Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-10
ALL ABOUT THE HOME.

Peach short.cake is one Of the delicacies
of the season. Make exactly as you do
strawberry short-cake.
If teaspoonful of turpentine is put in
the washboiler and boiled with the clothes,
it will whiten them percep.ibly.
A very nourishing drink for an invalid is
made of whipped cream sweetened and
mixed with highly-Aavored wine.
A comfortable. looking wrap to lay on
the couch or sofa or for use in the carriage
on autumn days is knit in stripes Of nine
inches wide, of blue and wine-oolored
worsted.
Steel knives which are not in daily use
may be kept from ruNing if they are
dipped in a strong solution of soda-one
part of water to four Of soda; then wipe
dry, roll in flannel, and keep in dry
place.
To any one so unfortunate as to be OBJ.
liged to move it may be Of value to know
that canned fruit may be transported
without fear of loss, if the glass cans are
securely packed in sawdust. This must be
very firmly pressed down, so that the cans
really cannot move or be moved by the
jarring of the wagon or car.
Among other pretty ways to finish the
edge of silk lounge quilt are these Put
border of narrow ribbon on in strips,
make point on the end of each ribbon,
and under these, allowing it to show a
triie. Below them put a ruftie of lace,
The other way is to omit the lace, and put
tassel or small ball on each point
With little care, the shady corners of
our gardens, that have usually been left
to rubbish, and shady passages also. can
be made the prettiest places in the garden
by the use of a few fetng-native ones
from the woods will aiMwer-and other
plants like the pansy and daisy, and few
other things that delight in shady spots.
Cultivate frogs, toads and lizards. Put
them in your gardens, and as the evening
approaches they will hop from their hiding
places and snuggle down in some convent
emit spot near the gutter, or where they
know their food will come plentifully.
The ants, reaches, mosquitoes, etc, they
consume in the night is marvellous, and
thus they keep down the insect pests.
To make fine white layer cake use two
cups powdered or fine graduated sugar,
one-half cup of butter, the whites of four
eggs, three cups of -four, three small tea
spoons of baking powder shifted with the
-four. Beat the sugar and butter to q
cream, then stir in the milk and -four, a
little at time. Adds the whites last.
Never fails. 1t will make three thick
layers, or four of medium thickness.
A large pampas plume with five or six
long peafowl feathers, using the plume as
a background for the feathers, all tied with
band of peacock blue or green ribbon,
is often fastened on the wall in q corner,
over the door, over or under a picture, or
on the upper corners of an easel or high
music stand. If these are pressed in pack
ing, shake them over the CRATE or near the
stove, and the heat will spread and make
them fluffy.
Salads are not only go fashionable, but
are so appetizing that it is very good plan
to have a succession of lettuce growing in
the garden, so that at any time you may
have crisp and tender young leaves to use.
A delicious ripe tomato salad requires the
lettuce leaves to make it perfect. Take
round, smooth tomatoes, skin them, make
little hole in the top of each. remove the
inner portion, mix a spoonful of mayor.
naise dressing with it, put it in the tomato,
and cover the top with lettuce leaf
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial- Gazette says of the fast girls of the
present time "rhere are many different
varieties of girls. and among the rest the
wild and foolish girl exists. do not
mean that they are irrational at all
though they act that way sometimes-but
simply indiscreet in their hot impulsive-
ness. Such girls are the fit companions for
dudes therefore, why not call them
'dude-lets !? Girls, you need not be so in
discreet in your efforts to be attractive.
While it is your RICH duty-to be so,
yet it is we'll to remember that there is
more magnetism in pure modesty than in
brass Study to be truly attractive.
and win admiration without seeming bold.
This is easily done by simply practicing the
precepts of true womanhood. But would
not have girls dull and insipid-devoid of
life. There is golden medium. Let all
find it."