The record-union., 1897-08-01

ade where a number OF lemons nave
been used, the peel should be washed
and dried in the oven, then grated and
put in a tin. 1t is most useful as ma
voring for puddings and various force
meats.
Somebody wonders why only inVallds
can have comfortably made beds, wise
lv suggesting that the skill of the
trained nurse in this respect is well
worth transmitting to the chamber
maid. She of the hospital cap ana
apron begins her work by carefully
tucking the first sheet neatly and firm
~ about the mattress, which 1t Is IN
tended TO cover snugly. To insure thls
result the corners are folded over ana
under as a tradesman folds in the cages
of the wrapping paper around ms par
eel The second sheet comes Well up
10 the head of the bed to insure sufl-
cient margin to be turned back over the
other clothes and it and the blankets
and collnterpane are turned in we'll at
the foot in the same folded-under way,
while the sides are tucked under very
tightly. The nurse bed-maker never
puts her double blankets on folded edge
11pperrnost. as many maids do, thereby
making it an impossibility to throw OFF
one thickness if desired, nor does she
commit that other sin of the careless
bed-maker, pull the second sheet so
far up that five minutes occupancy or
the bed brings it away from the foot
entirely.
A late whim of the metropolitan flo
rist is to send his wares in wicker
boxes tied around with a broad and
fiowery ribbon.
The use of the English toilet stands,
which come in stylish makes, and fin
ished in the effective sealing wax red
and foremost green stains, is increas-
ing even in city homes. Microbe-fear-
ing housed keepers are, many of them,
having the set wash-bowls taken out
of bedrooms. these convenient English
affairs being put in the inches left. a
caution should be given against at
tempting to close up a set wash-bowl
without disconnection. To do so is
much more dangerous than if the bowl
was left open and constantly flushed
from use A sad object lesson was
taught last wiIser in this regard to
the mother of a lovely young daughter.
In her ignorance of how to do the thing
the right way she thought she was pro-
tecting her child by proceeding in this
fatally wrong way. The plumber who
did the work was either careless or
ignorant, and did not enlighten her.
The child of eight slept in the room
for a couple of months, then dropped
and died from the cleareSt case of sew
er gas poison that, said the physician
who attended her, ever came under his
notice. In this case the bowl had been
sealed with plaster of paris, a board
fitted over. pretty chintz draperies add
ed, and the daintiest of children's toilet
sets provided. The house had been rent
ed only for the winter and the mother
fondly thought she had effectively
averted a source of great possible dan
ger.
pretty course which finished a
chatting dish supper was that of baked
oranges The fruit was selected of
small, even size, and baked in the skins
in a moderate oven after having been
pricked in a dozen places. When the
course was to be served the hostess had
ready in the chafng dish some boiling
hot syrup made from sugar and water
and just as the hot oranges were put
in the syrup to be sent around, a wine
glass of rum was tossed over as a fla
vor. Large peaches, peeled, and cooked
tender in a little water, may be served
in the same way with the hot syrup
in which two or three peach pits have
been boiled for additional flavor, with
the rum.
Pinapples will it is said. keep much
better if the green crown at the top is
twisted off. The vegetation of the
crown takes from the goodness of the
fruit The crown may be temporarily
restored if desired, as an ornament
in serving the pine whole.
For the Sunday night tea kidney
stew made in chafing-dish is especi-
ally appetiZing. Select six or eight
lamb kidneys and soak them over night
in salted water. In the morning pour
off this water and rinse once or twice
before boiling them tender in about
a coffee-cup of water. When done
drain, saving the water in which they
We're boiled and set in the refrigerator
until needed at night. Put into the
chafing-dish a lump of butter the size
of a walnut and two or three thin
slices of onion. When the onion is
Drowned, take out the largest pieces,
add a good tablespoonful Of flour, and,
when stirred to a smooth paste, pour
on the water in which the kidneys We're
cooked. While this is cooking, salt and
pepper the kidneys, and just before the
smooth sauce is ready add a table
spoonful of chopped parsley and a lit
lie lemon juice. Add the kidneys, set
the blazer over the hot water pan,
cover closely, and let stand for five
minutes. Have ready on hot plates
half slices of toast, and serve the stew
direct from the chafng-dish on them.
Before the water in which the kidneys
have been boiled is added, the eaked
fat should be skinned off from the
top.
Handkerchiefs are quite apt, in warm
weather, to come through the weekly
laundering slightly yellowed This is
due often to their free use as absorbers
of perspiration. To whiten them they
should be soaked before being washed
in salted water for half an hour, rinsed,
and then washed. If in addition
little paraffin oil is added to the water
in which they are boiled, a half table,