The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
Here is a dish called sponge pud-
ding" of which southerners are very
fond. Beat seven eggs till they are
light as seafOam. Add six tablespoon
fuls of sugar and beat four minutes fu-
riously. Sift into this seven table,
spoonfuls of sweet corn meal, one tea
spoonful of salt, grated rind of half
lemon and its juice, freed from seeds.
Stir quickly and bake in sponge cake
pans, serving hot with hot sauce, or
creamed butter and sugar, with nut
meg.
It Is a reproach to this generation of
women that they know so little about
the use of the needle. Needlework
does not commend itself to the young
women of today. They outgrew the
needle about the time the higher edu-
cation" for women came into vogue.
In these days of cheap ready-made
garments a girl thinks she can clothe
herself quite acceptably without know
ing how to sew. 1t seems such pity
that the dainty occupation should have
some into disuse. One grows as tired
o. shr lde petticoats and night
GresSe one does of bakers bread
and G. ! corn. They all bear just
about trc same relation to the origin
a! and real thing, too. The very happi-
est hours of a young mothers life are
those spent in setting dainty stitches
in her darling's daintier clothes, and
the woman who can't sew need never
hope to have her grandchildren unroll
from it's silver wrappings the time
yellowed baby dress that mamma
wore" if grandmamma simply took two
or three of "grandpappa's hard-earned
dollars" and bought the dress at
Gcwn-tow shop. The thing that gives
the little garments their value in af-
ter years is the pretty sewing, the
frOst-like embroidery or the delicate
real lace made by skilled hands of
| grandmother or mother Shop-made
| goods are for people who live in
hurry and have not time to enjoy the
homemade article. Mothers with
hcmes and daughters ought to accus-
tom themselves to the real things, and
not depend upon the make believe.
Girls who go to the shop and buy
their underclothes and dresses do not
take the same care of those articles
| of attire that they would under diff
| ferent circumstances. They argue
| llldl pGNduSc lHOSt lHllSS were
cheap" they are entitled to fresh at
tire twice as often. "Ready-made," ;"
ready cooked" ready furnished" and
canned delicacies" are playing sad
havoc with real home life.
Marry in haste and repent at leisure,
is trite old saying that augments in
truth each year. 1t applies with equal
force to both young men and young
women, but it must be confessed that
parents have a much larger part in
causing these unhappy marriages than
| they are credited with. Young people
are difficult to handle between the ages
of fifteen and twenty-five. They are
| inclined to overrate their importance
| in the household economy, and the chief
| aim OF many parents is to nip this
growing importance. Like much of the
| tree pruning in our beautiful parks, the
| nipping process is bTutally done, with
no care for environment, or thought Of
future symmetry. Quite often the child
| gets a rude setback that stunts its sem
siblities, and makes 1t self conscious
and awkward. Then the home life Is
not what II should be. No boy or girl
| Is going to remain at home If that home
Is duh and all healthful amusement is
| frowned upon, because pa and ma are
too old to have such frivolity going on"
or some like invalid excuse. Youth
must be amused. and II 1t cannot be
| amused at home you NAV la siirA n viii