The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-02-13
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

IL taxes the SJl1neSS out Oh IT, II ucCSS
sary to press it, lay the piece OF silk be-
tween newspapers.
Have two wall-pockcts 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 |
cup 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, flour enough to roll out Cut
with 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 hall the oranges, CRATE 1t, 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 ont puff paste
into thin sheet, brush it over lightly
with ice water, cut Tito strips about
FIVE inches long and half an inch wide:
sprinkle with grated cheese, put one
strip over the other, lay OF 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 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. 1t will require from ten to
fifteen minutes boiling for the sirup to
thread" In testing use cold spoon,
as the strip will not thread from a 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 cgg-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 he 1000 F., and should
gradually be lowered to about 80 .; the
temperature of the room should not fall
below 700. The child should be immc-
diately taken out of the bath, if its lips
and fingers begin to look blue or its
laws to culver. After every bath il
must be rubbed dry and laid in warn
| bed. A warm bandage is necessary
| partly to support the abdomen, the
navel more particularly. but also &c
} protect the child from cold.
} Chicken and Ham Pie: One chicken
one pound of veal. a few slices of ham
yelks of five eggs, three mushrooms
one sprig of parsley, pepper and salt
and litSle gravy or water. Line the
; edge of the pie dish with paste, place III
, |
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 reache:
the top. Cover with n puff paste, wasl
it over with beaten egg and bake in {
good oven l 4 hours.-Boston Herald.
g.. Salmon IA la Chambord: Take some
y small pieces of salmon, cut them all a
J, near as possible the same size, abou
the shape of SIN II outlets, dip each il
!. beaten egg, then in very fine breac
-, crumbs, and fry a golden brown. Hav'
: some potatoes boiled, sailed and mashed
=. beat them up with the whites of tw'
eggs until they are quite creamy am
:. smooth. put them in wreath all rouur
y nearly fiat silver dish, place the sal
y. mon outlets next all round, mixed witt
truities and small mushrooms, have
:, few more potatoes raised in the center
with crayish dotted over them, an
=, also on the potatoes round the dish
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