The record-union., 1897-02-14

known, the relations OF mistress anC
maid are more definite than in this
country. The society acts as a cour
of arbitration and a promoter of jus
| tice between employer and employed
| Every employer who is a member o.
the society in good and regular stand
| ing is entitled to get as many servants
| as she requires from the Society'S list
which includes cooks, general house
work girls, nursery maids, chamber
maids and nurses. She pays for thi
| privilege an initiation fee of So, anC
semi annual dues of 81. The servan
secures her enrolment through a goot
| reference AS an incentive to compe
tent service the society has established
system Of prizes to- be conferred OF
| servants who have been placed in ser
vice through it, For ten years unin
| terrupted service with a member o
| the society 500 will be awarded; fol
| five years $40; for three years $50, anC
for two years $40 In addition specia
provision is made for assistance il
sickness. All complaints from either
side are carefully investigated: a ser
want found to be in the wrong anC
twice complained of for the same faul
is not again recommended and loses al
her privileges. An employer too, who
is unjust to her servant and does no
improve her conduct is expelled from
the society. The organization aims a
| practical betterment of domestic ser.
vice, and its workings will be noted
with interest
The mustard mixed for ordinary use
at the table is too biting for cold meat.
IN sandwiches. Mrs. Lincoln'S formula
for such is a tablespoonful each of but
ter and sugar worked to a cream; ado
to this two tableSpOOnfuls OF mustard
with one tablespoonful of salt Bea
an egg very light and whip into tn,
creamed mixture, adding a half cup o.
vinegar heated to the boiling point
The vinegar should thicken the mixtur.
and If it does not, set the bowl ovel
| boiling water few minutes, stirrine
constantly until thick
Cranky ranges" said Miss Parlos
In one of her Pratt Institute talks "dt
not exist They are like most of tht
cranky persons in the world. merel,
| misunderstood" A cook complain!
that her range won't bake in the after
noon; her mistress turns back the doo1
| in front of the fire CRATE and finds tht
space filled with ashes, absorbing tn,
! neat and dulling the fire, or she find.
the chimney draft wide open, the hea
sailing out over the roof to warm tht
| world, but not the oven, or the over
| dfaftS are wrongly set, or there arr
cNhkers holding the heat, or some
| thing else. The range exemplifies al
| exact science; if all its parts are il
working order, the fuel burning free
and drafts properly adjusted, it's use
fuiness must be uniform. A part Of
| housekeeper's knowledge should be {
perfect comprehension Of her particula
range. When the millennium of elec
! tricity arrives her labor will be les
| sened, but until then she must know
| her cook stove as she knows her sew.
| ing machine. If the coal clinkers
| throw in small lump of lime to burr
with 1t, or two or three oyster shells
| insist that the fire shall be kept leve
with the inner top of the range, Ieavins
a free draft over it; clean the over
often, and the spaces at their side
| With careful attention there should
| never be any trouble.
| In arranging pictures it should b,
remembered that oils, etchings ant
water colors should not hang together
and that the drawing-room walls ar,
not to be packed with canvases if ON,
IS fortunate enough to be able to bu,
them Two or three fine oil painting
are about all any room can stand. to-
many giving the effect of a. pictur,
| gallery.
Mice VIII not infest pantries wher,
pieces of gum camphor are laid about
and Croton bugs flee from sbelve
streWn with the coarse salt used +,
freeze Ice cream. The camphOr shouL
De used only at night, and all can
and boxes holding eatables should h.
carefully covered, as otherwise its pun
gent, penetrating smell will affect ce
reals, crackers and other food.