The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-30

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HOUSEWIFE HINTS.
| It will be found good plan to keep
peas, beans, rice, barley, coffee, and.
In fact, all "dry groceries" in glass
jars. By this means a moments
glance will acquaint the housewife
with the necessity for replenishing her
stores
Most of the high grade pressed
glass now on the market is so nicely
got up that 1t can be given the bril-
liancy of cut-glass with trifiing ex.
ertion. A weekly cleaning with cas-
tile soap suds, followed with powder,
then daily rubbing with chamois, is
| all that is necessary.
A bolt of cheese cloth should be as
| essential feature of the young house
keepers menage as the bolt of home
| spun linen was of grandmothers.
| Nothing makes better busters; it
serves as glass and china toweling, and
! is an ideal fabric for the dish cloth.
The woman who either from choice
or necessity is her own maid" can
make dishwashing as beneficial to her
| hands as manicure treatment. None
but the very best toilet soap should be
used and the water but lukewarm.
The scaldng which the dishes after
ward require can be done without
proximity of her hands, as this is
the only thing that makes them red.
A pointed brush is the only ona
with which tufted furniture can be
properly cared for. To attempt to do
without it is the most eNtravagant
economy, since moths delight in tax
ing up their abode in the little nests
of dust which ca. 1T be dislodged
by round end brush or whisk broom.
An emergency bag" is in reality
collection of compartments which the
mother of young family will do well
to keep where it can be got at readily.
In one all the soft WORKOUT linen
handkerchiefs should be tucked. An.
other may contain absorbent cotton
RECIPES.
Banana Shortcake-Make a rich
biscuit crust, bake in jelly cake
tins not too thick layers. When done,
split open with forks and butter while
hot, three layers being enough for one
cake. The two bottom layers and one
top make the best shape. Take about
three good-sized thoroughly ripe ba-
nanas and shred finely with fork.
Spread layer of the fruit on the
crust, adding the least bit of salt, and
sprinkle well with powdered sugar,
Add the next layer in the same way.
On the last one spread fruit very
thickly, well mixed with sugar, so as
to form sort of icing. Serve with
soft custard favored with vanilla.
Huckleberry Loaf Cake-Sift two
cupsfuls of -four with two heaping
teaspoonful of baking powder and
quarter teaspoonful of salt.
Cream a cupful of butter with two
cupfuls of powdered sugar, stir in the
beaten yolks Of four eggs, half pint
of sweet milk, half teaspoonful each
of powdered nutmeg and cinnamon
and the stiffened whites of the four
eggs added alternately with the sifted
-four. Last of all stir in lightly
quart of huckleberries thickly dredged
with -four. Turn into a creased
mould with a funnel in the center and
bake.
Chow Chow.-Half a peck green
tomatoes, two large heads of cabbage.
fifteen goodrsized onions, twenty-five
eucumbers, one pint horse-radish. half
a pound mustard seed (white), one
ounce celery seed, one ounce tur-
meric, half teacupful ground black
pepper. Cut the tomatoes, cucum-
bers, onions and cabbage small. and
pack them. in salt for one night. In
the morning drain the salt off, and lay
them in vinegar and water for day
or two, then drain them again. Boil
the spices in half gallon of vinegar.
with three pounds brown sugar, and
pour it over while hot. Repeat this
for three days, then mix five ounces
mustard and half pint of the best
salad OIL Add two quarts more Of
vinegar when the pickle is cold. This
Is good to eat in two months.
Chocolate Ice Cream. One quar-
ter square of chocolate, one table
spoonful of sugar, one tablespoonful
of boiling water, one-third cupful of
thin cream, a few grains of salt and
two drops of vanilla. Melt chocolate
in small saucepan placed over hot
water. add sugar and boiling water
gradually. stirring constantly. Pour
on slowly the cream, add salt and
vanilla, then freeze.
Raspberry Ice.-Three tablespoon
full of sugar, one cupful of raspber.
ries, one-third cupful water, one
teaspoonful of lemon Juice. Sprinkle
raspberries with sugar. cover and let
stand one hour; then mash and
squeeze through cheesecloth to, ex-