EASTER DAINTIES.
EASTER EGGS.
Use a spoon in handling the wet egg.
Soda or lye eats the skin. Do not
TWO GODC ITEMS SUITABLE FOR THE R o w Y L e i t a t r l » e A G g i o r l » I n V a O c d l d t o V i C r g o i l n o i * a T . h e m boil many at once In a can if there is
danger of the colors running much.
MENU OF THE DAY.
Easter eggs were a great thing with The picture shows eggs wrapped In
us little girls In Virginia. I do not re­ cloth and also after the cloth Is re­
A n E aster C ake M akes a P a rtic u la r«
member whether there was any talk moved.
l y N ip * G ift K o r S e n d i n g Avfn jf— V i ­
I f all this Is too much for the fam ily
o f new Easter clothes; but, then, that
olet C h a rlo tte R a s s e a T e m p tin g
patience, there is another entertaining
would have been In our eyes a small
a n d D e c o ra tiv e D essert.
way. Get some of the ready prepared
matter in comparison. The prettiest
Au Easter cake designed to show ones by far were dyed with calico. egg dyes, to be used cold. Boil the
eggs hard and after they are thorough­
what the cook may prepare for an Eas­
Get the calico either small figured, ly cooled mark words or figures upon
ter gift, ap well as. a violet charlotte
wee sprigs of flowers and the like, or them with melted wax. Then dye and
russe desseYt,. is illustrated by the Bos­
ton Cooking School Magazine, which with a flower large enough to decorate ufterwnrd carefully tear off the wax.
Do not put away lye very long In a
gives the accompanying recipes for the the whole side of the egg. A piece
bottle,
ns It eats it thin and brittle,
about
4
by
7
Inches
w
ill
serve
the
pur­
cake.
The natural colors of violets
nnd
between
broken glass nnd biting
pose or two pieces 3% by 4 inches,
lye you could have a mishap iron»
or larger if the figures require it in or­
which you might get real injury.—
der to be well placed upon the egg.
Margaret Meredith in Household.
In covering put the right side of the
goods to the egg, and tack or pin the
F a a h l o n ’a E c h o e s .
calico tight over it, and follow this
Buttons of every description are now
tucking with close sewing (see illustra­ the fashion, nnd you may wear them
tion), drawing the calico tight and as on any part of the costume, from the
smooth as possible, especially where the hem of your gown to the crown o f
figures are, as you wish the figures to your hat.
Boas of all sorts are a fad. The
lie flat against the egg, and whole fig­
Pnrls w ay to wear them is wound
ures, if possible, rather than parts.
twice around the neck and hnaging
Outside of these smooth places the down the back instead of In front. A
plaits and ridges (resembling the spurs lovely one Is of Valenciennes fulled on
of a mountain range) need extra stitch­ to white satin ribbon.
es and extra tightening to adjust them
When gathers appear on skirts they
righ t
are almost flat nnd simply define the
W e were advised to use calicoes
least suggestion of a drawing together
which faded easily, but that wus ex­
of the material. The cut is in every
aggerated advice. The tolerably fust way responsible for the closeness and
fourths a cup o f hot grape juice. Add dark colors succeed better. The brown, clinging effect so often obtained in Pa­
three-fourths a cup o f sugar and the black or scarlet of good, fast colored risian skirts.
juice o f a small lemon and stir until prints scarcely color the egg at nil.
Colored muslin aprons with ribbons
the sugar is dissolved. Then strain into Furple seems desirable and dark blue.
to match for wnitressps are tlio luHt
a pan set in ice water. Stir until the Deep pink roses often come out beauti­
fad in swell New York houses.
It
mixture begins to thicken. Then fold ful. A white or very light ground Is
comes from London.
Into it gradually the whip from one generally best.
Basques rather thnn boleros are now
pint o f cream drained and chilled.
Prints not intended to be washed do
the
thing.
Violet Filling.—In the above recipe well. For instance, the cheaper draper­
The long shoulder line predominates
substitute for the grape Juice un­ ies. like thick silkoline nnd the thin
whipped cream tinted with violet color furniture coverings, especially old fnsli- on all the new gowns.
Not for a long time have the sepa­
paste and flavored with a teaspoonful
rate coats, quite distinct from the
o f violet extract or use a teaspoonful
gown, been so fuslilonable.
o f pistachio extract or one teaspoonful
The becoming nnd pretty Japanese
o f vanilla and half a teaspoonful of
puff
is the Intest smart thing in hair­
lemon extract.
A N K A STICK G IF T — C A K K R E A D Y TO SEN D .
dressing.
and pistachio nuts unite to furnish a
most attractive and somewhat showy
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decoration.
FEEDING DAIRY COWS
Wash a cup of butter in cold water
to remove the salt, pat until the water
is removed, then beat to a cream and
Knowing the needs of the nnlmnl, the
beat in gradually a cup of fine granu­
digestibility of the feeds and the ratio
lated sugar; add a portion of the
of the ration, we can in a measure use
whites of eight eggs beaten dry and
our feed in such a manner ns to obtain
tw o cups o f sifted flour, sifted agnin
the greatest gains per pound of mate­
with two level teaspoonfuls of baking
rials fed, says Professor D. W. May.
powder; flavor with a teaspoonful of
But it should be borne in mind that
vanilla and a scant half teaspoonful of
feeding is not an exact science, and we
almond extract or with a teaspoonful
must apply the common sens«* t«*nchlngs
o f violet extract; then beat in the rest
of observation. We find a great differ­
o f the whites of the eggs. Bake in a
ence in the individual animals, an in­
round sponge cake pan with a tube be­
herited tendency which we cannot en­
tween forty and fifty minutes. When
tirely overcome. W e notice that with
cold, ice with confectioner's icing fla­
a certain amount of food a cow will
vored with lemon juice; decorate with
produce a large amount of milk nnd
u wreath of candled violets nnd blanch­
butter at n profit, while with the same
ed pistachio nuts.
amount of feed another nnlmnl w ill not
Violet Charlotte Russe.—Cover the
yield enough milk and biitt«*r to pay
flat side of o dozen lady fingers with
for the food consumed. Again it will
EABTKH BOGS.
confectioner's icing nnd decorate each
sometimes pay to fe«*d one cow a high
with a candied violet and a long stem ioned “ curtain calico” (lately fashion­ grain ration, while another nnlnini will
cut from candied angelica root. The able again), which has a sort of var­ be more profitable on small grain ra­
angelica will cut more easily if it be nished glaze.
tion.
W e boiled our eggs (thus sewed In
first softened by standing ten minutes
These points the intelligent dairyman
or more in boiling water. With these their covers) in weakened lye, but I, will discover. In the close study o f the
line a tall, round mold (a three pint tin living in town, boll them in washing ration, however, he w ill avoid other
pail is of just the right height). Fill soda nnd water, a lump the size of a losses. For example, in feeding corn
the mold with either of the following walnut to a quart or less, which boils alone, which is a wide ration for the
Put
fillings. Garnish the top with the whip down generally to still less.
dairy cow, in order to get the necessary
from a cup of thin cream drained nnd the eggs into the boiling mixture at protein she will consume more enrho-
stiffened by standing on ice and a few any time, only be sure that the sodu is hydrntes thnn she nee«ls, resulting in
candled violets. The mold may stand fully dissolved. Let them boil nearly the excess being lost In the manure,
tw elve hours or more, but the violets half an hour. I f your enlieo Is, how­ wlrile In feeding a too narrow ration,
with which the lady fingers nro deco­ ever, of somewhat fast colors, an hour like bran, she mny consume larger
rated will be in better condition if the may be better. The danger Is o f boil­ «innntitles of protein thnn w ill prove
mold be chilled quickly, in about an ing off the pictures which you have profitable, resulting in the wnste of the
boiled on. The fnst colors will stand excess.
hour.
Grape Juice Filling.—Soften a scant a good deal of boiling, getting prettier
A G ood K n tlo n ,
hnlf package (one ounce) of gelatin in and prettier, whereas the less fast may
M«*nd Bnrn«*y of West Virginia asks
half a cup o f grape Juice nnd when soon begin to fade out of the egg as how to feed corn nnd oat chop nnd some
thoroughly softened dissolve In three- well ns out of the covering.
t o n M o In lu x it
m a if U o
I
■ «
which L. W. Lighty replies in Stock­
man and Fnrinor that it Is not possible
to give much helpful advice unless ws
know the roughage that is fed to the
cows.
With all the mlx«*d hay nnd
stover that the cows care to eat a thou­
sand pound cow giving thirty pounds
of milk nnd testing 4 per cent shoukl
have about four pounds of corn, four
pounds o f oats and four pounds of mid­
dlings. I f you feed good clover hay
nnd plenty of corn silage, you could cut
the grain ration in half.
F e e d ln a r Salt to C o « a .
One of the most successful dairymen
we know about feeds his cows four
ounces of salt per cow per day and
says that it pays. “ The cows give more
milk, the milk has a much better fla­
vor and w ill keep considerably longer."
Tbe salt is fed with the grain ration.
Since hearing this man we have fed
our cows more salt. Altogeth«*r we have
not got up to the quarter pound notch,
yet we still believe that a good many
cows do not get ns much salt ns they
really need. Salting is one of the little
things that are apt to be neglected, nnd
a handful once a week is a too common
practice.—Rural New Yorker.
'SPO RTIN G N O TES:'
New York w ill have a speedway pa­
rade May 7.
Automobile boats have attained a
speed o f thirty miles an hour.
English iAid, lust year's champion
two-year-old o f the west, has wintered
flneJy. I a .ok out for him.
American tennis experts w ill make
an effort to recapture the Davis tro­
phy, won Inst year by the Doherty
brothers, British champions.
Boxer Jack Munroe says his wonder-
ful big development is the result of
climbing GOO feet of bidders twice u
day for two years In a Montana mine.
A new sulky Is being manufactured
for Lou Dillon, nnd while the utmost
u**crecy Is maintained In regard to It
It Is said that It w ill be a radical de­
parture from the present sulkies.
Frank Gatch, the Iowa wrestler who
recently def«*ated Tom Jenkins on tlio
Pacific const, is a discovery o f “ Fnrm-
er” Burns. He wrestled for two y«»ars
in the Klondike, beating all comers.
“ Philadelphia Jack" O’Brien says,
" I w ill bet $10,000 that I can defeat
Ityan and w ill bet $10,000 that I can
successfully tlefeml the middleweight
championship against Fitzsimmons."
The prospectH for n snnpessful har­
m's« racing s«*ason in tub west nnd
middle west were never brighter. Ap­
parently every trnck in the territory
nnmed is to have one or more meet­
ings.
GOWN GOSSIP.
I f the keynot«* of fashions last y«*nr
was hand aewing, this y«*nr It Is sur«>ly
embroidery. Everything is embroider­
'd.
About half of the new voile gowns
have transparent rulil«*s at the cuffs,
and many of the more elaborate tailor
gowns are fumlsli«>d with them.
Skirts are to la* very full, and dress-
inakers are taxing their ingenuity to
build them after tlio proper ii > o <1<>I m and
make them lx*comlng to their custom­
ers.
Embrold«*ml dress patt«*rnH are nu­
merous not only in wash goods, but In
the new volh's, etamln<*s and other
light wools for spring. Many of these
hnve lairders, nnd the gowns wb«*n
made up look like rota* or pattern
dresses.
Drop skirts are simply mude as n
rub*, a five gore model being preferred
ns fitting well over the hips. A «b*ep
circular flounce Is added, with n cable
cord run through the hem to hold It
out. Accordion plaited ruffles are no
longer us«al on drop skirts—New York
Post.