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Southern Cross, Volume 17, Issue 26, 9 October 1909, Page 7

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BE CHEERY.' Let me to-day do something that shall take j, A little sadness from the world s vast store. And may Ibe so favoured as to make Of joy's too scanty sum a little more - 1W 1, 1 Let me not hurt, by any selhsh deed Or thoughtless word the heart of foe or friend ; Nor would I pass, unseeing, worthy need, Or sin by silence where I should defend. However meagre be my worldly wealth. Let me give something that will aid my kind— A word of courage, or a thought of health, Dropped as I passed for troubled hearts to find Let me to-night look back across the span 'Twixt dawn and dark, and to my conscience say : Because of some good act to beast or man, "The world is better than I lived to-day.I*' 1 *' —Selected. RECIPES. STEAMED MARMALADE PUDDING. Required : The weight of two eggs in butter and sugar, one teaspoonful of baking powder, three ounces of flour, one egg, one gill of milk, one tablespoonful of marmalade. Steam the butter and sugar, add to them the flour and baking powder, then the egg and milk beaten together, and lastly the marmalade. Butter some little moulds, three parts fill with the mixture, cover, with grea'sed paper, and steam, for an . hour and a half. Turn out anxL-serve with a little liquefied marmalade round. HONEY BISCUITS. Melt four ozs. of honey and an oz. of butter in a clean saucepan, and stir until the mixture boils. Then Stir in one after another an oz. of chopped almonds, half a lemon rind grated, a saltspoonful of mixed spice, and four ozs. of flour (previously sifted) with a very small quantity of baking powder. Mix quickly together and turn out on to a rolling board, and roll but to half an inch in thickness. Stamp out into rounds or squares, and bake at once in a moderate oven.

CAULIFLOWER fritters. Blanch the cauliflower and break it into pieces. Dip into a thick white sauce and put a'side until cold. Then take each floweret separately, and dip into batter made of half-a-pound of flour and one ounce of melted butter mixed in a bowl. Stir well •and when perfectly smooth moisten with sufficient warm water to make it of proper consistency, arid add , a pinch of salt and white of egg whipped to a froth. Dip each piece of cauliflower in this-batter, fry in boiling lard, and serve hot. -$■ STUFFED ONIONS. Parboil large onions, drop in icewater ; take out the centres and fill with forcemeat. Cover with thin slices of fat bacon, dredge with salt, and a little sugar ; put in a deep baking dish, pour over half a teacupful of rich stock, cover closely and cook over a good fire. When the onions are tender take them up, remove the bacon, strain, and skim the gravy and pour over. LITTLE THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE. Salt for table purposes will be improved by the addition of. a very little arrowroot. This .will prevent lumns. Saving the coal : Procure two shaped bricks—they can be bought at any oilshop—and place them either side of your fireplace ; or, if you cannot get these an ordinary brick broken in half will do admirably. A' quantity ©f chalk mixed with the coal and placed at the back of the grate is a coal economiser, as once thoroughly heated through it gives out great warmth, and of course goes on for ever. ■4To clean combs: Never wash. Clean with a stiff brush, such as is sold for.

the purpose, and wipe with/ a soft cloth. The coarse teeth may be cleaned by drawing them over a stretched string.

To wash lace (white) : Immerse in a lather of white soap in hot water. Press and move about, but do not rinse, in two changes of cold water. (Dab between the folds of a linen cloth, and pin out to dry on a board covered with a linen cloth. 4-

To polish mirrors sponge with tepid water to which a little spirits of wine has been added (not methylated spirits), to remove dirt. Then polish with a soft cloth charged with powdered whiting. Finish with a silk handkerchief.