The Penn's Grove record., 1885-01-10

Every once Iu a WINE IuEEC ONE a
+ time when tine woman Of small means
and great love OF pretty things has to
/ retire in bitter anguish OF spirit. and
.,wonder" how she can make herself
preseut8Ble. not TO say fashionable, on
/ the meager contents of her purse.
/ Such a time is now. foF though there is
/ little that Is essentially new, there has
been a sort of Revision and upheaval,
a reconsideration OF ideIs, and an out
pouring OF images and idols, which Is
confusing, to say the least, and awakens
Il sort of passion for spending, which
most women have 30 tight from neees-
sify. 1t will not do TO say that the v
indulge it. for the Inexorable logic of
facts and figures has proven that men
spend more for clothes IN America than
women. 1t Is not easy, however, to resist
the influence of pretty things, and the
only way is not to pay much attention to
mere novelties Of dress and fashion,
but adhere 10 certain fixed and well-de-
lined rules. Buy good materials, avoid
cheap trimmings, select always such
colors as will go well together, and have
them usually dark. Never your
best on a secondary occasion, or when
it Is likely to to be subject to severe
wear aud tear. Have best dresses cut
or made by a good dressmaker, and en-
ploy your own efforts upon your indoor
gowns and washable materials. Use
best black kid gloves, ecru or beige
tints: they wear better than fancy col
ors aQd the black are better made; they
can be worn with all dresses. Never
buy cheap gloves or hosiery, they are a
delusion and a a Always have a
plain black walking dress aud n
handsome black dress, and depend upon
cut aud material more than ornamental
tion. If you can embroider yourself a
dress you can make a thing of beauty
with little cost; but otherwise content
Yourself with the neatness that is the
best evidence OF refined taste.
MEDICAL LEMoNs.-The way to get
the better OF the bilious system without
blue pills or quinine is to take the juice
Of one, two or three lemons, as appetite
Graves, IN as much cold water as makes
it pleasant to drink without sugar, be-
fore going to bed. In the morning, on
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breakfast, take the juice of one lemon
in a goblet of water. This will clear
the system of humor and bile with eff
cheney without any OF the weakening
effects Of calomel or Congress water.
People should not ~irritate the stomach
by Gazing lemons clear; the powerful
acid OF the Juice, which is always most
corrosive, Invariably produces infam-
nation after a while; but properly di-
uted so that it does not burn or draw
the throat 1t does medical work without
harm, and when the stomach is clear of
food has abundant opportunity to work
over the system thoroughly.
SLICED APPLE Prs. Line a pie pan
Jr plate with crust, sprinkle with sugar,
fiji with tart apes, sliced very thin,
sprinkle sugar aud a very little CHINA
non over them. aud add a few small
bits of butter ana a "teaspoonful OF va
ter or not, as you please-it depends
upon the lieiness OF the apples-dredge
in flour, cover with the top crust, aud
bake about three-quarters oil RI hour;
allow four or five tablespo slfuls of sug-
ar to one pie. Or, line pans with
crust, til with sliced apples, put on top
crust and bake; take off top crust, put
IN sugar, bits OF butter and seasoning,
replace crust and serve warm. 1t IL
delicious with sweetened cream. Crab
apple PIE, if made OF the Transcend
ents, will fully equal those made OF
larger varieties Of the apple.
Boiled TURNlPs.-Use a separate
saucepan for them. Ii when done they
appear soft and watery, put them in a
cloth aud squeeze the moisture ont;
then add n little salt and butter; a tea.
spoonful OF sugar makes them taste
milder, Mash and dish them. Ii,
however, they are nice looking tu-nips,
slice them, put a little butter on them
and pepper we'll, and then serve them.
An hour will boil them, unless they are
very hard.
CARPENTERS should remember that
fresh glue dries much more rapidly
than that which has been once or twice
melted. The finest ordinary glue, or
that made from white bones, absorbs
twelve times its weight OF water in
twenty four hours; from dark bones the
glue absorbs nine times its weight of
water; while the ordinary glue, made
from animal refuse, absorbs but three
to five times its weight of water,
CURDs Mould. Stir to a cream three
ounces OF butter, then stir in well the
following in succession: The yolks of
six eggs, three ounces of powdered
sugar, three ounces of curd rubbed
smooth and the whites of the eggs
whipped to a snow stirred in the last
thing. 1t may be either baked or
steamed i'll a well buttered mould.
Then turn it out and strew it with
sugar.
On CLOTHS should lever be scrubbed
but washed with SKINNED milk, in
which has been thrown u handful of
corn meal; it Is the only wash to use
for them, as it imparts a freshness
which no amount OF scrubbing will give.
They should be vanished every spring,
and oiled with liuseed oil once a week;
this preserves them. and if the method
Is %perseveredln IN, they will last four times
as long as they do ordinarily.
IRISH STEW. Put two pounds OF NUT
ton 81 TO stew in water enough to cover
it, Salt and pepper. When tender
take out Of the kettle and cut in small
pieces; have ready n dozen potatoes
sliced and three sliced onions; put all
together in a saucepan and stew till the
potatoes are done; then stir in enough
dour to make a thick gravy.
HAsTY PUDDN3.-Bol a quart OF
milk with four bay leaves; beat up the
yolks OF two eggs and a little salt; stir
in the milk; then take Ont the bay
leaves, and with a wooden spoon in one
hand, with the other sprinkle in -four,
stirring rapidly until it Is of a good
thickness; pour into a dish and serve
with a sauce,