The Jersey City news., 1906-01-15

and the peppers put INTO the oven.
When there is tender, brownish crust
on the peppers they are ready TO serve.
and delicious breakfast dish they make.
The chef of noted restaurant aided
piece of thin ham to the recipe and put
it over the top of the peppers. Over
this he sprinkled Parmesan cheese which
melts and forms an appetizing layer over
the pepper Then he had the assurance
to call this dish by his own name. which
will not be recorded here to reward his
piracy.
No salad can fall to be improved by
slices of green pepper cut thin and
lengthwise. Cold roast beef not only
looks, but tastes much better when the
thin strips of pepper are used to gar
nish the plate and served with the slices
of meat
Filling the peppers with meat and rice
is an old device of the cooks, and spa
ghetti baked with cheese in the peppers
is not uncommon. EIut very few cooks
know that green peppers stuffed with
salt Goldfish and mashed potatoes and
Drowned over the top are delicious.
Pet animals are great comfort about
the home in winter. 1t is true they re-
quire a certain amount of care, and, es-
pecially in city houses, seem an almost
unnecessary annoyance. But once they
become a part of the daily life they
more than repay for their trouble by the
cheer and companionship they afford
The brightest of all pets is the canary
bird with its sweet warbling notes and
its little body of golden feathers. More
than any other pet. however, it wia give
out its cheerfulness only when shown
regular and loving attention. The canary
has to be treated with consideration if it
is to live and sing.
A daily bath in a tub of fresh water
is more essential to the little bird than
it is to a person. The water should
have the chill taken off so that ). will
be at a comfortable temperature Cage
cups should be supplied each morning
with the food for the day and fresh
drinking water, the latter being replaced
again in the afternoon or evening.
Care should be taken to select sweet
smelling grain for the bird, of which the
seeds are real, rather than a frequent
substitution of black mustard, turnip or
radish. Besides the daily supply of seed,
| a hard-boiied egg, finely grated, should be
put In the cage twice week and an oc
casional bit of lettuce, watercress, PLAN
tain leaves, chickaweed or apple adds rel
ish to the food. Cuttlebone is good to
keep the bill in order ana is stimulant
| for the bird as we'll
Unusually pretty homes are being Of
fered for canaries this winter. The
! globe-lke wire cage, while it has no
SpeElAi dAfdALhkep over the pfA AASli-
ioned kind. for practical uses. gives a
much more pleasing effect in room.
To supplement- the large cage. small
wooden ones are sold at cents to be
used when the larger one is being
cleaned.
If you have running water In the cell
| lar aud hose enough in which TO convey
water to your furnace. the question of
preventing the ashes from flying all over
| the cellar is an easy one. says Good
| Housekeeping. Fasten fat wooden
| plug in the end Of the hose in such q
/ way that it will throw a spray. After
you have done this open the draft wide
enough TO admit this end Of the hose and
cover all other openings with old paper
| or rags. Next turn on the water ana
proceed to shake down the furnace.
Leave the hose In long enough to thor
oughly saturate all the ashes before rA-
moving them. If you have no running
water fifty-gallon barrel can be so ar
ranged as to answer the same purpose
BY having it elevated above the floor
foot or so and using a faucet in the bar
rel to turn the water on and off. A
small piece of hose pipe could easily be
/ frefeDeA TO the faunef