The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-10-01

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hot meal with soft flannel cloth.
The rubbing should be done with a
quick, circular motion. After this
Is done, rub the shades well with a
dry, clean cloth, so that all traces
of the corn meal may be removed.
You will be surprised to find how
discolored the corn meal has be-
come, and consequently your shades
very much improved in their appear
ance.-Newark Call.
rHE SOPHISTICATED MOTHER.
The housekeeper who has to man
age carefully should set herself to
learn this much of wisdom-to in
trust to others the duties they can
perform, in order that she may exer-
else her greater skill upon others that
they can not accomplish Every one
knows mothers-and very good moth
ers, too-who seem to feel kind OF
pride in bearing their own burdens
and denying to others the discipline
of taking share of them. Such are
the women who boast that they never
ask their husbands to fetch book
or carry portmanteau; never trou-
BILE their children with little home
duties, but bring them up to be free
OF any burden or knowledge Of house
work.
Let not the mother, say to herself,
st can do this better than they can"
referring to her daughters; or Let
the girls have all their time to them
selves their day for work will come"
For il the daughters never learn,
when "their day. comes there will
be many mistakes made in house.
wifery, and how will their husbands
like that indianapolis News.
RECIPES.
Ginger Snaps-To be mixed at
night: 2 cups Of molasses, cup OF
brown sugar, l cup of shortening, l
cup of sour milk, / teaspoon each OF
ginger, cloves and cinnamon. add
teaspoons of soda to enough -four
to mix rather stiff; cover and leave
over night, in the morning roll out
the dough, cut in rounds and bake.
This makes a good-sized pan full,
and if you don't want so many you
could try half of the. recipe.
Raisin Pie-Two cupfuls of seeded
raisins, 2 tablespoonful of flour, Q
!. cupfuls Of boiling milk, l IL cups OF
sugar, small piece of butter and 2
lemons. Mix the -four in little cold
water, then pour the boiling milk
over 1t. Use only the inside pulp OF
the lemons, cutting of all rind and
inside skin. Slice the lemons, chop
the raisins and add to the thickened
milk, then the butter (melted). This
quantity will fill 2 pies, if plates are
small.
Iced Coffee-Make some black coffee
by allowing two tablespoonful coffee
for each cup of boiling water. Add
hot milk, flavor with vanilla extract,
sweeten to taste. Chill; serve In
glasses with tablespoonful chopped
ice in each glass.
Egg Sauce-One-third cup of but
ter: melt one-half the butter. add 3
tablespoons of flour with IL teaspoon
of salt, 1-3 teaspoon pepper and pour
on gradually / IL cups of hot water;
boil five minutes and add remaining
butter in small pieces, then add 2
hard boiled eggs cut in IA inch
slices.
Hamburg Steak-Parboil several
sliced onions till tender, then drain
dry and cook till yellow in butter;
have a thick steak from the top
of the round or sirloin or have meat
run through meat chopper, sea-
soned and made into thick piece
like whole steak; cook in pan with
onions: season with salt and pepper
and butter and cover with fried on
ions; with chopped meat mix some
of the fried onions in middle of the
meat.
Rock Cream-Boil one cup of rice
in a custard kettle in sweet milk
until soft, add two tablespoons loaf
sugar, saltspoon of salt; pour into
a dish and place on it small cubes
of jelly. Beat the whites of five
eggs and three tablespoons of pull
verified sugar to a stiff froth. flavor
to taste, add one tablespoon of rich
cream and 7rop the mixture on the
rice.