The record-union., 1897-05-23

menu a mock lemon pie has qualities
of novelty and flavor to recommend IT.
Bake in two crusts and fill with this
mixture: One beaten egg, one cup OF
T sugar, one large rolled cracker, one cup
| of chopped rhubarb skinned but raw.
| The taste is much more delicate than
| that of rhubarb pie, as it is usually
| made and SO odd that the uninitiated
would scarcely believe that they were
eating the familiar plant in its new
guiSe.
"If paper is used on your closet
Shelves" says an expert in domestic
| science, teach your waitress to put on
| three thicknesSes at once. 1t as easy
| to cut three layers as one. They can
| be removed, then, one at a time; as
they become soiled, few dishes being
removed and replaced as the paper is
rolled away, and it requires much less
time than to remove all the dishes and
put on a new paper"
| 1t is rather a pity that fashion has
| frowned upon colors in cloths and doll
| les used on the O'Clock tea table
This informal service seemed quite the
| proper outlet for gay and decorative
| effects, but that stern arbiter who rules
us all DEGREES they are no longer the
thing. Pure white, with again white
embroidery, or, preferably, hemstitch
and drawn work with no faintest touch
of color, is demanded not only for the
| tea table but the dining board as we'll
| The color effects of the feast, be it
simple or elaborate, must come from
the flowers and shades and favors;
there must be no hint of them in the
| linen. This is undoubtedly the newt
| able reaction from the riot of color
| that has latterly surrounded all table
| service, and if it saves us from black
gauze over red satin or billows of pink
crepe, or other millinery schemes, one
will be content to put away for while
| the centers and doilies copying the
world of blossoms in their natural hues.
| The moderate use of these will un-
| questiOnably return. Meanwhile the
table linens show beautiful designs of
flower ghosts in colorless weave.
When water is served at the table
from a carafe. it may be frozen in the
bottle with little trouble. The carafe
should be filled about third full of
! water and packed in ice and salt, wrap
ped around with wet newspapers and
then with dry ones, and the water will
freeze in possibly two hours. The ca
rafe is filed with water just before it
| is taken to the table.
Old and worn tablecloths may be cut
into large napkins, which will serve
several useful purposes besides the
rather extravagant one of glass-t towels.
! They may be used for tray or stand
covers in a sickroom, for cloths in
which to wrap hot bread or cake, or for
some other of the numerous offices to
which the prudent housewife is reluct-
ant to relegate her fine table napery.
Whiting is the foundation of most
| silver polishes, and is cheaper than any
| of the preparations sold. 1t may be
! moistened with water or with am
! monia for use. The ammonia gives a
more brilliant polish to the silver
| ChamOis is the most satisfactory ma
| terial for rubbing, as it can be washed
without trouble and rubbed soft.
| An asbestos plate is most useful as
part of the kitchen plenishing. Often
| times it is not convenient to remove a
stoye-lid and thus deaden the fire. in
| order to make toast But the slices
may be Drowned and laid on the as
| bestos plate on top of the range, al
though they will require as constant at
! tention to prevent burning as if held
| over the Goals on toastng fork.
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| 1t is the suggestion of housekeeper
that to take down the brass curtain
poles at the spring house-cleanng, as
well as the curtains, and wrap them in
| tissue paper until the autumn is well
worth the trouble.
Il always knew she was not a good
| housekeeper,' says a wealthy woman
| who looks well to the ways of her
household, of an acquaintance for /
never passed her house but / noticed
that the curtain in the buffers pantry
! was all askew.'
A specialist in nervous diseases says
that women should sleep at least nine
hours at night and one hour in the day
| time In these busy days it is the ex-
ceptional woman who can follow or
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who does follow, the latter part of this
prescription.
much better salad than one would
expect is made from cabbage The in
ner leaves only are used, those near
est the heart and the most crisp. Shave
them very fine and mix with mayon-
naise This will be found to be an APP
petizing green for the first warm days
of spring.
In following the directions of any re-
! cipe which calls for the article in ques-
ton notice, carefully whether il says
whipped cream or cream whipped. AS
the fluid about doubles its bulk in the
beating this is "A most important dis
tinction.
In the passing craze for oddity and
variety lamp standards are seen in
some shops from which jut out two
| lights set in quite different metals
These are, also of varying shapes and
are capped by shades of altogether un-
like colors and materials.