The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-09-13
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LADIES.

ESPECIALLY FOX The LADiEo.
JET buttons wea. much better for mourn
ing than Grape ones.
SILVER necklaces are worn over velvet
ribbons, as silver is very trying When worn
next the skin.
BLACK Irish poplns promise to come into
favor for autumn wear, but they are rather
heavy just at this season.
A rough-and- ready straw hat, trimmed
with scarf of white crepe and bunch oil
water crosses in front, is quite appropriate
to wear with cotton dresses in the country.
THERE always seems to be a little dnupt
about the propriety Of wearing white llSse
for mourning. However, fashion has decided
that the very depth of mourning permits
and approves Of it.
BuTTERFLIEs are pretty aud fashionable
for bonnet ornamentation, but they wear very
badly. A gauze butterfly with dragged
wings is a sorry sight and can not be reno
waited as can a draggled feather.
THE father Of FIVE manageable daughters
was in town few days ago, trying to buy
some four-leaf clover seed to plant in his
back yard. He said he had read that when
young girl finds four-leaf clover It IS
sign that she will be married within year.
For the filling of an orange short-cake
take two large oranges, peel them, chop
them fine, remove the seeds, add half OF q
peeled lemon and one cup of sugar. Spread
between the layers Of short-cake while 1T Is
hot. This may be used for layer-cake iilling
also, but in that case add the well-beatened
white of one egg.
IIoMINY CRoqUETTEs.-To a cupful oil
cold boiled hominy add tablespoonful oil
melted butter; stir well, then add gradually
cupful Of milk, stirring and MASKING the
hominy until it becomes soft, smooth
paste. Then add teaspoonlul of white
sugar and well-beaten egg. Roll into oVa
ball with Toured hands, roll in beaten eggs
s. then in bread crumbs and fry in boilin!
lard.
RAIsIN CAKE.-A delicious and inexpenslV
raisn cake is made of two eggs, one cup an
half of sugar, two-thirds of cup OF butter
one cup of sweet milk, two cups and hal
of flour, three teaspoonfuls Of bakin
powder or two teaspouniuls of cream tartar
and one of soda; one cdp of rasins, Glove
and cinnamon to suit your taste, one cup
stoned and chopped raisins, 1t is til
experience of most cooks that cake mac
with cream of tartar and soda will kee
moist longer than that made with bakin
powder but the powder is so convenient
use that it has almost superseded the othe
Do not frost this cake, but bake until Il
top is dark brown.
CouRTsHrP DRIFTING WoMANwARD.-
writer in the Home Journal believes that d
old-fashioned courtship is passing away, al
after asking what are to be the regulation
of courtship during the transitional epoc
answers as follows: "Nominally and theor'
ically man still does all the counting, b
really and practically women are taking t
matter into their own hands. Enough
the restraint of chivalry has remained
prevent them from openly proposing M
rage to the object of their choice; but thu
are thousand ways in which a lady Of tt
may WOO and yet not transcend the bour
of etiquette. The present method is
hybrid between the one une-sided court
of knightly days and the custom which Y
prevail when women have their proper pc
ton in the perfected society of the futu
In word, courtship is now evidently dr.
ing womanward, by which we mean d
the ladies will constantly take more 9
more active part in it, until in the day WI
woman should have her rights, the m
important of which is marriage, it will be
common for women to offer their hand
men as it is for men to propose to won
0 lucky day TO bashful bachelors!"