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12 HOME AND FARM MAOAZTNE SECTION K In the Home - Fashions - Household Hints -- Recipes i i Household Hints Fashion Talks By May Manton AFTEB an oily fish, like salmon, has been served, the fishy odor which often clings to the silver can be removed by rubbing them with a alice of lemon. A pinch of salt and soda added to water in which tough meat or vegetables are boiled will make them more tender. Celery is much improved if soaked an hour in ice cold water in which a lemon has been squeezed. Pans greased with butter will make the bottom crust of pies soft and flaky aad prevent them from being soggy. If bread is wrapped in paraffin paper as soon as it ia taken from the oven it will keep fresh and moist much longer. Suet and lard are best kept in tin ves sels. Salt pork, however, should be kept in glazed earthenware. When boiling . turnips add a little sugar to the wator; it improves the flavor of the vegetables and lessens the odor in the cooking. If kerosene is rubbed into leather hardened by water it will soften it well. Tho Becret of an especially delicious . omelette served in a ecitain home came to lieht the other day. More yolks than whites are used and a little rich cream goes in when it is to be plain or is to be seasoned with cheese. To keep white silk gloves from tarn' ing color, wash in cold water with cas tile soap and add a little bluing to the rinsing water and dry in the shade. To make black ribbon stiff enough to stand alone, take some wax and rub all over one side of the ribbon, then iron it and it will hold in place an upright bow. There is nothing more soothing in a ease of nervous restlessness than a hot salt bath just before retiring. Eico possesses more nutriment than wheat, oats or barley. It will sustain life longer than any other stareh-pro-during plant. When a knife handle comes off fill the hole with powdered resin, heat the knife stalk red hot, and thrust in, then allow to cool. It is said that a lump of gum cam phor placed in the silver drawer will pre vent the pieces from tarnishing. If candles are kept for some six weeks or two months before use, they will give a better light and burn mare slowly than if used when qiute new. A lump of sugar dropped into a tea pot not constantly in use prevents any Dustiness. Dishes which have become brown and burnt from baking in the oven may te easily cleaned after they have stood awhilo in borax water. Polish windows with paper instead of cloth to avoid lint and streaks. To obliterate a scratch on polished furniture rub vigorously with linseed oil. A piece of gum camphor placed in the box where silver is kept will pevent it becoming tarnished. To remove rusty screws or nails from wood try letting kerosene soak into the wood around them. To freshen rusty black lace soak it With vinegar and water, two table spoonfuls of vinegar to a pint of water. Binse and iron while damp between flannels. Cut out tho heavy desserts. Fruit with cream, simple puddings, custards and one-crust berry pies are what even hard-working men want these days. If you have milk to spare, a little add ed to the water in which potatoes are boiled will make them whiter and bet ter flavored, especially old ones. Even if you do not want the flowers till afternoon or evening, cut them early in the morning (before breakfast, if possible) for both thei; sake and yours, They are never so fresh and do not last nearly so lung if left awhile in the hot sun. To prevent a freshly baked cake from sticking to the plate on which it is placed, sprinkle with sugar and it can be removed without a particle adhering to the plate. Do not cover tho pan in which fish it cooking. It will make the flesh soft. A USEFUL GOWN OF SILK. TEE gown made after such a simple design as this jme and of the fashionable taffeta makes an exceedingly useful addition to the wardrobe. There are many occasions for which It is available. It is ex ceedingly smart yet not over elaborate go that it can be worn at almost any hour of the day. The new taffetas do not crush readily and such a eosttume can be packed away in a suit ease with out injury, a Teal boon to the woman who trav els and needs a suitable costume can be packed dinner and occasions of the kind. In tho illus tration, the silk is one of the fashionable n n t brown shades and the trimming is flowered silk showing really bril liant color, but, as a natter of course, the color combination can be varied indefinitely. Blue and green are always serviceable colors and can be trimmed efective- ly with a fancy material, or an entirely different effect could be obtained by the use of different materials. Poplins are much worn and light weight poplin would be pretty made in this way or one of the heavier cotton crepes would make np effectively or the linen that is a stand by no matter how many novelties may be intro duced, or, again, cotton or linen ratine would make a handsome gown and the new ratines show beautiful plain col ors and also plaids and stripes that are exceed ingly smart. Checked ra tine in shad' of yellow and brown would be pretty with plain yellow or plain brown for the trimming portions. For tho medium size, the gown will require 6) yards of material 27, 41 yards 38, 4J yards 44 MfM Srnnl-Princesne flown. 34 to 42 hurt. inches wide, with f of a Design by May Manton, yrd 27 inches wide for the Test, collar and cuffs. 4 vard 21 for the bands The May Manton pattern of the gorwH 8163 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42 inches bust measure. Ask your mercnant ior tne patterns. ounce of grated Parmesan cheese and the yolk of two hard boiled eggs. Add some finely minced parsley, a pinch of sugar, salt and pepper to taste and bind all with the yolk of one raw egg. Dip the onions in flour and fry. Lift out, drain well and serve with a piquante sauce poured over. Mince Pie." Three teacuDfuls of ehooed meat, five teacupfuls of half and half sweet and sour apples chopped, a teaeupful and a half of molasses, two teacupiuis oi suear. class of anr sour jelly, table- spoonful each of salt and ground cloves, scant naif teaspoon! ul oi pepper, wom en with the liquor in which the meat was boiled. Before laviue the top crust sprinkle over bits of butter, dust freely with cinnamon and strew thickly with seeded raisins. t Potato Cones. Instead of heaping the mashed pota toes in a diBh. butter a small cup or deep tin and lightly pack in the pota toes until molded, then carefully turn out on a greased pan. Lightly dab with melted butter and beaten egg yolk and quickly brown in a hot oven, or turn out in a hot platter and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley mixed with chopped red beets. The Old Apple Pudding. Butter edge and inside of a two-quart pan. rm it two-thirds lull or tart ap ples, cut in pieces. Add one-half cup of water and cover with a crust made of one pint of flour, two teaspoons of bak- ng powder and one-half teaspoon of salt, wet with a scant cup of milk, just stiff enough to roll out. Cover closely and cook on the top of stove 30 minutes. When done pat a large plate on top of the pan, turn upside down with crust on bottom and apples on top. Serve with lemon sauce. Recipes THE following recipe for almond cake is a good one. It makes a very nice cake for the basket. Take one enp of butter, one cup and a half of sugar, three eggs, half a cup of milk, two tea spoonfuls of baking powder, about two cups of flour; flavor with a little al mond extract; blanch one pound of al monds; lay aside enough to cover the top of the cake when they are cut in halves; chop the rest and put into the cako. After the cake is in the tin, lay the split ones over the top of the cake; they will rise and brown as the cake bakes. This is delicious; try it. Baised Basin Cake. Dissolve half a square of com pressed yeast in one large cup of milk and stu in one pound of flour, let rise; when light beat together eight ounces each of butter and sugar, yelks of four eggs, cup of stoned raisins, some fino cut citron, and grated peel of a lemon; stir now into the dough, beat ing it very light (it is best to use tho hand), let it rise again in a round cake pan and bake in an even but moderate oven. Strawberry or Bed Cake. Whites of five eggs; butter, one cup; sugar, one cup; red sugar sand, one cup; or if wanted very dark, two cups ol -ed sugar, leaving out the white; sweet milk, one, cup; corn starch, ono cup; flour, two cups; baking powder. three teaspoonfuls; then make a white cake and bake same as marblo cake, or, if desired, bake in layers and put to gether with frosting. t Farmer's Fruit Cake. Soak three cups of dried apples over night in warm water. Chop slightly in the morning, and simmer two hours in two cups of molasses. Add two well beaten eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one dessert spoonful of soda, flour enough to make rather a stiff bat ter. Flavor with nutmeg and cinnamon to the taste. Bake in a quick oven, Stuffed Onions. Choose six medium sized onions as much of a size as possible, peel and re move the centers with a cutter, blanch them in boiling water, drain and stuff them with the following mixture: Take a slice of bread, cut off tho crust and dip the crumbs in milk, squeeze out tho milk and mix the bread with one Hot Weather Drinks Iced Chocolate. USE the following syrup: Pour one half pint of boding water over three tablcspoonfuls of cocoa, stir ring until dissolved. Add one pint of granulated sugar and boil for three min utes. Then cool, add one tablospoonful of vanilla, and bottle. Pour two table spoonfuls of this) syrup into a tumbler with some cracked ice, stir in three tablespoonfuls of whipped cream, a dash of milk and drop in a spoonful of vanilla ice cream. Coffee a La Marion Crawford, Make a strong infusion of good cof fee. Do not allow it to stand no the grounds or it will be bitter. Add sugar and chilL, Put one tablcspoonful of chocolate syrup in a tumbler, stir in the coffee and fold in a spoonful of whipped cream. Midsummer Dream, Crush ripe leaches and very soft pears to a pulp. To two cupfuls of this add one-half cupful of pineapple juice, and the same of plum juice. Sweeten and add ice water. Lay a small bunch of plums with their foliage on the plate. www Piazza Party Punch, The juice of one pineapple, six lem ons, three oranges, six large crushed peaches, one pint of preserved straw berries, the same of preserved cherries. one bottle of grape juice. Sweeten and add one cupful of chopped ice, one gal lon of water and a capful of crushed mint leaves, Jam Punch, Put a tablespoonful of strawberry jam in a glass, add the juice of half a lemon and stir until dissolved. Add a little sugar and fill the tumbler with crushed ice and water, Grape Nectar. Mix the juice of two lemons, one or ange, one pint of grape juice, one cup ful of sugar and one pint and a half of water. Serve with a small float of whipped cream bearing a bit of orange on the surface.
