The herald., 1898-10-30

ice, and only m0derately chilled, not served
half frozen, as is often the case. The ice
soaks them with water and destroys their
flavor
A cold tomato sauce excellent for cold
meats is made from peeled whole tomatoes
IRON which the seeds are pressed out The
tomatoes are then chopped and afterwards
strained, the mixture put in bowl and
seasoned with salt, u little onion Juice,
lemon juice, a.dash of cayenne, and little
olive oil.
The Use of Ieppercorns in lieu of ground
pepper Is to be recommended. Thrown into
a soup or stew or simmer of any kind, thev
produce the flavor without any digestive
irritation. The. COINS, as they are called,
are simply the grain OF berry of the plant
before being gro,and to the pulverized pep
per OF commerce.
Peaches served in the French way are
cooked. they are halved and the stones
taken out before being put over the fire to
boil in sugar and water. a quart of water
and eight tablespoOnfuls of sugar is the
proper proportion to a dozen peaches When
the sugar and water has boiled, the peaches
are added and the fluid brought to "a boil a
second time. Before taking from the fire
little more sugar is added, about half az
much as the first put in together with the
juice OF II lemon They are then set away
in the dish to cool.
A medical journal advises against the ex-
cessive use OF salt. 1t is first OF all perver-
sion OF taste, the cono lment destroying the
flavor of delicate dishes il too pronounced.
Furthermore it is asserted that an exces-
sive use of salt seriously overtaxes the kid
neys to remove it, and that many cases Of
arrangement and disease are due to this ex-
cessive use The salt habit it is added, is
easily acquired, and persons indulging them
selves soon reach point where nothing is
palatable that is not strongly impregnated
with salt.
The secret of washing well any woollen
goods lies chiefly in having the different
waters of equa! temperature with none of
them at any time too hot to put the hand
in comfortably. Soap should not be rubbed
on the article, but used i'll the form of thin
! suds. 1t should be good, white soap, too
a little borax is probably the best thing
to soften the water. For washing blankets
or baby Hannes it is to be preferred. Wool
en- should not be wrung by the hand, but
| rinsed or dried by squeezing. WOolens of any
sort should never be allowed to freeze
| New York Evening Post.
A woman's club in one of the smaller New
England cities brings itself quickly and
practically in touch with the public schools
| by offering a prize to the pupils OF the high
| school for the best essay upon given sub
ject. For the first prize competed for last
year the topic was the colonial history OF
this particular state, and the interest taken
in the contest proved its popularity. The
same club also has on one afternoon of the
season teachers day, to which all the
teachers Of the school are invited, Il spec
al social entertainment being provided for
them. The idea is to establish friendliness
between the schools, both among the pupil:
and teachers.
The young housekeeper buying her outfit
of table linen will find it an economy to
provide generous supply of tray cloths and
carvers' cloths. These for general use need
not be embroidered, and are preferable in
deed, of hemstitched finish or frnged. They
are genuine saving to the large cloth be-
meath, and, being much more easily laun-
dered, can be renewed with great frequency.
1t is the practice of an old housekeeper, who
is an adept at fine hemstitching, to cut Up
the best parts of fine tablecoth which
shows signs of wear into set of cloths.
Where the art of such decoration is un-
| acquired, the cloth may be neatly hemmed
and finished with an edge of linen torchon.