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vinegar. For an infant give from few
grains TO teaepoonful.
To stone raisins easily, pour boiling water
over them, letting them stand d moment to
soften, then pour II of. The stones may
then be easily pinched out at the stem end
by giving an "extra TWIST to the fruit.
Here is bit Of cooking school wisdom.
In opening an oven door always hold the
head back till the first blast OF heat has es-
capped for II is almost enough to put one's
eyes out, and may be likely 10 injuro them
seriously.
The best remedy for bleeding at the nose,
as given by DIR. Gleason at one Of his lee
lures, is in the vigorous motion OF the jaws
as II in the act OF chewing. In case OF a
child a wad Of paper should be inserted,
and the child directed to chew IL hard. IL
is the motion Of the jaws that stops the
flow Of blood.
The various "drops,n peppermint, rasp-
berry, hoarhound, and lemon are made by
using pure loaf sugar, with Just lettlo
water TO dissolve; boiling till IL hardens In
water, then adding peppermint essence,
raspberry juice or syrup, hoarhound ex-
tract, or lemon Juice, boiling little longer
and dropping on plates to cool.
Always use confectioners' sugar In max
ing candy or icing. It may become hard
and lumpy by keeping, but a pestle and
mortar, or rolling pin and pastry board
will reduce IL TO its pristine state OF fine
powder. 1t is impossible to make candy
without this sugar, SO do not waste time
and patience upon powdered or granulated
sugar
A tablespoonful Of fine bran In bread and
milk, night and morning, Is said to be q
coed method of combating constipation In
children, and It Is very useful In con veying
to the child silica and phosphates. The
bran may be allowed to soak In the milk,
and then, when warmed up TO little below
boiling point, 1t should be poured on the
bread.
Button bags are made OF two small rib
bon bags, sometimes called Siamese-twln
bags, Because OF their equality in size and
close attachment. The bags are Joined at
the side and nay be embroidered, IL fancy
suggests more elegance than ribbon and vel
vet alone furnishes, and one long ribbon is
run through the castings Of both, so they can
be drawn up together.
Prof. Crudelli claims that lemon juice
is as good cure for malaria as qui-
nine One lemon, peel and all, should be
cut up, put in three tumblers of water,
boiled down to one glassful, strained, aud
put to cool. When cool the liquid is to be
drunk all at once, and the practice to be re.
peated daily, orssevery other day, according
to circumstances Of location or constitu-
tion.
To make chicken salad Take a boiled
chicken and chop moderately fine; bunch
Of celery chopped into pieces the size Of a
twenty-fve-cent piece. For dressing, take
the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs; sprinkle
lightly with salt, two teaspoonfuls of mus
tard (mixed); as you turn this over pour In
a wineglassful Of salad OIL afterward half q
wineglass Of vinegar. Pour this over the
celery and chicken.
A good receipt for cookies is one large
cup Of sugar, one scant cup Of butter, two
beaten eggs, four tablespoonfuls OF milk,
one-half teaspoonful Of salt, nutmeg and
cinnamon each half teaspoonful, nearly
three cups Of prepared flour, enough to
enable you to roll 1t into soft dough. Rub
butter and sugar together, beat in the
whipped eggs, the spices, salt, milk, and
stir In the flour. Roll into thin sheet, and
cut into shapes with cake.cutter. Bake
in quick oven.
Recipe for dressing for cold slaw Put
three tablespoonfuls of vinegar in q sauce
pan with a little salt and pepper; beat two
eggs very light and mix with tablespoon
full Of sifted flour, a teaspoonful of butter,
teaspoonful OF sugar, and half tea
| spoonful Of ground mustard. Set the vine
| gar on the stove, and when II boils stir in
the mixture, adding half a cup Of milk.
| Cook for two minutes, stirring constantly.
| Pour the sauce over the shred cabbage and
| let 1t become cold before serving.
To scallop tomatoes, strain most OF the
| liquor from a can of tomatoes, butter a bake
dish, spread layer Of tomatoes in the bot
tom, season with bits Of butter, salt, pepper,
sugar, and few shreds of onion. Cover
this layer with fine bread crumbs, put over
| It another Of tomatoes and seasoning, and
| so on until the dish is full. The top should
be stratum Of seasoned crumbs. Set in
the oven, covered, and bake, removing the
lid ten minutes before taking II out, that It
may be Drowned delicately.
Tobacco pouches are made Of triangular
pieces Of chamos leather with some de-
sign appropriate to their use In outline on
each. The pieces are Joined together and
the seams are covered with half-inch rib
bon, which is fastened at the edges with
fancy stitches. The mouth Of the bag is
bound with broad satin ribbon OF the same
shade as that on the seams, with q casing
for the drawing strings. II one is clever In
drawing, designs may be made with the
pen and colored inks. The bottom Of the
pouch is finished with sequins and stars.
Toilet bottles, instead Of being covered
with painted or embroidered satin ribbons,
as formerly, are gilded or bronzed with the
gold paint that is sold for decorative pur-
poses. A bow Of inch-wide satin ribbon is
| lieu uDOub Iut uCCh, ullu bhC CuJ-Rlubb bLOD-
4 per is very properly left undecorated.
Some bottles have brand Of very coarse,
stiff cotton lace sewed tightly around the
lower half after q coat Of gliding is applied.
The whole bottle, lace and all, is then
gilded, and the result is very pretty, the
bottle looking as II set in little metal
stand. 1t would probably be even better II
the lace were painted o red bronze and the
uncovered part of the bottle gilded.
Cream dates are made In this way: Put
the white of an egg into bowl and add an
equal quantity OF cold water. Mix with
this enough confectionery sugar until 1t Is
stiff enough to mold. Remove the seeds
from the dates with sharp knife and fill
the opening with the cream, which is
formed In the shape Of the seed, only larger,
of course, SO that 1t fills the cavity; then
set away for the cream to dry. The cream
may be favored TO taste. For nut candy,
make the cream as directed for cream dates
only before mixing all the sugar add finely
chopped almonds, walnuts, and hickory
nuts; then mix the rest Of the sugar until II
is thick enough; then form into balls or
bars.
Try chicken croquettes, made thus Take
q good-szed CHECKED and one pound OF lear
veal. Cook meat and chicken together
Save the liquor; hash up the chicken and
meat finely together season with milk, pep
per, salt, parsley, and half tablespoonful
OF grated onion. Take a loaf Of bread
stale, rub the bread into crumbs until yor
have equal quantities OF crumbs and meat
Place over the fire as much Of the liquor a
will moisten well the crumbs, into which
stir the milk, and butter the size Of an egg
When 1t boils stir in the crumbs until they
stick to the spoon. Add meat, and, whei
cold, two well-beaten eggs. Form init
rolls with your hands, rollthem in crumbs
and fry in hot lard like doughnuts.
Orange marmalade made after the fol
lowing directions is delicious To one pount
Of crushed sugar allow one pound o
. oranges, with the rlnds, then pare off tn
yellow rind Of half the oranges and put 1
over the fire In cold water; cover CLOSELY
. | and simmer till tender; crate of the yellow