Evening star., 1898-05-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

n oons, what excuse can be rendered for
| this egregious bit of ignorance? It was at
cooking lecture, where the demonstration.
a capable Frenchwoman, was explaining
how to prepare trout with sauce Paris
ieDne. Wrap your fish in clean towel"
said the lecturer, 80 the skin will not
break. Put it in the fish kettle, cover with
boiling water, add half a tablespoonful of
salt, two pine hes of black pepper, one sliced
| onion, bouquet of herbs Consisting of one
bay leaf, two cloves, bit of celery and two
stems of parsley and thu ee tablespoonfuls
| of vinegar, and cook eight minutes" Be
hind me sat the woman in question, with
| notebook and pencil, taking down the recipe
as it fell from the lips of the instructor.
What was that last thing she said to put
in?' inquired the woman's companion. va
| nilla,' unhesitatingly answered the woman,
who had mistaken the French teachers
pronunciation of vinegar" How much
did she say use?' queried the doubtful one.
Il don't just remember" answered the wO-
| nan old enough to have known better, but
L shall put. in vanilla beam. Then the
little radius Of women who had been inter
ested listeners chuckled to themselves as
they Thought of the absurdity of fish sea-
soEed with whole vanilla bean. But the
woman has it in her notebook, and her fam
lily will doubtless decide when it is tried
that French cookery is curious, to say the
least.
Hall racks, with their sugges tons of the
''od clo man." are out; and few well-ap-
Pointed houses now greet the visitor with
display of the family wardrobe The carved
settle and the hall table suffice to accommo-
date the hat and coat of the transient ris-
itor, and the man of the house secludeS his
superabundance of apparel in the hall closet
which is built in to the modern house. If
necessary a hanging hat rack, japanese or
| of domestic manufacture, may hang over
the settle. One of the prettiest and most
unique seen recently was the wheel part
| of an old spinning wheel suspended from
| the wall by brass chains. The wood of the
wheel. dark and rich with years, had been
polished to bring out all it's lustar, and the
shining brass chains and hooks placed at
intervals about its periphery served to
| make an effective combination.
Small boys have luxuriated in overals for
| the past three years, while tiny maids have
| had to sit by and keep their clothes clean"
| Now even Dame Fashion has taken the
| part of wee damsels and blue overalls and
| Sunbonnets that may be washed without
| the least difficulty form the play costume of
! girls up to nine or ten years of age The
| girls overalls are differentiated from the
| boys by having red yokes and suspenders,
| while sweaters take the place of the tiny
denim jackets that go with the boys over
| alls. Thus equipped, the sand pile the mud
| pie symposium, the cellar door gymnastics
| and fence and tree climbing become pos
sible to the small girl as the small boy, and
| her horizon of innocent and healthful en-
| jcyment expands to equal his
| Baked hominy in Georgia fashion is a
southern dish that proves itself both ap-
| petizing and rourishlng for the chidren's
| supper, or for a luncheon dish. served with
| cold meat. The h0miny may be freshly
| boiled for the purpose or the cold boiled
| srts, left over from breakfast, may be
| 90
| a piece of butter the size of a hickory nut,
and salt to taste, and mix thoroughly with
| a little milk or cream, until it forms bat
| ter of medium consistency. Put in a shall
| low baking dish, one of the pretty earlhen
| ones that can be used on the table, and
| bake to a delicate crisp brown on top and
| sides. 1t should not be over two inches
| deep in the pan.
The old rotion tEat soup meat has lost
| all it's nutritlve qualities and is ready to
| be thrown out after boiling is exploded,
| and good American housewives now, fol-
| low the example of their French sis
| ters, and utilize it for a separate dish.
| Following the soup, it may appear at
| dinner as the meat course, served with to-
mato sauce or PARSLEY, it may be Sliced
| thin and served cold. The marrow bone
| that has usually gene to the making of the
| soup should also be served and the mar
| row scraped out and spread crisp slices
OF toast, for dainty entree.
| In many recipes stock Is called for,
| and stock does not always happen to be
| on hand. In this case substitute may be
| quickly prepared, by dissolving one des-
| sertspoonful of fluid beef extract in a half
| pint of boiling water and seasoning with
| salt, pepper. few drops of extract of
| celery and two or three drops of onion
| juice.
| The work done by the Denver club wo-
| n.en for sanitation in the public schools
| is object lesson worthy of imitation by
| other women's clubs throughout the land.
| Through their efforts the schools have
| been put in Lerfect sanitary condition,
| while in many of the buildings are we'll
| appointed bathrooms and clean lava
| tories in charge of responsible men and
| We men.
| Diphtberia is said to be a disease of re-
| cent years of civilization, whose cause Is
| to be found in defective drainage, damp
| cellars and dark closets With the cause
| plainly outlined the responsibility of seeing
| that these entrances to the household fort
| ress are rendered impregnable to the en-
| trance of the enemy rests with the chate-
| la!ne.
Anchovy sandwiches are the easiest
things possible to prepare in the chafing
| dish Have a tablespoonful of butter very
hot in the outlet pan, saute stale thin slices
| of bread quickly on each side. Spread with
| anchovy paste and serve.