The record-union., 1899-07-02


A delicious plain chocolate cake is
made as follows: Stir together one cup
full of butter, four cupfuls of brown
sugar, three we'll beaten eggs, two
thirds of a cake of chocolate dissolved
in one cupful of hot water, one cupfui
of sour milk in which a teaspoonful Of
soda has been dissolved, four cupfuls
of flour and four teaspoonfuls of vanilla.
Bake in long bars, and frost with choc-
olate icing.
The continuous letter scheme fire.
Quently adopted by members of a col
leg'e class to keep track of each other
after graduation has been for some
years applied in a. single family. Five
contributors-a mother, two sons and
two daughters-keep a letter on the
round once month. 1t is forwarded,
of course, from member to member of
the chain, each one adding his quota
of information. In this way the family
news is well circulated at trifling
cost of time and trouble. to each writer.
Mrs. Linceln's recipe for tomato salad
combines the vegetable with cold
tongue. It is as follows: Cut large
round tomatoes of uniform size in
halves; scoop out the pulp without
breaking the skin. Cut several slices of
cold tongue into small dice, mix them
with the tomato pulp and juice, add
a little SALT cayenne, oil and lemon
juice. Fill the tomato skins, and keep
them on ice Serve on crisp leaf Of
lettuce.
To make a plain pudding sauce: Beat
to cream a tablespoonful of butter
and large cupful of sugar. Put in a
small saucepan three tablespoonfuls Of
corn starch, add just enough cold
water to stir it smooth, then pour over
it boiling water to make it the con-
sistency required Cook until clear;
mix with the butter and sugar and
flour to taste.
The fashion of the bangle bracelet
seems never to die out. 1t reappeared
last summer in various war manifesto
tons, some of them grotesque and I'M
attractive. There was nothing, for ex-
ample, either artistic or interesting in
one seen at that time on the wrist Of
a young woman. This was a chain
bracelet, to each link of which was at
tached an exploded cartridge shell that,
it's wearer often and proudly related
was picked up on the hill at San
Juan. Much to be preferred in the way
of bangles is the scheme adopted lately
by young women travelling in Europe.
This is to secure in each country Wis
tied the smallest gold coin in circula-
ton there. These fastened to two or
three slender gold bangles make at
least an interesting ornament. One
particularly loyal girl started her BAN
gle set with a circlet of gold by attach
ing six United States gold dollars.
The new bench hammocks are both
attractive to look at and thoroughly
comfortable to rest in, but must be
produced much more cheaply before
they will supersede the mesh ham
mocks The seat hammocks swing by
chains or ropes, and are, in fact, seat
about four feet long, of bamboo, or
East Indian wood. A railing, perhaps.
eighteen inches high, runs around three
sides, and as the seat is wide it is
possible to pack in plenty of cushions
for an artistic as well as a comfort
able background. They are variously
decorated, and are well finished. Their
cost, from S15 to $25. will, however,
keep them off of the average lawn.
In matters pertaining to natural his
tory the ignorance displayed by the
child born and bred in a city, whose
knowledge Of country life is obtained
only through few weeks at some sum-
nler resort during the warm weather, is
often amazing. Yet nothing else can
be expected Several New York moth
ers who deprecate this deficiency in
their children's education, have employ
ed through the spring a woman. who is
a clever botanist, to take their daugh-
tiers on Saturday mornings on excur-
sions into nearby fields and woods.
These trips began very early in the
season, and the development of nature S
life from February to June has been
carefully noted. This is good in it's way
but it is not to be compared with the
knowledge gained by a child who is
turned loose on farm to follow the
daily routine of work through seed time
and harvest, and to imbibe uncon-
sciously his lessons in natural history
at the time of life when impressions are
at once the quickest, the deepest and
the most lasting. No amount of Euro
pean travel of sheltered life in beauti-
full homes by sea or shore, no pony car
riages. expensive athletic implements or
elaborate toys for outdoor use can
make up to the adult for the loss in his
childhood of one complete year with It's
round of seasons passed amid the life of
farm Many city parents realize this
and let their boys and girls, too, when
no old 1Cl, 20 e firms fc3
from the parent nest, have at least long
summer seasons in some country home,
where their board is paid, to be sure,
but where they are treated like mem
Der of the household Breakfast at G
o'clock in the big farm kitchen, preced-