\{'.' bl .‘ I 1- _; . DETROIT,~ JAN. 2, 1892. THE HOUSEHOiDh-Supplement. .il‘HE NEW YEAR‘S RESOLUTION. . Friend, if thou dost bethinx the now _ . ; To lip some earnest pledge or vow. Search well thy heart. nor idly let The burden on thy soul be set. Load not thy faith until it strain ' 'And break. and all be worse than vain: " " - Measure thy power. and for the rest Beseech thy God ,to bless the rest. —0unton Scotlard. fl.— Bemember. three things come not back: “l’he arrow sent upon its track. it will not swerve, it will not stay Its speed: it flies to wound or slay. The spoken word. so soon forgot ' 8y thee : yet it has perished not ; In other hearts ‘tis living still. And doing work for good or ill. 0 -And‘the lost opportunif y. That oometh back no more to thee; lnyain thou weepest. in vain dost yearn. Those three will never more return. \ W s'roas: accomvrs. ' If’I Were asked to give a suggestion - {to a. couple about beginning life to- . .' .gether as to what business principle 5.5. f. 4 theyshouldadopt to enable them to get i f. onin the world, I would say, run no -.~. accounts. Pay as you go. Debt is often an unpleasant necessity 'I alike to the young farmer and the busi- ness man. A man does business on a bor- rowed capital, whether he gives a .h . mortgage on his farm or a stock of .goods in a store. His ambition is to V get out of debt. To that end he is in- - dustrious and economical. His debt is. 'an'incentive to energy and activity, - -' and often aids - in establishing those habits of prudence and wise expendi- ' '_ "pan-e which in the end enable him to ‘_. .become rich beyond his wildest am- bition. Debt is not always a disaster, . ‘ f - but 1 think a running account at' “the . store ” should be classed as a family ’1‘: . calamity. It is so easy to buy a thing when all you have to do. is to say, .“Charge it, please.” When you pull 5 w ,‘ 'ua - out your pocket-book and count out the 5. ‘ _‘oash, and see the aching void that is left, you are apt to reflect upon the ex- pediency of your purchase, and your ‘csober‘mcond thought shows you you. could, after all, get on very comfortably ' :wfthoutwhat, under the credit system, you think ,‘you certainly must have, ' ;; especially when the day of. payment is museum a,more convenient sea: AnEnglish paper quoted in 7‘ How-to _ , “53“,.111: - iii - ' " Co-Operate,” says: “In its demoral- izing influence, credit is undoubtedly next 'to the terrible drinking habit. Credit does not encourage thrift, which comes from economy and saving. Credit degrades the individual by a consciousness of wearing unpaid-for clothing, or of owing for food that has produced the flesh on his bones. Credit helps to keep the working-man depend- ent and at the mercy Of his employer. Credit opens to a large class of unprin- - cipled persons, achannel for the most bare-faced robbery.” And it may be added credit never allows one’s hard earned money to warm the pocket—book to a comfortable temperature. Any sum of money which comes to hand must immediately be paid out for that which has already been eaten or worn out. Once establish the habit of not buy- ing a thing till you can pay for it, and of considering the actual need of the purchase, and you will be surprised to see how many of your fancied wants will be classed with the non-essentials. Socrates was once invited to the house of a wealthy Athenian, who showed him its beautiful and luxurious furnish- ings, expecting to impress the philoso- pher. So he did. but hardly as he had expected. On leaving, Socrates thank- ed his friend for the courtesy, which he said had showed him how many things there were in the world' which he could do without. _, When one has a store account, the “must haves " are almost certain to dominate the “can do withouts,” and this, though one’s resolutions in favor of the strictest economy are actually ironclad. A sudden temptation over- comes us; it is so easy to say “Charge it i ” and think, “I’ll make it up some- where else !” And the grand aggre- gate of items on the day of settlement is always unexpectedly large. You feel sure you never had all those groceries, so many yards of calico, so many little etceteras, yet when you go over the list memory brings back the circum- stances, and even if you don‘t remem- ber you have to pay just the same. The honest grocer is ,yet liable to lapses of memory. Was it Mrs. A. or Mrs. B. who sent for the gallon of mo- lasses and three bars of soap ? He guesses it was Mrs. A. but it was really Mrs. Bi, so Mrs. A. pays for Mrs. B.’e soap and molasses. Perhaps, being of a' ' frugal turn of mind, he charges the items on each account, so as to be cer- tain of his pay if one or the other dis- putes the charge. The cash customer can go wherever .he can buy cheapest, while he who has an account must trade where it is kept. Thus he often pays more than he could buy the same goods for at other places, and must in ad- dition take what is in stock, whether it suits him or not. It is an object to the merchantto have the trade of the man who will pay ready money; be will put _ himself out of the way to oblige him' and see that he is well served. He gets the best every time. ' It is well known that the responsible customers on a ‘merchant’s books, to a certain extent, pay the debts of the irresponsible ones. . the accounts that cannot be collected— another argument in favor of a cash business. . “But,” says the buyer, “I haven’t the money; I can’t get enough ahead to pay cash, my ready money must go to pay the interest on the mortgage.” I believe it would pay, in such a case, to let the interest stand for a year, pay in- terest upon interest if need be, and establish the cash system. It would be the truest economy, an actual saving of money. I never knew a person yet who, once having abandoned the credit system for cash payments, would go back to, the old way. All see its economy and its independence. It will pay to practice rigid economy for one year, to put off building the barn or putting up the windmill till another spring, and emancipate yourself from the tyranny of the “ store account.” More than one farm in our bonnie State has been mortgaged and lost through the agency of a “store ac- count,” combined with a crop failure. “ Always taking out and never putting in soon comes to the bottom.” The best and most prudent management is that which sends to the store enough butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables er‘other by-products of the land to pay for the supplies needed in the family. And you will usually find that in the homeof the prospering and thrifty farmer such a system obtains. We are on the threshold of a new year. It would be wise to do away with the account and institute the pay-est . you-go system. That lt‘would cost. .fi/ , e The "H"O.u,seholid;:v r --* some—pinching and self-denial is doubt- less true, but oh! how independent you will feel to owe no man a dollar! . , ~ BEATRIX,’ “TURNING OVER A. NEW LEAF.” ’Twas the day before Christmas, and it was rapidly nearing a close. The skies hung dull and leaden; a few scat- tering snow flakes skurried by; the air .Was keen and piercing: men instinc- tively pulled up their coat -collars and women drew their wraps closer about them, for the chill northeast wind was searching. But how happy and bright, the faces were! No one minded being jostled; it was evident that the brown paper parcels, piled high, meant joy and happiness to loved ones. Occas- ionally a man swung aldng, carrying a .huge turkey by the legs; little children danced and chattered merrily before the gaily decked Shop windows. If there/wereany hungry, aching hearts they were not visible, it was the side of humanity that is always uppermost at ‘this glad time of the year. The electric lights were hanging like stars all along the streets, bathing every- thing in a clear white light. Away from the busy city a little, in a large Soldiers’ Home, sat a man apparently in deep thought. He had sat thus for hours, his thoughts busy with the past. He .has aged prematurely, this old soldier, for while he is thin in flesh and form bent and an air of feebleness ‘ abOut him, his eye is clear and not a thread of silver streaks the brown hair. The day has faded into twilight, and twilight into darkness and still his thoughts are busy. Again he is a child—how anxiously he has watched. ‘ for Christmas. His little stockings are pinned together and hung behind the ‘ big dining-room stove with the rest— ten pairs in all, for there are four ‘ brothers and four sisters and a father and mother in this happy, prosperous heme. ,The fireboard back of the stove is:loose‘ned and set ajar for the easy entrance of Santa Claus. He is tucked into his trundle-bed by his mother’s loving hands, and he sees the pleasant smile, ashe bids her “waken him, if she. hears Santa’s reindeers.” And now he isn’t a boy any longer; ,he‘ hears the lowing of cattle, the bleating of flocks; he’s driving them up the long grassy lane, old Speckle, Bess and Bountiful; barefooted, brown- cheeked, healthy and happy. How sWeet the clover smells, how soft the air! 'Was ever a pleasanter place than that old farm? The bees fly lazily home with, their honey; the robin in the locust tree sings “Cheer up,” and there are the two little sisters on the old' red gate. The years move slowly ’along and the cry of war rings through the land. At the first roll of the. drum he takes his place in the ranks of volunteers and eighteen sum- mers have not rolled over his head. He hears again his father‘s. "‘ Godchless you,” seeshis mother’s tears, the'old orchard with its drifts of. pink' and white bloom. ’Twas hard to leave it all, but duty was stronger and he marched away while the bugles played and drums- beat. The long marches, the battles and skirmishes, the picket guard, the sentry’s beat, and the dis- charge and home again; but not the same innocent boy. who marched away looking back at the dear old home. The love oi'th‘at which debases man~ hood and drills his fine nature, held him with bands of iron. ‘.‘Oh! I’ll stop it when I get home again—I’ll turn overa new leaf.” But ’twas so hard it drove him like a master at times. He is standing by that mother’s bedside and she holds his hand and begs a promise that he will reform.to a noble, upright man; and he promises that dying mother he will turn overa new leaf. The farm is sold, the childhood home passes into the hands of strangers, and in another State, miles away, he be- gins anew. The scene shifts, he stands before the man of God with a fair young girl on his arm and promises “to love, honor and cherish.” Five years of happiness follow; he feels the strange thrill in his heart when his first burn is laid in his arms, and because of the dark eyes looking into his, the dark hair crown- ing the little head, says “ I will call her Caroline, for the sweet sister that I lost so many years ago.” But this new. inspiration was denied him; suddenly she left him for kinder and more tender arms; he watched the little life go out, the wife’s desertion followed, and all alone 'he took up. the burden of life again, but with an ear deaf to all his better instincts. Down, lower and lower; into the gutter sometimes, then again engaging in business only to fall, and at last, after many years, with money, friends, position and health all gone, he finds himself in this great Home, wo'rrying through the monoto- nous treadmill of life. ’ , “ Oh! God!” he moaned,” nothing to live for, I have wasted my life! Noth- ing but leaves, nothing but leaves;” The old soldier crept into .his bed and pulled the clothes up around him. it was half past nine. “ Lights out, lights out!” had been sounded. He could not explain the impulse, but he' found him- self repeating the little prayer lisped so many times at his mother’s knee: " Now I lay me down to sleei. I pra the Lqrd my soul to esp; If I ould die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to keep.” The morning dawned bright and beautiful. ’Over the whole earth lay a fleecy pall, pure and clean. Not a cloud flecked the sky. The sun rose higher and higher, his rays crept into crevices, they slanted across the nar-v row iron bedstead and lay on the grey‘ blanket and pillow. ‘But the old soldier lay still and cold with a changed look on his face. a peaceful, childlike .expr‘essionf :The lights were out, but i on the Eternal shore he had answered to the roll-call, he had “ turned over a new leaf,” its page was clean and fair.» ' “ He had gone home at eveninlz And found it morning there." BATTLE CREEK. .—”—' ' VALUE OF, LITTLE. “ Do thy little, do it well,” thus runs- the song. For a long time I have con~ templated contributing my little to the HOUSEHOLD, and, noticing some time ago an invitation for each and all to do their little, I determined to comply; but being very much averse to a “rush” I decided to wait until that was over. Why do we‘not all always do .our little?, We are all I hope. members of. some neighborhood, and. many of us ‘ have too many family duties to attend ‘ largely to public welfare; but there is a. little time, possibly only the Sabbath day, for personal recreation. This time is used for various purposes; I mean after needed rest is taken. Many of our neighborhood ladies are found on the Sabbath at church and Sunday school, some of them church members, . but do they all do their little there ?" No, I fear not. They think they cane: not do it well, but notice the'song says, firstly, “ Do thy little,” secondly. “Do it well,” the latter comes only by prac— tice. ‘ In our Sunday school we have a large Bible class, consisting mostly of mar- ried ladies, led by one of their own number. I have often wondered if they were having what “we girls” call , Quaker’s meeting;—if so I think their- ‘. spirits seldom move. We must not term these ladies bashful, for they struggled through that experience long' ago, but when asked one says : " I am not accustomed to acting or speaking in public, therefore please excuse me.”' Of course “we girls” cannot be rude and urge farther, but try another and, another with usually the same result, and after oft repeated trials we have learned they are never “prepared.” - Now let me entreat you of the “ not prepared” order, as another year opens to do a little outside of your own home, not essentially in the church or Sunday school, for there are various fields of’ labor, and I will assure you a happier- ' year than these past. LANSING. KATE. A New York restaurant which makes a specialty of pumpkinpies, uses 45- tons of pumpkins every season. In the ’ architecture of these pies, .400 dozen ' eggs and 4,200 quarts of milk are-con, sumed daily; the pumpkins are grown onafarm in Ulster 00., N. Y. Each.- vine is allowed to produce but one pumpkin—but it is “a buster.” The. . three largest pumpkins ever grown ' spe'ctively, and the grower proposes to, next year. EVANGELINE. ~ 'j' weighed 238, 331 and 347pounds re» « grow one which will weigh 400 pounds} “ _e;.. 74. e v r. -. .1. - 1 . 1 ' .. _ ": .-‘-._. . . ' . . ~ ' . .: , . f O 1 ‘ . " > A » V’V . ' - - ' ’ » . .. ‘ -’ — ’. . . “ H a. se 15.01 (1. ‘ wror rodent. It'is rather late to go back to the jquestion of “Girls in Men’s Oliices,” , but I wish to say” I am‘ glad Beatrix gave you the other side of that im- portant question;‘for no one can get a perfect idea of any object or subject by' viewing one side only; no one’s, opinion is of very much importance who can see only one side of a subject. ‘I wish some one could see all sides of the ”telegraph message” subject. It seems to me when it takes from tWenty- four to thirty hours for_a message to be sent and delivered within less than 7 four hundred miles, it needs view- ing from both sides, both ends and through the middle. Of course it is incompetency and gross negligence, one or both combined. I do not suppose , such things can be helped as long as beginners just learning the business are left,in,charge. .But it is too bad nthe helpless public should be. the suf- ferers. I was up stairs looking for a pattern some days ago. On the bureau lay a small pile of old HOUSEHOLDS, dating from 1884 to 1886; of course I could not resist the temptation to glance over one or two of them, and before I was aware of \it the number was a dozen. The signatures seemed like old friends, and Iawondered and asked mentally, Where are they? I’ve not seen many of them in a long time. One of the letters by E. L. Nye, “.Which is the Womanly Woman,” set me thinking. What a change the last . five years have made in this question of “woman’s sphere,” and the next five years—who can tell the possibilities or the advancement or accomplishment of good in that time? Truly “the world moves,” and not slowly. . Those who have had the opportunity to read about the National W. C. T. U. conven- tion which was held this fall in Boston will need no more convincing argu- ment. .Thanksgiving has come and gone. When this letter meets your eye Christ- mas will have come and gone. many it is a time of feasting and glad- ness;-to others a time of loneliness and sadness. Let no one 10'se hope or faith, , for this is alife of compensations; those 'who laugh today may weep tomorrow, and vice versa; the clouds may obscure the sun today, but he is- still shining, and when the clouds pass by the light will again bless us. Let us all turn over the “new leaf” with the begin- ning of the new year, and let the most important thing in our thoughts be to say’ the kind, thoughtful things every day to our friends and neighbors in- stead of Waiting until their ears cannot hear, or~eyes see, or hearts feel the ' comfort of-them. ‘ My vote is fer Grandpa to stay with us; ‘There are many persons with ~ ‘ who'm'we donot quite agree in every-: { thing, but that is no sign they 'haven’t To' the same right to their place and 8‘ 'opinion as ourselves; and to tell the truth I agree pretty well with him. And we do not want our little paper to die from too much sweetness. “ Variety is the spice of life.” ' Will El. See tell me if she uses our common ink in her stylographic pen, or does she get some special kind? ALBION. M. E. H. -—--—.O.—-—. HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS . I want to have a little talk with the lady whose husband burned the HOUSE- HOLDS. Either you do not care much for domestic peace, or you have not been married long enough to know how to attain to it and keep it. All of us elderly married ladies know, though we do not spread -it in print much, that to have your own way in matters that you have set vour heart on, it is well to let your husband have his own way in trifles, things that are unimportant to you, though, mind you. it is never necessary to let him know that they are unimportant. If he wants to think he owns your wardrobe, let him; it cannot hurt you so long as he keeps it well supplied. I should think it would be far easier to tell him what he needs to purchase of feminine apparel than to ask for money for yourself. And don’t expect too much of him in the way of being pleasant and yielding. To quote Samantha Allen: ‘ “Every married woman will'join me in saying that there' are moments in married life when mules seem to be patterns of yieldin’ sweetness compared to lawful partners.” And then keep your troubles to your- self, for it does more hurt than good to tell them to others. But my conscience smites me for that last sentence. Shakespeare may have been right when he says : " A wretched soul bruised with adversity. We hid it quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain. As much or more we should our nelves complain.” Since reading Beatrix’s account of the babies in the Foundlings’ Home I have thought often of them, but more of the poor mothers. What terrible, lasting grief must be theirs, loving their babies as all mothers must, to give them up. I have wondered if shame alone compels the mothers to desert them. Perhaps the impossibility of earning their living while keeping a child with them has much to do with it. Is there any insti- tution in the country where a deserted mother can be cared for and keep her child with her ? If not, there is need of one. If I were the mother of an illegitimate child I should never desert it, even if I had to beg my way from door to door. I would do the best I could to care for it, but my baby should not leave my arms. But my heart aches for' any mother who has been compelled to part with her little child. This fall I did something entirely new and original. ; I had two small hams that I wanted smoked. We have a large sitting room stoVe of‘the “Jewel:- Parlor ” order. I strung those’hams on} the" poker, let them down into the tops of the stove, put the cover on,-built the.- corncob smudge under them, and. in» due time those hams were smokedgtt)» perfection. Necessity was the parents! of this invention. PIONEER. HULD .lH PERICINS. .. \ TEE ALADDIN oven. The Aladdin oven is a comparativelyirr new invention, originating with. Mr..- Edward Atkinson, the student of'poli» tical economy, also known asithe work-— ing-man’s friend, and the economic: statistician. He worked many years: to perfect it, and has at last achieved a . success which warrants manufacturersq against loss in making it, and it will? > probably soon be available to ordinary: purchasers. He claims for it econOmy?‘ of time, fuel, food and woman’s.- strength; but alas, it has to be managed-:33 with'brains, and it remains to be seen... whether the wives of working-men,~ the classiwhich is to be most benefi tedby: it, will take hold of it, master its science and use it intelligently, after having”- known so long the happy-go-luckyr methods of food preparation. The oven .7 is an oblong box of sheet-iron, made-- twelve inches deep, eighteen inches~- wide and fourteen inches high. This. ’ box or oven has three movable shelves-- and is enclosed by a non-conducting- wood-pulp covering one and one~fourth inches thick. The even stands upon legs so high from the floor that 32. kerosene lamp may be placed 'beneath.‘ it. A round wick lamp is used, by“ which the heat can be raised to 350 or -' 400 degrees. All kinds of food may be cooked «ins; the dishes in which they are to bee served, without injury to either food-or» crockery. A pan of water for washing ~ the dishes and plates may be warmed:- upon. the top of the oven while thew cooking is going on within. No taint; or odor of smoke or oil can reach the. . food; and meats and vegetables, even.. the pungent onion, may be cooked in the same oven without having the flavor of -one imparted to -the other. Bread, pies and cake can be thoroughly- baked, and will be thoroughly done on.--.. the bottom without being burned on. top. The bread thus baked is said‘to. much resemble that baked in the old- ~- fashioned brick oven. ’ By the use of a lamp with a flat wick; _which gives a less degree of heat, the ‘breakfast may be cooked durlng the.» night, and the housekeeper arise to find the morning’s meal ready to» place: upon the table. A course dinner for- eight or ten people may be cooked, ins one oven, and by proper attention to» putting the articles of food into the- oven at the right time, everything will be done at the proper time‘for serving. Five of these ovens are in. constant; use in the New England Kitchen at. a . 53mm this vast expenditure. ' ’Izm‘the women! 5 The Houseliold $30M and the. saving .of fuel and Elaborwhich they permit is a great help i311 solving the financial problem of the (“may where soups, chowders. stews, mdmher foods are prepared and sold Stat Ivory moderate prices to working mp1s. -It' ashvery difiicult for many old-school Mahmoustomed to the kitchen range, ' “the wood-box, and the steam and bub- Cbie of boiling 'and roasting meat and ‘wegetables, to believe in the possibili- 3108 of the Aladdin oven. It reads like afairytale. Think of saving all the Gaboroi washing pots, kettles and stew- ms, of having one lamp to clean in- «stead of ashes to empty, fires ‘to light and wood and coal to bring! . And ”:think whata saving of work and per- apiration for women! The Aladdin oven promises to be the coming Queen <11! the Kitchen. .vwon’r YOU WEAR IT? "The workingmen in America spent East year for drink alone $1, 280, 000 000. We won’t consider the suffering and moverty it brings on.them, for we may suppose that they get some enjoyment But think «Effie tears and real sorrow it brings They are the ones who $62r the burden. Yea more, there' 13 :mot a family in the land but what, has - some one connected with it, near or re- Inoie, who is a drunkard. Now we iswomen have no legal voice to protest naminst this monstrous evil that bids "flair'to win our homes, but if we unite :zn‘d are not afraid to express our terminions in public, it will, it must," do flamesgood. My plan is, that every Wan, rich or poor, wear the narrow Wiserib'bon tied to the buttonhole of fhernutside garment. A few of the W. 0 CDTS’D. wear it now. All honor to them. iLet usfjoin the organization if we can. EBut‘busy women have no time, and I’ve fheardunany say they could not afford tit. "Butallcan wear the white ribbon Imagine what it would he, say on ‘Saturday afternoon when Woodward «‘Avenue, Detroit, 8 crowded, tosee that *‘rvast army .of women each with a silent 1rtprOtest,"in the shape of their small «white '=badge, against the shameful ‘liquoritra’flic that the husbands and -i?br0t"hers~Seem to consider hopeless to acontrol. SISTER GRACIOUS. THE Iaizes’ Home Jour nal for January, wet athand, starts out with excellent gmmmise for the new year. c: zine has attained a remarkable success. THE Review of Reviews' 1s a great help the busy individual who has little . ' :Reisure for reading, yet wishes to keep sum Want with the topics of the times. it seems to be a convenient summary ‘ emf what the magazines are doing. and {Summons illustrations add to its in- This maga— » HOUSEHOLD HINTS. AN oyster can, opened on one of its flat sides, and the edges turned over and hammered down, makes a good soap—dish for the kitchen table. IT is assertéd that if hams. are hung in smoke while wet with brine they will acquire a bitter taste. They should be allowed to dry before being hung. AFTER you have once used white oilcloth on your kitchen table, you will 11 ever be resigned to securing it again. Clean the oilcloth with a little sweet milk, instead of using soap on it. YOU can stir either way and not spoil acake or batter, but do not stir and beat alternately, because the object of stirring round and round is to mix in- gredie nts and of beating across the dish in quick rapid strokes to catch particles of air in the batter and make it light. IN measuring, ateaspdonful does not always mean the same quantity. Salt, pepper. m ustard and spices are al- ways measured by level measure, while sugar, flour and baking powder should be rounded . A cook is supposed to un- derstand this difference in measure- ment but does not always, and rules are thereby misconstrued. AN Ohio lady who baked a cake and had it “fall,” broke it up, mashed it perfectly fine and smooth, added a cup of milk and a teaspoonful of soda with a little more flour, and re-baked it. The result was a success, acake she was not ashamed to give to' “the com- mittee” for a church entertainment. shape of a cup of fruit added at the last baking, which would account for the “ oii color” of the resurrected article. FOR an oyster pie, bake your crust, then add the oysters. Line a. pudding dish with nice puff paste. Fill it ’with dry crusts'or crackers, then put on the top crust, buttering its edges so it can be removed. Make the top crust twice as thick as the bottom. When baked, have ready your oysters, stewed, and thickened with two beaten eggs and fine cracker crumbs. Lift the top crust, take out the crusts and pour in the oysters. ~,IF you have prunes to cook, you can have “stewed prunes ” or “prune sass,” whichever you elect. Perhaps you think there is no diflerence, but there is. For stewed prunes, wash the fruit well, put it in a porcelain pan, cover with water and simmer slowly on the back of the stove for three hours. Sweeten and serve cold. The prunes will be whole and plump, and the liquid in which they float a clear‘dark She suggests an improvement in the ' amber. boiled to. pieces, and a black. disreput- for the turkey, don’t add milk or water to the bread-crumbs until the result is like a poultice. A good way is to fry the bread-crumbs in butterto begin with, using butter enough to moisten them sufficiently—a generous cup-full besuflicient for an ordinary sized turk. Season with salt, pepper and the herb preferred, but don’t be‘so generous of the latter that the eater thinks the dressing has been soaked in sage tea. Beat an egg well, and stir into the crumbs, then they are ready for use. IT is the different treatment of the tea leaves that makes the difference between green tea and black. After picking, the leaves used in making air, during which time it is carefully watched by the workmen, and at the proper time (indicated by the odor) they are put in iron roasting kettles, after which they are rolled with the hands to press out the juice. The roasting and rolling is repeated until no juice can be expressed, and they are dried in sieves placed over charcoal fires. It is in this last stage of the process that the tea turns black. The leaves to be used for green tea are roasted as soon as gathered. They are due to the rapid drying of the fresh leaves; but the green tea sent out of China is almost invariably glazed with a mixture of gypsum and Prussian blue. GOOD Housekeeping is one of our most valued exchanges. It is always bright, original and helpful, and an eflicient aid to good housekeeping. Contributed Recipes. Mmon PIES. --Two cups of chapped moat; five cups of chopped apple; one cup of mo- lasses; three cups of brown sugar; one cup of boiled cider; one 'cup of the liquid in which the meat was boiled; one cup of vine-. gar; 'ons cup of water; half cup of snot (chopped) or butter. Season, with two cloves, allspice and nutmeg, and the juice and grated rind of a lemon; three table- spoonfuls of salt. Two cups of chopped raisins; two cups of Zante currents; one cup of chopped citrcn; half cup of candied orange peal (if liked). Mix thoroughly} cook slowly two hours, and keep where it will not freeze. Mince meat improves with age, and can be canned to keep indefinitely. Mas. Gum. four cups of apple; two cups of brown sugar; one cup of raisins; one’ cup at gur- toaspoonfnls each of‘ salt, cinnamo Vallspice. Cook till the apply is soft. ‘ When you cook‘ them half an hour over a hot fire, till they are all " *‘ able looking mess,— they’re just “sass.” ‘ .' To make a nice dressing or stufling -‘ to a scant quart of crumbs, which will« black tea are exposed to the sun and ‘ rolled and dried the same as black tea. ‘ ,_ The color cf genuine green tea is teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one each of- Pnsm Mme: Myan—Two cups of meat; I rants, two cups of sweet pickle vinegar; 3w ~ " — '