Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-12-13
Fresh HOUSEHOLD NOTES
How to Serve a Morning We'd
ding Breakfast.
SCIENCE OF THE PERFECT LOAF
The Right to Have a Good
Dinner Well Cooked.
Some Interesting Talk on Affairs of tho
Household = Invitations to Child's
Party-Little Ones New Games - Some
of AIRS. Rorer's Newer Recipes.
N. Y. Evening Post.

high noon, were served buffet style
They were placed on long table at one
end of the room, which was covered
with beautiful white dinner cloth that
reached the floor The front Of the cloth
was decorated with wide, white satin
ribbon festooned in the centre, and held
there and at the corners by graceful
bows, through the knots of which were
slipped posiss of bride roses. On this
table were arraigned napkins, china
plates, and small silver plates of sand.
witches, dishes of salads, cakes and bon
bons. In the centre was an immense
punchbowl filled with bride Ioses, and
on either side large oval and low silver
dishes filed with fruits. Black coffee, |
oyster pates. and individual creams, in
the form Of fruits and flowers, were |
served from the pantry. These refresh
ments were served to the standing |
guests by the walters, and when large |
number of people arc to be looked after |
in a house of moderate size, this is often |
more convenient than attempting to
seat them. No one pretends that the
fashion is quite as comfortable and cosy,
nor is it as pretty as the custom of seat
ing the guests at little tables, or at one
table of moderate size, as is often done
when there are only 20 or 25 guests to be
served. The merit of buffet luncheon,
whether at Il wedding breakfast or other
entertainment, is usually its informality
and "go." Why it is that sitting about
the walls of room or table makes
many persons grow trigid, rigid, and
conscious, is \ mystery.
The temperature at which bread is
both raised and baked is of the greatest
importance in producing the perfect
loaf. DIR. Woods of the Connecticut
experiment station, places the proper
raising temperature at from S0o to S5'
| Fahrenheit, and the baking tempera-
ture at from 400o to 5000. In a late
paper on bread. making, he cautions the
housewife against cooling the loaves of
bread too rapidly after taking them
from the oven. "Much of the souring
of bread" he adds, sis doubtless due to
lack of care during cooling. Owing to
the high. water contents, and the large
amounts of heterogeneous substances and
sugar which bread contains, it is,
especially while warm, a good soil for
the development of various kinds of
molds and bacteria. A loaf of bread
hot from the oven, taken into a poorly
ventilated room crowded with people,
will become sour in the course OF two
or three hours
Cranberrics may be used instead of
currant jelly as the fiavoring for an ex-
cellent dessert. Wash a pint of the
berries, and cook them in just enough
water to keep them from searching. Ii
a particle more is added il will spoil the
result. As soon as the berries pop, put
them through colander, add cupful
of granuated sugar. Dissolve two
tablespoonfuls of gelatine in four table
spuonfus of cold water, add the berries
as soon as swectened, stand on ice, and
stir until the pudding begins to thicken,
then mix well with it Il pint of thick
cream. Put in mold until it hardens.
Black rope is often used to embroider
the designs stamped ON pillows and
tablespreads of colored linen or denlms.
Ii is particularly effective on old pink
or shades of olive, and il the articles are
to be used in a sltting-roonl, is often
preferred to white embroidery silk, or
linen floss. Outlining the design thus
worked in black, fine gold cord Of
thread is sometimes added to brighten
the work.
A pretty white and gold picture frame
is made BY laying gilded tishnet ovel
white satin or silk, or a piece of silvered
netting over pale pink. Both covering:
NAV be glued or sewed to frames o.
paSteboard or thin pine frames OF thu
, proper size.
Some one has invented raisin-stonc
4 that is said to do its work so we'll tina
! by Christmas, it is said, the most enter
prising grocers will be able 10 sell u
our raisins for plum pudding and frui
cake ready stoned and at very Sigh
; advance in price. Shall we join anothe
club to dispose of time saved, or sutfet
more indigestion because mince pic
\ and fruit cake are more easily attained
IN buying cheese for an ordinary
family of six" says Mrs. Rofer, "bu.
; either a pineapple or an Edam; the!
: will keep all winter If necessary. Thel
!: buy pot of 8uquefort and tumble
\ OF clubhouse cheese, keep them in
!, cool dry place, and they will last unti
: used In this way you may have
o variety vt little expense.
: Cottage pudding is made more attrac
y tive by baking in gem or popoYer past:
!. thus giving to each person an indiydua
II pudding, thln when baked il one pa
and cut into number OF pieces. Scry
with sauce in the usual way.
The invitations sent out to child
party had each in the corner q golden we
r. in the centre of which was rntanGled
brown spider. They were invitations to-
te spider at honle," an English substitut
for Jack Horner pie, or, II might bt
r. for Christmas tree. On their arrival {
m the house OF their hostess tho llttl
n guests were shown into 4 go0d-s:Zc
l. room, where an immense giitter!n
hi spider seemed to have spun web ths
~ stretched across the room. The web va
" composed of many webs, each starte
n from Il spider in the centre aud eXtcnGC
III to many nails and projections whci
III each one terminated in little wuodc
ne winder. After choosing windcr eaC
Ill child followed its wanderings TO Il
II spider in whichit terminated inside the
10 spiders were concealed small gifts. 1t
ut stead of spiders, beetles or other inscc
is might be used. A variety Of insects 4
" such party could be found at the lar.
d japanese stores, or could he fashione
r at no very great expense at HON
as While white cotton threads cun be use
I'd much prctter effect would be gaint
al by using tinsel cord like that used
1t confectioners for tying boxes Of bouoon
Iy A game for children is callod"MouI
lie ing the Camel in Cairo Street,
o. large camel is cut froln dark cloth Al
IN fastened to the white background OF
sheet, The figure Of man is cut fro
white or scarlet, and the point OF I
game is, when blindfolded, to fasten I
figure with pin in Il proper position
Ie- ride the camel.
MS Mr.. kuskin, in one of his latest pu