The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-03-26
FIREsDE FRAGMENTS,


The best material for cloth pudding
bags is heavy jean. These bags
should be well creased and aftefward
dredged with -four before the pudding
Is put In. A space equal to at least 4
third OF the space occupied by the psid.
ding should be left above II TO allow fer
Its rising.
Fried Rabbit: Anything in the line
OF game or meat should Be youpe and
tender to be fried Always dress rab:
bit carefully and soak in sailed water.
Wipe and dip in beaten egg and then In
Hour Or cracker crumbs. Fry nice
brown In sweet bitter. This may be
served with plain butter gravy or an
onion sauce. Lemons sliced are always
anice garnish for rabbits Home.
-The"shower bouquets" are still pop
ular, though they seem to be relegated
chiefly to bridea Long-stemmed flow
ers, flowing loops of ribbon, and droop.
ing tendrils are the features of these
posies, which cover a wide surface. One
carried by bride of the past week had
to be held about at corsage level to let
Its showcring ends escape the floor The
notion 10 an English importation.
80 homely thing as clam she'll
serves, it seems, q decorative purpose
properly treated Select a large, un-
broken one and at it in tiny quilted
pad OF satin or silk, sachet powder, and
waddinr Lay this aside until a shirred
cover Of similar material is put on to
conceal the shell except its depth, after
which the pad is returned and caught
down with few stitches And dres.
sing table receptacle for rings, odd
brooches and such articles Is evolved.
Chocolate Pudding: A tea.cnp even.
~ full of grated chocolate In to be added
to quart Of fresh milk not skinned.
Boil together, then set aside TO cool.
Beat well four eggs, reserving three Of
the whites, however, for a mering,ie.
Sweeten with teacupful of sugar, and
season with a teaspoonful OF extract OF
vanilla Mix chocolate and egg to-
gcther. Bake in pudding-dish slowly,
and only until set like cus.ard Put the
meringue on when the pudding is cold.
--Harper's Bazaar.
-Pepperpot: Put four pounds of
gravy beef into six quarts of water,
with the bouquet of savory herbs; let
II simmer will till all the goodness Is
extracted, skimmingit well; let it stand
till cold, that all the fat may be taken
off 1t; put it into stewpan and heat It,
when hot add the flesh of two niiddlinQ.
sized crabs or Holsters nicely cut up,
large bunch OF spinach, well boiled and
chopped fine, halfa pound of cold bacon
or picklcd pork, dressed previously and
cnt into small pieces. few small
dumplings beef suet, yoik OF an egg
and little waters season to taste with
cayenne. salt pepper and juice of a
lemon; stew for about half an hour
stirring it constantly.-Boston Herald
"A woman just home from England
has copied an idea that she saw exc
suited over there. II is that of a figure
set on the floor to prevent door from
blowing or springing shut, and is GER
tainly quaint and original A mod
eratcly-tall bottle is filed with sand
and tightly corked. A darby dolls
head Is then fitted on and print dress
made to reach the floor. A white apron
Is tied about the ample waist, small
square cross-over in fichu fashion and
knotted behind, and bit of gay cloth
wound around the head bandana fash.
ion. The sleeves of the dress may be
held out with sticks, or, better, a strip
of cloth sewed firmly around the bottle
at the proper place and arms sewed
fast to that Those from q discarded
doll will answer, and bit of black var
nish gives the desired dark hue Thus
tricked, little Dinah," as she is called,
takes her stand and faithfully fulfils |
her mission. It will be hard blow or
q strong spring which can affect her
firm poise- The bottle foundation is |
sometimes filed with shot but sand is |
heavy enough for all ordinary purposes