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THE HQUSEIHIOLD‘muSuplee—ememm

 

 

WHAT SHALL I .DO.

 

“ What shall [do to be forever known!”
' Thy duty ever.

This did full many who yet sleep unknown?
Oh, never, never!

Thin k’st thou perchance that they remain un-

known

Whom thou know'st not?

By angel trumps in heaven their praise is blown—
Divine their lot.

“ What shall I'do to gain eternal life?”
Discharge aright
The simple dues with which each day is rife,
Yea, with thy might.
Ere perfect smeme of action thou devise
Will life be ﬂed;
While he who ever acts as conscience cries
Shall live, though dead.
——————....————.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS and aHAPPY NEW
YEAR to all the HOUSEHOLD people.
——-——¢«>————
GROWN -UP CHILDREN .

 

There comes a time in every mother’s
life, wh- n she realizes that her children
are children no longer. They are young
men and women, capable of reasoning
and judging for themselves, with decid—
ed opinions and resolute purposes. They
have their ambitions, their secret plans,
their hopes they do not voice; they are
about to take their places in the world,
and order their lives to their own liking.
The thoughtful, wise mother keeps pace
with the development of her children, but
others. not less loving but less observant,
fail to realize the inevitable changes
which must occur. Often it is only when
some matter comes up in which the
young person’s opinion or wishes differ
decidedly from the mother’s and awill
as inﬂexible as her own confronts her,
that she realizes that an independent ex—
istence. owing her allegiance, fealty,
deference. but not subjection, stands at
her side ready with unaided wing to dare
aﬂrst ﬂight into the world. Especially
is this true in families where the life is
quiet and uneventful; days glide into
years so imperceptibly that it is hard to
realize those who were babes but yester-
day are young men and women today;
who resent, more or less impatiently, the
loving interference which seeks to impel
them in the path of another’s choosing.
The mother is in an agony of fear and
misgiving. Why should her children
wish to leave home; to choose new friends,
perhaps to marry some one she “can’t
bear the sight of?” Why, indeed, save
that it is “the way of the world” since
the beginning.

This is a crucial time in the life of

 

both parent and child. Injudicious
severity may strain to breaking the tie
between them; undue latitude may pre-
cipitate ruin. Nice discrimination alone
can ﬁnd the happy medium. Tie great
trouble often lies in the fact that the
mother cannot or will not understand
that the restrictions and supervision
proper to childhood and youth are irk
some if not intolerable to young men
and women. If they are progressive and
thoughtful, they may have grown away
from her standards of right and propriety,
when she either grieves over them with
great lamentations or strives to enforce
her waning authority by arbitrary rules,
reproaches, or coercion. She has becdme
so accustomed to direct and control that
she forgets the young soul has a right to
seek its own orbit of life, and that this is
better done in,the sunlight of love and
kindness than in the shadow of fear. It
is indeed hard for her to step aside just
at the time when her experienced eyes
discern the greatest danger of life, and
let the untried way be trod alone. All
along the child life she has been the court
of last resort, whose decisions were ﬁnal;
it hurts her to abdicate in favor of the
governed, yet, in a certain way, she must
abdicate.

It is imperatively necessary that the
mother who would retain ahold upon her
grown-up children should fully realize
their development, and keeping pace with
it, lessen her restraint over them cor-
respondingly, leaving matters of minor
importance to their judgment at ﬁrst and
afterwards those of greater moment;
thus accustoming them to decide for
themselves, and teaching that all-
important lesson that they must bear the
consequences of their own acts. A
mother makes a grave mistake when she
continues to do the thinking for her
children after they have grown up. Only
by accepting the consequences of their
own decisions can they be taught reﬂec—
tion, good judgment. and to decide less
upon the impulse of the moment than
upon “sober second thought.” The
mother, with the keen intuition of a
fond heart, should anticipate a wrong
decision and avert it if practicable by
skillfully presenting the claims of the
other side, oracounterbalancing disad‘
vantage, while seemingly leaving the
choice to them; and here is where many
fail through inj udicious championship of
the side they prefer, and by saying too
much, till a spirit of stubbornness and op-
position is developed. Inﬁnite tact, in-

ﬁnite study of the character, are neces—
sary. She must seem to leave them more
and more free as development goes on,
while invisible chains, slight as the cob-
web lines of the spider, yet hold them to
her. No woman can retain her hold
upon her children as they come into
man’s and woman’s estate, unless she
thus keeps pace with and assists their
development, admitting that as she in her
own youth solved her life problems, so
must her sons and daughters in turn.

But, you ask, does a mother’s care and
nurture, her pains and sacriﬁces, go for
naught when her child has no longer-torn
clothes to mend and sore ﬁngers to tie up?
By no means. Then is their time of
fraitage. In her children’s blossom time
the mother should renew her own youth.
“Character,” says one, “is the impres—
sion we make upon the lives of those
with whom we come in contact.” The
mother’s character makes an indelible
impression upon the plastic minds of her
children. She cannot strengthen that
impress by complainings, bickerings or
reproaches, but she may thus weaken and
destroy it. I am not advocating liberty
and license for the young, but rather
pointing out the way to control youth’s
waywardness. I advise against a restraint
which incites to rebellion, as a tight
rein makes a spirited horse fret and
chafe. A different relation exists be—
tween the mother and the child and the
mother and the young man or woman; it
is to the mothers who resent or will not
recognize these altered conditions that I
address myself. I would have them re—
member th at the human soul must have
free action, and that if all through child.
hood and youth they have cared only for
the temporal things which concern the
children, the “wherewithal shall we be
fed and clothed,” neglecting to gain con.
trol of the spiritual part, or put them—
selves in harmony with the child-nature,
it is eternally too late to command or en-
deavor to compel obedience at an age
when the young people should be able to
judge for themselves.

That “ bringing-up” has been a lamen—
table failure which has not inspired con-
ﬁdence and trust in the grown-up child,
in the heart of both father and moths r.
Early methods have been all wrong, or
wanting in some vital point, if as the son
or daughter grows in years, their parents’
faith and trust in them does not
strengthen with the years. Let the young
people feel that father and mother expect

 

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early training has been judicious, and
love unalienated on either side, there is
about their path a strong pressure in the
right way. BEATRIX.

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COOKING A TURKEY.

As I have long had the beneﬁt of the
HOUSEHOLD and have received many
suggestions which are valuable to me, I
thought perhaps I could give something
in return. Thanksgiving is over, but
Christmas and New Year's are coming,
and as turkeys are quite indispensable at
such times, I will give my way of cook
ing one; Dress the turkey the night be—
fore; wash well, and rub with salt inside
and out. Prepare the dressing, adding
oysters if you prefer, but I chop the giz—
zard, heart and liver and put in; get your
turkey all ready for the oven the night
before. especially if not a young one. in
the morning put in a deep dripping pan
half full of water, to which butter and
salt are added: bake very slowly, basting
often. When about half done make a
blanket for it of ﬂour—Graham or mid-
dlings will (lo—mixed with cold water,
so as to rollouton the board, put this over
your turkey, and bake as fast as you
wish. Make your gravy of the water.
Try this, and you will never cook any
other way. I have done this with old and
large turkeys, and had them tender,

. sweet and juicy. MELISSA.
MANCHESTER

 

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CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS.

 

Last evening when the FARMER was
brought in I seized the HOUSEHOLD and
sat down to enjoy its contents. The ﬁrst
page was quickly devoured, and with ap
petite whetted for more, Iturned the leaf,
when, 10! nothing but sepulchral white-I
ness met my gaze. Now, if April Fool's
Day were in season, I should think our
usually staid editor had perpetrated a
huge joke upon her unsuspecting HOUSE»
IIOLD members, but since that is not the
case, I am forced to suppose that it is
due to one of those accidents that will
happen in even the best regulated print-
in g rooms.

I think Mollie Moonshine’s idea was a.
good as well as a novel one, and pupils
and parents must both have been beneﬁt-
ted. I want to tell Bo nnie Scotland that
I liked herletter very much, and do not
think she is in the least an “old fogy.”

A number of pleasant neighborhood
visits has set me to musing, as such events
always do,——upon what this world would
be without neighbors and friends. Hardly
worth living in, I think.

Returning from Detroit recently I saw
on the cars a man to whom I am sure this
world must be a desert, for I am quite
certain he cannot have many friends.
Two men were seated together, the one on
the outside, quite old and inﬁrm, who
rested his feet on the seat in front of him.
Presently a well dressed man came in
looking for a seat. There were plenty of
vacant ones in the car, but he stopped at
the one in front of the two men, with an
air which plainly said that was the one
he intended to have. The old gentleman

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explained that his feet were badly swollen
and pained him much more when placed
on the ﬂoor.- The young gentleman
pointed to a seat behind them, but no, he
didn’t want it. “Then take my seat, and
I will take that one.” The old gentleman
took his feet down to allow the change,
when the surly fellmwimmediately turned
the seat over, and without a word seated
himself near the window, to the intense
disgust of all who witnessed the proceeds
ing. Another seat was kindly provided
for the old gentleman. And I went on
my way reﬂecting upon the kind of old
age that would come to the middle-aged
man who could show so little regard for
the inﬁrmities of others. I pictured him
unloving and unloved; cared for if he had
money enough to pay for it, if not, leftto
the cold charities of the world. Kind
deeds and kind words are investments
that give large returns. They warm the
hearts of our fellow-travelers, and that
warmth is speedily reﬂected in our own,
and all the world grows brighter. Since
we must all grow Old, let us cultivate
that sweetness of disposition that will
secure for our last days loving care. in—

stead of mere toleration. n. B. P.
ARMADA.

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A SUGGESTION.

I recently attended the meetings of a
large and inﬂuential association, where
apart of the programme consisted of
essays upon various subjects, written and
read by certain of the members. It was
not possible to avoid noticing the differ-
ence in the manner of presenting these
papers. Some read in a dull monotone,
as if so tired of their topic they had not
energy enough to give 1t v01ce; others
struggled with their own handwriting
and were ignominiously “thrown,” run—
ning the sentences together and ,going
back to dis entangle them, hesitating over
doubtful words or mlspronouncing them,
thus destroying the force of the sentence;
while others were so modest in presenting
their views that though claiming the
time of the meeting, they read so low
that their words were inaudible ten feet
away. Others, again, were so conversant
with both matter and manuscript that
the paper was a mere guide, and the
sentences ﬂ )wed nimbly from the tongue
with emphasis and meaning. As the
time for farmers’ clubs and institutes is
at hand, when farmers and farmers’ wives
are called upon for literary effort, I make
no apology for offering a few thoughts
which occurred to me as I listened,
vainly trying to catch the thought con-
veyed in the stammering sentences of a
person who was evidently not on good
terms with his own handwriting. If you
accept an invitation to prepare a paper or
essay on any occasion, do it as well as
you possibly can. Take time for thought
—don’t wait for an “inspiration”—it
may never come; in justice to yourself
and in mercy to your audience, you
should offer them your best. Then, re—
member that half the essay is in the
manner of its delivery. A really ex-
cellent paper loses in force and excellence
if read in a dull. lifeless voice. in a

 

 

 

hesitating, uncertain fashion, while it is
exasperating indeed to listen and be able
to hear only a few words now and then.
No interest is awakened, and a ﬁrst class
paper falls ﬂat simply because of its un—
attractive delivery. So I say prepare
whatever you have to offer in time to
devote a couple of days at least, to re-
reading it aloud, in a large room. stanl-
ing, studying the emphasis necessary to
bring out the thought clearly,- and so
familiarizing yourself with it that you
need not hesitate the fraction of a second
over any word. And then, when before
your audience, forget yourself, and only
remember you have a message to deliver.
Be sure you speak clearly and distinctly;
this will go further in making you un—
derstood than astrained and unnatural
elevation of the voice. Some women
have a foolish notion that it is immodest
and indelicate to be audible in anything
but a parlor, but if a lady consents to ap-
pear before the public, she owes them the
courtesy of being intelligible and ap-
pearing at her best. It is safe to say, de-
vote at least half. as much study to the
delivery of your paper as to its subject
matter. BEATRIX.

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CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Seeing in the last HOUSEHOLD a request
for making Christmas presents, I will
send some for the beneﬁt of those who
have slender purses. Pretty and useful
neck scarfs for gentlemen may be made
of a square of colored cashmere. Garnet,
navy blue, gray, pale blue, or cream are
pretty. Hem the square, then take a
Briggs transfer pattern and stamp an
initial or a ﬂower in the corner, and em-
broider it with silk or chenille.

Whisk broom holders made of the
straw cuffs, such as clerks sometimes
wear, are pretty. Take a cuff and press
it together to ﬂatten it, then crochet a
border of scallops around the top and
the bOttom, and make a cord and balls
out of some of the yarn and tie through
the center in a b )w knot. And then the
cord and balls fastened to the sides of the
top to hang it by completes it, or one can
use pleated ribbon for the top and bot-
tom, and a bOW tied in the centre, a rib-
bon to hang it by with bows at the sides.

For asmall stand take the cover to a
tobacco pail for the top, and three pieces
of broomhandle of equal length for the
legs. Cross the legs in the centre, gipsy
kettle fashion, and secure them where
they cross with a bolt or screw. Fasten
on the top and paint the whole black, tie
a bow of ribbon where the legs cross.
Cover the top with canton or dress ﬂan-
nel, and tack furniture fringe aroimd
the edge.

Lovely aprons are made out of the
scrim used so much now for window cur-
tains. Take one width, put a hem in the
bottom, and turn over a heading at the
top; shir two or three times and sew a
band underneath to hold the gathers, put
on ribbon strings to tie at the side.

Ienjoyed Evangeline’s letters so much,
I wish she would write again.

EMILY,
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IN FANTS’ OLOAKS.

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Cloaks for quite young children seem
made up in two styles, one the Mother

(Hubbard, the other the round circular

with cape and hood. Most mothers pre-
fer the former style, as it is most readily
made over when a shorter wrap is drSll‘
able. A very pretty cloak Of this style
seen at Newcomb’s was of yellowbrown
cashmere, embroidered in silk of the same
color, and lined with rose-colored silesia.
The cashmere composing the skirt was
taken lengthwise of the goods, about a
yard and a half long. This was shirred
to a small yoke cut to ﬁt the shoulders,
.with four rows of shirs about half an inch
apart. A sheet of wadding was laid be-
tween the outside and the lining, and the
yoke was also wadded. A strip of em-
broidery about three-sixteenths of a yard

deep was shirred to ﬁt the neck and bound

to the neck of the yoke by a narrow band
of ribbon, tied at the throat, and bows of
brown ribbon were set down the front,

The length of the completed garment

was about thirty inches. Sleeves were
setin, the armholes being out half in the
skirt and half in the yoke. This can be
readily metamorphosed into ashort cloak
by cutting off the skirt at the top, making
it the requisite length, and shirring it to

the yoke again. Nearly all infants’. cloaks

are of cashmere. wadded as described
above. A plainer style had a hem and

cluster of tucks instead of the embroid-

ery, and the Shirred collar was edged
with ecru lace. Another wrap in cream
white basket ﬂannel was simply a long
sack, but was less stylish and pretty than
the above.

A circular seen at the same house was
of dove-colored cashmere lined with pale
blue silesia, With a cape covering half its
length. trimmed all round with pale blue
satin quilted in diamonds, the satin being
narrowed up the fronts to the neck. A
pointed hood of cashmere showed a blue
satin lining, and was ornamented by a
bow of blue satin ribbon. This cloak,
too, was wadded. Other materials than
cashmere could be used, but the cashmere
is both cheap, suitable and fashionable.

For a child old enough to run alone, a
plain round waist, lined and wadded,
with a kilt or box-pleated skirt, coming
nearly to the tops of the little shoes, is a
favorite style. The kilt is lined, but not
wadded. A garment of this style could
be ’made in blue or brown homespun,
plain or plaid ﬂannel, or cashmere if de—
sirable to utilize an old dress. A plaid
woolen sash, with ends ﬁnished with tas—
sels, conceals the joining of skirt and
kilt, and is tied in front. A plaided silk
scarf or ribbon would be pretty for alittle
girl.

A coat worn by a black-eyed damsel
of four years, 1s of grey pelisse cloth-
$1.50 per yard, double width-cut
double breasted, and with two
:deep box pleats in the back of
the skirt, and long enough to
completely cover the young miss to the
tops of her dainty bronze boots. It is
bordered with brown Astrachan, with
collar, pocket laps and cuﬁs also of the

 

 

Astrachan, of which but three-eighths of
a yard were required.

A little dress just completed for a girl
baby of eighteen months is of cardinal
cashmere. It is cut princesse, and ﬁnished
by a kilt pleating three-sixteenths of a
yard deep. Above the hem is a row of
feather-stitching in cardinal silk, a sim-
ilar row is above the seam joining the
kilt to the dress, and the sleeves and lit tle
round collar, divided and somewhat
pointed in front, are similarly ornament—
ed. It is a very neat, pretty and inexpen-
sive dress.

The HOUSEHOLD Editor is always very
willing to answer any questions on fash-
ions or any other subject on which our
readers desire information. No apologies
are necessary. If the information desired
is of general luterest. replies will be pub-
lished in the HOUSEHOLD, but if of inter
est to the person asking. only, stamps
should be enclosed for reply by mail.

W

CHRIS l‘MAS AMUSEMENTS.

 

We had a Christmas tree last year for
the small relations, which ﬁnally bore
fruit quite acceptable to older ones as
well. Although there is some labor and
outlay connected with the getting up of
such a tree, there is no small amount of
satisfaction as well, for children ﬁnd so
much pleasure in it, and it was on a larg-
er plan than we had ever had before, so
my daughter and I spent some pleasant
evenings, with paints and worsteds, pre-
paring triﬂes to ﬁll out.

We found it required no small amount
of strategy to accomplish our gifts for
each other with the secrecy necessary to
pleasant surprises. We found cheap lace
paper made showy receptacles for candies
and nuts, and silver cardboard made
baskets for ﬂowers and grasses. Oranges
hung to the branches by a thread sewed
through the peel proved a pleasing addi;
tion. When we begin to plan we found
there are many triﬁes that together make
a satisfactory whole, which yet are not
easily enumerated; and many of the
homemade articles have been described
in the HOUSEHOLD. There were no
presents for boys that pleased as well as
some Jersey caps, with a square of silk in
the lining with name and a spray of small
ﬂowers painted on it, for they found im-
mediate and constant use for them. It is
usually more difﬁcult to invent presents
for boys than girls, as they prefer some—
thing jolly. An English magazine con
tained a pattern for making a toy donkey,
of gray cloth, all complete from hoof to
muzzle; and when the harness and saddle
cloth of scarlet, and shiny black buttons
peeping from under its blinkers were put
on, it caused no end of merriment. For
the coming Christmas we have shear and
its keeper in fantastic suit. with full pat—
terns. which no doubt will prove quite as

amusing. We will send the patterns
with full directions for twenty-ﬁve cents,
or ten cents for the donkey and ﬁfteen
cents for the bear and the suit for the
leader. if desired. They are light, as they
are ﬁlled with cotton or excelsior.
HRS. M. A. FULLER.
Fun-ton.

[We regret the above letter did not

 

 

 

reach us in time for insertion in last
week’s issue. Our friends must remem-
ber that copy for the HOUSEHOLD goes into
the printer’s hands as soon as the FARMEB.
has gone to press, and anything intended
for publication in a certain issue should
reach us early in the week, Wednesday
at the latest.

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SCRAPS.

TE'E allusion to the value of the histor-
ical novel as an educator, in the last
HOUSEHOLD, has set me to wondering in
how many farmers’ houses can the his-
tories and biographies needed to supple-
ment any of our great historical novels,
be found? What is there in the average
farmer's library to satisfy an awakened
literary taste, or curiosity about any no-
table personage in history? What will
you ﬁnd in the district library, in the way
of books Of reference or standard author-
ities? The average farmer needs to bear
in mind we have had a “Literary Revo-
lution ” within a few years, and that ﬁve
dollars will buy as many books now, as
ten dollars would ten years ago. Books
are as cheap as they are numerous, which
is saying a good deal. I believe every
man should set aside astated sum annual-
ly, to be devoted to the purchase of stand-
ard books for his family, not as a luxury,
but as a necessity. And the township
libraries might be greatly increased in
most instances, if there was any interest
manifested in their eﬂiciency.

 

CHRISTMAS is coming, and many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars will be
spent in buying toys for the children.
Many of these will be broken and useless
a month after, no good to any one. In-
stead of wasting money on such things,
of which even those meant to be pleased
soon tire, let the little ones have a few
toys suited for their age, and for the
elder, get the juvenile books and papers,
which are more enduring pleasures. St.
Nicholas, Youth’s Companion, Wide
Awake, Harper’s Young People, are all
excellent and safe reading. Coming
weekly or monthly, they are an ever-re.
newed pleasure which outlasts the year, as
they will be read over and over again_
Then, too, the younger children will
listen eagerly to the stories read them
from these papers by the older. and both
will be beneﬁted and kept out of mischief.
Three or four dollars invested in books
and papers for the little people pay a big
premium. B.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

To STONE raisins easily: Pour boiling
water over them, letting them stand a
moment to soften, then pour it off. The
stones may then be easily pinched out at
the stem end by giving an “ extra twist”
to the fruit.

 

Alt excellent remedy for sore throat is
pounded or chopped ice. Do not how-
ever, allow yourself or the children to
handle it with the ﬁngers. Wrap the ice
in a cloth, break it with a hammer, and
lift the pieces to the mouth with stea-
spoon.

 


THE HOUSEHOLD.

 

Tm: Popular Science News gives the
following recipe fortaking mildew out'of
linen: Rub the linen with ﬁne soap;
then scrape some ﬁne chalk, and rub it
also on the linen. Lay it on the grass as
it dries, wet it a little, and it will come
out in twice doing.

 

ACORREBPONDENT of the N. Y. Tribune
has had castors put on her woodbox, and
when it needs ﬁlling it is rolled to the
woodshed, ﬁlled, and rolled back to its
place again. Much less physical labor is
required than to carry the wood in by
armfuls, and much litter is also avoided.

THE Inter- Ocean tells how to bleach tal-
low that is dark in color: Dissolve ﬁve
pounds of alum in ten gallons of water
by boiling; when it is all dissolved add
twenty pounds of your tallow to it. Al—
low it to continue boiling for an hour,
stirring and skimming it frequently.
Then lift from the ﬁre, and when it be—
gins to cool strain it through thick muslin
and set it aside to harden. Drain the talj
low well from the water before packing it
away.

 

IN these days of cheap but quickly di-
lapidated hosiery, the cutting over that
worn by adults for the children is a com—
mendable economy. Here is how to do it:

“Cut out the sole of the foot at the
woven seam in an old pair of the right
size; then lay the stocking on, putting
the fold in the middle of the leg on the
fold of the larger stocking. Allow for a
seam across the heel as well as the scam
in the leg, and also for the seam which
sets in the sole. Cut the sole from the
ﬁrmest portion remaining, and if there
are still good pieces, it saves labor to
run a liberal patch under the front of the
knee, so as to strengthen the part where
the most wear comes. Sew on the
machine with rather loose tension. Sev—
eral pairs can be made in an afternoon,
and when ﬁnished, you will feel that It
was a good day’s work. The will be
smoother for lightly cat-stitching down
the open seams.”

 

A CORRESPONDENT of the Indiana
Farmer recommends the whisk broom for
use in the kitchen, in a variety of ways,
chief among which she names cleaning
pots and kettles, cleaning vegetables, etc.
She says, too, that after the clothes are
brought in from the line and ready for
sprinkling, a clean little broom kept
solely for the purpose is dipped in water
and sprinkles the clothes quite as well as
a Chinese laundryman can spray the
water through his teeth, and it seems
ever so much cleaner, too. Then the
wash-tubs, wringer and wash board are
kept in order with almost no labor at all
by having a little broom handy to scrub
them off with. Pantry shelves, kitchen,
sink and table are cleaned with a broom.
Even the kitchen windows, in ﬂy time,
are washed down ﬁrst with the inevitable
little broom, which Cleans the corners of
the sashes in less than half the time
necessary to accomplish the work without
its help. Blacking the stove is no longer
dreaded. A little broom puts on the

black and does all the polishing necessary,

WE have some recipes forwarded by
our contributors which are held over till
next week to make room for our Christ-

mas menu.

THERE has been an unusual dearth of
letters for the little paper, and consequent-
ly quite too much “ Beatrix” for two or
three weeks past. We hope after the
holidav season, with its manifold claims
upon the time and attention of our con—
tri butors, we shall hear from them more
frequently. New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Illinois, Dakota and far off Ger-
many have been represented, and we
hope to hear from these “remote dis-
tricts” again, as well as from our many
Michigan writers.

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CHRISTMAS DINNER.

MEN U.

 

CLEAR SOUP.

ROAs'r BEEF, wr'rn YORKSHIRE PUDDING.
CHICKEN PIE. ESCALLOPED Oxerns.
MACABDNI wr'rn CnEEsE.

POTATO SNow.
CANNED TOMATOES.
MINCE PIE. CRANBERRY PIE.
COFFEE.

WINTER SQUAsII.
CELEBY.
PLUM PUDDING.
NUTS AND RAIsINs.

 

CLEAR SOUR—If desired very rich, for a
large dinner party, take a beef bone—shin of
beef—\vtighing about three pounds, one
chicken, 8. thick slice of fat pork; two onions,
one carrot, one stalk of celery, six cloves, one
tablespoonful of salt, half a saltspoonful of
pepper, and four quarts of cold water. Fry
the pork and in the fat fry the sliced onions
brown; cut the meat from the beef bone and
brown the pieces in the fat. Then put all the
ingredients, bones included, into the kettle,
add the cold water and let it gradually come to
a boil; skim with great care, and let boil
slowly for ﬁve hours, six if you can; strain and
set in acool place. This must be done the day
before the soup is needed . Next day remove
the fat, and put over the ﬁre an hour before
it will he wanted. Break the white and she]1
of an egg into a bowl, add a spoonful of cold
water and beat a moment, add a little of the
hot soup, and then pour it all into the kettle.
Let all boil slowly for ten minutes, then strain
through anew jelly bag. Do not stir after
straining, but return to the ﬁre and heat.

This is a very clear, delicate and delicious soup.

YORKSHIRE PUDDING.—Take seven heaping
tablespoonfuls of ﬂour, and one teaspoonful
of. salt. Into the dish containing the ﬂour
drop four eggs without heating. Beat this
mixture till it is perfectly smooth; if too thick
thin witha little milk, it should be of the

consistency of thick cream. Butter and heat

hot at deep baking pan, pour in the batter so

it will be about an inch deep. Bake half an

hour in a hot oven, or till it is a golden yellow.

This is a favorite accompaniment for roast

beef, and should be eaten immediately it

comes from the oven, as it grows heavy by

standing.

CHICKEN PIE .-—Make a nice biscuit crust,
and line a deep baking dish. From two to
three chickens will be needed, according to
the size of the dish. Unjoint the fowls, roll
the pieces in ﬂour and fry them brown in the
fat in which three or four slices of salt pork
have been fried. When done, lay the pieces
in a sauce pan and cover with water, adding
salt and pepper. Cover and stew till the

 

and saves the hands.

  

center, to facilitate the carving, and pour in a
small cupful (or more, according to the size of
the pic) of gravy, a generous lump of butter,
and pepper and salt. 'Cover with the pastry,
cutting a round hole in the top, around which
is to be laid a ring of pastry fOr . ornament.
Bake about three-quarters of an hour.
ESCALLOPED Orsrnas.——One quart oysters,
one large coffee cupful of cracker crumbs,
(make the crackers crisp in the oven
before rolling them) three tablespoonfuls
of butter, one teaspoonful of salt and
half ateaspoonful of pepper. Butter a pud—
ding dish, put in alternate layers of oysters

crumbs, and seasoning each layer with hits of

butter. Take acupful of oyster juice, adding
half a teacupful of cream if you choose; add

the butter and seasoning, heat, and turn over
the whole. Bake twenty minutes in a quick
oven.

MACARONI WITH Cause—Break a quarter
of a pound of macaroni in pieces an inch or
two long, and wash quickly in cold water.

thirty minutes. When it is half done, throw
in some salt, and when quite done turn it into
a colander. Butter a pudding dish, put in the
macaroni and pour over it a white sauce made
of two tablespoonfuls of butter, one of ﬂour, a
little salt and pepper, and a pint of cold milk.
Warm the butter, stir the ﬂour into it smoothly,
add the milk gradually and let it come to a
boil. Have ready 3. half cup of grated cheese
and an equal quantity of bread crumbs; mix
them together and spread over the top of the
macaroni, and bake ﬁfteen or twenty minutes
in a quick oven. If more cheese is liked a
cupful can be used. In that case put a layer
of the macaroni in the bottom of the dish and
pour over it the proper proportion of the
sauce, then a layer of cheese, and so on, end-
ing with cheese. Cover the top with bread
crumbs and dot it with bits of butter.

POTATO SNow.—Prepare the potatoes by
mashing and seasoning them ; then put through
a colander into a very hot dish, and serve
immediately without pressing down in any
way.

seeds and ﬁbre and steam for two hours,
mash ﬁne and season with butter and salt.

MINCE MEAL—Three pounds of boiled beef,
lean; one pound of beef suet; three pounds of
sugar; ﬁve pounds of apples; two pounds of
raisins; two pounds of currents; one pound
citron; one grated nutmeg; one large tea-
Spoonful of cinnamon; one-half teaspoonful'
each of cloves, allspice and mace; one glass of
currant jelly and the juice of two lemons. A
glass of brandy can be added if desired. Mix
with fruit juice or older to the proper consist-
ency, and heat thoroughly.

PLUM PUDDINe.—Takc half a pound each of
suet, chopped ﬁne, bread crumbs, ﬂour and
brown sugar, with one pound of raisins,seeded
and cut, one pound of currants, and a quarter
of a pound of Citron. Beat the yolks of six eggs,
one at a time, well into the sugar, adding two
teaspoonfuls of ginger and cinnamon, one
teaspoonful of salt and allspice, and half a
teaspoonful of cloves; one grated nutmeg and
one gill of brandy in one pint of milk. Mix
the ﬂour, after sifting well, into the bread
crumbs, and mixing with the suet and fruit,
add the sugar and yelks; beat all well, and
lastly the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff
froth. Sauce: Four tablespoonfuls of ﬁne

white sugar; two tablespoonfuls of,butter; one
tablespoonful of ﬂour. Stir to a cream; then
add the white of one egg beaten to a stiff
froth. Into this turn one gill of boiling water..

 

meat is tender. Lay the pieces of chicken in

 

stirring rapidly.

Flavor with lemon.

the pie, arranging the bones to lie toward the -

and cracker crumbs, ﬁnishing with a layer of '

Cook it in boiling water in a stew pan for'

WINTER SQUASH.——Cut in two, take out the ‘

 
    

 

