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

Limp, forlorn and rusty black lace
can be renovated by a simple method
Wash it gently in soft, soapy water
rinse in clear water, and squeeze in
stead of wringing it. Dip it in cold
coffee into which a little gum arabic
has been dissolved and then smooth II
with a hot iron, taking care to press
1T while damp and to cover it with a
clean cloth. The coffee darkens it.
the gum arabic stiffens it, the ironing
smooths it, and if it is lightly pulled
with the fingers after the ironing 1t Is
made flexible and lacelike.
Sometimes when a Mayonnaise dress
ing begins to curdle, its evil course may
be arrested by the slow addition OF a
few drops of vinegar. If this does not
correct the tendency to separate there
is nothing to be done but to begin all
over again, with the egg-yolk, the salt,
white pepper, and mustard, ana add
oil and vinegar or lemon juice IN
alternate drops until this new emulsion
has thickened properly. Then the
curdled Mayonnaise may be Slowly
combined with it and need not De
wasted. If one is an adept at making
this salad dressing Can amateur can
never take liberties with so delicate
an operation) a rotary egg-beater may
be employed in the place of the usual
silver fork for mixing the ingredients
This Will be found equally useful and
much more speedy in result.
Those who study artistic furnishings
down to the smallest details understand
that the sideside summer home admits
of the use of more vivid colorings than
the mountain or forest cottage. Inc
gray white of the sand, the dull blue
of the sea, and the neutral tones OF a
sea sky all permit, demand, indeed, rich
reds and yellows deepening quite to
the brilliant orange.
Miss Parloa in one of her lectures
answered questions regarding the beat
inc of eggs for cakes and meringues.
If the cells are to be coarse, as in sponge
cake the beating should not be done
with the Dover beaten, which is adj
,nirable for other things. but with one
of the wire heaters that lifts the white
of the egg up, entangling the air IN It's
meshes This wire beater should also
be used for a meringue. Beat the egg
on platter or in a shallow bowl with
an upward motion until light and dry,
then add a tablespoonful of sugar TO
each white Of egg. Allow the pudding
or pie to cool little before spreading
the meringue over it, and cook very
slowly in a cool room.
In the next lecture, the laundry, with
preparations for washing, removing
stains from draperies. f1annels, silks,
colored articles, and starching, will be
discussed.
In a recent treatise on injurious in
sects the writer suggests a simple mode
of clearing a room of flies. They viii
naturally be found at the windows
where they are attracted by the light
The lower sash should be drawn down
to shut closely, the upeer lowered per
haps a foot from the top. Then pull
the shade down, and the flies, following
their natural instinct, crawl up the
glass to the top, and finding the open
ang fly out and off. Afterwards closed
blinds or screens keep them out. The
book says further that a house-fy does
not bite, but merely puts its proboscis
on men and animals TO absorb the
moisture of the skin. Biting may not
be the scientific word for the fly's per-
Torrance, but absorbing moisture il
may be said, does not begin to describe
suitably his nagging little way of a
summer morning when ones final maj
Is dependent on relief from him.
Persons of sedentary habits and
brain-workers need less meat thar
chose who are active physically all day
Beyond this well known and accepted
truth the opinions of dietists, except
The radical vegetarians, seem to agree
that a varied diet is the most benef-
rial. The suggestion of writer OF
food TOPICS that children from y t.
il years Of age need more nutrition
than before or after Will be a new
one to many mothers. 1t has beer
more commonly supposed that thelearly
growing years, from to 9, were those
which demanded the abundant fooC
sustenance.
A tea punch that is a refreshing
drink is made from the juice of three
lemons and of the same number OF
oranges, with the pulp and juice Of one
shredded pineapple. Add one pint OF
sugar and let stand till sugar is dis
solved. Pour one quart of boiling
water over one tablespoonful of Ceylor
or any strong tea and let it stand til
cold. Strain and add to the fruit anc
pulp juice; add one quart of Apollinar
IS, three or four lines and as many figs
cut in very small pieces. Later in the
season a quart box of fresh strawber-
Ties. raspberries or cherries is to bt
used instead of the dried fruit Poul
over a block of ice in the punchbowl.
There is danger that certain desirable
articles among the raw articles of foot
will soon be unattainable. Some in
deed have already become so. We heal
the regret often expressed that th'
healthful properties of certain fooC
products, as bread-fiour, for example
are refined away in the modern mil
processes. Refinement is doing thu
same thing for cornmeal. 1t is bring
ing us something much more delicate
in appearance, but not the ingredien
called for by those ancient recipes TO
Indian pudding and brown bread which
have been handed down from some col
onial ancestor from generation to gen
GRAFTON. The modern cornmeal will no
produce the same compound, no matte
how carefully the formula may be fol
lowed. A number of these old recipes
call, too, for brown sugar, something
almost impossible now to procure. Al
inquiry for the darkest brown sugar