The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-02-12
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

A strip of flannel or napkin folded
lengthwise and dipped in hot water ana
wrung out, and then applied around the
neck of child that has the Group, Will
usually bring rehefin ten minutes.
-Whisk- Broom Holder: Cover two
pieces of cardboard about six inches
square with red silesia. Then with
maciame twin crochet a piece in shell
stitch just large enough to cover 1t all
over. Make row of scallops top ana
bottom. Use ribbon for handles ana
bows at the sides.-Toledo Blade.
Washington Jelly Cake: One cup OF
sugar, one tablespoon butter, yelks OF
two eggs, nearly two-thirds OF cup o!
milk, two and one-haf cups flour, ana
two tablespoons baking powder. Bake
in fat tin, spread with jelly and frost
with an icing made of the whites OF TWO
eggs and one tablespoonful OF sugar
place in the oven and brown slightly
The Housekeeper.
"A cheap grade of ticking, or heavy
unbleached cotton cloth, are the BEST
materials for covering heavy tacks to De
used over mattresses, husk or s'ra"'
beds. All mattresses should nave
cover to slip over them made OF un'
bleached cotton cloth. Cut them IN poH
shape. as a mattress is, have one enc
omen and tie together with tapes
Household.
Caramel Frosting: One cup OF sugar
f,,1c of
ter the size of walnut; put on th'
stove. and when it boils see that 1t doe
not stick to the dish, and boil sever
minutes; take from the stove, ana ao'
two teaspoonfuls essence OF vanllla' SUI
until cool enough to put Oh the CAKE
II should seem too hard, and crumbi
before putting on the cake, ada COZ
milk, dessert-spoonful at time, an
stir, not putting on the stove again
This will frost one cake.-4anke
Blade.
-Marshmallows may be made by oil
solving one-half pound OF gum ARABIC
pint of water and adding one-ha
pound of sugar, stirring constantly Ill
til the strip is smooth and OF the col
sistency of honey. To this the white
of four eggs, we'll beaten, should
added, stirring the mixture until 1t
somewhat thin and does not adhere
the finger. Flavor to taste and po
into a tin busted with powdered stare
When cool divide into small blocks.
Y. World.
Stuffed Cabbage: Take a head OF ca
bage and pour boiling water on 1t un
the leaves wilt sufficiently to be turn
back without breaking, remove I
heart and chop it fine, add an eqr
quantity of cold ham and chlckt
I chopped, also two hard boiled egI
, chopped, teaspoonful of salt, a t.
spoonful of pepper, one teaspooniul
butter, quarter of teaspoontul
mustard; stuff the cabbage, tie I
leaves to preserve the shape, place II
muslin bag, boil in salted water t
. hours, and serve with drawn butter
: Boston Pilot.
: Apple Short Cake: Make crust
l for baking powder biscuit; butter
9 tin, take piece of dough sufficient
+ press out with the hands to half anil
in thickness and the size of the
place in the tin and spread the top "
:. butter, mould out a similar piece
y lay on the top of this and bake.
pare tart apples, as for sauce, addin
g piece of butter the size of hick
s nut. When the crust is done, caref'
o divide the layers, spread with but
j. and put the hot apple-sauce betwt
O Serve with sugar and cream, or OF
Vt sauce, as preferred.