Show SCIENCE the housekeeper who dillydallies dilly dallies is lost r as a housekeeper though she speak with the tongue of aspasta or portia Port la though she embroiders like lucretia slugs sings divinely and dances liap a sylph these theoe accomplishments profit her nothing in her role as a house mistress if she lingers so ion long 9 over vetting getting the childrens flannels that jack frost nips their insufficiently clothed legs on their way to school anty and croup and pneumonia follow up their advantage though she be as amiable as an angel as witty as mme ame ft d as an virtuous as Lu lucrece erece the I 1 slit alit up leanders roundabout grows grown the baby gets old enough for short clothes but the long swaddling clothes still cumber his active limbs and pater familia but one nightshirt and that in the wash feels that a wife who is always behindhand is not from the lord late in arising breakfast is either not ready or else cold the children tardy at school the milkman and butcher vanished the train to the city missed and the day spoiled all around the fall fruit is not put up until everything is out of the market the furnace is not cleaned and made ready until the cold weather comes and every one is frozen supplies are not ordered and meal time finds an empty larder company comes and the cupboard cub board is bare night falls and she has delayed about having the lamps filled morning dawns and she has neglected to order the kindling to start the fire and the days go by in the house of the dillydallying dilly dallying woman and though she may be happy her family are not and the elders who sit at the gates say alas for her husband plum quinces hang golden from their scraggy branches just now and the provident chatelaine is looking up her receipts for their preservation there must be jelly that goes without saying while quince marmalade and preserves are among the choicest of the winters store of sweets after the quinces have been gathered they should lie a few days to complete the ripening then selecting the yellow ones rub with a coarse cloth to remove the fuzz pare quarter and core removing also the hard part under the core and drop into a pan of coldwater cold water until needed lay aside the skins cores and hard parts for jelly put them in a granite kettle or stone jar cover with cold water and let them boll boil for several hours the seeds yielding a rich mucilage during this pro process cesse if necessary add more water in order to keep them covered when very tender empty into a bag suspended over a dish and let them drain over night in the morning measure the juice and allow a pound of sugar to each pint of juice put the sugar in the oven to heat being careful that it does not scorch boll boil the juice twenty minutes ana and stir in the hot sugar As soon as it is dissolved skim thoroughly roll the jelly glasses in hot water and fill the preserved quinces are made from the quartered fruit cover with cold water and bring slowly to a boll boil take an equal weight of sugar and when the quinces begin to get tender add a quarter of the sugar allow this to dissolve then add more gradually until the quinces are a fine red equal parts of sweet apple and quince make also a pleasant variety the marmalade is made of small pieces of quince boiled slowly in cold water until quite tender sugar being added in the proportion of three quarters of a pound of sugar to each of fruit boil slowly until quite thick pour into jelly glasses or the club cheese pots and the next day paste over with paper baked quinces make a delicious di dish sh for luncheon or tea core and pare them and put in a shallow earthen dish pill fill the cavities with sugar and a little lemon rind grated or according to the old knickerbocker custom nutmeg ada add water in abundance as the quince is an exceptionally dry fruit bake closely covered in a modern oven until unfit tender and a fine red when an old Ver verginia Verg ginta lnla cook assays essays the task of setting forth fried chicken with cream gravy to her conati lucky participant can thank the gods for appetite properly attuned to this delicious morsel here in de norf says sable ann de styli style aff tsa steam de chickens bafo eryin but do dif funt anns method card observed tested and made a note is after dressing and cutting I 1 joints to leave her chickens for fit minutes or half an hour in cold water the pieces are then patted on a clean towel dredged with i and pepper tolled rolled in flour and dro drop in a spider full of boiling fat pr bly lard or pork drippings droppings drip pings never nevera ba ter they are fried until well brownt brown first on one side then on the other 1 not too rapidly after the chicken been taken up golden morsels sweetness the superfluous fat poured oft off the spider leacint lea brown flour on an the bottom TO r t added a cupfuls of cream or rich as the case may be a tabi es 5 of fine cut parsley and salt and p to taste shrouded enshrouded En in this sepulcher the pride of farm yard appears to grace the f board with this justly bommen comment tribute nothing in his life became him like the leaving il dont let the tomato season by says a model housek without trying this recipe for tomato pickle every one it likes ew to one half peck ripe tomatoes da chopped fine and drained two tw no add one quart vinegar and allow alloa it stand until the rest of the ingred are made ready measure out cupful onion chopped fine one sugar one cup white mustard f two tablespoonfuls black pepper tablespoonful cinnamon one of cl alc one teaspoonful mace two or toh red pepper one cupful grated h be radish one cupful nasturtium and one half cup of salt stir to bof and bottle without cooking the only fat that should be al albl a sick person Is butter in inflammatory rheumatism si a trained nurse the patient will joy it if the skin kin is frequently with a warm towel the free perspiration that occurs in addict iche he fever makes this warm di most grateful A good recipe for homemade home made 0 cream is always in order whether mercury is vaulting gayly among nineties or losing itself des responded desponded despon ponde ded near the zero mark to make van orden cream beat the yolks colht iiii four eggs until lemon colored thick add one pound of bowd sugar and a quart of milk just b brota brO tB to the boiling point cook two min no longer stir in the whites of taw a eggs well beaten a teaspoonful aft aadil half of vanilla and a halt half teaspoon fi of df almond when cool add one faast of cream and freeze that delightfully feminine fune the five tea Is again in sw swing ing and the fragrance of P and the murm murmur murmurings brings ings of many ton tod gd fill 11 the air this pretty english custom haa 1 adopted con amore here and indeed are the habits of a 7 where h ere the late afternoon caller fiba fi Bg th tb find the hissing urn so p pro votia tive of sociability the tables in vogue now w round with a shelf underneath t to deold 1 g a plate of biscuit or waters wafers or taft i pretty dish of candied ginger il cherries te if the waitress can be spared E this his hour it Is her duty to tire charge she must see th that t plenty of boiling water h have lemons ready to slice tee ice v and glasses ready for serving servin sandwiches cut whatever Is 10 TO be aig light and delicate so as not fw interfere teter fere with the coming dinner edff there axe are biscuits they must be efey abid crisp the bread must be as elnas eln as a a waleran wa ferand feran d the butter the best preferably bly sweet it may be flavor flavored fid t roses new mown hay violets es or the latter being most accessible at this season A f hours before serving wrap the butin a clean napkin and lay among whose odor is to be im t flowers gnatek abed chocolate waters wafers are alys e popular or sandwiches made delicate filling candied vio ath some 1 jete crystallized orange leaves chest r boiled and made into a paste OM huts nasturtium leaves a paste of intes g or lettuce crisp and white listened ened with mayonnaise the sandwiches may be round triangular OP square but dainty bronge pekoe te is one of the favorite teas with its flange W ge or jessam jessamine ine flavor the linen may be plain or elaborate as the iK Brae arse allows but must be spotless ettle shining and the cups clean we W the tea is usually served hot k punch or cold russian tea is isa iii order for the 6 5 tea an wi ilent ellent recipe for tea punch is this iven vlen by mrs gillette instructor in akery ery at pratt institute afo 0 the juice of three lemons and esiee oranges add the pulp and juice ae shredded and one t ane fane pineapple let le t it stand until the s arft of bug sugar ar Is dissolved take one table baffi fi 41 1 l ceylon or any strong tea and fass quart boiling water pour the grieer Eer over the tea and let it stand cold strain and add to io fruit 7 and nd juice with one quart apollo 4 water ater and aad one box fresh straw lea or raspberries rasp berries used whole pour a block of ice in punch bowl bhough ugh cyp cupping pIng does not play as anent a part in the therapeutics of Wore itis it is frequently of value in ain troubles connected with the be e lungs or kidneys it is not a U it operation when one knows how the materials necessary several cu cups Ps or glasses with oafa th rims a saucer of alcohol a it lamp and plenty of soft towels ye chec the ups cups perfectly dry and wipe with a sponge of cotton fixed to fire and wet with alcohol set the on fire and turn quickly in one L the glasses to produce a vacuum t put at once over lungs or kidneys needed As soon as the suris re rever aver reddened and the skin rises is in sufficient exi ellent od fashioned remedy har he disagrees disagreeable ble tickling sensation t i the throat so common at this sea of vinegar made rather tt is a syrup with sugar and seasoned with tuch lich cayenne as can be borne with f equanimity amity grapes may be kept almost indent in cold storage the clusters add be cut carefully from the vine aed over to s see ee that no broken or mg gm grape pe mars the their ir fair symmetry wech aach bunch wrapped separately in cotton n then hen in pap eror well surround aff shavings or sawdust to absorb the moisture the point is to keep them cool and dry to remove wine stains sprinkle well afta moisten with boiling water med tour pour boiling water through until the pt stain in disappears I 1 f FA PADDOCK TELFORD |