Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
Household.

Household.
The coqueteries of spring and winter seem
fairly at an end, and softness has won, as ever
when wind and sun enter the field of contest.
April brings with it to the housemother
thoughts of general overhauling of house and
wardrobe-an overhauling that is dismaying in
tendency. The summer dress of Fanny, scarce
" worn last summer, is too small. and Johns
growing legs extend far beyond the limits of
emulation of dirt in the most
inaccessible places inclines to make the heart
sick and the whole nature faint, aud this is
most admirable time to bring out the house
motto, recommended some time since, Don't
Worry
Time comes moment at a time. and so let
care. Fanny viii not suffer if her new dress is
not done at Easter, and as to John, why boys,
my dear, all the better for growing, and the
matter of clothes is the least possible anxiety;
give him his alleys (this is marble time) and his
old clothes and he will be the happiest lad in
dirt, take it easy. Do not upset the
whole house, your husbands temper, and
your own nerves for so small a matter as dirt.
Begin at the top of the house, one room at
time, and do not wash all the windows in the
house in one Gay, and all the paint the next,
finish each room and have resting place for all
the doves of the cote, when they come in from a
waste OF deSOlation bearing olive branches and
seeking rest. And do not you think it would be
wise to fold away the heavy curtains, leave up
the dust catching carpets, and lay away many OF
the ribbons, scarfs and bits of fancy work that
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store all these from moth and dust? A good big
slice of worry would thus be disposed of, and
the summer breeze would be all the more re-
freshing because you cast no anxious look on
delicate draperies.
If the pretty faucies of BeIlamy's Looking
Backward were ANYTHING but Utopian dreams
there might be hope that the many causes
OF woriment would be removed. But as
the world is, and is likely 10 re-
main, every housekeeper must pre-
pare herself to be general factotum, and she
should see TO 1t that she does not allow herself
to create unnecessary burdens, and thus entail
upon herself an aggregation OF worries that no
amount of aestheticism can atone for. Have
yourself, your house and your children as neat
as is commensurate with keeping the lines out of
TO lay share OF the inevitable burden bearing
on Fanny and John, and as they grow in years
mental sign does not abRte and your husband
come to see that IN gaining good housewife
and mother Tor ms children he has
should journey with him over life's tenn
pestuous sea To rise superior to the
petty vexations occasioned by careless, incom-
petent servants, to find the easy way to work,
TO learn to shift responsibility on young shout
ders. are good lessons for Easter Sunday. and
once learned, the good to the house mother as
often burdened beyond the need, as beyond her
strength, will be lessons of worldly wisdom If
not Of gospel lore.
To stone raisins easily, pour boiling water
over them and drain Immediately.
Lemon Juice and salt win take spots of iron
rust from linen, which should be lett III the sun
to bleach. 4
A French cook tells US that a piece of dry
bread, tied in bag and placed in the water
while cabbage is boiling, will prevent the I'M
pleasant odor which usually arises.
Breakfast GLADSTONE and half Guns of Indian
meal, one and half cups of -four, half a cup OF
sugar, butter, teaspOonful of soda. milk. one
stir cream of tartar in the -four and dissolve
the soda in little cold water; mix all this quite
soft with milk: bake IN shallow pans. To be
eaten hot with butter.
Dumplings-One pint of flour half tea
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonfui OF cream of
tartar and q half a teaspoonful of soda Tor two
teaspoonfuls of baking POWDER. Mix with one
scant cup of sweet milk into dough soft enough
to handle easily. Pat Il out half inch thick.
Cut 1t into small rounds or mix softer and drop
by the spoonful into the boiling stew. Cook tea
minutes.
Lemon cake-Two cupfuls of sugar, one-halt
cupful of butter, three eggs, one cupfuI of milk.
three cupfulS of -four. three level teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Bake in layers. For the
jelly use the grated rind and juice of two lemons
one cupful of sugar, one egg, one-half cupful of
water, one teaSpoontui of butter and one table
spoonful OF -four mixed IN little water. Boil
until it thickens let it cool, and spread IL be-
tween the layers OF cake.
Fat for frying-Beef fat is much cbeaper than
lard for frying, and If nicely prepared the flavor
IS not Obiectional. Cut the fresh suet in pieces
and cover with cold water; let il stand q day,
changing the water once in the time. This takes
out the peculiar tallowy taste. Now put it IN an
iron kettle, with half teacup of milk to each
pound Of suet. and let II cook very slowly till
the lat Is clear and light brown in color
and till the sound of the cooking
has ceased. The pieces may be loosened
from the bottom with a spoon, but il is
not TO he stirred. If IL burns the taste is ruined
Now let u stand ana partly cool. then pour OF
into cups 70 become cold The fat left stl inthe
pieces may be pressed out Tor less particular
uses.