Evening star., 1898-12-10
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

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| It is the EXCEPTIONAL house where one car
| 81. close to the window IN cold weather
| without feeling the Chill very quickly that
is frequently the precursor of a heavy cold
| In France, where the heating arrangements
are exceedingly deficient they have sim.
! pie arrangement for the windows in win
| te- that is quite worthy of adoption here
| 1t is called a window screen, and is both
/ useful and ornamental 1t consists of a
| fiat padded cushion of velvet or satin,
| either plain or decorated with embroidery,
which is hung in front of the lower sash of
a window to keep out the draughts t Is
| kept in place by means of small rings coy-
! cred with bow of ribbon, which fasten on
small hooks screwed into the sash of the
window.
In Canada, where the weather is stu
more severe, extra precautions of the same
sort are taken, and number of thick lads
filled with autumn leaves, and caught to.
the lower sash, to the space from the sash
to the floor, and often to the floor itself,
especially in the case of bow windows
This system of padding is especially desir-
able in the nursery or any room where the
children spend much time. Children al
ways gravitate to the windows, and many
attacks of Group or heavy colds are apt to
be the result unless there Is some such pro-
lection. In one large bow window noticed
lately there were about a dozen thick pads
overlapping each other around the lower
part of the window and reaching to the
floor, where they were fastened by small
tacks and strips of carpet binding while
another pad fitted to the window snuely
like a mat in Japanese room covered the
floor. When the pads are filled with leaves
they can be emptied every spring washed
and packed away in the attic, to remain uu-
til needed again.
pudding lies in mixing the Ingredients thor
oughly by kneading, then packing and
tying securely, leaving only a little room
for the pudding to swell then and lastly
and most important not allowing the water
in which the pudding is cooked to stop
boiling for even moment. II the water
stops boiling the pudding will be soft and
sticky, even. If the boiling is speedily re-
newsd. A large pudding will require ten
hours toiling, but if. as many housekeep-
ers prefer the pudding is cooked in small
bags, five hours will suffice. An excellent
English recipe which has been in use for
many years says cut in halves one pound
OF raisins. stone and soak in wine glass
of brandy. Wash and thoroughly dry one
pound of the best currants. Chop fine one
pound of beef suet or three-quarters of a
pound of the moist beef marrow, being
careful to remove all the strings If the mar
row is used. Cut in shayinss two ounces
of citron, and one ounce each Of candied
lemon and orange peel. Crate the rind
and take the juice of one orange and one
lemon. banch and slice and weigh ont a
quarter of a pound of almonds. CRATE one
nutmeg and weigh out one pound each of
sugar and fine bread crumbs. Add a tea
spoonful of salt, mix all the ingredients
thoroughly together add nine eggs we'll
beaten, whites and yolks separately. one
wine glass each brandy and sherry, and
enough milk, about a scant quart to
noiSten.
If it is to be boiled in cloth, dip in
boiling water, wiring almost dry rub with
butter and sprinkle lightly with flour
Spread the cloth In a large bowl pour
the mixture in and tie up Carefully with a
stout string. When done hang away in
a cool closet to ripen. When ready for
use boil again for two hours to heat
through. The mold must not be opened
after the first boiling but left until time
to serve. pretty way to decorate if is
to have ready some banched and split
almonds and stick about the center of the
pudding like crown. Put two or three
sprigs of holly in the center, pour little
brandy around. not over the pudding, light
and carry Immediately to the table. The
pudding may be served with hard or LIQUID
sauce.
The hard sauce most frequently used in
conjunction with plum pudding is composed
OF one cup of butter washed free of salt
two cupfuis of powdered sugar, the whites
OF two eggs well beaten and a wine glass
OF French brandy. The latter may be
omitted, however, and a tablespoonful of
currant jelly substituted. Beat the butter
10 a cream in warm bowl, add the sugar
little by little, then the eggs beating all the
time until the mass is light and creamy
Lastly, add the brandy or Jelly, and beat
again. Arrange upon a pretty dish in the
iorm OF a mound make little scales all over
it with the point of teaspoon, and set in a
cold place to harden.
famous French sauce is known as a
saoyiion 1t Is so extremely rich that only
a tablespoonful need be served with each
portion. Beat together with whip the
yolks OF four eggs and scant cup of pow
dered sugar. The saucepan containing the
eggs and the sugar should be set on the
back or the range and the beating should
be rapid When creamy. add slowly a
gIass of sherry or Madeira. still beating.
II sherry is used, season further with the
}uice ana grated rind of quarter of a
ienaon- AS soon as the wine Is all poured
in remove from stove, but continue beating
| until smooth and rather thick.
prospective brides and grooms will well
come the announcement that the tradition
al shower of rice Is no longer considered
| good form by fashionable folk. Rose leaves
| are used instead. If any color scheme is
| ding, the same color is used in the shower
| of leaves. Just as the bride and groom
| leave the house, q tiny basket filled with
the fresh leaves is handed to each men,
| throw them over the happy couple.
Whether the "luck'' will be the same, has
| not yet been determined, but the wedding
| journey Will be more comfortable than
when spent in dislodging hard grains of rice
| from collar. gown and hair.
Lavender pillows are taking the place of
| the pdne-needle cushions. They are usually
| covered with white linen, decorated with
| spikes of the lavender flowers worked in
| natural colors or heliotrope linen worked
| with flax threads of a paler tint Lavender
| is also largely used in place of the NAL
| odorous moth balls. and is said to be quite
| as efficacious. few drops of Oil of laven-
der sprinkled along the edges of the carpet
| not only give the room a clean, fresh smell,
| but obviate the necessity of eternal vigi-
| lance for the appearance of carpet bugs.
| Pigs in blankets are neither so plebeian
| nor yet aristocratic their name or lux
urious wrappings might imply. They are
| simply good plump oysters salted and pep
( pered. snugly wrapped in thin slices of
| bacon, pinned securely in place by wooden
| toothpicks and pan broiled in a very bot
| chatting dish. Cook just long enough to
| crisp the bacon and serve on small slices of
| deiicately Drowned toast, with garnish of
| water cress. 70