The National tribune., 1907-03-14

mon, a quarter OF an ounce OF WHole
cloves. half an ounce Of mace. and
uor when it is baked, with white wine,
butter and sugar."
Over in England, where for six
months in the year all the smart folks
are staying at each others houses, the
fatal penalty of obesity follows the lux.
urious style of living. and nobody can
keep slender except by artificial means
The women rise late. and perhaps are
driven to the race course or to lunch
con with the shooters. Returning
home they do little needlework or
write letters or play some light game
until tea time, after which they read or
talk until dinner. where the inexorable
custom of champagne, the temptations
thrown in their way by an excellent
chef. the fatal fruits and liqueurs, all
tend toward their ruin. And after DIM
ner 1t is quite on the cards that be-
lated game of poker may lead to the
further indiscretion of a little supper
before retiring. OF course. the result
of all this feasting is one which arouses
research in the best methods OF avoid
ing the accumulation of flesh. and the
latest discovery is that an occasional
weeks diet on game. chicken and fish.
with moderate caution the rest of the
time, Will avert tfle ulSdSleT.
The menu of the day for this weeks
fast includes the early cup of tea with
saccharine instead of sugar and
squeeze of lemon. Breakfast, fried
sole Luncheon. roast pheasant. An
hour later. a glass Of claret. At tea
time. only tea with saccharine and
lemon. Dinner. boiled turbot. grilled
chicken, or boiled rabbit. That is lit
orally all that is allowed, excepting salt.
A glass of claret may be indulged in an
hour or SO after dinner; and in the mid
die of the morning and at bedtime
glass of boiling water. with or without
lemon. should be slipped. OF course.
this diet is no use at all in hardened
cases: but the young transgressors,
those only beginning to go down the
primrose path that leads to obesity. will
be grateful for the recipe if it is faith
fully followed once in a while for
week.
A lady visiting downtown evening
school saw tired. sickly-looking girl
busily engaged with a copy book. The
teacher of the class said, THAT girl
comes regularly each night after eleven
hours of work and without any sup
per-" The lady paused by the girls
desk, with the remark, why do you
come to school; are you not too tired?"
She looked up with a smile. saying:
'Why. 1 must work, and I must also be
educated, so what else can I do? BY
and by, though. I am going to rest"
How few girls in sheltered homes would
have shown such courage and ambi-
ton.
Cut glass should be washed with a
small soft brush and dried with soft
tissue paper.
Never wash a tea or coffee pot in
soap-suds. as 1t sets the stains When
discolored, boil teaspoonful of soda in
it an hour and wash clean.
The finger nails can be whitened by
rubbing them every night with piece
of freshly cut lemon and washing off
with warm water in the morning.
Put a teaspoonful Of ammonia in a
quart of water, wash your brushes and
combs in this. and all grease and dirt
will disappear. Rinse. shake and dry in
the sun Or by the fire.
To remove taste Of new wood, first
scald the vessel with boiling water.
Then dissolve pearlash or soda in tepid
water, adding a little lime, and wash
the vessel thoroughly with the solution.
Scald it well again with hot water and
rinse with cold.
One of the best washing fluids ever
made is composed as follows: Add one
pound of unsiaked lime to three gall
Ions of soft boiling water; settle and
pour off; add three pounds of washing
soda and mix with this limewater.
When dissolved, use half coffee cup,
full to each pailful of water.
A plain woman needs to know how to
talk well. A pretty woman doesn't
need to say word.
Kid gloves, when ripped. should be
sewed with cotton thread, not silk,
which cuts the leather.
So many housekeepers, both young
and old, are in doubt as to the right
time to cook vegetables and meats that
Baking Meats.
Beef Sirloin, Rare-Eight minutes
for each pound.
Beef Sirloin. Well Done--Ten to fif-
teen minutes for each pound.
Rib Beef or Rump-Ten to fifteen
minutes for each pound.
Beef FilIet-Twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Lamb. Well Done-Fifteen minutes
for each pound
Mutton, Rare-Ten to twelve min
utes for each pound.
Mutton. Well Done-Fifteen to eight
teen minutes for each pound.
Pork, Well Done-Twenty-fiv to
thirty minutes for each pound.
Veal. Well Done-Eighteen to twen-
ty minutes for each pound.
Braised Meat-Three and one-haif TO
four hours.
Chickens-Weighing from three to
! five pounds, one to one and one hall
| hours.
| Turkeys-weighing from nine to
twelve pounds. three to three and one
half hours
| Fish-Of average thickness, weigh
ing from six to eight pounds. one hour
Cake and Pastry.
Sponge Cake-Forty-five to ffty-fvt
minutes
Plain Cake-Twenty to forty-five
minutes.
Cookies-Ten to twelve minutes.
Gingerbread-Twenty to thirty min.
utes.
Plum Pudding-Two and one-quartel
| to three hours.
Tapioca or Rice Pudding-One hour
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