The record-union., 1896-11-08

In houses where they are in keeping
with other things, cotton velvets make
beautiful rich looking hangings. They
are soft, look heavy, and are cleaned as
easily as cretonne. Some of the white
cotton velvets are said to wash as
easily and perfectly as unbleached CLOTH
When dry they are shaken and brushed
to raise the nap.
Halibut steaks are at their best when
cooked in the oven with a basting of
wine and lemon juice. Butter a baking
dish, season the fish with salt and pep
per, and turn over it a wineglass full
Of sherry, and the same quantity of
lemon juice. Coat a large green pep
per well with butter and lay it on the
top of the fish. If thick steak, cook
half an hour in a moderate hot oven.
Serve with. the fish a sauce made from
tablespoonful of butter, tablespoon
full of flour and a fourth of pint of
hot water. Season with salt and pep
Per, dish the fish, and then strain into
1t the liquid in baking pan.
A pleasant seasoning is given to seal
loped oysters by sprinkling a little cell
cry chopped very fine, very little
onion juice, and a bit of butter over the
oysters before covering with bread
crumbs.
The policy of reciprocity adopted by
the federated clubs of various States
is to be commended, as by means of it
the best club papers are given wide
audience and the women of widely sep
grated places are enabled to compare
their work with that of other clubs.
The plan is, of course, more advanta-
geous to some clubs than to others, as
many of the women who are members
OF certain clubs are so fortunately
placed as to come into direct contact
with much that is best worth knowing
and doing. All perhaps that they have
to gain would be the added sympathy
and outlook that must always come
from looking on life from new point
of view. The club that wishes to listen
t. paper on a certain subject usually
defrays the expenses Of the essayist
who comes with her paper, but where
this is a difficult matter for a club to
accomplish, would it not be a graceful
end kindly act for the more prosperous
club to lend out its papers to women
liz far-away places who may have
hunger for club literature? Certainly
the travel papers that so many bright
women write after summers journey
in interesting places, and papers on
child study and social science, should
by some means be given the widest
circulation possible.
Never poultice your eyes; it is posi-
lively injurious, the best oculists say.
The following simple lotion, which may
be safely used in all minor cases of in
flammation, is recommended by good
authority: Sulphate of zinc, 20 grains;
wine of opium, unaromatic, drachms;
rosewater, = ounces. Put a teaspoonful
in a cup of warm water and battle the
eyes two or three times day.
The following recipe for cheese straws
you will find excellent: One cup of
flour, one tablespoonful of butter, one
quarter of a teaspoonful of baking pow
der, a half teaspoonful of salt, a little
cayenne pepper and four tablespoonfuls
of grated cheese Rub the butter and
the flour smoothly together, adding the
salt, pepper and cheese, and mixing
with cold water to a soft, smooth dough.
Roll quite thin, cut into half-inch
straws and bake in a moderate oven
until they are delicate brown.
Macaroni becomes new and delight
ful dish when seasoned with mushrooms
and tomato. Boil six ounces of the
macaroni in the usual way in salted
water, breaking it into half-inch pieces
before cooking. When tender drain,
dash with cold water, and drain once
more Cook twelve large mushrooms
with half a cupful of sweet milk, and
break into bits before cooking. Strain
q cupful Of cooked and seasoned toma-
toes through a puree sieve and fill a but
tered baking-dish with the ingredients,
as you would do in preparing scolloped
oysters, using first the macaroni, then
the tomato, and after that the mush-
room. Fill the dish in this order and
cover the top: scatter very thin layer
of dry breadcrumbs and grated cheese.
When fresh mushrooms are not to be
had, those that are canned may be used.
The following mixture is highly rec
ornmended for cleaning black cloth
clothing. felt and beaver hats, Jackets
and wraps: To pint of soft, pure
water add an ounce OF spirits of wine
and an ounce of powdered carbonate of
ammonia Mix and shake thoroughly.
and apply with piece of flannel or
cloth.
The following way of preparing salted
neanuts is very satisfactory: Shell the
ruts and remove the skins. Put the
nuts in a baking-pan and pour two
tablespoonfuls of olive oil over them.
shake them frequently until they are
light brown. Put them IN colander
and dust them very lightly with pow
dered salt.
cbarnois leather should always be
washed In warm water, to winch ittie
ammonia has been added. Wash 1t by
rubbing softly between your PAINS put
never wiring ii. Press the water out by
holding IL tightly between the hands,
md hang it in the sun or before the
fire where 1t will dry quickly. Ruo IL
and null II into shape every few MN
,tes and thus keep it from drying
stiff, hare skin.
SO large has the chahng-oish outh'
taco,na that some women now nave IN
their d;ning-roon a pretty cupboard on
COLI m hold the dish. the bottle OF al
cohol spoons and plates, the knives ana
sor,,s .nd condiments This makes IL
the more easy to have an lmprofhptu
sumner than il the necessary aiticie7
were scattered. If one mas SUCH sup