Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-18
H0USEH Old HINTS

Fried mash is one of the most wholesome
economical and when properly made, ac-
ceptable of breakfast or supper dishes in
the winter. Children are nearly always
fond of it. served with sNapIe strip or mo-
lasses, and its large I&6portion of carbo-
hydrates makes it a particularly good dish
for them to take before starting for school
on cold winters mofSing Unless care
fully made however, fried mush is a de-
fusion and snare, and the inexperienced
housekeeper who does not understand Just
how to evolve the golden crispy slices that
do not crumble into fragments while cook
ing, ofttimes gives up. discouraged To
make it at its best. mix-at night three tea
cupfuls of corn meal with three tablespoon
fuls of wheat -four and sift together two or
three times. Stir it, little by little, sitting
it through the fingers into a double boiler
in which is enough hot water to make a
moderately thick paste Add "A tablespoon
full of fine salt, and cook two hours stirring
often. Before going to bed, spread in a
large fiat dish to the depth of half an inch
or pour into brick-loaf pan smoothing
it over the top with knife wet in cold
water. In the morning cut in squares or
slices, dip in sifted -four and brown quickly
on a hot griddie dip in crumbs egg and
again crumbs, and fry in deep fat Eaten
with crisp slices of bacon, even an epicure
may give thanks.
Many mothers who have felt at times
that young, enthusiastic, but inexperienced
physical culture teachers were using more
zeal than discretion in the training of their
girls, will appreciate these words of eau
ton given to mothers and teachers by an
experienced director who is a physician as
well: I'm the great race of life she said
health is no handicap TO Il woman. But
strength is not necessarily SYNONYMOUS
with health. Some of the muscles may be
strong and some may be weak. Strength
should never be the primary aim of physi-
cal education. Exercises for beginners
should be of the simplest, and while grace
full movements should be cultivated, too
much attention should not be given to the
pretiness of the exercises. Great care
must he taken that in all physical exer-
cises there shall be correct posture that
shall allow free circulation. Twenty min
utes' exercise taken out of doors is worth
an hours exercise in class room that
lacks pure air. Running in the fresh air
is magnificent exercise for girl. and grace
full movements In running will be found
conservative of energy.
A woman forbidden by her physician to
eat beef, because of her rheumatic ten
dencies and firing of mutton roasted
boiled or in chops, says she has invented
a new mutton stew that family and friends
pronounced excellent The day after the
boiled leg of mutton with caper sauce has
made its appearance on the family board
the stew is in order. A lump of butter is
put into the frying pan. and Soon as hot
d small onion is Drowned in it. Slices of the
cold mutton are then added, and tossed in
the butter until thoroughly heated through
when a pint of milk is poured in over the
sliced meat. When this is hot it is thick
ened with little -four or cornstarch and
sailed and peppered to taste. Prepared in
this way, the mutton, she declares can
scarcely be told from fricasSee of chicken
and served with currant jelly and baked
potatoes it becomes d welcome dish for dim
luncheon.
An orange and banana cbmpote that may
be prepared in the chafing-dish or cooked
slowly on the back of the range is made in
this way: Cook together cupful of
sugar. one-half cup of water, six cloves and
one inch stick cinnamon Stir until the
sugar is dissolved, then boil gently without
stirring eight minutes. Remove the cloves
and cinnamon and put into the srup six
bananas peeled. cut in halves lengthwise,
then crosswise, and simmer. When they be-
gin to clear, add the juice of two oranges
and half lemon. with a half glass of
sherry, and serve on rounds of toast or
sponge cake, with a further addition of
whipped cream, if desired.
To prepare Hamburg steaks for the
chafing-dish frying pan. have the butcher
chop fine a half-pound of lean raw beef
and season highly with onion. salt and pep
per Shape into small steaks, using but
little pressure. Have the chafing-d but
tered and hot. Put in the steaks, scar on
one side, then on the other, turning fire.
quently. Cook rare well done. as pre-
ferred: five minutes will usually suffice
Spread with little butter which has been
creamed and mixed with salt and pepper
and serve on hot pla ties.
n dainty centerpiece mt a recent funchA,n
was or Parma VioletS arranged in q low sit
yer dish set a minor mat. while on
either side of the center were two rings of
the same flowers. Following out the same
idea, the name-cards of parchment had yio-
lets painted on them, and traced in gold
upon each one a different line from the
poetS-Shakespeare, Wor dSwOrth and Percy
Relating to the same modest flower
New f1atironS should be allowed to stand
on the stove some time before using in
order to get off the coating of black When
they are fuSted they may be cleaned with
nhe securing soap, and when stored away
should be put over them
After bathing little chld's back SAYS
carefui nurse rub each side of the spine
with the bare hand. watching carefully for
any indications of deformity. The same
cafeful attention should also be paid to the
niue legs and arms, that any tendency to
ueiofmlty may be Immediately corrected.
bananas make delicate fritterS used in
combination with rice or cornstarch and
served with lemon sauce They may be
combined also with pineapple, which fur
nlsheS the acid the bananas lack
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How to Hold Skirts.
From Home Talk.