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Show Hitcben and Cable J IHE SUNDAY MENU. i BREAKFAST, j Grapes. Pettijohns and Cream. Fried Oysters. Sliced Tomatoes. WTheat Gems. Coffee. , DINNER. Beef a la Mode. Roasted Potatoes. Fried Eggplant. Stewed Tomatoes. Combination Salad, j Coffee. Ice Cream. Ladjr Fingers. SUPPER. Lobster Salad. F'otj Cheese. Brown Bread Sandwiches, j Olives. Rolls. Lemon Jelly. Angel Food. j . I CURES IN THE KITCHEN. ' i A Variety of Important tRemedies Found in Every Household. , , If you' get a cut that will not stop bleeding, there is nothing (like cold water. Don't bandage the hand. And if you wish to avoid blood (poisoning, don't dream of using the ancient remedy rem-edy a cobweb but hold your hand above your head and pour the coldest water procurable over it. fThe worst case of bleeding will usually yield to this treatment. For slight burns, too, thee is nothing noth-ing like cold water. If you inadverT tently touch a hot poker, tiien plunge your hand instantly into cold water and keen it there for five or ten min utes. I Apples cure warts. Of course, the perfect remedy for warts apd corns is salicylic acid, but failing that, an apple rubbed on the place frequently will effect a cure by means of the malic acid it contains. Cold tea ia-a very old and tried remedy for relaxed sore throat. Its tannic acid actii as an astringent as-tringent when the tea is used as a gagle. tihen coming home after a cycling trip-over dusty roads your eyes are apt to be sore. Don't rub their , and dAn't; commit the common and givat mistake of opening them in cold Abater. But put seme salt say a dess ertspoonful or more in a basin of tepid water, and then plunge in your heacl and open your eyes. , The salt will irevent the water from hurting the delicate lining membrane. Eight out of ten cases f toothache can be relieved by getting some bread soda bicarbonate of soda.) not baking powder dusting it. on a pif:ce of cotton wool, and placing this inl the cavity. If all the teeth ache together the cause j is generally acidity of thf mouth. In that case dissolve .the soda in warm Water and wash the teeth with it. You will be well in an instant. If you keep licorice in the house you have one of the best cures; for dyspepsia. dyspep-sia. A small piece of lioorice slowly dissolved in the mouth covers the stomach with a protective coat and relieves re-lieves the pain of inflamn ation. In every kitchen or sto reroom there is quite a druggist's sh Dp of useful remedies.. -J Sugar cannot be beaten as a cure for com in tne neaa. it must! be very fine- ly powdered and used as a snuff. s In ; some way it then acts as:ian astringent and, if used in time,- pu ts an end to the cold. i . - . Black currant jam is orJe of the most agreeable and effective remedies for a sore throat or a cough. Put a table-spoonful table-spoonful it in a Tumblfer of hot wa- ter, and you have a delicious beverage, as well as an excellent cure. Recipes. Stewed Celery. Wash the celery, cut it into haff-inch pieces and stew tender ten-der in a little boiling Water. Drain this off and add a cupful of hot milk. Cook for three minutes, stir in a tea spoonful of butter rubbed into one of flour, boil up once, season to taste and serve. Lemon Dumplings. Half a pound of bread crumbs, half a pound of finely chopped suet, a quarter of a pound of dried flour, the rind and juice of one lemon, and two eggs. Mix all together well, form into dumplfhgs, tie in cloths and boil two hours. Panocha. Boil two cups of brown sugar and one-half cup of water until the . syrup spins a thread. Chop one cupful of walnuts and stir into syrup until it becomes creamy. Flavor with vanilla, spread on a slab and cut in squares. Neapolitan Macaroni.-r-A very nice, cheap dish is made thus: Boil half a pound of macaroni in plenty of water until it becomes tender,, then drain. In the meantime have prepared in a stew pan some canned tomatoes mixed with a little beef stock (extract of beef will do) and plenty of seasoning. Pour this hot over the macaroni and toss gently. C6ver the whole . with, 'grated cheese and serve. Best Sweet Pickles. Late pears and peaches keep finely when made into sweet pickles an inexpensive, easy and generally appreciated way of preserving pre-serving fall fruit. An excellent recipe calls for four pounds of light brown sugar to seven of fruit, one pint of vinegar, one ounce of whole cinnamon, half an ounce of cloves tied in a tiny muslin bag. Wash the fruit thoroughly, thorough-ly, as ft is not peeled for pickling, and put ovr them the '-sugar, allowing it to stand for twenty-ftur hours. At the end of that time the sugar will be reduced re-duced to a syrup. 'Drain it off the fruit, add to the vinegar and spices and let it boil half an .hour. Put in the fruit and simmer gently until you can pierce the fruit with a strajv. . Lift them out of the syrup carefully into a stone jar and allow the syrup to cook until quite thick. No repeated boilina of the syrup; is needed if it is boiled until thick at .first. - ' Cheese Croquettes. One pound of grated cheese, four eggs, salt and pepper pep-per to taste. Beat the' whites of the eggs io a sun irotn, stir it into the cheese with salt and pepper. Mold into balls the size of a walnut, dip into the beaten yolk, of egg,, then roll in powdered pow-dered bread crumbs or crackers and fry quickly in deep boiling lard. |
