Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-11-27
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Baked Pumpkins-Cut the pumpkin
in large squares, but do not peel. Place
them in baking-tin with very little
water, sprinkle lightly with sugar and
cinnamon. and dot with bits of butter.
Bake until tender, and serve from the
she'll with little salt.
Lemon Relishes-Cut four or five
lemons in halves crosswise and remove
the pulp. Leave three sections of fiber
which will separate the space into
three equal parts. Cut a thin slice from
the bottom of each cup to make it
stand upright. Fill one space with
chopped chow-chow, one with piccally,
or white pickle, and the other with
chopped olives. The lemons are served
on the butter plates that one can Whet
the appetite with the contents at any
time during the luncheon. These and
the yellow canapes are both ON the table
when the guests enter the room, and
add materially to the general effect.
Peanut COolxies-One pint roasted pea
nuts run through the meat cutter one
cup brown sugar, and two tablespoons
butter creamed together, three beaten
eggs, two tablespoons milk, one salt
spoon salt, the chopped nuts and -four
to make stiff dough. Put in round
cakes, place a peanut in the center of
each cooky;, and bake in moderate
oven.
For cloth gowns that are wrinkled
after packing, draw the bathtub half
full of hot water, hang the gowns above
it to steam: in a couple of hours the
wrinkles will have disappeared. 1t al
so freshens lace and chiffon gowns. In
packing, always stuff sleeves with a
To- fIo yricfc LOT
in the tills. Also cover velvet collars,
cuffs or vests to prevent marking.
There's nothing prettier for the dec
Grafton of garment, say blouse and
skirt, than embroidery or handmade
laces. Of course, these handmade dec
orations should be neatly and daintily
executed.
The housewife who is about to fur
niSh her windows should avoid the new
''bon femme curtains, as they are in
every way inartistic and undesirable.
They have neither the grace of long
flowing curtain nor the neatneSs of the
severe, but plain and yet elegant Hol-
land shade; in a word, they are abom-
Unable.
Hickory Nut Jumbles are seasonab1e
anu nice. L q make Iu0u1, luke Ou0 anu
one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful Of
butter, one cupful Of nut-meats chopped
one teaspoonful of baking powder, a
little grated nutmeg, two tablespoon
fuls of fruit juice. Thicker with flour
so the dough can be rolled. cut in rings
and bake.
In selecting chairs and tables, avoid
all such pieces as have widely faring
curves to the legs; they are not only
ugly and ungraceful, but are not sub
stantial and break easily. So likewise
do widely curved chairbaeks. A slight
cure is not undesirable, but pleasing,
and does not necessarily imply weak
ness of construction; a very bold curve
does.
Sour Cream Cookies-One cup sugar,
two tablespoons butter, one egg. Mix
these together until smooth, and add
one-half cup sour cream with one-half
teaspoon soda stirred into it till it has
foamed Add just -four enough to han
die in rolling out, cut into squares and
lay them close together in large drip
ping pan. Bake in quick oven. When
cold, cut and remove from the pan.
Some fancy caraway seed, and most
every one likes nut havorfng. This
mixture is also suitable for Black-Eyed
Susans Drop by teaspOOnfulS into the
pan, f1atten out with the hand, and
place raisin in the center Of each cake