The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-19
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Seine Suggestions for the Holidays and Some
for All Days in the Year.

| EGG stains can be removed by rubbing with
| common table salt.
/ Rub oiled furniture with wooden cloth satu-
| rated slightly with Gil
/ Stains on wood can be removed with strong
| vinegar or salts of lemon.
| A gastronomc error is to imagine that the
| most colossal turkey is the best.
! Leather chair seats may be revived by rubbing
| them with we'll beaten white of egg
Genuneness of angel cake does not necessarily
depend upon feathers sticking out of the icing.
| brilliant black varnsh for iron stoves and
fireplaces is made by stirring ivory black into or
binary shellac varnish.
| Celery and chicken croquettes combined have
been introduced by a Baltimore caterer, and, a
local paper says, with gratifying success.
I pretty tidy for the sofa is made by taking a
pretty silk handkerchief, gathering or plating
| 1t in the CENTER cover gathers with bow of
| contrasting ribbon ard spread over the arm or
/ back of the SOFA A silk fringe adds to the
pretty effect.
Christmas gift that is appreciated by every
one is foliage plant in one of the bright Leeds
| eachepots in one of brass 1t may be suf-
| fciently expensive to crafty the most luxurious
| taste. while it has none Of the oppressiveness
caused by gift of silver or gold
For chocolate caramels take one eupful of
brown sugar, half cupful of rnolasses, half a
cupfu of grated chocolate, half a cupful of but
any extract preferred boil like molasses candy;
| pour into buttered pans, scoring off the pan in
| small squares.
Pretty saehets simply made of small col
ored silk hemstitehed handkerchiefs. The
sachet power is placed IN ball of cotton, which
Is inclosed in linen cover, and then the hand
! kerchief is put over it, and the opposite corners
simply tied together, after the manner of the
conventional emigrants pack.
pretty perfume-sachet is made of cardinal
plush or watered silk six inches square Sew
up bag-shape, turn the top with fine, wide lace
fill the bag with batting and violet powder,
gather the lace and decorate with narrow bright
ribbon. You pin this to the curtain or sus-
pend from the mirror with silk cord.
Rice pudding with fruit is liked by children
Swell the rice with very little milk, over the
hre then mix fruit of any kind with it, currants
gooseberries scalded, pared and quartered ap-
Piles, raisins or black currants, and, still better
red-currant jelly, with one egg to bind the rice;
boil it well and serve with powdered cinnamon
and sugar
French cabbage is prepared thus: Chop cold
boiled white cabbage and let it drain till per-
fectly dry; stir in some melted butter to taste.
pepper, salt and four taplespoonfuis of cream
after it is heated through add two we'll beaten
eggs; then turn the mixture into buttered fry
inepan, stirring until 1t is very hot and becomes
delicate brown on the under side. Place hot
dish over the pan, which must be reversed when
turned out to be served
For cocoanut jelly cake take two cups of
sugar, two,thirds of a cup of butter half a Gun
of milk, four eggs three cups OF sifted -four one
teaspoonful Of cream of tartar and half tea
spoonful of soda; sift them through the flour.
mix thoroughly and bake in shallow tin pans
When baked, remove from tins and spread thick
with currant. raspberry, or any jelly that is pre-
ferred, and place one layer over the other. Make
an icing of the whites of four eggs. sugar and
vanilla favoring; put this thick over the top, and
cover with grated cocoanut.
pretty paper rack is made out of a wire
gridirOn You can get one in any .'fvecent
store" Line the back of it with piece of felt
cretonne. or anything you have convenient; run
number three ribbon in and out of the bars in
the 'front.' in basket pattern. Take off the han
die of the front side and put pretty bow there.
Attach the sides together with pieces of ribbon
about quarter of yard long aud if your wire
gridiron is large one you will need pieces OF
ribbon IN the middle of the sides. Hang it up
by the long handle A grdron has more uses
than for broiling; but when the paper rack is
finished you would never think it was made
from gridiron. The ribbon be all one
color or pretty contrasting colors just as you
prefer
A rag bag made of pretty cretonne is more
than acceptable to many a housekeeper To
make it, You will want three pieces of cretonne
of different patterns. Cut each yard long and
twenty four inches wide and sew the sides and
one end together, and bind these seams with
tape. Cut a slit seven inches from the ton in
the center of each outside piece that will be IF
teen inches long and bind the opening with tape.
Turn the three pieces OF cretonne at the top into
one hem an inch WIDE and run through this n
stick ten inches long. Fasten this securely at
each end and sew strong string from one end
to the other to hang it by. If dark pieces are to
be kept one side and light pieces the other, have
one side light cretonne and the other dark
One bag thus does the work of two, and saves
closet room
A stocking bag is very handy. To make it, cut
piece of cretonne thirty two inches by fourteen,
and hem the short sides with halfinch hon.
Cut three pieces of pasteboa seven by five and
half inches round one edge of each, and cover
each on both sides with the cretonne Cut an
other piece of cretonne nine by fourteen inches,
and hem one of the longest sides with an inch
hem. Round off the other two corners gather
this rounded portion from hem to hem and
basic 1t on one OF the covered pieces of paste
board, leaving the straight side open Run
piece of elastic through the hem at the top and
fasten securely Make pretty bow of ribbon
and sew it at the center of the hem. This makes
pocket for the darning cotton Gather one of
the long sides Of the large piece of cretonne and
basic ii on the edge of the pocket. overland them
together on the wrong side. Gather the other long
side OF the cretonne In the same manner and
overland 1t on the second piece of pastel I'd as
before. Cut two pieces of white flannel and at
tach them TO this and the last piece of paste-
board to the second by their strai ght sides TO
make needleb book. Sew FIVE little brass rings
on the halfnch hem at the top and run piece
of braid through these, which gathers the top
together. The directions may appear little in
volved, bat do not be discouraged-the bag is
very easy to make.
German Christmas Dainty.
New York Post.
No one who has travelled in Germany, or at
least whose friends have been there and have
brought souvenirs of the Journey has missed
the enjoyment of the delicious marzinap
tmarchpane) of Lubbock or Kenigsberg. This
Christmas dainty is gift as highly priced bv
the learned professor as by the belle of society