The National tribune., 1907-08-15
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By SENORA SARA.

pan and when II is hot turn in the omes
let. Cook over a steady fire. using .
long flexible knife to loosen the omeIet
on the under side. When well set and
firm. turn one-half over the other and
slip 1t of on to a hot platter.
If you like potato pie try this: Ped
and parboil quart of potatoes. slice.
and put them in deep pie dish with
salt, pepper, two small young onions,
sliced; tablespoonful of tapioca which
has been soaked for an hour. a half
pint of water and q tablespoonful Of
butter. Half cup of minced celery
or a dash of celery salt Is an addition
to this pie. Cover 1t with pastry and
bake half an hour in moderate oven.
For corns stale bread moistened with
lemon juice or slice of lemon bound
on Is said to cure il. The first appli-
cation may produce soreness, but il the
treatment is persisted in, renewing the
application night and morning. a cure
will be effected. To cure chillblain
sprinkle fine salt over piece of lemon
and rub the feet well. Repeat If neces-
sary. After the feet have been exposed
to unusual cold chillblains may be pre-
vented by rubbing the feet with lemon.
In the "old country" lemon juice is also
applied to warts. the fruit being rubbed
over the excrescence.
Most salads should be dressed just
before serving, whether French Dress
Ing or mayonnaise IS used. Celery or
lettuce wilt II left in oil and vinegar.
Celery should not even be washed long
before serving, as 1t becomes rusty.
Potato salad, however, is an exception
to the rule. Potatoes take up large
quantities Of oil. and need to be very
well mixed with whatever dressing is
used.
Salads made of greens should always
be served crisp and cold. Canned or
cold cooked leftover vegetables are
well utilized in salads, but are best
mixed with French dressing, and
should be placed in the refrigerator an
hour or so before serving. Meats for
salads should be freed from skin and
lowed to stand with French dressing
before combining with vegetables.
It is said potatoes will bake more
quickly If boiled in salted water for
ten minutes. then put in the oven. The
boiling water will heat them through
so they cook in a short time.
Dressmaking, like most other things
in this world. depends upon strict at
tention to details and the seemingly
unimportant trifles for its success.
Inaccurate cutting. poor basting,
seams badly put together, plaids that
do not match, tueks that are not taken
up evenly, gathers that show large and
uneven stitches, figures cut both ways
when there is an up and down, and
seams and plaits that are hastily
pressed or not pressed at ali, are few
of the errors that in many cases give
the garment the homemade look so
dreaded by the woman Of taste and re-.
fnement.
Every woman who has ever put a
warm iron on silk knows the effect IS
a disastrous one, yet seams must be
pressed fiat.
Accomplished tailors and dressmak-
ers obtain the desired result by passing
the open seam over the edge of an iron
which is just warm enough to leave
it fiat.
Such treatment does not involve any
serious amount of labor, while it leaves
the silk unharmed. If the garment is
a large one it can sometimes be held
taut by two persons. while a third
passes the point Of the iron over the
seams.
Herbert C. Clapp Of Boston, an au-
thority, says that diet is a most impor-
tant factor in the treatment of tuber-
culosis. A consumptive Is much more
likely to eat too little than too much.
Systematic overfeeding with proper di-
gestion Of the food are the accepted
remedies. The food must be palata-
BILE and we'll served, and the amount
must vary with the patient and his cir
cumstances. The outdoor air will en-
able him to assimilate large amounts.
Milk and eggs are the best foods to
to the patient. The author advocates
three solid meals a day, with lunches
between Of milk and eggs. about three
quarts of milk and six eggs day be-
ing taken. Fresh meats are especially
necessary for these patients. but
mixed diet is undoubtedly the best
borne. Meat Juice Is valuable.
Pastry, candy, fried foods and cab
bage should be let alone. Alcohol is
not advisable. but coffee, tea and choco-
late may be taken moderately.
For Summer lawn party nothing
could be easier to arrange than Hand
kerchief Toss. This is one Of the frolics
in which elders and merest youngsters
can join when the company happens to
be mixed one.
Each player knots one end Of his
handkerchief. inclosing a coin or small
pebble as ballast. A stake Is driven in
the ground or tin plate laid upon the
grass'to serve as boundary. The play
erS take up Lnelr pOSltlOnS at the same
distance from the stake, or plate, and
each. when his or her turn comes, filings
the handkerchief as far in front of him
as possible.
The handkerchief thrown farthest
wins a point for its owner, the sport
continuing until all have had several
turns
The largest number of points wins a
prize. Each handkerchief should have
written upon 1t in lead pencil letter
or mark which would settle the Ques-
ton Of ownership should a doubt aft
erward arise.
As dessert and coffee in one, scald
pint of thin cream in a double boiler;
add a cupful and a quarter of sugar
and stir until dissolved, then take from
the fire, add a second pint of cream
and one cupful of very strong black
coffee and set aside. When cold stir
in one tablespoonful of vanilla and one
tablespoonful of brandy and freeze.
packing it for two hours before it is
to be served.
Stuffed red pepper salad is extremely
pretty and palatable. For 1t boil on the
preceding day very white head OF
cauliflower, rinsing it when tender in
cold water, then breaking into small
fowerets and letting stand in cold
water over night. Drain, on a cloth,
add one cooked carrot cut into tiny
dice. Halve some sweet red peppers
remove seeds and veins and
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