The record-union., 1897-06-13


put upon the platter in one way, says a
cooking teacher, so that the server may
know where to find the different parts,
and there may be as little as posslple
of the splashing of gravy in the dlVlns
about of an exploring carving-fork. Put
the back in the middle, says the author-
ity, and the breast on top of it. Cross
the drumsticks, and lay them at either
side, with the second joints at the ends
The wings should be placed OUTSIDE
these. If two fowls are served, the ar
rangement is simply repeated at the
other end of the platter.
1t is partly out of the fruits Of inves-
LEGATIONS of mothers clubs, as well as
the increased interest in child-study,
that has grown the movement in sew
eral cities to hold parents congresses at
frequent intervals during the year One
lately held in Brooklyn proved interest
ing and helpful. An address by the
Rev. DR.. Mcconnell on THE Necessity
of Authority in the Home" was most
provocative of discussion, dealing as it
did with those family problems that
present themselves constantly-meth-
ence and punishment. The speaker
thought the comradeship of the present
day between parents and children had
lessened authority, but he did not de-
plore this, though he believed there
should be final authority in every
household to which Difference should be
had In the discussion which followed
it was questioned which parent should
be clothed with this settling privilege,
and one speaker made the good point
that authority ought to remain with
those invested by nature with it's right
Sometimes the father may possess it,
sometimes the mother, and there have
been cases where the child needed to eX-
ercise it. The temper of the congress
was that of honest seeking, and its pro-
moters feel that the initial gathering
has been most promising, and plan to
repeat it at intervals.
The care of a refrigerator involves
more than the obvious necessity of see
ing that, with the approach of hot
weather, no accumulation of food is al
lowed to spoil therein. The prudent
housewife will, likewise, direct that the
with newspapers, than which there is
no better preventive of it's rapid melt
ing away She will see that the shelves
are frequently secured and kept per-
fectly sweet, but that no hot water is
employed for this purpose. She will
give orders that the drinking water be
cooled by being placed upon the ice,
and not by having the ice put into it.
And, last of all, she will endeavor to
convince the maids that there is no
magic preservative on top of the refrig-
orator, and that that particular spot is
quite as warm as any other part of the
storeroom; also that the coolest place
in the box is underneath the ice-that is,
on those shelves beneath it-and not, as
so often supposed, on top of it. Thus
anything placed over the cake of ice is
much warmer than what is put away
within the refrigerator.
A novel effect was produced in the
punchbowl at a recent tea. There was
a large cake of ice in the center of the
bowl, and on this lay one of the biggest
punches of white grapes probably that
ever grew. it's stem tied with a pink
seem artistic to read of, the effect of
the pink of the ribbon, the red of the
punch, with the gold of the lemon and
the clear absinthe green of the grape
against the crystal of the ice, was not
at all bad.
Few amateur gardeners seem to real
iZe that the large sweet violets bought
at extortionate prices during the winter
months may be raised for spring enjoy
ment very easily out of doors by the
least scientific lover of flowers. The old
notion that glass was an essential part
of their culture has now proved to be
untrue. The purchase of a few plants
for they spread very rapidly-of some
handsome variety, the fashionable large
single California violet, the double Par
ma favorites, or whatever one wishes,
may be planted in some rather shady
corner of even the small city garden.
Once rooted they may be left with no
attention except not too heavy cover
ing of autumn leaves in October to in
sure endless sweet nosegays for the
home in the spring months.
A present fashion is that of placing
palms intended for parlor decoration in
fancy baskets. This is neither appro-
pirate nor artistic and when there is a
ribbon bow tied on the baskets handle
as though milliner's finery could pos
sibly improve natures favorites-the
effect is very much like that of paint
ing the lily" Nothing is really prettier
for this purpose than tile grown some
hot crihdua1 M with for
either Towering plants or those of orna-
mental foliage. If, however, as is some
times the case with large palms, COM
modious receptacle is needed, the most
suitable one is a small tub, painted ex-
actly their own shade of green, set on
a wicker standard similarly painted, or
one of dull, unobtrusive metal Cay
colored jardinieres detract from the
plant which they hold, instead of being
for them foil, as is the plain tile pot.
A pretty dish demonstrated recently
at a cooking school is Titan cream.
Soak half box of gelatine in half
cup of cold water half an hour. Whip a
pint of cream, and add two-thirds of a
cup of powdered sugar, half a teaspoon
full of pistachio fiavoring, one teaspoon
full of vanilla, and one tablespoonful of
sherry with the gelatine. Stir the cream
from the bottom toward the top as soon
as it begins to solidify Color a pale
green with vegetable powder. Turn into
a mold which has been wet with cold
water, and set away to harden. Make a