THE HOUSEHOLD

Manawatu Herald, 24 May 1904, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD

SILVER TABLES. So Named From the Articles In Freolona Metal Displayed Upon Them. Silver tables take their name not from the material of which they are made, but from the pretty toys iu silver that are temptingly displayed upon them. These tables are, as a rule, comparatively inexpensive affairs, generally small and low, sometimes made of Inlaid mahogany or oak and often constructed of common pine with plush or tapestry covering. The first important acquisition toward a handsome table is a silver lamp, which should be antique in form. This lamp, with a colored shade, throws a glow over the curios beneath It which adds greatly to their beauty. Candlesticks, except when very little, are excluded from companionship with tho small and dainty bits. Photograph frames in rich repousse or elaborately carved silver are, however, admissible, but they must not bo largo, and the pictures inclosed must ho very beautiful. Next In importance to tho lamps and tho frames are spoons of every conceivable shape and ornamented in a thousand different ways, which may bo collected in foreign travel or even on a tour In one’s own country. As fur the other articles that go to make up a lady’s collection of this fin do slocla fad, their name Is legion. Richly carved and embossed boxes, sometimes largo enough to hold cigarettes and sometimes only big enough for bonbons or crystallized leaves of violets, have a corner of their own, says a contributor Vo « ue ' . *o Make » Cup of Coffee. It is°aßS slonal ability that vrtn,-. ~ of a stimulant nothing oquait. , p „ ■ coffee. According to an epioU*®, of coffee to a pint of boiling water a first class beverage, but the water must bo boiling, not merely hot. Bitterness oomes from boiling too long. If the coffee required for breakfast be put in a granitized iron kettle over night and a pint of cold water bo poured over It, it can bo heated to just the boiling point, apd then sot back to prevent further ebullition. It will bo found that while tho strength Is extracted tho delicate aroma is preserved. It Is asserted by those who have tried it that malaria and epidemics are avoided by those who drink a cupful of hot coffee before venturing into the morning air. A Kitchen Convenience. A scat, somewhat high, is a veritable necessity in a kitchen. If it can roll in under tho kitchen table when not in use.

HANDY KITCHEN SEAT, go much tho better. Country Gentleman describes and illustrates a handy seat that can bo made in the home workshop. The top can bo raised, disclosing a receptacle for kitchen cloths, stove holders, iron lifters, etc. A draw below will also be found convenient. . With this the housewife can bo seated when engaged in many operations at the kitchen table, where with an ordinary low kitchen chair she would feel that she must stand in order to work comfortably. With a high seat one does not have to keep the arms constantly and tirosomely raised when paring apples or vegetables, mixing cake or puddings and performing numberless other duties. The occasional bit of resting on such a seat, while working, ypiU well repay tho effort required in making it. Art of Baking Waffles. By an improvement the old long hanwaffle ironsl&b succeeded by the irong that lit into the stove Jjnles °A and are whirled over without gifting the Iron. The waffle iron Is a pomfhjratlvely common utensil, yet everybody not know how to use tt. Tho New YotTz\- ■ uno says there 1* an art In heating irons that is necessary to success. Heav tho irons on both sides. Then grease them. They should steam like a hot griddle. Shut them. Let them become, a little hotter. Then fill the Irons and instantly **- verse them, bringing tho side next the Are on top. As soon as the cake Is well browned remove It to a plate and butter h lightly. It requires a hot Are and some patience to bake a quantify of waffles suoOeesfully, but tho process of baking gives them a delicacy and superiority of Oavor unlike any griddle cakes, though made of the Samp batter. . Almost any batter used for griddle cakes made of wheat or Indian flour is suitable for waffles. A cup of well boiled rice or hot boiled hominy, added to a pint of vrhoat panoako tatter, makes excellent waffles. After all, the old fashioned raised waffles, such as our grandmothers always made, are tho most delicate and delicious. Mix a quart of warm milk gradually Into a quart of wheat flour. Add a teaspoonful of salt and a tablespoonfulof sugar, 8 eggs well beaten and a half onp of melted butter with half a soft yeast cake or half a cup of homemade yeast. Beat the batter thoroughly and let it rise overnight.

A Good Thing For the Cellar. Be lavish in the use of Hmo. Charcoal also is disinfectant and pnrifloa An open; bo* of it makes a good cellar ornament*- Admit a draft of fresh air doily, however cold the weather. Do not let rubbish aoummulate. .If your desire for hoarding old things is irresistible, gratify it anywhere but in the cellar. If you have a furnace in the cellar, insist upon its having a cold air box. The heated air which fills the up stairs rooms is more healthful If drawn from outdoors into the furnace timn if supplied from the cellar, however nlftan and well ventilated the latter may be. Stains on Marble, is a very difficult article to clean, it la stained In such a way that the ttaln sunk into the stone. Slight stains may bo easily removed with pumice stone or with vigorous scrubbing. Greasy stains 'arc hest removed with a paste of fuller’s earth applied in the same way it 1 1 to wall paper.