The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-13

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halls, lining rooms and libraries.
This is a recipe for stuffed green pep
pers:-Take medium sized peppers; cut
open along the side; remove the inside;
| then parboil them iii exceedingly hot)s
+ change the water once or often. accord
ing to taste; then take any kind of cold
meat; mfnce veEy fine, add a little onion,
parsley, a small Glove garlic; season
| with pepper. salt, a little thyme. mace
and ginger; mix thoroughly all together;
| then stuff the peppers. If the studiing is
too dry moisten with a little soup stock
or a raw tomato peeled and minced fine
dor some tastes the latter improves the
favor: then whip up one or two eggs
and dip the peppers in; have ready a pan
with boiling hot lard and fry the peppers
with ordinary brown gravy thiekened, or
without gravy according to taste.
$50
Strawberry or raspberry custard is de-
licious. Put a pin of juice to heat and
when at boiling point stir in three even
tablespoonful of flour mixed smooth
with cold juice. which may be half water
Stir over the fire until smooth and allow
tiiLG " tL0 u0QI ~ LOSE diiy raw ldSlt
Put aside to cool and then add the beaten
in lightly the stiffened whites and bake
about fifteen minutes in small cup or in
a dish as preferred. Serve when cold
with whipped cream or any sauce liked.
French trunk manufacturers pad the
lid with soft wadding. crossed into dia-
mond shape by a lattice of linen tapes.
The padding prevents unnecessary jar
ring to the contents, and the absence of
conclusion proIongs the natural life
of tho trunk, because any bouncing
against the lid from the objects inside is
an additional strain upon it. The lattice
of tape makes a convenient place in
which to thrust letters, time tables, writ
ing paper. cards or amy small objects that
can be slowed away there.
For those who desire dainty fare at the
smallest possible cost. salt cod may. with
but slight extra trouble, be made delicious.
Soak a thick piece in cold water over
night, wash carefully, serape away any
d~iseoloration. tie in a cloth, boil the same
as fresh fish, but be sure to change the
waiter ONCE, dIiQ IdNe AItSA DOiliiiS WdlCl
at hand to renew. The cod willsturn out
white and firm and with a smooth, white
parsley sauce thrown over can scarcely
be told from fresh fish, while the cost is
much less
Let every h-ousekeeper remember the
zest given to appetite in the morning,
when appetite is last keen, by a bit of
salt meat or fish, says the "Womans
Home Companion" Bacon is such a
standby at all times that it now perhaps
lacks the relish of novelty Of good, bfoll-
ed, sugar-cured ham or the host of ex-
cellent relish-gfving salt-fish dishes. as
mackeraI. smoked salmon, herring or
cod. broiled, salt fish in cream Chaddie or
cod; dainty fish balls or cod or halibut.
etc. Fruits also are the dainty fluffy
things go to make up appetizing summer
breakfasts.
A pleasing effect was achieved in the
decoration of a music room recently, On
the occasion of a wedding, by the use OF
an Indian shawl Tt was a large and iIne
one. with a pink centre. This was spread
over the grand piano, and on the pink cen
tire table stood a pink jardiniere filled
with apple blossoms. At the side of he
piano, in a tall Chinese jar of pale pink
and green, was massed more blooms of
dogweod and apple blossoms mingled.
A table cover of denim, which will be
found very serviceabIe because it will
bear numberless ~washings, has for its or
geometrical figures cut from
white pique. The figures are cat-stitched
to the foundation with white liner floss.
Around the edge of each figure is a row
of white honiton braid, and the trimming
for the edge is crocheted with coarse cot
ton and novelty braid in any pretty pat
tern.
Just one other should be mentioned,
more striking and elaborate than the two
foregoing. This MephistopheIean cos
tune was Of bright red pique with a
blouse opening ~diagenally, with revers
and yoke of white pique. The skirt had
a eireu1ar-shaped iounce to the knees.
The scarlet nose hat was trimmed with
bright red liberty silk, satin ribbon and
poppies.
Stripes. whether across or lengthwise,
plain waved, close or distant one from
the other or in irregular series are the
prevailing style; few floral or leafy pat
terms are seen, but on light silks a NUM-
Der of Japanese OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
patterns formed of dots and dasnes
strangely combined. These are generally
printed upon a colored ground shot with
white.
Round sandwiches seem to be more in
vogue at the moment than the oblonrg or
diamond shape. An ordinary bisetlit-cut-
ter shapes them. An avpetizing filling for
those made Of brown bread is cucumber
or water-eresses dipped in m-ayonTaise. A
good salad to ALTERNATE with caviare, as
an appetizing first course, is shrimp, with
a light covering of aspic, a pinch OF cay
enne pepper sprinkled over it.
The all white satin or taffeta shirt
waist finely tucked is now the top Notch
of style. and worn with the chic tailor
built gown it may be called the edition
de luxe of shirt waists.
The new sailor hats have low crowns
and narrow brims. They are smarter
and saucier than last seasons and look,
by contrast with soft and erushable hats,
peculiarly aggressive. Roman silks are
used for trimming.
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