New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23

this uncomfortable position. Fish of this genus have
been the table since tho time Of Ben Jonson
on English poets refer often to the "wry mouth OF
the scornful paicep
The most delicious way Of preparing
founder Is In "turbans," baked In cream sauce.
Skin the fish and remove the lllet from tho
thick side; tho other side is not Of much
value except for fish stock Cut the llet Into strips
founder of average size will give four strips roll
each one OF these into compact little ROLL Sprinkle
them with salt and pepper and squeeze few drops Of
lemon each. and also drop OF onion Juice OBJ
tanned by grating an onion . porcelain CRATER.
Set the turbans away in a cold place covered for an
hour; then secure each one firmly In shape with
little skewer large needles do very well for this pur-
pose. Dip each turban In melted butter, dredge 1t
with -FOUR and lay 1t q platter TO bake for twenty
five minutes In u hot When done. add moro
sauce around the turbans II needed and rub the yolk
OF an egg through u the sauce. The turbans
should be baked the dish they are to be served In
silver gratin dish is the most suitable. but white
platter does very well.
There few flowers for winter blooming that will
give perfect satisfaction than cyclamen
bulb welgrown. with its pretty dark-green spotted
leaves and abundance OF howerbuds nestled near the
root, will cost so cents. Choose one OF the small
Powered snow.whte cyclamens, with purple eyes,
This is the most abundant bloomer. The cyclamen
has not been improved by hybridzation the blossoms
OF the plants large. but they are not as
| kind.
A single cyclamen will Weld thirty forty bios
SONS, and remain a Of exquisite fragrant bloom
from Christmas till Easter. Like most bulbs. this is
Grecian flower. Bayard Taylor mentioned finding the
plains Of Troy covered with wealth OF these plants
In full bloom. where they had, no doubt grown wild
for centuries
The excessive prices which retail dealers are
charging for lique gloves, gloves with stitched
| artR iIlucfr2 ted
since. customer visited glove counter, where she
had been in the habit OF buying chdrens piaue gloves
| at 81 25 a pair. "These gloves 81 So under
the tariff" said the salesman.
"The raise in the tariff pdue gloves Is ONLY
fifty cents dozen that Is less than five cents pair
| Why do you raise them five times as much as the
tariff has asked the The clerk answered
| pleadngy, "We know it. but we can't help it, the
wholesale glove dealers have made this raise but
| he promptly found another pair that had not been
raised, and which he admitted were as good as the
regular stock.
Mems gloves, pique gloves and lined gloves. it
should be remembered arc the only kid gloves raised
In the least by the tarin.
There are great many rules in cook books for
elaborate dishes requiring rich materials which so
! toned down for economys sake that the originator
would hardly recognize them 1t perhaps iatters the
taste Of guests who to partake OF dinner to call
sauce "Hollandaise" though the proportions of the
recipe economically ooWu uisVortci tha'
It. Is nothing but plain butter sauce and French
man would utterly fail TO recognize his favorte fsh
souce In such alterations these the main 1eat-
IRE of the recipe is often lost and the result is any
thing but satisfactory.
It is safe rule to avoid all recipes that are too
rich for your purse. II you distort them the result
is almost invariably a hochpotch and complete
failure. Rich cooking requires the use OF aouhuahce
OF rich and costly materials. 1t is impossible to AVOID
expense II we indulge in table dainties. cook can
no more serve elaborate dinners without lavish OK
| pendure Of money than any other workman can "orh
without material. A refined and more satis-
factory table can always be maintained II the mousse
keeper makes it rule to avoid elaborate recipes eA
cept for elaborate occasions, and does not at'empV
| six course dinner twOcOurse income
|
yolcfs in every shade and almost every shape are be-
ing worn on every OCCASION Never before has this sweet
little flower been such favorite IL Is worn Ill u'o
morning, in the afternoon and at night III the Du''o
hole Of the riding habit and on the corsage OF te oa
dress: 1t surrounds long court trains III tcK garu'
IL cncirclcs white threats and adorns dark ana 1ar
hair. What blossom ever endear ltset 10 womeh
as this modest fragrant little one does, this hover
| OF legend which, II tradition IS to be believed, was
once a damsel sweet and loveyi The violet was iohs
long ago Ianthe. favorte nymph OF Artems. hpoilo
fell in love with her, and the goddess, Wishing 10
| protect Ter from the gods pursuit, dyed her blue
Ianho however, pined and freted at the loss Oh her
beautv 10 such an extent that Artemis. regreul at
her mistaken Interference changed her into vioie''
10 nut an end 10 her torment. The OLD poets say
also that Jupiter caused the vioets TO- grow as iood
for 10 while she wandered on the face OF the earti
! In the form OF a heifer. Many more legends sur
round the violet as with halo OF poetry. IL Is
said N have been the sweetest OF all the flowers In
Eden. Caypso it Is alleged was born In beds OF
violet blue: and In ancient days garlands OF Vloiets
nlaced on the brow considered cure Tor mead
ache and dizziness. 1t has been often the emDem Oh
ROYALTY. and was also the Napoeonic flower. 1t has
loo, mentioned by Homer the lovelest of blossoms,
and nestled in fragrant banks against Pnny's villa
at Rome.
In Paris the advent Of the street violet sellers Is
hailed ioyully by rich and poor, who alike delight IN
the penetrating freshness Of the lfegving perfume
II is the favorte of Empress Eugenie as it was
that of Emperor Frederick of Prussia and OF the muir
dered Car Alexander H. shortly after the fearful
at q, the Prince Imperial in Zuuland Queen Victoria
conf Empress Eugene miniature OF her dead son, in
a frame of violets made of amethysts imbedded in
emerald leaves. In the fourteenth century Clemence
Isaure when separated from her troublesome lover sent
him violet in token Of her constancy and the BIOS
sons are associated with the last sad thoughts gathered
around the burial of poor mad Opheia
| Lay her In the earth
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
| May vOlets spring.
In the south OF France great fields Of violets. white
purple and blue fill the air with overpowering per-
fumc and nothing equal the beauty of these far
stretching carpets Of velvety flowers framed by tall
hedges Of arbutus and aoes under the southern
sky.
" Where do You suppose ! can get genuine Old
fashioned brandy peachesl' said pretty hostess who
was bent on giving to English friend who was
stopping with her specimens Of the native American
dishes "At the woman's Exchange on Ffthave,'
suggested one of her guests. "Of course; never
thought of that They do sell that sort Of tllng
there, do they not?'.
Yes they do sell " that sort OF thing" and by SO
doing support and help many lady whom necessity
has Obliged to earn her own living. At present IL IS
quite a fad to parade American speciaes' ana
we are rather fond OF showing English cousins
our pet dishes but 1t is not easy matter nowadays
TO find cook who understands how to prepare them'
They seem to need lady's touch or supervision 10