Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-28
HOME MATTERS.

HOME MATTERS.
VARIOUS MATTERS OF HOUSEHOLD INTEREST
WINDOW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Goor
RECIPES FOB THE KIICHEN-HEALrH OF
woNEN-How To DEADEN IRRITATING
NOISES.
WHITE SEALING WAX is for bridal invita-
lions, chocolate brown TOR invitations to . din.
ner.
LITTLE RIBBON Bows are placed on almost
every conceivable article of drawing room fur
niture.
CHRYsANrHEMUNs in Japanese jars are to be
seen in the windows of very many fashionable
houses.
COPPER PLAQUES and ornaments are. to a
brass.
GRASDMoTHERs' SHAwLs are being resur-
rected TO drape over easels, sofas, and the cor
pers OF chairs.
In sitting rooms, with the alternate shelves
filled with bric-a-brac.
CABINET RECEsSEs are being lined with
glazed and colored panels to show off their con-
tents. Indian cups, salvers. and brass-embossed
articles are well set of by ruby tint.
ONELET WITH HAIRCUT the ham up into
small pieces after separating all fat. stir them
In with the eggs, using the fat OF the ham in the
jan instead OF butter. Add no salt, as the naIn
l. salt enough.
their own juice and strain thoroughly. Cut Oh
the hard portions. Chop up the fillets and stir
into the eggs, in the proportion of four oysters
Tor each egg.
CORN GEMs.-Two cups of corn meal, two
cups of flour, two cups of sweet milk, two eggs,
three heaping teaspoonfuls of baking-powder,
one-half cup of butter, one-half cup OF sugar.
Bake in gem-panS.
TURKEY SrUFFING Of force-rneat is a novelty.
So is a chestnut stuffng. Cook the forcemeat
by making it DIP into roll, with layer of thin
bacon tied on top; stew IL either in hot water or
stock, and let IL cool with the bacon on 1t until
you are ready to put IL in the turkey.
OYSTER PLANT.-Salsify Is one ofthe Novem-
Der vegetables. Scrape the roots, cut them in
short lengths and throw them into vinegar and
water as they are being done. Boil them till
tender in sailed water. drain them, toss them
In a sauce pan with piece OF butter, little
lemon juice and some minced parsley; add salt
and serve.
HERoDoTUs PUDDING livery good).-Haif a
pound each of bread crumbs and chopped figs,
six ounces each of fresh suet and brown sugar.
Mince nicely together the figs and suet, add a
half teaspoonful of salt and three eggs well
beaten, also half q nutmeg. Boil in a buttered
pudding mould for four hours. Serve with
some nice sweet sauce.
SCOTCH SHORT-CAKE.-Takeo one half pound
Of slghtly sailed butter and one pound OF flour;
then mix flour and butter with hands; then add
four ounces of loaf sugar and work all into q
smooth ball. then roll out until Ii is an inch
thick, prick over with a fork and pinch round
the edges and bake for one-haif an hour in
oven, with n moderate fire. in a round or square
pan, according to taste.
VELVET CREAM.-Put into a stew pan one
ounce of gelatine previously soaked for fifteen
minutes in a gill of cold water. Add q half
pint of sherry wine, the juice of a lemon and
half It's rind grated with a quarter of pound of
sugar. Let all boil gently together until the
geIatine Is melted, then strain through q fine
sieve or piece of muslin into a pint and half
sweet Keep stirring
COLO, then put into moulds that have been first
wet with cold water.
HEALTH OF WoNEN.-An Old doctor says:
women do not eat. drink or dress with reason.
They nIbble. Their stomachs are always at
work. By this constant eating rational appe-
Ute Is spoiled; of course they tall into dyspep-
loll. Their brains and muscles become slug
g1Sh. The need of American woman Is not
dress and medicine, but outdoor exercise and
muscular employment in the hOuse.-Dio
LetCis Nuggets.
To CHOOSE A TUKKEY.-Do not try to twist
Its wings, but feel the point of its breast-bone if
this "gives' to the fingers, instead of being hard
and sharp, you may know the bird is young.
hairy turkey. with reddish or purpliSh things
and back, Is likely to be old; so is one of IN
usually large size, unless you can trust the
dealers word. The pin-ieathers are pointed in
pliable legs and feet the signs of freshness in
game, as the legs very soon dry and stiffen.
MILK COOKIEs--Two cups of sugar. one cup
teaspoonful Of soda; sour milk is so little used
since the advent of baking powders that few
modern cooks know how to dispose of a cup ,o6
sour milk or cream. Here is an old-time Ind
cookies. Mix the butter and sugar toxettler
add the milk and soda and the eggs well
are cut out sift graduated sugar over them and
roll 1t by pressing the rolling pin gently over
much.
PORK PIE.-Make a good plain paste. Take
from Dig to three pounds of the thick end of a
loin Of pork, with very little fat on it. cut into
rather thin slices three inches long by two
inches wide; put layer at the bottom of pie
ley, aiao an onion. Sprinkle a small portion OF
these over the pork, and crate a little nutmeg
over. and little pepper and salt. Add another
layer Df pork, and over that some more ofthe sea-
soning, only be spariug OF the nutmeg. Continue
this Ut til the dish is full Now pour into the
dish cupiul OF stock or water, and a spoonful
or two OF catsup. PUT little paste around
the edge of the dish; put on the cover
and place the pie in q rather hot oven When
the paste has risen and begins 10 take color
place the pie at the bottom of the oven, with
some paper over it,as it will require to be baked
a. Ieast Two hours--Phitd detpiiu Ledger.
SUFFERERS FROM NoISE--There are q multi
tude of sufferers from the noises of their neigh
borhood who endure what amounts to agony,
exciting their nerves 10 abnormal action and
their pulse 10 fever heat, when il would do them
no injury to Use simple means OF obviating
the whole thing The cangOr of machinery
the ringing Of bells. the cries and laughter the
yeil> ana rOarS. -. - hundred or less children
At recess or AT b,ll-pltying. the passing of heavy
uFays-iN or am of THESE anu otEe: things are
sometimes fatal to- the health OF the invalid and
10 the work of til. thinker. Often it is Mt
terry Impossible 20 move into u region where
10 heasy drdNS pass. no beII-ringing is al
lowed, and then there il hardly a region to be
found not invaded BY the whistle of the steam
engine. or where Dos do not shout at their
gaines; add even where there no cocks to
crow. or dogs - blrk. or birds To sing at nm
seeul!y hOnrs before dawn. there Is ALWAYS some
other sOnsid ~ tf.riure the sensitive ear. II
now, the suffered will take a bit OF sperInacefi
ointment oI ;ntit the size Of a pea tie IL 10 In
a small square of fine linen, aud place il deem
In the ear. working il round till il takes the
shape of the Drifcs, leaving the end to hang
out, not a nlurmur Of sound CAN be heard. tbS
atmosphere IS sweet and serene, the nerves are
quite at rest, ali evaporation is subdued, and
when the noise is over TIE necessary season
ofqniet has been had, the little plug can be re-
moved, the murmur of the world allowed TO re-
tuIn and no harm dOne.-HaTpers BazQr.
Training Servant Girls
AN EARNEST APPEAL FOR BETTER TREATMENT
OF THE IGNORANT DOMESTIC.
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