The Jersey City news., 1899-07-25

WOMAN'S WORLD.



Plover's eggs are now attracting the
attention Of the epieures. To the eye
they are very pleasing, because the man
ner In which they are served is so
artistic, and the eggs themselves are
symphony in exquisite colors. Their
rich flavor is equally gratifying to the
most critical taste. and one portion, or
two. of them quite satisfies the appetite.
At any one of the large hotels or IN any
home where plovers eggs have been
added to the menu, they are served IN
the following manner
Apparently, a delicate branch OF
tree is first laid upon the plate It is
beautiful green and the leaves and twigs
arc quite perfect. Upon examination y
is found to be made of green cloth and
is covered by some transparent eonfec-
ton. In the fork of the tiny branches
there reposes a cream white nest.
1t is made of potatoes. They have
been made into long, slender pieces by
passing them through a cullender and
then arranged with innumerable cross
ings and recrossings into an imitation
of a plover's nest. OF course, the
potatoes must first be boiled and nodded
to Just the proper consistency or such
a manipulation of them would be impos-
sible. Inside of the nest are two eggs
They are perhaps a trifle smaller than
those of a bantam and are distinctive IN
tapering TO a point at one end. The foun-
dation color of the shell is ecru and it is
exauisitely mottled with deep crimson
brown. When broken open lining OF
clear, robin.s egg blue is seen.
To boil these eggs to the right degree
of hardness is declared to be one of the
triumphs of modern cookery; for per-
haps about nothing else is there greater
uncertainty than the boiling of an egg.
The proper result should be that the
white part appears perfectly transparent
while the yolk is fiaky with just tiny
soft spot in the centre
The sauce that is served with this deli
cacy IS made of line herbs and sweet but
ter. rs color, which is niie green, lends
an additional charm 20 the aesthetic ef-
feet OF The whole. The cost Of enjoying
this disa at any one Of the large hotels
Is sl.2s
1t is, however, quite feasible OF prepart
Ii at home. wnere it would certainly be
new feature at a formal luneason or dim
ner The only real requisite IS the
ployer's eggs; the servics of them may
readily be adapted 20 suit the capabilities
of the household. Happily, there are a
few olovsr farms in America, and We VIII
undoubtedly have mora of them as the de-
nland increases for their eggs. The birds
have bean bred FOR long time to supply
the game market The plover is well
known as a shore bird and is regarded as
a good test OF a sportsman's skill
About once in five years the mode of
fancy work chops and changes, and out
on the breezy piazzas of country houses
just now white handed ladies of high.
degree are mildly busy and enthusiastic
over some novelties in handieraft They
are not embroidering centerpieces, tea
cloths and doilies in coiored silks. That
is a dead and done for fashion, and lace
is in its place The chatelaines of summer
houses and their guests have all taken
lace making lessons or are either busy
over the finest renaissance pattern for
hand ruchng, boleros or collars. else
the eoafser; easier style and stitch is
spent on pieces for table decoration.
The lace work is carried usually in
bag knitted of a great number of col
ored silks with the mesh of which small
brilliant beads are worked, and all the
women draw the finest Of black silk nit
tens on their hands when the dainty
tasks are begun.
Women of large artistic ambition have
gone in heart and soul for tapestry
worked their wonderful wool and silk
pieces than win cover a chair seat or up
holster a sofa cushion, but some of them
do truly excellent work with their woods
and big needles. They work at frames
like those at which our grandmothers
embroideres.
Now that the first flush Of interest has
faded from the business of knitting
things. golf hose. waistcoats etc. the
girl who must do something with her fin-
gers is making lovely jackets of ice wool.
This is an English mode. for in that eoun-
try no woman can wear shirt waist
without just shadow of a shade Of a
shade of something under it.
The ice wool Jackets of cream, pale
rose, of heavens own blue, and thin
as a cobweb, are just the things Nearly
every young girl now carries round with
her a passepartout box and makes by
this simple method picture frames for
her friends, and the most fascinating
form of picture frame to present your
hostess is wide cardboard frame, with
a small photograph of yourself in the
center, and then small, artistic blue or
platinum prints on the frame round you,
showing glimpses of those hooks about
the country house or lawn, or tiny views
of the place you most admire This the
giver has mounted in passepartout. un-
der glass, and sends to her hostess when
the visit is. over.
well known horticultural writer In the
"Woman's Home Companion says that
E he cannot understand why our native
wild grape is not more used in cultivated
gardens, and mentions the bittersweet, SO
beautiful in berry and foliage, as one OF
the best Of vines. Certainly it is a pity
that such a really fine vine as the wild
grape should not be found in every gar
den for as suitable material for cover
ing upsghtly fencing, stumps of old trees
summer houses and treilises 1t is most
admirably adapted. The common wild rose
makes fine addition to any garden, and
is used with the best effect If allowed
TO grow undisturbed on a fence, or II
kept in bush form by cutting back Be.
ing extremely hardy, it is practically a
sure bloomer. Wild ciematis, both white
and red, Is valuable used in rough places
as is also the wild honeysucfle, although
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