The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-08
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS s. 4. SETTLES.

lIlC PiceIios'I ttHet ilio.5C Jul dDlS SCiool
bags is made of heavy cotton canvas,
the material used for awnings. The
wide red or blue striped looks best.
Much labor can be expended on these
by working fancy stitches with bright
worsted, where the stripes join, but
for ordinary use the bright stripes are
pretty enough without that extra work
\ bag Of medium size will require o
piece thirty-one inches long and fif-
teen wide. Cut the end in a deep
point, to form the flap, fold the re-
mainder together, and cut the lower
corners rounding. Cut two pieces
two and one half inches wide, and
the depth of the bag when folded,
round the corners on one end and sew
them on the sides to form the bag.
Stitch piece OF braid fiat on the flap,
and two pieces together to make a
stout handle, the length of which will
depend on whether it is for boy or
girl. Wide striped bed ticking would
answer just as we'll as the canvas
A DECORATED PERFUME BOTTLE is
something almost any little girl can
make for mama's toilet. Take nice
clean glass bottles and fit q cork tight
ly into each bottle, procure little
china dolls head and fasten on each
cork. A cloak or shawl is fastened
around its neck, and a little cap on
its head. The style of dress can be
very elaborate or quite plain. Secure
the skirt around the neck of the bot
tie so it will conceal the whole of it.
The dress may correspond with the
color of the covering of the dressing
table on which it is to stand. The
cork can be readily drawn out by the
head.
CHEAP POLES AND Rings FOR WINDOW
CURTAINs.-Get carpenter to make
some small wooden bracket rests and
after staining, tack them against the
window cornice There must be
round hole in each bracket to admit
the poles. The ordinary rollers for
window shades will do for the poles
These are of course to be stained.
Gilt rings that slip over these poles
can be bought for about thirty-fve
cents a dozen.
A CoRREcTIoN.-Last week in the
paragraph telling how to renew old
gilt frames it should have read Dia-
mond Gold Paint instead of Diamond
Wood Paint.
How TO Cook A TURKEY.-For the
benefit of some of our readers who
perhaps have thought that to Toast a
turkey satisfactorily it must be par
boiled first, we give our experience
with our New Years turkey. 1t was
a very fine gobbler, weighing sixteen
and o. half pounds. Having killed it
the day before, salted it we'll, and rub
bed about tablespoonful of soda
over it, it was placed in a cool place
till the next morning. Then we took
about a pint and half meal and with
little lard and salt made into thin
hoecakes, and when done broke up
fine and added one large onion sliced
up fine and fried, a lump of butter,
pepper and salt to taste, and enough
milk or water to make little soft.
Stuffed and then sewed up the cavity.
Placed in a pan with slices Of salt
pork laid on the most prominent
parts. We did not sprinkle ours with
flour, although this may be done.
Poured three pints of water in the pan,
and placed in a moderately heated
stove. Frequently while cooking
basting it so as to keep it moist. If
the turkey is fat it will not need any
lard. The breast should be the last
part Drowned. A tur';ey cooked in
this way is much more juicy than
when parboiled and then roasted.
From the way ours was enjoyed we
think it worth trying.
A NICE MINcE P1E-The Philadel-
phia Times gives the following recipe
for making mince pies: Put into
vessel two ounces Of currants, three
ounces of Malaga raisins, one ounce
Of finely chopped citron, two ounces
of well chopped, cold, boiled beef,
and two ounces Of beef suet, also
chopped very fine. Mix the whole
we'll together for five minutes, then
add one ounce of powdered sugar, a
salt spoonful of salt, one drachm of
ground allspice, half a drachm of
ground cinnamon, and mix together
for one minute. Peel, core, and chop
up very fine three large, sound apples,
add them to the preparation, then
pour in half gill each of brandy and
sherry wine, mixing again for three
minutes Take half pound of pie
paste, cut out a piece OF three ounces,
roll it round shaped, ten inches in
diameter, and lightly butter a pie
plate nine and half inches in diam
eter. Arrange the paste over and
pour the preparation in the centre,
iatteninG it evenly and leaving an
inch space clear round the edge Of
the place; take the remaining five
ounces of paste, roll it out round
shaped, the same as before, fold it in
two, and with knife make incisions
in the centre of half an inch each.
Moisten lightly the edge of the plate
with little beaten egg, then cover
with the paste, pressing down with
the hand all around the edge, so as
to inclose the preparation entirely,
then moisten the surface slightly with
the beaten egg. Place in moderate