The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-10-07
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
Increasing the Capacity of CIosets.-Appe-
thing Cookery.


thing Cookery.
In closets which are not provided with
drawers and wardrobes where dresses may be
hung or laid away from all danger from
dust or crowding, bags which will COM
pletely envelop the dress and protect delicate
fabrics are a necessity. Such bags must be
long enough to hold a dress-skirt without
folding, and wide enough to give room to
all kinds of frills and fiounces. Any kind
of n aterial will answer, but muslin or print
is most often used. Cut one side of the
bag three inches longer than the other seam
together, bind around the top. work four
button-holes across the longest side, which
buttons down on the other like flap. The
bottom OF the bag now becomes the top,
seem it across again, and in the casing so
made run a fiat. narrow stick; at each upper
corner sew tape loops by which to hang the
bag on two hooks in the closet. To wide
tapes, sewed near the casing. pin the dress
skirt by the band and also by the waist by
which even part of it will least muss the
trimming. After the dress is carefully
pinned in place, pull down the bag over it
and button the tape across the bottom.
Blanc-Mange-Lik custard, this is thu
baso-the central idea, or fact,-of number
less elegant compounds, and is delightful
in its simplest form. One package of Coop
er's gelatine. Three pints of fresh, sweet
milk One even cupful of white sugar One
half teaspoonful of salt. One teaspOonful of
vanilla or other essence. Bit of soda as
large as a pea put INTO the milk. Soak the
gelatine three hours in cupful of cold wa
ter. Then heat milk (salted) in farina
kettle When it is scalding, stir in without
taking the vessel from the fire, the sugar and
soaked gelatine. Stir three minutes after it
is boiling hot, and strain through coarse
Goth into bowl. Let it get almost cold be-
fore adding the havoring Wet clean
mould with cold water; pour in the blanc
mar &c and set on ice, or in a cold place UNI
til firm. Dip cloth in hot water, wiring I'M
til il will not drip, wrap about the mould,
turn bottom upward on flat dish, and
shake gently to dislodge the contents. Eat
with powdered sugar and cream.
An appetizing salmon salad is made by
filling the salad bowl with alternate layers
Of finely chopped fresh cabbage and of sal
mon picked into very small pieces. Pour
over it rich dressing. Some salad makers
OF repute say that each layer should be sea-
soned by pouring two or three tablespoon
fJls OF the dressing over il, and Others be-
lieve the better way to be to make the dress
ing Thin enough so that when il is ali poured
over the top it will drain slowly through.
Bags for The various small articles in
kitchen and wash room, which need keeping
together, should be made of some dark,
strong material, and of q plain, square shape,
and furnished with curtain rings sewed
around the top to run the draw string in.
Such bags are useful receptacles for clothes
pins. small clOthes-lines, strings and the
hundred and one things which must be kept
in some place where they can be found in a
hurry.
The ordinary pressed veal is greatly I'M
proved in flavor ii equal Parts of veal and
beef tongue are pressed together. The meat
should be chopped quite fine, and thoroughly
seasoned with pepper and salt. Press with
your hands very hard as you put the meat
into the bowls intended for it. They should
he buttered so that the meat will turn out
smoothly. Slice it thin, and garnish the
platter with watercress, or with small lettuce
leaves.
CocoA-SUT CAEE-One cup butter, two OF
sugar, three of flour, one of milk. one tea
spoon soda, two of cream tartar, whites OF
eight eggs, essence lemon; bake in jelly-cake
tins, and pile mp. spreading frosting very
thinly over each sheet, ard sprinkling over
it grated cocoa-nut. After all are ON, cover
the sides and top with icing, and over that
grated cocoa-nut. Ii is very beautiful, and
exceedingly delicate and nice.
Bags for the store-rooms and for holding
bundles and scraps must be of strong stuff.
The former firm. closely-woven linen, sewed
in turn seam, and provided with tapes Tor
tying ND several inches below the top, 50
they may be turned over and tied closely, eff
fectually preventing the entrance OF any un
es'rabie object, animate or otherwise.
A delicious side dish is made of apples and
is called apple omelet Peel and stew, stu
in large lump of butter, little sugar, and
four well-beaten eggs; add fine bread crumbs
and fry in hot lard, on . griddle, dropping
from a spoon. If you have no stale bread
use flour or cracker crumbs.
DECORATIVE NOVELTIES.
China sets are all of oval and oblong
shape.
Drawing-room carpets are il larger floral
patterns tEan ever.
The fashions for ornaments. china and fan
CIV work, are all oval or oblong patterns.
Heavy-beaded ornaments are shown for
mantels, much larger than those of last
year.
A white ground dinner set with simple
gold vines and autumn tinted leaves is a
novelty.
Small-panel hand-screens are OF ebony,
and have place for a photograph in each
panel.
A peculiar tint fer wallpaper is dead gold
ground, with small punches of lilac and
golden rod run through it.
Unique toilet sets Of California wood in
fac smile of melons are shown, with dainty
cut glass perfumery bottles inside.
Autumn floral designs for dinner parties
are splaying more green than throughout
the summer, but the fashions for novel de
signs are not TO hand yet.
Novelties in napery for the autumn come
in autumn leaves and coronet patterns
though the fruits and large punches of flow
ers are still preferred by few.