Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-10
HOME MATTERS.
NEW AND VALUABLE RECIPES.

| VERY HANDSOME HEADING for lace curtains
is made by using the deep and pointed fringe
| which now comes in all cOors.
| TOMATOES CHOPPED with an equal quantity
of celery and mixed with nice salad dressing is
an agreeable and easily prepared dish.
| VERY simple way to make grape pickles Is
| to fill jar with alternate layers of sugar and
OF freshly gathered grapes; cover with cold vim
| egar.
| APPETIzING DRESSING for fowls is made of
mashed potato, well seasoned; for ducks or
| for wild game a flavor of onion is desirable
| herbs also may be added
| AN ECONOMICAL and really delicious way to
| flavor cake which is TO have icing over the
top is to crate part of the peel of an orange or
| lemon over the cake before putting the icing on.
| OFTEN One has gravy left from aProast of
beef. and if you have no soup stock to which it
may be added, use it to fry sliced cold boiled
| potatoes in for breakfast. This makes an ex-
| celient dish.
DEvlILED HAMS adds piquancy to the hearty
! dinner. The ham must be cut in very thin
slices, and may be fried or boiled, or baked
| lt Is sent to the table with a salad dressing
| poured over it.
| 1T is said by one who is ordinarily truthful
that if you place little piece of ripe red pepper
/
will help to destroy the Objectionable odor with
which these vegetables are likely to fill the
| house.
| IT is good plan to make littl e pair of
sleeves to draw over the baby's arms when he
| is playing on the floor a rubber cord may be
run in the top if care is taken not to have it
! too tight; sleeves made Of stOcknet draw on
| and Off easily.
GOLD JEwELRY may be cleaned and be made
very bright in this way: Line small tin cup
| with soft paper. fill with nice suds put the Jew
elry in Zone piece at time of course). shake it
about well. rinse with clear water and dry with
piece of chamOis skin.
To MAKE Corn DODGERS take five tablespoon
fus of Indian meal and one tablespoonful of
| -four mixed together. Mix over night with
enough boiling water to cover In the morning
put IN one egg, one teacup Ofmilk. a little sugar
AMI salt Bake in muffin rings on a griddle.
i For CHICKEN CRoQUETTE use three cups of
| chopped chicken one cup of soft bread crumbs,
two eggs, pepper and salt to taste. Mix we'll
together. and form into pear-shaped balls. A
little chopped parsley may be added. Roll tn EN-
in egg, then in cracker, and fry in lard in a wire
basket, as dOughnuts.
HANDSOME stockings which are of "many
colors" like JOsephs coat. may be dried with
out streak or stains if you take the trouble to
have pieces of board cut out the exact shape
and size OF the stockings; thin board will do.
On these draw the damp stockings and set them
behind the stove to dry.
CHEAP FRUIT CAKE may be made after this re-
ceipt, and will be found excellent: One and a
half cup of brown sugar, two cups of flour.
three-quarters OF a cup OF butter, three eggs,
three tabespOOnfuls OF sour milk half a tea
spoonful of soda, half cup of fruit hanback,
berry preferred-one cup of rasins chopped
fine.
PUDDING SAUCE without butter is made by
scalding ateacupful of sweet milk, then adding
coffee-cup of powdered sugar which you have
wet with the yolks OF two fresh eggs. When
the sauce is thick as custard, take it from the
fire. When it is cool. add fiavoring and the
whites of the two eggs, which you have beaten
to a stiff frOth.
MACARONI cooked with tomatoes makes an
excellent entree; use instead of water to cook
them in. some soup stock; allow halfa dozen to-
matoes of medium size for half a pound. of
| macarOni. Boil tine macarOni. which you have
broken in small bits and when it is almost
tender add the peeled and sliced tomatoes sea-
son highly with pepper and salt.
VERY nice cake for tea. and one which NAV
be appreciated on account of it's calling for one
egg only, is made thus: A little more than half
a cup of butter, one cup and a half of sugar one
cup OF sweet milk one egg, three cups of flour.
one teaspOOnful of soda dissolved in a very little
hot water. and two teaspOOnfus of cream of
tartar. mixed thoroughly in the flour; one cup
of raisins chopped very fine.
PRETTY way to finish the ends of crash
spreads or tides is to fringe them to the depth
of several inches. fasten the threads where YOU
stop frlnging with small and even stitches over
casting the edge; use the cOlOred silk or cotton
that is the principal color in the other Ornamen-
tatiOn. To make the process Of fringing easy
first draw out one thread where you wish to
make the place to stop, then slash the edge,
and with stiff needle or large pin you can
draw the threads out rapidly and easily.
To Boil RICE wash the rice thoroughly. and
throw it into large saucepanful of boiling
water; add bit of butter about the size of
nut, and boil the rice as fast as possible for If
teen or twenty minutes-the time must depend
on the rice you use. Take out the rice an(i dry
it on a sieve for a few minutes before the fire.
Every grain will then be separate and swollen
to its full size The secret OF boiling rice is
that the saucepan must be large enough for
every grain to kick" separately and to boil it
fast.
SUPPER DISH Is made by browning to q
crisp in the oven several slices OF bread Pound
to crumbs in a mortar. and having thoroughly
buttered a baking-dish. sprinkle it with the
crumbs. Then put in layer of oysters that
have been slightly stewed in milk and butter
thickened: put next a layer of macarOni that
nos pttu Doiitu tWtHtS uiUutcS, CItn succeed
ing layers of oysters and macaroni to the top of
the dish. Sprinkle more crumbs on the tOp
strew about bits of butter, and brown quickly
in a hot oven
THE New York Post says that homemade
crackers are so nice. and it is really so little
trouble to make them. that almost any mother
or cook can get time to try this rule Wet one
pint of fine oatmeal with one gill of water;
after mixing well as you can take it out of
the dish on the kneedin9 board on which Won
have scattered plenty of the dry meal roll out
and cut in squares with sharp knife The
crackers should he rolled very thin; these should
be baked in a slow Oven and after YOU are sure
they are done leave the oven door open to al
low them to dry. Salt should not be omitted.
Luther at the Wartburg.
At Wartburg still the ink they show
Which Luther at the Devil threw
In these last days we've learned to know
He fought more wisely than 10 knew