Wichita eagle., 1889-03-12
FOR HOUSEHOLD USE.

SUMNER vegetables should be cooked on
the same day they are gathered if possible.
The secret Of retaining the green color OF
vegetables Is said to be in keeping them un-
covered while cooking.
CARROTS and celery cooked in cream make
very nice dish. The carrots should be cut
in very thin slices and boiled in sailed water,
the celery in inch lengths and then scalded.
Add the milk, thickened with corn starch,
while boiling.
on spots on wallpaper caused By per-
sons leaning their heads against walls may
be removed by making paste OF Fuller's
earth and cold water and laying some gently
on the surface to be cleaned, leaving it I'M
til dry, when it may be brushed of and the
spot Will have disappeared.
"a PICTURE is never to be hung fat against
WALL" according to one of New York's
prominent art dealers. It should be more
or less tilted, thus obscuring the brush
marks. To which professional picture
hanger adds: "a gold frame for the paint
ing is the Oldest style and the best yet"
For pineapple preserve, parboil the pine
apple, peel and cut in slices an inch thick,
being careful that all particles Of skin and
cores are removed Add pound of sugar
to pound of fruit and let it stand over
night to form strip. Then, without add
ing any water, boil slowly until it is tender.
IT is said that the disagreeable odor that
sometimes makes the refrigerator disagree
able may, if due to dampness, be remedied,
and prevented by keeping in it, on plate,
some fresh quicklime. This absorbs one
third its weight of moisture, and thus not
only dries the air, but increases the effect
Of the GOODNESS of the ice.
A COMPETENT authority says that "people
spend a great deal of money repairing the
snowy part of the house, but too often for
get that the bedroom paper needs changing
more frequently than the others, and that
the human exhalatlons have penetrated the
bedroom paper, literally poisoning 1t, Though
to all appearance the paper " is still quite
good"
THE English fashion of having thick
canton flannel spread under the table cloth IS
rapidly gaining favor in America 1t is GER
tainly very pleasant to be spared the annoy
ance Of hearing dishes rattle upon the
board; besides, the table linen seems to re-
main fresh and smooth much longer for this
little addition. Felt is often used instead Of
canton flannel.
SPICED currants are very nice to serve
WIN HeauS rive pouIalS o1 CufTdnJSi HOUR
pounds Of brown sugar, one pint Of vinegar,
one tablespoonful Of ground cloves, one
tablespoonful of cinnamon, one tablespoon
full of allspice (the spices all tied up in a
thin bag. Dissolve the sugar in the vine
gar, heat the mixture, then add fruit and
boil fifty minutes.
STRAWBERRY cream is very easy to make.
Pass about half q pot of strawberry jam or
one pound Of fresh strawberries through a
sieve, whip up a pint OF cream, add the
strawberry juice, sweeten if necessary, dis
solve one-half ounce of isinglass IN little
milk, mix with it, stir well together, turn
into mold and let it set. Ii warm weather
it will require ice.
LYoNNAIsE PoTAToEs.-One quart of cold
boiled potatoes cut in small pieces, three
tablespoonfuls of butter, one of chopped
onion, one of parsley. Season the potatoes
with salt and pepper. Fry the onions to a
delicate brown in the butter, add the pota-
toes. stir carefully-to break them as little
as possible. When hot add the parsley;
cook minute or two and serve hot