The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-26

wide, set at intervals of twelve inches
apart from the center outward, give a
very pleasing result when the under
| cloth is of colored satin.
| Women who prefer an ounce of pre-
vention to a pound of cure study the
properties of various articles of food
They learn that celery is nerve food,
that lettuce is as good for insomnia as
the poppy, that onions are invaluable
as a nerve tonic, that lemons are the
hest friends of the bilious, that toma toes
and figs are aperients, and that apples
are useful in cases Of nervous dyspepsia.
Mush made with milk is not only
richer and more delicious than that
made with water, but when it is fried
it is a much more inviting golden brown.
| Never wash gold banded china with
water in which soda is mixed unless you
wish to give your dishes the appearance
of heirloCms. To prevent the gold from
rubbing off and the edges from chipping
wash the plates in a wooden tub, the
bottom Of which is covered by a crash
cloth. Hot water and pure soap are
the only cleansing agents needed
|
| Apricot toast is delicious dish. Slice
a milk roll and fry the slices in butter
until they are golden brown. Turn the
juice off can of apricots. Add an
ounce of powdered sugar and small
glass of sherry and let the mixture boil
place half an apricot on each slice OF
toast, cup side uppermost. Place ker
mel in each cup and pour the boiling
syrup over the toast. Add teaspoonful
OF cream to the apricot and serve.
Salads supply what the system needs
in the way of mild acids, and when
eaten in moderation and at seasonabie
| times are a gentle aid and stimulant tc
digestion.
Green salads not only please the pal
ate and aid digestion, but delight the
eye by their fresh appearance, which we
all know is an inducement to eat, as
| there is a very intimate connection be-
tween sight and taste. Articles of food
| that look tempting and appetiZing when
brought to the table appeal to the pal
ate, while nothing will take away al
desire for food more quickly than care
lessly prepared or Unlocking dishes
| And particularly is this true of the
salad, which must never look mussy and
pitched together in hurry.
Women ought to be lettuce lovers, fol-
this salad not only purifies the blood
and tones the color, but steadies the
nerves and successfully wooes sleep. II
can be found in the market every day OF
the year, and is always reasonable in
| price, which fact alone accounts fol-
it's immense popularity. The best vari-
ETY. is known as Boston head lettuce
| The heads are comparatively solid, the
| inner leaves being thick, light yellow
in color and very tender and juicy. And
now for the best way to treat lettuce
before preparing it for the table: Pull
| the leaves apart, allowing each to re-
main whole; wash carefully; then let
| it lay in very cold water for fifteen
minutes, after which shake the water
off of each leaf, placing them in white
mosquito netting bag and hang in the
| refrigerator, there to drain quite dry
and to become still more crisp. Lettuce
should never be dressed until just be-
fore eating it, as it soon willis and takes
on a mussy appearance.
The best plain lettuce salad has a
French dressing, which is combination
of Oil, very little vinegar and gener-
| Gus amount of salt and, if one likes, the
very faintest suspicion of peppermint
An old Spanish proverb says: ITO
make a perfect salad there should be a
spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar,
| wise man for salt, and a madcap to
stir the ingredients and mix them well
together"
A salad that is particularly appetiz-
ing and palatable is a sort Of vegetable
hodgepodge Line the bowl with plenty
! of crisp WatercreSS which has been
| treated to a drain and freeze in the re-
| frigerator Then fill with one cup OF
peas, one of beans, one of chopped car
| rots and one of chopped red beets, all
of which have been previously boiled
and cooled. Toss lightly until thor
! oughly mixed cover with a thick layer
| of watercress and serve with French
dressing.
| 1t may be we'll to mention that an
| eminent physician, who has been in
vestigating the properties of the differ
ent vegetables, announces that a diet OF
| carrots ameliorates harShnesS of char
| acter and reduces nervous irritability;
peas create fatty tissue and encourage
joyousness, while turnips have just the
opposite effect. Celery taken in excess
causes eye trouble while cabbage is
beneficial in pulmonary ailments, and
| lettuce aids as a sedative owing to the
opium contained in its milky juice
| which keeps the skin clear and fresh.
Red beets are blood producing and will
add plumpness to the thinnest form,
providing they are boiled tender
However high Cuban feeling may run,
the rout of innumerable Spanish troops
has no effect upon the wearing of the
Spanish comb. 1t is, in fact, more con-
spicuous than ever before, both because
of the frequency with which it is worn
and on account of its imposing proper
tionS
The plain, highly-polished tortoise
shell comb that Carmen made popular
has given place to an deliberately
least four inches across the top, and
three from it's upper edge to the teeth
is cut in a design as minute and fine as
flagree silver Another enormous af-
fair divides at the base into trefoil
each part of which is beautifully cut
OF course, these mammoth combs are
intended exclusively for indoor wear
Not even the tiniest of evening bonnets
could perch above the spreading ex-
panse Of tortoise shell.
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