The National tribune., 1907-01-17
The FAMILY.
By sENORA SARA.


troublesome, perhaps. to serve oranges.
Make rich. thick sirup Of sugar and
water in which you have boiled orange
peel till it is tender. Put the peel aside
to use when dried for seasoning other
things. Select large, rather tart oranges
peel and divide them into single sections
without breaking the skin. Drop
dozen or so of these sections into the
boiling sirup at time, leave few
drain over a deep dish. Treat all the
sections this way, and by the time you
have finished the, lot the first batch
will be ready to dip again. It will take
about half a dozen dips all around to
do the business. When cold serve piled
up in little glass dishes.
"Etiquet," the word that brings US so
much care and worry. has a curious
origin. considering the use to which it
is put now. In French It means simply
q LABEL So those to whom the term is
applied as being its finished masters are
simply labeled fit TO enter polite society.
Its origin in the sense that it is used
now dates back to Louis XIV. He had
employed a doughty Scotch gardener to
lay out the grounds at Versailles. The
courtiers would wander all over his
smoothly-made lawns, and it worried
him till he complained to the King. He
told the gardener to place sticks with
labels on them directing the offenders
to walk only on the paths indicated be-
tween them. Walk between the eti-
quets'' was the word that went round.
and it is easy to see how the meaning
has broadened.
Flaxseed lemonade Is considered ex-
cellent for a cold To pint of water
use three teaspoonfuls Of ffaxseed.
Squeeze in the juice of two lemons, be-
fng careful not to let a single seed drop
in Simmer the mess for full 10 min
utes, then add sugar to taste, boil up
once, then strain and set away to cool
A good mouthful at a time is sufficient
to stop coughing, and 1t should not be
taken over once an hour. 1t is lax
ative.
If you want to keep the cook in a
good huTnor, or if you want to save your
own temper, if you are your own cook,
keep your knives sharpened. II will
vex the temper of a saint to have to
work about the kitchen with dull
knife. You can soon learn to sharpen
them yourself if you try. It is very lit
tie trouble and cheaper. A small, fine
milestone should be one of the con-
comitants of every kitchen
If you are putting down your carpets
after house cleaning, in the dark rooms,
where the sunlight never gets a fair
chance and where you are troubled with
moths in the carpets. sprinkle tobacco
over the top of the paper, which. Of
course, you put next the floor. 1t is
said that this is an excellent preventive
of moths in the carpet. OF course, the
darkest corners should have the thick
est sprinkle of the weed
Remember this: In putting away
woolen clothes and furs. that there are
not enough moth balls made to kill
moth eggs, unless you set fire to the
whole lot. What you must be careful
to know is that all the eggs are beaten
out of the garments; then You can safe
ly put the things away with all the foul
smelling chemicals you Ike, for the
moths will not bother the chest or
trunk. If the moths are in the things
when put away, You may look to find
them in. lace work when you take them
out in the Fall.
A lady who does most exquisite en-
broidery work says that when you but
tonhole scallops in your embroidery,
hold the concave edge toward you. Do
not knot your thread, to trouble you
and make your work look rough, but
run two or three fine stitches as you
start in.
So simple thing as a potato is in
suited by half the cooks In Christendom.
Wher. potatoes are to be boiled, pure
and simple, only vandai win peel them
before cooking. Potatoes to boil should
be of uniform, medium size, so that one
Will be all that one person wants TO eat,
and no more than a healthy appetite
will demand. Cutting them Injuries the
favor for boiling. They should be
smooth and plump, and should be
scrubbed with clean sea-grass brush
that is used for no other purpose. They
should soak for half an hour in cold
water before being put in boiling water,
and should not cease a good steady boil
In covered vessel until they are ready
TO serve. Pour off the water. and set on
the back part of the stove with the lid
off to let them dry thoroly, before serv-
ing, and then you will have a nice,
mealy potato well worth the trouble
you have taken. The same rules should
be observed for baking. The oven should
be moderately hot, increasing to a good
heat rapidly. When done, which you
by LEStiIS Win IL IOTR, take
in napkin and break the skin on one
side, to let the steam escape, drop a
lump of butter in the break, If you like
and return to the open oven for a mo-
ment or two, till ready to serve.
woman said the other day that She
was getting rusty for a lack of some
nice man to air her graces uponI Said
It before her young daughter, and hel
Woodworking husband, who every one
knows is shamefully neglected by thi.
beautiful wife, tho sne esteems him
highly and would wear mourning weeds
full two years if he were to die. 1t was
thou2htless remark, but full of mean.
ing. 1t exprest conclusively her idea
that ones own husband was not iii
subject for pretty compliments or ten
der nothings: that she did not think II
necessary to entertain him, and that q
stranger would command more courtesy
ored her with an untaraished name
OF course, she would have a fit If you
were 10 suggest this to her in so many
words, for our thoughts are ugly thing!
to face sometimes, but she said it II
substance. Fine philosophy that for
girl of tender years to imbibe, but Il
this one daughter the only one contain
mated by such doctrines? 1t is tin.
thing but seeds like that sown in girl
ish hearts sometimes grow TO ugl.
weeds.
II may seem old-fashioned and. ac
cording TO the present-day etiquet, IL i