The National tribune., 1907-09-19

ent shapes. Fry in deep fat. and when
cool dredge with powdered sugar.
To make veal cake, take one pound
of cooked veal. half a pound of cooked
ham, two hard-boiled eggs, one pint Of
good stock, quarter of a teaspoonful Of
mace, one teaspoonful of lemon juice,
half teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar,
one deSsertspoonful of chopped parsley,
salt and pepper as required. Remove
all skin and fat from veal and ham.
Grease plain mold, put in layers Of
egg, veal and ham previously cut into
thin slices, with parsley. salt. pepper
and mace between each layer, until the
mold is nearly full. Flavor the stock
with the vinegar and lemon juice, pour
in sufficient to quite cover the meat.
Cover with creased paper and bake in
a moderate oven about one hour. When
cold turn out in a dish and garnish
for use at a picnic retain in mold and
slice as required. This is also very
nice cut thin and placed between but.'
tered bread as sandwiches.
Bear in mind that nearly all stains
caused by medicine can be removed
from fabrics by the use of alcohol Hy-
remove iodine marks
For fruit punch make a sirup by
boiling four cupfuls of water and two
cupfuls of sugar 20 minutes. Add IL
sprigs of fresh mint in piece, add one
and half cupfuls of boiling water,
cover. and let stand in a warm place
10 minutes; then strain and add to
sirup. Add one cupful of strawberry
juice. one cupful of orange juice and
the juice Of eight lemons; then cool,
Pour into a punch bowl, add one pint
of grape juice, and chill with large
piece of ice; dilute with water. Gar !
nish with fresh mint leaves and whole !
strawberries. Serve from a small table
in punch glasses.
For the one expecting to camp out
these suggestions are made:
Have plenty of bedding under you. |
1t Is more important than to have
much on top.
If you have been accumstomed to
sleeping on pillows take one to camp
with you.
An empty bed tick may be taken I
along for each member of the party, !
and filled with straw if you camp near
a farm.
Buckets and even bath tubs of fold
ing canvas or rubber are useful, tho
1t Is expected that running water should
furnish bathing facilities.
The following is a list of utensils
most needed in camping out: Spoons.
forks, cups, dish cloths and plenty of
towels, camp kettle, frying pan, broil-
er, stew pan. buckets, a large, strong
galvanized iron kettle, coffee pot, tin
plates, pans, one or more folding camp
tables and folding camp chairs and
stools, hammocks and personal outfits
of clothing, toilet articles and indfvid.
ual accessories to which one Is accus.
toned.
For clothing all wool is the first
choice.
To raise the pile on velvet, cover a
hot iron with wet cloth, lay the vel
vet Or plush on it, and beat with
stiff clothes brush. Then lay the stuff
on smooth surface, and do not touch
until dry.
If, when cleaning woodwork or
painted walls. you will begin at the
bottom and work upward, you will not
be troubled with streaks caused by the
clean soapy water trickling down the
portions.
To remove ink from mahogany and
rosewood put six drops of spirits Of
inter into spoonful of water and
apply with feather AS soon as ink
rub Immediately with q
cold, wet cloth.
In applying wax to hardwood floors,
cut the feet off Of old stockings. Slip
a foot on your hand; rub in the wax
with hand open fat.
If a piece of suet Is run thru the
meat chopper before and after 1t has
been used for mincing meat or other
material, it can be kept clean and in
good condition.
For persons poisoned by contact with
dogwood ivy or poison oak a speedy
relief Is assured by bathing the afflicted
parts freely with a solution of saiera-
tus. two teaspoonfuls to the pint of
water. A dose of EPSON salts taken
internally aids the cure. 1t will be
wise, however, to consult a physician
also. If the blood is in bad condition
the result is sometimes serious.
Maybe you can't "grow" real honey,
but can raise pears, and fine honey
can be made from them This honey
is made from the juice extracted from
boiling the peelinss of Bartlett pears.
They should be washed clean, a little
lemon rind added and cooked until
thoroly done, and the juice strained
thru a double cheese-cloth bag. To six
cupfuls of juice add four cups of sugar
anu duu d little alum 10 prevent the
honey from crystallizing. 1t is a good
idea to bottle this honey, or put it into
glass jars, preferably pint ones. The
honey Is excellent for pancakes and
warm bread during the Winter.
To make clear tomato soup proceed
as follows: To one quart of stewed
tomatoes add pint of water, a blade
of mace, an onion sliced and two bay
leaves. Moisten two tablespoonfuls Of
add to the tomatoes; stir
until they reach the. boiling point; boil
two minutes and strain thru a fine
sieve. Add a rounding teaspoonful OF
salt, a saltspoon of white pepper, and
stir in hastily tablespoonful of butter.
Serve with carefully prepared croutons.
To prevent leather from hardening
after shoes have been water-soaked, fill
the shoes tightly with pieces of news
paper and let stand overnight. The
paper will absorb the water and leave
the leather almost as soft as before
wet. The shoes should then be oiled
rubbing in with the hand.
A great many people seem to think
that the marriage ceremony absolves
hem from all further courtesies to the
person whom they have married.
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