Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1892 — HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.

Framing Picture*. I had some handsome pictures and steel engravings which were useless because unframed, and frames such as I would like would have cost more than I could afford. After thinking it over I made up my mind to try what I could do, “I'or,” thinks I, “If I have lived to be 35 and cannot frame a picture satisfactorily, I had better resign in favor of some more ingenious person.” I went to a kind of jack-of-all-trades who sells perfectly plain pine moulding at almost nothing per foot and got him to cut out the pieces for me in a miter box so that they fitted perfectly in the corners. Of these I had enough cut for six frames, not for six pictures but for two. One narrow moulding flitting the picture, another fitting the first frame, etc. I took these homo And carefully put them together with brads, taking particular pains to get ■ each one as strong and firm as possible. The one intended for the out-’ side was then enameled in white, sandpaDered and gone over again, until it was a perfectly smooth, glossy surface. The middle frame was carefully covered with white velvet, not glued, but put on with flour paste, which kept wet long enough to allow of the velvet being “plastered” to fit everv groove In the molding. The Inside frame —only half an inch wide—was silvered, going over It three times to ipsuyo a perfectly even coat. It was lots of work, but the cost was very little an(l the resnlt satisfactory. Another, a winter scene in oils, was framed in a broad moulding, enameled white, and while it was still damp, diamond dust was plentif«lly sprinkled Florence H. in Farm and Home. Vulnabln Hint*. Mushrooms are very rich In nitrogen, and are very nutritious. They are easily prepared, and very palatable. Unless you know the edible ones from the poisonous growth, it is best mt to risk gathering them. We do not think the use of corsets objectionable when not worn too tight. A well-fitting corset is a great comfort as every woman knows. We have woth Thompson’s glove-fitting corset for ten years, and consider It perfect. Give your child dally warm baths, simple food and plenty of fresh air, and it will do better than when dosed with soothing syrups. ' Lemon pie made without milk is much richer and better than with it, but requires more butter and eggs. Salt-rising bread is sweeter than yeast bread. To make it, scald half a pint of new milk over night, thicken with 'Corn meal, and set in a warm place. Stir with the meal a pint of flour, a tablespoonful of sugar, a teaspoonfnl of salt and a pinch of soda: thin with warm water and set by the Are. It should be light in two hours. Sift a gallon of floor, put a little salt jn it, with half a teacup of sugar and a tablespoonful of lard. Moisten with 'the rising, work well, set to rise, work again, put In pans, let rise, and bake. For Ilia Cook. Vanilla Sugar Candy.— Two pounds of granulated sugar, twothirds of a cup of water, one-third of a cup of vinegar, butter the size of an egg, one tablespoonful of glycerine, two tablespoonfuls of vanilla. Boil all except vanilla, without stirring, twenty minutes or half an hour, or till crisp when dropped in water. Just before pouring upon platters to cool, add a small teaspoonful of soda or cream, of tartar. After pouring upon platters pour over it the vanilla. This can be pulled beautifully white. Make In stripes and cut with shears. Golden Cream Cake. Cream three-fourths of a cup of butter,, add slowly two cups of sugar, add four eggs, one at a time, without first having beaten them. Beat well. Mix two teaspoonfuls of baking powder with three cups of milk. Bake in layers. This makes a yellow cake, which is more attractive with cocoanut filling. Apple Cream.— Stew half a dozen tender apples, mash them to a pulp, whisk the whites of six eggs till they are very light, and as soon as the apples are cold add them to the egg* with five ounces of pulverized loaf sugar. Whisk the whole till it will stand up when placed on a dish. Serve It with sweetened cream flavored with lemon, vanilla or wine. Sago or Tapioca Soup. Onequarter cup sago, one cup cold water, one quart veal-stock, one cup hot cream, two eggs, yolks, salt and pepper. Soak the sago m cold water an hour, then pour on one pint of boiling water, and cook in a double boiler. When tender, stir it into the hot veal-stock. Let it simmer ten minutes, add the seasoning and cream. Beat the yolks of the eggs light, and mix them with a cup of the boiling broth. Turn into the tureen and stir briskly as you pour in the hot broth.