The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-17
HOUSEHOLD BREvlT!ES.

Potato Fritters-Boil enough Of
nice, mealy potatoes TO make one pound;
| mash and sift them; add two heaping
tablespoonfuls of butter, the yolks OF
two eggs, well beaten, and a little salt
and pepper; mix all well together and
roll into thin, fiat cakes and fry brown
in half lard and half butter. ohio
Farmer.
-Dumplings. pint flour, half
teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking
powder: mix with one scant cup of
sweet milk into dough soft enough to
handle easily. Roll il out half-iueh
thick, cut into small rounds and drop
into the boiling stew, or mix softer and
drop by the spoonful; cook ten minutes.
Detroit Free Press.
Mushroom Pickles. - Take small
button mushrooms; wipe clean. Put
in salt and water and let stand for
forty-eight hours. Scaid sufficient vim
egar to cover the mushrooms, add lit
tie cayenne and mace. Drain the
mushrooms, poor the vinegar oven
when cold.and keep in cool, dry place.
Ladies' Home journal.
Fern doylies" are made Of lacc
bark. a diaphanous. lace-lilSe material
found under the bark of certain jana
lea trees. This is bordered with set
pattern cut ont of the brown cabbage
plant. The doylies are not only unique
and beautiful, but also serve as pro
moters'' of conversation by leading the
talk 10 foreign lands and quaint fancies
Stale Bread for Stuffing Meats
Stale bread after being cut in pieces of
suitable size for stuffing can be-
thoroughly dried out in the oven and
kept in paper bags until wanted. when
it is only necessary to pour over boil
ing water and let stand just lons
enough to moisten; then drain of and
it is ready TO season.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
delicious Mixed Pickles Let FIVE
dozen cucumbers stand in strong brine
for three days. writes Eliza X. Parker.
Wash through cold water several
times Put half a gallon of strong
vinegar in a kettle. with one ounce
of mustard seed, one of juniper
berries, one of eclery-seed, half
of sugar, half dozen small onions and
lump of alum Let come 10 boil
and pour over the pickles for three
mornings, heat the vinegar each time.
Put the pickles In wide mouth bottles
and seaI-Ladies' Home Journal
Chocolate Creans.-Add two cups
of graduated sugar TO one-half of a cup
Of milk. Boil for Eve minutes. stirring
constantly % keep the milk from burn
ing. Take from the fire, stir rapidly
until partly cool. favor with vanilla.
then turn upon liFhtly-grcased plat
ter; continue stirring until cool enough
to mold Ia the hands Mold in balls
and place on waxed paper in a cool
dry place 20 harden Add one tea
spoonful Of powdered sugar TO One-half
OF cake of chocolate. or it's equivalent
in cocoa. Melt over hot water, and
while hot dip tho creams in IL. repiac-
ing on the waved paper 20 dry. --Bo~
ton Budget.
Theatrical people know that Oh
cleans the skin better than water.
Generally, other people do not. IL
actresses undertook 20 get their make
np off with water tbey would need soft
soap and scrub brush 20 do IL They
used once cocoa butter now they use
oil, which is better preparation 81
the same thing Drug stores Keep IL
Some keep i fresh ard some keep q
rancid Take care nc: 70 patron!ze the
second class. and in cocoa oil you will
have the usost delightful Of ali erro,iI-
erts sor the oil Dain IL voat xran. ~
SEQ koss esFec;iTe IL IL come in from =
railway 5ozsrDey On a hot day. when
the windows have teen up and. vou
hare bad ss Inpch bencf. os the s-r,oks
End soot as the fireman Take the
most vigorous bath goa can derisr o.
endure tfser SPREAD soTrss cocoa oil GA
F0nr face And wipe IL of The black
sfiea io7s*s ~sa tel ths tale 81 failure
toT the bath and triumph for the Gil