The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-12-11

we'll dried before the fire and sifted with flour
before mixing in Bake in a moderate oven.
LITTLE DISHES FOR THE SICK
Every housewife should know how to prepare
the simple gruels and dainty and tempting little
dishes required in the sick room, and as part of
my mission is to help educate our young girls,
will give few recipes and general hints on
this subject:
To MAKE GRUEL.-Mix a teaspoontul of
crushed oat flakes in two of water, add a pint of
boiling water, and boil it ten minutes, keeping
it stirred Stir into the cruel small piece of
butter, little sugar, nutmeg or ginger grated
if not desired sweet add pinch of salt.
Conn MEAL GRUEL.-Sift the meal through
fine seive; wet two spoonsful Of this with cold
water and beat it till there are no Jumps stir
into pint and half of boiling water; let it
boil half an hour, stirring it continually. Sea.
rs best liked
For CONSERVATIVES Boil a quarter Of an
ounce of isinglass in pint Of new milk until
reduced to half sweeten Baked milk is much
recommended for nsImptives. The milk
should be put in a moderately warm oven and
be left in over night.
SIPPETs-When a sick person is too weak to
eat meats, sippets are very nutrious and are pre-
pared in this simple manner Put two or three
small square pieces 0f bread ON an extremely hot
plate and pour over them either beet, veal or
mutton gravy, with which no butter has been
mixed Sprinkle with little salt.
Jellies and meat brohs, together with the va.
rious farinaceous foods, very necessary for in
vaids, as all milk preparations Fresh
bread should never be given 20 the sick
LUNCHEON For INvALTDs bread crumbs
and currant jelly or any other jelly, alternately
in tumbler, and when nearly half full, fill it up
with milk.
An egg broken in cup of tea, or beaten with
milk, adds zest to a breakfast.
4 palatable and cooling drink may be made
by pouring hot water over slices OF lemon when
cold, TO be strained and sweetencd. This is ex-
cellent TO use in all pulmonary troubles
Shaved ice held in the mouth will cure scre
throat also good when one is weak and nau-
seated.
FASHION CHAT
Those who have very fair compexons should
never wear any of the beautiful pearl and gray
shades, since they very apt to give ghaslly
inge To a c'lorless complexion. For the same
reason those who have II superabundance OF color
should adopt them for their toning effect
Among the popular new Co.Ors this winter
rush and geranium leaf green, Afrcaine, a neu-
tral amber-gray, Floren:,e brown of rich
golden tint vieux vert, an DID, dul green vert
dor beautiful golden green for evening wear
and indeed very becoming to rosy blondes old
mahogany, n rich brown like the Bismarck
shades Of other days; etrusque, lovely shade
between gold and tan; Hugo, a rich leather
color; Saurienne, moss green and accante. Il
dull red. Roman red is an extremely popular
shade and is seen in every department of mlllin-
cry.
History repeats itself and as proof OF this we
are now told that those prodigious muffs of long
haired fur, which our great-grandmothers use 10
carry-capacious enough to stow away an entire
days shopping in-are to reappear.
The latest and most stylish gloves are The nex
ble Swedish, ot pale tan, with delicatey corded
backs-worn with visiting or carriage costumes.
Pale dove gray and dark tan gloves, broadly
stitched with black, popular for promenade
toilets. Evening gloves are still very long and
with narrowly corded backs.
Black fur is very popular as " trimming, IT
even being applied 20 colors, Dnt, as we have so
few real cold days here in Florida | do not
think it in good taste We should arise above
the dictates OF the fashion gods and adopt such
styles and combinations as are best suited
10 our surroundings rs well as our per-
sons. | believe in wearing what IS most be-
coming to our own individual style and climate,
and think the sooner we get TO drapng our
dressts:to snt our own stves-or rather, our
forms 10 see that our bonnes or whatnnts
are made in The shape and trimmed in accord
ance, with our own tastes the pretlier and more
fascinating we viii look-fashions notwitl-
standing. BESSIE
THE BEST