The record-union., 1898-12-18

Gus fungi show. There is a constant
need of warning people against an lndls-
criminate use of fungi. OF the cases
OF mushroom poisoning in New Jersey
the Agricultural Department made an
investigation. and discovered that the
mushrooms eaten by the family in which
there were so many deaths were the
most deadly plant Of all, the Amanlta
phalloides The fungus was purchased
of q man who had gathered it ignorant
ly in the woods. The people who bought
it were entirely ignorant of its charac-
ter There are comparatively few OF
the poisonous fungi, and there is no
mere danger from them than from pol
sonous plants, which are very numer-
| Gus. The most deadly poisons are found
in the most common plants and field
flowers, the buttercup, for instance, and
the familiar house plant, the oleander.
1t is necessary to know by sight all
vegetables that are eaten, and also to
have like knowledge of mushrooms.
A plum pudding recommended by
Mrs. Lincoln as rich enough, but not
too rich to disturb the digestion Of the
children, is made with crackers. Six
butter crackers are rolled fine and
soaked in three pints Of milk. A quar-
ter of a cup of butter is creamed with
one cup Of sugar, half teaspoonful of
salt, and one teaspOonful of mixed spice,
together with six well-beaten eggs.
This is all stirred into the milk and
a pound of the best stoned raisins ado
ed. 1t is put in a deep pudding-dish.
well-greased with cold butter, and
baked for three hours in a moderate
oven. 1t should be stirred several
times during the first hour to keep the
raisins from settling. The secret of
the baking is that it should be slow.
The pudding is served with the usual
spirit or lemon sauce.
There is probably somewhere in real
life the dainty little maid with her CO.
quettish cap and apron and more CO.
quettish tongue who is seen on the
stage but the maid usually to be seen
in actual service is altogether a differ
ent person. It would be interesting to
simply go behind the scenes and bring
out the maids of prominent actresses
and compare them with the stage type.
There could be no greater contrast. The
stage maid behind the scenes is a mid
dle-aged sedate person, who has long
OutgroWn nonsense and can be relied
upon in all emergencies. She is strong
and sensible, two good but not pictur-
esque qualities. A fiirtatious maid in
| the dressing rooms, where a maid must
be ready at the minute she is wanted,
might be great nuisance. The SEN
sibe maid also obtains in private life.
A good maid is engaged for service, and
not as a Dresden china ornament.
There is no fashion more contagious
than that of window boxes or window
pantries. In one apartment-house
neighborhood where one was put out by
a thrifty fiat dWeller, others have
/ grown up in the windows around like
mushrooms. The first was a narrow
| box just the length of the window. This
was turned on it's side after the rsgu-
| lar bottom boards had been taken off
and Stats nailed across in their place.
| The slat end was Of course on the out
! side, and the box was nailed firmly in
place To make it proof, on the
| top cleats were fastened at each end,
and two boards, one tapping over the
other were nailed on lengthwise. This