The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-12
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS. S. A. NETTLES.

or rugs that have been used, they
may be tackled on the floor and scrub
bed with sponge or soft cloth, dip
ped in & solution OF warm water and
salt. Plain soapsuds, warm not hot,
will work a wonderful change.
New STYLE BED CovERs.-It has
become quite fashionable OF late TO
make serviceable bed covers of
stout linen sheeting, or of cotton
material which comes in white and
also in shades of blue, tan, yellow,
pink, and green, called Bolton sheet
ing. It is not expensive and can be
nicely cleaned. A deep band of Tur-
key red or blue cotton is stitched as a
border around. The pattern for the
embroidery should be large, some
thing that will work out rapidly, and
be worked with a heavy Scotch floss
that is just suited for outlining large
pieces Of worke 1t comes in rich
beautiful colors and is to be conched,
that is overcast firmly and smoothly
along the pattern. Another material
that is much used is blue cotton den
ham, and costs only seventeen cents a
yard. In this the under side is a
lighter shade than the upper and is
usually turned over in a deep hem
which makes the border. The en-
broidery may be done with either
heavy white linen floss or with red,
orange, or pink Bargarren, as the new
Scotch floss is called.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-One cupful of
butter, two cupfuls of sugar, three
and one-half cupfuls of -four, three
tea-spoonfuls of bakiag-powder, one
scant cupful of sweet milk, and five
eggs, leaving out the whites Of two;
bake in dripping pan and when
nearly cool pour on the frosting made
of the whites of the two eggs, one
and one-half cupfuls of sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of vanilla, six table,
spoonfnls Of grated chocolate beaten
together.
How TO MAKE AN AFGHAN. Crochet
in plain stitch a strip about six inch
es wide and the length of your afghan.
Use heavy Germantown worsted and
large bone needle. You will need
six or eight of these strips, and they
may be OF any colors preferred; each
different color, or only three colors,
Green, purple, and crimson makes a
very pretty one; white, orange, and
black is quite rich looking. After
! Joining them together make vine of
contrasting color in cross-stich on
each stripe. Finish with fringe made
of the worsted.
A PRETTY ScARr.-Materials requir-
ed are orange silk ribbon, three and
one-half inches wide, knitting silk Of
same color, and a quantity of small
rings. Cut three lengths of the rib
bon one and one quarter yards long,
place them as far apart as the width
of the ribbon, cut shorter lengths of
ribbon and weave across, one at each
end, and as many more as required,
having them also three and one-half
inches apart. Fasten the ribbons to-
gether invisibly at each intersection.
There will now be two rows of open
squares on each side of the centre
strip, and these are to be filed with
the RINGS, covered closely with the
knitting silk in double crochet and
caught together to form squares.
Finish the ends with fringe or not, as
preferred, or with row of the rings
fastened straight across, then two to-
gether and skip one. and then one be-
low the two, in which is knotted a
tassel of the orange silk. II a larger
scarf is desired, five lengths of ribbon
may be used instead of three, cutting
them proportionately longer. Any
color preferred to orange may be
chosen, and the rings covered with a
harmonizing or contrasting color of
silk. These rings may be purchased,
by the way, ready for use, but are,
of course, more expensive than those
which one may make at home.-Ar-
thurs Home Magazine.
CRUMB CAKE-Into a large bowl
put scant cupful ofnice, 6ne, golden
brown bread-crumbs, and the same
cup full of granulated sugar. Now
break into the cup as many eggs as
will fill it, and one over; pour into
the bowl with the sugar and crumbs,
and stir continually for at least three
fourths of an hour and always in the
same direction. Your batter will be
very light. Flavor with the grated
rind Of lemon; bake like spooge
cake, and cut when cold with a sharp
knife. By varying the form OF the
cake you can have different results.
One-half sponge cake and one-half
"mother's crumb cake" with jelly or
chocolate icing between, makes nice
clancy cake" or baked in square
TN and cut in 'tsticks" it is very nice,
and less expensive than with the
chocolate icing.-A1thw's Home Mag
dzlNe.
A CHEAP CAKE.-Beat together un-
til very light, one and one-half cups
of sugar; have ready a pint Of sifted
-four in which is thoroughly mixed
one teaspoonful each of baking-pow-
der and cinnamon, nutmeg, OF other
favoring, and a little salt, measure a
cup of sweet milk, add -four and milk
to the sugar and egg, little of each
at time; when thoroughly mixed
add desert spoonful of melted but
ter.