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THE TABLE THE B0UD0R HOME DECORATIONS AND HYGIENE

cookbook (the name of which wild horse.
shall not drag from me such is my esprit d
co1psD into the fire, because this cookbook
commanded her to parboil stuffed onions
before stufing them. OF course, when, attei
the boiling, she came to try to hollow out a
place for stuffiug, the onion went all to
pieces! Being good cook she promptly
baked the onions and roasted the cookbook.
The moral of this tale is if you have to
scoop any vegetable, scoop it in the raw
(Which is Anglo-Saxon for du ndtureD what
ever the cookbook may say! Neither Is 1t
wise to parboil the empty onion after 1t Is
scooped, because in that defenseless state 1t
is likely, 'tnot to put too fine point on 1t,
as Mr.. Snagsby would say, to cd0e in!
Stuffed Onions.
To stuff onions, take any kind OF chopped
meat and rice sauce. Mix with this meat
the raw onion that has been excayated,
season, heat to boiling, and fill the shells.
strew buttered bread crumbs on topsand
bake three quarters of an hour for large
onions. Another stuf1ng, preferred. by
some is to I'LL the shells with bread crumbs
and the raw onion, n,oistened slightly with
cream, and to Dour cream around the onions
after they are baked.
In regard to fried onions I have longed
often to say single word. That word is,
fry! Fry, not stew, in lard or butter, is the
rule of conduct for onions. Fried onions
are crisp, sweet, tender, brown and unctu.
ously savory. One may feel that regard
for the feelings of others demands that one
abstain, but it is the fact that the feelings
of others are in less danger from the thor
oughly fried than from the soddens
half-stewed, half-fried onion of commerce.
As a flavor, also, the best results are OBJ
tanned by frying onions in butter, being
careful not to brown the butter as well as
the onion, and then straining the butter and
so using it in the dish.
OCTAVE THANET.
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the healthiest. But she, as well as the more
fortunate that are not obliged to work,
should be often in the open air Frequent
walks should be taken by all mother.
They should not be long or fatiguing, but
moderate in extent, and in localities where
much that is pleasing and diverting is en-
countered. Among the theories prevalent
with mothers is one that if they take cold
or are feverish from other causes, their
babies also become feverish. This is possible
when the fever runs very high, but in mild
attacks, and especially in those that last
only few days, the little ones are not likely
to be affected. As for the influence of other
diseases the advice of q physician is the
only safe guide. DR. FRANK.
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the skirts of wool dresses up over the edges
of the waist to form the one-piece effect of a
princesse The bell demi train will con-
tinue in vogue for all but house dresses, but
in spite of the impressions given by fashion
plates people who dress correctly-that is to
say, wealthy women of refined tastes-wear
only short skirts in the street. Some mod
istes make the short skirt of one straight
piece, without cores, but most of them make
use of the side gore. The skirt tullness at
the top in front, which is usually disposed
of by two short cores, may be gathered into
the middle of the front instead, with very
good effect when the waist also is gathered
into the belt. The gathers above and below
coinciding make pleasing unity which is
altogether wanting when there are gathers
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MORTALITY AMONG INFANTS.
Ignorance Of Their Caro- II tho Cause
The Little Ones Have Strong Hold on
Lifc-Facts As to Diet and the Benefit
OF Exercise

ignorance OF THOR Caro- II tho Cause
The Little Ones Have Strong Hold on
Lifc-Facts As to Diet and the Benefit
OF Exercise.
| WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcHl
The idea is prevalent that, owing to the
fra1ltles of the age, the mortality during
infancy and childhood must inevitably be
greater than in later life. 1t is, however,
accepted as fact by ,sanitarians that among
all born with sound constitutions and
entirely under favorable circumstances, the
mortality during this period ought to be
even less than at any other.
Here in America one-fourth of all the
children die before they have reached the
end of the fifth year, and of all who die
under s years of age more than three
nfths are less than 1 year old. Of the
reasons which can be assigned for this ap-
paIling mortality the most pronounced is
neglect on the part of parents, which must
very largely be attributed to ignorance.
And yet to acquire good general knowl-
edge Of children's nature and needs ought
not to be difficult in this "age of enlighten-
ment"
SIt is very evident that this terrible sacri-
flee of the lives of infants will 20 on until
parents, who alone can apply the remedy,
have become educated up to their duty to
their offspring.
Tho Feeding OF Infants.
The subject Of diet is the first to engage
attention. Of the infants who die before
they are 1 year old, nearly 40 per cent are
carried off by diseases of the digestive
organs "A companion fact is that these
diseases are very generally caused BY i'm
proper feeding. For obvious reasons, infants
brought up on the bottle" are by far the
most frequent victims, but the diseases in
question are by no means uncommon in
those that are nourished by the mother.
1t goes without saying that she who can
naturally nourish her infant should do so,
for failing in this duty she not only ignores
the welfare of her little one, but raises up
for herself no end of trouble. She must
spend many, many sleepless nights over her
restless child; many pleasures must be fore
gone; and if she is deserving of the name
of mother, her mind can never be at rest,
nor can she throw of her heavy burden of
responsibility. And she who resorts to ar
tifcial foods, from an economic point of
view, if from no other, is unfortunate, for
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SCIENTIFIC COOKING,
Contributions to the Culinary Art
by the Boston Philanthropist,
Edward Atkinson.
WHAT HE DID FOB A VILLAGE.
The Economical Appliance Of Heat In the
Kitchen One Of the First Prob
lens to Be Solved.
PEOPLE SLOW 10 sEI GOOD THINGS.
Octave Tbanet's Recipes for Vegetables and Emma
P E6ings Points on Bread
WHAT HE DID FOB A VILLAGE.
PEOPLE SLOW TO sEI GOOD THINGS.
Oets-e Thanets Recipes for Vegetables and Emma
P EWings Points on Bread
WRITTEN FOR THE prsrLrcH.l


A series of articles dealing with the scien-
tihc phase of cooking has been secured by
THE DISPATCH from Edward Atkinson, OF
Boston. In these he will give the public
the benefit of his many years of dlsinter-
ested study. The first appears to-day. OF
this article and its author Helen Watterson
writes as follows:
No one in this country, no one In this
whole world, probably, has given more
years to the study of food from a scientific
and economic standpoint than Edward At
kinson, of Boston. Mr.. Atkinson has sure
ly written more helpful lines for house
keepers than most housekeepers have ever
read on all household matters put together.
And as if that were not enough, some time
ago Mr. Atkinson invented a cooker. And
as if that were not enough, some time ago
Mr.. Atkinson invented scientific cooker.
OF this he says humorously that at first it
was not a success because he made no at
tempt to make money out of it by patent
ing it. 1t appeared that nobody wanted an
article that nobody else was trying to make
money out of. Failing to get people to buy
1t for what it cost him, Mr.. Atkinson
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covering smoothly the round back. The
belt is twisted black ribbon, fastened
with rosette. The sleeves are mutton
leg with their dropping fullness held up by
black ribbon tied round the upper arm.
The neck band is of gold galoon.
A black silk dress in Mrs. William D.
Sloane's wardrobe has jacket fronts of black
ground splendidly brocaded with pink and
gold. They are as long as the round waist,
with square corners, open over a Fedora
front of white lace. Down each side is a
row of gold colored, knob-shaped buttons of
crotched silk. There is adeep cuff of the
brocade, and the rest of the garment is
black. Around the back is tied with
rosette bow ribbon in black and white
blocks. The bonnet worn with this gown is
of jet with ivory white strings.
A heliotrope silk has the round waist
covered with jet, like q cuirsss. The
sleeves are full, that is to say wrinkled
mutton leg, and without trimming As to
jet, do not be tempted into buying this net
with struggling patterns of jet on it. 1t is
cheap, but it also looks cheap, and only
vulgarizes the dress. Jet is so heavy that it
needs strong guipure background and to
be elegant the ground should be thickly
covered.
A crepon of dark blue has jacket fronts of
the same, lined with pale blue. On the
vertical edges is ruche of fringed silk with
q row of passementerie inside. The fronts
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A HEATHEN COMFORT.
ar
The Pretty Japanese Beauties Do
Not Need Foreign Fashions
MISSIONARIES FROM THE ORIENT
Are a. Necessary for American Women %
Cur Workers There.
DIRECTIONS FOR NAKING A KIN0Eo
MISSIONARIES FROM THE ORIENT
DIRECTIONS FOR HAKING A KIHoSo
WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPArcH.1

WRITTEN FOR THE pISPATCH.l
In few shops in this country, namely,
the real japanese shops, not the sham ones,
where anything from q hat-rack to tea
cup that has lizards and moon and pa
CODA painted on it, is called .Japanese-in
the real japanese shops can be found for
sale the every day garment Of the japanese
women, the kimono And if American
women had half chance to buy and try
this graceful, deliciously comfortable house
robe, the cause of missions in Japan would
receive q decided check. No woman would
subscribe anything toward enlightening
these comfortable, artistic heather on Eu-
ropeal fashions and Worth gowns
The kimono is loose, wide-sleeved robs,
made in a single piece and In any
kind of material from cotton crepe to the
richest brocade. When worn it looks
like this, on the wearer The one know
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. straight piece for each sleeve, 40 inches
long and Is inches wide. Double is just a.
IL you were going to make q bag, and sew
the short ends together. Then sew one Of
the long sides half way across and stop.
Sew the other long side into the edge Of the
slit left in the side seam. There is your
sleevei the hand slips through the spacs
left in the long side sewed first
Now slip into the garment and you vfll
begin to understand its shaping-or its lack
of It. Slope the V-shape of the neck half
way down to the waist line, and, because
the front of the skirt is too narrow to close
well, widen it by two narrow widths on each
front breadth running from the bottom to
the supposed waist line, and narrowing
toward the top. The diagram makes this
point clear.
The one thing that remains to be done is
to finish the neck. For this, take straighs
band of the cloth three inches wide and put
it on straight around the entire V-shaped
opening. Then the kimono Is done. There
are no buttons and button holes, no whale
bones, no corsets beneath. The garment In
Tapped q little at the waist and is thrust
with long pin. Tied loosely abous
the waist is a blue and white twisted girdls
that goes with the kimono.
HELEN WATTERsoH.
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MIXING DOUGH- BY DAY.

Mra Ewing Discusses a Question and
Gives a Bread Recipe.
WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPATcH.l
have made bread thousands of times and
make it great many times every year, but
1 seldom mix a batch of dough without dis
covering something connected with the sub
ject of bread making of which I had no
previous knowledge; consequently am not
prepared vet to answer with complete
certainty question that is often put to me-:
''Does dough rise better in the daytime
than it does at night?"
Most plants, perhaps all, struggle for
light and grow more vigorously when they
obtain it. Is there any reason why the yeast
plant should differ from other plants in
this respect? I know Of none. And al
though only a few hours are necessary
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best and love most is made of cotton orepe,
white with sprays of blue hawthorn all over
1t. The making of one is fascinating, first,
because you can't possibly see in putting il
together how it's ever going to come out,
even . pagan gown like this kimono, and
second, because there isn't any cutting or
planning whatever and, if you make yours
as the Japanese women do theirs, only the
longest kind of basting stitches with stout
thread.
This is how you must set to work to make
It:
Cut two pieces Of cloth each IA inches vida
and yards long. Now study the diagram
carefully for few. minutes. Here are the
two pieces laid side by side. Never mind the
square ears at the side; they will be the
sleeves when we get to them Sew together
the two sides marked B, d, for half the
length OF the strip. Then take the scissors,
and at the point where you stopped sewing
cut each breadth half way cross This makes
the neck when properly manipulated. Fold
the triangular piece, lapel-w wise underneath.
leaving V-shaped opening for the neck
Now double the entire piece OF cloth and
Joining the two points marked Z to ths
two point, marked 2, sew these side seams
TO within 20 inches Of the middle fold.
Leave that space for the sleeve. Now take
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sNAILs FOR CONSUMPTION.
Not . New Theory, rs the Horrible d eoos-
ton Was Used In 1746.

Not . New Theory, rs the Horrible eoos-
ton Was Used In 1746.
Many of the alleged discoveries IN nedi-
cine are after all little more than revivals of
very old theories, says st. Louis doctor in
the Globe Democrat. One of the latest fads for
the treatment of consumption is the snail
cure, which is said to have been tried and
found successful There is nothing new in
this, for in an old medical work, published
in 1746, copies of which are still to be found
in several libraries, there is a long account
of how mixture of garden snails and earth
worms will cure consumption, and from
more recent books the fact can be CLEANED
that this very Objectionable remedy has
been popular in the South of England and
in Wales for years, being regarded as
superior in every respect to drinking cod
liver oil.
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do not meet and this border passes round
the neck. The front underneath is cuirass
effect of ecra, black and gold embroidery.
With this rich front the sleeves are entirely
plain, and their beauty should depend on
the cut, on the grace with which the folds
clothe or display the arm. The hat worn
with this is wide fange turban, with a
knot of gold directly in front, and an
aigrette Of coques plumes
- ADA BACHE CONE
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sERvIcEABLE AND BEAUTIFUL

Directions for Making q Portiere That VIII
Be q JOY Almost Forever.
Of curtains and portieres we can scarcely
have too many, and the one for which the
illustration offers design is handsome
enough to find place in even the best
equipped of homes. 1t is made of old rose
colored plantation cloth, in which as back
ground the decoration is applied in a
deeper shad2 of the same color combined
with gold. The curious, sprawling figures,
which look more nearly like some curious
form of jelly fish than any other natural
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form, are cut from plush one shade darker
than the cloth, and are placed at intervals
all oyer the hanging Each is first basted
firmly into place and is then made perma-
nently fast with coaching of heavy floss.
That is, the floss is carried round all the
edges and is sewn down with the finest pos
sible gold thread, so that just tiny bits of
brightness are VISIBLE here and these. The
small circular center of each figure is either
entirely filled with fancy stitches in gold or
is darned with gold thread one way and silk
the other, SO that each figure has different
center, and each adds its bit of glinting gold
to the whole effect. The lines which run
here and there, and serve to connect the
several figures as we'll as to give graceful
effect to the whole, are worked with twisted
floss of the same shade as the plush, and
have their outlines couched with gold
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within reason, without fear of harm. OIL
course, there are some articles, such as
rich pastries, highly seasoned dishes, fried
fats, salt, pepper and vinegar in excess, and
strong and indigestible condiments gener-
ally, that would be likely soon to upset her
stomach; and indigestion in her means very
likely similar disturbance in her baby.
A Very Common Fault.
Mothers are proverbially inclined to in
dulge in beverages that tend to yitiate in
stead OF improve the secretion. Strong
chocolate is one of these As long as it is
well borne on the stomach it is not, of
course, likely to do harm, but as rule it
cannot be safely INDUCED in oftener than
once daily. and even then it must be weak
instead of strong, otherwise it will burden
digestion. There are also many highly con-
centrated liquid foods that they are liable to
take whether or not they need them. None
of these should be resorted to unless ad-
yised by the attending physician, and he is
not likely to sanction their use unless the
mother is run down" and not sufficiently
well nourished.
Malt liquors are very often resorted to-
Brewers grains increase the flow of milk in
cows, but such milk is poor, the relative
quantity of certain constituents being con-
siderably reduced, rendering it less nourish-
ing and also more readily decomposed. Ale
and beer have much the same effect upon the
human ANIMAL tact that is generally reg
lstered In the infants if these beverages are
INDUCED in for several days continuously
Wines and stronger alcoholic liquors may
In some instances stimulate tie secretion,
but they give the food irritating properties,
and children fed on it are never hardy nor
well nourished, but are proverbially rest
less, peevish and irritable. When the sup
ply is scanty, the remedy is a more nutri-
tious and generous diet, and greater free
dom in the use of bland liquids. Gruels
made of the different meals are especially
indicated, and even cows milk, alone, has a
marked effect
The Importance OF Exercise.
Many mothers fail to take sufficient az
ercise, and especially in the open air, and
indigestion is one of the common conse-
quences of this fault. Exercise is impera-
lively required to keep the system from
choking up with waste-the remnants of
foods that are not assimilated, and the
products of tissue changes that are constant
ly going on within the body. If this waste
Is allowed to accumulate, it soon chokes up
the system and interferes with the impor-
tant organs, which can no longer do their
work easily and quickly as they ought.
The digestive organs especially are unpleas-
antly affected in this way and when slug
gish and indolent they cannot properly dis
pose of nearly as much food as they might
were they vigorous and active
Besides eliminating the waste matters
from the system, exercise in a variety of
other ways stimulates the different organs
to quicker and better work. As matter of
fact, she who has small family and does
all the housework of the same, is, as rule,
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above and cores below. The dressmaker
may demur to this. innovation, but il you
persist in demanding it beauty Will be added
to your gown, and the gown will be none
the less fashionable.
Neck bands continue high. The sleeve,
with its reduction in height, has grown very
long on the hand. As result of this, the
mousquetaire glove has been rendered nearly
useless, and two button gloves have come
into vogue.
Applied trimmings are . great resource
for costumes, and must continue to be 80 as
long as cores and biases are in use. Pas
sementeries and lace are in great vogue for
trimmings. In using passementerie dis
elimination is needed The designs are
mostly unsuited to the definite purpose of
ornamentation. They are made up of de-
tached units which are best suited to all
over use, and the strips may be taken apart
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4 STAND FOR ENGRAvINaA

Neat and Artistic and Worth . Place In
Any Elegant Parlor.
WRITTEN FOR THE D1sPArcH.I
Something very new and very handsome
is the deep portfolio of pale red mahogany;
very highly polished shown here. The feet
rods, clamps and fittings are of lacquered
brass, in wonderfully light and graceful
lines. When the movable leaf lets down,
an easel, also of brass rods, can be drawn
up on top of the stationary side, where
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de chene. It is now rechristened point dir
lande-a delicate attention of Germany,
where it is made, to Erin.
A very charming dress of pale blue
cashmere with black polka dots has a black
lace, sleeveless Jacket on the front, and lace
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WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPArcH.l !


all in
1T
dielok Generally shelf
sin Fireplace
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BEAUTIES FOR SPRING.

High Novelty Round Waists More Popular
Than Ever-Applied TRIMMINGS for
Costumes - Some New Importxtions -
Stable Elements In Fashions-Furs Go
Ing Ont
GwK1rTEN FOR THE pIsrArcH.I
Among the leading elements of the win
ter fashions some have gained in popularity
and will strongly mark the spring modes,
and others the warm weather will see modi-
fed. While the blouse a la Russie will be
the high novelty, round waists are more
popular than ever and nearly all dresses
have belts. Seams are still fn disfavor and
the fabric is stretched over the fitted lining,
with the fullness gathered or plated in at
the bottom.
Leading dressmskers continue to drape
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looked at without the fatigue or inconven-
ience of holding it. The price, $50, will
seem cheap to any son of Midas who has
ever bent him painfully over collection of
rare prints or etchings or sketches, displayed
painfully on table or in the hand.
Another stand, something smaller, wholly
of etched brass, has no easel attachment,
but spreads out into a desk tall enough to
let you look at what it holds without dam
age to your amiability.
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Only chemists can discover the
Ammonia Taint in Water

but any housekeeper easily find out for herself
whether she is using
Ammonia Tainted Baking Powder
by boiling in tin cup heaping teaspoonful of the
baking powder in one teaspoonful of hot water
The slightest odor of ammonia in the rising steam
condemns the powder Most baking powders contain
ammonia Cleveands does not, not partcle-but test
it, you will find
Cleveland's Baking Powder Stands all Tests.
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WILL call on you with samples and fur.
nish estimates on furniture reupholstery.
HAUGH & KEENAN,, 80 Water street.
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Bad Case of Mental confu,Ion.

"Did Harold call on you this morning,
papa?"
eyes; but couldn't mako much out of
what he said. understood him to say that
he wanted to marry me, and that you had
enough to support him, 10 sent him home
and told him to write Il out -
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VEGETABLES In NEW STYLES.

Octave Thanet Describes Some Masks for
Prosaic Potatoes, Squashes, Turnips, Etc.
Recipes That Appear Fussv but Aren't
Tragedies of the Kitchen.