The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-12-01
AROUND THE HOUSE
LITTLE POINTERS THAT ARE OF
GENERAL INTEREST.
Grape Juice a Pleasanv Winter Drink
and Easily Made-Rug from
Bits of Colored Silks
and Ribbon.

A pleasant winter drink Is grape
juice, which can be easily made at
home for very much less than is
charged in the shops. To make n
drink that will keep for two years in
a dark place, add one quart Of water
TO three quarts of picked grapes and
cook until the grapes are broken mp.
Strain twice, onCe through cheese
cloth, and once through flannel. Add
sufli cient sugar and boil. being careful
not to make too sweet Il syrup; one or
two cupfuls of sugar to two gallons
of juice should suffice, according to
the flavor of the fruit. Bottle it hot
and seal securely. A mixture OF two
or more kinds of grapes gives the
best result, Delaware and Niagara,
and Catawba, Niagara and Concord
being excellent combinations. A
quart can be made for as low as ten
cents, If the fruit is bought when 1t
Is at bottom price, and preserved
quickly.
An entree which Is easy to prepare
and s~easonable just now is baked to-
matoes. For this dish select six large,
smooth, ripe, and round tomatoes.
Put them in a baking pan with the
stems down. Cut a thin slice from
the smooth end of each. and take out
as much pulp as possible without
spelling the firmness and shape. Mix
the pulp and juice with bread crumbs,
a little chopped meat-ham or lamb
80, zl;.l,2 L., tL~ l-a, calf ,Na,,Nnr n
little butter, a quarter of a green pep
per, and half a teaspoonful of onion
juice. Fill the tomatoes with the mix
ture, replace the little lids, and bake
for about ~three-quarters of an hour.
Serve with garnish of parsley.
Probably everybody knows that
very pretty rug can be made from
bits of colored silks and ribbon, but
in case some one has a lot OF pieces
and does not know what to do with
them, we make this suggestion. Sc.
lect only bits of u :rmonizing shades,
pink and brown, red and dull green
and black, yellow and dark green, pur
pie, black and cream color, and cut
the pieces into strips of ever width,
sewing the eluS lOSclncT HIllly. ltpll
into balls and send them to q weaver
of carpets, with instructions not to
use any discordant color for binding
them together. You will be surprised
at the soft, artistic effect of old
scraps. A really charming portiere or
couch-cover will be the reward of a
little patience and very little expendi.
thre.
The walls of a kitchen should be of
vanished or painted plaster, or COY.
ered with a heavy glazed paper such
as are used in bathrooms. A wains-
cot of tiles or vanished wood saves
the plaster where it is likely to get
many knocks. and should be protect
ed at the base by Il narrow Dashboard,
fitting tightly so that no cracks can
admit Objectionable visitors from the
n%eighboring fats. Floors should be
covered with n good linoleumL unless
the architect has put in tiles, which
are the ideal flooring. a painted wood
surface would he satisfactory If 1t did
not need constant renewing, as the
use of %scrubbing brushes and soap
soon washes it off.
Plenty Of shelves and drawers, or n
patent kitchen cabinet are great helps
TO the woman whose time is spent In
cooking.