Show DOMESTIC SCIENCE while the majority of the city folk are beginning to turn their faces homeward away from sea and mountain and homely farm house for those able to remain yet longer in the country through september and early october there Is yet the best of all the game the choicest fruits are ripening now juicy melon the gold and purple plums mellow harvest apple and spicy grape while luscious peach and pear turn soft cheeks to the sun son in the woods the scarlet barberry with thorny fingers seeks entangling alliances with the passerby passer by and the rich fruited elderberry elder berry speaks to country children at least of pies and cordial the air Is full of the sweetness of the ripening buckwheat and garnered grain the cat tails in the meadow are just dry enough to be gathered and soaked in vil oil under the gai guidance gdlda dance nce of some careful elder to be planted in front of the porch to illumine the night with their flaran flaring 9 torches while the acorn cups and saucers furnish infinite deligh t to small people on woodland housekeeping intent all along the roadside the flame colored bittersweet bitter sweet winds in and out among supporting branche sand bursting milkweed milk weed pods reveal their gossamer treasures happy the mother who can lead her children among these riches of the autumnal season teaching them with wide opened observant eyes to keep record of the changes by which nature marks the ebb bb and flow of the great ocean of sunshine which overspreads over spreads the earth altogether the mustard plaster Is a beneficent institution in its way it should never be made so strong or left long enough to blister the patient it if however this should happen a little sweet cream spread on a soft cloth and laid on the surface will be found both soothing and healing while statistics as a rule are the drywat of reading a notable exception Is in the data connected with the advent and growth of king or queen baby civery mother especially the one brand new to that responsible position is bound to find more of interest in the tabulated reports of the average age a at which the first tears are wont to flow the first teeth peep from their rosy setting the first step taken quite alone or the first intelligible word fall from the pretty lips than even the most glowing reports of the queens jubilee or the sagest hagest tation on the eastern question to the young mother then these facts furnished by an authority on child lore are offered with the certainty of approval the average weight at birth says this student of the child Is seven pounds and its weight at th the end of the first ayar twenty one rounds pounds the length of babies increases during the first year sear half an irich inch a month while the weight increases a quarter pound a week the average child holds up his head at three months sits erect at four months is able to creep at eight mont ts walk with aid at eleven and quite alone at fourteen A baby by begines to imitate sounds at eight months A haby baby never sheds teara until it is three or four months old as aa the tear glands glanda do not develop uni Uthen the hair and eyes change color with age the eyes of newborn children chil dien are usually blue but about the sixth or eighth month they begins to change the color growing lighter or darker the hair perceptibly darkens between seven and fourteen the fontanell fout anell usually closes at fifteen months of age the age of teething varies but the earlier they appear the easier if by the end of a year none have appeared the delayed dentition signifies poor nutrition the twelve months of age the anterior molars from twelve to sixteen the canines from sixteen to twenty four and the posterior molars from twenty four to thirty bottle fed babies are usually later in this respect girl babies develop in all respects more rapidly than boy babies three times a day twenty one times a week and a thousand and eight times a year is the table set in nearly every home in the land practice enough one would think for every one to become perfect in the art yet in some houses the lesson seems never to have been learned and cloth and dishes might have been fired at the table tor for all the order or symmetry visible in their arrangement while with some people the gentle art of dining resolves itself into mere feedings with the majority the purity of the table linen the cleanliness of the glass the brightness of the silver and a general air of order and daintiness are e essentials if good digestion waits on appetite to the young housekeeper anxious to do everything the right way if she is only sure which the right way may be the foll lowing suggestions given by miss parloa to her class of young chatelaines chate laines may prove of service nothing says miss parloa brings on indigestion so quickly as being irritated annoyed and disgusted at table and the housewife should be responsible for making things cheerful make the table as bright and dainty as possible there is no excuse now for ugly plain china when you can get dainty things for the same price pick up cups and saucers here and there and pretty individual plates for desert food to be sure is necessary for the body but as we are not mere animals we should have as pretty things about us as possible in setting the table a 41 thick silence cloth or cotton flannel should be placed under the tablecloth to deaden the sound the table linen should be as fine as the purse allows poor sleazy damask never looks well and dos not pay while good table linen always hoooks well even if darned in setting the table the cloth must be put on perfectly true and even place the center ornament and put the plates the proper distance apart many think approximately near quite sufficient but the spaces should be perfectly accurate if the eye to is not true measure for a few tirs with a yardstick until the eye to Is educated ted knives and spoons should be placed at the right forks at the left having the handles just reaching the edge of the table the knife with the sharp edge in and the fork turned down tumblers should be placed at the right and at the point of the knife the napkins if fresh can be placed in the plate or at the side individual butter or bread plates at left all food should be placed in proper position and kept there during the meal service should be as less as possible large dishes like platters should be carried in the hand on a folded napkin in passing and small mall dishes on the tray the waiter should hould stand at the left of carver and all service should be at the left of the guests as less likely to interfere the oft quoted sentiment that no woman should be allowed to marry until she can bake a perfect loaf vs bread make a good cup of coffee and aijaz broil a steak might well be enlarged to contain a light and delicate omea ome lette as well in the best regulated families emergencies arise when aba knowledge of how to quickly stir together an become of while in camping or yachting or th in charge of the capricious appetite of at an invalid that knowledge is enhanced tenfold ten fold the following simple directions direct iono though intended originally for the chafing dish answer quite as wen well for foe the plain may be varied from time to time by adding mine minced cheese allowing one tablespoonful of the minced meats one half tablespoonful or mintor two tablespoonfuls of orange or other fruit fr pulp this should be spread over the top thus forming the center of tte when folded over if a child is restless in its sleep it i Is well to remember that it will often xe fresh and quiet it to turn it over lacking a regular egg poacher SL 9 fair substitute may be found in the metallic rim of a fruit can if this be tie the camp skillet or t the he shiny kite spider ider provided they are as clean smooth as a generous application idt soap and water will make them allow to each egg one tables tablespoonful spoonful of either milk or water a tiny speck ot olt salt not much as salt toughens and pepper the secret of a light omelet lefft tw j lies in the beating of the eggs and aba folding of the whites and yolks to taz gether add the salt to the white OU ott egg and beat stiff but not so dry that it breaks beat the yolks until lemka lem Kj colored and thick put one table spoonful of butter tor for each egg lait chafing dish or spider buttering the sides of the dish first fold not M the whites into the yolks for the pie reason that the white slips out butk w the bowl easier stir in the ml milk J bluit cut through lift up and fold adv oves keeping it spongy that the air caul may not be broken set over blaze while you spread the spona mixture evenly in the pan palette knife or thin wooden spoon to is beat basi ts work with let it remain over alto tl to j blaze until it will slip together theft set over hot water pan the slowly it is cooked the more delicate a it will be and the more digesi digest iUa placed in a saucepan of boiling wa W at mt the egg broken careful into it will lie tain an approved circular shape a A delicious dish of tomato and j hetti a la It allenne was recently pared under the direction of that s accomplished cook mrs lemcke lem sits directions given were to break one half pound italian spaghetti into pieces it into two quarts of boiling water ater w ke the fire add one half salt and boll twenty five to thirty utes melt one ounce of butter bais in saucepan add one fine chopped oni one half fine green pepper without seeds cook six minutes add one 1 can of tomatoes one quarter cui c fine chopped mushroom sone te ful salt one teaspoonful sugar ana quarter teaspoonful pepper coste 1 11 li twenty minutes when the op tl is done drain in a colander four ounces parmesan cheese or arstil gr stil four ounces american cheese and dot the spaghetti in alternate layers in 1 ft dish with the tomatoes and grated a cheese place the dish for a few intili utes in the oven and serve the eh cheewai chee aai may be omitted jf if objected to V roni may be prepared in the samm same in making a hard bard pudding sugar gradually to butter and an get smooth much more quickly five times the amount of buff add at the last one teaspoon Z mite y white of if egg or a little cream if jak fettle sauce is desired a little currant IJ y or strawberry juice may also be ten iten in with the butter and sugar to almost every housekeeper there comes soon or late the trying experience tuf of finding unexpected guests at tedoor tile door when the cupboard is almost blam bare to ip this emergency it is well tornow to know that a delicious soup may be speedily achieved using the accommodating white sauce for a foundation and adding whatever may be on hand eadd tomatoes peas beans celery or asparagus stalks or even cold potatoes for seas seasoning ning make the white sauce by the regular ormula nn ula one level tablespoon of butter blitter one level tablespoon of flour one half teaspoonful salt one salt woon of pepper and one cupful milk combine salt pepper and flour have the butter melted in the saucepan epen stir in ila the flour until smooth then add the hot milk gradually stirring for five minutes thin to consistency required and am add any pulp or seasoning desired lf lery or asparagus stalks are to be wed cook an hour or two and pass through a selve if only mashed pota toes loeis is at hand add a c paul to the batter and flour before combining with vh the milk and season with a little celery alery or parsley if tomato add a owa lat of strained tomato to flour and VF bartter birt ter and thin with milk a large luncheon one walt wait 1 riving giving 1 jh IS 18 required for every six people F ahe crumbs are to be removed after rf esaa eulad lad it is considered ostentatious to set the table with more silver than 1 d tor for four courses after that silver shyer may be brought in with c ourse course the dessert silver should brought in with the finger bowls 1 PADDOCK TELFORD 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