The record-union., 1896-10-04

"A lady who writes of matters touch
Ing domestic taste, makes this note:
Since by the general approval the ugly
crate, with it's hideous blower, firepan
and fender, is going, so also is the
tool-rack, tongs, shovel and poker dis
appearing BY the side Of the new fire
place sits a fuel chest. 1t may be of
oak, studded with nails, or it may be
high-backed fireside chair, but in any
case a top lifts up and reveals the coal
or logs from which the fire may be
replenished by using, for the coal,
convenient pronged scoop Of brass. AT
times the fuel box serves as a COM
Portable fireside seat, while in smart
houses it is no longer considered neces-
sary to keep in the room supply Of
fuel. 1t is hoped that this fashion viii
not prevail. What a world Of comfort
there is in punching the fire!
In Detroit at the big Public Library
there is a children's room devoted ex-
clusively to the use of juvenile readers.
1t is one of the pleasantest in the build
ing, and it's comfortable chairs are
rarely vacant. The walls are hung
with pictures and the shelves filled with
the particular books that children are
known to like. Over 5000 children en-
joyed it during the month of June.
"Oh, ah-pardon me- Miss Minnie, but
at what age do you think women should
-ah-marry? You know the newspa-
pers are discussing the question"
AT about my age, 1 think, Mr.. Tim
i'd" she replied SWeetly
A clever woman who has been using
her camera so industriously for several
seasons that she has on her hands a
large collection of small and large pho
tographs lately made use of them in a
way that promises to keep them in her
mind, for she has covered a screen for
her own room win them, grouping them
artistically, and throwing out their
good qualities by using a border of
pale olive and gold paper If there is
not enough photographs to cover an
entire screen, one panel could be ar
ranged in that way; or the upper half
might be so covered and the lower half
filed in with panels of shirred silk
AT a wooden wedding not long ago
of the lovely Russian wooden bowls that
are with proper care indestructible, to
last lifetime. These with their trays
and spoons, are now turned on their
sides, and show their brightness
through the doors of her kitchen cab
met, where they are contrasted with
the blue of a few bowls of japanese blue
and white that are used for bakers. -
The Russian bowls are sometimes used
Tor salad, or are filled with leaves and
vines and used for fruit at dinner.
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The zweibach or twice baked bread of
the Germans is now sold at a number
OF large bakeries in more than one city
where it is the favorite food of the dys-
peptc who is lunching conscientiously.
This bread, which is slightly sweet, is
toasted through, not simply Drowned a
little on one side and moist in the center.
That which is bought prepared is more
palatable if heated again in a slow oven.
1t is an excellent food for children. It
may be heated and spread with jam in
the place of cake, or crumbled in milk,
or eaten cold and plain.
A particular housewife who always
uses only doilies on her dining-tabl at
the daily luncheon has the table rubbed
every morning with waxed brush and
polished with flannel. For some of her
larger dishes which are apt TO be filled
with hot foods she has frames of
wrought iron that contrast prettily with
any but pure white dishes.
Il hate to do such thing" said the
editress Of a campaign newspaper in a
woman's suffrage community, "but poll
ties is politics."
What's the matter?" asked her hus-
band, who was waiting to carry some
copy into the composing room.
I've written an article that will lose
the rival candidates 1000 votes. at the
lowest calculation"
Have you discovered something dam
aging in her record 2"
Yes; I can show beyond a doubt that
she is wearing a last years bonnet. and
that her clothes don't fit her, because
she makes them herself"
AS the other fruits disappear we are
left with an abundance of apples and OF
grapes for breakfast fruits. Both are
bealthful and so cheap this year that
nearly every one can afford to use them
Both are also more healthful and tempt
ing for breakfast than dishful OF ba-
nanas. which, taken ice-cold before any
other food, often give one indigestion
for the whole day. Those who are un-
able to eat fruit before cereal IN thf
morning should try eating it at the enc
OF the breakfast.
An economical housewife whose ram
lily dinners are always good occaSlonaliS
utilizes the cupful of cold oatmeal, nom
inv. or wheat left from breakfast In th'
following way: A thin layer or the por
ridge is put in the bottom of snai
pudding-dish and seasoned with
sprinkling of grated cheese, salt ahC
pepper, and then q few tablespooniuls
Of stewed tomatoes added. Another
layer is seasoned in the same way
Sometimes the top layer Is dusted VIII
fine bread crumbs. The dish IS healet
through and Drowned in the oven ans
served with roast meat. Al othel
times cupful Of gravy and the toma
toes only are used in making TINS excei
lent course. Occasionally it is used a.
the base Of a good pudding. either no
or cold, and is eaten with whipped o.
plain cream, sugar, and preserved Iruit
or sauce Of stewed fruit.
Some one has found out that II Is
good plan to wash the lettuce for saiad
end then to hang it in the refrigerator u