Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-21
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

Never iron silk with q hot iron, "a
Il takes the stiffness out of it. II neces.
sary to press It, lay the piece Of silk b.
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. II will save
many steps and much annoyance.
Lemon Tea Cakes: One egg, one
cup of sugar, half q 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
peel from half the oranges, CRATE It, and
add the sugar. Open the oranges, and
be very particular to get out 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 a CREASED
paper In long pan and bake in quick
oven fifteen minutes.-Ladies' Home
Companion.
I'm making the pretty glass jewell
boxes that are so much the fashion, be-
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 las was the muslin
strip to make 1t quite as secure as If
pasted down, and, Of course, much
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. It will require from ten to
fifteen minutes boiling for the strip to
thread" In testing use cold spoon.
as the strip will not thread from hot
one until IL 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 sirup.-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 1000 F., and should
gradually be lowered to about 90 Q; the
of the room should not fall
below 700. The child should be imme-
liately 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
DrOCecC Lne cnllu IrOm cOlu.
Chicken and Ham Pie: One chicken,
one pound Of veal, few slices of ham,
7elks Of five eggs, three mushrooms,
,ne sprig Of parsley, pepper and salt,
Ind little gravy or water. Line the
,dge of the pie dish with paste, place in
he veal, chicken and ham, alternately
ldding seasoning, mushrooms, parsley
Ind hard boiled egg to each layer. On
op place small pieces of butter, pour in
water or gravy until 1t nearly reaches
he top. Cover with puff paste, wash
t over with beaten egg and bake in
rood oven ~ hours. Herald.
Salmon 10 Chambord: Take some
mall pieces of salmon, cut them all as
lear rs possible the same size, about
he shape Of small outlets, dip each in
,eaten egg, then in very fine bread
rumbs, and fry golden brown. Have
ONE potatoes boiled, sailed and mashed,
,eat them up with the whites of two
ggs until they are quite creamy and
mooth, put them in a wreath all round
nearly fat silver dish, place the sal
non outlets next all round, mixed with
ruffies and small mushrooms, have q
ew more potatoes raised in the center,
With crayfsh dotted over them, and
lso on the potatoes round the dish.
erve with rich lobster sauce in tureen.
PORTRAIT OF TALlEYRAND.