The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-01
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Whipped Cream.-Whip a pint Of
thick cream until firm, sweeten to taste
and flavor with vanilla. Chill and
serve in a glasS-N. Y. World.
To preserve fruit sirups, prepare
the fruit as for jellies. Strain the juice
and put on to boil. To each pint of
juice add half pound of sugar: boil for
fifteen minutes, stirring well, bottle
and seal while boiling. Home
Journal.
-Jellied Chicken.-Boil thoroughly so
that the bones will drop away from the
meat, then return it to the water and
keep it there over night. Next morning
chop the chicken into very fine pieces,
and to it add salt and butter and
little pepper if needed. Mix thorough
ly and turn into molds to harden
Detroit Free Press.
Fresh neapple.-Select mellow
one, if you wish to use it the same day.
1t is best to prepare it in the morning.
Peel and dig out the eyes, cut thin slices
into pretty dish, sprinkle sugar over
each layer, alternating the fruit and
sugar until all is sliced. Set in cool
place until ready to serve.-House-
keeper.
DO not let your laundress or wash
erwoman put clothes into the blueing
water until they have been well shaken,
If tossed in while folded, as they come
through the wringer they are almost
certain to he strealSed with bluing,
and although after repeated washings
these strcaks will come out. every one
knows how aggravating il is to use nap
kins or handkerchief that show traces
of careless washing.
Raspberry Jelly.-Mash three pints
of raspberries and add one pint of sugar,
leaving them to stand two hours. Soak
one box of gelatine in half pint of
cold water for two hours. add the grated
rind and juice of two lemons, one pint
of boiling water and the raspberries;
strain through a jelly-bag and pour
into molds, allowing it to stand on ice
over night before using. Red raspber-
ries are much to be preferred, but black
can be used. When not in season
canned fruit will answer-N. Y. World
Among dainty toilette articles are
hand-chased mirrors, framed in silver,
wrought in special patterns by artistic
workers in metal. The most interest
ing of these mirrors are chased with
figures in French renaissance designs,
or in Italian pattern with cupids,
Mosques, wreaths and scrolls. These
mirrors are sold at exceptional prices
because they are special pieces of work.
A very dainty hand-mirror framed in
heart-shape may be found for Sc. 80. and
from this the prices go upward to al
most as many hundred, when mirror
of special or unique workmanship is
sought for.-N. Y. Tribune
Cold meats-beef, veal, pork, sau-
sages, ham, tongue, chicken-and fish
are the basis of delicious salads, to
those who like cold meat in a piquant
relish, blended with shred lettuce. A
salad of shaved tongue is perhaps the
daintiest. Spinach in Normandy, is al
ways called salad" and so prepared
when in its own proper character: but
spinach is also green sweet, and comes
to the table like dark green cream,
favored with vanilla and powdered
with white sugar; of course, thus pre-
pared, it has lost all identity of taste
"A woman with ideas, who broke
long, rather wide, straight hall, with
no staircase in evidence, in an old-fash-
Toned house, with an upright and arch
of grill work, has added to the effect
with an ivy curtain. A healthy root in
a handsome jar at the foot of the grill
work has grown during two winters
into beautiful drapery of green. 1t
has proved a hardy, easily-cared-for
plant, fiourishing equally well in win
ter and summer, and seemingly not in
the least affected by the varying tenn
peratures of stove-heated house.
Long tendrils are now reaching out
across the ceiling toward the house
door, and it is only question of time =.
when the ambitious vine will be clam
oring for an exit to the open air. leav-
ing beautifully tapestried upper wall
in its wake.-N. Y. Times