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Show CABft(lllP" It Is bettor to any, "Thli ORG thing I d." than to say. "Theso forty things 1 UuMiU' In." Washington GUvAdttn, SOME GOOD COMPANY DISHES. it is a pleasure, when entertaining our friends, to give them something unusual and attractive, Af Ham With Cider. flu Have a thick slice of jjBV'- i hunt cut, lay it in the Cry- JBfiw- ' tog l11'" and quickly sear Rr M over on both sides. Kfi then add a cupful of lr, SA sweet elder, a tnblospoon- rffll lu' P&TSley and lot it i&SarZ? s : 1 '(l "" nour "" S-" the back of the stove or in the oven. Serve with the sauce poured around the ham and garnish with parsley. Fried Chicken Southern Style. Joint a fat young chicken, dredge It with Hour, salt and pepper and place Oil a platter. In a deep Irving pan. try out a half-pound of bacon, add one cupful of lard and when smoking hot lay in the pieces of chicken : turn When brown, giving the thicker pieces longer time to cook. Place on it hot platter and garnish with watercress. Rhubarb Baked With Figs. Cover well washed tigs with water (boiling) and cook until the water is nearly evaporated. Out a pound of impeded rhubarb into inch pieces, put a layer into a baking dish, sprinkle witli sugar, then add a few tigs: repeat until the dish is full. Add a lew table-spoonfuls table-spoonfuls of water and bake covered in a slow oven until the fruit is tender. ten-der. Frozen Boston Pudding. (Irate a half-pound of brown bread a day old, pour over it a pint of cream, boiling hot. and let It stand until cool. Prepare Pre-pare a rich boiled custard, using a pint of milk, three eggs and two table-spoonfuls table-spoonfuls of sugar. Cook until the custard cus-tard coats the spoon. When frozen remove the cream to a chilled platter and cover with crumbs of macaroons. The cream may be packed in a mold dusted with the crumbs and let stand packed In ice for several hours to develop de-velop the flavor. Blueberry Cake. This is an old-fashioned dish which one never refuses. Cream a tablespoonful of butter, add a cupful of sugar, and when well mixed, two unbeaten eggs. Beat Ave minutes, add a teaspoonful of vanilla a few gratings of nutmeg, two tea-spoonfuls tea-spoonfuls of baking powder sifted with two cupfuls of flour; then add a pint of well-floured blueberries. Bake iu a loaf and serve warm with butter. The well-informed housewife will find no great difficulty in selecting a combination com-bination of foods that is nutritively efficient and at the same time simple and economical. Jordan. CARE IN CONTAGION. The utmost patience rnusi be used in dealing with a sick person. One who is ill is out of balance in mind as well as In body, if yon ware busy being true To what you know yon ought to do, You'd Itc sii busy you'd forget The blunders of the folks you've met, .Rebecca iroresman, HELPFUL HINTS. When baking a cake, sel I he nlarm clock, so that no matter how busy, the attention win be ft called to the ik&'Bgf?' kitchen. V&WJ&l&M ovor iAuTI jQ'j keep a gown fresh, I fcZ. ttkt'lflol when working In ' the kitchen. A slocking leg slipped over an old whisk broom makes a line brush I'm' the stove. Obstinate stains of almost any kind may he removed by using soap with peroxide, then placing the slain in the son. Sometimes several applications of the peroxide win be necessary. Iron rUSI is easily removed by a solution of salts of lemon In water applied to the spots, and then the bright sunlight to act upon it. Candles for use on the table will burn clearer and longer if kept on ice for a day before using. A ring of salt put around the wick will give a soft, Steady llame ami will burn all night. Cracks ami splits in furniture may I be tilled with melted beeswax and then varnished, so that they will hardly show. Swiss chard anil Chinese cabbage are two vegetables which should be found in every gard n. The chard may be canned for winter use, making a most acceptable addition to the vegetables for winter. C'ean soiled plumes in alcohol. Shake, and they will he as fresh as ever. Pineapple juice is a good cure for indigestion. in-digestion. Pineapple with bananas and lit, orange, all cut line, makes n good cake filling. One can of Shredded pineapple, pine-apple, three bananas and one orange sliced very thin, will he enough filling for a large cake. Keep plenty of water in the boiling pots and pans mi a damp, rainy day, for the atmosphere absorbs it rapidly. li' cooking rice, use plenty of boiling water, and keep it boiling rapidly at firsl. so that the grains will be distinct. Apply soap and ammonia to burns from acid immediately, to allay the pain. Grated horseradish mixed with whipped whip-ped cream, salt and cayenne makes a good sauce to serve with fish. The ethics of gastronomy are as marked as those of society, and the arrangement of a hill of fare calls for as much finesse as do the functions of a chaperon. Elwanger. Contagious diseases are due to distinct dis-tinct living things, which are transmit- ted .from one person to HI parasites upon a patient. WmBfi This knowledge will help WtTMA ;ir"' our loved ones from BjnBB thf" sl'riJa,'"f contagion. HJcK.rj l against contagion is ro- l AjJbS bust nealtl1- cne wn iR BH9Hl strong and vigorous is much less liable to yield to disease than one less robust. Wholesome food, exercise and fresh air are essentials in combating disease. An active body is far less liable to disease than an Inactive one that has little outdoor ex-el ex-el oise. The need of fresh air, day and night, is one of the important factors in maintaining health. The belief that night air is dangerous and sleeping in an unventilated room is responsible for much ill health. Sleeping rooms should be well aired by day, bedding sunned often and a free circulation of air in the coldest weather maintained in the sleeping rooms during the night. The eating utensils used by a patient, pa-tient, or indeed anything else which he ? uses or handles during a contagious ill ness, are a menace, as they are easily contaminated with infectious germs. A diphtheria patient who has bacilli in his mouth will contaminate spoons, cups, forks or anything which he uses. This is also true of other contagious Diseases to a less extent. Consequently to much care cannot be taken of everything ev-erything that the patient handles. Allow no one to use or handle any of his utensils, toys or books, The utensils may be boiled : ten minutes will sterilize them, but toys, books or things that cunnot be boiled should be burned. Paper napkins and dishes of paper may be used, saving the care of linen and utensils, and these may be burned. To ventilate a sick room without a draft, place a board four to six inches wide under the window, and of the same width : by shutting the window down on this board, a current of air will come up between the sashes, keeping keep-ing a circulation of fresh air, without n draft. When airing the room, place an open umbrella over the head and shoulders of the patient, cover with a blanket, and open all doors and windows for a few minutes. Do not remove the cover cov-er until the room has become warm again SEASONABLE DISHES. During the early summer months the appetite needs a little urging and Be s p e c i a 1 ly attractive dishes to appeal to the Mutton With Peas. Cut mutton in serving-sized serving-sized pieces, brown In a little boiling water and ture until well done. Pour around the mutton a pint of cooked peas and serve when well heated. Grilled Chicken and Mushrooms. Sprinkle pieces of cold cooked chicken chick-en wilh rod pepper and salt, brush witli melted butter and toss in fine crumbs. Place in a hot oven. Cut the stalks from a half pint of mushrooms, place them with two lablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, dust with mace and cook gently for five minutes, then add salt, pepper, a tablespoonful of flour and a quarter of a cupful of stock. Cook until well done, then pour over pieces of toast. Prepare the chicken and serve around the toast. Unusual Sponge Cake Separate the yolks and whites of four eggs and beat the whites very stiff: add a cupful cup-ful of sugar, a little at a time, not to lose the air In the beaten egg. then add the yolks one at a time, cutting and folding them In, not lo mix. but leave the whites streaked with yellow. Cut in cupful of flour sifted with a quarter of a teaspoonful of the cream of tartar, and bake in a greased pan in a slow oven. The cream of tartar may be divided and half of it put Into the egg whites while beating. Sour Meat. Take a nice piece of round steak, lay it in vinegar with one onion, a teaspoonful of whole allspice, all-spice, salt and pepper mixed, one bay leaf and allow it to stand for three days. Brown the meal iu a hot oven or frying pan. pour over the vinegar and sufficient water to cover the meat and simmer until tender. Strain the gravy, then thicken it and pour around the meat when served. From May until late in October if the season is warm, we will find a crop of delicious food just for the gathering. gather-ing. The field mushroom may easily be learned and it will quickly be recognized rec-ognized so that there need be no danger dan-ger In eating It. It is not wise to ever pick any mushrooms before learning the ordinary kinds. |