The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-02

at a grocer's will secure a moderately
soft and pale yellow sugar; in some
shops not even that, but only the moist,
put white brand can be had. In car
rying out the directions of the recipe,
a little molasses will have to be added,
and even then it viii not be quite the
right thing. Molasses, too, is not to be
had as dark as formerly, and the rich
brown ginger-cak of to-day has to
take on an added and not desirable
dose of spices to get its color.
At some early spring dinners the ices
have been in the form of dainty and
graceful baskets, in which fresh straw
berries were piled.
There seems a difference of opinion
among medical authorities about lem
onade, some physicians forbidding it
emphatically. Not long ago the Jour
nal of Hygiene declared equally
strongly in its favor, asserting that it
was to be preferred to tea, coffee or al
cohol, and urged its substitution for
any one of these drinks to which one
was addicted. A formula for this hy-
gienic lemonade was given, which did
not omit the sugar, often considered the
harmful ingredient by authorities per-
hitting the lemon and water. For a
quart, to quote the Journal" take the
juice of three lemons, using the rind of
one. Peel this rind very thin, getting
only the yellow outside, cut it in pieces,
and put, with the juice and two ounces
of powdered sugar. into a jar with a
cover. Pour the water just as it has
reached the boiling point, over the
juice and sugar, cover the vessel, and
let it cool.
Preserved ginger, cut in very thin
slices, and chopped nuts, seasoned with
mayonnaise, are more variations of the
sandwich filling formula.
Instead of the cotton bath rugs that
are sold in the shops, some housekeep-
ers spread down every morning a large
white Turkish towel in front of the
bath tub. In no case is the bath mat
intended for long service, it's washable
quality meaning that it caH be easily
and frequently renewed. To have the
household bathroom as nearly as posi-
BILE chemically clean is the desire of the
modern housekeeper and to this end
all dust-gathering rugs are banished,
together with any sort of enclosed fix
lures. Where hardwood floors are not
procurable, a white and lemon-p painted
linoleum has the appearance of inlay
and can be easily kept clean. Put wash
able paper on the walls; the cost is
trifling and the neatness valuable. Do
not put $3.50 or $500 in a too fine bath
tub, for it will not be long, the most
progressive plumbers say, before we
shall all be having the sanitary and in
expensive rain bath, with its shallow,
sunken tub and simple arrangement of
spraying pipes.
The owners of oyster-plates in fine
ware, who have mourned at the OBJ
hviOn TO which these are now fashion
ably relegated, SO far as their original
use is concerned, may soon try serving
big unhulled strawberries upon them
with powdered sugar in the lemon
cavity.
Some recently tabulated statistics
quoted in a scientific journal show the
relation between ones gas bill and the
choice of a decorating color According
TO these figures, the different value OF
fabrics and finishes in the way of light
needs are in the following proportions
Black cloth, 100 candle-power; dark
brown paper, 81; blue paper, -; clean
yellow paint, 60; dirty wood, 50; clean
wood, 90; cartridge paper, 20; white
wash, 10.
The wall space above a low divan
can be protected by mailing a strip OF
picture molding across at a hight easily
above where the head of any one sit
ting on the divan would come, and
hanging from this by brass hooks al
most any stuff that will harmonic with
the divan covering. Let the drapery
fall well below the seat. Mating may
be fitted neatly on below the molding
if preferred. Above the moIding pict-
ures may be hung or two or three ir-
regular book shelves fitted across. This
is particularly effective if the divan
stands in a niche. In that case the
molding should run quite around it
Molding and shelves, If such are used
should be stained or painted to match
the woodwork of the room.
The prettiest decorations for bowls
and baskets of fruits for the table
are leaves. The trained waitress car
keep these on hand by secur-
ing a good supply in their sea-
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water. Dip them in the water and lay
on cloth to dry. Keep them fiat in
boxes. As they are brittle after this
treatment and liable to break, it is wei
to provide a generous supply. Ferns
may be preserved by drying them be-
tween layers of cotton batting.
Antique decanters, when one has a
surplus of them, are seen on the dress
ing table occasionally to hold toilet wa
tiers. If one is unfortunate enough to
break off the neck of one of these valu-
able possessions, a sl<illful glass-cutteI
is often able to transform the apparent
ly useless remnant into a most beauti-
full rose bowl.
Success eludes the average cook In
the making of those appetizing break
fast relishes-pop-overs. A teacher
says 1t is simply a question of beating
Pop-overs belong to the class of bat
| ters dependent for their lightness
upon the beating in of air bubbles an6
this must be done. The two eggs should
| be beaten separately, the two cups OF
milk beaten in and the two cups OF
sifted flour. to which the pinch of sal
has been added. lightly folded in; ther
| the batter beaten with a Dover egg