The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-04-18
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Never iron silk with a hot iron, as |
it takes the stiffness out of it. If neces-
sary to press it, lay the piece of silk be-
tween newspapers.
Have two wall-pockets somewhere
in your kitchen, one above the other.
In one put neatly folded wrapping pa
per, in the other Irvine. 1t will save
many steps and much annoyance.
Lemon Tea Cakes: One egg, one
c1p of sugar, half a cup of butter,
three tablespoonfuls of milk, the
Juice and grated rind of two small
lemons, one teaspoonful of baking
powder, -four enough to roll out. Cut
with a cake cutter.
Orange Jam: Weigh the oranges be-
fore peeling, and allow one pound OF
sugar to one pound of fruit. Take the 4
peel from half the oranges, CRATE it, and
add the sugar. Open the oranges apd
be very particular to get the seeds
and white strings. Add to the sugar
and the peel (add little water) and
boil twenty minutes. = Detroit Free
Press.
Cheese Fingers: Roll out puff paste
into thin sheet, brush it over lightly
with ice water, cut into strips about
five inches long and half an inch wide;
sprinkle with grated cheese, put one
strip over the other, lay on creased
paper in long pan arr bake in quick
oven fifteen minutes. Home
Companion.
I'm making the pretty glass jewell
lxowo. bo< or, On ,,,,,cb tho f,c1ion no.
fore binding the edges with the ribbon,
take care to stretch piece of bias mus
lin tightly over them and stitch together
at the corners. This will prevent the
sharp edge of the glass from cutting the
ribbon, which, if drawn snugly from
corner to corner. needs only to be folded
in the middle and caught together with
needle and silk (as was the muslin
strip to make it quite as secure as if
neater.-N. Y. World.
Boiled frosting: Boil one cup sugar
and one-third cup water until it will
thread Pour the sirnp slowly on to
the well beaten white of one egg, beat
ing all the time; add one teaspoonful
vanilla. 1t will require from ten to
fifteen minutes boiling for the sirup to
thread" In testing use a cold spoon.
as the strip will not thread from a hot
one until it is cooked too much. The
strip must be poured over the egg very
slowly, if possible, one person beating
| the egg with an egg-beater, while an
other adds the strip. -Boston Globe.
"A warm bath, or at least an ablu-
ton, every day is essential to child's
welfare. The temperature of the water
should at first be 1909 f.. and should
gradually be lowered to about 30 Q; the
temperature of the room should not fall
below 70o The child should be imme-
diately taken out of the bath, if its lips
and fingers begin to look blue or its
jaws to CULVER. After every bath it
must be rubbed dry and laid in warm
bed. A warm bandage is necessary,
partly to support the abdomen, the
navel more particularly, but also to
protect the child from cold.
Chicken and Ham Pie: One chicken,
one pound of veal, few slices of ham,
yelks of five eggs, three mushrooms,
one sprig of parsley, pepper and salt,
and little gravy or water. Line the
edge of the pie dish with paste, place in
the veal, chicken and ham, alternately
adding seasoning, mushrooms, parsley
and hard boiled egg to each layer. On
top place small pieces of butter, pour in
water or gravy until it nearly reaches
the top. Cover with puff paste, wash
it over with beaten egg and bake in a
good oven Is hours. Herald.
Salmon a la Chambord: Take some
snail pieces of salmon, cut them all as
near as possible the same size, about
the shape of SIN ii outlets, dip each in
beaten egg. then in very fine bread
crumbs, and fry golden brown. Have
some potatoes boiled, sailed and mashed
beat them up with the whites of two
eggs until they are quite creamy ant
smooth, put them in a wreath all round
nearly fiat silver dish, place the sal
mon outlets next all round, mixed will
truffies and small mushrooms, have I
few more potatoes raised in the center
with crayfish dotted over them. ant
also on the potatoes round the dish
Serve with rich lobster sauce in a tureen
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