Show I Hints for the Housekeeper I half hal cupful of sour cream cup cupful cupful cupful ful of at sour milk mik two eggs unbeaten one level teaspoonful of soda In milk one square of chocolate melted meled Fry in hot lard then dip quickly In hot water and androl roll rol In powdered sugar Sponge Cake Take one and cupfuls of sugar and add the grated rind and juice of half a lemon one on fourth teaspoonful of salt and cupful of at cold water Beat the yolks of three eggs until lemon color and add to the mixture then add two cupfuls of flour In which has bas been added one tea teaspoonful teaspoonful teaspoonful spoonful of baking powder whip the whites of the eggs stiffly and add care carefully carefully fully the last thing Bake in slow oven Almond Biscuits Half Hal a pound of flour four 4 ounces of sugar 3 ounces of but butter butter butter ter two eggs 1 ounce of almonds half halfa halfa a a teaspoonful of essence almonds 2 ounces lump sugar Put flour in a ba basin basin basin sin and add the butter buter Rub it In very cr finely add sugar sug r and Ind mix Then add the flavoring Beat up the te eggs put putting putting ting a little aside to put over the bis biscuits cults cuis Make ingredients in the basin into a firm dough with wih the remainder of at eggs knead this a little to make It smooth and roll out rather thinly cut with wih a biscuit cutter cuter and brush each ech over with wih egg Blanch almonds and chop them tr m roughly put lump sugar be between between between tween the folds of a newspaper and crush into pieces mix chopped almonds with wih it I Dip biscuits in this mixture Put on a greased oven shelf shelt and bake in a quick oven for ten min minutes utes Ginger Buns Rub a quarter of a pound of butter buter into 3 ounces of flour 3 ounces of rice flour four 14 pound poud of sugar I and one teaspoonful of baking powder i Add 3 ounces ounce of crystallized ginger and I a few drops of essence of ginger mois mols moisen en with wih two eggs Put In teaspoonfuls on to a greased baking sheet and bake in a moderate oven about fifteen minutes Kisses Take one egg half hal a cup of butter buter half hal a cup of milk mik 1 cups of flour tour one cup of corn flour tour and one teaspoonful of baking powder Mix as above Roll Rol out the mixture stamp into shapes and bake in a very quick oven When cold put two together r with jam between Kentucky Gingerbread Cream to together together together gether one cupful of butter buter and one and anda a half cupfuls of New Orleans sugar Add four eggs beaten light one and one half cupfuls of New ew Orleans molasses one cupful of buttermilk to which one teaspoonful of soda has been added four cupfuls of flour tour and two level table tablespoonfuls tablespoonfuls tablespoonfuls spoonfuls of ground gound ginger Bake in a shallow pan in a moderately hot oven Ginger Cake One egg cup cupful cupful cupful ful of sugar one tablespoonful of but butter butter butter ter one ona on teaspoonful of ginger one quarter teaspoonful of cinnamon one half hal cupful of sour milk mik a level tea lea teaspoonful teaspoonful spoonful of soda cupful each of New Orleans and Porto Porte Rico molasses mo molasses molasses lasses two teacupfuls of sifted flour Mix the egg sugar and butter buter tilt till tl light then add the ginger cinnamon and mo molasses molasses molasses lasses dissolve the soda in the sour milk mik and add that then add the flour mixing all al well wel together Bake in a moderate oven Poor Mans itans Mats Gingerbread Beat one egg one cupful of sour cream one cup cupful cupful cupful ful New Orleans molasses one tea teaspoonful teaspoonful teaspoonful spoonful of ginger one of salt sal and one of soda Mix well weI together add one and cupfuls of 01 flour beat well wel Bake in a shallow tin tn and frost frostS S alade Mixed Vegetable Salad Boll Boil Bol some potatoes ef if old take care that they are I not riot cooked too much new potatoes are the most suitable for this purpose cut cutI them Into small smal pieces add some cold I peas two or three heads of asparagus I a 1 little chopped onion at some sliced tomatoes and add a a simple dressing All Al kinds of 01 cold vegetables may be used up In this way Potato salad alone Isa isia favorite dish the dressing for which should have a more generous quantity of cream or oil 01 than ordinary dressing and a little finely chopped parsley should be b sprinkled over the top Beetroot cucumber and tomato salad makes a nice relish which is esaly and quickly made Beetroot is excellent lent when served sered alone and to preserve its is full ful flavor favor it i should be baked bake instead of boiled The beetroot is la also a valuable valuable valuable ble adjunct to many other salads but it I should never be added tilt till tl Just before serving Cucumbers when served sered alone should be seasoned with wih salt sal pepper and vinegar a little finely cut chive and some small smal pieces of Spanish onion Tomatoes should be skinned sliced and sprinkled with wih grated grae onion 0 The Art of Renovation To clean white ostrich feathers make a a strong lather with wIh the best white soap Cut soap Into small smal pieces and nd pour over it four pints of f boiling water and then stir str until all aU the soap is dis die dissolved dissolved solved Put the feathers feather Into this lath lather er shake well wel and rub lightly with wih |