The record-union., 1898-07-17

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1t is sometimes necessary to make
cup of coffee for a single person. Take
a tablespoonful of coffee and stir with
perhaps the quarter of the white of an
egg Add half a cup of cold water, boil
and then add a full cup of boiling wa
ter After this is put in boil two min
utes Few cooks are able to accomplish
the economical and palatable service of
single cup of coffee.
The annual report of the New York
Household Economic Association, which
will be issued very soon, will show a
gratifying result of the years work.
The attempt has been made in this in
itiaI year to conduct chiefly a campaign
of education 1t has been very success
full. and the interest aroused has been
most encouraging. For the coming
year when the association shall resume
its operations in the fall, practical ef-
fort is to be undertaken, as the man
agement feel that the field is now ready
to work in this direction. The plans are
not quite formulated, but they include
the prompt esta blishment of domestic
training school and the carrying out in
q vigorous way of one of the chief pur-
poses of the organiZation-that of a
betterment of the system of domestic
service.
French women are going to take their
dips in the sea this summer in black
satin and black taffeta bathing dresses.
It has been discovered that these fab
rics stand the sea water eXcellently.
One would wish, however, to observe
the experiment carefully before de-
serting the known virtues of mohair
and good quality flannel.
This is the moment when in country
homes a little preventive action will be
productive of much comfort in relation
TO the wasp pest. These belligerent
little insects have by this time appeared
and located themselves in their hooks
in the crevices of piazza ratings and
stone house foundations. In one of
the tracts issued from the Entomologi-
cal Department at Washington, it is
advised to watch when the hole is full
at night of the wandering insects and
then pour a generous dose of chloro-
form into it. This will exterminate the
colony at one blow
Banana sandwiches are sometimes
served as a simple luncheon dessert or
for the childrens table. The fruit is
Sliced and placed between brown slices
Of buttered bread. These are laid in
shallow glass or china dish, and just
before serving a pint of boiled custard
is poured over and around them An
other variation for the children's des-
sart is wholesome substitute for the
eclairs of which they are so fond. Buy
at the bakers the long pointed finger
rolls, and after one side has been cut
down with a fork dig out as much of
the inside as possible. Have ready a
little boiled custard made in the ordi-
nary way, except with slight additional
thickness gained with a little gelatine
o. by stirring in tablespoonful Of flour
wet in a little cold milk. This is the
proper proportion of a pint of custard.
The custard serves as a filling for the
rolls. At this season it is a pleasant
variation to add little of the straw
berry juice pressed from fresh straw
berries. or a very little pineapple or
banana pulp may also be used to flavor
thee filing. Plain whipped cream or
that over which a little sweet choco-
late,has been grated is another welcome
variety. 1t is the pastry of the eclair
which is especially unwholsome for
youthful stomachs.
Lamp shades of cretonne to match
the popular chintZ hangings Of country
homes, are shown. They are protected
by asbestos lining or guard frames.
The clam cocktail is prepared very
much as the oyster relish Of the same
name. The title of either is a mis-
nomer, so far as the use of spirituous
liquors is concerned. Either may be
uDde without such. Half-a-dozen OF
the smallest CLAIMS are selected and are
served in a tall glass. over them is
poured a sort of sauce, made of a
tablespoonful of the liquor, a pinch OF
cayenne. a teaspoonful each of vinegar
tobasco sauce, and tomato catsup Stir
the cocktail before serving and send il
to the table ice cold. The cocktail is
eaten with an oyster-fork 4 few sips OF
the liquor being taken afterward
In preserving berries or any other
fruit liable to fall to pieces. if a small
lump Of alum Is added TO the fruit while
cooking, it Will make it firm.
II is a testimony to our growing sani-
tary wisdom that bedrooms should now
be SO universally done in light effects
The heavy suits of furniture deemed
Indispensable to the bride setting ur
housekeeping a generation ago. and
which took a considerable share of the
outfit-purchase money, are to-day the
most unstable articles sent to an auc-
tion-room. a large and splendid BLACK
walnut bedstead that cost $50 thirty
years ago, without even springs
brought Sl50 at an auction sale With
il was sent a small white iron bedsteaC
with brass trimmings, the sort thai
costs $3.50 to so. This was sold the
same day for So, a good evidence of tn,
pEoportionate demand for the two ar.
ticles. No heavy draperies are put il
the. modern bedroom. only dainty anC
washable stuffs. The air is allowed L
penetrate freely and the light as we'll
extra shades of green Holland beins
provided TO darken the room for thu
morning nap. The heavy mahogany Of
walnut dresser has gone with the bis
bedstead, the chiffonier and littl,
dressing table With a cheval-glass TAX.
ing its place.
Coffee tablets are one Of the latest ad