Show 1 it t 0 MAN or woman of the humblest sort can really ba arong gentle pure aad good without the world better tor it without some coay being helped and comforted by th very existence ot that goodness brooks making use of the things at hand real genius displays itself in the cook who has few materials and aten Us to use almost anybody with all the carlets at command can prepare a good meal but the person who la able to tio this with little to do with ts an artist of no mean value at a evening reception the punch bowl was planned to be decorated about its base with great clusters of purple grapes at the last moment no grape leaves could be procured so we resorted to the root garden and picked enough leaves of the castor bean on which to arrange the grapes these leaves were even more beaucl ful than the grape leaves would have been how many beautiful and usable things we have about us all the time it we lust open our eyes we find what weare looting for did you ever want a bicad board with none available try using well floured piece of maella paper i serves every purpose two pieces 0 paper used to beltt baking powder and flour are a great convenience as they are lifted and emptied so easily use a dish set in the top of your teakettle for a double roller save nasturtium seeds to pickle and use as capers f household hints put a little paper funnel in the of your berry pie and tho juice will boll up in it and none ba wasted never throw away dry cheese grate it add cream red pepper ana salt and serve it as a cream cheese there are BO many nice ways of using dry cheese with macaroni on crack erff toasted and in scuffles souffles for the first course there Is nothing that seems quite so nice to begin a luncheon with as fresh fruit served in an attractive manner A section or wo of orange with a few beautiful cherries on the stems and garnished with the loaves makes a pretty service A touch of green always adds beauty to a dish and there are always leaves HAT furniture tan give euch finish to a room as a tender comans womans face george I 1 hot the beamut 0 a lovely woman 13 uk music german salad chop fine one small head of cab baga and one onion season with salt and cayenne cut into small cubes one slice of salt fork fry un til brown then pour over the cab bage mix well and add a little hot vinegar refrigerator helps it Is not advisable to allo the food the slice 0 in it promiscuously breakfast ham la often carelessly left in with the dinner roast which spoils the flavor of the latter A dish of cold boiled onions Is thoughtlessly beet near the butter which at once absorbs its distinctive odor without advantage to itself celery la laid near the cream pitcher and turnips or boiled cabbage set by the cooling custard for supper through such carelessness and ignorance the loss Is sometimes great milk cream and butter should be kept as much as possible from all food aa they readily absorb any flavor at band meat and poultry should not rest against each other but be ar ranged BO that the air can circulate about them it meat and poultry are to hang they should be suspended with the choicest part down that they may settle there household hints save all your paper cracker boxen with the waxed paper to wrap and pack the sandwiches when on a picnic dont keep house without a epaty la a flexible broad bladed knife they in scraping out dishes in cake making tor spreading and handling an omelet peach blossom cake one cupful of pulverized sugar ono halt cupful butter stir together like thick cream then add two tea spoons ful bating powder one cupful of flour one half cupful sweet milk the beaten whites of three eggs haver thoroughly with extract of peach dake in two shallow tins frost with clear icing sprinkle with pink pul sugar cocoanut coco anut sweet corn fritters grate six ears of corn and three eggs a good pinch of bait and a table spoonful of sugar a cup and a half of milk a teaspoonful of baking powder and beat thoroughly together drop by the tablespoonful into smoking hot fat serve with or without sugar UJ |