The National tribune., 1908-12-17
sy sENoRA SARA.


While almost every housekeeper has
her own favorite recipe for layer cake,
the following is SO unfailingly reliable
that 1t deserves to be spread on every
cooks culinary archives as a standby:
Place in a warm bowl one-helf cupful
Of butter, and with wooden spoon
rub 10 a cream. Add gradually one cup
ful of sugar. Beat the yolks Of four
eggs until lemon colored aQd thick, add
to them a second cupful Of sugar and
stir into the creamed butter and sugar.
Add one teaspoonful lemon or vanilla
extract. Beat the whites Of the four
eggs stiff and dry and let them stand
while you add alternately and little by
little one cupful Of milk in which a
half teaspoonful Of soda has been dis
solved and three cupfuls pastry flour
sifted with one teaspoonful cream Of
tartar. Lastly. fold in the whites of the
eggs. Bake in round shallow pans and
spread with any filling preferred.
No cook yet discovered can outdo the
Virginian in the way of making pound
cake. The following recipe comes from
that section Of the country, and is war
ranted to succeed il faithfully followed:
Beat one pound of butter and one
pound of powdered sugar together un-
til they form a cream. Separate the
whites from the yolks Of one dozen
eggs. Whisk the whites to a stiff froth,
and beat the yolks until thick.
Beat the whites into the creamed but
ter and sugar, then add the yolks and
stir all thoroly together. Sift the -four
and put in lightly, little by little, stir
ring only enough to mix smoothly. Pour
into pans lined with buttered paper
and bake in a moderate oven for one
hour and a quarter. Take care not to
stir or to shake the pan until the cake
Is well set. This Is genuine pound cake,
which Is always unflayored, but, II pre-
ferred, the Juice and grated rind of a
lemon may be added.
Most housekeepers know how soon
the brass chandeliers and similar fix
lures lose their brilliance and beauty,
Ind they will be glad to know how this
may be prevented II treated in time.
While the fixtures still are bright and
fresh 60 over them with coating of
white shellac, such as is used by paint
ers. The best quality may be purchased
in quantities sufficient for the purposes
for 10 to 15 cents, and a fine camels-
hair brush will add little to the ex-
pense.
Paint The fixtures carefully, avoiding
streaks from having the brush too wet,
they look smeary. When dry the shell
lac will be an invisible protection to the
brass and Is used entirely on brass
beds, etc, by furniture dealers. Old
fixtures may be improved, and the fire.
quent cleanings usually necessary be
lessened by the use of the shellac.
First scour and clean them thoroly,
polishing with dry flannel. Then. while
still bright and dry, paint them with
the shellac and leave until 1t has Set
They will not need attention again for
a long TIME.
To clean black silk from mud stains
the following recipe will be found a
good one: Peel and cut into small pieces
2 moderate-sized potato: Pour on it
half pint of boiling water; cover and
allow to stand for 12 hours. Then add
pure spirits Of wine sufficient to give the
feel of very thin starch. Sponge the
spotted silk rapidly with this liquid,
and rub each spot carefully, thoroly
wetting the material. Turn the silk
face downwards and press the wrong
side with cold iron, passing 1t always
Of the materials.
Did you ever eat any Chinese baiis ?
II made right they are most appetizing.
Melt one pound Of cheese in a sauce
pan, add half tablespoon butter and half
cup cream; when thoroly mixed add
one cup English walnut meats, blanched
and chopped, and a dash of paprika.
Pour into dish, and when partly hard
dies. Prepare them the day before they
are to be served.
"Plain, simple food; no fluids taken
at meals, except the morning cup of
coffee or chocolate; fresh air, lots of it;
quiet, restful sleep, earned by out-of-
door exercise; soap and water and
cheerful heart-that's the summing up
In my guide to beauty" Mrs. Langtry.
the actress, who has the most beautiful
complexion In the world, informed an
interviewer short time ago.
Cracked wheat griddle cakes are lust
Is good. One teacupful of cracked
wheat. two pints of -four, two spoonfuls
OF white sugar, half a teaspoonful of
salt, two OF baking powder, one egg
and one pint Of milk. Boil the wheat
IN half pint Of water one hour before
mixing 1t. Bake cakes brown.
How to adapt the temperature of
bath water to best suit the system
might seem simple matter, but tudg-
ing from the number of persons who
ignore advice on the subject 1t seems
without exception. who declare that a
daily tub does not agree with them. As
q matter OF fact, nothing can be more
beneficial to the physical condition, as
well as to the skin, IL only the water is
not so hot or SO cold as to debilitate
one. One hears a woman declare that
q bath weakens her. One of two things.
then, is certain; either she takes IL too
hot or stays in the water two long. II
cold bath is disagreeable, take IL hot.
and If the hot one wsakens, take a
tepid bath, but whatever else you do
take bath every day of the world.
You cannot be healthy or happy unless
you do.
Use cream or grease of any sort and
wear gloves IL you want soft, white
hands. That is what is suggested TO
every woman who asks how to accom-
plish this coveted condition.
Care of the hands Is such very simple
treatment and SO inexpensive that there
as no excuse for the coarse-skinned fin
gers and broken nails one sees not in
frequently. In treating the hands, gloves
ere the first essential to beauty, and for
this purpose e cast-off pair belonging
to the man of the family should be
selected, for his are more desirable
than q woman's, because the fingers
are large enough to permit of their
being used freely without cramping
muscles In the woman's hands. AS to
the kinds Of mems gloves to choose.
white ones are better than dark, be-
cause occasionally the dye rubs off. This
Is not common, however, and no gloves
belonging to the opposite sex should be
rejected without first trying them on.