The Wilmingtonian., 1888-09-08

Il the true day's-eye.
Whitnash is in Shakespeare count,
q which he had in mind when he wrot,
his spring song beginning:
"When Daisies pied and Violets blue
And Lady-smocks all silver-white,
. And Cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Dopaint the meadows with delight.
I was happy as to find the ''cuckoo-
bud of yellow hue" the very day
after finding the daisies.
One more quotation from the great
poet must be permitted me, which.
since have seen the English daisy
in its home, seems to me absolutely
perfect:
"Without the bed her other fair hand
On the green coverlet, whose perfect
white
Shone like an April daisy on the
grass"
The daisy is found in heraldry. 1t
was assumed by the good Marguerite
of Valois, she who was the friend of
Calvin and the grandmother of the
French Henry w., and also by Mar
garet of Richmond the mother of
Henry VII. and foundress of Christ
College, Cambridge, who bore three
daisies on green turf, to my think
ing one of the prettiest of badges.
The old stone church at Whitnash
was dedicated to st. Margaret, and
in stained glass window of its south
porch she is represented bearing in
her hand a spray of daisies with
crimson rays.
The daisy when springing from
rich soil sometimes has curious
growth of tiny flowers underneath
the main flower and growing out of
the green bracts. This is called the
"Hen and Chickens Daisy" the big
flower answering to the hen and the
small ones to the chickens.
There are ordinarily only two or
three of these tiny "chickens," per-
feet little daisies, costly nesting un-
der the rays of the larger one. But
sometimes there is a complete ring of
them close set. This curious growth
is also called "Jackanapes on Horse
back" though in Warwickshire the
former name obtains.
The word "daisy" was formerly
used in the eastern counties of Eng
land as an adjective meaning excel
lent, femarkable--as for iustanue,
''She's daisy lass to work.; or SIM
a daisy hand for pudding, meaning
81 eat good deal of pudding"
Here is only another curious EXAM
pie of the fact that what we call
"slang" is often only revival of an
old phrase. And the American
youngsters "You're daisy!" is sim
ply old provincial English.-Mrs. II.
A. Humphrey, in Aug. Wide Awake.
Tested Receipts.
CREAM CAKEs.-Two eggs, / cup
of sugar, { cup of cream or milk, 2
cups of -four, l teaspoonful of cream
of tartar, ] teaspoonful of soda, mix
as you would cake, bake in pie
dishes, this is enough for two dishes,
bake light brown and when taken
out of the oven, put the upper part
down, this makes it better shape
and prevents the cream from running
off. When cold split open with sharp
knife.
CREAM.--One pint Of milk, cup
of sugar, yolks of three eggs, table
spoonful of corn starch, boil this until
it thickens little, then let it stand
until quite cold, tnot in iron or tiny
spread thickly over one half of the
cake, then lay the other half on top
of it, use the whites of the three eggs
for iceing, and if you do not wish to
go to the trouble of making iceing
use two eggs for the cream aud
spread sugar over the top of all.
Flavor the cake with vanilla, the
cream with bitter almond and the
iceing with currant jelly.
CHow-onow.-1k pounds of white
mustard seed, II pounds of yellow
mustard seed, IL pounds of yellow
| mustard seed ground, ,shandfuls of salt
cloves, pepper, corn and unions,
gallons of pure cider vinegar, oun-
ces of tumeric, 2 ounces Of celery
seed to put in taste, l pound Of sweet
oil (cookingoiD, tomatoes, caulilower
small green peppers, cucumbers,
beans, currants, canteloupes, corn
and whatever else you please to add
in small quantities.
BORDEAUX SAUcE,-Two gallons
of cabbage cut fine, 1 gallon of grecn
tomatoes cut fine, l dozen of onions
cut fine, l ounce tumeric powder, l
ounce celery seed, ounce whole
| cIoves hunce ,Il.pico o,,,-.