Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-09
ABOUT THE HOME.

! you cIcan inc loOklng-giaSS. 1t Is almost
impossible to polish the glass if soap is
used.
The following receipt for making "oold
cream is said to be excellent; To one
ounce of glyccrine allow ten drops OF car
| bolic acid and add one ounce of rose water
| Excellent dressing for chopped cabbage
i is made by heating small cup Of vinegar
/ with lump of butter or q well-beaten egg {;
salt and pepper to suit your taste. Pour
while hot over the cabbage.
4 very little cream of tartar in the FROST
ing for a cake win hasten the hardening
! process. If the knife is often dipped into
water while spreading the frosting, it will
give gloss OF polish greatly to be desired.
Durable and pretty skirts for every day
| wear, says fashion writer are made of
ticking; the wide stripes are the prettiest
If these skirts are starched they will hold
1t for long time, and dust can be shaken
from them.
Here is the way to make mock mince
pies for summer: -Four soda crackers, two
cups Of sugar, one cup of nolasses, one-haif
cup of butter, one-half cup Of vinegar and
one teacupful Of stone raisins. This will
make two pies.
Bananas make delicious addition to ice
cream. Slice thin and stir in Just as the
cream is beginning to freeze, or served
with it without freezing they are nice.
They should be cut up and set On ice for an
hour before serving.
a good borax solution for washing and
making hard water soft is the following:
One and quarter pound of supercarbonate
soda and quarter pound of borax; dissolve
in one gallon of boiling water, and when
cold add three ounces of ammonia. For
washing hands use one ounce of this liquid
to one gallon of water; for clothes use two
ounces to one gallon.
A breakfast dish that is especially appc-
tizing is made by broiling some very thin
slices of ham. Butter some thin slices of
toast and lay the ham on them then pour
over it a sort of omelet made by beating
eight eggs with about one cup of sweet
milk; add pepper and salt. and fry this in
saucepan in which you have put lump
of butter and allowed it to melt. Serve at
once and while very hot
To mako apple snow take twelve tart
summer apples wash and boil in water
until tender, without peeling; scTape out
the pulp, sweeten and beat light as posi-
BILE; beat the whites Of ten eggs TO froth
that Will stand alone; add the apple gradu-
ally, still beating; flavor with lemon and
place in a fiat glass dish ornamented
around the edges with apple leaves. a
pretty dish for the tea-table.
As this is the time for making corn ON
elet, boil and CRATE the corn from the cob
and season with salt; to one dozen ears
allow one gill of cream and five eggs beat
the yolks and whites separately, stir the
beaten yolks until thick, add the cream
slowly with the corn, then stir in the stiff
whites and turn into q pan in which the
batter has been made very hot fry light
brown and turn watch the batter carefully
when heating, that it does not burn.
Leathcr-headed nails, made Of solid and
substantial leather, with a shared tongue
for driving III wood, are widely used for
chair, sofa and other furniture decoration |
The leather heads of these nails are c0lored |
in various cOlors, brOnzed, silVered and
pushed, so that they may be used not alone |
on furniture, but on portieres, curtains, |
heavy hangings, etc. These nails when ar |
arranged on the curtain have !
very pretty effect, and add very largely to |
the attractivencss of the material.
A very pretty basket may be made by
crocheting over straws with either brown |
or some rich shade of silk. The trimming
of the basket is formed with beads, bows
and ruche of ribbon to match the shade of
silk used. The straws over which you
cfpchet must be camp, so as not 10 be
stiff The basket is begun very much in
the same way as you would work for a fat
table mat; this, Of course. represents the
bottom of the basket. Form the handle of
bamboo cane and cover with straws over
-hcse work with silk.-[The Dorcas Maya
zine.
Hanging baskets require frequent water
ing, TO accomplish which, with due regard
Tor the carpet beneath. they must commonly
be taken down from their perches and then
elsewhere to dry This trouble
may be avoided by simple and inexpen-
i've device. Fill bottle with water, intoI
which insert the ends of two pieces of
,arn, permitting the other end of each
oicce to hang down outside the bottle The
bottle should be suspended just above the
basket, and the water allowed TO drop,
which will follow in sufficient quantities to
Keep the earth moist.