The record-union., 1898-07-31


make the richest preserves for the
luncheon or tea table during the winter.
The Duchess of Montrose, Lady Veru-
lam and Mrs. Faber are asserted TO pe
the three most beautiful sisters in Lon
don society.
Tn the West Indies a lemon bath Is
almost a daily luxury Three or four
lines or lemons are sliced into the water
and allowed to lie for half an hour, IN
order that the Juice may be extracted.
A remarkable sense of freshness ana
cleanliness is given to the skin
No law in the Philippines is more
quaint than that which relates to the
property Of married persons. 1t IS en-
tirely in favor of the wife. Property Oh
a bride is never by any chance settled
on q husband, and if he is poor "hlie
she is well off, he can only become az
most an administrator OF her posses
sions. After death the property goes
to her children and blood relatives, un-
less she has executed a deed in her
husbands favor under the eyes Oh d
Notary. A married woman bears her
her husband with the prefix de. Chill
dren bear the names of both parents.
The independence which women enjoy
in the Philippines is held by Miss car
nett to afford evidence that Mill was
wrong when he assumed that the SUD
lection Of women" is immemorial and
Worldwide. After the marriage cere-
mony the husband symbolically endoWs
l. To- al llNy G
siOns. 1t is clearly a case, so far as
the wife is concerned, Of what IS yours
is mine. and what is mine is my own
Chicken sausages are delicate ana
delicious "made-over" dish, or may De
prepared from uncoOked chicken Sep
arate from the bone and skin remnants
Of cold chicken, and chop them as fine
as possible. Add to every pint Of
chopped meat a blanched sweetbread,
chopped fine. and a tablespoonful of
butter. Add also TO the mixture one
half as much bread crumbs as there is
of the chopped meat. Add, if conven-
lent, two or three chopped mushrooms.
Mix a half-cup of cream and two eggs
in every pint of meat and bread
crumbs. Season with salt and pepper,
and stir in afterward the whites of
two eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Put
two tablespoonfuls of the mixture in
each of the small squares of mosquito
netting cut out for the purpose, and
drop them into boiling water to cook
for five minutes or until the egg is set.
Unite the sausages, and when they are
cold dip them into melted butter and
brown them in a frying-pan or broil
them on gridiron. These sausages
are nice served with a few drops of
lemon juice squeezed over them and a
little butter added as they are sent to
the table They are especially fine when
made of raw chicken. In that case
they must be cooked in boiling water
about five minutes longer.
Shell enough nuts to make two cups
of the meats and boil them in salted
dozen peppercorns and blade of mace
for ten minutes; then turn them into
dish Of cold water and remove the
skins. Cut crisp celery into small
pieces; for the stated amount of meats
have three cups of celery. Wipe the
nuts with a soft cloth and mix them
dressing. Serve each portion upon del
icate lettuce leaves. This is delicious
salad.
The debutantes who can write among
the great events of their social lives
| Presented at the Queens drawing
room" are having a harder and a more
tiresome laboriOus time each year.
Nowadays every one who is presented
is photographed before, instead of
after the great event, and the photog
Tapher is in such demand that it is
necessary to be on hand at an early
hour to get a picture at all, and stand
ing a long time in ones fine clothes be-
fore a great function is not a pleasant
task, as every one knows. But the pho
I tograph is necessary How can il be
absolutely proved to ones friends that
the distinctive three feathers have been
worn if there is no absolute represen-
tation of them?
+ Those three feathers cause trouble
enough in the first place. The plumes
must be worn as her majesty com
mands, and they must be artistically
woven into place. with the veil, by a
skilled hair-dresser. This is not ar
auspicicus beginning, for it is a tire
! some process to sit under. Then fol
lows, when the dressing is completed
the visit to the photographer, then the
/ great event of the day, where there is
a big crush and a general fraying OF
the tediously prepared toilet, ther
drawing room teas, and when the tried
dcbutante reaches home she is in {
state of collapse. but she has received
a great honor and she had as much o.
it photographed as possible.
Il always look askance at the wo
man who has rips in her gloves say.
another woman. 1T shows a certain
stage of generalization, and / am no
certain that the woman is exactly re
sponsible for her actions That is, if tn
rips have not come unawares Occa
sionally, a thread in glove will have
broken and Will pun out after a woman
leaves home, leaving a rip for which
she is not responsible. But you car
tell that at a glance. The victim i
Self-conscious. You can see the evi
dence of the rip first in her face; tn
attempt to look unconscious tells tn
story in a moment. 1 wouldn't trust
woman who goes out with
rip in her gloves in COLI
blood, for wouldn't trust my
self in a ripped glove, anyway. 1t give
me such a feeling of Decentralization
that If I was compelled to wear them
as l say, l hardly feel that / shoul,
be morally responsible for my actions.