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THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

 

THE F0 UR—LEAVED CLOVER.

 

The queen of fairies on a day.
Was busy making clover;

And. when her task was done she found
She had one leaf left over.

At first she knew not what to do.
Indeed, was almost frightened—
‘To waste a whole great clover-leaf!

But suddenly she brightened.

Then. calling her assistants. said:
“I find in making clover.

I must have somewhere counted wrong.
Here is a leaf left over.

“‘80 haste. and bring me quickly here
A clover from the meadows;

And I will tell it lovely tales
0f sunshine without shadows.

“Of merry hearts and happy days;
And hours of rarest pleasure;
Of smiling faces. dancing feet.
6:. And ruptures without measure;

“And then I will to it aflix
This leaf which is left over:
Good luck shall always follow him
Who finds a four-leaved clover."
—.llargare! B. Hlnm.

M—

CLOVER

 

“ ‘ I know a place where the sun is like gold
And the cherry-blooms burst like snow:
And down undernea- h is the loveliest nook
Where the four-leaved clovers grow.

“ One leaf is for hope. and one is for faith.
And one is for love. you'lrnow;
And God put another one in for luck.
If you search you will find where they grow.

“ But you must have hope and you must have
faith ,
You must love and be strong —and so
If you work. if you wait. you will find the

place

Where the four-leaved ciovers grow."

It was only a tiny box hid away with
a number of treasures of “auld lang
syne,” but when I opened it and saw
the faded four-leaved clover, memory
wandered back to the joyous, happy
days of girlhood, when down on my
knees in the fragrant bloom I had
searched eagerly for the treasures.

“ When sitting in the grass we see
A little founleaved clover:
"l‘is luck for thee. ’tis luck for me.
Or luck for any lover."

It is believed that if a traveler
searches for and finds on St. John’s
Eve 8. four-leaved clover, anything he
desires will come to him. In olden
times people supposed it would keep
off witches, so wore a leaf as aeharm.
Many 0n finding one put it in their
shoe, and the old saying is “you will
marry the first person you meet." We
often speak of people being “happy as
pigs in clover.” Honey bees delight in
it, and white clover houey is considered

the finest made. It imparts a fine flavor
to milk, cream and butter. Cows and
horses standing knee deep in its bloom
look as if they were taking solid com-
fort. To plow under a heavy crop of
clover will bring old worn out land up
to ahigh state of fertility, as it con-
tains carbonic acid and ammonia. I
have read that the pretty red and white
Oxalis we grow in baskets and crocks
is the common English clover. How
prettily it shuts up its leaves and goes
to sleep at night!

Robert Ingersoll says: “ A wonderful
thing is clover; it means honey or
cream, that is industry and contentment;
the happy bees in perfumed fields, and
at the cottage gate old Boss the bounti-
ful serenely chewing satisfaction’s end
in that blessed twilight peace, that like
a benediction falls between all toil and
sleep. Clover makes me dream of
happy hours, of Childhood’s rosy cheeks,
of dimpled babes, of wholesome loving
wives, of honest men, of springs and
brooks and violets, and all there is of
stainless joy in peaceful human life.
A wonderful word is clover. Drop the
c and you have the happiest of man-
kind. Take away the c and r and you
have left the only thing that makes a
heaven of this dull and barren earth.
After all Bottom was right, ‘Good
hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.’ ”

" Our ears hear not Time‘s ruthless blows
As hour from hour is riven:
Our Paradise from glances grows.
And in a sigh lies Heaven.

“ Ah! little leaf of summer's green
I touch with tender fingers.
The years of life may intervene
The dream you give still lingers.

“ I would that four-leaf clovers grew
Within my sight forever;
And I might dream of Love and you.
And dreaming. waken never."

BATTLE CREEK. EVANGELINE.

A DAY AT SCHOOL.

 

 

I visited our district school today,
and was so well pleased with the way
the school was conducted that I thought
I must write to the HOUSEHOLD about
it. I had promised Roy that I would
go to school with him some day, and as
there were only two days more in this
term, I chose today, as I know the last
day is not a good time to form an
opinion of the good or bad qualities of
the school, teacher, or the work. We
did not get there until after school had
called, so missed the singing in the

 

morning, which is a feature of the

school, and a good one it must be if all
the pupils feel as our little boy does
when he gets there too late for it, as it
would act as a stimulant (quicken the
motion) which would take them to
school in less time. The teacher
greeted me pleasantly, said visitors
were always welcome, and especially
patrons, but that it was not a very gOOd
day to get an idea of the working of
the school, as they were having their
examination, or the review exercises,
which are held at the close of each
month. But I found it very interesting;
made me almost wish I was a school
girl again. There were questions for
the different arithmetic classes which
were designated by letters, ten ques-
tions or examples for each class; the
answers were to be written on their
tablets, the leaf torn off, neatly folded,
their names written across the end and
handed to the teacher as soon as com-
pleted, and they were ready for the
next study. The questions were writ-
ten on the blackboards (by the way this
school is abundantly supplied with that
most useful article, which is not always
the case). They took arithmetic, civil
government, geography, spelling—from
words pronounced by the teacher—and
she gave them words that are in every
day use, not something simply to puzzle
them, which perhaps they would never
have occasion to write or use again.
The examination in writing was to be
their written answers to the different
studies. and language partially, the
remainder to be taken up the last day.
After seeing that the older pupils
were at work on their written ques-
tions, the first reading class was called
in this quiet way: “First reading
class, attention (when all took up their
books) one (which meant arise); two,”
(to take their places on the recitation
seats), and there was no confusion or
delay, such as I remember happened
quite often when I went to school,
when perhaps there would be a rush on
the part of some, others would have to
find their books, and the class be read-
ing before they all got in place. The
teacher seemed to have a knack of
keeping them busy in the class, and
paying strict attention to the lesson, for
if one missed a word or could n)t pro-
nounce it she called on others in the
class to tell him, and so they all kept

 

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happen to look off he was sure to be
called on, and it was done so pleasantly
that they never thought she did it
purposely to catch them. When the
class had finished the lesson. they were
told to write on their slates the sen-
tences that she had written on the
board for them. “Write them three
times and see how nicely you can no it.”
The class was dismissed the same man-
ner as it was called. When the work
had been written the teacher examined
it carefully, corrected, praised or cen-
sured, as needed, and then let the little
ones go out to play. p
Another feature I liked was the way
she taught the little ones arithmetic.
She did not use a book at all, but had
them tell stories, as she called it, about
different sums, articles, animals, birds
or anything they pleased, up to fifteen,
in subtraction, addition, etc., and give
their own answers. If they gave them
wrong she would have the rest think
about it and tell where the mistake was
made and correct it. Before she dis-
missed the class she gave them work
to do on their slates at their seats. In
fact the way seemed so much better
than when I went to school, that I won-
dered how we learned anything then.

At noon they sat down quietly and ate

their dinners. I noticed they gathered
near the teacher. and she conversed
with them about their plays and lessons.
After they had finished their lunch,
baskets and pails were put away and
they went out to have a good time at
play. The school house is the same
to which I went twenty years ago, and
this is the first time I have ever at-
tended a session since my school days
came to an end. I stayed until school
closed, and came home thinking I had
been well repaid for going, if I was late
about my “chores.” I was met by my
flock of chickens and turkeys at the
gate; they were clamoring loudly for
their supper, and as there are between
two or three hundred they made quite a
concert, which was stopped as soon as I
could give- them their bushel of corn
and fill their dishes with skim milk,
and as they were eating and singing
over their supper I thought it a pity to
kill such innocent and pretty things for
human consumption, but of course I can
not keep them all, or at least there
would be no use for me to keep so
many.

“Counting Our Blessings,” by Evan-
geline, came just in time to help me
bear the hardest part of the summer’s
work. And please, Beatrix, tell the
manufacturers of those buttons to make
large holes in them so they. will take
thread enough to hold them firmly.

HASTINGS. BUSY BEE.

 

Goon HOUSEKEEPING for November
talks about Thanksgiving dinners and
ten kinds of tongues and house-plants
and good clothes and growing old with-
out wrinkles . nd lots of other interest-

 
 

ADVANCEMENT OF WOMAN.

 

The Woman‘s Congress, recently in
session in Grand Rapids, was, according
,to the press reports, a notable gather-
ing; notable in respect to the dis-
tinguished women who took part in its
deliberations—women who upon the
platform, or in the professions, have
acquired a well deserved and noble rep-
utation—and also was the Congress
notable in showing that women can
arrange and carry out to completion
the ground plan and minutest details of
so large and important a meeting. I
trust it may not seem out of place for a
man to comment somewhat, regarding
said meeting.

In the paper by Miss Mary A. Ripley,
of Kearney, Nebraska, on “The wise
economy of time and strength, as a
part of education,” some of the points
made were “A sound mind in asound
body;” “Every task should be per-
formed well and completed promptly;”
“A high ambition should influence all
acts.” And I can but think these re-
quisites just as necessary for man to
possess as for woman.

A paper, “Woman in Africa,” in-
formed us—to my surprise—that in
many parts of the country woman stands
at the head, takes the lead, runs the
property, does the smoking and court-
ing; the husband at marriage takes the
wife‘s name, also the washing and iron-
ing, and this supremacy of woman dates
back to the time of Egypt’s first queen.

Mrs. Julia- Ward Howe’s paper,
“America for the Americans,” took
strong ground in opposition to unre-
stricted immigration; to counterbal-
ance these evils, she said the latent
moral force of all good citizens should
be called into activity.

If the promoters of these gatherings
in council of the women of our land, are
guided by wisdom and proceed with
caution and moderation, not allowing
anything of a cranky or sensational
nature to come into their deliberations,
I can but believe the results will be
highly beneficial; but so often it is the
case that when a strong public senti-
ment calls for some change of pro-
cedure, any united effort to reach better
conditions falls—either early or late—
into the hands of unwise or selfish
leaders, who direct the movement from
its proper course, and it is stranded on
some one of the many shoals or isles,
which so often intervene to prevent
real progress.

If the “latent moral power” of the
people could be fully aroused and
brought into action, being guided by the
native genius (good sound sense) pro-
verbial of Americans, what progress
could be made, what evils could be de-
stroyed, what good might be secured,
and our nation advanced and freed
from many of the evils which, like an
incubus, retard her progress. But
what does the term “advancement”

 

mean? It must not mean simply a

change. for that often is the opposite of
progress.

We hear much said at the present
day of the enlarged fields of usefulness-
open to woman, and of the new avenues-
in which she may walk. It has seemed
to me that the medical profession and
some others should be open to, and
largely occupied by woman, but when
she essays the role of tonsorial artist or
aeronaut at agricultural fairs, I cannot
throw up my hat in approval of such»
“elevation of woman.” While the
condition of the women of our land
might be changed for the better in.
some respects, yet when their condi-
tion is compared with the condition of
their sisters in 01 her lands, surely they
have abundant reason for rejoicing and
little cause for complaint. But this is
arushing age, and all classes and con-
ditions are hurrying forward, with
“Progress ” written on their banners.
May this onward march be true pro-
gress and lead all to a higher plane
and to a more full comprehension of
life and its duties.

The opening of the doors of our State
University and of the colleges of our
land to woman is certainly wise and
right, and if those young women who
are able to avail themselves of the
benefits thus offered, fully comprehend
and appreciate their opportunities,
and understand that an education con-
sists not alone in a knowledge of books,
but in “the high and full development
of all the powers and faculties of our
being,” they may go from the doors of
these schools into the great school, in
which life’s duties are the lessons to
be learned, the better prepared for
these duties, and to make for them-
selves, and to aid others in making true
“ advancement for woman.”

UNION HOME. J. T. DANIELLS.

_.———...._____.

SENSIBLE ADVICE.

Often have I longed to write a letter
to the HOUSEHOLD folks, but like
Aunt Elizabeth I have faced big days’
works all summer, and now with car-
penters and a corn husking machine
expected the first of the week, I sit
down to take comfort and do just what
I want to for a few hours——if the men
do have to go without pie for dinner.
That is the only way busy women on
the farm can have leisure—just to take
it; and for all we think we belong to the
class which has to work the hardest, I
wonder if we ever stop to think how
much it is our own fault. Step into the
average home in the city at dinner time
and I venture to say that you will find
a much plainer dinner on the table than
among the poorer farmers’ homes.

The city housekeeper does not think
she must make rag carpets, rag mats
and soapbox furniture, or that the
children must have so many suits of
underclothing, with as many tucks and
so much knit lace on them as does the.

 

overworked woman we hear so much

 

 

 


 

 

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about. That is the secret—plainer
food, less work of all kinds that we can
just as well get along without. I know
women who think they must have
frosted cake and everything to match
for threshers, and do the work alone.
Now I say give them plainer food, hire
a girl, and save a doctor’s bill; join the
Farmers’ Club and C. L. S. C. or some
other good reading circle, and do not
ask to be excused when called on to
write an essay or reciteapoem. Try
to learn a bit of poetry or prose, and do
no unnecessary work every day. Do not
get behind the times; if the tins are
not so bright, What does it matter so
long as there is no rust on your in—
tellect.

Send more plain and easily prepared
recipes to the HOUSEHOLD.

600139.103. “ 89.”

_—...—-—

WESTW ARD HO.

 

Sept. 14th, 1891, we left “ Fairholm ”
for a trip to the Golden Gate, with
such deviations as we might find of
interest. It pleased us to take a
southerly course at first, so we went to
Hamilton, Ohio. Why will people talk
over private family affairs in a public
place? Two women made me an unwill—
ing listener to such a story! one that
needs airing often to keep it from decay.
Moral: Don’t air the story at all. We
found two hacks and an omnibus (the
latter already loaded with debris of
some kind) to accommodate a rush of
passengers. The 'bus man said he‘d
take us “anywhere,” the hackman
would be back in eighteen minutes. It
was 10:30; abystander said there was a
hotel three blocks up the track. We
found it after walking a mile or so.
We slept well, of course, but the break-
fast! Steak indignantly refused to be
cut; coffee was amply supplied with
grounds for its existence; potatoes
chunky; bread stale; cakes half dough,
ugh! dirty! Won’t tell name. Such a
rush and crowd as we found on entering
the car next morning! There were
three in a seat and the aisles full. We
found seats in the parlor car and thus
escaped suffocation. From the level
country through which we had passed
we now entered a high rolling region,
where stock raising seemed the prin-
cipal industry. Many pretty thriving
towns were passed en route. Indian-
apolis, the capital of Indiana, is a fine
city. Here we change from the C., H.
& D. lines to the Vandalia. The bridge
across the Wabash is of- iron and a fine
structure. At Greencastle the depot
grounds were the most beautiful we
had seen. On one bank the name was
traced in flowers and foliage; on an-
other was a. garland artistically looped,
with a small aloe as the nail to hold it.
We stayed in St. Louis but a few hours,
but long enough to hear its rumble and
roar, and feel it was full of enterprise
and bustle. We crossed the Mississippi
on the great iron bridge, a stupendous

 

affair. The Missouri is crOSSed at a
place called St. Charles, and from here
to Kansas City We follow its valley, the
track being on the bank for long dis-
tances.

It is strange what a mania has been
developed through this part of the
country to christen their villages and
cities after some saint. After a row of
these numerous even to satiety, it was
refreshing to find an O'Fallon, although
I am not sure there was any connection
between the two.

In passing along the southern part of
the State coal mines were abundant,
vegetation flourishing, the principal
product corn, which grew to an as-
tonishing height. Yet a man hailing
from Dallas, Texas, who had been can-
vassing Ontario and the northern
States, declared he had so far fouiid only
“nubbins.” At home he could show
you corn. Nothing like loyalty to one‘s
locality! Stock raising and dairying
are much followed in western Missouri,
but the water supply ‘seems to come
largely from artificial ponds, where
hogs and geese help to purify the water.

Kansas City, Mo, and Kansas City,
Kan., are in reality one city, though
the State line divides them by a street
called State. Here the horses are
mostly mules, but we saw a goat in har-
ness drawing a coach.

Topeka, the capital of Kansas, is a
growing, thriving city. The capitol
building is very handsome. Our course
from Kansas City to Topeka was up the
valley of the Kansas river. It is very
fertile, as the abundant Cl‘OpS show.
There is a large Catholic seminary at
St. Mary‘s, also a monastery. Two
Indians came on board here, the first
we had seen. We passed a small town
called Detroit. The name sounded
pleasant, though no familiar sight
greeted the eye.

Sunflowers are said to shoot up as
soon as the sod is broken. We saw
them fifteen feet high in many places,
hence the appropriate name of the
“ Sunflower State.” Haying was in
progress. The way hay is stacked here
seemed to me very peculiar. No wagon
is used. It is drawn in a sort of hurdle
and the stacks are either put in groups,
each about the size of a bushel basket,
or in long ricks four or five feet high,
and as long as you please. This prairie
grass yields enormous crops. We saw
orchards in some places with fine fruit,
and think it might be profitably grown.

Denver was our next stopping place.
It is a beautiful place, well named
“ Queen City of the Plains.” Here we
came in sight of Pike’s Peak, sixty-five
miles distant. The Union depot is the
finest building of the kind I have seen.
It is built of stone, is of immense size,
and its waiting rooms and offices are
finely finished and furnished. The
grounds are gay’ with flowers and make
it a most attractive spot to the tourist.

The capitol building, which it will take
two years yet to finish, will be magni-

 

ficent in proportions. The court house,___
city hall, high school, ward schools,
churches and manyother buildings are
of aplan and architecture that shows .
taste and financial ability. There are
fine quarries of stone in the foot hills,
and their products are liberally used in
the construction of buildings, and
bricks of an excellent quality are mantis
factured. The water for house use .
comes from artesian wells, and a
bounteous supply for irrigation comes.
from the mountain lakes and rivers..
The waste of irrigation is utilired to.
form a pretty artificial lake, which is.
supplied with boats, a fine pavilion and
all the necessary outfit of a watering-
place. Mines of gold, silver and other ~
metals abound and furnish the smelters .
with constant work. Truly, with all
this and its fine climate, Denver is .
bounteously blessed. A. L. L.
(To be continued.)

——-——-—¢OO——-—--'

MILKWEED POMPONS.

As I am sitting alone this evening
with no one to disturb my thoughts, I
am going to see what I can do for Dill
A. Troy. Her request for information
regarding the making of milkweed
pompous and Beatrix's invitation to
“come early to avoid the rush,” rem
minds me I must get there early, else
she will never see this article. Use
only the matured pods and remove the
outside; then take a short piece of coms
mon white sewing thread No. 3B and
lay it straight upon the tabie; take off
a few—say four or five—pieces oi the
down, remove the seeds and draw
the stern ends through the lips so as to
moisten them so they will not fly, and
lay them as nearly as possible in the
center of the thread. Keep doing so,_
putting the tip ends on and as much on ,
t0p of each other as possible and when ,
the whole pod is laid on in this manner
pick up the ends carefully and tie a .
knot in the thread, drawing it tightly,
and then if you wish to color themdip
them gently in the dye. Then fasten it
over a heated stove to dry and see the
result.

Now if this is plain enough I hope it
will benefit her, feeling only too glad tow
add my mite to a little paper there is.
such worlds of good in. The minute
the FARMER arrives I am after the
HOUSEHOLD and not a thing can I do.
until the articles in which I am most .
interested are read. Articles on how
little ones should be taught and trained.
greatly interest me, for I am young in_
experience but always willing to learn..
I have some cooking recipes I might
send if they would be of any use to any
one, but as I have been absent so long, .
does any one remember

OAKLEY. CLO 8. PIN.

 

[Who could forget that unique pom-(Ry

plum? The recipes will be very aca-
ceptable and please send them.—ED.]I

 


 

4.

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INFORMATION WANTED.

Ah well, I have read and re-read my
HOUSEHOLD through and through and
End myseif wishing and wondering why
it is not larger. I enjoy its contents
very much; perhaps if it were larger I
would not read it so thoroughly.

Beatrix, will you tell me how to dress
ntwo and a half year old and a four
year old boy “from the crown of the
head to the sole of the foot?”

Will some one tell me if there is any
danger connected with straightening
crossed eyes, and where to go to have

the o ration performed.
pe SUNRISE.

 

[Usually speaking, there is no risk
whatever in the Operation by which
crossed eyes, technically known as
strabismus, are made straight. The
eperation consists in cutting or divid-
ing the muscles that cause the distor-
tion; is quickly performed and without
much pain and no very great incon-
venience. And it is infinitely better
to havea child’s eyes straightened at
the cost of a little money and trouble
than allow the deformity to remain, a
blemish which spoils the most attrac-
tive face. A sensitive child often suf-
fers more keenly from the jeers and
pkes of his playmates than under the
surgeon’s lance. I believe it a duty to
one’s children to have their every
physical or facial malformation cor-
rected as far as , science or art permit,
and such a noticeable peculiarity as
strabismus certainly should be treated.
Our correspondent writes from Genesee
(60., and withOut doubt there are
physicians in Flint who are competent
mvperform the operation. By going to
the University at Ann Arbor the
operation would doubtless be performed
at a clinic without charge. Write the
Dean of the medical faculty for par-
ticulars. In this city, Dr. Frothing-
ham is probably the best specialist in
that line; at Harper Hospital, also,
competent surgeons are in attendance
We will give an article on boys’ clothes
at an early day—Eu]

W.

TEOUGHTLESSNESS.

 

As everything in nature has its op-
posite, so thoughtlessness must be op-
posed to thoughtfulness, the most im-
portant function of the mind.

Sister Gracious’ admirable article on
the topic of thoughtfulness, suggests
a few thoughts on its opposite. It is
safe I think to say most, if not all, the
misery in the world not of Divine ap-
pointment is caused by want of prOper
thought. The poet says:

“ Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,
Proceeds from want of sense or want of
thought.”

How much suffering do we bring
upon ourselves, and inflict on others by
our headless, thoughtless actions and
words! As much or more by our
mtions as by our words; for the manner

 

of doing or saying creates more mis-
chief generally than what is said or
done. How often do we hear the ex-
pression when one makes a mistake,
“I didn‘t think!” But even wrong
thinking may at times lead to bene-
ficent results, as in the case of the late
rebellion the wrong thinking of our
southern brothers led to the cruel war;
but the result was the more firmly
cementing together this glorious Union
and the abolition of the curse of slavery.
So right thinking on the part of our
Revolutionary fathers led to our
independence, though both of these im-
portant measures were brought about
by the sacrifice of multitudes of precious
lives, and the destruction of millions of
treasure, the end justifying the means
in these instances. .

Keep your mouth shut, but your eyes
and ears open and your thoughts active,
is a safe maxim to follow anywhere.
Thoughtlessly taking for granted what
we may hear from the pulpit or the
platform may lead to much mischief.
The saying, “Think twice before you
speak once,” is a safe rule to follow. A
pedagogue in school told his pupils to
always think three times before speak-
ing. Coming in one very cold morning,
he placed his boots before the fire to
thaw. Soon they began to fry and
scorch; observing which a boy remark-
ed very deliberately, “ I think—I think
——~I think—master, your boots are burn-
ing!" by which time they were nearly
ruined. The master was about to
punish the boy for his tardiness in an-
nouncing the state of things, but de-
sisted when the rule was cited in ex-
tenuation.

Let us think more, but let our
thoughts be pure. We shall be judged
more by thoughts and motives by a
righteous judge than by our words or
actions. GRANDPA.

Mnsxneox.

 

OUR SEWING MACHINE.

 

JACKSON. Mich. Nov. 5, 1891.
Editor HOUSEHOLD.

For the benefit of the correspondent
in the HOUSEHOLD of Nov. 7th., I will
state I bought a New Michigan machine
about one year ago. After using it
my sister says it is the easiest running,
best workmanship and nicest machine
in town and it is a pleasure to use it.
Have broken no needles yet.

Yours truly,
M. H. SMITH.
____..6____ Box 1%3.

ONE of the most pleasing features of
the Thanksgiving number of the Ladies’
Home Journal is Palmer Cox’s amusing
Brownie pictures, in which the little
men are celebrating the day with im-
mense satisfaction expressed in their
funny little faces. Mrs. Beecher’s in-
teresting reminiscences of her husband
are continued, and a new story by Miss
Bradley is begun. The Jounwtl is also
to have Howells’ new novelette.

 

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

A NICE way to warm over mashed
potato is to press it through apotato.
Sifter into a buttered dish, lay bits of
butter upon it and bake it to a delicate
brown. Serve in the dish in which it
is baked. By folding a napkin round
any baking dish, whether of. tin or
granite ware, it may be made present-
able On the table.

 

A GREAT many uses have been found
for kerosene. But the line must be
drawn somewhere, and we really think
it should be drawn at using it in the
dishwater. Next somebody will re- '
commend it for an ingredient of salad
dressing. An eastern exchange says:
“If to warm (not hot) water, a tea-
spoonful of kerosene oil be added, it
will be found that plates and dishes can
be cleaned more quickly. readily and
thoroughly than with hot water and
soap. The one possible objection that
can be raised to this method is the
slight odor, but the small quantity of
oil made use of is unobjectionable. It
imparts no taint to the dishes that are
washed in it, and, in fact, refined
kerosene oil is one of the purest detur-
gents that can be made use of." But
any person who has ever practically ex-
perienced the “staying qualities ” of
the kerosene odor, and knows how
nauseating it is and how destructive to
appetite is food or any article ever so
slightly tainted with it, will know that
wherever else kerosene may be useful
it can be spared from the dishwater.

 

“ A NEW FRIEND,” of Anderson,
asks: “Will the HOUSEHOLD corres-
pondents and others kindly mention
through the columns of our little paper
gifts that are suitable and pleasing to
our brothers and cousins (of masculine
gender) at Christmas time? I would
also like directions for making cravat
case out of plush or chamios skin.”

 

Contributed Recipes.

Esosnmrnn Formosa—In a basin place
firstalayer of cold bailed potatoes sliced
thin and seasoned with butter, pepper and ‘
salt, and then a layer of rolled cracker.
More potatoes and crackers until the dish is
nearly full. then pour on enough sweet
milk to moisten thoroughly. Bake about
twenty minutes and serve hot. Nice for
supper. ‘

 

BEEF Rona—Two pounds of chopped beef;
one cup of rolled crackers; one cup of sweet
milk; one egg; salt and pepper. Mix thor-
oughly and make it in a roll. Pour two cups
of boiling water over it. Bake about two
hours in moderate oven. KETUBAH.

 

BAKING POWDER Emerita—Sift together
two or three times, dry, one quart of flour
and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; rub
in a tablespoonfnl of butter or lard and half
a teaspoonful of salt; have your oven hot.

With cold sweet milk or water stir all up to
a batter. as soft as can be handled; roll and
cut out the biscuits and bake immediately.
For cream biscuits, add a cup of sweet
cream before wetting up.

. Hm Tuoun.