The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-02-04
Household Hints.

Mauo y! Aan1e Ilpuon' some pretty de-
sign painted or embroidered upon them.
Japanese paper is then securely fas-
tened in the silk cover, and q silk cord
ia fastened upon the case by which it is
suspended.
A scarf for smoking-room table is
OF ecru linen with spray of tobacco
blossoms worked in Kensington stitch
in the natural colors. Below it is the
legend. my clouds all other clouds
dispel.' The scarf has deep knotted
fringe at each end
Baked up custards-Take one quart
OF milk. four eggs, beaten very light,
five tablespoonful of sugar and little
nutmeg; mix we'll and pour into Gus
tard cups; set them in a pan of hot
water, CRATE little nutmeg on each,
and bake carefully. Eat cold
Recipe for Graham Seymour pud-
ding: One and one-half cups of Gra-
ham flour, half q cup of seeded ra;sins,
half a cup of dried currants, half cup
of molasses, half cup of sweet milk,
half a cup of chopped suet, and half
teaspoonful of soda. Add one egg,
salt, and plenty of spice, and steam for
two and one-half hours.
Beef Tea.-Beef to be used for beef
tea should be cut fine or chopped. and
then soaked in cold water for two
hours, If the time can be spared, and
placed upon the fire in the same water.
After thorough boiling it should be
strained, all the fat carefully removed,
and little salt added. Allow a pint
OF water to every pound of meat.
Turkey stuffed with chestnuts is a
seasonable roast. When the turkey is
prepared, roast chestnuts enough to
fill it. Remove the shells and the inner
skins and fill the bird half full. Then
add four ounces of butter and finish
filling with the chestnuts. Sew up the
bird, truss it and bake or roast it..
Serve hot with the gravy only.
Dainty toilet covers are made of
white muslin with large dots. The
dots are worked over with yellow
tiloselle silk, in plumetis stitch, to rep
resent the disks of daisies. The petals
are worked with white tiloselle. The
mats and pin-cushion cover are made
to correspond, and the Innings are of
blue silk or sateen.
Soft boiled eggs-Fresh eggs for in
va]ids who would like them cooked
soft. should be put in a pan of boiling
water, and set on part of the stove
where they will not boil for several
minutes. At the end of that time they
will be like jelly, perfectly soft but
nicely done, and quite digestable by
even weak stomachs.
Calls liver stewed.-Cut the liver
into small slices, about three inches
square. Into your saucepan place two
onions, sliced fine, a tablespoonful of
sage one OF summer savory, a little
pepper and salt; then add your liver
and cover with water, and let it stew
for two hours. Just before you serve
it dredge on little -four, and add a
tablespoonful of butter
The latest fancy for whisk brush hold
ers is to mike rag dolls head, fasten-
ing it securely about the handle
of the brush, So that the ring by
which the brush is SUSPENDED rises,
Minerva like from the top on the head.
Next make tho hands and secure them
in a proper ps ton upon the brush.
Now dress the doll, taking care that
the skirts do not reach lower than two
inches from the bottom of the brush.
For an excellent white vegetable
soup take three-pint bowl of vege.
tables of all kinds, cut up very small;
boil them in two quarts of water, with
a little salt; when done, blend two
tablespoonfuls of -four, with q piece OF
butter the size of an egg, and add a
pint of cream or pint and half OF
milk; boil all together and just before
serving add the yolks of two eggs
mixed with little cream or milk.