The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-14
Hennepin County.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING
Bits of Scrapbook Wisdom on >Vari-
GUS Household Topics. =

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Crane fruit marmaiade% Is among the
new dainties that can be had at high-class
grocers. 1t is similar to- the orange
marmalade with which we are all familiar.
Orange juice is a pleasant drink fire.
ouently offered at ladies luncheons Fill
rice adding orange juice to the half-full
point. With this, chilled liquor a siphon
zof vichy Is sent around frequently, the
carbonated water giving the tang and
sparkle needed to complete the relish Of
the drink.
A zinc tub in the bathroom should be
washed at least once a week with kero-
sene, and then scrubbed with soap and
hot water. The kerosene removes all the
verdigris that mars and In time blackens
the surface Of the zinc.
One young woman makes her address,
look an autograph album as well. 1t is
beautiful specimen Of book-b1nding.
with flexible covers and Illuminated title
and lettering. Slowly she is accommodating
the signatures Of her friends with their
addresses-a separate, much more COM
monplace affair doing duty for ''tradesmen
and nonentities,' as she has frivolously
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Four rather small fern dishes filled with
! growing ferns sometimes occupy the CEN
| trail square of dinner or luncheon table,
| in which case the actual center is prettiest
filled with a few flowers arranged in a
| rather tall vase.
| To make Japanese tea really Japanese,
serve the tea in the little blue and white
| bowls of thin china, each with it's own
| china cover, that are to be had at any
| Japanese shop at a low price. =
| To keep silver bright without frequent
| polishing, it may be coated with thin
| solution of collodion varnish, diluted, with
spirits Of wine. The evaporation of the
spirits leaves, the silver coated with a
l
able The application Is made with q soft
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Such method could not be used with
the silver which requires frequent wash
ing, but for cake baskets, silver stand
ards, and such pieces as need only to be
washed occasionally, this acts as a great
protection to the luster. p. -.' -
Mexican Stuffed Chili-Select even-sized
green chilli peppers and cut out the stems
seeds and cores. Make stuffing of sar-
dimes and. cheese chopped fine; mix with
enc egg. Stuff the peppers with this. Dir
in thick batter and fry In deep lard. Drair
in a colander when done. Serve very hot
Cucumber Sauce-Pare and slice thin ir
slaw cutter three dozen cucumbers. Ado
eight large onions cut fine, and one ant
4 one-half cups of salt; tie in a bag anc
drain over night. Then add one ounce O.
ground black pepper, two ounces of blacl
mustard seed, one ounce Of celery seed
4 Put in jars and cover with pure cider vim
egar. .<..t .. II
For the autumn turkey try sometime
chestnut dressing with sausage meat. Boi
for twenty minutes one and one-hal
4 pounds of large chestnuts. Shell an.
blanch and put One-h2f Of them into
saucepan with two cupfuls of milk and
tablespoonful Of butter, and cook unit
+ the nuts are soft. Mash them smooth
= and when they are cold season with sal
and pepper, one-half pound of sausag
= meat and the whole chestnuts. Mix al
well together before filling them into tn
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