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two may be remixed afterwards, if de
sired. The senarator does not, of course,
remove Berms, which are likely to be in
any milk that U not taken trom absolute
ly healthy’ cow*. The best milk' com
panies exercise great care to prevent the
use of ensilage—fermented green corn-
stacks. leaves, ete.. stored in great vats
and fed to the cattle during the winter—
t ends tnai drop to one’s toes
•ettes with no end. Some of them
front, some behind and aomp at
One of the newest and prettipsi
of palest mauve pineapple-pleated silk
oslin, edged with quillings of white
He, made with long jabot streamers in
'.ater, to the.jise of tl
. same pow. Nearly si:
wards a similar attack
Was traced to the care
THE SUNNY SOUTH
ELEVENTH "PAGE
Of Special Interest to
Womankind 'P *P
combination* cut make the woman accept
the feathers under any guise.
A distinct sensation was created at one
of the last balls of the winter season by
the appearance of a notably well dressed
woman in a boa made wholly of exquisite
silver tissue roses: from this hung a
dosen or more One silver chains that dan
gled nearly to her feet and shot white
EW YORK, March 29.
N 1901.—It Is a Joy to shop
for children. In this
luxurious, artistic and
Inventive age, when
every well-to-do child
i" refitted with new
costumes from top to
toe at least three times
a year.
Little girls, arriving
at the mature age of
ten or thereabouts, are
the possessors of really
elaborate wardrobes;
iometimes Including for
the spring and’ summer
season as many as thir
ty-* - „ or fortv toilets. A change of at
least three frocks a day Is allowed for
the sen son when wash dresses are In or
der, and there now is a reprehensible fad
on foot for dressing children In white and
pastel tinted pique and linen that Is rich
ly embroidered and put together by hand.
The finish and durability and beauty of
these suits are Incontestable, but they are
Justly very expensfre and a cruel temp
tation to the American mother of moder
ate moans who wishes her little ones
to ruffle it with the most fashionable
small folk of their neighborhood.
The majority of these aristocratic gar
ments for children are made very long In
the body and short and full In the skirt.
A miss of seven, or an embryo statesman
of live, will for example wear In the
morning a beautiful tan-eolored linen
Bhlt. delicately garlanded along the -»i1xea
of the wide collar, the cuffs and about
the hem of the skirts with vivid blue
larkspur blossoms and green leaves. This
• sumptuously simple frock Is belted well
below the hips with a tan-colored nose
leather belt fastened with a smartly enam
eled silver gilt buckle. In the afternoon
this same child will go forth to drive, or
play games on the lawn, in a pastel rose
linen, traced over with many lines of
coral red blossoms, and girdled very low
down with a wire coral taffeta sash that
has fringed ends.
Crtcsful spring suits
It Is not a fat cry now. as It used to
he, from the dress of children to that of
the grown-ups. Pared down to fit child
ish frames any one of the'three graceful'
spring suits, illustrated separately for
your matrons or debutantes, would hard
ly look out of place on very little girls,
nnd yet these three models are the new--
est of the new. One, and easily the
most striking of the trio, shows what the
latest evolution in boleros is like. This
Is the corslet lacket, Its fronts made in
three over-lapping, heavily embroidered
leaves, and let any woman who has an
Eton or bolero waist under consideration
for her best spring suit insist that the
brief lacket shall fit her figure with
glove-like affection.
There have been wonderful pranks
pla>cd In Paris lately with all the tailor
mede traditions, consequent upon the
strike of the tailors. The whole respon
sibility of dress thus cast upon the dress
makers, they have insisted at all costs
Ufon the picturesque. They are now
turning out wonderful coats named after
great Madame Loubet; coats with long
dlrectolre skirts, bolero tops and under
skirts that aro fountains of lace.
Skirts for grown-upa
Just a few women have so far been seen
In the Marie Louisa skirts that are gath
ered full at the back and flow out In
broa^U-alns behind. '.Vlth those go elbow
frills of tulle or chtf-
T^^ora'tarched lace that stands out as
full and as stiffly as the neck ruffs of
Tudor {imes. Though the majority of
well costumed womankind will continue
on Into the now fairly launched season to
display sl.cath skirts of the type shown
In the three Illustrations, tHe Marie Lou
isa is inevitable and is going to enter on
its victorious campaign with the foulards
and the evening dresses that will be worn
at the watering places In July and Au
gust.
With the skirt of this cut the milli
ners are already prepared to act In ac
cordance and the wide hat with a broad,
waved brim Is coming Into Its own again.
With a sk.rt of prodigious fullness it Is of
course quite out of the question to wear
a fanlike toque or a flat pancake, the lat
ter all made of tucked material or stem
less flowers with a knot of pink roses
nodding rakishly over the left eye. Such
well exploited varieties are about to pass
away, giving room to tinted leghorns
that are entirely covered with single
thicknesses of white or black silk muslin
and then decked poetically with trails of
hedge or button roses.
The pink rose that, by the way, reigned
with undisputed supremacy all winter,
has suddenly been voted Inexpressibly
common. Jf a woman must wear r03e col
ored flowers In her hat pink lilacs tre
the thing, and these are made up in
sprays and clusters, with russet Instead
of the ash green foliage we long have
worn. The flower, however, that blooms
with the meet tropical luxuriance In the
spring hat Is the blue rose. In wreaths
or sprays 'or tufts it smiles with almost
Women Prominent in
the Public Eye >P
M
right of.the hall will be a writing room
A Parisian contact!oia ot cream colored crin the crown end brim
cowered with silk muslin end e mess of biosH roses smartly
arranged in tront
a tiresome universality from every fresh
ly natted feminine head, and the violet
has withered up from reglect and blown
out of sight. ' .
Novelties for tlae neck
With the joyful putting off lof heavy
wraps and fur collars we have - returned
to our allegiance to all manner- of -pretty,
fluffy collarettes. They are re-editions of
the boas we exploited last autumn, hung
with chenille ropes anl frothed with tfille:
but many of them are vastly improved
and' beautiful over the models that
reigned In the dead and gone season. For
or.e thing the milliners have now taken
up the manufacture of boas and rufl's and
sell really Irresistible specimens to match
the hat that one purchases. Some hats,
In fact, are .not sold un'ess Its boa Is pur
chased too, and If one Is ambitious for a
neck piece to display In company with
tie’s Easter bonnet, the modiste will whip
one up in a trice.
There are .with this open season, boas
to suit the most conseivatlve and the
most eccentric women. There are collar
ettes with ends tnai drop to
and collarettes with no end.
fasten in front, some behind
te
n
muslin,
tulle, made with
a series of over deep lapping flounces and
diversified with little flat blue silk coses,
set on to the pineapple pleated surface at
artistic intervals.
Another enviable specimen 1s made in
the form of two huge Tudor ruffs of tulle.
The first is cream white laid upon one
of equally full Jacqueminot red tulle and
finished with double ropes of changeable
red and white silk chenille. From Paris
come evening boas made all of huge silk
peonies. Silver cords hang nearly to the
feet in front and are weighted at the bot
tom with peonies, one of which has inner
stiffened petals, that, at the wearer’s
need, can be transformed into a charm
ing fan.
A goodly number of these neck orna
ments are broadened out. In the center of
the heck and on the shoulders, to serve
as small fancy capes when the wearer
drives, or requires a bit of a wrap after
dancing. ' Costly and beautiful ones are
made in the form of separate stitched silk
leaves, upon which fail frills of fine lace,
and the streamers in front are long ends
of accordion pleated chiffon covered with
lace and held at Intervals with ornament
al circlets of brilliant paste. Intrinsi
cally beautiful ns are the ostrich feather
boas, they no longer retain their hold on
feminine affections, unless the proud
feathers are allied and intermingled with
artificial flowers and lace. There Is a
degradation ot their beauty, but for the
present plumes are commonplace and
hackneyed to a degree, and only the mil
liner who is more or less of a genius at
lights from the many vivid little rhine
stones that were fastened at intervals of
an inch or two In their links. Worn with
gL sumptuous black gown this silver collar
not only produced a marked effect, hut set
a fashion then and there for balls that
is followed in the Easter holidays.
Hew te drsss the heads
White gloves have been In regular fash
ionable standing for twelve years nt w and
by all signs and omens for reading the
t. M. J. ALSBAU, M. E.. of
New York, is a woman who
has made a name for her
self as an Inventor in the
field of electrical * appli
ances. She has patented an
electric roller and several
useful devices, and has
just won more extended
fame as a joint inventor
with Captain Just, of the
Just-Alsbaii submarine tor
pedo. which eminent au-
tuefi.. . A'ashington and in European
capitals declare to be the most dealy
weapon of naval warfare yet Invented.
The Irsbau torpedo has several new
points about it. the details of which are
as yet secrets between the inventors and
the naval officers who made the tests.
It propels itself and is charged with a
new explosive, which is *aid to be the
most deadly on record. Broadly speaking,
the torpedo is built in two sections. It is
so arranged that Just before striking the
object at which It is aimed it separates
into two parts, one of wb'ch strikes
above the water line and explodes, while
the other and larger part keeps on be
neath the surface and uoes its deadly
work below the water lfne.
Fortune in a dream
M ISS MARY M. PATTERSON, of Al
toona, Pa., claims the sum of $16,090
recently found in a chimney corner of the
house of Sabana Beer, deceased. Her only
claim to the money is based on a present
ment she had in a dream some time ago,
In which the old log house was pictured,
the hiding place of the money pointed out
and she was told it would be hers at the
owner’s death. The funds were to be used
to advance religion and the interests of
I the Chestnut Avenue Methodist Episcopal
1 church at Altoona.
Miss Patterson found that the money
had come into the possession of Joseph
Kelly, who is not a relative of the late
Sabana Beer, and she will go to him to
advocate her claim. Miss Patterson says
that two former presentments came true
to her.
*
Successful business girl
C ONSPICUOUS among the enterprising
business women of Syracuse, N. Y., is
Miss Mary Elizabeth Evan?, known to lo
cal fame as ’’Mary Elizabeth.”
Miss Evans is seventeen years old, and
still wears short dresses and a “pigtail
braid,” but she is the proud proprietor of
a grocery shop from which last year she
cleared $1,000, after supplying the family
table. Thrift Is evidently a family char
acteristic, for the $100 with which she
began her enterprise was borrowed from
her brother, who had saved it while work
ing as an errand boy. This nest egg of
fortune has been returned by the young
THIS is m pratty pule putsl blue straw dressed with iwUffF whits
chiffon, blsck velvet end scarlet roses
the wall* shore covered with a curiohs
and a reception room with windows ex- old English paper representing hunting
tending to the floor to give access to the scenes. <
plans. There will be a fireplace in the The second floor will be divided into six
room. Convenient to the rear door will large rooms, one for each of tne states,
be a storeroom and beside this a coatroom Each of these will be practically a oor-
and a smoking roost, The smf&dng room net room and there will be a colonial man-
will be made Interesting with high wains- tel and fireplace In each,
coating and settees'of antique oak and Edits paper for thieves
A YOUNG LADY in Paris edits what
may be termed one of the most dar
ing of publications, says The Cincinnati
Enquirer. The magazine is printed by
herself and circulates merely among
friends of the light-fingered frgtechttar.
the editress being a kleptomaniac off .ho
mean order, besides an inventor of won
derful devices calculated to 'assist her
subscribers in successfully fdllowtatr their
craft.
Items of Interest are solicited for Inser
tion in the klepto Journal, and Mhetallv
paid tot if useful. The vuper has no
title, is for obvious reasons undated -and
unnumbered: the numerous sketches of
trick gloves, satchels, false hands, etc.,
being reproductions of black and white
drawings by the editress and clandestine
contributors.
Three dollars per copy tthe magazine
Is published monthly) are wiljfngly paid
bv its supporters, who. for their own
safety's sake keep the nubltcatlon a mys
tery.
The papers are called for. or sent under
cover by mail. Anv Item* of profitable
Interest the editress stipulates - must be
cut out, or written in a scrapbook for fu
ture reference, the body of the paper
afterwards destroyed.
A leading article is. of course. the fea-
ture. wherein the versatile editress writes
•’chatilly’’ on the houses site has visited,
wha-t articles are offered for sale, and
what are worth appropriating: also what
she considers the safest mode of proced
ure to adopt, while valuable hints on
new devices la»'d to entrap the klepto
maniac are noticed and discussed.
All throughout the paper offers great
assistance to shoplifters wno have made
some progress in their profession. Its
originality is striking—a Milled klepto
cannot tread long on traveled ground and
escape detection.
Every subscriber must be introduced by
a friend, and should have, served at least
a year's apprenticeship. Her husband,
parent or guardian must Se in a position
to pav for anv stolen goods In case of .st
reet. and the magazine' is not to be
brought before the notice of any hut gen
uine kleptomaniacs. Under such condi
tions the oaper seems pretty safe, and
though wind of the affair was wafted
forth a year ago. the mystery has as yet
defied anything like, exposure.
reason that work could not be found. Of
another fifty ’deficient education’ was
the main hindrance.
“X think some women fail in business
for these reasons—want of training, which
Is another name for lack of experience,
and deficient education. If insufficient
experience prevents a girl from being ac
cepted as a clerk or a nursery governess,
how much more likely Is it to prevent a
woman from holding her own whefl she
attempts. In the face of commercial com
er frock
The Household ^
Embroidtryon • iu
Gown for country houis wear
. »«w.«Mtts ffs—n wlwt snd iyory white Mtln with
Whita wlmrfs # Twe brilliant be Wane glitter on ths frent brtaa
future they are good for another cU zen
years of modish patronage. Very heavy
cream white dogskin gloves are the
choicest dress for the hands in the morn
ing. These boast one button, not of the
patent clasp variety, and because they
are Of the shape and color nod easy wrin
kled fit of those worn by the smart jehus
who adorn the boxes of handsome private
carriages they pass under the very de
scriptive title of coachman’s gloves.
There Is a gun metal gray glace glove,
stitched in white, or silk of the same
shade as the kid, and fastened with large
silver buttons, that struggles with some
success for recognition among the weU-
gowntd shoppers, who call them coaching
gloves. In reality they are meant for
wear on the box seat of a trap and be
cause every woman does something more
or lees athletic these days, the morn
ing gloves are as loose as the skin on a
high bred dog’s back.
For afternoon and evening the spring
modes in gloves have novel features.
Pure white and very thin suede, embroid
ered elaborately In black or a color. Is of
the novelties novel. Embroidery Is con
sidered especially appropriate on the long
gloves. The needlework begins at the
back of the hand, goes wreathing grace
fully around the arm and flowers out In a
petal shaped edging at the end, some
where in the region of the shoulder. Some
brave spirits are exploiting with their
black evening gowns long black suede
gloves brilliantly embroidered in silver,
into the mesh of which an occasional
rhinestone is woven.
With black gowns it Is not at all out of
the way to wear gauts de suede in gun
metal color enlivened by a dazzling row
of rhinestone buttons set in gun metal
frames and running from the wrist nearly
to the shoulder. White gloves of this
same type have been seen with little
round bullet turquoise buttons, and on the
arm a bracelet or two Is worn Just to
show the glitter of the Jewels against the
dusky kid surface.
With shepherdess straws and posey
muslins long black or white embroidered
mitten gloves will be worn when summer
luncheons, summer morning dances, etc.,
begin. These mittens are woven in real
ity of a very stout black silk thread, and
then, in fanciful designs, wreaths and
points and circlets of black lace are ju
diciously applied. The top of the mitten
Is made fast, by two strap# of black
satin ribbon to the shoulder, and a half
thumb of net holds everything firm about
the hand. In our midsummer when gloves
in the evening seem intolerably hot, and
yet, with dancing gowns of Swiss or or
gandie. every woman wishes for some
covering for her arms, these mittewa
are not only useful, but highly ornament
al and display a white hand and brilliant
rings to the greatest advantage.
Black chiffon picture hut with ostrich feathers end chiffon strings
shopkeeper, who now has an independent petition, to establish any kind of busl-
and increasing bank account. ness for herself? To master a business
Mary Elizabeth is granddaughter of the
late Judge Regal, who died a few years
ago, leaving an estate heavily mortgaged,
so that his widow and daughter found
themselves in great financial embarrass
ment. They contrived, however, to save
a tract of land on which are seventy-six
small cottages, in the eastern part of the
city.
Horoiazc saves lives
T HE life of Father Panze, of the Order
* of the Blessed Sacrament, was saved
and a possible panic. Involving the lives
of more than 200 young women and girls,
was averted by pretty Miss Anna F.
O’Conn-'r, In the basement chapel of the
Church of St. Jean Baptiste, Seventy-
sixth street, near Lexington avenue. New
York.
Father Panze was conducting the ser
vice for the Sodality of the Children of
Mary.
During the reading of the service
Father Panze. in full vestments, stood
to the left of the glass-covered casket
containing the relid of St. Anne, which
has effected many hundred cures upon the
faithful. Three candles burned on either
side of the casket, resting on a pedestal
in front of the altar.
A sudden commotion among the con
gregation was followed by a cry of “Oh,
father! You’re afire!”
The next instant, and before the priest
could realize his danger, Miss O'Connor,
with the swiftness of the wind, rushed
forward, pushed open the gate at the
railing, and, whipping off a fur boa from
about her neck began to lash the priest.
The left sleeve of his surplice had taken
Are from one of the candles, and the deep
lace trimming, reaching from the bot
tom to the shoulder, was ablaze. Simul
taneously nearly ail the girls were on
their feet, but the young woman’s pres
ence of mind prevented a panic. Quick
as a flash she brushed her boa up and
down the burning fabric and it was ex
tinguished.
Without any comment from the priest
he continued the service to the end. Then
he thanked the girl for her heroism and
she went home.
»mo woman fail
T O the question. "Why do women fail
in business?” the secretary of a wo
man's employment bureau in London re
cently said: “Not long ago I set myself
to solve that problem. I had before me
the particulars of some two hundred and
fifty girls and women for whom a certain
society had been unable to find work. In
nearly one hundred of them eases “want
of training* was sat down aa the chief
properly, one should begin at the bottom
and work upward. It is a fatal mistake
to try to learn a business from the top,
and those who have committed the blun
der by constituting themselves employers
and mistresses of large enterprises have
often fallen to the bottom more abruptly
than was pleasant.
“Some women ascribe their failure to
want of capital, but I. do not regard this
difficulty as a serious one. Too much cap
ital, which prevents a woman from get
ting. any real knowledge of business and
leads her to be extravagant in her ideas,
is quite as often a hindrance as the pos
session of too little.
' "A girl’s education should be both thor
ough and general, though it need not,
for commercial purposes, be scholarly.
She also needs preparation for the spe
cial kind of business which she intends
to adopt. With this dowry and an aver
age amount of mother wit, a girl has little
to fear. Indeed, I consider that in many
manufacturing and commercial enter
prises she has now an especially good
prospect of success.”
Famous woman architect
M 188 JOSEPHINE W. CHAPMAN,
11 Boston’s woman architect, has re
ceived the appointment as designer of the
New England states building at the Pan-
American exposition.
The New England commissioners, after
accepting the plans submitted by Miss
Chapman, appointed her supervising ar
chitect and she will personally direct the
construction of the building.
Mias Chapman has already gained a
high position among architects of Bos
ton for the excellence and artistic quali
ties of her work. Cragie hall dormitory
in Cambridge, St. Mark’s church In Leo
minster and the Worcester Woman’s Club
building are all built from her designs.
Her plans for'the exposition building are
of the pure colonial type. The colonial
ttyle of interior finish and furnishings
will be followed to the smallest details,
each state furnishing its own room. Many
“real antiques” will be used.
The surrounding paths and shrubbery
will be laid out In consonace with the
building's outward appearance. The ma
terials of construction are staff, such as
was employed in many of the structures
at the Chicago fair, and wood painted to
represent brick, with white marble trim
mings.
At the left of the front door will be a
lane room arranged as a bureau of in
formation and registration, with postoffice
and telephone booths. In the rear of this
room will be the custodian’s quarters and
the building committee’s room. At the
HE last word seems never to
. be said about the care
needed In the purchase ot
milk, says an exchange.
For cleanliness, only-milk
that has been run through
a separator should he
used. This wonderful ma
chine. revolving 6.000 times
a minute, removes several
pounds of foreign matter
per each 1,000 pounds of
milk, even after several
strainings through muslin. In some
dairies, perhaps, where extraordinary
precautions are taken, the amount ot
sediment Is not so great, but the state
ment is true of the product of the aver
age dairy. Milk so treated has the cream
entirely separated from the milk, and
both are absolutely free from dirt. The
afterwards, if do
does not, of course,
to he in
which, it is. now pretty generally asserted,
injures the milk. It is certain that milk
produced from ensilage-fed cattle has
caused, serious Intestinal troubles in
young children. A case known to the
writer was that of a young child attack
ed with dysenteric trouble while living on
the milk of one cow, whose feeding was
carefully overlooked. Rigid lnvestiga-
tigation. however, disclosed the fact that
the animal had broken out of her stable
and gained access to some fermented
corn. The child's trouble .promptly dis
appeared .on temporary change of milk,
and was not. reproduced bv a return.
of the milk from the
six uiontns after-
in the some child
carelessness of a new
farm hand, .who had thrown some musty,
spore-infected corn into the cow’s supply
of hay, The responsibility of the corn as
the trouble producer seems plainly Indi
cated.
The. person who decides what shall he
the me&'t and 'drink' of the family and the
modes qif their preparation, is the one
who - determines to a greater or less ex
tent What shall be the health of the fam
ily.
It is the opinion of most medical men
that intemperance in eating is one of the
most prolific causes of disease and death.
Another factor quite as powerful in
wrecking so many homes is the manner
in which food is prepared. Very few
people are in danger of eating too much
of badly cooked viands, but in even the
little they do partake of lurks disease and
death.
The woman who adapts the food and
cooking for her family to the laws of
health removes one of the greatest risks
that threatens the lives under her care.
If the housewife has time for but one
branch of household science, let that
time be devoted to the procuring and
the preparation of proper food for her
family. Nothing can excuse a defection
of her duty In this respect. That she
does not know how is no apology. Let
her be honest with herself and to those
w ho are at her mercy and say she does
not care to know or else seek informa
tion from the many sources imparting In
structions in this line.
If women accept such a great respon
sibility as the care and - rearing of a
family, no matter if she does so Ignorant
of the demands, she must redeem herself
by becoming learned in the culinary art.
If she will not, though she may, then
she has much, to answer for.
If one is not positively certain of the
cleanliness of the milk supply it should
be heated in a closed Jar over boiling
water for fifteen minutes; then place Im
mediately upon ice and keep covered un
til used. In this way alt the disease
germs will be killed, although the milk
will still contain some organisms which
will cause changes In the milk If it is not
kept chilled to prevent their development.
Heating over hot water is to be preferred
to boiling milk, because in the latter
method of sterilisation the composition
of the milk is changed, so that its food
value is affected. Milk should always
be. kept In a cool place and not exposed
to the air.
' i.'-'. *
Shad Is now. In its prime, and there is
no better way of cooking It than to plank
It. .The plank Itself should Be well sea
soned. It may be procured in various
sixes. The only thing that will season a
plank is use. The fish should not only be
cooked upon the plank, but served upon
It as well. To prepare a shad for plank
ing, split it open, wipe It dry, and if possi
ble remove the backbone. Place the skln-
alda down upon the plank and tack It.
Spread the fish with butter and season
with salt and pepper. It should be cook
ed in a hot oven or under the blase of a
gas stove. It will cook either .way in
from twenty-five to thirty minutes. When
it is done, add some bits of butter, a little
more salt, a sprinkling of paprica, one
tablespoonful of minced parsley. Remove
the tacks and serve at once.
*
Cranberry sauce, as prepared by a
housekeeper at whose table It Is specially
well served, is made with three cups of
firm, sound cranberries, over which one
cup of boiling water la poured, and to
which two cups of sugar, are added. Put
1n a saucepan and cook about ten min
utes, until all berries have pulped. It
may be ’ necessary to stir very, 'slightly,
once or twice, to be sure that the berries
have broken the* skin. The sauce is
served without straining, a process that
many cooks consider eliminates the rich
tart flavor of the fruit, which Is Its spe
cial relish.
*
The tendency noticed through the pres
ent season to arrange sash curtains list
across the window instead of looping
them back, will be still more pronounced
this spring. A deep, soant, flaring ruffle,
too, is among the novel tl eg in these Cur
tains. though they will not be mnch in
evldqpce before autumn, as town houses
shed, rather than take on, sash curtains
in the spring. The flare in the -ruffle re
ferred to is produced by cutting the cur
tain in a slightly upward curve at the
center before the ruffle is put on- White
shades continue to be fashionably uged.
They should be of holiand, as the cam
bric shades in white grow yellow quick
ly, particularly in windows of southern
exposure. A few silk shades are seen,
some of them with lace insertions and
edgings, but they fade quickly, and their
first cost puts them out of reach of moot
buyers. *•
To matfe banana fritters sift one cup
of flour with one-half teaspoonful
baking powder in a bowL Add one-half
tablespoonful butter: rub the batter and
flour together; add one-half cupful of
milk, one tablespoonful sugar and the
yolks of two eggs. Beat tne whites to a
stiff froth, add the batter gradually to
the whites* Peel six bananas, cut each
one into four pieces, dip separately Into
the batter and fry. in deep hot {at to a
golden color. If the batter should be too
thick add more milk, and if too thin more
flour. Remove and. lay them on paper,
then serve on a hot dish with sauce.
The most approved way to salt almonds
and prevent their becoming rancid is to
fry them In deep vegetable oil. Blanch
the nuts; have them perfectly dry; put
them hi a fine wire frying basket and
plunge them Into the hot oil for a min
ute. They will almost Instantly become
a golden brown. Take them out and dust
thickly with salt. Place them on the ta
ble when It is arranged, and they may
be passed with the fish course and during
the entire dinner, or Just after the salads
and desserts are served.
*
A cup of hot coffee Is an unfailing ba
rometer, If you allow a lump of sugar
to drop to the bottom Of the cup and
watch the air bubbles collect without
disturbing the coffee. If the bubbles
collect in the middle the weather will be
fine; If they adhere to the cup, forming
a ring, it will either snow or rain, and It
the bubbles separate without assuming
any fixed position, changeable weather
may be expected.
*
To restore the color of old lace, first
squeeze the lace clean in a hot, soapy
lather, then rlflse in clear water. Squeeze
as dry as yjtt can and let it lie in cold
milk for several hours. After this squeeze
dry and iron. !n the usual way. Lace
should be pulled carefully into shape be
fore Ironing and pressed with a rather
cool flatiron on a board covered with
several thicknesses of flannel only.
4
There are several ways of cooking shad
roe. To broil It wash and dry the roe
with care not to break the skin. Place It
on a well-greased boiler and rub it with
butter once or twice during the time ot
broiling. Cook to a nice brown; placs it
on the planked shad, or a separate- dish,
and serve with a butter sauce.
*
Mahogany furniture which has become
slightly clouded may. have its polish re
stored by the use ot a dressing mad* by
mixing four tablespoonfuls of turpentine
with four of sweet oil, adding ode tea
spoonful of lemon juice and ten drops of
ammonia. Shake thoroughly before ap
plying.
them on uus
Leave till quite dry.