The record-union., 1897-08-29

just before retiring, consists OF a per-
fectly roasted apple, without sugar, but
with thick cream and two large slices
of brown bread.
Nothing is more delightful or more
| appetizing than a meal out of doors;
that is, the right sort of meal spread
in the right sort of place, which does
not mean, for very often, picnic hard
boiled eggs and equally hard rock seats.
But very few summer homes are now
adays found without the broad piazza
that may easily be turned into a COM
Portable as we'll as an airy eating spot
for an occasional light meal-luncheon
or tea. The first thing to consider, af-
ter the piazza curtains that are a
necessity if there are not sufficient
sheltering vines at hand, is a four part
screen of light frame and covering to
hide the scene from any chance intru-
sion. AS the ideal piazza is far enough
removed from the culinary department
to avoid offensive odorS of cooking, a
menu should be planned that is Suffi-
ciently hearty to obviate the necessity
of carrying, for so far, many separate
dishes. A meat Salad-chicken, lobster
or tongues desirable with dainty but
substantial sandwiches, hot coffee, un-
less the weather is very warm, when
! iced tea. or Austrian coffee would be
wiser choice, with ices and small cakes
for a finale AS no meal is perfectly
healthful without some one warm ar
ticle Of diet when the cold drink is
preferred bOuilIon or clam biSque Serv-
ed with stick bread should begin even
this slight repast. Austrian coffee,
which is made by adding, just before
serving, to strong drip coffee, already
| chilled after being sugared and cream
| ed, a spoonful of vanilla ice-cream to
each cup, is a delightful beverage for
a hot day. Some novel small cakes,
which may be fashioned by an ordinary
cook when one is beyond the easy reach
of first-class cOnfectioners, are hick-
ory nut macaroons made as follows:
One pound of powdered sugar, one
pound of nuts, chopped, whites Of five
| unbeaten eggs, a half cup of flour and
two small teaspoons of baking powder;
and also small confections hardly thick
er than a knife blade made from lady
finger dough, every two stuck together
with a layer of pineapple or orange
marmalade.
! There has been a decided advance in
/ the wording of recipes since the days of
pounds and half-pounds, and the weight
of eggs in other ingredients. Yet there
! is still something to be desired, and no
| cook book has, so far as known, given
| certain general rules which the aver
! age cook requires. The following are
examples of what is called for on the
/ Iiva-. oJ1rl,' means ono IA If
pint; flour to make "the proper con-
sistency" is, broadly speaking, the same
amount as the milk used if for bat
| ter, and twice as much as the milk If
| for a dough- This is a safe although
| not a universal rule. Salt to taste"
means, usually, one teaspoon to a pint
of liquid Thickened sauces of all sorts
call for one tablespoon each of butter
and -four to one-half pint liquid. One
pint of any usable vegetable rubbed to
| a pulp and added to a pint of white
| sauce, made with half the amount OF
| butter, constitutes a vegetable cream
soup. One pint of whipped cream is
the same thing as one-half pint OF
cream whipped, and so on.
The fact that milk should be taken
! slowly, slipped rather than drunk, is
pretty we'll understood. A physician
puts the reason in practical simple lam
guage for the benefit of the laity. 1.-THE
action of the gastric juice" he says, 'is
similar to that of rennet upon milk. II
| the milk is swallowed rapidly large
curds difficult to digest are the result
/ if properly slipped or taken with a
! spoon, many tiny cheeses are formed
in the stomach upon which the pro-
cesses of digestion act with greater
ease. Much of the 'biliousness. popu-
larly so called, after taking milk, is
due to rapid ingestion.''
Texture is not art" as Edmund Rus
sell puts it; form and color are, hence
the hope of those who must consider
expense This fiat of the famous dis
/ ciple of the artistic was recalled when
! lately a room was seen with the walls
papered in the common brown paper
such as butchers use. The peculiar
dull finish and the soft, unobtrusive
color accorded perfectly with the fur
nishings of the room, and brought out
most effectively all their best points.
Any one who has been in the way of
watching any crowd this summer. as
in seeing great excursions near at hand
must have been struck by the very
( beautiful appearance which women en-
masse, as it We're, present in their light
finery. Never were wash materials
more used. Up to a year ago a light
weight woolen skirt was considered
most appropriate for ordinary wearing.
and a cloth gown for better usage. But
the torrid weather of last summer nee
essitated the thinnest of stuffs. So
lawns and organdies have fiourished
The styles have been particularly dain-
". and pretty hats, with their masses
of gay flowers. have added to the gen
eral bright effect.
With the bicycle faces and other
sporting defects with which people are
! troubled nowadays should be noted the
! bathing bend. This is to be seen on
all beaches where there is surf bath
ing. The women bathers are the ones
usually addicted to the bathing bend.
1t may be noticed when a wave is half
way in and the preoccupied bathers are
preparing themselves to meet it, II
there are two of them together. they
bend together, the knees crooked and
the back well Slanted, the whole figure
presenting something the shape of a
letter M turned sidewise and stand
ing on one foot. Then the wave comes
and the bathers straighten out like