The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

country about a quarter of a century
ago, the effect is stiff and ungrac9ful-
Two shorter ones, however, pendant
from the hair massed in the middle OF
the back of the head, have the APP
pearance of escaped locks, are less set
and premeditated, and consequently
much more picturesque.
SamovarS We're given as Christmas
gifts last year to many housewives. They
would be acceptable gifts to spring
brides. They are pretty and pictur-
esque for summer, country and sea-
side homes. Old samovars Of more or
less quaint designs can be bought at
some of the shops where antiques are
kept as low as So. The samovar
burns only charcoal which will burn as
long as the cover of the chimney is
left open. When the cover is partial
ly closed, the fire burns low and the
water, merely SINNERS. Shutting down
the cover puts out the fire, and the
ashes must be removed and a new fire
kindled before the water can be boiled
again. novice usually prefers to
take a lesson in charcoal fires before
beginning to operate one.
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Mirrors on which the quicksilver is
curling must be resilvered This is
done at establishments which make
speciality of that business. The cost
will be from 40 to 30 cents a square
foot for a large mirror
The rice which is boiled to make a
oh he ;,,+O &c
to serve as a part of any sweet If,
on the contrary, it surrounds a dish of
meat in some form it is better to use
stock for the boiling fluid, and the
rice will prove much the richer for it.
Rice cooked in the latter way makes a
good dish for the children's luncheon
or early dinner Beef extract or cap
sules may be used if stock is not on
hand.
Many who care more for dispensing
real hospitality than for the dictates of
fashion. and who have found that the
majority of visiting friends do not care
greatly for tea, are setting up instead
dainty little chocolate tables. No SER
vice is prettier than this, with its tall
slender cups and quantity shaped pot
Fine white china with a scattered all
over pattern of small trefoils in gold
leaf is one of the most artistic of the
moderated priced chocolate services. and
set out on a fine and spotless cloth,
made sheer with drawn or hemstitch
and f1anked by bit of glittering silver
of spoons and sugar bowl, makes a
brave array Chocolate is one of those
n ,LyS iCL ii
nectar, but if raw to the taste or of the
pudding-like, nonedescript character
many serve under the generic name, re-
calls Phoebe Carys
| "Pisen food and slops,
| AT stations where the rail-car stops"
A reliable method for making chloe
olate is as follows: Shave and melt one
| square (nCt one cake) and a half of I'M
sweetened chocolate. Add to it a half
pint of water and a half-pint of milk
with large quarter-cup of sugar. Put
it on the range and beat constantly
with Dover egg-beater while it boils
| This insures a fine, delicate smoothness
Do not let il boil many minutes, but
| long enough to give some consistency
and thoroughly cooked taste 1t is
not wise to have too quick a fire. for
| the longer the beating the better the
| chocolate. Beat up or rather have
| some one else beat up, together with
an egg. a half-cup of hot, not boiling
water When the chocolate is done stir
the egg into it. Many pour it on the
egg. but that creates, of course, a froth
on top which, with the absolutely nee
essary spoonful of whipped cream add
| ed to each cup as it is poured makes
rather too much foam, while the stir
ring in of the egg remedies this fault
and at the same time secures the nee
essary richness. Nothing is prettier
to serve whipped cream in than a clear
glass fingerbowl in which it is piled
| high.
| An umbrella dealer cautions against
| the double use for sun and rain of a
rain umbrella Silk wears, he says. as
long as its oil lasts, then it splits and
cracks and is gone. The sun dries out
the oil-hence its harm. A folding UNI
brella is TO be found at some of the
shops which will pack in an ordinary
fourteen-inch satchel.
| Planked shad is easy of accomplish
ment TO the housekeeper of the mo-
ment, for the furnishing shops
provide a hardwood plank" with wire
attachment to keep the fish in place
| and the gas or coal range does the
rest.