THE HOME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12419, 14 November 1903, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE HOME.

THE TABLE. ! Sweetbread Salad : Boil one pound sweet- [ bread in salted acidulated water twenty minutes ; drain and plunge in cold water for five minutes ; drain dry, cut into quarter-inch cubes, which will equal one and a-half cups ; add to this one and a-half cups cucumber cut in quarter-inch cubes (one and a-half mediumsized cucumbers will make the desired quantity), one cup fresh hickory-nut meats cut in pieces ; toss lightly together with a fork ; dress with boiled salad dressing. This will serve six people nicely. Potato Gems: Put into a saucepan two cupfuls of cold mashed potato with a tablespoonful of butter; add the yolks of two eggs, an after-dinner cupful of cream, salt and pepper; stir over the fire until well mixed ; take from the fire and add carefully the well-beaten whites of the eggs ; bake quickly a light brown. Pressed Beef: To twelve pounds of brisket of beef allow an ounce of saltpetre, two pounds of common salt, three ounces of allspice, an ounce of cloves, an ounce of black pepper, half a pound of brown sugar, two lemons, a wineglassful of brandy, two pounds of beef suet, flour-and-water paste. Trim the beef, rub it"well with salt and saltpetre for three days, in the proportion of an ounce of saltpetre to two pounds of salt; pound the allspice, cloves, pepper, =alt, and sugar together; tie up the beef, put it in a pan. and rub with the spice daily for a week ; drain, and pour over it the juice of two lemons and a glass of brandy ; chop up the suet, put a layer at the bottom of a dish, put the beef on top. cover with a paste of flour and water, and bake for seven hours. When done, remove the crust, drain off the gravy, press beneath a heavy weight, and glaze it. Pineapple Cream: Rub a pound each of butter and sugar to a cream, stir in a pound of pineapple, then add the yolks of three esjgs, well beaten, and one cupful of milk ; beat the whites of the eggs stiff and light and add them last: line a pudding-dish with a rich piecrust rolled very thin, hi! it with the prepared custard, and' bake in a moderate oven.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS. When Grilling : Be sure that the gridiron is thoroughly hot before you lay the meat upon it. To Whiten Piano Keys : Rub with whiting moistened with lemon-juice, sponging afterwards with a flannel ivrung out of warm water. Then dry thoroughly. For House Plants : Water once a week with lukewarm water, to which a little ammonia has been addeda few drops to a pint. This helps to produce abundant growth. Falling Hair: Is very often caused by illhealth, and for hair 'that is prematurely turning grey an iron tonic works wonders. But don't take anything of the kind without consulting a doctor first. Home doctoring very often doss more harm thaa good. Match marks on a polished or tarnished surface may be removed by being first rubbed with a cut lemon, and then with a rag dipped in clean water. To Clean Indian Brass : Rub with a lemon or lime, then wash in warm soap and water, and polish with bran and whiting or prepared chalk mixed in equal quantities. Very bad stains that this treatment does not remove should be brushed with a solution of sulphuric acid and water ,and well washed immediately after. The sulphuric acid must be used very carefully, or you may do more harm than good. To keep milk sweet for several days add a teaspoonful of fine salt to each quart of new milk. Mis. blacking with cold tea rather than with water, for thus a better polish is obtained on the boots. To Clean Plate Quickly : Shave a quarter of a pound of soap into a pot holding two quarts of water, and add a little soda. Into 'this put all spoons, forks, etc., and boil for five minutes. Then remove the articles to a bowl of hot water to rinse them t then dry, and polish them with a leather. The plate will be beautifully bright, and the trouble will be much less than if powder were used. Put aside the boiled soap in a jar, and add ;; little of it to the water in which the plate is washed whenever it is used, and you will find it easy to keep it nice and bright. MEN WHO NEVER MARRY. " There was never yet a bachelor of forty whose heart has not been at some woman's feet to take or leave as she would," says a well-known writer, and this, generally speaking, is absolutely true. Although there is one type of man, a very rare one fortunately, who, from a mixture of cold love of self and miserliness, rigidly eschews matrimony. • Of such a one the story is told that, being on one occasion somewhat impressed by the bright eyes and red lips of a certain damsel, he gave some thought to the married state, and pondered o'er the advisability of entering it. Racked with doubt, he ordered a large meat-pie to be prepared, and on its appearance divided it in half—there was ample! Then the reflection crossed his mind that in course of time a sub-division might be necessary. The portions were divided by a trembling hand into two. He looked, hesitated—and scraped them all on to his own plate! The damsel had to find another lover! Men who regard marriage as " an insane desire to provide for another fellow's daughter," or the picturesque gateway to a commonplace estate," are far better unmarried. The temporary devotion of their little souls would make no woman the happier. MAKE YOUR WIFE YOUR CONFIDANTE.

; It has taken ages for mankind to recognise j the quality of women. Even now the fact ! that women have taken up the gauntlet, j and unaided by masculine assistance, make their own- way in the world, is looked askance on in some quarters. There are many men whose treatment of women is in every other respect all that could be desired, but who do not yet understand that she has a mind and sympathies identical with their own. Fathers and brothers do not confide in their wives and sisters as they might. Women are something more than playthings. Their devotion is of the deepest kind, and it is only just and right that they should in some manner share the confidence of those whom thev care for. The happiness of many a home is spoilt by this one reason. The success of many a busy man would j be all the more assured were he only to con- | suit his wife on business as well as social ! matters. There would not he so much livi ing above one's means if this practice were more carried out. Women arc very sensiI live. They know when ;:, man reposes full i confidence in them. When lie does they re- • ward him by their advice and assistance. I Yet brothers, lathers, and husbands, in, i their treatment of women, are just before ! they are generous. The girl of the period, ' in spite of all her faults, is neither heart- ; less or callous. She expects to be treated ! with perfect confidence; and the man who j does so treat her she repays with wholeI hearted devotion and loyalty.

GIRLS WITH TOO MUCH CANDOUR. Some girls are very complacent over their candour. Now let me whisper to you that, while you must invariably speak the truth . you are not always called upon to indulge in brutal and officious truth-telling at the expense of kindness. You may be perfectly sincere, yet not go into society armed with a club with which .to knock your acquaintance down.

Nor are you to be always acting the role of a self-appointed policeman. You need not tell your friend that you do not like her new hat, and that its shape does not suit her head. She has the hat, and must wear it. You need not interfere with another friend though she comes late to church. Her own family can speak to her about this. The popular girl is never intrusive. She says a sweet and pleasing thing if she honestly can, or else she remains silent. And this is but saying that a popular girl cannot get along without being a sensible girl. Dear girls, there are belter things than being popular; do not try to be so at the expense of any fine quality. Be your best always, and make your lives a blessing to others. Let popular!!v come if it will, but never set it in the first place us a thine to seek.