The record-union., 1897-09-26

ly put on, and soft tints of rose and
blue.
The whilom crazy quilt" has been
dead for a decade or more. A very
lovely revival of that crude sort Of dec
Grafton is made on Java printed linen
covers of which the design is worked
solidly, scraps of silk being tastefully
blended over the pattern, and the whole
edged with fine gold thread. The re-
suit should be exactly like a piece OF
old Oriental handicraft, nor is it be-
yond the clever fingers and the cor
rect eye for color Of women who do
other kinds of fancy-work-
All dietists agree as to the healthful
value of fruit, differing only in opinion
as to time and method of serving 1t.
Authorities admit that fruit alone will
not sustain life for prolonged PERIOD
but its use is almost Indispensable to
the maintenance of health. Professor
Elliott thinks that ripe fruit as a rule
is more palatable and equally nutritious
in the uncooked state. The proper
time, too, to eat fruit, he advises, is
either at the beginning of a meal or
between meals, when it aids digestion
and exerts the greater laxative effect
Taken at the completion of a meal it di-
lutes the gastric juice and tends to
embarrass digestion. This idea is not
in accordance with the English custom,
it being an almost national practice
over there to serve fruit at the end
of the meal.
A solitary spinster announced the
other day to a housekeeping friend that
she intended to vary, for the coming
season, her usual plan of boarding, b3
taking rooms in a pleasant neighbor-
hood, dining out, and preparing her
own breakfast and luncheon over a
chafng-dish MY dear" cried her
friend, in dismay, "it will never do In
my maiden days I once tried that plan.
If l had been satisfied with a roll and
a cup Of tea or coffee, it might have
answered. But I liked, as you do,
substantial meal. Even with double
burner, I could not cook and keep
hot my various concoctions, SO that /
might have them together or in rapid
enough succession. l made just one
days such attempt. Then 1 went back
to my boarding house table; and there
I stayed"
Marmalade, or jelly, mixed with
chopped nuts and cream cheese, sea-
soned with paprika, are appetlzlng
combinations, used for garden-party
sandwiches.
Professor Tyndal used to say that
his Alpine guides ate butter and honey
While climbing. as finding that they
supplied the greatest amount of heat
and nourishment. He himself nibbled
a cake of chocolate every two hours
while on the mountains. These facts
supply hints to tourists everywhere.
Nowadays, one may easily, too, carry
soup-squares, or tea-tablets, to be read
lily made into refreshing drink with
the addition of hot water.
A housekeeping journal recon-
mends the application Of benzine to
paint spot upon a garment. 1t VIII
truly remove the paint, but any one
who has used benzine will know that
round spot of the stain from that ap-
plication remains, and, finally dying out
to a mere ring, stays in that shape be-
yond the power of much rubbing to re-
move at all. In fact, statesmen of the
benzine often declare that, admirable
as it is for taking away other stains,
it leaves one that is beyond eradication
This is not SO with naptha, which
cleanses any grease spot thoroughly,
and, if rubbed faithfully, will finally to-
tally disappear. There is just that diff
ference between the two, and no one
should consent to take the coarser vol
atile liquid, under the idea that they
are all the same thing" They are not
when it comes to this point.
a recent invention makes an improv
ed dust-pan, by means of which the
work of sweeping is much expedited
and eased. There is a spring at the back
of this new pan, so moved by the
housemaid's foot that she may trans
port it from place to place about the
room as she requires, without any of
the back breaking stopping and raising
needed by other methods.
/ A test of good chocolate is that 1t
does not thicken in the cooking as the
inferior sorts do because of adulteration
with -four. A formula for chocolate to
be served at any function, and which
may be made several hours beforehand.
is given by a cooking teacher. Wet one
pound of cocoa powder in little cold
milk and stir into two quarts of milk
brought TO the boiling point Let it
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spoonfuls of sugar and one pint of
/ cream. Stir we'll while boiling. Turn
into a double boiler and keep water in
the lower boiler at almost a boiling
point for half an hour. Beat eggs light
add, and remove at once from the fire.
When cool add three teaspoonfuls Of
vanilla extract. Serve by putting about
a dessert spoonful into each cup, filling
up with boiling water. The finest fla
vor is extracted from cocoa by cooking
it thoroughly.
A correspondent signing herself
'Housekeeper. writes spiritedly in the
Springfield Republican" concerning
some advice to mistresses offered in
that newspaper Does Miss Dow. -
she inquiries. happen to know how
much time housekeeper, mother of
three or four Ito put 1t no higher) boys
and girls, who are attending school. and
an infant thrown in, with 8 husband
who expects his three meals every day,
and is also prepared to crtieise an ill
kept, disorderly house, would have TO
do her own sewing? Yet Miss Dow.