The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-24
THINGS WORTH KNOWING
Bits Of Scrapbook Wisdom on Vari.
GUS Household TOPICS.

Gus Household Topics.
/ A schoolma'am who has Travelled all
over America and Europe, has her mono
gram painted not on one end of her trunk,
but on the top as well as on each of the
four sides TT Is not the public I am
serving she says in Good housekeeping,
lit was an idea evolved after had wasted
hours in baggage rooms hunting for my
| trunk. I have had to pick it out of great
| bales Of luggage where only one side
was visible and of course that was the
side which had no initials on it. Now /
can find it easily"
| Teapots or coffee pots that have be-
come stained on the inside should be
! filled with a strong solution Of borax and
| water, which should be allowed to boil
| fifteen or twenty minutes Borax will also
| cleanse tinWare.
| Fine, moist salt is a good thing to clean
the pearl handles of knives, or. articles
| made Of bone or ivory. Polish after
ward with a soft cloth.
| !, practical woman suggests that pill
| low cases that are partly worn out,
washed and ironed and cut the right size,
| make excellent bread cloths or cloths to
spread over food that must stand on
pantry shelves or in the ice box.
| The most satisfactory method of tsprink-
| ling clothes isSto use a good Whisk broom
kept expressly. for tina purpose.
| If a teaspoonful of lemon juice is added
to the wafer that stry is. made, with, it
will be found to make it rise and flake
and be much whittier and lighter:
favorte5christening gift with the god
father or godmotherts of a baby is an
apostle spoon, or a set of apostle spoons,
| as the case: may be, An apostle spoon
bears on its handle the figure or bust of
| that one s Of the: twelve apostles whose
calendar day falls nearest to the baby S
birthday. Apostle spoons are an old in
stitution, dating from early medieval
days. and the provision of a set of twelve
| is sure to be a joy to the small person
as the years go on, especially if the small
person happens to be girl. 1
For tomato fritters stew a quart tin of
the vegetable, or aS.quart. of fresh ones,
until they are reduced one-half. Set
aside to get cold, then season with salt,
pepper and celery salt: Add the beaten
yolk of an egg and sufficient fine bread
crumbs to make mixture thick enough
| to hold together when dropped from a
spoon into smoking hot lard. .
|. Often served at a table where novelty
and daintiness are household tradition
is a tomato salad with chicken and green
peppers. Use the tomatoes as cups, re-
moving: the inside and mixing it with
diced cold chicken, chopped green pep
pers and mayonnaise.
Oscar of the Waldorf Astoria gives
these directions for cooking chicken in a
chafing- dish, for an after theater supper:
Cut all the white meat from cold roast
or boiled chicken into small dices; add
four or five mushrooms, cut in rather
small pieces; put them in chatting dish
with a pint Of rich cream, leaving out a
gill of the cream to dissolve the flour;
add a generous teaspoonful of butter,
season with salt and pepper, and let the
whole cook about ten minutes. In the
meantime beat UP the yoks of two fresh
eggs in the gill Of cream; then add
heaping tablespoonful of flour and stir
the mixture till the flour is dissolved
then stir it briskly through the chicken
and first let 1t come to a boil. Last of all,
stir in another teaspoonful of butter, lay
some slices of toast on hot platter
pour the chicken over it and serve at
once. Decorate the dish with sprigs Of
parsley. ..