THE HOUSEWIFE’S CORNER

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4458, 4 September 1909, Page 3

THE HOUSEWIFE’S CORNER

To Oub Lady Friends : RECIPIES,

Prince Royal Biscuits.- 1 lb of eggs ; 1 lb of sugar and half a pound of flour ; beat the whites and yolks separately, stir the yolks into the whites, add the sugar, the grated rind of a lemon, and the flour; drop in square tins, sift powdered sugar over them and bake in a quick oven.

Omelette.— Put the yolks of 2 eggs into a basin and add 1 tablespoonful of cream, a little minced parsley and onion and a very little nutmeg. Whisk all well together and fry in as little butter as possible. Serve on a very hot dish.

A Cherry Cake.— Beat 4 eggs, and add 4 ozs. of sugar, and 6 ozs. of flour ; melt 4 ozs. of butter over the fire, and do not get it too hot; add it to the previous mixture, and then stir in 4 ozs. of cherries and 1 teaspoonful of baking powder; pour into a buttered tin, and bake for an hour. HINTS FOR THE HOUSE. The housekeeper dislikes to see numerous creases in her best tablecloths when spread on the table, yet they are impossible to avoid if the cloth must be folded in the usual way. To insure just one crease down the middle, a roller may be cut from an old broom handle. Cut the stick the desired length and roll the cloth on it and put it away.

Indelible ink stains may be removed by dissolving one oz. of cyanide of potassium in four ozs. of water and moistening the stained portions of the cloth with it, by dipping in, or by the use of a small brush. The stain will disappear in a few hours. This must be kept out of reach ; besides great caution must be used when working with it. SELECTIONS. The lapse of time and rivers is the same, Both speed their journey with a restless stream ; The silent pace with which they steal away No wealth can bribe, nor prayers persuade to stay. Alike irrevocable both when past, And a wide ocean swallows both at last; Though each resembles each in • every part, A difference strikes at length the musing heart. Streams never flow in vain : Where streams abound, How laughs the land with various plenty crown’d ; But Time, that should enrich the nobler mind, Neglected, leaves a weary waste behind.— Cowper.

Time is precious, but its value is unknown to us. We shall obtain this knowledge when we can no longer profit by it. Our friends require' it of us as if it were nothing, and we give it to them in the same manner. It. is often a burden to us, and we know not what to do with it; but the day will come when, a quarter of an hour will appear of more value to us than all the riches of the universe. God, who is liberal in all other gifts, shows us, by the wise economy of His providence, how circumspect we ought to be in the management of our time, for He never gives us two moments together. ne only gives us the second as He takes away the first, and keeps the third in His owi\ hands, leaving us in absolute' uncertainty whether it shall ever become ours or not! Time is given us that we may take care for eternity ; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have mis spent it.— Fenelon.