The record-union., 1897-05-30

paraguS Omelet is one of them. Boil
a pint of asparagus tips, cut in pieces
a half inch wide, in salted water Tor
twenty minutes, drain, and keep ON a
hot plate; beat six eggs until they are
light and foamy, add one-half teaspoon
full salt, one-quarter teaspoonful pep
per- and one cup of milk. When the
walnut-size lump of butter is hot in the
chatting dish or omelet-pan, put in the
mixture. cover, and let stand till firm.
folding in the asparagus just before
turning out on a hot platter.
1t is possible that our grandmothers
understood how to preserve the gilt on
the pretty china which they have hand
ed down in such excellent condition to
their descendants. Soap has disas-
trous effect upon the gold, as we'll as
the colors in fine china. Dishes should
not be washed in soap If they are not
greasy, and a little grease can easily
be removed with small crusts of bread
or soft paper. The contact with metal
is dangerous for china, and it should
be drained in a wooden or paper bowl
or soft piece of Turkish toweling can
be placed in the drainer before the CHI
ma is put in.
The most elegant and dressy bed
spreads for the warm season are of en-
broidered muslin. These come with
initials elaborately worked in the CEN
ter, and border all round, edged with
lace. The spread is long enough to
cover the bolster-roll as well, though
he1 ho6 n tp
best and most expensive of these
spreads come woven in the requisite
bed sizes, but they may be very ac-
ceptably secured from two lengths of
embroidered skirt muslin, the edges
Joined through the center When the
muslin is bought for this purpose,
pattern with an escalloped edge is best,
as the points may be effectively over
Tapped, concealing the joining. Va
lances are still a matter of taste,
though for brass and iron bedsteads
they seem necessity. The sheer dress
with their beautiful all-over
patterns of flowers and vines make
very attractive summer bedspreads, put
on over a cambria spread of solid color
or white
Silver salad forks and spoons with
handles of tinted ivory are newer than
else for serving lettuce and
asparagus salads.
Chafng-dish experts say that for that
of spirit-lamp cookery-the
Welsh rarebit-it is best to add the
cheese, forced through a perforated
The cheese is thus
converted into rice-like pieces, and
melts much more quickly and evenly
than when crumbled in in Jumps.
Coffee is said to have better flavor
if heated before the water is poured
over it. Coffee made with an egg
should be wet with cold water before
the egg is stirred in. This prevents
the egg from cooking around the grains,
and the flavor of the coffee is more cas-
lily extracted.
What is called mock cream pie is
usually much liked by children, and is
certainly very harmless Stir togeth-
er one cup of sugar, three stiffly beaten
eggs, one and one-half cups of flour,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, and bake in a deep tin
when done cut off the top, scoop out
the inside, and fill with a cream made
from one pint of milk, three tablespoon
fuls of flour, five of sugar, and two
eggs. all boiled together; replace the
top and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
People who take only a light break
fast can add to its nourishing qualities
by beating the white of an egg into a
fine cereal The egg should be beaten
stiff. but not until it crumbles. or it
will appear in fine crumbs throughout
the dish. 1t should be stirred in Just
as the cereal is taken from the fire,
the egg thus being sufficiently cooked
If the cereal is preferred cold. for warm
weather, it may be turned into individ-
ual molds, with little fruit-plums.
peaches, jelly. or even ripe strawberries
The cereal viii harden in about twenty
minutes and may be served with
whipped cream and powdered sugar.
This makes pretty dish, and the
breakfast, with q cup Of coffee, con-
tains all the necessary food condiments.
A delightful drink is called cherry
mabel. Stone the cherries and put
them In jar which rests in a pot of
boiling water. The water boils around
the cherries until the juice is extract
ed; strain the juice and to half
gallon add two pounds of sugar; boil
this until all the scum is taken off.
throwing in a few whole spices. A ta-
blespoonful of this with a spoonful of
raw cream put into tumbler, which
is then filled from siphon of vichy
or soda water, is refreshing summer
drink
a secondhand furniture shop is al
ways an interesting place, and one
where often great bargains may be OBJ
tained. Second hand stuffed furniture
carries with ii its own risk of contag-
ion and spreading dirt. but this dam
ger looked after, often beautiful an
tiques are secured. A massive arm
chair was seen not long ago at such a
shop, whose sole ornamentation in the
way of carving was two brass rams
heads which capped either arm. The
whole was unique and fine in effect, and
yet the chair could be had for less than
forty dollars.
Varieties of the new refrigerators are
made like sideboards, having a high
back with small shelves, ornamental
supports, and a mirror. They are in
some cases very ornamental pieces of