Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-28

small tablespoonful of melted shortening
floor to make of the consistency of stirred
cake. Bake in shallow pan II, q quick
oven. If your family is large, double the
recipe.
One-Egg Cookies-Very rich and nice.
One and half teacupfuls of white sugar,
one small cupful of butter, one cupfui of
thin sour cream, one egg well beaten, one
level teaspoonful of soda, spice to taste, and
a little salt; flour sufficient to roll out. Mix
rather soft. Bake IN quick oven.- Susan
Busybee.
Celery Soup-Boil small cupful of rice
in three pints of milk until it will pass
through a sieve. Crate the white part OF
three heads of celery on & bread crater
add this to the milk, after it has been
strained. Put to it quart Of strong veal
stock let all boil together till the celery
is very tender. Season with salt and
cayenne pepper, and serve. Have dry
toast cut in dice to add to it, if the persons
like.
A great deal of attention should be
given to the proper airing of the mattress
every morning, and at least once a week a
stiff brush should remove the dust which
will accumulate, even in the best ordered
house, around ard under the tufts of cot
ton or the bits of leather, or whatever is
used to tack the mattress with Attention
should also be directed to the edge of the
mattress, where the braid is sewed on, for
dust sits under that Where the bed
room is also the dresSing-room, dust cannot
be avoided but it may be at least changed,
and it need not be allowed To accumulate.
A somewhat novel fashion of utilizing
| the japanese fans for decoration is TO trim
them UP to serve as pockets or bags to hang
against Z wall, and they are really orna-
mental if well done. The leaf of the fan
Is first covered over smoothly with u plain
| piece of the material selected for the
pocket, thea q larger piece is cut to allow
of the necessary fullness OF the front OF
the pocket in this cord is run, or three
gathering threads, heading being at both
top and bottom, the threads being lastly
drawn up, and the piece sewn on to the
front of the fan. The material may be
! embroidered or painted, if the worker
likes, but if this is done it should he after
wards stiffened over cardboard, that the
pattern may be seen; in this case there
will be no fullness, but it will be cut
to shape. Yet another plan is to
box-plait the material, leaving headings
at the top and bottom as before Soft balls
of silks are fastened at intervals round the
| bottom edge, and are much prettier than a
| bsll-tringe.-t CasselPs Family Magazine
for March.
FAsIuoN NOTES.
Figured Chinese silks are used for the
entire dress
| Skirts with six or seven tGcl,s are fashion
able for young people.
New dress sleeves are longer and some.
what wider without tie raised iullness al
the shoulder
Gilt and steel work VIII be used freely
in new millinery goods this spring, ii
laces, aigrettes and flowers.
The prettiest of the plaid ginshan,s have
the design seen in fine wool plaids and arc
imported in all of the newest colors If
large, small and medium sized checks
WaiSt-linings of seIicia cut out any size
desired can be purchased at lirst-class dry
goods houses 10y ladies who wish to dotheil
own dTesslnaking and avoid the bother O
being fitted.
Brocaded velvets have had their dav, anG
their popularity is on the wane. Plair
velvets are now considered richer for nsine
with plain materials for combination COS
tunes and wraps
The favorite bridal couture has Ieost
pufI5 Of hair on the crown of the head
| with wavy rings over TIE brow and shor1
curls at the nape Of the neck. The orange
blossoms form a wreath across the puts.
Black silk or satin dresses are greatly
| improved by wearing with them girlle.
made of handsome passementeries or Of
Jet Girdes made Of irridescent bead:
are worn wish blue or garnet silk and
velvet toilets
Among the latest novelties are the fine
Scotch ginghams which are embroidered
all over the grounds in small dots 0,
blocks, thus, white is embroidered on &
blue ground, pale blue on dark bile and
red or blue on an ecru surface. Other new
goods have Roman stripes on i white
ground.
Party dresses for little girls are n1sde OF
cream-col0red cashmere and surah com
| plheu' ne dfeSS mas plated skirt, and
the waist is tight-ftting with loose
Turkish vest of the surah. Cream-colored
Oriental lace falls over the vest and cuffs,
and quantities of creamy satin ribbons are
tied in bows and loops and form the sash.
The new spring corkscrew cloths in
tended for street costumes are Of light
weight, without luster and will be gener-
ally preferred to the glossy broadcloths,
tricotiues, and the twilIed bison cloths.
Plain, striped and figured velyets will be
used with these cloths for vests, panels,
cuffs snd collars, and viii greatly improve
| them