The National tribune., 1909-11-25
THE FAMILY.
BY SENORA SARA.

Apple catsup is not so we'll known
as tomato or walnut, but it has q
piquancy oil It's own as n relish.
For apple catsup, wipe, quarter, pare
and core twelve sour apples. Put in
saucepan, cover with boiling water,
bring to the boiling point, and let SIM
| mer until soft, when nearly all the wa
ter should be evaporated; then rub
through a sieve. To each quart Of apple
pulp add the following: Mix one cup
full of sugar, one teaspoonful of pepper,
| one teaspoonful of cloves, one tea
spoonful of mustard, two teaspoonfuls
| of cinnamon and one tablespoonful of
salt; then add two grated onions and
4 two cupfuls of cider vinegar Bring the
apple pulp to which the mixture has
been added to the boiling point, and let
simmer one hour. Bottle, cork and seal
while hot.
Tt is the fad of women who fear flesh
to walk or stand for twenty minutes or
so after eating, and many affirm that it
really keeps down the weight. On that
| principle thin women should rest after
meals and at other times during the
day. Diluted cream is said to be bet
ter flesh former than milk and does not
disagree even with the bilious temper
ament
Try swiss fritters when other desserts
fail:
Slice stale bread nearly an inch thick,
cut round with q cake cutter and fry
quickly in deep lard. Drop each round
as soon as done into boiling water for
one second. TO remove superhuous
grease. Spread the fritters, as fast as
lthey are fried and dipped, with pow
tdered sugar wet with lemon juice.
Cover and keep until needed.
Housebeepers who are canny in other
directions too often forget that a heavy
salad is out of place at the dinner table
Plain orange salad served with French
ldressinS on lettuce leaves cannot be i'm
proved upon for most persons by any
Iadmixture. Diced pineapple with orange
is always delicious, and for variety
peaches or pears may be added.
Large, ripe alligator pears, at their best
now in the fancy fruit shops, are one
of the possibilities.
pretty and appetizing dessert is
made as follows: Have ready a sponge
cake made in border mold and put
the cake on serving dish and pour
lover it a half cupful Of any kind of
fruit strip and cupful of maraschino.
Whip pint Of cream stiff, adding to
1t sugar and vanilla to taste. Put a
!, layer of any kind Of fruit in the center
of the cake. peaches, pineapple, or
ange or bananas, sprinkle with sugar
as required; add a layer OF the whipped
cream, and so on until the top is
: reached. Arrange pretty pieces of
fruit on the top layer of cream and
sprinkle with nuts, chopped fine. Put
, layer OF cream about the base OF
the cake chill and serve
While ranked as a childish disease,
whooping cough not seldom fastens on
adults. and in such cases It leaves a
n nf hns Io1, TJ-I- -.
i mortality from this disease is small,
but every physician has learned that
after the terrible cough there ensues
, Tor ADULTS season of terrific weakness
and that pneumonia and consumption
very often overcome the adult who has
emerged from the strain of the whoop-
ing cough itself.
In children nervous Affections follow
an attack of the disease in plenty, and
in one case out of every two there en-
sues debility of the nervous system
and weakness of the throat and lungs
that is filled with danger. So whoop-
ing cough, which is absolutely a disease
of the nerves, altho not popularity
: classed as such, has been carefully
studied by nervous specialists. two OF
whom in Paris--Drs- Boue and Trib-
oulet-have spent much time in watch
, ing the effect of morphine during
. whooping cough.
fully treated by them personally and
, of the whole number IS cases were
= cured in six weeks time. Now the
PERIOD Tor Whooping cough is given
as nine weeks. Moreover, in these is
i cases the attacks of coughing were
/ much relieved by the injection of NOR
, phine in the form of the hydrochlOrate
j Of morphine. This treatment is said
to have no bad effects from the NOR
, prime, and many physicians in France
. have begun to follow the methods OF
Messrs. Boue and Triboulet, who are
, among the leading experimental scien.
. lists in European medicine.
: Here are some hints for washing del.
! icate fabrics: In washing green the
, color may be set by the addition OF
i alum. After blue has been washed a
: handful of salt thrown into the rinsine
water will prevent the fading. 1t is
sad 9xgall n is good for preserving gray
and browns. For washing tan and
natural colors use water in which hay
has been boiled. This will make the
j linen look like new again.
=. Sugar of lead-1ive cents worth dis
f solved in pailful of water-will pre-.
n vent pinks, blues and lavenders from
n running.
Vinegar is good for puppies ant
: green's. Some persons mix a table.
|. spoonful OF black pepper in the frs
o suds when the garment to be washed
e is striped fabric in delicate tinrs
J. Ammonia in solution will revive col
v ors. and should this fail to be or
n hand common vinegar will often answer
n well.
a. Preferably, cranberry jelly should no
r be strained. yet here, as elsewhere
each housewife must be a law unto her.
4 self.
al A quart of cranberries requires only
e one cupful of boiling water. Boil stead.
n lily but rapidly for twenty minutes
t using a. porcelain kettle (never TIM
a then add two cupfuls sugar and cooE
c ten minutes longer. Then pour into
8 small glass or china molds This give.
d a dark, rich jelly. If preferred, two
}, or three tart apples may be combined
). with the cranberry.
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