The record-union., 1898-09-25

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stones; raisins or fruits in a paste OF
hard boiled eggs-the list of filings -
almost as long as that of foods. Little
cup-custards and tiny individual pans
of baked beans are liked as the wea-
ther grows colder, with sweet or PLAIN
waters occasionally, or q piece of cake
with invariably some seasonable trul''
Iced tomatoes are recommended as
one of the most wholesome ways 10
serve this vegetable fruit. The tona-
toes are scalded, the skins removed, ana
are cooled in the ice-boX until ordered.
They are arranged on a small platter
on a bed Of Clipped ice. Salt or dust
of powdered sugar is eaten with them.
To serve in this style, small, fully ripe,
fair tomatoes should be selected.
The use this past season by ladies OF
mems weight foot gear has met with
great favor. The women who have long
held the belief that their feet were too
tender for any but kid glove shoes have
found that the stout soles and uppers,
made on generous lasts, were at once
the best protection and the most COM
Portable wear.
An oyster rarebit is a chatting dish
dainty. The New York Cooking School
recipe calls for twenty oysters, from
which the EYE" of each has been re-
moved. Drop in the chafing-dish and
shake till the edges curl; put aside in
a nd in blazer
tablespoonful of butter, salt, and little
cayenne. When the butter has melted
add a half-pound of cheese finely
chopped and stir to cream before
mixing with it, gradually, the liquor
of the oysters, to which have been
added two eggs slightly beaten. Fin
ally put back the oysters for a single
minute and serve Immediately in
squares Of hot toast.
Paying cash for everything used to be
a womans standard of thrift, and the
feminine mind still recoils from load
of debt. The busy woman of to-day,
however, finds that weekly or monthly
bills are a great saving of time and
erergy, and possess two other distinct
advantages. A regular customer is well
treated, and if poor or shortweighted
goods are delivered a protest insures
prompt improvement. The business
woman who does not have to concern
herself with the commiSsary depart
ment of the home has discovered, too,
that the same principle applies in her
shopping needs. An account with a
reliable house, if she is a sensible
enough woman not to 'overrun it, saves
her time and strength.
A single expedient to alleviate the fly
nuisance is to sponge the window and
sills with a strong solution of carbolic
acid. Do it while the sun is shining
and the flies are most plentiful. They
will, it is said, die at once and in num-
bers. The brushing may be repeated
several times.
In cleaning the house closed during
the summer care should be taken to
wipe off, into cloths, the dust from
floors and ledges, and to use the carpet
sW eeper over the carpets to remove the
worst Of the dust. This is to prev ent
the circulation in the air of the ac-
cumulated and germ-laden dust of a
long -darkened house. Probably at no
time is the unsanitary feather duster
more unsanitary than when f1irted by
an ignorant servant in a newly re-
opened house.
The virtues of sterilized milk are
many, and its use in the tenement dis
tricts during the summer season is of
undoubted value. To the better-p placed
mother with whose child plain milk
agrees, and who has a reasonable hope
that the milk served to her is pure, the
sterilized or Pasteurized milk does not
offer the same inducements Some chill
dren refuse it utterly, disliking the
taste, and there is no doubt that nu-
tritive properties are lost in steriliza-
tion. Physicians say, too that the
process renders the milk sterile alike of
good and bad germs-those that are
needed in the system as we'll as those
whose introduction might be harmful.
A particularly acceptable present
after visit to country house or to a
bridal pair who will possess an out-of-
town residence is a set of bed candle
brass are sure to be found on the land
ing of the staircase duly set out on
table, copying the English fashion Gas.
oil lamps, and electric lights cannot
Danish the bed-candle, whose lighting
by merry house party in an old Eng
lish castle hall has been made the sub
ject Of fine picture.
A course of study which was recently
introduced in a woman's college
should have an excellent effect. 1t is
that of a systematic study of manners.
y council of etiquette is formed. to
which mooted questions are submitted,
the council not pronouncing Judgment
until authorities have been consulted
and every effort made to secure a wise
decision. Papers on relevant topics are
prepared and discussed, an effort being
made to remove the study from the
of minor arbitrary points
OF etiquette to the broader range Of
gentle breeding.
If girl doesn't appear ladylike on
bike it's no fault of the wheel.