The record-union., 1898-04-24

turn over mattresses, and change pill
low-cases and sheets often, ana pei
sonal linen every day, should LEAD theii
to watch the soiled linen until 1t Is
clean again, and treat it as something
to be kept from contact with anythlhs
else in the house until it Is renoVaIeu
banana short-cake is a dish the ma
terials fer which are usually at hdhU
and it is. therefore, one that may pe
written down in the emergency note
book The formula as put out py INC
Boston Cooking School requires the
dough to be made by mixing in pint
of prepared flour two tablespoonfuls Oh
butter and two-thirds of a cup of MIX
or enough to make light mixture thaI
can be handled. This pastry is dlVlu-
ed. half put into q pan, the top but
tered. and the second half laid upon II.
When baked, the splitting OF the CAKE
is easily accomplished with knlfe.
Meantime a few bananas are cut up
and put in a hot syrup made of a cup
of sugar and the juice of one lemon
This filing is spread between the lay
els; and if the dish is intended TO pe
particularly toothsome and elaborate
whipped cream may be served with IT,
The Boston "CCOking-School MdSd-
zine" gives recipe for sailing almonus,
for which it asserts that 50 was PAID 10
a Massachusetts confectioner. A.mohuS
prepared by this process will not pc
come rancid, it is stated, and also are
not covered with salt crystals. Inc
formula reads: Bianch two cups of al
monds. Boil eight minutes in water
with one cup of salt. Saute quickly IN
one tablespoonful Of butter for each
cup CT almonds
In selecting portiereS it should be re-
membered what their use is-that or
shutting off draughts or sounds from
another room, and that for this purpose
the lace ones or those of bamboo are
not of value A feature of portiere
should be the ease of it's adjustment.
and. on this account, loopings and tight
shirring on poles are to be avoided.
A touch should draw the curtain or
send it back for easy ingress or egress.
This adaptability to use, and use only
for an evident service, is getting to be
more and mere understood as the basis
of all truly artistic furnishings. Make
the useful things artistic and the basis
of what ornamentatiOn is needed, and
the problem of furnishing is easily
solved.
The leaves of house-plants should be
kept as free from dust as is the bric-a-
brac of the room. Persons do not seem
to understand that this advice applies
to all plants as we'll as to the palm and
rubber-plants that are usually looked
after Air is absorbed by plants
through their leaves, a process that is
naturally interfered with when these
are laden with dust. Frequent spong-
ing. too. often removes minute insects
or their eggs.
A coffee frosting that can be used for
cream cakes, eclairs, or light cakes, is
made by sleeping One-quarter of a cup
ful of water and Straining it, Two ta
blespoonfuls of this liquid with a cupful
of powdered sugar produces the frost
ing II may be said in this connection
that bottle of coffee extract is an ex-
cellent addition to the summer outfit
If one is camping out or living picnic
tract will serve many useful purposes
It has been found to do admirable ser
vice. too, in supplementing the very
weak coffee of the average village
boarding house
large number of the women Of
!. Syracuse. n. Y. those identified with
clubs and those not so organized. have
united in a movement to suppress the
sweating system. so far as it exists in
Syracuse. A Consumers League has
been formed. and cooperation with the
Trades Assembly is hoped for. The
movement originated with the Political
Equality Club. and was speedily in
dorsed by the Household Economic As
sOciation. and from this start has
spread through many club and social
circles of Syracuse. The League is
formed on the lines of the New York
and Philadelphia organizations.