The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-22
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS. S. 4. NETTLES.

MRS. S. A. NErTLEs.
\ JAcE-HoENER PIE-A famous pie
made after the fashion OF the one so
celebrated in the memory Of boys and
girls is called the "Jack-Horner Pie, }"
and offered to the happy guests of a
children's birthday celebration. Count
the number of little ones invited, and
select toy for each These favors of
course must be small, and it is best to
have all cost about the same. Wrap
each article carefully in white tissue
paper, and tie it with a cord. Then
attach to the end of each cord a very
narrow ribbon about ten inches long,
white one for the boys, pink OF
blue for the girls.
Have ready large cake pan, and
in it place the gifts. Over the top
stretch several thicknesses of tissue
paper, and tie it down over the edge
of the pan. With steel crochet-hook
draw up the narrow ribbons through
the tissue-paper cover, and let them
lie loose and ready for action. Cover
the outside of the pan with THICK
white paper at the bottom, and around
the sides tissue-paper that has been
crinkled by folding and crushing be-
tween the fingers. Make a deep
fringe of the same and paste it
around the top edge of the pan.
When this has been carefully done,
the effect will be that of 4 large white
iced cake, with the unusual addition
al adornment of the dainty ribbon
edges on the top
When the time for dessert arrives,
bring in the delicate pie and place it
in the center of the table in the most
conspicuous position. Let the children
look and wonder, for there is quite as
much pleasure in anticipation and
guessing as in the realization Of such
enjoyment.
Now let the boys and girls draw
together around the table and each
take the end of a ribbon. Let some
one repeat OF sing the time-honored
nursery rhyme:
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb
And pulled out n rlpm,
And said What a great boy an ~
When the singer comes to the word
opium" it is the signal for each child
to pull-and all must do it with a viii.
No one could imagine until seeing for
herself, what vast amount Of fur
and excitement the little ones can
manage to evolve from the simple act
Of jerking an end Of ribbon and the
delight and surprise attic mysterious
packages that come bursting through
the tissue-paper. The same plan
might be utilized for the amusement
of older people, taking care to bny
articles suited to their taste or fancy.
Ladies World.
After long use sponges are liable
to smell very badly unless carefully
cleaned every day. By rubbing a
fresh lemon thoroughly into the
sponge and then rinsipg it several
times in lukewarm water it will be-
come as sweet as when new.
Pare a fresh lemon very carefully,
without breaking the thin white i'll
side skin, put it inside a wild duck
and keep it there for forty-cight hours,
and all the fshy taste so disagreeable
in wild fowls will be removed. The
lemon snouic DcTep1oved ana a fresh
one put in its place as often as every
twelve hours. A lemon thus prepared
will absorb unpleasant favors from
almost all meat and game.
Pretty mats for the bedside, or for
chamber doors, or to place before
washstanls, may be made by plating
together inch-wide strips of cloth sell
wage of good colors, say dark red ard
olive, or old gold and olive. Cut the
ends of each strip to 4 point, SO that
the plating may be facilitated. Her
ring-bone the plaitsin squares in some
contrasting third color, which will be
plainly seen; this will be decorative
and tend to strengthen the work by
keeping the strips from working out.