The record-union., 1897-02-07

upholstered furniture can be kept
free from moths" Western uphol-
sterer says in pamphlet on the subject,
"by taking the furniture outside ABOUT
once a month and beating it Thoroughly
with strips of ticking about an inch VIDE
attached to a piece of broom handle
Should one hit the wood hard with this
it will not mar it, while the regular rat
tan and wire beaterS mar more parlor
frames. ruin more covers and break up
more inside filling than dozen children
could do. The main reason we nave
moths lis we are always going to peat
out our upholstery furniture, but rarely
get around to it. Clothing, including
furs. to be stored in the wardrobe during
summer can be kept entirely exempt
from attack if put into new flour sacks,
linen sacks, or anything of that nature
and tightly tied so that moth cannot
enter at the mouth. Chests serve the
same purpose when tight enough to pre-
vent the moths from entering"
The tendency i'm the fashionable world
to shorter dinners does not decrease.
Eight O'Clock is the usual dinner hour,
and from an hour and half to TWO
hours is the maximum time spent at the
table for the actual dinner. Perfection
of every course served, harmony or de-
tail and arrangement, and careful selec-
tion of the company make of these re-
pasts a period of enjoyment which their
lengthening, however, would not in
crease, but lessen.
The recent revival Of that prolific
topic of discussion, Are bananas
wholesome?" brings out again all the
old and some new arguments. There Is
perhaps no subject upon which doctors
so universally disagree as this In the
minds of some practitioners the banana
is almost a poison to young children,
from IT'S indigestibility, While others
regard it as a most valuable food The
same is true of the various mothers
questioned. One has brought her chill
dren up on bananas" another avoids
them "as l would strychnine," aud so
on. The consensus of opinion, however,
seems to be that the fruit is nutrl-
ment of high rank, and il is the eXcep-
ton when it is not found digestible,
certainly if cooked. In a case known
to the writer two delicate anemic chill
dren have been brought round 20 Wig
orous health, the chief ingredient OF
their remedial diet being cooked ba-
nanas. The fruit is halved lengthwise
without peeling, sprinkled lightly with
sugar, and put in the oven on por-
celain plate for fifteen minutes Not
all tastes, however, enjoy the flavor
of a cooked banana, and to those who
prefer it uncooked the suggestion is
made to peel off the long tendrils of
inner skin, found after the banana is
peeled. This, some authorities aver
is the only unwholesome part. And
while the question is still undecided
one may take the benefit of the doubt
and try banana salad. Cut the fruit
in half-inch slices. arrange on bed
of crisp lettuce, and serve with good
mayonnaise.
American conductors, coachmen and
bus drivers stand out as models of
courtesy compared with those of other
nations. A woman traveller in France
tells her experience. She had assembled
to the top of the omnibus and asked
the conductor to stop for her At the
Boulevard st. Martin. Remembering
later that she wished to stop at the
Boulevard st, Denis. upon reaching
that street, she asked the conductor
to stop. Not at all. He had no inten-
ton Of doing anything of the kind.
Non, non," he said. ''vous m'avez prize
de vous faire descendre au Boulevard
St. Martin ct c'est ce que ie ferai. on
ne doit pas nous tracasser de la sorte.
He would stop where he was first di-
rected and nowhere else. There was
nothing to do but go on and walk back,
and the traveller was unplea5ancly
aware that the conductors compatriois
were in sympathy with him, and en-
loved the annoyance to which she was
subjected
A woman, who admits that her in
spiration came some time ago from
newspaper paragraph, has a curious but
most effective playbox for her baby of
IA months. A common pine kitchen ta-
ble has been turned upside down, and
casters put on the four corners of what
was intended to be the top of the table
Two rather broad Stats are fastened on
between the leg-spaces, one above the
other at sufficient intervals to forestall
any attempts TO climb between them
and the Stats and legs covered with Gre
to fit the floor of this cage, and in 1t
with his toys baby spends safely ana
happily many of his waking hours. To
prevent that well-known habit of babies
Ringing their playthings across the
room, the toys are tied to the posts OF
the cage and are thus kept for his
amusement in his own quarters.
A little receipt that was given for
Christmas dessert sounds interesting, If
nothing more. and might be worth try
ing at any time Take a dozen small.
good oranges. Prick them over, then
bake very slowly in their skins in
moderate over. Have ready some boil
ing syrup and throw in the oranges with
q large wine glassful of rum 10 flavor.
Serve around in oldfashioned brazier
If YOU possess one with the spirit lamp
alight or with hot Goals kissing beneath.
Chestnuts. first roasted, and served in
the same way, are rather delectable.
Although is seems almost heretical to
serve the crisp lettuce of our winter
market in any other way than as a salad
with French dressing, variety is obtain
ed bv sending it to the table occasionally
stewed Mrs. Rorer's directions are 10
pull the head apart. wash carefully, ana
put the leaves into a saucepan, sprin-
king them with a teaspoonfuI Oh SAT-
Shake the saucepan until the lettuce IS
cooked by the steam from the water