The record-union., 1896-12-06

Every mother who has little children
that cannot go to Kindergarten will
find a sand table one Of the best invest
ments that she can make for their con-
tinual entertainment. The sand table
Is a deep, strong box on stout legs, and
should be water-tight. This is filled
with sand to within few inches of the
top, and in winter days provides a place
to dig, to make garden roads, to create
hills, mountains, and rivers, and val
leys, and with the aid Of blocks and the
miniature trees to be had at the toy
stores to construct cities, filled with ar
chitectural beauties and lovely parks.
"A young Western woman who under
stands all the kinks and cranks Of gas
stoves, and how to cook by them per-
fectly and with the greatest economy,
makes a business of inspecting them
and putting them in order when perhaps
for some trif1ing cause they are not be-
having their best. A postal card or a
call commands her services, and out she
starts with her handbag of tools to earn
her livelihood in field where she has
few competitors Of her own sex.
Nut sandwiches are excellent served
with cider or beer. The cider should not
be too sweet, or it will not be agreeable
with the flavor of nuts. For the filling
OF the sandwiches use one-half of al
monds chopped very fine, mad the other
two parts Of hickory nuts and English
walnuts in equal proportions. Put very
little butter on the thin slices of bread,
SnTlnK1a with
little grated mild cheese.
An improved fryer for cooking foods
thad do not need to be immersed In deep
lat is shaped like the ordinary frying
pan. Inside this pan, and of almost the
exact size, there fits second pan with
long handle, which is frying basket.
rms basket can be raised easily. as the
handle is always cold, and the food
drained over the pan
small reception room that has a
north light, or, rather, lack of light. is
papered with salmon pink on which
there is an all-over design of silvered
hnaldenhair ferns, so light and graceful
ana SO faint that they look like tracer
les made by the frost. The pictures
on the wall are cool green and gray
water colors framed in silver.
Only young and tender corn should
be cooked on the cob Such corn is
known by it's tender skin, and is milky.
when the corn is old OF very large, it
is best to cut 1t from the cob and cook
1t In milk, or make it in fritters. Cele-
brated cooks disagree as to the best
way Of cooking corn. One will tell YOU
to cook it in the inside husks, one to
remove the husks and keep the ears in
very cold, dry place until ready to
cook. In the former case it is cooked
latter the corn Is put over the fire in
cold water containing small quantity
Of salt and sugar. Sometimes a little
milk and butter are both added to the
water in WHICH the corn is cooked. The
object of adding the sugar is of course
to sweeten the vegetable; that of using
butter and sugar to give a richer flavor.
All authorities agree that the sooner
the corn is cooked after it is picked
the better it will be.
That capable and practical woman,
Mrs. Ewing, does not look to the house
hold club for the regeneration of our
households. Indeed, one is tempted to
believe that she Sternly disapproves Of
this attempted means of bettering our
homes, for she says: "As far as can
ascertain, these associations and clubs
have as yet accomplished nothing tan
gible or of practical value. They are
all organized upon the theory that
housework must be done by servants.
and that servants can be educated to
do housework skillfully and faithfully. -
Mrs. Ewing Is of the opinion that, as
not "one woman in a thousand knows
when housework is properly done. it is
the mistress who first needs the train
ing in domestic service.'
At recent dance a picturesque re-
treat that made delightful resting
place for those tired of dancing was an
Egyptian tent hung with Oriental dra-
peries. where the decorations were very
suitably OF wild grasses, lotus flowers
and night blooming water lilies.
Two very effective and high-priced
flowers to use for house and church
decorations for autumn weddings and
other entertainments are the torch like
clusters Of the gladielus and China as
ters, some OF the newer varieties of
asters being almost as beautiful as
chysanthemums. The gladiolus may be
used for wall decoration made into en-
pire torches, with wreaths or festoons
of green at intervals between. Both
flowers also make beautiful floral
screens. These screens are much used
for beautifying piazzas when luncheons
are given indoors. Chicken-wire is
fastened to frame as background.
or fishnet is tackled to the piazza wall
and draped as curtains. These nets are
then covered with vines and flowers.
A new center-piece and small doilies
of white linen have the edges which are
the butterfly scallops SO popular, work.
ed in white silk in long and short but
ton-hole stitch. Inside the edges there
are wreath borders of smilax leaves
done In solid embroidery and woked in
smilax green.
A professional gardener tells me that
red spiders on plants are always sign
that the atmosphere is too dry. and that
to get rid of them the plants must be
showered every day with water. The
scales, however. that are found on
many hardwood plants should De
taken off with the finger nails. aIter
which the plants should be sprayed with