The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-31


riety and our young people are busy MT
ting themselves to fill them worthily. This
is as it should be. but there is one voca-
! ton to which almost every one is called,
and for which it is to be deplored that SO
many are not at all fitted. We refer to the
art of living amicably with others.
Did We study to perfect ourselves in this
as we do in music, painting and the k
we hould be more than repaid. Certain
ly few things are more important.
If one is to live in the midst of his own
family circle, he has need to be courteous,
considerable. unselish and %tactful; and II
one is so unfortunate as to be without
family ties, it is no less needful that he
should be able to make himself a welcome
and agreeable inmate of another's home.
One need not be friendless and ~forlorn,
even if he is poor in the nearer and dearer
ties of relationship. The amiable, agree
able and helpful members of society never
fail to find a ready welcome.
1t requires little skill or experience to
use soda with nicely, but it is worth
while TO acquire such skill; indeed, there
is scarcely an item in culinary processes
which better repays one for Intelligent ex-
p~erimenting, says "Woman's Home Com
panion." The bicarbonate of soda used
today is a very different article from
the carbonate Of soda or salaratus
with which careless cooks made spotted
biscuits in our graudmother's time. Used
with an acid, as bu.termilk, it is as scien-
tifically wholesome as any article employ
ed as an adjunct in cookery. In many in
stances baking powder cannot give as
good results as soda.
1t is scarcely possible to give an abso-
iuteiy exact rule for the measurement of
soda, as brands differ somewhat in
strength. and milk varies in degrees of
aciaity. But a general rule is one level
-teaspoonful Of soda 70 one pin of sour
milk. Be sure to pulverize the soda before
measuring.
Mosa practice there is than theory in
neea.ework, but there is sufficient theory
IL perplex some women when they are
asked TO give directions for inserting a
gusset or TO explain how they make a
5uttonl.ole. They may have been doing
these things since they were children and
made doll garments. They may be con-
sidered clever needlewomen. but when it
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noraat as the little girl making her first
block OF patchwork. For hat reason, as
well as to instruct other women, sewing
classes lave been established.
Nowadays little children nave their
school studies varied with half-hour sew
ing lessons. They are taught the proper
way TO make all kinds of stitches, from
basting and darning to b~uttonholing and
overcasting. Glasses for older women n
experienced sewers also are popular feat
ures of the end-of-the-eentury days.
Celery is fast taking a prominent place
among our vegetables, but even yet does
not receive the attention that its merits
demand As an article OF food for those
who suffer from rheumatism, nervous
ness and some forms of dyspepsia, 1t is
invaluable. It is one of our finest escu-
lents, and once its merits are fully known
it will become a staple instead of a lux
ury upon our tables. No part of the plant
need be wasted.
Celery Catsup.ABruise one ounce celery
seed, one ~teaspoonfuI white pepper. one
teaspoonful salt, one-half dozen oysters
in a mortar. rub through a seive, add one
quart of best white vinegar and bottle for
use.
Celery Greens.-Wash the blanched and
unblanched leaves of celery and boil in
sailed water until tender. Drain, press
and chop lightly. Season with butter, pep
per and salt and send to table hot.
Celery Cream Soup.-Boil one cup of
rice in two pints of sweet milk and one
pint of cream. Rub it through a seive.
lfo~1Lod If fhrao hoadS
of celery and add TO it the rice and milk.
Add one quart of white stock and boil it
until the celery IS tender. Season with
salt and red pepper and serve hot.
A vassar girl has discovered. a new use
for glove tops. The scheme is unique and
not without a touch of sentiment. She
spent her Christmas holidays in W
She's quite a clever person and was in
vited out literally. She has tact, as you'll
perceive. She recalls the name of her es-
cort to a certain function and remembers
the gloves worn. These she makes into a
tobacco pouch as a memento for the ador-
ing swain. The dearest one of the lot.
accompanied by a deal of sentiment, was
made of white kid plentifully b~esprinkled
with violets.
The young gallant for whom the pouch
was designed always presented her with
~violets. When milady fair comes at Eas-
ter the hattered youth will certainly be
good to her.
Candied cherries, as every one knows,
are greatly in demand as bon bons or in
the decoration of fancy desserts. That
they are expensive as well is equally well
known. That they can be successfully
initiated in taste and appearance at about
a tenth of the cost is not so generally
known, but they may be. Use Cape Cod
cranberries for this purpose, measuring
out half as much water as sugar. Put the
berries in a deep granite or porcelain
kettle, sprinkle the sugar on top, like a
crust and pour the water slowly on top of
the sugar. Cook very slowly. When the
berries break into a boil cover just a few
moments, watching closely that the skin
does not commence to burst. Then. I'M
cover and cook until tender. Take out
with a spoon or skinner and spread on
oiled plates to dry.
In Holland it is still the fashion for
ladies to wash the dainty china and
silver after tea or breakfast in the pres
ence of the family and guests. The
same fashion has recently been revived
as a fad among American women and it
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