Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-12
DOMESTIC SCIENCE in THE HOUSEHOLD.

Spanish Flats of New York city. Two
sets OF rooms are built; one fronting on
The street, the other on tue garden, with
a passage between. Every house has
double staircase Another benehcent
restriction against over-bigh buildings
is, that no building can be carried up
above the reach OF the water in the sec
ton OF the city where the building is.
Cream that has stood day is much
better for whipping than fresh cream
1t must always be thoroughly chilled
before beginning to whip.
An easy way 10 chill fruits for break
fast or dinner on hot day, Is to put
them IN pan or pail, and set them in a
larger pan, containing layers of ice and
salt, to the depth OF couple oil inches
newspapers or heavy burlaps, and let
them stand Tor an hour before using,
taking care that the freezing point is not
reached.
That the use OF beans for breakfast is
not confined to Boston purieus, will be
a welcome bit of news to lovers of that
legume, who contemplate a Mediter-
ranean voyage. At a recent breakfast
on board one of the French steamers
running from Marseilles to CONSTANT
nople, the first couise of the second. or
10 O'Clock breakfast, was composed OF
beans, with an accompanying saucer OF
spicy capers, and an additional relish OF
young onions. This while the breeze
was coming heavy with the sweet per-
fume Of Sicily's Towering orange
groves.
A simple but pleasing dessert both TO
eye and palate, is one made OF oranges.
The oranges are carefully peeled, re-
moving every vestige of the bitter, white
skin. Long, thin strips Of the yellow
peel are also cut and cooked with the
orange in rich syrup OF sugar and
water until tender. The oranges are
then removed without breaking and
placed symmetrically, flat side down.
ward, in glass dish. The peel is
cooked little longer If necessary, and
then poured with the syrup over the
oranges Just before serving, little
powdered sugar is sprinkled over them.
The use OF flowers in favoring ORR
| entail sweetmeats is universal. While
| rose leaves are perhaps most largely en-
ployed, tiny bits oil fragrant geranium
leaves are frequently used, and are
especially delightful in the delicious
sour cherry conserves, which are just
being put up. Another favorite COM
bination is the fresh figs, with orange OF
lemon flowers, or falling that, bit Of
the yellow rind.
One Of the most startling contrasts to
an American traveller, especially to one
imbued with the tenets OF the oman,
Health Protective association. Is tina
offered by the houses OF the Turks am
Armenians and their streets. Thei
houses inside are absolutely spotless
so much SO, that oitentimes one feels
delicacy about obiruding her earthl!
presence; while the streets are beyont
the power OF pen to describe or heart t,
imagine. Before they could meet tn
simplest requirements OF decency, the.
would need a greater cleansing thai
even the Augean stables. In CONSTANT
nople they are bad enough with hens
goats, sheep and dogs in ba,talions an
legions. pursuing their various avocs
tions; but In the villages it is thor
sandfold worse No drainage save tina
afforded by the street; no sanitary Al
rangemenis Of any kind; no other plac
for garbage. Here runs a blood-re
stream where some thrifty housewife
having dyed her yarns in its crimso
flood, has turned the residue, and ther
pestilential pile of mulberry branche
and decaying silkworms. Anon, ne,
door, a sudsy rivulet from the wasf
gathers up the shavings from the baGke
makers knife, and whirls them onwar
In eddying pools, while scraps an
shreds and patches-hay, straw an
stubble-substance animal, vegetabl
and mineral put in their various claim
for recognition. Once the house
gained, the contrast is incredible. |
the American houses, the board floor
secured daily, nay almost hourly, riva
ling those Of the famed Holland house
wives; linen so spotless that it dazzle
the eyes; rugs washed and secured ii
they are freshness itself; window; clea
as crystal, and general atmosphere {
soap, sand and elbow grease are revt
lation to even good Western house
keepers. All the divans are covere
with stretches of spotless linen, edge
with marvellous creations of crotche
work. The sheet and pillow case:
white as snow, are also edged wit
homemade lace, while the counter
pane5 and curtains with lace or knotte
fringe, are also the work of their bus
fidgers. EMMA PADDOCK TELFoRD.
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