The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-11

(honey-dish seen at china-shop is to
be rather admired. hive OF real pee
yellow china is in exquisitely fine ware
| and rests On a china tray perfectly I'M
| itating il, color and shape piece or
board The hive is complete only when
| the dish is covered, its top lifting off
| to disclose the treasure within TO
add to the natural appearance Of this
simulated bee home, three or four dusty
| fellows with stripes of gold are appar-
emily crawling on and towards it.
| Rubbing silver or plated eggspOons
with a little liquid ammonia and salt
| will remove the diScoloration caused by
the sulphur in the egg. The very best
way to clean mirrors and windows is
| to rub them with a paste of whitening
| and water. When this dries, polish with
chamois skin and remove the powder.
A little alcohol in cold water also gives
a brilliant polish. Soapsuds should
| never be used.
| A formula for English scenes is as
| follows: One pound flour, half ounce
| cream Of tartar, one tablespoonful con-
| densed milk, three ounces butter, one
quarter ounce carbonate of soda Put
| the flour into bowl with the soda and
| cream of tartar, and break in the but
| ter with the tips of the fingers; rub
| lightly until 1t is as fine as grated
bread crumbs; dissolve the milk in half
a pint of cold water; add it by degrees
| to the flour and work into a firm dough.
| Divide it in halves, and knead each
piece into a fiat round cake; cut twice
| across tho diameter, once each way
1 brush over with a little glaze of milk
! and sugar or condensed milk and water,
| and bake on Toured tins for half an
| hour This will make eight scenes.
The Scotch scenes are baked on a grid
die The other receipt asked for, Eng
lish rusk, needs i ounces butter, seven
eggs, three ounces sugar, one gill yeast,
| one pint warm milk, and some wheat
| flour. Melt the butter in the milk
beat the eggs till they can be taken up
by the spoonful, and with these, the
sugar, yeast and enough flour, make
a soft dough; sprinkle little flour over
| it. and set to rise for about two hours.
| When light work it down, even, and
set again for an hour; work down once
more Rub a baking-tin with butter,
make the rusk in cakes the shape and
size of all egg; lay them on the tin to
touch each other; let them rise for ten
minutes, and bake in quick oven for
| twenty minutes. few minutes be-
| fore they are done pass a brush wet
| with milk over them.
| Miss Parloa advises that the break
| fast cereals cooked first in boiling wa
| ter in an ordinary kettle or saucepan
| for ten n,ir1ues. then transferred to the
double boiler. will be better cooked and
more Wholesome eating than when pre-
pared in the usual way.
| A pleasant drink frequently offered at
ladies' luncheons is made from orange
| juice Tall glasses are filled one-third
| full with finely cracked ice, over which
orange juice is poured till the liquid is
| brought to the half measure. A siphon
of vichy offered frequently to add to the
| Juice gives a bubble and foam to the
drink, which completes its relish. Or
ange juice chilled in ice and salt and
served in tall glasses, with a straw
| berry, slice of banana, grape cut and
| seeded, a die of pineapple, or any sea-
sonable treatment with fruit is an
| other agreeable drink to sip through a
luncheon in lieu of wine. Women who
| are careful of their compilations know
| the harm to them of wine-drinking, and
! much prefer fruit juice decoctions. The
| mice NAV be chilled sufficiently by
putting ii in a tin pail and placing that
| in a pan with layer of ice and salt to
! the depth of a couple of inches on the
/ bottom for an hour before luncheon.
| Watch that the freezing point is not
| reached. as may happen if there is
too much ice and salt to the amount of
/ juice.
| Word comes from Paris that a very
smart novelty of the moment in Golf
fures is to wear black ostrich feathers
in the hair when in evening dress.
|
If one is a transatlantic traveller,
one reads with.some interest that an
American shoe shop is announced for
London When footgear is to be re-
plenished across tue water, particularly
| in London. the American woman signs
| for her New York bcotmaker. The
| light, trim. easy boots she buys any
| W here at home, she cannot find in
| England 1t is q concession to the Eng
| fish tca-tipTlng propensities that be-
| tween fittings at this American London
| shcp q tearoom fitted up on the prem
! Uses can be visited.
| Bracelets gre being seen now and
again after a considerable absence.
They do not clasp, but slip over the
hands with an adjustable spring.
! Mrs Lemcke's receipt for egg salad
| is: Pat six eggs in saucepan, cover
with cold water, and boil them ten min
| utes: transfer the eggs to cold water
| and let them remain till cooled off
| when cold remove the shells and cut
| the eggs iTtc quarters: put them into
Il salad dish with young lettuce leaves.
pour over mayonnaise dressing, and
garnish with lettuce leaves.
Prepared for Emergencies.
| For two days Grim has been getting
l IT, ~ col n, shane, for the warm wealth