THE HOUSEHOLD.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2040, 21 August 1906, Page 2

THE HOUSEHOLD.

MODIMIN NEEDLEWORK. A nuw and unii|ue kind of embroidery » being need. It had its beginning iu Gopeuh.ageji. Copenhagen china and porcelain are noted for their lx><uity and style, 'file dwigri is wimple, yet fit) attractive and artistic. 'Jim quaint stiff patterns in soft shades of old blue, lend themselves admirably to the background of clear white porcelain. Artists have copied the designs from the ehina, giving an opportunity of producing the same effect on table linen, centrepieces, and doyleys. The work is easy and rapid, consisting of outlining, buttonholing, French knots, and solid embroidory. Three shades of old blue are used to give the projwr effect, and the material upon which the work is done must bo either Danish Angola eloth or old bleach linen. A cup and saucer of Copenhagen china, and linen tablecover done in Copenhagen work shown by Mrs Kd wards at the Art Xecllework Society prove that the needlework is really prettier and more artistic Hum the china. The tablecover has a imiinie 1-oi'der worked in rows of ncallo|w with a narrow buttonhole Mitch. Another pretty idea sure to become popular is_ the shadow work fichu and sash. This idea comes from America. A fichu of Persian lawn is crossed over in front, and pafiwid to the back, where it falls in sash ends. The fichu and ends are coveted in shadow work. Shadow work is done on. the wrong side, A design of leaves and llowers is filled in with colored silk, showing faintly through. Several Sydney girls are at work on shadow fichus'. A roinfictiia design is being carried out in pale l;l»e silkfi liy one. The girls intend to wear these fichu-sashes at the September races. One advantage is that they launder beautifully. Nothing prettier is seen in eiiKhiims than the "Gibson heads." The background of one of these cushions is of red crash linen, and the head (the pattern of which is stamped) us workel in bind; split -Ilk. Cold scrolls and jewo'.s adorn the Uirder.

REOIPKB AND HINTS. A Roly-|n>lv fiamn Pudding.—Make an ordinary .quel crust. Take a few rashers of bacon, roll out the crust, and lay tho rashers on. Slice one or two onions, sprinkle over some sage, and shako of popper and salt, liolj up awl boil for one hour and a-half. Simile Pudding—4 sponge cakes, 3 tab lesjHxmf tils jam, 3 breakfast cups milk, 3 eggs, a lablcspomifiil sugar. Lino a pii'<lkh with sponge cakes,"if liked, soak with dinger wine, ]>our raspberry jam over (if wine not lik<;il. add a little warm watr-T to jam), mix thoroughly, and pour over sjjonge cakes. Mix the" milk, eggs, and suirar together, put into a pot, and stir until nearly boiiing, pour over the .s|-m!■_'<■ cakes, and bake in moderate oven about an hotlT. Feather Huus.--Hb Hour, 2ozs sugar, 1 \: a-pe-indu! huttir, 1 egg. 1 toaspooilful crrain of tartar, $ tcaspoonful baking soda, a f<-w drops lemon or Vanilla, and a little milk. Stub butter in flour, add sugar and cream of tartar, beat the cjiir, add flavoring to it, mix the soda in milk, add egg to dry in.'.rodients and enough milk to make a stiff paste. Pile in small heaps on a g'.eu.ad oven .shelf, and bake in a quick oven about 10 minutes. Honeycomb Shape.—Throe ounces of ee'alhic soaked in sutiicient cold water to ' '■' ■'■■ it. y<i!' of three eggs, thwo ounce* of (.•,•'.<-■, ea-r. one pint <,f milk, one teasp" -nfui of vanilla <*-.eiac, and the milk, ciUir. yolks of ee.gs, beaten; stir until it thiekms. Heat up the whites of egg 6, Mir t'-i-'iu info the mixture and pour into neutd., A dehciotib way oi serving a sirloin steak i.s to broil a 3in. sirloin over hot calls, or "i a ieeriit hame, then place on a hot sti'ik plate, ami cover with a sauce, made of a teaciipful of fresh jy-gra tod horseradish, a (e.ihpoonhil of salt, and a pinch of red i-;>jiper. Have ready fried in butter, lo which -id a ~;;:;■le of icaspoonfuls ol olive oil to prevent s, orehiltg, half a dozm bananas split lengthwise through the centres end done brown and tender. Place ■ i iti.il)-:.-> on liu- slvak. over the horse-radish, and |iit..ir over ail half a cup of good, hWeel tirawn butter. Have everything --.eaokiiii- hot, serve on well heated plates, and in your eiiest you are certain to find an ,idvo.a!e of Epicurus. A ihrih saturated with paraffin and riibbul over niciure and mirror frames will keep flics off. lliih magnesia on toiled soots on dainty !ie.lit-colond e-exMb. Put plenty on both sides, aid when wanted for use again brush well and the spots will be gone. Never allow a cake of fat to Tenia in on top of soups and stews. It makes them turn sour more, quickly than they otherwise would. White paper should not iie used for wrapping round articles that arc to be put away, for the chloride of lime in it will destroy the color of the fabric. Yellow or blue is best. It is absolutely essential that a room in which fruit is stored should Be perfectly dry, ami is so constructed that it maintains an equable temperature nt all times; otherwise the. fruit will not keep. A Mouth Wash.--To an ounce of camphor add two ounces of spirits of wine. A few drops of this in half a tumbler of water makes a pleasant wash for rinsing the mouth after clean inn the teeth. A Pcie-dy for Moist Hands.—Hub them several limes a day "'ith the following mixture ; -Two ounces of wu de-Cologne am! o'.v ipuirter of an ounce of Wlladonna. Afterwards .sprinkle with calcium pnvder.