The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-22
DAINTIEs IN COOKERY.

Peach and almond salad-this Is a
pleasant change from the more familiar
varieties of salad. The fruit should be
cold. peeled and cut into thin slices. The
nuts should be blanched and also sliced
and used in the proportion of one-fifth
as much almonds as peaches. French
dressing Is used with this salad.
Peeled. quartered and covered with
champagne is a way OF serving peach
salad that is credited to the English.
Claret is occasionally added to the
French dressing TO be used with fruit
or lettuce salad. The proportion of wine
is one tablespoonful TO four OF olive oil
and one of lemon juice or vinegar. Half
a teaspoonful of salt and one-eighth OF
pepper Is also added.
Roman cream-A delicious and simple
desert Is Roman cream made in this
way: Put half box of gelatine into
quart of milk, and heat for fifteen min
utes, add the yolks of four eggs beaten
with one cup OF sugar and scald; cool
four minutes. add the whites OF The
eggs beaten stiff, pinch OF salt ana
rose or vanilla fiavoring.
Sweet peach pickle Is excellent made
after this formula: Put peaches ane
granulated sugar in preserving kettle
I'm the proportion of one pound of ffDit
to a half pound of sugar, cover with vine-
gar and let IL come to boil; then take
out the fruit and place IL In lar. Aud
cinnamon. cloves and other spices as ce.
sired to the vinegar, let the mixtu- po,i
for a few minutes and pour over the truit
,n the lar Let IL remain for two days
then extract the liquid. boil again, p3rr
over the fruit and seal
partlett pears served with cream meFe
an appetizing dessert and one eashy fie-
pared: Pare, halve and core ripe b'irt-
lett pears: lay the cut side up In a gran
iteware pan, cover with syrup oi SUI
car and water and bake until tender. Lay
the fruit I'm a glass serving dish, locr
the svrup over and set on ice. Nhen
nearly ready to serve. whip cream to SIN
groth spread IL roughly over the tru'',
dust with sugar and serve very cold
PIums and pears may he combined IL
a lam that Is delicious II prepared ac-
cording to these directions: MAKE syiuP
of one pound of loaf sugar, one quart
~ cider one dozen cloves and one-fourth
ounce of cinnamon, cooking fifteen min
utes Put ,in eight or ten pounds OF the
pears and plums tthe former cored ana
peeled. the latter peeled and stoned) and
cook slowly for three hours. Pour into
lam pots or glass jars and seal.
CHRISTIAN BRIDES OF TURKS.
Two noted Turks. both OF them devout
Mohammedans, have taken Christian
brides. One bride was an American Wild
ow who went with her father. American
Vice Consul Tewey. to Constantinople;
the other IL a German dentist. who went
TO the same city To practice on Turkish
teeth. Both women. of course. became
Mohammedans when they married, as IL
meant too much TO the men 10 leave the
country, and they could not retain their
positions there with Christians for wives.
nut the men made some concessions, also.
one OF them settled $4,000 upon his
bride as a guarantee against his future
nckleness: the other made n solemn vow.
before God and man. that he would never
take an additional wife-which II quite n
vow for n Turkish gentleman to make.
The second marriage was that OF Miss
Hornik and Abdul Rezzak Bey. master
of ceremonies 20 his majesty at Yildix.
His excellency is n well-known character
I'm Turkish and European society. and IL
il said, much feared by the Sultan. ow-
ing to his royal Turkish descent Prob
ably, for this reason. he had the courage
10 choose European wife. although for
fear Of an imperial veto from the palace.
everything was kept close secret Till at
ter the wedding. The ceremony was Gu
rious in its strict Turkish rites. The In
yited guests were separated To form lIar-
en- and Semalik. and while the ceremony
took. place. Miss 1Iornlk's women friends
were allowed only 20 stand behind the
door, and listen without being seen
Philadelphia Record.
HINTS
Send flowers TO your invalid In the
morning " you wish them appreciated.
The best kind OF starch 10 use for stiff
ening isces. handkcrchiefs. washing silks
OF any other thin fabric Is made with
gum arabic. Put an ounce Of gum arabic