Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-02-01
DOMESTIC.

| or conventional patterns Ill silk, with
| here and there line of gold introduced,
and the result will be sofa cushion
both novel and elegant The edge may
be finished with fine silk cord, carefully
avoiding anything that will keep the
cushion in shape rs it Is expected to
! yield to every movement of weary head
or aching back, One of these pillows,
which are generally little more than Il
half n yard square, was covered with
Indian silk in crushed strawberry tint.
(This fabric may be bought now in all
the art shades of yellow, red and blue
at 81 n yard. For light drapenes it is
not to be supposedly On the square
forming the upper portion of the pillow
| were scattered few interlaced discs,
, enclosing small geometrlcal shapes.
The outline of these designs was fol-
lowed 10y the needle IN darning stitches,
taken close together--a small stitch on
! the wrong side. a longer one upon the
right--with old gold silk. Some of the
disks were filled by parallel lines of
| darn ng stitches covering the ground;
others had been left with few touches
of gold, Japanese sky lines" to break
the uniformity of the ground, BY using
tiloselles varying III hue from dull blue
to deep red, old gold to brown, silver
gray TO dark blue gray, the designs
were brought out charmingly and with
but little work. Pongee In the natural
hue does very well tor similar expert
ment III color, and any of tho deeper
shades OF yellow III soft silk are recon-
mended, not only for decorative art. but
because this hue Is apt TO be effective
i'll whatever corner OF the room you may
elect to dispose Of it, whether tete-a-tete
with blue couch or on an easy-chair
of Indian red. Where the posSessor OF
a down pillow aspires TO the simplest
method of covering it, without the adj
ditlonal tax of needle-work, | would
suggest width of one of the soft foul
ard satins now sold for dress purposes
III all the principal shops. One of these
satins, cream-tinted and beSpriukled
with pompadour bouquets of pale pink
and blue, was made to do outy for this
purpose with Success. When present
for an invalid is in question, or, indeed,
i'll any case where the cushion is habi-
tuaIly used, the best plan is to make n
moavble cover of linen to use over the
inner hnng of rose -colUred lavender or
blue silk, For this purpose drawn work
III all It's varieties comes into play effect
lively, and the finer the material the
more attractive the result. Work o
border upon drawn threads of the linen,
and add few scattered sprays of flow
ers, worked in split tlloselle that has
been previously set III color by dropping
the skeiu INTO Dollng water. Clover,
purple aid white, is full of fragrant
suggestion and Invitation TO the head to
incllne toward it. The cover, when
finished, should be edged with lace.
Rich CLAM SOUP.-Use for this soup
| the soft clans winch are sold III bunch
es" or strings" Wash a quart of them
in quart of cold water to free them
from sand, and then strain the water
through tJwel fine enough TO retain the
sand, and place the CLAIMS III it over the
! fire; allow them TO boil gently for about
| fifteen minutes. Meanwhile put TWO
tablespoonful each of butter and flour
over the fire III a thick saucepan, and
STR them constantly until the butter
| melts and blends smoothly with the
-four; then gradually stir INTO them ono
quart of hot milk and the liquor III
which the CLAIMS have been boiled; sea-
son the soup palatabiy with salt and
| pepper, and place 1t where 1t will keep
hot. Cut the soft part OF the CLANS
away from the hard parts which may be
chopped and used Tor CLAM FRITTERs,
Next beat the ye4ks Of two raw eggs for
one minute, NIX with them half a cup
tul OF the hot clam soup, and then stir
the mixture into the rest OF the soup.
and serve it at once. ii the soup Is al
lowed to boil after the yelks are added
TO it they will become curdled. Serve
crackers with the soup.
CRAY-FIsH PE-The flesh of the tails
is the only considerable part; the intes-
tine running through the middle of the
tail should be removed. Prepare the
tails OF fifty cray-tish in this way, Have
ready a quart of tomatoes, peeled.
sliced and stewed, or can of tomatoes;
roll pound OF crackers to crumbs OF
medium size. Butter an earthen baking
dish, put the above-named ingredients
INTO it in layers with rather high sea-
soning of salt and pepper and two table
spooDfuls of butter; let the top layer be
of cracker dust. Bake the pie for half
an hour in q moderate oven. A glass
of sherry wine, or cupful of any cold
gravy, may be added to the pie before
baking it, to vary the flavor.
OYSTER SOUP, WITH CRACKERS. STRAIN
the liquor from q quart OF oysters, add
to it one quart of milk, and place IL over
the fire, to heat gradually. Meantime,
remove all bits of shell from the oysters.
AS the milk and oyster liquor heat skim
them. and when no more scum ises mix
smoothly " tn them four heaplng table
spoonfuls of cracker dust or crackers
rolled and sifted; seas on the soup with
two saltspoonfuls of salt and dust of
cayenne pepper; put the oysters into If,
stir it until their edges curl, and then
serve it at once. The oysters should
not be added to the soup until Just be
fore serving 1t, as they grow hard and
tough if they are cooked more than Just
long enough 10 curl their edges. Ovs-
ter crackers should be served with the
soup.
FRIED BASS, MARYLAND STYLE Have
the fish scaled, the fins and tail cut off,
and the eyes taken out; wash it III cold
water, and dry it on a clean towel; score
the fish to the bone on both sides, max.
ing the cuts about an inch apart, rub
salt and cay yenne pepper into the cuts,