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12 THE SOUTHERN WORLD, MAY 15,1882, night if convenient. When cold, wash it off and wipe it dry; then put it over the fire in cold water, and let' it come to a boil; take it out and wipe it again. In thla way you remove nearly all the strong, oily taste. Stuff it with a dressing of bread crumbs sea soned with salt and pepper, butter (or salt pork chopped fine), sage, and a trifle of chopped onion. Tie it up and roast till ten der. Fifteen minutes to a pound—weighed after it is dressed and before it is stuffed— is the rule for fowls. Sorr Gingerbread.—Two cups molasses, one-half cup butter, one cup sour milk, two teaspoons of soda, one tablespoon gin ger; make a stiff batter so that it will not drop or pour from the spoon, bake in large square pans. Boston Brown Bread.—Five cups of Gra ham flour, two cups of corn meal, one cup of molasses, one spoonful of soda; mix with milk, and steam for three hours; then place it in the oven for a short time to brown the top. I often mix with water if milk can not be had. Number one Ginger Snaps.—One pint of molasses and one cup of butter boiled to Plain skirts with trimmed polonaises, will soon rival trimmed skirts with plain basques. Terra cotta red with blue, and garnet with gray, are fashionable contrasts for wool dresses. Amber-colored celluloid eye-glasses for la dies’ use, are among the latest novelties of the season. New mantel lambrequins are of colored plush trimmed with chenille fringe of the same shade. Moorish lace is very fashionable to trim neck frills and shoulder-capes. It is light and delicate-looking. New parasols and umbrellas have handles of the wood of the natural stick, knobbed, crutched and hooked. Caps are worn by young as well as old la dies. They are made of various materials, the oriental gauze with a variety of colors being the most popular. A very pretty border for a child’s blue linen dress, is a vine done in the chain stitch, with white linen thread. It is also effective done in red thread on Holland aprons. THE NEW ZEALAND APTERYX. Hours were spent overone note. A week on a single page. One passage she could not get right; forty-seven times she played it before her master would let her off. No matter, she must play it right, if it took all day. Tears dropped on the violin; the master was still more enraged. At last she did it right, played it over several times, went home and never played it wrong again in her life. “At last there was to be a grand concert- something quite out of the common course —and it was decided to bring out this young musician with her wonderful violin play ing. The Italian opera, the French opera, the dramatic corps, all the grand families, every musician in that old city, bought a ticket. “The concert began and went on. The or chestra played, and the artists sang, and then there was a little rustle and hush of expectation as they brought in a box for the child to stand upon, so that all could see her. “And then a slight, blue-eyed girl, in a white dress, white satin shoes, and a pink sash appeared. “At the piano sat her teacher, and her father stood by her side to turn the leaves of her music. “Blit a moment before she had been car ried away with the pink sash and dainty shoes. Now she put the violin to her shoul der and stood ready to play. “The tone came strong, full and true. The notes were in exact time. The people were hushed to a painful silence. In his excite ment, her father turned two leaves. The small player inclined her head, and in a pretty, lisping whisper, said: ‘You’ve turned two pages, Papa.’ The page was turned without a pause, and the music went on. It was a brilliant rendering of a most difficult composition. “It seemed as if the great musicians and painters, and the people en matte, never would stop clapping and cheering. The leader of the orchestra offered in the name of all the musicians, to crown her young head with a wrcatli of roses. The attempt was amusing; the wreath slipped over her shoulders and fell to the floor, and tbereshe stood in the midst of it. “Then they brought a wonderful Paris doll, and set her quite wild with joy by presenting it to her. “With the doll under one arm and the vi olin under the other, she bowed tier thunks front the middle of the wreath. they cheered again, and laughed and stormed her with flowers." Mrs. Gordon paused. Madge and her as sociates were on their feet. "I am glad you told us—we cannot guess —only, Mamma, a great genius would not have lmd to do all this,’’ said Madge. “Only genius would have been patient— in other words, patience and constant drill give genius wings,’’ answered Mrs. Gordon. “Tell us please, and we will practice like her, without any more words," camc'frankly. “Camilla Urso,” answered Mrs. Gordon.— “Wide Awake.’’—[Church Union. llOENEIIOLU ItECTl’EN. Ham Sandwiches—Chop fine the lean of cold boiled bain; season with prepared mus tard and black pepper. Add melted butter and sweet cream until smooth likeapuste; then spread between buttered slices of bread. Golden CorrsE.—For two persons, toke four heaping teaspoons ground coffee, tie up in a piece of 8wiss muslin (leave room forcxpanslon,) pour on one pint of boiling water, cover close, and set on back of stove ten minutes. Beat one egg with doveregg beater thoroughly, divide it into two coffee cups, add the usual quantity of sugar for each. Hold the coffee urn high up, pour the boiling coflee on the egg, add the warm milk, and with the golden foam standing above the rim of the cup, you have a pretty picture to look at, and will think you never knew how good coffee could taste before. Asparagus.—The fresher it is the better, and all stalks not crisp and tender should be thrown aside.. Cut off the white part, tie the rest in bunches and boil for about twenty minutes, with a little salt in the water. Take out and drain nearly dry; lay in a deep dish on slices of buttered toast, the heads all one way. Put butter over it. Maryland Biscuit.—To every teacupful of flour add a piece of lard the size of a walnut, a little salt, and water sufficient to knead smooth, but not soft. Turn it out on the paste-board and beat as you would a beefsteak, thirty minutes. Roll thin, cut out, prick with a fork and bake immedi ately. To Cook a Goose Nicely.—After dressing tho fowl nicely,putinadeep pan,pourboiling yater dver it, and let it stand until cold, all gether; when cold add one-half cup of gin ger, one tablespoouful of soda and flour enough to roll. Take a small piece of dough at a time and roll thin. Cold Slaw.—Beat the yolks of two eggs, add one-half pint of cream or rich milk, two tablespoonsful of sugar, one of mustard, four of vinegar, one teaspoonful of celery seed, two teaspoonsful of salt, a little cay enne pepper, a piece of butter the size of a walnut; pour the mixture into a sauce pan; stir constantly until it boils; chop your cabbage fine and pour the mixture over while hot. Let it stand until cold before sending to the table. FASHION NOTES. Condolence cards and birth announce ment cards, are novelties in stationery. The Velasquez hat with Spanish lace drapery, is the largest size offered for the spring. Imported dresses have transparent sleeves made of Venetian, Honlton or Spanish laces. Handsome evening dresses are of the finest white wool embroidered in silver threads. Fine carving appears on the wood handles of dressy parasols and coaching umbrellas. Very long stocking mitts in tan, lichen green, flesh and almond tints, and also in black and white, will be much worn when the weather becomes worm enough. A new grenadine gauze woolen fabric re produces all the popular designs in Spanish lace. It is used for over-dresses. It is only half the price of the real silk Spanish piece lace. Studies of nature in fields, forests and gardens at all seasons of the year, furnish the best, most practical, and wonderful ex amples of combination of colors for dresses and bonnets. Jacket bodies of velvet, velveteen, silk, brocade, cashmere, and novelty stuff) are fashionable for the demi-saison, and are use ful for wearing with skirts, the bodices of which are worn out. Black is always chosen for the dressiest wraps, but very pretty and expensive beige, almond-colored, aud neutral-tinted light cloth jackets and dolmans will bo much worn with visiting toilets. Parisian hair-dressers aro making an effort to revive tho Roman coiffure of the First Di rectory period in the style worn by the Em press Josephine and Madam Recaimer just before the days of the empire, Some of the English walking jackets ara of plain cloth, others of cheviot, Melton and Gilbert mixtures, and others again, have metallic mixtures in light woolen cloths of various lights and (esthetic colors. The Tromblon is the latest fancy hat of Paris. It has a broad brim hollowed out in the back, is very becoming to most faces and is worn by young, old, and middle-aged wo men, girls in their teens, and little ones un der twelve. Sweet, little Parisian hats in Gipsy shape for girls from five to twelve years of age, are made of shirred silk, white or tinted, and trimmed with white lace and tiny wreaths of pink roses and buds. Upon the low crowns is seta large bpw of broad white sat in ribbon. The Apteryx. One of the mostextraordinary birds in the entire range of living ornithology is the Apteryx, or Kiwi-Kiwi, which is illustrated on this page. It is a native of New Zealand, where it was once very common, but, like the dinoris, is in a fair way to become ex tinct; a fate from which it has hitherto prob ably been preserved by its nocturnal and re tiring habits. The Apteryx is thus de scribed by the naturalist, Wood; In this bird there is scarcely the slightest trace of wings, a peculiarity which has gained for it the title of Apteryx, or “wing less.” The plumage is composed of rather curiously shaped flat feathers, each being wide and furnished with a soft, shining silken down for the basal third of its length and then narrowing rapidly toward the ex tremity, which is a single shaft with hair like webs at each side. The quill portion of the feathers is remarkably small and short, being even over-lapped by the down when the feather is removed from the bird. The skin is very tough and yet flexible, and the native chiefs greatly value it for material for their state mantles, permitting no inferior person to wear them, and being extremely unwilling to part with them even for a valuable consideration. The bird lives mostly among the ferns, and, as it always remains concealed during the" day in deep recesses of rocks, ground or tree roots, and is remarkably fleet of foot, diving among the heavy fern leaves with a singular adroit ness, it is not very easy to capture. It feeds upon insects of various kinds, more es pecially on worms, which it is said to at tract to the surface by jumping and striking on the ground with its powerful feet. The natives alwayshunt the Kiwi-Kiwi at night, taking with them torches and spears. The speed of this bird is very considerable, and when running it sets its head rather back, raises its neck, and plies its legs witha vigor little inferior to that of the ostrich. A fine specimen of the Apteryx in the London Zoological Gardens has alieady proved a very valuable bird, having laid several eggs, and setting at rest many dis puted points regarding the natural habits of tho species. During tho day she remains hidden behind the straw which is piled up in a corner of her box, and declines to come fortli unless removed by force. When brought to the light she looks sadly puzzled for a short time, and when placed on the ground she turns her back—not her tail, as she lias no such appendage—and runs off to her box in the most absurd style, looking as if she were going to topple over every moment. . Mr. Wood has noticed that she always goes round her box and slips in between the box and the wall, Insinuating herself behind the straw without even showing a feather. Before hiding herself she lingers a few mo ments to eat some worms from her keep er’s hand, taking them daintily with tho ond of the bill and disposing of them at a rapid rate. . • Upon the box in which this Apteryx stays is placed, under a gloss cover, tho shell of one of her eggs. These eggs are indeed won derful, for the bird weighs justa little more than four pounds, aud each egg weighs be tween fourteen and fifteen ounces, its length being four and three-quarter inches, and its width more than two inches, or nearly one-fourth the weight of the pa rent bird. r The long, curved beak of the Apteryx has nostrils, very narrow, very small, and set on each side of the tip, so that the bird is enabled to pry out the worms and other nocturnal creatures on which it feeds, without trusting solely to the eye. The general color of the Apteryx is chestnut brown, each feather being tipped with a darker hue, and tho under parts are lighter than the upper. Its height is about two feet. __ “Bessie,” by Daisy Star, will charm every reader.