The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
English Plum Puddings-An Excellent
Skin Tonic.

English Plum P~uddings-An Excellent
Skin Tonic.
To make a pretty photograph frame,
have made a fiat frame of pine, either
white, enamel or gid it. When thoroughly
surface according to pattern, fasten it to
frame by means of small tao ks, and gild
the cord If the rame is white. Another
pretty decoration for a frame is to glue
tiny twigs in the place of the Irvine. This
will make a pretty frame for a single
picture. For impefiats Tor 'minuetts,"
the very small p%ictures) checkerboard
satin ribbon the width of picture, fasten-
ing the ribbons at the back of frame, and
placing a large bow on each corner and
hang by broad ribbon. AS many pictures
can be placed on the frame as there are
blocks.
Out of 500 recipes for English plum
pudding sent to the London Queen the
following received the prize:-One pound
of ~raisips, quarter pound Of flour. one
pound of suet, chopped fine. one pound of
c%urrantS, three-quarters pound stale
bread crumbs, MALT nutmeg (grated),
quarter pound brown sugar. five eggs,
grated rind OF one lemon, half pint of
brandy, haif pound of minced candied
range peel. Clean, wash and dry the
currants; stone the raisins. Mix all dry
Ingredients together. Beat the eggs, add
them to the brandy, then pour over the
dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Pack in creased small kettles or molds
(this will make six pounds), and boil six
hours when y make 1t, and when
wanted for use serve with hard OF brandy
sauce.
A nelicios dressing for cold fish or hot
steak, is made by beating the yokes of
four eyes till creamy, then add four table
s%poon1uis of oil and four t~ablespoonfuls
of hot water and cook till it thickens; re-
move from the fire, add one teaspoonful of
terragon vinegar, salt and pepper. mix
well, serve hot with illet OF beef or steak,
cold with fish.
A dainty pen wiper may b9 made of
channels skin and blottIng paper. The
chamois is used for the inside aud the
bloJting paper for the outside. Both
should be cut in the shape of a four leaf
clover. The green blotting paper must
capped and veined with silver paint. The
paint should be very thin and applied
with a small pointed brush.
That good, old-fashoned Southern
breakfast dish, Johnny cake" is not as
universally known as 1T deserves to be.
Here is an excellent recipe for its manu-
fa~cture:-Scald white Indian meal which
has been sifted, stir it thoroughly, add q
little salt n cold milk to make it thin
enough to turn into a baking tin, which
must be creased to prevent it from stick
Ing. Make IL one inch thick in the pan
and bake in a quick oven. 1t will take
about twenty minutes tc cook.
1t is well known that the skin is q great
absorbent, and nutrition even can be con.
veyed through its agency" says a trained
nurse. "A physician once ordered u beef
tea bath fer a baby | was nursing, who
was apparently dying of some exhaustiug
bowel trouble. and with admirable effect.
And | myself have found that rubbing
delicate persons with warm olive oil is an
excellent tonic. If l had charge of a
puny, sickly baby | should feel Inclined
to give it oil baths instead Of water baths.
and try the effect. The oil is quite as
cleansing, and it stands to reason that
such tiny beings, particularly if they are
badly nourished, should not have the
natural oil OF the body continually washed
away"
A housewife whose table linen alwaya
does her good service mends 1t with flax
embroidery cotton of a number to CORE.
| spond with the quality of the cloth. Under
the ragged edges of the tear she bastes a
| piece of stiff paper, and makes a network
| of fine stitches back and forth over its
edges, carrying the stitches about an inch
beyond the edges to the cut. Thin places
and breaks in linen ma be run with the
flax or embroidery, floss and towels should
be mended in the same way.
All kinds Of cooked fish can be served
with salads. Lettuce is the best green
salad To serve, but all cooked and cold
vegetables 90 well with fish.
When, as sometimes happens. one is
forced to wear an uncomfortably tight
shoe, it may be of value to dknow thai
folded cloth, wet in hot water. laid ovel
the pinchiug spot. Will often speedily
afford relief. Change the cloth severa
times to keep up this heat, which shortly
stretches the shoe and shapes it TO tht
foot.
What the American girl needs to per
feet and maintain her charms is the cold
morning tub, less violet powder, mors
fret air, and ont Of door exercise,
Mothers should make a point of seeing
that their daughters acquire businesslikt
habits. Every girl should be taught and
required 10 carry into practice in her owl
expenditure a certain amount of book
keeping.
A stationary washbow1 in a bedroom
should be filed during the night or GOV.
cred with a damp towel TO prevent III,
escape of poisonous gases.
Commercial travellers invariably provide them
selves With Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup.