Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-04-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hints That WIZ Be Found Useful to the Far
n1er and His Family.

auoEneO Win DoWS OF broad, pale blue or
olive-green ribbon.
Pretty bedroom curtains are made of
single width of crimson ottoman
cloth over second pair made of antique
lace.
If your windows are narrow, or even
If they are of the usual width, and you
feel that yoU cannot afford double cur.
talns, single ones may be draped so
gracefully that they viii answer admir-
ably. They should not be lOeped back
with ribbons, but be pinned or tackled
back in several places. Begin to tack or
pin back quite high, or you cannot pre-
vent drawing and awkward appearance
lower down.
A beautiful square sofa pillow recently
seen. was made of crazy patchwork on
one side and crimson plush on the other.
The patchwork consisted of odd bits of
silk chenille, the colors used being the
natural ones of the flowers. A silk cord
bordered the cushion all round, and the
corners were ornamented with small silk
pompons.
At the dinner table there are but few
changes from last year, except that the
display of silver is not so great. The
latest freak is a fiat dinner table, with
nothing higher than the compotes for
preserved fruit, the flowers being strewn
on the table cloth. Under the hands of
a skillful florist this plan is effective, but
not unless we'll done. Another fancy is
to have no flowers at all, but to add all
sorts of pretty china and glass. Little
cheese cups, like a barrel, with each a
Neufchatel cheese in it, and small silver
scoop with which to eat it, are in favor.
These are also made in white wood, and
Ornamented with water-cOlor designs.
Majolica, Dresden and Worcester china
novelties of all sorts are used for these
cheese cups.
An entree that is very enjoyable is
made of fish of any kind that is fine
grained and of delicate flavor. Make
patty shells the same as if for oyster pat
ties bake them and then fill them with
the fish which you have picked in very
small bits and have cooked tender. Make
little gravy of butter and sweet milk,
with -four to thicken, and pour over the
fish, though some prefer the fish without
the gravy, and put little butter, pepper
and salt over the top.
A nice way to fix the crust for tarts is
to roll it thin, cut out with a smooth
cookey cutter, then with a small cup cut
out the center of some of them; have the
cup large enough so that just ring OF
crust will be left; place two Of these on
each round of dough; if you fill with
jelly it is pretty addition to make a
meringue of the white of an egg and a
| little sugar, and put over the top and
brown slightly in the oven. If filled
with jam put little sugar in milk and
and wet the crust with it; this will make
it brown delicately, and it gives an ex-
cellent flavor to the crust.
CHOICE Fig CAKE.-A large cup of but
ter, two and half cups of sugar, one OF
sweet milk, three pints of -four with three
teaspoonfulso of baking powder, the whites
of sixteen eggs, a pound and a quarter OF
figs (the choicest), well Toured aud cut
In strips like citron; no t1avoring.
Here is a suggestion which should be
borne in mind: When you have the
woodwork in a room painted it is good
plan to have about two inches of the
floor painted also have the paint the
the same color or that of the base
board; then if, when changing carpets
the carpet will not come closetO the wal
the little space left will not be so IN
| slightly.
A new and handsome way to trim the
edge of satin pincushion is to get g
ribbon of the same shade as the cushion
cover. Gather it just full enough to have
it rufflle a little; sew it around the
cushion and put silk cord over the
seam. This is also a good way to finish
the bottoms of the satin-covered bottles
which accompany the toilet cushion.
Corn Pone is highly recommended as
breakfast dish. Take heaping coffee
cup of boiled hominy, heat it and stir in
tablespoonful of butter, three eggs and
nearly one pint of sweet milk; as much
corn meal may be added as will serve to
| thicken this till it is like the batter fol
'johnny cake" Bake in quick oven
and serve hot.
A good way to remove dust from car
pet is to fasten a damp cloth over the
broom; with this the dust may be literal
| ly taken up. This will be found useful
| in the sick room, and also in any room
where there are many small articles to
catch the dust. It brightens carpet to
wipe it off in this way even after the usual
sweeping has been done.
SWEET PoTATo PoNE.-Wash well six
| good-sized sweet potatoes, scrape the skins
| off and CRATE on a potato crater, mix In
one tablespoonful of butter, one cup OF
molasses, one of sugar, three eggs, pinch
/
ginger to suit the taste; put in a pan
sprinkle sugar over the top, and bake.
! VEAL OUTLETS A LA MAINTENoN.- Take
three or four pounds of veal outlets and
brown them nicely in hot lard or pork
fat, and put them into the tin oven; add
a tablespoonful of -four to the fat in the
spider. and stir it quickly until the -four
browns; then pour in sufficient water
boiling hot, to make the gravy of the
right thickness. If onions are liked, fry
a chopped onion with the -four in the
| boiling fat. Put the outlets into the
gravy; slice up six tomatoes and place
them into the spider and season with
salt and pepper. Cover the meat with &
plate, and let it simmer slowly for an
hour, or until the outlets are as tender al
chicken.
] MIRoroN OF IORsTFR. Take the meat