The Wilmingtonian., 1884-06-07
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LADIES.

to flavor cake which is to have icing over
the top is to CRATE part of the peel of an [
orange or lemon over the cake before putting
the icing on.
THE RULE FOR cusTARp.-Five eggs to a
quart of milk and tablespoonful Of sugar
to each egg is the ruleI the custard is to be
frozen it takes more sugar In mixing eggs
into hot water stir small quantity of the
milk into the beaten eggs at first and slowly.
Too sudden heating curdlcs the custard.
Neither must the custard cups Qor boilng)
be set in a pan of cold water, as this takes
so long to heat that the yolks will grow firm
before the white does. They should steam
in the hot water. A good way is to heat the
milk to the boiling point, which thiokens it
sufficiently; pour into a bowl, and when
nearly cold, stir in the sugar and eggs well
beaten; stand the bowl in a saucepan of boil
ing water aud stir one way until it is thick.
Topour over fruit serve in glass cups, or to
be eaten with rice cups and stewed fruit.
How TO REAR cHILDREN.-Treat them
kindly.
Don't preach politeness and proprie y to
them and violate their laws yoursel :, In
other words, let the example you set them
be a good one.
IN, If
want to quarrel wait till the children are
gone to bed. Then they will not see you,
and perhaps by that time You may not want
to quarrel.
Never talk ''old folks" talk in front of
children.
Never speak flippantly of neighbors before
children. They meet the neighbors's chill
dren and have talk about it.
Teach them to think that the little boy in
rags has heart in him in spite of the rags
and stomach, too.
Teach them as they grow older that a res
pectful demeanor to others, gentle tone of
voice, kind disposition, generous nature,
an:honest purpose and an industrious mind,
are better than anything on earth. Teach
them these things, and self-reliance and
intelligence and capability will come Of
themselves. Teach them these things,I say,
and your boys and girls will grow up to be
noble men and women Truth.
CoLoRINe REcIPEs.-Drab-Save al
your tea grounds and surplus tea after eacl
meal in an iron vessel, and when you get {
gallon or so steep one-half hour; skim ou
the grounds; add one teaspconful of cop
peras to each gallon of dye;put in your good
and boil one hour; drain, rinse and dry, Thi
dye is very convenient to color small article
and will color full as good without the cop
peras, but will fade sooner. Another
Take one-half bushel of beech bark; boi
two hours; when done have sufficient waite
to cover it; remove the haEk 2a ssas.sssl gal
-.--.--.-..asstyv-;rur ONE teasPoohidl or coppeTa
and proceed the same as in the above recipe
always remembering to stir the goods ofte
to preventing spotting. BY adding pint {
sumach bobs (not poison) 10 the bark an
using brass vessel to color in, you can &c
much darker and brighter color, almost
purple. By using soft maple bark, instea
of beech bark, much darker shade can |
obtained than with the beech. Black wa
nut bark or shucks with copperas wi
color good black (although not jet), an
for butternut color boil the buttern;
bark or shucks an hour or two remove IL
bark or shacks and put in the goods and be
an hour or two longer.
THE HANDY -Dish-washir
is one of the homeliest home occupation
Three times day the dsh-pan has to |
brought down and thes old routine gol
through. Housekeepers often say; "If
only had some one to do the dishes shou
not mind Homework at ALL" but the
are probably the housekeepers who was
dishes without system. They put all Il
dishes, knives, forks, ETC., into the pan al
in a few moments the water is very nut
soiled and time is wasted in heating al
pouring in clear water.
An excellent honsekeeper gives the f.
lowing directions for cleaning the table al
washing the dishes:
First, put away the meat and potato
remaining, the butter, bread and other eat
blss. Then collect all the spoons, forks al
knives by themselves, and the glasses. P
the saucers up, and the cups, pouring t
waste coffee or tea into one cup; collect t
largest plates, scraping all the refuse in
one dish, and after everything is neatly pill
up, remove to the sink stand or the kitch
table.
1t is saving in the end to have two dis
pans. Always get them large. Fill tht
with good hot water, and put tiny bit
soda and piece of soap in the first. Ha