Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-25
Household Hints.

Household Afnts.
T"E ". B."iR New York Evening PoEt.l
An excellent preparation for softening the
hands is made Of equal parts of lamb suet
and of slycerfne; melt them gently together,
add few drops of some strong perfume, and
use after bathing; rub little thoroughly into
the skin.
A strange dish, but one that has found
favor with the epicure himself Che in no case
being told how it is made, )is called bacon
shortcake. Make a crust just as you do for the
biscuit served with fricasseed chicken; roll it
out In one large cake to be baked in long
tin; cut these slashes in the dough, and
through these slip slices of bacon in. The
bacon should be cut in thin slices or strips
about five inches long, and not half that
width Have these slices about three inches
apart Bake the same as any shortcake,
and serve hot. AS an entree, with ga me, this
is considered especially appetlzing
A very pretty tidy Is made of scarlet or any
shade of red felt; put trips of black velvet,
and on these strips embroider little fans In
bright and varied colers of silk. The bottom
of this tidy is finished by pinking the felt; let
the velvet strips run down to form a point,
and put tassel made of different colored
silk, on each point.
becoming afternoon apron is made of one
breadth of linen, a straight breadth, not gor ed
at all; have the hem four inches deep, and
above the hem have drawn work about an
inch deep. Then, in scarlet, tiny Kate Greens
away figures should be embroidered in the
pretty and delicate outline stitch. Or, if yor
choose, these figures may be put in the cor
ners only, but it is great deal prettier to have
them go way across in procession, all look
ing the same way, or over the shoulder; or
S-SI L. kE,11s ho~- aak
in the center. that is, have part face one way
and part another.
A tasteful way to brighten the table and
add touch of fancy which Is appreciated by
the most unobservRnt, and redeems the least
dressed-up table from absolute barrenness, is
simply to decorate the white towels which
are so frequently placed at the head and foot
of the table On one end of the towel which
is TO be used at the head of the table, have a
coffee pot of graceful design worked in out
line stitch in scarlet or brown; at the oppo-
site end of the towel work cup and saucer.
On the towel intended for the foot of the
table have knife and fork at one end, and
two SPOONS crossed at the other.
Covers for small tea trays are scolloped
around the edge, and then buttonholed
with scarlet, brown or blue, with little figures
in the center, or corners are worked in the
same color that is chosen for the border.
Slender brass rods are much prettier to
made of wood; have the rings small, although
loose enough TO slip easily along; one curtain
ID considered in . little better taste than two;
it can be drawn to one side, and caught back,
and SO expose all the books to view with bet
ter effect than if there were tive curtains.
IN L"Kecommends this way of making
beef tea: Cut one pound of beef in pieces
as small as dice; let them be fres fat or girls
tie. Put them into one pint Of ice cold water
and let them lie in this for two hours; then
put the beef and water on the stove to sim
mer gently for twenty minutes; add tea
spoonful of salt Strain through a muslin
cloth and with piece of brown paper re-
move the stray globules of fat This is strong,
and 1t tastes good when cold. To vary it,
little rice may be cooked in it; the kernels
of rice should be separated if properly cooked
and of the rich brown color of the beef tea.
| Macaroni may be used in place OF rice,lf you
please
An educational journal quotes approvingly
| the suggestion made in this column, that the
school life of our daughters should be length
| sned and their entrance into society deferred,
| and says that one good result of this would
| bs to prevent early marriages. Such a sug-
| eestion was not intended. Observations
| among ones acquaintance shows the fact to
| be that people do not marry early nowadays,
| and indeed as general rule, do not marry
| early enough. In many cases that event takes
! place as a result of prudence and calculation.
| Marriages are made, and do not enough make
| themselves Our sons and daughters seem In
no haste to settle down, and begin at the very
foundation to build the home, at an early age
| 1t seems that we do not really need to give
| ourselves much uneasiness on this point.
| Every day we see that there is an absolute
necessity for giving good books to our chill
| dren We cannot begin too early to cultivate
| q taste for healthful literature. The recent
developments in several cities must call the
attention of all careless parents to this fact.
The influence of bad books upon children is
| so apparent as to be startling, and the boy
who went armed to school last week in Pitts
| burg and gave his name to his "Schuy Kill
| Jack" is only one of large number OF weak-
| headed bows who have been depraved by
reading these stories which they ought never
| to have seen Do not consider it lost or
wasted time during which you read to your
| boy; perhaps no other hours of your life are so
wisely used, and it will not be without its fruit
| you will be perfectly sure. Do not always read
down to your children; they appreciate high
| er and deeper thoughts than you sometimes
| think they do.
| Another recei pit for maoaroons is highly
| spoken of by those who have tried it. Banch
| and pound in a mortar six ounces of sweet
| almonds beat the whites of six eggs very light,
add one pound of pulverized sugar, two
ounces of rice -four, and one tablespoon of
brandy; mix the almonds with this, and drop
| through cornucopia on buttered paper; bake
until they are delicate brown; if you try
one first and find it too tough and not light
enough, add more egg to Ii. 1t is wise when
making these as we'll as nice cakes, to try
| littls in the oven before venturing to put the
| entire quantity in, for cake that would have
been a failure may be rendered faultless some
times by the addition of little more -four
very carefully beaten if it is too light, or by
adding milk or egg If the dough is too stif.
Rolled apple dumplings are novelty and
are delicious Peel and chop fine some tart
apples; make rich crust as for biscuit, roll
| it half an inch thick, spread it thiokly with
the apple, sprinkle fine sugar and powdered
cinnamon over it, then cut it in strips two
inches wide, roll it up just as you do jelly
roll; put a little lump of butter each roll
after it is put into the tin or dripping pan;
little juice will drain from the apples if they
are good ones; keep this to put into the
sauce; favor this with brandy or wine if you
like it, otherwise make plain sour pudding
sauce.
The seductive rhubarb will soon make its
appearance in our gardens, and if you like it
well enough to add to it all the sugar it de-
mands you can preserve some of it for use
next winter; take it while crisp and perfectly
brittle and fresh: steam it so as to do away