Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-08-02
THE VERMONT PHdNIX BRATTIEBORO, AUGUST
THE HOUSEHOLD.
sour nor WEATHER. SUGGESTIONS.
with seven summer-Tin,c "Ilungry"
HreULfnsts Outlined.

SOME NOT WEATHER. ~ GGENifDNN. .
with seven summer-Tin,c "Ilungry"
Breakfasts Outlined.
What shall we do 10 make our summer
housekeeping a success, comfort, pleas
ure to ourselves and our families What
shall we eat in summer time that is as ap-
petizinp and healthful as it is varied How
make the dining room, look cool, tempting
and picturesque aud the kitchen not only
something less than bakers oven, but
pleasant place, where ones own little rock
err and book or work basket at a window
will be as enjoyable as in any room in the
house
In these days Of kerosene-oil and gas
stoves, heat is no longer monarch supreme
in the kitchen, but is the veriest slave con
fined in closest quarters A gas stove is
one of the Injuries of civilization, and the
housekeeper who has once used one, and
can afford to do so. will never he without
one. Anything and everything can he
cooked on them time is saved, as the heat
is so intense if desired labor is saved, for
there is no ash or dirt Of any kind misery
is banished, for there is no discomfort, heat
or smell.
The same is as true almost, of iirst-class
kerosene cook stoves. They are capable of
the same work as any range, but require
trihe more care in their management
which is largely offset, however, by the
cheapness with which an oil stove can he
run. Even cheaper and more simple-but
to a certain extent dangerous, unless in the
most careful, intelligent hands-are the
| gasoline stoves. which do excellent work.
| So, with either of these heat abolshers,
and your window shutters closed and the
shades drawn down as you like them, your
summer kitchen may be nearly as comfort
able as your parlor.
In the dining room let your refined taste
have full swing. If you can conveniently
remove your carpet, warm and cosy in
winter, do it by all means, and replace with
light, gay mating. If your dining room is
light and bright, keep it gratefully dimmed,
the white window draperies looped with
sea green ribbons, vases of grasses mot
dried on the mantel the rich winter lam
brequn of which has been removed and a
pretty cool one Of scrim, run with delicate
ribbon, substituted and a perennial, if
tiny, bouquet on the dining table between
meals and at meals a bunch of common
grass and clover blooms, half dozen dai-
sizes, a rose and its leaves, will make more
summer in your dining room than quarts of
ices or vanilla cream Have your table
spread with spotted white cloth "A piece
of thick cloth or felt underneath it gives
an appearance of richness of texture u it.
Let the napkins be exquisitely sweet, the
glasses polished like piece of French plate
the silver shining, the china bright. Be
sides the regulation set, odd pieces fol
cheese, pickles. salad, look picturesque am
pretty \ wicker boat-shaped piece, lineC
with napkin, is pretty for bread, rolls Oh
tea biscuit.
For breakfasts in August something es
pecially toothsome is needed One arises
often, faded and exhausted 10y a night
contest with the sweltering weather, and
before tackling another day of torridity
! needs to be comfortably fortified in the In
ner man-and woman Let me suggest
: few hungry breakfasts, not expensive
4 not difficult To prepare, and seasonable
e Suuday-Fresh berries cream aud sugar
z boiled fish buttered toast coffee, always
if you use 1t, cocoa or chocolate if prefera
r BILE for the children, milk or cream tea
e made by adding one third boiling water t
d "a cup two thirds full of rich milk and sweet
V ing to taste
t Monday-Fruit graham gems, broile
d lamb chops, fried potatoes, cottage cheese
II Tuesday-Fruit mullins broied steal
boiled eggs
% Wednesday-Fruit plain bread, breal
fast bacon, oatmeal and cream
~ Thursday-Fruit baked potatoes, broi
ed ham, omelet, cream toast.
d Friday-Fruit hash croquettes, steve
z potatoes sliced tomatoes.
h Saturday-Fruit baked potatoes, boilt
salt mackerel with cream dressing waffle
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