The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-02-14
FlRESlDE FRAGMENTS.

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II takes the stiffness out OF Il. II neces-
sary to press IL, 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 twine 1t will save
many steps and much annoyance.
Lemon Tea Cakes: One egg. one
cup of sugar, half cup of butter,
three tablespoonfuls of milk, the
Juice and grated rind of two small
lemons, one teaspoonful of baking
powder, flour enough to roll out Cut
with n 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 IL, 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 IL 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.
In making the pretty glass jewel.
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 it quite as secure as il
neater.-N. Y. World.
Boiled frosting: Boil one cup sugar
and one-third cup water until it will
thread. Pour the sirnp slowly on tc
the well beaten white of one egg, beat
ing all the time; add one teaspoonfu
vanilla. 1t will require from ten tc
fifteen minutes boiling for the sirup t.
thread" In testing use q cold spoon
as the sirup will not thread from hot
one until it is cooked too much. The
sirup 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 childs
welfare. The temperature of the water
should at first be 1000 F., and should
gradually be lowered to about 90 o the
temperature of the room should not fal
below roo. The child should be imme
diately taken out of the bath, if it's lips
and fingers begin to look blue or itS
jaws to quiver. After every bath il
must be rubbed dry and laid in a warn
bed. A warm bandage is necessary
partly to support the abdomen, the
navel more particularly, but also tc
protect the child from cold.
Chicken and Ham Pie: One chicken
one pound of veal, few slices of ham
yellSs 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 il
the veal, chicken and ham, alternately
adding seasoning, mushrooms, parsley
and hard boiled egg to each layer. Or
top place small pieces of butter, pour il
water or gravy until it nearly reaches
the top Cover with puff paste, wasl
it over with beaten egg and bake in {
good oven ~ hours. Boston Herald.
Salmon a la Chambord: Take some
small pieces of salmon, cut them all as
near as possible the same size, abou
the shape of small outlets, dip each il
beaten egg, then in very fine breat
crumbs, and fry golden brown. Have
some potatoes boiled, salted and mashed
beat them up with the whites of two
eggs until they are quite creamy anC
smooth, put them IN a wreath all rount
a nearly fat silver dish, place the sal
mon outlets next all round, mixed with
truffles and small mushrooms, have F.;
few more potatoes raised in the center
with crayfish dotted over them, anC
also on the potatoes round the dish.
Serve with rich4obster sauce in tureen
SIMPLICITY IN SOCIAL LIFE.
An Element That Should Predominate II
All Our Characters.
One of the greatest charms of char
acter is simplicity, but it is the charm
which of all others appears to be mos
difficult of attainment or preservation
Simplicity is the note of real refine
ment, of thorough taste, and of genuin,
culture. The absence of it is the evi
dence of some form of immaturity, som,
kind Of crudity of taste. The creates
things, the most beautiful things ant
the most enduring things are alway
simple. When Savonarola was put t.
the rack with the expectation that man,
secrets would be wrung from him, h,
declared that his secrets were few be
cause his purposes had been great. Th,
more comprehensive the mans char
acter, the greater the work of art, th,
more marked will be the element O
simplicity in both. Real elegance is
rare quality; rare, apparently, because
most people confuse it with some form o
display or elaboration. There are count
less houses where one finds every kind O
comfort and luxury, but there are very
few houses where one discovers rea
elegance, because in very few houses
which represent large expenditures o.
money has the element of simplicity
been preserved. Over-ornamentation
crowded rooms and general sense O.
oppressiveness are, as a rule, character
istics of most handsome homes. Sim
plicity is the exception; and yet sim
plicity is the infallible sign of genuine
elegance. In mind and character, ms