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THE HOUSEHOLmnaagupplememtc

A 301V 9 FROM THE 5171’3- to convince her playmate of some fact, of she can hold their hearts to hers, so that

. which she said “My momma says so!” as they go out into the world and into

‘ ‘ Queen °f my “1]" I memly Sing with voice and look Which said plainly society, they will still come to her, as of

I ‘ . ' While the white foam rises high,
,. - And sturdily wash and rinse and wring,
And fasten the clothes to dry ;

Then’out in the free, fresh air they swing,
Under the summer sky.

I wish we could wash from our hearts and souls
The stains of the week away;
And let water and air by their magic make
Ourselves as pure as they;
. Then on the earth they would be, indeed,
A glorious washing day.

 

Along the path of a useful life
I ' Will hearts’ ease ever bloom;
The busy mind has no time to think
, Of sorrow or care or gloom,
. And anxious thoughts may be swept away
As we busily wield the broom.

* ' I am glad the task to me is given
.. To labor day by day,

' For it brings me health and strength and hope,
_ ’ And I cheerfully learn to say,

' " Head, you may think, Heart, you may feel
' But, Hand, you shall work alway i"
3' —Mm Alco/t.
——§O*-——

THE CHILDREN.

    
  
 

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In one of her letters F. E. W.. of Chel-
sea, asks whether, in caring for and amus-
ing her little ones after the day's duties
.5_ are done, she is not as well employed as
' if reading, writing, or otherwise educat
ing and enjoying herself, and desires an
.3, .. opinion. Undoubtedly a conscientious
51:; mother ﬁnds more happiness in the merry
7 3 ‘ chatter of her little' ones, and in watching
f the development of their perceptive and
- reﬂective powers, than in the best of books
‘ read in leisure won by neglecting them.
A wise mother binds her children’s hearts
” . to her by every means in her power. The
ties are like spider’s threads, frail in-
, dividually, but collectively strong; strong
enough to ' subdue passions and evil
impulses, and unite mother and child
through mutual love and conﬁdence. Yet
it is not wise to neglect self improve.
ment, for the mother must remember that
“the world moves,” and that her chil-
dren come into it at amore progressive
‘ period that when she herself was young,
that what was new in her day is old now,
and new thoughts and theories are com-
ing forward every year.

When children are young and depend-
ent itis comparatively easy for a mother
to maintain her supremacy in her child’s
heart and mind. And happy that little
one who can rest with perfect trust and

onﬂdenoe upon a mother’s dictum. On
the street the other daylpassed two girls,
one about seven years old, the other per-
haps ﬁve. The younger was endeavoring

 

  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
   
     
  
   
  

 

hat tfor her at least, there was no going
beyond that authority. It was impossible
not to smile at the little ﬂushed, eager,
deﬁant face, and to wonder if “ my mam-
ma” would always be so believed and
trusted. I fear that many mothers who
spare no pains to keep their babies close
to them, forget that when they leave
home for school and its new associates,
the maternal guidance should be intensi-
ﬁed, to still be dominant over the new
experiences and inﬂuences. Instead,
many relax their vigilance, and let the
children drift away from them by proces-
ses so imperceptible that it is not until
some conﬂict of opinion occurs that they
realize there has been a change at all.
A child must learn to be self relia (a
mother makes a great mistake when she
encourages her children to depend upon
her, either morally, mentally or physi—
cally,) but with this self-reliance there
should exist a sense of responsibility
toward the parents, the dominant idea
being that “ mother knows ” what is right
and best. And I do not think that is the
wisest woman .who always decides her
children’s perplexities for them, and is
always giving good advice. Self depend-
ence, reﬂection, and a realization of the
truth that we are responsible for the con-1
sequences of our acts, are best taught by
leaving the decision to the child, after
setting forth the pros and cons, or induc-
ing the reasons to be looked into.

It always seems to me a “fearful re-
sponsibility ” to bring up children. The
wise king said “ Train up a child in the
way he should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it.” But it seems as
if the saying did not hold good, or else
that those who certainly seem to' “ train "
in the right direction, and must be given
the credit for conscientious effort, must
radically fail in some vital point, for the
sons and daughters of the best parents
seem to go astray in spite of example and
precept. And what keen agony must rive
the heart when the beloved child treads
evil paths, or becomes amenable to law;
while the thought must often come:
“How much am I responsible, through
my training and government, for" my
child’s faults f”

It is when a mother begins to feel her

.kingdom slipping from her, that she needs

to brighten up her wits, to read for the
purpose of instructing the children, and
make herself attractive personally. And if

 

old, for advice and guidance in those
matters which so surely affect their future
lives, sure of sympathy and that still
“mother knows;” if she has so won them
that instead of hiding their secrets in
their own hearts, or conﬁdiug in their
girl friends, they take troubles and joys
allke to the one never found unfaithful,
so surely shall they .“ rise up and call her
blessed.” BEATRIx.

A MANIFEST DUTY.

 

 

What a diﬁicult problem is life! ‘This
profound reﬂection is the result of read-
ing what has been said of late in the
Household on the subject of housekeep-
ing. To be a model house and home
keeper, is, in my opinion, to be a very
queen. But how to be such an One, “ay,
there’s the rub.” And when you cannot
ﬁnd time to do all that your ambition
would prompt you to do, to know just
what to leave undone! I don’t believe
that most of us who read the Household
are in danger of forgetting that we have
hearts and‘ brains, but I think there may-
be many of us who need to be reminded
that we have bodies that need care, for
though I know of many instances where
superior minds have triumphed over pain,
still, I think it is too much to expect a
physically broken down woman to be a
good wife and mother. Hoard your
strength as a miser hoards his gold, and
that, before itis too late. When you have
learned to do this, you will never be seen
carrying a heavy baby 'while you prepare
a meal, simply because the child frets,
and your meal must be ready on time.
You will never lift a tub full of water,
nor carry a heavy basket of clothes to the
line; nor yet will you be seen trudging
about in the hot sun with aching feet and
head, gathering what few berries you
may have the good luck to ﬁnd. And all
this will not be because you are lazy, but
because you are saving your strength for
nobler purposes. And Ihave my own
opinion about those who sit up till twelve
o’clock to sew, though as regards others,
Imay be wrong; but I am certain if I
should so deprive myself of needed rest.
that somewhere in the hurry next morn.
ing of preparing breakfast, skimming the
milk for the calves, straining the new
milk, feeding the chickens and assisting
the children to dress, I should lose my
temper, and the more I felt ashamed of
myself the crosser I should grow, and

  

  


  

 

    
    
   
   
    
  
  
  
   
   
    
 
    
     
   
 
 
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
  
   
    
     
  
  
   
   
 
  
  
 
  
 
   
   
 
 

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while the beneﬁt of their friendship and
acquaintance would prove a great deal
more; to dress her neatly, especially
about the hands and feet; and take her
from home as often as possible; encour-
~ing her in every way to notice people and
objects of interest, and to think less of
herself. But whatever you do. don’t
laugh at her when you learn that she
was afrain to enter a neighbor’s house, or
hid away instead of meeting your guests,
for you can have no idea of the painful
pictures drawn by her morbid imagina-
tion, Merely assure her of your affec-
tionate interest in her welfare, and try
to show her that by overcoming this
troublesome habit she will add much to
your happiness as well as her own.

. A. H. J.
TKOHAS, April 28th.

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HOUSEHOLD mum‘s.

 

The rubber rings used to assist in keep-
'ing the air from fruit cans, sometimes be-
come so dry and brittle as to be almost
useless. They can‘be restored to anormal
condition, usually, says the ‘Popular
,Soimoe Monthly, by letting them lie in
water in which you have put a little
ammonia mixed in the proportion of one
part of ammonia and two parts water.
Sometimes they do not need to lie in this
more than ﬁve minutes, but frequently
a half hour is needed to restore their
‘ elasticity.

The high 'caster and cake basket are
now banished from fashionable tables,
and there is nothing upon them more
aspiring than the compotes for preserved
fruits. The butter dishes, salt cellars,
eruets, and other individual dishes with
which it is the fancy to surround the
plate, are all very fanciful in shape, and
very much decorated. There are dainty
pitchers in craquelle ware, the tinted glass
through which run lines as if it had been
cracked in many directions, and leaves
and ﬂower pieces in bisque adapted to
table purposes. We eat ice cream from
green grape leaves, veined and mottled,
and cheese cups are tiny barrels, with
each a Neufchatel cheese in it, and a
silver scoop to eat it with.

 

Not infrequently the housekeeper is
driven to hateful untidiness by the lack
of acloset in her sleeping room, provision
for which should have been made when
the house was built. The Philadelphia
Press describes a substitute which we
have seen used to good purpose in this
city: “ Drive a number of nails into the
wall at the height desired, or choose such
a place if pegs are already attached. Have
a wooden shelf fastened above the row of
nails or pegs, the shelf being wide enough
to extend some distance out over the pegs.
Upon the ﬂoor, against the wall, beneath
the pegs, place a number of boxes, of
pasteboard or ,wood. These will form
convenient receptacles for small articles,
while dresses and the like may be suspend-
ed from the pegs. Then, to the edge of
the wooden shelf, attach ﬂowing curtains
of chintz, cretonne, or other suitable

 

and full enough to cover clothes, pegs,

boxes and all. Arrange the curtains in a
full at the top so that they rise above the
shelf as a border, and hide the wood. The

curtains may be further ornamented by
Upon the shelf may be
a Parian bust, a vase of
ﬂowers, afew Japanese fans, or any other

bows of ribbon.
disposed books,

small article of use or beauty.”

w
SCRAPS.

 

It is in “ Cranford,"
chronicle ofvillage life, that the assertion
is made that every woman has her pet
economy. There is an old saying tothe
effect that every housekeeper, no matter
how painfully neat in other respects, has
her one “ dirty streak.” So most of us
have some one thing about which we are
more fastidious than others. Not many
years ago an extremely nice individual,
who desired to make converts to his
particular idiosyncrasy, sent out one hun-
dred thousand postal cards in the interests
of teaspoons. He wanted everybody to
put the spoons in the holder with the
bowls down, so that whoever helped him~
self would not in so doing ﬁnger the por-
tion of the spoon soon to enter the mouth
of another. As it cost him over $1,000

 

 

 

 

his peculiar ‘ ‘ fad.”

thoughts on the question of work for
women, put into the mouth of one of his
characters: “A man would be thought a
downright sinner if he brought up his
lads like maist fathers bring up their
lasses. Women are reared and expectit
to live sic lives as only scoundrels 0’ men
choose for .theirselves—hinging roon, eat-
ing ither folks’ bread, and waiting for
deid men’s shoon. * * *
bein’ responsible,
ble.
lie. * * *
ried she’ll stop nae mair wage fra” the
man’s hand, an’ she’ll ken its value when
she has it to spend. An’ if you winna’
teach some lasses how to earn that
never want to do it, then ye maun
auld women wanting to earn when it is
too late to learn. * * *
a beauty 0’ blossoms in an orchard in
spring, an’ a beauty 0’ ripe fruit in
autumn. The blossoms 0’ youth are the
hopes we have from the world, and the
apples of age are the hopes and helps we
can gie to it.”

'enne, says that a homely woman who
knows how to dress is far more attractive
than a pretty one in slovenly attire, or
dressed in unsuitable,
A becoming hat, a quiet dress, made well
and accurately ﬁtted,
the way of sheltering personal defects.
Awoman’s dress is a kind
glossary. N ine~tenths of the dress is the
ﬁt; if good it will redeem a
cent rep; if poor, it will ruin a satin de
Lyon.

to thus promulgate his views, we must
credit him with a deal of earnestness in

And yet, isn’t there
something in it?

 

Here are some of George Macdonald’s

Mak’ a
an’ it will be responsi-
Tak’ it on yourself, an’ there it will
An’ when she’s mar-

may
hae

There is

—§

Madame Mojeska, the great tragedi-

ill-ﬁtting garments.
will do marvels in
of personal

twenty-ﬁve

 

material, the curtains being long enough

 

should never lose sight of, her position,

There are three points a woman

that charming

friend or her worst enemy. - “When
youth, the dream, departs,” then is the

more careful than ever, dress in dark,
warm, neutral tints, exquisitely ﬁtting,
but simply made. She should aim to be

able, and ignore all eccentricities of the
variable goddess.

 

Isn’t this true, girls? ”A girl who is in

disadvantages. She feels that by proper
treatment and advice there is no position
in the world that he cannot ﬁll. in time,
and she decides then and there to put him
in training for the Presidency. N o mat-
ter if his head is number six and slopes
the wrong way, she thinks it will ﬁll out.
She is going'to do her best on him any-
way. Take nine girls in ten who marry
little shrimps or big awkward boys, and
talk to them in conﬁdence, and they will
tell you that their husband is bound to
make his mark in the world, and that he
will be President some day.” B.
W
IT is with pleasure the Household Edi-
tor notes the interest manifested in the
“little paper,” and the ever increasing
corps of contributors. All are welcome,
and all most cordially invited to come
again and yet again, while there is room.
for many more; “'the more the merrier.’
m
Mas. M. A. FULLER writes us that she
will extend the time of receiving orders
for garden plants, until May 15th. the
season being so backward.

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Contributed Mcipes.

 

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BREAD Caner—Three cups. of bread-dough,
(that is when ready for putting in loaves); one-
and one-half cups sugar; two-thirds cup of
shortening (butter or meat fryings) ; two eggs ;
one teaspoonful soda, same of cinnamon and
nutmeg; one cup raisins; other fruitif wished;
knead with the hand until thoroughly mixed,
using no ﬂour; put in two loayes; bake imme-

diately. E. E. B.
SALINB

 

LEMON Janina—Soak half a box of gelktiue
in half a pint of water for half an hour. Meas-
ure out two cupfuls of loaf sugar, and rub the
pieces of sugar on the peel of ﬁve lemons till
the oil of the lemons is absorbed by the sugar.
Pour a pint and a half of boiling water on the
soaked geletine, and add the juice of the lem~
ons, the sugar and the white and shell of an
egg well beaten; let it come to a boil, set
aside on the stove a few minutes; skim care-
fully and pass through the jelly-bag into
moulds. '

 

RHUBARB or pieplaut may not only be pre-
served in cans, but may be made into jelly.
After rinsing the stalks in cold water, cut them
in pieces, and with only about enough water to
cover them; put them in a porcelain kettle;
let them boil until nothing seems to be left
but a soft pulp. Strain through a ﬂannel jelly
bag. To each pint of this juice add a pound
of sugar, let it boll after putting the sugar in,
and try it by taking out a little and putting it

on a cold plate; when it “jellies” at once, it
is safe to pour it into bowls.

 

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her age, and her weak points. She ought
to know the latter better than her best _’

time dress is potent. Then she should be :

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DETROIT, MAY 13, 1884.

 

THE

IﬂIQUSEEIKOLD‘ansupplement..-

 

 

A SONG FROM THE SUBS.

 

Queen of my tub, I merrily sing
While the white foam rises high,
And sturdily wash and rinse and wring,
And fasten the clothes to dry;

’ Thenrout in the free, fresh air they swing,

Under the summer sky.

I wish we could wash from our hearts and souls
The stains of the week away:

And let water and air by their magic make
Ourselves as pure as they;

Then on the earth ther_e would be, indeed,
A glorious washing day.

Along the path of a useful life
Will hearts' ease ever bloom;

The busy mind has no time to think
Of sorrow or care or gloom,

And anxious thoughts may be swept away
As we busily wield the broom.

I am glad the task to me is given
To labor day by day,
For it brings me health and strength and hope,
And I cheerfully learn to say,
“ Head, you may think, Heart, you may feel
But, Hand, you shall work alway !”
-Mi«se Alec/t.
——-¢o+——

THE CHILDREN.

 

In one of her letters F. E. W., of Chel»
sea, asks whether, in caring for and amus-
ing her little ones after the day's duties
are done, she is not as well employed as
if reading, writing, or otherwise educat
ing and enjoying herself, and desires an
opinion. Undoubtedly a conscientious
mother ﬁnds more happinessin the merry
chatter of her little ones, and in watching
the development of their perceptive and
reﬂective powers, than in the best of books
read in leisure won by neglecting them.

4 A wise mother binds her children’s hearts
‘ to her by every means in her power. The

ties are like spider’s threads, frail in-

g dividually, but collectively strong; strong
' enough to ‘subdue passions and evil

impulses, and unite mother and child
through mutual love and conﬁdence. Yet
it is not wise to neglect self improve.
ment, for the mother must remember that
“the world moves,” and that her chil-
dren come into it at amore progressive

, period that when she herself was young,

that what was new in her day is old now,
and new thoughts and theories are com-

‘ ing forward every year.

When children are young and depend-

- ent itIis comparatively easy for a mother
tomalntain her supremacy in her child’s

heart and mind. And happy that little

one who can rest with perfect trust and

ﬁne about seven years old, the other per-
ape ﬁve. The younger was endeavoring

 

to convince her playmate of some fact, of
which she said “My momma says so!”
with voice and look which said plainly
hat tfor her at least, there was no going
beyond that authority. It was impossible
not to smile at the little ﬂushed, eager,
deﬁant face, and to wonder if “ my mam-
ma” would always be so believed and
trusted. I fear that many mothers who
spare no pains to keep their babies close
to them, forget that when they leave
home for school and its new associates,
the maternal guidance should be intensi-
ﬁed, to still be dominant over the new
experiences and inﬂuences. Instead,
many relax their vigilance, and let the
children drift away from them by proces-
ses so imperceptible that it is not until
some conﬂict of opinion occurs that they
realize there has been a change at all.
A child must learn to be self relia (a
mother makes a great mistake when she
encourages her children to depend upon
her, either morally, mentally or physi—
cally,) but with thls selfrreliance there
should exist a sense of responsibility
toward the parents, the dominant idea
being that “mother knows ” what is right
and best. And I do not think that is the
wisest woman who always decides her
children’s perplexities for them, and is
always giving good advice. Self depend-
ence, reﬂection, and a realization of the
truth that we are responsible for the con-
sequences of our acts, are best taught by
leaving the decision to the child, after
setting forth the pros and cons, or induc-
ing the reasons to be looked into.

It always seems to me a “ fearful re
sponsibility” to bring up children. The
wise king said “Train up a child in the
way he should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it.” But it seems as
if the saying did not hold good, or else
that those who certainly seem to “train"
in the right direction, and must be given
the credit for conscientious effort, must
radically fail in some vital point, for the

sons and daughters of the best parents ,

seem to go astray in spite of example and
precept. And what keen agony must rive
the heart when the beloved child treads
evil paths, or becomes amenable to law;
while the thonght must often come:
“How much am I responsible, through
my training and government, for my
child’s faults?”

It is when a mother begins to feel her
kingdom slipping from her, that she needs
to brighten up her wits, to read for the
purpose of instructing the children, and
make herself attractive personally.And if

 

she can hold their hearts to hers, so that
as they go out into the world and into
society, they will still come to her, as of
old, for advice and guidance in those
matters which so surely affect their future
lives, sure of sympathy and that still
“mother knows,” if she has so won them
that instead of hiding their secrets in
their own hearts, or contiding in their
girlfriends, they take troubles and joys
alike to the one never found unfaithful,
so surely shall they “ rise up and call her

blessed. " B EATR or.
M.

A MANIFESI‘ DUTY.

 

What a difﬁcult problem is life! This
profound reﬂection is the result of read-
ing what has been said of late in the
Household on the subject of housekeep-
ing. To be a model house and home
keeper, is, in my opinion, to be a very
queen. But how to be such an one. " av,
there’s the rub." And when you cannot
ﬁnd time to do all that your ambition
would prompt you to do, to know just
what to leave undone! I don't believe
that most of us who read the Household
are in danger of forgetting thtt we have
hearts and brains, but I think there may
be many of us who need to be reminded
that we have bodies that need care, for
though I know of many instances where
superior minds have triumphed ovcr pain,
still, I think it is too much to expect a
physically broken down woman to be a
good wife and mother. Hoard your
strength as a miser hoards his gold, and
that, before itis too late. When you have
learned to do this, you will never be seen
carrying a heavy baby while you prepare
a meal, simply because the child frets,
and your meal must be ready on time.
You will never lift a tub full of water,
nor carry a heavy basket of clothes to the
line; nor yet will you be seen trudging
about in the hot sun with aching feet and
head, gathering What few berries you
may have the good luck to ﬁnd. And all
this will not be because you are lazy, but
because you are saving your strength for
nobler purposes. And Ihave my own
opinion about those who sit up till twelve
o’clock to sew, though as regards others,
Imay be wrong; but I am certain if I
should so deprive myself of needed rest.

, that somewhere in the hurry next morn.

ing of preparing breakfast, skimming the
milk for the calves, straining the new
milk, feeding the chickens and assisting
the children to dress, I should lose my
temper, and the more I felt ashamed of
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then wouldn't the domestic atmosphere
be blue; and if the children fell to quar-
reling, which I am sure would be one re
sult of the aforesaid blueness, I should
shut the door and let them quarrel, mis-
erably conscious that any attempt on my
part to “pour oil on the troubled waters,”
would only end in setting ﬁre to the oil.
No, my friends, if you happen to pass our
house and ﬁnd the midnight taper burn
lug, you may be sure it isn’t because L. B.
P. is plying her needle “with ﬁngers weary
and Worn.” I keep a basket right by my
easy chair with work all ready to do, and
then when I drop into my chair to rest
or to wait for the men to come to their
meals, it is no effort at all to keep my
ﬁngers busy, and [am surprised myself
to ﬁnd how much I can accomplish in
just these same odd minutes. It requires
no little resolution to deny myself the
pleasure of a trip to the woods, because
I know by experience that it is an expen-
diture of time and strength that I cannot
aﬁo'rd, but when the children come back
with their hands full of wild ﬂowers, and
I can enjoy them without fatigue, I feel
amply repaid. And as I call attention to
their beauty, and explain their growth, I
feel grateful to the dear parents who gave
me the opportunity to learn what little I
doknow, before the cares of life made it
impossible to spendmuch time in the
beautiful realm of books, and I resolve
mentally that if education beincompatible
with a knowledge of housekeeping, and
the business of life, which, however I do
not believe. I shall choose the education
for our children. Now if, after managing
to the best of my ability. except that I
will have the evenings for reading and
recreation. [should still ﬁnd myself un-
able to meet the almost incessant demand
for clothes. I should say to the “ gude
mon” “ I must have some one to help me
for a few days with sewing,” and in my
case the cheerful response would be “all
right,” but if he should thoughtlessly re-
ply “ I’m short of money just now, can't
you get along someway ?" I should say
without hesitation “No! I’ve tried, and I
can’t possibly get along.” I hope no one
will think there is a covert sneer in the
word “thoughtlessly,” for it is my ﬁrm
belief that husbands are oftener thought-
less than unkind. But I have rambled on
till I am sure our Household Editor will
wish I knew when to stop, and I haven't
said yet how much I like the new House-
hold; but it is scarcely necessary, for how
can any one help liking the neat little
sheet that is all our own? L. B. P.
Amps, May 1st.
“0....“

THE COOKING SCHOOL.

Miss Parlua recently devoted nearly all
of one of her cooking lessons to the sub-
ject of warming up cold meats. “ limb,”
she said. “should summon visions of the
most delicious character, instead of those
the very reverse of pie asant." The meat
should be carefully prepared, eliminatin'r
all scrap< of gristle, muscle and fat. Sea-
son with the best butter. Warm quickly
and serve as soon as thoroughly heated
For escalloped meat take any kind of cold
meat, chopped rather coarse, and season

 

with salt and pepper. To every pint of
the meat use half a cupful of gravy and
a heaping cupful of breadcrumbs. Put a
layer of the meat in a dish, then gravy,
then a thin layer of bread crumbs, then
meat again, and so on until the dish is
full, the last layer being a thick one of
crumbs. Bake about twenty minutes.
For a fricassee,take three pints of any kind
of cold meat, chopped coarse, one pint of
water; put two tablespoonfuls of butter
into a saucepan, when hot add one table-
spoonful of dry ﬂour, stir until brown,
then gradually add the water, season to
taste. Put the meat into a deep dish,
turn the gravy over it and set in the oven.
Make a biscuit dough of one quart of
ﬂour, three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one. tablespoonful butter, one
teaspoonfnl of salt and a tablespoonfu1
of sugar; mix with milk or water till stiff
enough to handle, roll half an inch thick
and cut into cakes, put the biscuit on top
of the meat in the oven and bake ﬁfteen
minutes. For hash on toast, brown a
tablespoonful of butter and the same of
ﬂour, as before, add two-thirds cup of
water, and put into it one pint of chopped
meat; simmer ten minutes and turn upon
slices of toast ranged on a platter.

Miss Parloa made delicious ﬁshballs by
picking up apint bowlful of raw salt cod-
ﬁsh, unsoaked. Into aboiler she put two
heaping bowlfuls of small sized potatoes,
pared, and turned the ﬁsh on top of them.
Cover with boiling water and boil half an
hour. Drain off the water and mash ﬁsh
and potatoes, until ﬁne, add butter the
size of an egg, a little pepper and two
eggs, well beaten. Have your kettle of
fat very hut, dip a tablespoon into it,
then take up a spoonful of the mixture,
making it as good shape as possible, drop
into the fat; it should cook brown in two
minutes. Dip the spoon into the fat every
time before taking up the mixture, and
take care to keep the fat hot. '

To cook rice properly, as a vegetable,
Miss Parloa says it should be well wash-
ed, then cooked in water in the propor-
tion of one cupful of rice to three quarts
of water. The water must boil all the
time, it should be uncovered and not
stirred. It Will be done in thirty minutes.
Season slightly with salt, draw of the
water through acolander and stir in one
tablespoonful of butter. Spread the rice,
thus cooked, on a platter, and on it lay
dropped eggs. This dish is known as
Spanish eggs.

An omelet is a dish rarely served at a
farmer’s table, yet when properly pre-
pared it is amost delicious addition tothe
supper table. Beat four eggs with the
newer, add a teaspoonful of salt and two
tablespoonfuls of milk. Have the pan
"sissing hot," as hot as it can be with-
out being absolutely red, put in a table-
spoonful of butter and pour in the beaten
egg, shake with a rotary motion on the
hottest part of the stove till the egg be-
gins to set, let stand a second or two to
brown, run a knife between the sides of
the omelet and pan, roll it over upon itself
and deposit it on a hot plate by turning
the pan upside down. and serve at once.

Some instructions on cooking that much
abused article, beefsteak, were given by

 

the dainty-handed cock. She said the
steak should be cut thick, it cannot be
good it‘ only half or a quarter of an inch
thick. She would dredge it with salt,
pepper and ﬂour. Cook on double broiler
for ten minutes if to be rare, two minutes
longer if rather well done. Never stick
a fork into it, or cut with a knife to see
if it is done; this lets the rich juices es
cape. Frying is a method which has
only inglorious ease to recommend it, but
it sometimes happens there are no con -
veniences for broiling. In this case heat
the frying pan very hot, then sprinkle
with salt and lay in the steak,
turning it immediately the ﬁrst side is
seared, and turning again and again
afterward. The fr quent turnings are to
keep in thejuices, which otherwise would
ooze out and be lost.

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PLANTING OF BULBS.

As too great haste makes waste in so
many of life’s projects, the planting of
tender bulbs is soon found by experience
to be no exception to the adage, for if
planted too early, while the ground is
still cold, they aptto rot and are lost, and
if they manage to live, do not grow thrifty
and bloom as well as if started into
rapid growth with good sound roots.
Gladioli and lilies are the most hardy
bulbs in use for spring planting. Lilies
require adeep bed with coarse sand at the
bottom, and partial shade, while amatting
of vines to cover the bed is also an ad.
vantage. Gladioli should be planted at
least ten inches below the surface, and
covered with any rich soil and well de-
cayed fertilizers. This caution is ever
given as to the fertilizers, especially for
bulbs. for reason that it causes them to rot
if not in that state. I frequently hear
complaints of bulbs, especially Gladioli,
not multiplying, which is occasioned by
shallow planting.

Dahlias are so easily raised from seed,
that many prefer them to tubers, unless
certain varieties or colors are desired.
Dahlias are gross feeders and not easily
harmed by over fertilizing; suds from the
wash makes a good application, and slips
rooted early will make plants which will
ﬂower more freely than bulbs; in fact the
shoots grow entirely independent of the
size of bulb planted, and such plants are
what are usually furnished by ﬂorists in-
stead of tubers of the preceding year's
growth; but in ordering certain colors or
varieties, to get plants or tubers is the
only reliable way to secure them, for
seed is pretty sure to conjure up some-
thing new. There is no occasion for
haste or risk in starting the Dahlia in
spring, as it is a decidedly an autumn
ﬂower, and forcing fails to make satis~
factory returns; but cool nights and mild
days develop all its capacities for profuse
and gorgeous blooming.

There are several bulbous-rooted plants
so decidedly ornamental that it is a won-
der they are so seldom cultivated. espec—
ially as their requirements are so simple.
I refer to the Canna, Caladium. Tigridia,
Tuberose, Tritoma, Zephyranthus, etc.,
any of which are cheaply obtained in a
dormant state, easily tended, and preserv

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el through winter in a frost proof cellar
without deterioration, but improvement
and rapidincrease with time, except the
Tuberose and Tigridia, which require
warm, dry quarters through winter for
perfect preservation, and either of these
when once understood are as easily manag-
ed as any plant. Such plants, that are
natives of warmer climates, require a start
in the house in spring. and a stove-shelf
is none too warm for tuberoses to warm
up before the pots containing them are
planted in the garden, which should not
be earlier than June 10th; when such
tender bulbs begin to grow they develop
rapidly. The Tigridia, if given a little
start in the house and turned carefully
from the pots into a warm bed, will make
a dazzling show all summer. The others
mentioned are far more hardy, and no
more trouble than Dahlias or Gladioli.
MRS. M. A. FULLER.
FmorzerLn, May 7th.
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THAT GARDEN SP0 I‘.

Mrs. W. J. G. calls my attention to the
fact that it is one thing to make a. garden
on paper in a newspaper oﬂ‘ice, and quite
another to do it manu propria, and this,
too. in spite of the pains I took, only a
little while ago, to inform the Household
people that before I accepted a seat upon
the editorial tripod I had served a nine
years’ apprenticeship as housekeeper and
maid of all work. Like Mrs. W. J. G., I
have had my ambitions, also experiences
akin to hers. The vegetables I raised in
my spasm of gardening were eminently
adapted to the use of Lilliputs. Onions
the size of a silver dollar, tomatoes like
plums, pea pods ﬁlled to repletion by
one lone pea, cabbages which were mere
rosettes of leaves, rewarded my energetic
labors. I thought seriously of making
an exhibit at our county fair, just to show
how small vegetables could be and still be
recognizable. Whenever we had anything
in the way of a garden, thereafter, it was
in the ﬁeld, where the cultivator, and a hoe
wielded by muscle, not good intentions,
gave the culture. The vegetables grew
well enough, but when I wanted them I
wound the clock, tooh a lunch and locked
the: house before starting for the back
lot."

Householders will please take notice
that in my advocacy of the advantages of
a good garden for the farmer, I gave no
arguments to show that the women of the
family should have anything to do with it
further than gathering the vegetables and
preparing them for the table. Experience
convinces me that to care for a garden
large enough for the bugs and worms and
the family too, is a man’s work, not a
Woman’s. To raise vegetables for home
consumption should be as much a part of
the farm routine as to raise wheat for
bread. I believe in out-door exercise for
Women, and that most of them would be
the better for it, but the care of the gar-
den, taken with the work of sweeping
Churning, washing, ironing, all calling
into action the same sets of muscles, is too
. much for any woman who does not enjoy
that robust health so much to be coveted,
Yet so seldom seen. It seems as if it would

 

not be aheavy task to keep the mellow,
fresh-turned earth free of weeds, and the
soil stirred enough for rapid growth of
plants, but when the weed seeds start
they are so like the evil that is in us. and
grow so much faster and stronger than
the good seeds we planted and fain would
cherish, that we soon learn that eternal
vigilance is the price of a garden as well
as "liberty.” I am perfectly certain that
While Adam hoed potatoes in the primal
garden, Eve sat on the fence and ate ap-
ples, once in a while encouraging him by
a big bite, and it is after this fashion that
our modern Eves should encourage the
degenerate Adams of to-day.

The secret of having a good garden is,
to plant it in long rows, in some place
where the the cultivator can do most of
the work. This will save a great deal of
slow work with the hoe. Plant enough
of everything so that unless the insect
toes are beyond all bounds there will be
enough for you and them too—you’ll have
to share with the bugs anyhow, and
they collect their tithes every time—but
let the head of the family or his aid-de-
eamp do the hard work. Baum.

STILL ANOTHER METHOD. .

I have read carefully all the various
modes of bread-making as given recently
ii the Household, and have tried several
of them, but as none of them have been
just like my favorite recipe, I will give it
for the beneﬁt of the sisters, as in my
opinion it requires less labor, and of
c >urse that is what we are all looking for.
My method is this: After peeled potatoes
have been boiled for dinner I select out
eight of the largest, mash and pour over
them the water in which they have been
boiled, to which I add one teaspoonful of
ginger, one tablespoonful lard, and one
tablespoon ful of brown sugar. I then put
a cake of Twin Brothers’ yeast to soak in
half a cup of boiling water,when the pota-
toes and water are lake-warm I add the
yeast; I then sift the flour and makea soft
sponge in the middle, to which I add two
tablespoonfuls of salt, dissolved in one
pint boiling and one pint cold water, then
let it rise over night. First thing in the
morning knead into one large loaf and let
it rise again; out into small loaves,put into
tins and let rise again. Then bake forty
ﬁve minutes.

Out of this dough can be made most
beautiful biscuit.

I-would be pleased to have the ladies
try this plan and report their success.

Mas. J. W. P.

Dn'rnorr, May 6th, 1884.

___..._____

CHAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS.

I want to tell the members of the
Household how to make use of old socks
and stockings after they are unﬁt for fur.
ther wear. After being properly cleansed.
the socks make nice dishcloths and the
stockings are -nice to wash the baby, and
will prove very acceptable to older ones-
Thanks to El See, Aaron’s Wife and S. M.
for their defence of salt-rising bread. It
may not be any better when fresh than hop
yeast bread, but if you have any to get

D

 

stale how much nicer to make into a pud-
ding or toast, or even to steam. When
mixing the sponge try warm milk instead
of water; you need not take the trouble
to skim it, as the cream will not hurt the
bread in the least.

I offer my sympathy to “Contributor"
who felt so indignant when confronted
by the “ Farm Law " column and adver-
tisement of chromos. But- in the issue of
April 22nd I found something which
made even that sink into ins1gniﬁcance.
It reads somewhat “thusly”: “If you
have a listless, discouraged feeling, and
get weary with slight exertion, &c., &c.,
take something—yes—take Ayer’s Pills.”

HOPE.
HILLSDALE, May 5th, 1884.

“_—.O.—-——-—
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.

To those who wish to get rid of old
crinoline entirely, I would suggest that
they dig a deep hole and bury them,
along with broken dishes, oyster cans, old
shoes, &c.

Empty your straw tick under your cur-
rant and berry bushes.

In cleaning house, begin at the topmost
corner, and work down and out. cleaning
one room at a time, and you will ﬁnd that
if you are detained by company or sick-
9.688 it will not inconvenience you near

so much as to have the whole house in

disorder at once.

Try canning pieplant this spring in
cold water, cut it up, pack your jars, ﬁll,
with water, and seal tight.

Sprinkle white hellabore on the currant
bushes early, and destroy the worms as
soon as they hatch. C. B. R.

Vrcxsnune, April 28th, 1884.

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SMILES AND SALT-RISING BREAD

There has been a great deal said about
meeting the husbands when they come in
from their work with smiling faces. That
is all right; but, on the other hand, the
wife, and especially the mother, who has
to work from early morn until night and
perhaps far into the evening to do her
work and care for her little ones, needs
smiles and pleasant words as well. Does
not “Farmer’s Wife” agree with me in
that?

I will give my way of making salt rising
bread: 'I‘ake half a teacupful middlings,
a pinch of salt, pour in boiling water and
stir it up; set in a warm place to rise.
Make this the day before you wish to
bake. Take one or two spoonfuls of this
rising, or the whole of it, put in a bowl
of warm water, stir in ﬂour, set in a warm
place to rise. I pour boiling water in the
ﬂour and enough cold to cool it, about
half and half; let this sponge rise, after
you put your bowl of emptyings in it,
about one hour. Knead the loaves and
set in a warm place to rise. You can get
your baking done in the morning in this
way. Moran-n.

Hanson, May 3d.

m

Mas. M. E. M. H., of Lapeer, will ﬁnd
her query answered in the veterinary de-
partment of last week’s FABMEB.

 


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THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

SCRAPS.

ONE of Detroit’s pretty girls who was
married recently received her wedding
guests under a chime of bells modeled in
ﬂowers. Two of the bells were white,
one of pink Bon Silene, the fourth of
Marechel Neil roses. On the larger of
the bells the monograms of the bride and
groom were outlined.

Tmscriticism was passed upon a lec-
ture delivered before a Farmers’ Institute
held in this State last winter to
the eﬁect that the lecturer “talked
over the heads” of the farmers present;
using too many “scientiﬁc” terms and
unfamiliar phrases. It is not an infre-
quent complaint regarding books and
papers as well as lectures. But for most
of these alleged scientiﬁc terms there are
no interchangable common ones,and often
the meaning could not be conveyed with-
out great verbosity. The “scientiﬁc”
terms which apply to farming are not
very many in number, nor difﬁcult of
comprehension. Instead of demanding
our teachers to come down to our level,
might it not be better for us to lift our-
selves to theirs, instead of elevating our
noses at their teachings because we are
too ignorant to comprehend them? Long
fellow says: 7‘

“ Men have no faith in ﬁne spun sentiment,
Who put their trust in bullocks and in beeves.”

but a practical truth clad in aphraseology
we do not quite urderstand is a “nu’. ‘.0
crack,” not to be ssed aside unopened.
These “scientiﬁc terms " are frequently
met with is the course of agricultural
reading. ant a little pains in consulting
the dictionary would give us intelligent
comprehension of their meaning, enlarge
our information and vocabulary, and tend
to prevent us from making ludicrous mis-
takes through misconcept on of the mean-
ings of words. N0 house is well furnish
ed without a dictionary. And when the
chlldren ask, “ Father, what does this
word mean, and how do you pronounce
it? " instead of saying “don’t bother me,”
or giving an unsatisfactory answer, send
them to the dictionary, or better yet, go
with them and aid them in ﬁnding and
mastering the desired deﬁnition. By so
doing you encourage instead of repress
their ambition to know, and help them
to learn that “new thing every day ”
without which we should not let the sun
go down. B.

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

THE late Charles Delmonico, one of the
famous caterers of New York City, left
behind him a recipe, “ How to Cook Wa
ter.” “The secret is in putting good,
fresh water into a neat kettle, already
quite warm, and setting the water to boil-
ing quickly, and then taking it right off
for use in tea, coﬁee and other drinks,
before it is spoiled. To let it steam and
simmer and. evaporate until the good wa-
ter is all in the atmosphere, and the lime
and iron and dregs only left in the kettle
—bahl that is what makes a great many
peoplesick, and is worse than no water
at all.” Let our housekeepers whose tea-

 

kettles are always simmering and never
entirely emptied, take notice.

WE have received from the Brainerd &
Armstrong Co., 621 Market Street, Phila-
delphia, an ounce package of their
“waste” embroidery silk, or “Factory
ends.” It is good silk, in twelve hand-
some colors, cardinal, old-gold, etc., and
in quantity more than what is sold at city
fancy stores for 75 cents. It is the very
thing to use for the popular silk patch-
work, so profusely ornamented with
-‘stitches” and embroidery in gay silks,
and ladies making “crazy quilts” or do-
ing other fancy work requiring mixed
colors, and large quantities, will ﬁnd it a
decided economy to send for a package.
which is forwarded, post paid, on receipt-
of fortycen 3

WITH what surprise would our great-
grandmothers, who cooked over the ﬁre-
place, roasted meat on a spit, before the
ﬁre and welcomed the “tin oven" as a
wonderful invention, view the contents
of a modern hardware storel A great
many of these “ new fangled ﬁxings” are
great conveniences, too. Among them
we may mention the Dover egg beater,
which spares many aches on baking day,
the dishcloth of iron rings, expressly to
clean pots and kettles with, the new sift-
er, which settles into the pan of ﬂour
and sifts from below upward, saving all
litter of ﬂour; and the new style of clothes
bars which fastens to the wall, and then
opens out ten good strong arms ready to
hold the clean clothes safe from being tip-
ped over, and out of everybody’s way.
When not in use it takes up no room at
all, being folded close to the wall. The
hardhearted Charlotte who “went
on cutting bread and butter,” while the
body of her dead lover was “ borne before
her On a shutter,” might have had time to
have given him a glance had'
she been provided wtth one of

the modern contrivances for slic-
ing bread of a uniform thickness. How
many housekeepers know how much
easier it is to cook vegetables, stews, and
warm over food in tin basins instead of
iron kettles? It saves so much lifting
of heavy pots, which must be handled at
long range, and consequently at a disad-
vantage. Try it, and see if it does not

save both back and ﬁngers.

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Contributed Recipes.

“ AARON’S WIFE” sends us the following
tested recipes:

RAISIN PIE.—-One cup each of raisins, sugar,
water, syrup and vinegar; one-half cup
ﬂour; two eggs; butter the size of egg;
teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves and soda.
Chop raisins and mix; bake as mince pie. The
mixture will ﬁll four pies.

Commas—White sugar, two cups; sweet
milk and butter, each one cup; two eggs; harts-
horn shavings, two teaspoonfuls; one grated
nutmeg. Dissolve the hartshoru in the milk;
mix and roll thin and dust with sugar; bake
rather quickly.

ROLL JELLY Cams—Sugar, one and one-half
cups; sweet milk, one cup; ﬂour, two cups;

three eggs; 9. heaping teaspoonful of baking

powder. Beat eggs and sugar together; mix,
and last add a ﬂavoring of vanilla or lemon.
Spread thinly in a long pan, and when baked
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