The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-10
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

An eiderdown quilt rolled up ana
tied with broad ribbon is now &C.
casionalIy seen piled with the other
cushions of a divan. 1t is said to have
admirable ftting-in qualities, and II
the quilt is handsome. as such usually
are, it is highly decorative as we'll.
An excellent relish for the Sunday
night tea table is made with sardines
as a basis. Take four homeless sar-
dimes. rub them smooth with an ounce
of butter, a teaspoonful Of Worcester
shire sauce. and a dust of cayenne
pepper; heat the mixture in chafing
dish, and spread on hot buttered toast.
A little grated cheese may be sprinkled
over the top before serving
Chemists say that it takes more than
twice as much sugar to sweeten pre-
serves, sauces and the like, if put in
when they begin to cook. as it does
to add it after the process is accom-
plished. This is a fact that the aver
age kitchenmaid is not apt to know,
or one that she is particularly apt TO
forget or ignore without frequent re-
hinder.
Not every chatelaine has yet learned
the dietetic value of a light beginning
to the family dinner. Soup, hot fish or
oysters are a real necessity, not merely
a concession to ceremoniou5 service.
A learned doctor quoted in an eX
change, pleads for a light first course
to be taken slowly. A person, he says,
comes to dinner, weary and hungry,
and needs. first, something to stimulate
the secretions of the stomach. Then
the joint or roast can be taken with
benefit to the system, and the game,
vegetables, and sweets follow in their
order, not necessarily in courses for
the plain family dinner. 1t is possible
nowadays to. make palatable soups
with little trouble, and at so trif1ing
cost that even the smallest establish
ment need not miss this wholesome
tonic and digestive stimulant.
Severe simplicity, the decorators say,
should rule the mantel shelf, one or
two good pieces of bric-a-brac being
sufficient. What can one do, however,
with the monstrosity of the towering
cabinet mantel, with it's places ar
ranged like inches in mausoleun1.
one above the other; if any is vacant,
it has the air of waiting for it's coffin,
and if all are full it looks like a shop
display Another dictum from the pro-
IeSSlOndl decorator Is that royal WOr-
cester and other bowls and vases Of
china are no longer fashionable. A
Bohemian bowl, a dozen photographs,
exquisitely framed, and a pair of cam
delabra are in good taste for parlor
ornaments.
An authority on the care of a piano
says it should be placed against an
inside wall and a little out from it.
In frosty weather especially it should
always be closed after using, and, if
possible, throw cover over it. The
temperature of the room where IL
stands is almost as necessary to the
preservation of it's tone and action as
it is to the vitality of plants in the
room. The room should be moderately
warm all the year round, from go TO
20 degrees, and even, not hot one day
and cold the next. The instrument
Should not stand too near the source
of heat. Children should on no ac-
count be allowed to drum on it; nor
should its top be Uttered with bric-a-
brac, which unqueStionably DESTROYS
its tone. A piece of channels wrlIng
out Of tepid water is recommended
as the proper wiping cloth, even for
dark, highly-poiished cases. Salad oil
and vinegar in the proportion of two
parts of oil 10 one of the vinegar with
plenty of hard rubbing. is another
remedy for finger marks or other
blemishes on the wood.