WOMAN'S WORLD.

Evening Star, Issue 11694, 27 September 1902, Page 7

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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WWm TO GQBRjjRFQMDJSHTg, Jnapita.'WWerk fee mjfcty soft; flatten It. cut it into the shape of trie missing bits of wood ; a press *o the surface p* the tablet with your fingers on the faandle of a fork, and then color, "Lydia.'rr-Tp clean the marble' maptc}piece take e q ua j part§ of powdered pumice §*one and powdered pbalk, and the weight ot both w powdered soda. Sift through a seve, >km vm to a paste with water. Rub this eprnpavwd all over ins marble, then wash it ??mtb soap and water; dry and polish with a 19ft cloth. ''Ajma.'WPhe polishing is done with a polishing iron, obtainable at auy ironmonger's. After ironing in the usual way, put a Clean, bare board under the stiffened parts, and polish hard and quickly. The operation needs considerable pressure. Jlefoye starching shred a' little good white soap into the liquid, and beat with a fork. "Rosalie."—lf the dust affects you after your cycle riding, bathe your face with warm water, to whiek a pinch of boras has been added. If your skin is (Jry, rub op gently a little cocoa butter or cold cream afterwards, and wipe off with a silk handkerchief any grease that remains. " Mater Familias."—The use of sulphur sprinkled in the shoes bas been recommended as a preventive of influenza) but J have no personal knowledge of its .successful use. it is, however, only right to say that in several of the American cities the use of sulphur i» the manner indicated has proved successful, and that at Memphis, Tennessee, the agents of the IJoward Benevolent Association and many other persons who the terrible epidemic of yellow fever there attributed thejr escape to the use of sulphpr in the manner mentioned. It is also asserted op the authority of a German medical writer that wearing, sulphur in this way has proved a complete protection against ebojera and other epidemic diseases; also that these working the sulphur mines of Italy escape the nialarja which prevails all around therh, Half a teaspppnfui in each, shoe or stocking is considered to be sufficient.

" Dora."— Spirits of ammonia is the best thing you can use for cleaning hair brushes, because it does not soften the bristles like soap er soda. If a teaspoonful of ammonia is mixed with a quart of water, the brush need only be dipped in the solution fop a moment, and all grease will have been removed, The brush should theni be rinsed in cold water, shaken well, and dried in the in the sun. HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. A delicious white sauce for vegetable? and meats is prepared thus: Measure one pint of cream or rich milk; take from this half a cupful while cold, add one teaspoon* ful (rounded) of flour and mix perfectly smooth. Pepper and salt to taste. The remainder of milk or cream place on the fire, and when it comes to boiling-point stir into it the flour and fold cream or milk. Boil tins three minutes, stirring constantly, Before removing from the *tove add one tablcspoonful of butter. Jf cream is used, the butter is not- necessary. The sauce can be served over cooked celery, cauliflower, beans, boiled onionp, and new potatoes. Terraine of Hare.—Skin and clean a young hare, take all the meat off the bones, and cut' it iuto thin slices; bat them with a cold, wet chopping knife, and have ready some stuffing, such as you would use for roast hare; also some slices of raw fat and lean bacon, and some fresh sausage meat. Make the bare bones into well-flavored stock, slightly thickened with arrowroot Put a layer of stuffing at the bottom of a terraine ; on this lay some sliees of bacon, then a layer of the fillets of hare, next one of sausage meat. Sprinkle each.layer with a mixture of chopped shallot, bayleaf, marjoram, basil, salt, pepper, and cayenne; moisten with sherrv or port and hare stock Repeat the layers till the terraine is full, then set a layer of raw fat bacon on the top. cover with buttered paper, and put on the cover. Stand the jar in a vessel containing boiling water, and keep the water always. nearly to the top; bake in a moderate oven for an hour or a little longer, according to the size of the terraine. When cold, remove all fat.-.-. Ornament with aspic jelly, sliees of lemon, parsley, etc.

Epicure Sandwiches—Bone three or four sardines, two anchovies, then'pound"them in fi mortar -srith a little gutter and cayenne; spread the mixture on bread and butter, sprinkle some hnejy-chppped caper* on top, cover with another layer of bread and butter, then trim and cut'into fingers. Pancakes—Take four ounees of self.rais* mg flour, and add to jt a good pinch of salt, two ounees of finely-powdered ratafias, and a little grated lemon peel. Mis together and then add the well-beaten yolks of three eggs, and, by degrees, a pint of. milk. Whisk well together for five or six minutes, and then allow the batter to "rest" for half an hour, or, if possible, an hour 3 finaUy, just before using, add the whites of four eggs, whisked to a firm froth. Fry a spopnfu) of this batter in butter m a small frving-pan, over a clear lira. Cook on both sides, then dram quickly upon clean bitoben paper fold up m the us-ua! way, sprinkle thickly with sifted mgar, and serve at once. Quartered lemons or oranges may be served with these pancakes, which, {f properly made are so good a? to be quite worthy »• 5. -f, upo " a dinneT PwtJ menu. Bird 6 Nest Cake.~R fqi ure d f Qr the cak . Four ounces of castor sugar, two ounces of flour, one ounce of congour, abput one ana a-half ounce* of p Urp unsweetened chocolate, two ounces of butter; six yolks of eggs ana two whole eggs, Fo P this cake choose tins,, of, better still. cakeihoops, shout four inches across. Put the sugar yo.k S ,aud eggsmto a basin, place the basin over a pan of hot water, and whisk the mucitoecomes light; then let it cool plight.y. Place the chocolate in a jar, and the jar in a saucepan of hot water/and let the chocolate dissolve gently. Melt the butter, then add the butter and flour to the mixture mixing it well but lightly in, and. lastly, add the melted chocolate. It" fad be mixed as little as possible' after the chocolate is added. Fill the tins or hoops three-parts lull of the mixture, bake in a moderate oven from twenty to twepty-fivp minutes. lhen turn the caki* upside down on a piece of paper. This makes a flat surface oa the top. This cake is best made the day before it is required for decorating. The eggs for the bird's 5 nest are made of meringues. Required: One white of egg, two and a-quarteF ounces of icing sugar. Put ths white in a bisji| with a tcaspoonful of the sugar and whisk tfl nearly stiff ■ then add gradually the rest (if the sugar. - * - n Canadian Pudding.-Qfepp finely, one pound of beer suet, mixing it while chopping with half a pound of fine breadonnnbs and half a pound of flour. ejein'and ati'k one pound of currants W d pna pound 0 f sultanas; stone and cut in Jiajyes half a pound of musoatels, and chop finely half a pound or ordinary raisins. Chopln "fairly large pieces half a pound of mjxed ugl ana two ounces, of citron. ?„{ S%J%. gredients intp a large basin withdM pjn?d of Demerol* sugar, grated rind oftVP lemons, one grated nutmeg, ak three ounces of shelled and shrFdWlwee 3 mpnds and one ounce of bitter,, add one tablespoonful of salt and mix 4«n Beat Nix or eight eggs well in a" basin, add "fo" them a quarter of a pint of milk and a quarter of a pint of brandy. Then a*l $£ tp the dry ingredients, and mis wel}. Next melt in a saucepan twq ouueis o/ butter, pour it on to the other ingredients;' and jrtlr ?t in thoroughly. The mixture must then be pressed intq greased moulds w which must be covered with floured cloths Then put it ipfco fast-boiling water, and boii steadily for eight hours. HINTS. Silver inkstands stained with jnk may be cleaned by applying a little chloride cf lime with water. Scorch marks on plates apd dishes that have been used fof k&ms TOW he removed by rubbing wjtfc & {{amp qloib dipped, jn coarse Kilt. To Frost a Bathroom Window.—Make a strong solution of Epsom salts in vinegar. Ami* M ta the glass with a, brash, and.