The record-union., 1898-09-11

up stairs and down, should be flushed
out with good disinfectant, closet
doors opened, and all shut up corners
freely aired and deluged with sunlight.
Sleeping-rooms should be swept with
a damp broom, that the dust so long
undisturbed may not be distributed ev-
erywhere. In addition, carpets or mat
tings that have been down all summer
should be loosened around the edges
if they are not taken up entirely, and
the floor wiped with borax and water.
The cellar needs good airing on a sunny
day, and a coat of whitewash is an eX-
cellent safeguard. The ice box and assn
closet under the stoop are two more
places that menace health unless care
fully cleansed and disinfected after
weeks of closing. 1t is not enough 10
send servants to open house; there
should be some expert overseeing OF the
work"
Where butter is preferred to oil in
salad dressing it is added, melted, drop
by drop, as the oil would be. 1t is best
melted, too, eby setting the cup con-
tanning it in hot water.
Mrs. Rorer's formula for the Italian
dressing for salads requires, as a be-
ginning, a half teaspoonful of salt,
quarter teaspoonful of white pepper
and teaspoonful Of tomato paste put
into 4 bowl. Tomato catSup may re-
place the paste if that is not at hand
though the paste is better and can be
had OF any Italian grocer. Add gradu-
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mixing constantly Cut into small
pieces one Glove of garlic; with the
back of a spoon rub the garlic and
paste well into the oil; add one table
spoonful of tarragon vinegar, beat
thoroughly, strain, and it is ready to
use.
A spinach omelet is not a common
dish, and is an appetizing combination
of eggs and the vegetable The spinach
is boiled, drained and chopped, then
seasoned we'll and sauted In little but
ter. When the omelet is set the spinach
is added before it is folded over and
Drowned. Where a good proportion of
the spinach is liked, the whole surface
of the omelet is covered, and the COM
pound turned out on a hot chop plat
ter and Drowned, egg uppermost.
The suggestion made by an expert
that in building a house places should
be arranged in the plan of the sleeping
rooms for the beds is "a wise one. Few
persons consider this matter at all un-
til the moment of need comes, when it
is found that there is no space in the
room where the bed will be out of a
draught and permit adequate ventila-
ton.
Picked eggs are appetizing when
used as an ingredient of salads
or sandwiches for midsummer service.
They are put into cold water, which
is heated slowly and allowed to boil
for an hour When taken out they
are dropped at once into cold water
to keep their color; the shells are after
ward removed and the eggs put into
good vinegar in which beets have been
kept. They should remain at least
week in this pickle, when they are
ready for service as a relish. A dozen
or more can be done at time.
Not to be COMPOUNDED with the blue
and white rugs of jute are the durable
Dhurrie rugs, which are for sale in
almost any carpet or general furnish
ing house. These are of cotton and
are very tightly woven, showing the
same pattern on both sides. The as
sortment in colors is not great, and is
chiefly blue and white, with some pink
and white effects; but they possess
excellent wearing qualities, and can be
scrubbed almost as much as an un
painted floor.
Ham mullins are a slight variation of
ham fritters. A light batter is made
with a pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, a scant cup of milk,
one egg, beaten light before it is added,
a little salt, and a Tablespoonful of
sugar. Chop about a cupful of cold
boiled ham very fine and stir into this
batter. which it viii be seen is slightly
stiffer than that usually made for frt-
ters. This mixture is baked in muffin
tins for fifteen or twenty minutes. and
is more wholesome than the grease
fried fritters.
A mayonnaise of chicken is an easier
than its preparation in salad The
chicken is cut in neat pieces, from
which bone, gristle and skin are re-
moved, and each dipped in a mayon-
naise before being placed on bits of
crisp lettuce arranged on a platter.
Cold veal is sometimes served in this
way for a tea or supper dish.
Some Of the lighter prepared cereals
that are used for breakfast foods, those
that are cooked in their preparation
for the market. when served with
blackberries, make a simple, nutritious
dessert for the children's table. A
pint of hot water is added to a pint
of blackberries When this reaches
the boiling point, half-cup of the
cereal is added, the mixture boiled
hard for ten minutes, and stirred con-
stantly. 1t is then poured into mold
and is served cold with cream.
The settee hammocks much seen this
season are passed over by the real
hammock lovers, who profess to find in
the horizontal outstretched position the
chief charm of these swinging beds To
those, however, who use a hammock
as an out-of-door reading chair. rath-
er than a lounging one, the arrange
ment by which they can keep upright
with a comfortable slope to the back
is a welcome one
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