The record-union., 1898-07-03

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The limited apartments which form
the homes of a considerable portion OF
city jewellers nowadays have stimulat-
ed the inventive genius of the cabinet
maker He aims to design attractive
furniture that is light, easily moved
and that will fit into a small space. one
of the latest achievements is three
sided buffet which fits into a corner OF
the dining-room and is modelled some
thing after the old fashioned etaSere.
1t is serviceable, not ungraceful, and IS
q useful economy of room.
substantial and usually liked dish
for home luncheon is Spanish onions
stuffed with kidneys, or chopped calf 5
liver These large, tender onions are
peeled, and a piece around the top cut
off, part of the center scooped out and
the shells placed in little pan of wa
ter to parboil. After five minutes take
them out, drain and turn upside down
on a sieve to get rid of all moisture.
The kidneys or calfs liver, previously
thoroughly cooked. are minced finely,
an equal amount of fresh bread crumbs
added to it, together with the chopped
onion that has been scooped out This
stuffing should be highly seasoned with
salt and pepper and moistened with a
little warm melted butter The mix
ture is then packed in the onions and
grated bread crumbs sprinkled over the
top and the onions placed in a pam,
with about an inch of water TO which
tablespoonful of beef extract has been
added. Cover and cook slowly in the
oven for about an hour. Just before
taking out, the cover should be re-
moved to allow the tops to brown.
Small onions treated in this way make
a pretty garnish for various dishes.
Sometimes calf's liver and bacon is
served on a platter, surrounded by
these small onions stuffed simply with
highly seasoned bread crumbs. The
French stuff onions. too, sometimes
with mushrooms, preparing them in the
same way.
The recent experiment by the Plastic
Club of Philadelphia, an organization
of women artists which has already be-
come famous, although its founding
dates back only year and half. in
giving poster tableau exhibition, is
likely to be widely copied. The bril-
liant success of the affair should be
=
rious war relief entertainments now
rapidly succeeding each ether. Some
of the best known posters of Europe
and America We're shown in these tab
leaux 1t is further testimony to the
COSMOPOLITAN character of the American
face that the Plastic Club young wo-
men should have been able. with slight
effects of costume and coiffure, to de-
pict faithfully many foreign types.
Ideal figures too such as a Christmas
or autumn embodiment, We're graphic
ally portrayed by these adaptable Phil
adelphia girls. Not every company
presenting living pictures can be made
up as this one was entirely of artists,
and of such artists as Cecilia Beaux.
Blanche Dillaye, Alice Barber Stephens,
Emily Sartain and many others SINH
larly we'll known. The simplest detail
was in the hands Of an expert, but the
result would be doubtless quite as sat
isfactory il the general management
of the tableaux was in the hands of a
competent and artistic poser
Milk toast as it is served on nine
tables out of ten, is UNBEATABLE. Proper
~ prepared it is not only good dish
for the light menu allowed a GONZALES
cent. but is welcomed eagerly by the
children of the family, certainly if
grated maple sugar is sent around with
1T To two cups of scalded milk-and
the milk should be merely scalded, not
boiled and If there is a scum, which
there should not be, 1t must be removed
to this amount Of milk stir in paste
made of a scant tablespoonful and a
half of -four, wet in little cold water.
To the flour, while ii is dry, add good
salt spoonful of salt. When the paste
is mixed with the milk, ii should be
cooked in a double boiler, stirring con-
stantly When ii is about as thick as
cream, a piece of butter the size of a
walnut is added. The bread toasted
dry is dipped Into the sauce, each slice
remaining until evenly tender. when it
is piled lightly a small platter ana
what sauce is left poured over AMI
around it. IT should be eaten while
very hot.
simple are losing their novelty to the
transatlantic traveller. They are still
very grateful TO the voyager when they
come from his immediate family and
closest friends, but the wholesale writ
ing among exuberant young people of
dozens or scores of steamer letters on
the strength of a slight acquaintance,
has brought the idea into disrepute. A
variation of the custom was that illus
trated the other day in the going away
for years study abroad of young
woman who rejoices in the possession
of an extended family circle. Her par
ents and brothers and sisters arranged
a calendar-box for the voyage, which
was taken on a slow vessel and was to
last eleven days. In this box, commit
ted to the paid care of the steward, was
gift for each day of the crossing, the
articles embodying the fulfilment of
some expressed desire of their recipi-
ent The climax of the treasures, de-
bautiful cabinet picture of the young
girls mother, taken in the gown and
bonnet which she wore at the ship, so
that her counterfeit presentment would
appear in this latest and most familiar
guise to the daughter. The picture was
enclosed in a little fiat leather frame
that could be easily carried about, and
the delighted girl wrote back that she
stepped on foreign soil hugging her
mothers picture. In Difference to the
war season. the first day out. as her
young brother wrote in his note of be-
stowal. to preserve her patriotism. a
pretty silk American flag was bestowed.
The charm of this calendar-box, as of
any gift. was largely in the thoughtful