
water, boil until tender, then rub through
a colander with the water; add tablespoon
and half of lard, one teaspoon each sugar
and salt, and half teacup liquid yeast and
tablespoon Of flour, let rise and when light
beat in an egg and add quarter of pint
warm milk and one quart of flour, first
having dried it !; let rise and when light
make into oblong rolls, and place in but.
tered plates, let rise again, prick and
bake. An easy way to make the rolls of
uniform size If you have no cutter, is to
roll out the dough half an inch thick, and
cut with round cutter; press the opposite
sides together and mold into rolls.
RINGS one pint of milk and let
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tablespoons butter and half teaspoon salt
when nearly cool add one we'll beaten egg
and one pint -four and half yeast cake
soaked in a tablespoon OF tepid water, or
half teacup liquid yeast; leave In warm
place to rise. When light knead in three
quarters of quart of flour and add a table,
spoon of sugar; let rise, and with the
hands make into rings; roll on the board a
piece of dough to the length of eight inches
and as large around as the little finger,
and pinch the ends together put in but
tered pans, and when light prick and bake.
BAKED MAcARoNI. Boil it in salt water
till tender drain, and place in earthen
baking dish alternate layers of macaroni
and oysters, sprinkling the layers of mac
aroni with grated cheese, and the layers of
oysters with bits of butter and little
salt pour on rich milk to come just to the
ton Of last LAYER of macaroni and cheese,
and bake from one-h half to. three quarters
of an hour.
The rainfall of Geylon for six months in
the year is very heavy, and the monsoon
bursts sometimes with frightful fury
Thunder and lightning add TO the scene
Bridges are swept away almost without
warning by the rushing water. 81. f. A.