Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1876, Page 11

THIZ CHICAGO TRIBUNE SATURDAY, , #Winnle," tell us how to do [ty t flf'#ifn.' For me, I hate *%conpan Fus e ST "2, 'd nono of it pogs! (Crt Every might when husbond U It M iners, a0 huby from reliool, we e 100 D, I whilch which the whola pre sttt B Jonpings are nt command. T "‘“"l( Wolive Green s w minister's wife? r“d ehe lives i the country, Tean only o a4 T clings, Posscas thy soul I L aten, and answery aud pray £l ;‘“m‘;’ml ! ihmissively walt for the others, who oilfi 8ire to be i befora suppor. Buppusing o tax on your [muunue; nevermind.- Inmore psd i ane “The Lord Joveth n cheerful, o oiTec 1a just ns good from n plated pot o tin one, L steeped in carthen. 1leat wiro S pot with bolling water uutil just he- gl Lo the table. Then pour tho cofle ol i cream 3 nob the_cream inco the cotlee, hm‘m have the most deliclous of boverages, pdyon i Gty that % my lord ? and Tlave T napsodies some. Mo asked mo ‘iwhat T :;o'gunln( Thden'? Money, President. Iuue red thuat ;:fh. ‘Wiito-Tonse, rinte realdent s . "(rn,:,w.‘-:: ar vote declureth the want £t 0 N autenet Y for a President, §ib Jjage's may yet beat hhn, and wouldn't it ba Mf:!'x“{:,m the **White-1fouse" and hia barrel e money » fle has not asked me to do an' more aince. T ol 8 recipe for squnsh pie. Bostun woman X told me that nt a strictly primitive New fund Thanksgiving a duzen varletics of e 0 NCCCSBATY. F”::erh TPie.~0Dbtain a good Hubbard squash, s Into quarlerg, and bike two of theso until p and thoronghly done, — Beoop out the dry aly part, and while warm ndd n tablespoon- ,‘,]'gjl lour, and rub it well, wetting s you go yiba littie milk, no donbt our Tilden woald A Thlslslmuld l;;:l lenlu':lilnnd wquantity of squash you will want three 'g{;‘n?mflk. Now come the eges; two for o I will do; three won't hurt, Use a sl tea pof sugar for each ple, To ihis add tho Jksof your ezgs, and Leat o long time, add- o for each ple ono teaspoonful of ginger and Feofcinmnon. Liuc your ting with's nico e, In which you have sifted n Hitle baking- Ider. Beat itp your whites to n stifl froth El!rlhe olks In first, then tho whites; fill your s0and place in oven, wlich must not be too . asthey will brown too fast and spoll the Hlien foiua that comes to the top. At my e [ Irave ind gentlemen say that they coulid atan half lM{f of tllnnxn'., 4l )l‘m proof” of tho ling 13 In the cating," you kuow. Tk i GERMANIA. v (Ae EMltor' af The Tribunc, (mcaco, Nov. 23,—I have loug wanted “to gremy pen in hand," noswer questlons) send e dt mothier’s recipes, and say iy llttle say, tstlcould not. T must tell you that you all sked chemiloon s0 much that I tricd one; o pitern was procured, and Iwnssomuch plensed at1 thougnt the “sharer of iny joys aud sor- s shomid have one tov, I “kept thinking tor surprised lis will be, and how pleased. x,huhand wore it ono day, was surprised, and I was real thoughtful and kind,—n dear ped wlfe,—but thought it nicer for me, Will “Mrs, . G, of Aledo, 11k, tell me e explicitly about her orange-cake filllngl I eule one, but I know the filliug was not night; all soaked in, and was not nice, while the tp Inyer was very nice, Some one asked shout wking chicken, ~ Mothier somnetimes split them &wn the back, put skin side up, covered with sipsof salt pork, peppered ft, and bakeds :51&‘:" was julcy and _delicious. Ican’t eat ¥k, bub never objeeted to that. DEVET RAW izypork. Jn baking chicken In nny way she wed the pork, She also covered her erock ol riree-meat with molnsses; it keeps the alr outs futeprend right over the ment, Did you ever plekle cggat We are fondof fhem. I put the cizps” on tho stove in Hwater, let stand und bofl for one hour—Lilie et {s then mealy; remove the’ shells, siick igror five vloves in cach ege, pour hot vinegar et (add other splees i you liko); let stand o fex days; they are very nice, Tam very muchobligred to *“Coueln Anna® for tr notlee. of me. Uno feels very shut up, or tone side ify after offering free what to them e nleest thing they owi (1 say nicest, be- axe “They eay ™ says it Is tho best way to rath people’s hearts to givo them good thivga west) and have no one say, ** I will take snuie, pae T must say oue word for ‘‘ Rena's ™ alllog, Some friends (epleures) from the hmcruousu took dinmer with us. * We hod her wdding for dessert. ‘They. praised our plum Jedding aud were helped twice, - *Winnle," of Adrian, bns my heart. All sho u3s L indorse, partleaiarly about hushauds luv- i wives more when they look nive, ete. Wom- ageem to fade so much earlier than men, Weo swald preserve ouraelves at all huzards, Weo ua take eare of our skin and hands, no matter it work we do. Our lhusbands are proud of wwhen we look nice, have our lomes cheerful wd homelike, and mect them with o heart wlome, They are fighting the * bread-und- batter fight*? for ug, ns \\'ulhm thomseves, day durday. 1lome should be to them whata jodkarhor is to a storm-driven, weary mari e~ haven of rest, Wives, primp, dvess ucat- Inand witn tuste, That don't mican extrayva- utly, Tako care not to grow old and cruss, Ao matter what your caves are, be deerful - while you work. Stz Af o can't sing loud, think sing; itkeeps the heart right, and you from growlng el Idothis. ft was taughi mehy onic of the bmellest women I ever saw, Bhe had eyes IXeades, nose like a locomutive, neck lke a uice; she was 0 good, ulmcrtu‘, neat, amd B, esery oue loved "her, and I lteard Jier hus- hnhsay ie had a hundsome wife; Iie mennt it foo. Ithink mych on this subjeet. Loften seo ymlficent tooking men 60 yenrs old looking Juung, with & wife whose face looks like a lijck= ur-nub shell, hier budy long amil dried, nll be- uuge she did not'tnke cars of hevself, did not et proper food, ultowed hersplf to b worried; By thnes about her furmiture and lher datbes, 1 put my troubles Dehind me, und ¥ooder what can coms next, then go on By usual way. If everything I touch goes ¥rong, 1hink of when iy darling shall come Laze~how glad I shall be to sce b, and he B~ ot cl) right amnin. htoo, thank *“ Aunt, Lucy " for the ¥ Parkers." g lushand siéya thoy 1nnke him think of the time he paid $20 per week table-boards W e not seen, Delmonico nuddlnl:i yet. Citron Cake—Four eges, well bentens one uda quarter yon 3 sugar: threo-quarters of u pundof butter; one pint sweet milk; one and b pounds flour; Lalf-pound citro, Cut in fi: lplnws, well floured; baking-powder ns Nut Cake—Tiwo cups sugari ona of butter; ¥ of tlour; ono of cold waters four cges; \k'-flg'-puwdnr; 13§ cups kernels of hickory or WElte walnuts, bin Plo—Put one eup raisins in water ough to boll dons,—tukes about one liours Vieken fufeo with lour or cornsstarch; sweeten i hmue!u (dun't take uch sugur; sometines I ; fuite of one lemon); put in small P""w of atter; and make onu of ** Aunt Luey’s ' ple ‘l'"‘“!‘ top erust; bake tn quick oven;”you will e 8 dellcfous ples dice cake for ten—Ono cup sigar; one and (,,h“m butter; ones cup flour; three egus, I’enucpkrlwlvz ono and-a half t(';ls[pnuuu of ing-powder;add rulsfos i€ you lke; [8 almost us pound-cake, Aanxs. To the Bultor of The Tridune, Ganoxen, i, Nov. 27.—%his Garden of en s not ga remote from your city, that some- " @eabould not remember the Home in your lomng, and, feeling it would bo selflsh Iu me ’:mdnll the good things It containa each ‘;k oud not add aline, Iwill knock at'the mrund neep dn, - Lnever miss Saturday's poe w;nml Oud It alwsys interesting, and have ue mmlmumlly feellng for tnany of your cou- "lulu"' Loften sce where somne” one ling ioh llm- sume recipe, aud thought 1 would Youl dl or mine, and the next week's fssue Bpaelt contain “a dozem. I don't eall '-ldml A youug honsekeeper, neither an Yetrg I have Wept house for several {3““‘!:(‘1‘ feel that I bave many thiys k Tlike * Aunt Lucy, and fitally ol Lucy, y all the m‘;(u thiere are many), and aleo 4 Dabbler," wg touder what has bevome of B Mrs, Binily,” o }'fl:‘"d severnl others, ‘That chemdloon® Ewh‘)y Y el explalned, and pleased o L " Mrs, V. Vo9 oughit surely to wear o St B not as much interested in the Muu upon home adormnent as many others, iy D Lor Lo rensons, Ii' hame {3 adorney il ;hf,'"l')f; dyear-old and a hittle 1-yearold N C| “‘;:gl'luvw .m-cr?du. never out of employment. “.E’ILP Lam wortlilly employed remufus tormo o the eweet hy-und-By 3" and secoudly, “Olive z'zm-y artlcles niever was iy forte. As So l‘ en® gays, ¢ Icun’t do one thing," hd”m Wil tell a few things I know. One Ireveny k4 to kuow how tu’ wash Haunel to T it Wrinldng, It seeins to me with all tiag g "L shrink sume. "1 have takien ull caro Al ni.,‘."“"“-“" flummels should bo washed gy S ind Corbett’s Golden Btato washing o Washes then snlcm]ldl?' leavitg them vap o free from i horeh, sticly fecling tha Lave phe Make o suds of the powderyjust tingg : "Oer a little warm, and wash throufiy iy warm wuter o Muile, btue, und dry & Duckgo ey g0y Wishes to know how to make nice Ngol\-‘:r ke, The picest way 1 over triad— ufy luos:m" cruinble off when' the cake fscut, 1Rk i others,—{s: - 8ulr the whitaof un epy I‘ hl“'m “'mlif?l’l:lulcd or powdered sugar; du $hare wotig wany wuye of drestlng cabbage, for what I did not know woutd #ill | ¥ all my spare time, and my | but none ke mine, which we think {3 splendl For drershi, beat ons ewgrs half teacup ool vinegar: pour tho vinegar fn the beaten eg| #lowly, and stir briskly to prevent it from cunfi ing; half cup sugar; butter half atze of an ejgi; pluce over the firo and stir until it boils up, nnd pour over the cabbage hot, and serve. This will do for half n hend, eut fine, . OF all the puddings I mnke there is nons we think mora of than the corn-starch, made pretty AU and cool in euvs; when wanted, turn ont and serve with good sweet cream, nade pretty sweet and flavored with lemon; eat cold, My chifldren think the Hitlo puddings In cups just the ticket, My way of making Charlotte Rusre—place in n puddiig dish sliccs of aponge-vake; makea hin corn-starch pap; swaeten and flavory pour over the cakes having reserved the whiles of eprgs for frosting, whip thein to a_ high froth, spread over the top, and placo in the oven long cnough to sct. 4 \Western Reader,"—1I hava a recfpe given me for coluring brown, but, not having used it, cannot recommend It. ' Perhaps someonu canl inform you from experlence. 1 intended telling Mrs, +0. I 0. how to make gome cream blreult and _pressed chicken, but my letter will be too long T fear, Norah Clifton," T adinlre your liobby, Any thing in regard to the dear liitle onca particu- lurly fnterests me just now,for I fecel it my duty todoalland the best I can for thosa” littla ch;xrgcs. 1 hope we will hear more from * No- ral, “Little Ballle," you_voted for Hayes and Wiiceler, sodid 1, and I hopod long ere thls Mr. Tilden wouldbe ** gone where s woodbine twlneth,'" but not yet so salth THr TrinvNs, Ans, Miues C, WinTs. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cmicaoo, Nov. 23.—Some one usks what todo with her ivy, which does not grow. They arc all apt to be straggling, amd have few leaves, One foult fn the treatment of ivies {3 too rich soll. They reauiro a grreat deal of molsture; so they should lie well watered, ond the eaves and stoms frequently washed, The only fnscet I have found on the Ivy {3 the bark-louse. They should be carefully” seraped off, and the stems washed witlt warm soap-suds, If the ivy grows Tust in the stinmer it will stand still during the winter, a8 no plant can grow all the time. In England n good deal fa made of stand- md fvies—for decoraling housps, holls, cte, They are made by phiching in the top ond the gfde shoots nearly to the bake the second spring, and 8o continulng H1i they be- come bushy.” I do not kuow whether tho ivy will blossom fn tho liouse, but I - sce no renson why it inay not. 8o long as the fvy ellmbs, it does not blossom, but when not allowed to climb, it blossoms nbundantly, and fs followed by black or vetlow Dberries, Shirley Hibbard says, * One plant s enough to cover, twenty feet of wall, and mny be_Kept covered with o mass of vegetution,” Iuw does'that compare with our poor. ivies, when we are thankful if, with two plants, we ean decorate one window { 1 wonder wo do 1ot se¢ 1nore of the varieeated fvies, Thiak of fvivs with mottled leaves, Jeaves with white or zold-colored edges, orwitly all the young leaves old colored; or with cdgzes shaded pink,or bronzy brown, or green with black shufl]ug on the edees, und with stems puiple or seariet, Oue varlety alone has stems of deep purple, leaf-atalka brleht reddish purple; the Teaves dark green, with falnt blotehes of gray, overlald with whitish velns, tha margin creani color, dellmlclly liied on the extreme edgre with bright pink, Ido not know why the lorists do not import these beautiful ivies; hut perhaps Beeause they'aro of ratlier slow growth, Surely nothing can be more beautiful, Mr. Hibboril fays that many, haviog' teled ferus, and being unsuccessfiul, huve tilled fernerles with fvies, Somo nisp have Doxes in the windows ant trafn them all over the window, jorming o leafy sereen, ngreeable na secu (row without, and * very beautiful from within, “ Mary ITowltt,” in her “Art Student in Mu. nich,’”¥ mentions that from the palnee 1o the cottuze there s searcely 8 room that~does not possess [ts Ivy tree, and hardly a window {o he seen in the street which fa not fendered a bower by the festoons of lvy. “The staivcase inthe Touse of a wreat puiiter §8 o complete Httle bit of falfy-land, tlianks™to his Jove of ivy, which festoons the balustrade of the polishied-nnk Atafrs, nud strews forth its kindly leaves amang the parrow beauties of palms and myriles which rise grove-1lke upon the tandings.' Ta the Billior of The Tribuna, WrstvieLr, Ind, Nov, 20.~As I am very much fyterested fn the Home Column I venture In quietly with o Ueating heart. I was so pleased to know that “A Yankeo Wife! had “onee been a boy™; she can don the *eheml- Ioon " without hurting her feelings o particle. 1t I could sec my Dutelr Aunt for a while I could give lier a recipe for sincar-kase-ple. But I will sy to “Qarnct™ that I have tricd the coffec-cukes and found them il they were X 1; but belng 8o fur away frotw the editor, il not invite bim to luncii. Mowever, i€ he will {usert my letter in his valuable papee [ owill send saniple ot Heroods M (at hils request), We have had enouph t eat and drink for some time to cotne, aud will sewd my washiug solution roclpe: One hox con- centrated potasi's one vunce salts of turtar; une ounce wmmoniz, dissolved {u two gatlons raln watery cork up (o two-galion juz. ™ I' put iny clothes to soxk tilo day heforo washing in war Euds; next mornlng ring outy soap the solled spots and put toboll in cold’ water; usine one leaeup of tlhie rolution to' one holler of clothes,—do not add nore unless for a large fumily washing or very much sofled clothes. Boll fifteen or tivety tiuttes, take out asnd rub them through onc suds and rinse. 1 have washed tn this manner ever since 1 Jwpt house, whicl hus uot been ore thana half dny* in yeurs, atd expect to use t untfl tho next Cen- tennfal, il, alter adopting the bywdenic und weanr aiid style of living us Inld downin e Honie,"~oat-menl, granam, and attrition flour mixed with atimoespherie alr,~1" showid live to leep houso that length of thne, My clothes are plee aml white, sl wear well,—miteh beiter than the hard rubbing “Housckeeper Not Youne " inust do to get hers ready for the boll, Pleaae try iy way for two or thred months, and’ Jet me Kiow the resuldt, as any auount of coax- Ing would not make me change it Will ** Bob's Sister please send her ways for making stoveholdors andother things mentioned fu her urticlt uud greatly oblige \ Beravy TioTwoob. 70 the Edltoy of The Tribure, Avnony, Nov. 2L—Myrtle may be n “real Dowu-Euster,” but (I heg her pardon), her recipe [s 1ot that of a genulne scaslde chowder. Iliall from “Little thody,” that State which makes In quality what it Jucks bt quanlity; that Btate which raiscs, “geese, glrls, and onlous;” the only Stute where thrives the genuine clum- Lake and the unadilterated chowder, com- pared to which Massachusctts chuwders aml Sunnectieut balies are vatn delusfons sud bollow movkerics, Why, thers {8 “a wun dn our town!" who makius such deliclous chowders that the aromutle scent §s wafted Clear neross tho State (uot u great distance, I sdmit), uud the suyory odor reaclies the nostrlls of tho Mossa- chusetts mun stunding on the border, weeplng und wringlig his hunds with covy, Tnevor heard ol putting oyster-crackers In chowdery huwever, Lwitl give iy mother's” recipe: Tako four or five sliees of sl fry in tho " sule delleaty brown; and eut in pleces, then in the pork fut §) or tour good-sized untous sliced thibng huy about widozen potatues, pared and siiced; also tour or ve bread, not hurd-tack,. that ‘abomination, which would re- qulre those * four rows of sulitl double teoth” 0 wnsticate, but the tsotlisome, tender * Pllot™ bread, crisp and thin, Put the hard bread to soak’ (whole) in somo cokl water, Then tuks the soup-kettle und put ilrst o luyer of pork, then of vnlons, nuxtof po- tutoes, und fluatly of clana or fish. ng tho case may b und so on alteruately, seasonlng highly swith pepper and sty and lustly putting o layer of Lhe soaked hard Lmul on top; first cover with water, und boil twenty minutes, ‘Lry it Frunk," and )’uu will b tempted to uxeliim like Sydney Sinith (with vuriations): Oh, great and glorloust oh Lerbacvousmeat ! “Pwould tempt the dylug anchorite to eat} Jiuck to the world he'd turn his weary ‘eei, And dip the Judle in tho soup turcen. Recommending myself to the Lender mercies of the *Devil," | retuain yours, LirrLs Ruony. V the Edlior of The Tribune, Cuicaco, Nov, 2.—Please pass the * Fried Oat-Mead " to %A Mother” in Macomb, Ik, who esks for somo method for cooking this most lealthful’ cereal, besides that of mush or grucl, Of coursn it must be “mush* to begin with, but, when fried, the tavor will be decidud- 1y changed, aud so much more deliclous, The slsterlhivd of the lucstimavle Hume Depart- mient must not accuse me of tucking ju o LIt of au “advertising dodge® if 1 stute thag I never uso any but the coarsest Akrou (0.) oat-meal, thougl, if the manufucturer ol the artizle should overwhelm wo with just such o zut as hie would bestow on an editor, who would show thls uutice to him, 1 should—Dbut that poor mother in Isracl—of Mucomb, I incan. Well, madan: Three teacupfuls of meal will make o generous dish for a party of foyr or five per- sons, When it has cooked about two hours fna double bofler, sult It thurouzhly, und at the end of turce tours it should bo fouml very still oud dry s pussible, turned out to covl ut n sllces thin ns can be handled i, try In butter and Inrd, equal _parts, or two-thirds bulter, The rich brown of these erisp bits will prove tempting to the ver- st epleure. Just a ginnca at the floral decorations of this Saturday banquet, if, indeed, I'n_given admit- tance at ll, and then Twill linve fhren iny erate: ful regarda to Tite Trisusz and (ts defiahtful corps in the Homo Department for the first Ume. A few sugeestlons received from n New York florist will, [am sure, help * Mra. Mary H." out of her dilliculty withf thoso tyles, Kecp - tho roots of tha vines crowded into amall crocks orreceptgeles, covered with rich earths then Your upon tha earth, every morning, all it will abrorh of very wartn water, dropping into ft onee g week nqua amnmonla §n the proportion of threo drops to u pint of iater for u plant, or lvy, thico or four feet lighy five drops ~for a Inn]'nr plant. We liardly expect much growth In plants at this scason of thoe year, but when this stiinulant be- £ins to force the dainty green leaves from every tip 6f the branches, the ammonia_may be riven twice n week, alwuys on regular doye, so that 1t will not be negleeted nor given too frequently. Toor “Stickum"! Was ever any one sobe- stncared with glue befored . _To the Edltor af The Tribune. Tiype Pink, Nov. 28.—My two little curly- licaded titne-killers being finally tucked up in bed, I find mysel poskeszod of o few minutes which I may call my own. And Iknow of no way morg pleasant to spend them than in ad- dressing a few lines to tho “ITome," of which T havo tong been an intercsted and henefited reader, And I must confess [ long to bonume bered ns one of the sisterhood: for such it seems tome we may counsiderit. A sisterbood or soclety formed for the mutual henefit of il thoso who deslre to become good house- leepers; wives, and mothers, I often think of the numberless young women who are scparated from thele mother, without ler storo of good advice and counsel, svho ore strugghing with tho trinls of housckeening, sud the rearing of children, who might be so much encournged and henetitedd’ by listening to some of tlie'experiences through which older ladies liaze passed and the lessons pained therefrom, I' admire yery much, and really wish I knew, denr Aunt Lucy.” Shohns taught me several useful things. She s, I know, what I conalder my own dear mother, a eapable woman, *‘Aunt Latey,” I cannot pay you a higher compliment, I'have ay excellent reclpe for gelating jelly, for **Pearl C.”"y which §s as follows: To the con- tents of one packnge of Cox's gelatine, add three hints of Bolllng wuter; two pounds of sugar; uice and rind of onc lemon, ~ After the gelatine und sugar have entlrely dissolved, ndd two pints more of boillng water in which you huve holled thoroughly un ounce of stick-clunamon; then aldd one pint of wine—sherry {8 the best— and strafn through tin strafner. Do not boil, I make very nite blane-mange from the recipe given on the'wrapper of *“Kingsford's® corn- starch, and eat cold with eream, sweetened and ilavored with vanjila. % I think * Mre, Mary I1.” will find cold ten ox- cellent to water her fvles with, Will gome one be kind enoughto tell mewhat will prevent the leaves of an ofeander from turn- ing yellow: also, what L can do to whiten an old hearth that §s discolored, and thereby preatly ohlige Nawsiz C. To the T'itor of The Tribune, GreeN Bav, Wis,, Now. 25— enfoy “*The Home? 50 very much that £ feel moved to send “German’ my recipe for brenkfast-rolls, We think them gleliclous, and they ean certalnly be retled upon without experlmenting, When Kneading my bread in the morning, I zct aslie s picee of dough for onr small family,—about a quart. I keep it in a eold room until after sup- per. It ls then very Hght, aud L roll it thin, rub butter over It, sprinkle sugar and clnnamon on ity cut with & biscuit-cutter, put in my bak- ing-ting, and let stand in o cold room until maorning. Buke for breakfast, and lot' me know- I they aire not delicioun, * Cousin Aune,” ditl you try my donghnut recipe? *ENeurlue” still writes learned articles, which 1 think I comprehend und apprecinte, but he Ll) will not. tell us poor houscleepers how to muke brend that shall supply *‘the fountaln of all Hie-foree with proper natrlment.”” I have secn uo unswer to ihe question geked' lately for lielp v selecting books to read. lioped that sume one wiser than I wonld send a reply that 1, too, might proflt thereby, As no oo s done &o T may just givea hint, Do yvon s SE Vicholas, that “most beautiful and: fne structive of mugazines for **childrent of ail ages?? If you liave children I advise you to do without éake, and rufllea on their divages, and by It Its storehouso of treasurc will en- vieh o}l their lives. At any rate, buy the num- ber for September, 1870, und read what * Oliva ‘Thorne mi's about * A ‘Leste for Reading.” 1t s 0 helpful artfele. Read, too, if you ean, o Httle work by Juhn Ruskin, entitlea™ Besahe und Lillee,” “1 am _sure you will fiud jt an ex- wellent beginning. Do you take Seribner ¥ It seems to mo 1 could not Jive witliout it, es- peciully the last few pages. I always turn fig- meatiately to** The O Cabluet,” ¢ llome and Soelety," aud * Culture and Progress.” It you tind these hints of any use and deslre more, 1 will give them, 1€ nv one better fitted for the tusl: dues so. Mas, W, To the Editor af The Tribune, Cutoaco, Nov, 23—I have read tho ITome Departiuent of your paper with great interest, uud learned many useful things, but until now 1 have been a silent Hstener to the wisdom that fell' from others' lps. However, L feel liko L Sgiving [n my testimony® after this loug watehing and waltiuyg, and Lam sure your good Tditor will nHow me a lttiespave, Flrat, I want to tell you how to Pmmm the dafntiest dish of soup In the world for an fnva- lid—somethhye anyhady wiio can swallow Fmd' or even water, no matter how sore the throat, can eat with s relish, Put o bit of butter—as nich as ?’0" think the invalld can beary suy the sizu,of u hickory nut or walnut—into o soup- b, sprinkle n & nlce seasoning of pepper and sult eitough to make it palatable; then turn on bulling warter until you have us much soup us o think will be eaten. Put In your crackers ust thie samo as with ovsters, and you have a dish that 8 o splondid substitute for oyster goup. Don't be afeuld of tho pepper, especiully if @ sore Llroat §s thy disease, us mili thickone with pupper and used ns o gurgle will careus soro throat, and tuke the swelliug out of the tonsils, Indeed, a free use of pepper and milk ueeps the throat tu o dellghtful stute of healtlt, Now, I mm golig to sak o question,and I want #0110 00 to nnswer it: Please Inform mo whers that beautiful and patriotic song Frank Lum- burd's quartette slugs witl such glorfous effect «an bo purchused. 1 have never seen it adver tined, uind do not know whether it s published hero or fn Boston, But 1 do know that it s o glorfous thing, and commences like this: * Our bright sturry g lot us fliug to the breeze” Pleuse answer fn thiv next Saturday’s fssue, ns Jwmust have it for my parlor entertainment, which coies off Dee. 5. ° Ktrange that such o clurining sang 1s not more fully sdvertlsed; RUODA DEARDRON. To the Eiltor of The Tridune; Ttosg, N, Y., Nov. 25,—lundreds of miles from where it §8 editedt drifts your Eaturday’s papes with Jis many uscful hints, I deslre to huve # my finger fu the ple,” und to senyd the fullowing for the'benetit of the falr doughters of *“thie Quecn'of the North and the West.” I have seen no recipo egual to b for cheapness and qaulity, and'it can be varled In 8o tnany diffevent ways I hardly ever use any other, ‘I'wo eggs thoroughly beaten with one cup of sugay, one-third cup of bolling water, sift two teaspoonfula of Laking powder through an eyen tencup of sifted flour, scason with lemon or vanilly, and you will have as nice a sponge cako as you could wish for. By the use of one moro egg you can mnko. any kind of luyer cake, but- ter than it would be with butter In. For this sava Lwo whites for frosting, using the two volks aud another ogye for the cake part. Bake 1 jelty-cake tins; whip the whites up, stir fu suizar; not enouggh to make hard frosting, 11 you wish coconnut calke spreud the frosting on ¢uch luyer and s}mnklo over Lhe cocopnut, On tlfi t)})p layer of frosting sprinklo the cucous nut thick, . It you desiro chocelate cake, use Baker'sy 1t 18 superior; s:ruwn lalf teacupful and stir fn Wwith™ the frosting; then spread between the luyera of cake and-on top. Be careful not to geb too much watery ‘sud to boke in aquick oven, 1t any one llkea this, { shall fecl glad I sentite | Mny, ANOIE MACKEY. Tu (he Editor of The Tribune, Desrraines, 1L, Nov, 26— Please don't send awsy Saturdoy’s Tuinuns," sald 1to my husband this weelr, *for it hns the ¢ llome’ in it, aud there Is plenty of others,” for we take Tus Tususe all the' time, I wonder, Mr. Editor, I you knew wlut an amount of kuowl- w«ige you were golug to disseminate when you introduced this “lome colums® Into your paper, or did you luve an cye to buasjnessl Well, whatever your motives may” have been, you certaluly sre dojugg o great deal of goud, und it mnust prove a source of wuch satisfuction to you as you wend your wvay homeward of a Batuurday eyening, to thiuk that weny howes | “ling rub llfihfly over the article. DECEMBER 2, 1876—TWIT YT, PAGES, all over the land are hecominz brighter and more henutiful through your influence, Mrs. J. A Plric wishea” to know I anything will clear coffee as good as cgg. I make my coffee perfectly clear by putting fn a small pleco of codfist-skin, ahout” five minutes befors it s taken from thestoye. A plece an inch square will settle suflicient for a good sized family, The outside should be scraped, then rinse it and drop it in, Cofles should never be bolled Intho sl nsed for tho tables if 1t {8 you have to clean the pot before placing wpon the table. Boll it in o tin-pail or Laslo, put in the skin, then turn into the coffee-pot through a little tin-strainer and sou have {nnr coffce as ciear as crystal, and with just as little trouble, and lces eXpense, as though you used ege. Quzscnr, To the Editor of The Tridune, Cnicago, Nov. 80.~T had thought, after my first article, to step aside, preferring to Lo n 1stener rather than a contributor, a liltic selfish perhiaps, but I imngine we all possess an a’om, it not more, of that in our dispositions, Our mutunl friends, '*Em Broiderfe® and ** Rittie," force me again to respond. I amsuro that I fully appreciato thelr good feelings to- ward ** Aunt Lucy'a }ittle daughter, but confess to having a delightful fecling of satisfaction that they do not know me personslly; consc- quently there is not the least possible dangor of a chanize In thelr opfnlons. zflmll‘y shars of what the hoys term H#Fourth of July " hiaa ndplutc in my character; in many cases hiave found that I possessed more than for my good,hut content myself thntit must Do o misfortunc and not n fuult, My fricuds say that too much Independence often mukes spiti- aters, and really lias already put ine down as one, . I won't say that I have turned the first cor- ner, neither will I tell you that [ have notj et {t suflice that Lam exceedingly fond of tea, yet I abominate cats; so you see there Is some silishit hu{m for me. What slinll T glve you this time? Tt sccms to ma that every concefvable thing by way of rect- pes for feeding the mullitude has heen given over and over ugain, In luoking over my recipo boole I find for polishing furniture: Mix sutll- clent vinegar i Nnkeed ol to ent it willy this, snturate raw cotton, over which pince soft mus- We have tost. EpNa. cd I and flind 1t most excalicut, Cnicaco, Nov. 2.—As *‘Gracle Mayhue” and “Leona ™ want my recipe for fee-ergam, I wilt send it. T hope they will have as good luck with it and Iike {t a8 well as we do, Cake—One cup of hutter; twvo cups of sugar; one cup of sweet milk; one cup of cornstarch; two cups of flour, aud one aud 2 half teaspoons of baking-powder, and the whites of seven eggs (beaten to n stiff froth); bake In layers. Icing—=Two cupa of sugar and one cup of water; boll tHl jt threads; add three tea- spoons of vanflla, and when {t has eool- ed o very fittlo (It most be quite warm yet) add the whites of twe egrs weil beaten; flavor with' abont two teaspoons of eltrle acld (to be bad at any druegist's); dis- solve the acld n o little warm wuter. It ds best to make the feing while the first Inyers are baking; It inust be put vn the cake while warm. Mri M, wanta a recipe for potatodump- 1ng: Ve always have then with a fenr roast. It 13 a very yrood Gernian recipe, and I think her German husband will 1tke them. You must have nice, mealy potatoes; two soup-plates of rated potatoes (Lofled the day hiefore, without ;mrlng)‘. ong tencup of mclted butter; six epgs, the whites beaten to a stlil froth; eizht tabie- spoons of flour; nutineg and ralt to taste; niix t urnuzhl{. Mold with the hands in balls not quite ns large ns an eog; lpu!. them in bolling water gnnsml with ealt); boil a quarter of an Tour. Berve with drawn butter. " Half of the recipe wihl do for wemull nuull{a “AusT Bersv.!! To the Edttor nf The Trivune, Cnicaco, Nov. 30.—I return thenlks to “J. B." for the excellent recipe of gingerbread, and think it 13 the beat I ever tried. lntond to have 1t onee every week. Tor the benefit of © Dickie® I give my recipe of frosting, which she will un- doubtedly like. Beat onc-quarter pound of pulverized sugar with the julce of one lurge Temonj ndd the white of une egg beaten to o AL froth; and one tablespoon of ruin or arsuk. Beat till 2 snowy white, put over your cake, sud dry ina warm oven, T'o_please your German hushand, “ Mrs. M. B, I send the following recipe for potato dumplinga: For a aunmll fum‘l)‘ take about twelve mfddle-sized mealy otatocs: pare and grate them. Then hove nbont four large potatoes, almost cooked, utd ulso grate theii; drain the water off the gratet raw potatoes; add the cooked ones, and scald with a coffeecup of bofliug milk: brown about twao slices-of baker's bread, cut In sinall squares, in two tablespoons of butter, put them nto the batler; searon with two u-uraunu of galt; mix with one heaped coffecenp of flour, Iave your Kkittle with balling water on the fire, into which you put one tablespoon of salt. Shape Jarge dumplings with your hands, and boil them sbout half an lour. To find out whether they aro done, break one through thie middle, and dry they are ready for the table, Lay on g col- Tuider to drain the water off. T liko efther peachblows or russcts. Ishould like to hear Trom * Mra. M. E. M.” how she succeeded, GERMAN-AMENICAN, To the Editor of ihe Tribune. Cuicaao, Nov, #3.—0ne of the “Club" agks for o chicken-salad reclpe: Mince tho white meat of o clicken fine, or pull it in bits; cliop the white parts of celery; preparo o salad dressing in this wlze: rub the yolks of hard-bofled egys smooth with a sfioon; put to each yolk vue teaspoonful of made mus- tard§ half as much salt; half cupful strong vin- cgary put the eclery In o dish; lay the chicken on thats then pour over the dressing: Lettuce cut small in the place of celery may be used. Cut tho whites of the egus In rings to garnish the salud, Will oblige ¢ Dickey ™ with my icings for cnkes: Deat the whitds of two es to a ligh froth} then add to them a quurter of o pound of pulverized dugur; beat it well until it wit) lay fu n heap; flavor with lemon or rose. This’ will frost an ordinary-sized loat, Turning luquisitor, I murshal myself beslide Mrs, Jo AL P, fhr o " eoffee settler,” an inter- cbted candidate. I nsk, Is there un{lhlng he- sldus eg@s or codflsli-skin—which fs all verywell in a couventionhl mlnt—nn{ substitute when ogzga are stule'and the tenants of the deep spoct .ot freedom I thelr untive wavol May iny buin- ble appeal b not ovurlovked for o settlor, AMETUYST, To the Editor af tha Telbune, Qraxp Raris, Mich, Nov, 27,—**Pearl C,” wishea a recipe for jullles from Istnglass or gela- tlues: Takoonoe ounes and @ hall of gelatine, put over night Intoa’ piot of cold water, with the}anside of snd julee of threv lemouns; next * iorning add ono pint of Iml)hufimtnr, lalf pint of sherry, the whites and shell of three ejrms, and sweeten to your taste; holl the whole ten winuteey struly through o jelly-bng, This will hake u quart, Do not stir the mixture after it h{)hwud an the tire, have another, innds from {singlass, which I also send, hopiug they may prove neveptahle; Lomon jelly—Talkc tho clear juice of twelve lomons; due pound of fne loaf-siger, onequart watery for cach quart of the mixiure put inan ounce of cluritled fsinglazs; et it boll up; thea atrafn into molda, To clorify the isinglasy, dls- solve an outive of lsinglass’ fn a cup ot botling water; tuke off the scum and strain through o conrse cloth, 1 have u couple of good recipes for chicken- salad, vnie of which I8 very cusy, which I will send for 4 Mrs, C, 11 C.," If she does not hear soo fromn someof the numerons correspondents of the “ilomo"; that {8, of courss, If she wishes, Wil some on®. teli me how to muke rolls: with bakiug-powder, und mken%y oblige L1.0188, To the Rdilor of The Tribune, Rio, Wis, Nov. 27.~Tliough I'm ueither “aunt Luey™ nor yet a very “good house- keeper,” I may tell “Aunt Maggic” how to wash flannels without baving them “pull up,” Usao neither Lot nor cold water, but Jukewann; soap should never be rubbed on flaunct, but Afs- solved in the water, making o strung sude, n Wwhich the flanucl should be rubbed with the lauds (uever with the washboard); clear water of the sane temporatura with a liitlo hlnclu% for rinsing, after which Illuruu?hl' shake und Tinug up inan ale that will_ dry (o froeze), I hava du iy possesslon o whita ** buby-blanket " purchusod by my mother more than Lhirty years ugzo, that has been worn by ber seven bables and by threo of indne, and uow os to color and texture will m":imm ruvurabq with many that have beon washed but once. T an pleuséd and fn _many cases benefited Ly reading in the “1fome Department.”? :8 To ghe Editor of Tha Tridune. Cuioaago, Nov, 28.—1 would liko to show my appreciatiopof the “llome Department® and of tho many valuable suggestions wiven oach week that afd so much {1 ** womaw’s work " by coutributing my method of washing woulens; whicrcby they sotulu thelr color, do not shirink, aud arv soft und plluble as new, Tuke comuon bar goup, chip it up, ndd water to caver, Jet it simmer over the fire until every particle Is dierolved, Take cold water sullldent. to wash the article, ald to it cnoueh of the melted soap to make strong sude, then put in the article to be washed, and, with the hands squeceze the suds through and through. The most delieate knitted articles can be washed thin way without pulling stitches, Alter wash- ing In o3 water, if nceded, repeat with fresh cold water suds 68 before;—do not ringe, but hang up to dry front the soapy water, und when dry you will not be able to deiect any odor from the soap. Large flarinel blankets gnd woolen rhawls If much'sofled will ‘need to be washed In three waters, s Tidles and toflet scts wrought in many shades of zepliys will wash beautifully IJX this tnethod, UNT EMNA. 70 (ha Edtior of The Trivune, Dunequs, Nov. 22.—Will Mrs. M. E, M., ¥ho 18 *tired of bread and butier, snuce and cake,” iry oncof myrecipest Puffet—One quart sifted flour, In which rub two teaspoons cream of far- tar; butter, sizc of an cgiz; two teaspoons posw- dered sugzar; two eges beaten; mix very smooth and add one pint milk and one teaspoon sudn dissolved 0 a little Lofling water. « Bake firime- diately. Muilins—One pint gweet mille; three exoss two tabluspoons melted butter; one teaspoon soda; Lo Leaspootia creain tartar; butler aa 8tilY us for buckwheat eukes. ¥ Lamnot the lady why orinted arule for squash ples, but having a good ote will send it: Bteam a fine Hubbard squashs when doe beat perfectly smooth: wdd two emre, one-half cup butter, one quart rell ereain: snear to tastes flavor with nutmez ov grated letuoi, ‘This imnkes three ples. Lemon Pudding which needs no rauce.~One stnutl cup butters two full eups augars mix very stnontll, adding tie geated tind of “two lemons: yolka of six ‘eggs; juice of the Jemens: sx il Boston eracliers dissolved [none pint mitks bake. Muke merinrue of the slx whites beaten etlIf and aix tablespoons nowdered gimsr, Spread on pudding and Brown in oven. Tothe Editor nf The Trivume, Rocrron, Ilk, Nov. 23.—Lam so much In- terceted in the Home coluinn of Tue Trpuss: I really want to add my mite to ity interest. Have two simple, platn recipes that wonld in- tereet the lady thut linits her table expenses to &1 4 week. One is rice-fritters—One pint of eooked rice: half cup sweet milk; tiwo epes; small table- spoon flour; fry with plenty of lard; It it spat- ters, ndd-more flour. Another is for potato }mfl—‘l‘wo cups cold mushed potatoes; bits of sume kind of cold meut hashed; two tablespuons melted butter two well-beaten egzsy oue eup milk; pour Into a deep dish and bake {n a quick oven; i rightly dane will merit it's nawe, Would like to have the ladics try my equash- ple recpe. Boll enouzh squash with a little falt in the water to maKe 4 quart of pulp; one quart of milk; two cups ot sugar; oune table- spoon ginger; half 2 uutmeg; the grated rind of a lemoun; four egpzs, or two with coresturch buke in deep pie-plates. Have n very nlee steamed splee pudding teeipe, nlso 4 recipe for fig enke, If any one wishies, Erowst Hows, To the Editcr of The Trisune. Laraverre, Ind, Nov.27.—1send to ** Dickle and others who wish it recipe for hoiled {elogy which is old and teded: Two and a half cups sugar, two-thirds cup water; boll together until it candles; then add the whites of threc eggs, slizhtly beaten, stirriug briskly for fifteen minutes, or until {t scems perfeetly smooth and white; then udd the juice of one lemon, This {s suflicient for one larze white mountain cnke, u(ll elght or nins layers, covering also top and shes. Algo, 10 “* E, M., who inquircs for recipe for breukfast cake, the followlugz: Newport brenkfast-calke—One cun sweet milk, one-third cup sugar, one ecg, two and u half cups flour, snall plece butter melted, two tea- spuonfuls guod baking-powder, salt, Breakfust-cake No. 2.—=Two henping table- spooniuls Indinu-meal, one large cup flour, ane cap sweet mille, one g, baking-powder, two teaspoonfuls sult, It any one wishes, will send un excellent re- cipe for” S anlud-dressing,” good tor chicken- sulad, cold-sluw, lettuce, cte, . A Yaniez Ifoosign. To the Editor of The Tritune, 87. Josern, Mich.,, Nov. 2).—You are very kind to allow thé ladies a volee In your paper. I'have not written before, but have a few cholee recipes I wont to send. First, T made n ple after “Roxy’'a" “Marlborough-Pie” rocipe, und found it very nice. If o whole lemon were put i it would make a very nlee substitute for Jemon-ple, and will not cost much If cggs are not high, Herc i3 n lemon-pie_recipe: Two lemons; grate oft the outer pecls chop the rest very fine; put two tablespoons of corn-starch n oneteacupol ot water, and boll§ 0 cool add twvo teaeups of white suzars the beaten yolke of four eggs; then udd the chopped peel and the Julee; sl well togetlier; bake il the crust fs Uone,—only ohie crast; beat the whites of the four epixs to u AT froth; mid flve spuons (table) of sugur, stirring I welly pour over the ple while tiot 3 set in the oven to brown, I would ke o rood recipe for taploca-pudding. to write aguin sometime soon. Should like to know gome of the ludies who write these let- ters. Reapectfully, Vansy, T the Editor of The Tribune, Cnicaco, Nov. 3l.—Inauswerto “A Mother,” T again write thanking her for her interest fn my little effort, and hoping the following recipes will be suevessful Graham Pudding—Taeke o pint of water and alluw it to boll thoroughly,~not simmer,—then ealt, and’ stir 'very slowly Grahim flour— which must bLe fresh' and sweet—uutil quite thick; after doing ro, remove to the back part of the stove, and let it boll slowly for fifteen minutes or more; It myst be stireed ot intervals to provent burning. Berved nearly cold with sirup or sugur aud cream, Grahom Bread—Oue pint of yeast, same ns useid for white breud; stir inn pint of warm water and a little galt, then add “Graham flour until you have a thick batter. Bake fifteen niuutes longer than the same size loal of white bread, 1t will not risc as much as other bread, Buaxcum, To the Eiitor nf the Tribune, Covpwatenr, Mich, Nov. 1B.~As “Mrs. C. Q. 8.7 did not el the veeipe she wis looking for, 1 thought pechaps she would liketo try mine. She will fud it very nice. It ts called: Aaek Mivee Ples—Three suda crackers rotled flug, 1 cup of cold water, 1 cup of mnolasses, 14 cup of’ brown sugar, 15 cup of sour clder or vinegar, 34 cup of melted butter; 34 cup of rulslos, 3¢ cup of currauts, 1 ege beaten lght, 1 teaspoon of clnnamon, 1 teaspoou each of allsplee, and nutmes, Sapples chopped clo fine. Carrot Pudding—One cup of chopped carrot, ane cup of mashod potatoes, one cup of chopped suct, one cup of alrup, two ezes, two cups of flour, splee to suft the taste, ‘The earrots and notatoes are to bo bolled lirsty of course,—if the duf' before it will auswer Just a8 woll, £ any one would like W recips for cookics without eggs, I will seud one ot some future thne, Mus, M. 1o the Rditor of The Tribuna, Lzxivaron, L, Nov, 28.—A few weeke ago 1 accidentally stumblod inte “7The Howe," und fmmq it so charmiug that T Gud mysell tending thitherward every Saturday. With your per- misafon, Mr. Editor, I, will send * Cora Loe my recipo for gloger-onaps, which has recelved much pralse, . Ono cup Noew Orleans molesses, one cup brown sugar, one cup nvited shortening (ono- Inlf cach of butter und beaf gravy (v Lost), one- half cup boliing water; In which dissolve two tea-spouns of saleralus; two teaspoous giiger. Mix stiff, roll thin,-and bake in a r\ulck oven, 11 4 Bob’s Sister* will pleass cive her prol- fered information reganding stove-holders, flower-pot cavers, cand-ciacs, ete., 1 will promise to comply with the conditivig, und she will con- fer o fuvor o BaTin, T0 the Kiitor af The Tribune, EvLg Gnova, Nov. 28.—Having seen In tho “oime Departmont of Tus Tuisune that a subscriber asks * Aunt Lucy " for a reclpo for lemon Jelly, I thought I had one that might bo aeceptable to the many readers of the “Howme Department.” Therefore 1 send the fullowlng: Oue pound of Touf sugar; one-fourth of u pon of butter; ths jniee; und rind of threo lomona; six exgs, the white of twu lolt, out; mix to- gether, and sti* until it bofly tha thickness ol cremn, . UWENDOLEN, To the Edlior of The Tribune. Cnicaco, Nov, 23.—This {8 a good way to mako breads Stir Gruham flour into cold water t you bave n Latter of medivin thlekness; pour this {nto ot gem-lrons, making theu two- thirds fully bake twenty minutes fu a lot ove remove them: gt onee, wien done, to o plate— not lottius them touch each other. Beuting thy ixture some timo will improve this kind of bread, hut it §s good enongh without. As *“there {s but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous,” 1 wonld ke to inquire it any one can tell me the duthor of the following: Lave took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands, 8, Every moment lightly shaken ran teelf in golden enndn, Love fook ip the harp of Life, and mote on ol fts chords witn mig] ht, Smote tho chord of self, which, trembling; paseéd with music ont of wight. ELM o the Edltor af The Tribune, Cit1cAGo, Nov. 28.—3irs. J, A, Plrfo wishes to know how to make clear coffee without mm egg. Thia {8 the way T make coffee: In the first place 1 get the preen coffec, ronst it, take the (uantity required, put in coffce-pot, pour bol- Ingwater on it Lave a pot of bolling water, sct the collue-pot, with a small plece of wood for the coffee-pot Lo rest on, ro it will not touch tne bottom of the pots Jet (& boil a halt-hour, or, for that matter, it miht bofl all dav, and be oll the better for it, Your coffee will be as clear ns uyrtal, You will need no egir, and will also thid you will not require as much coffee as boll- ing. ” This way does not_boll but steepatt, De enreful touse bolling water for both, Try this, and fet me know how you suceeed, fihnu{d this find n place in our much-prized Home Departe wment, £ will eend some recipes next week. A ELLIE TouNseND, 2D, To the Edltor of The Tritune, Bay City, Mich, Nov. £2.—[n nnswer to thie Inquiry of Mra. J. A, Pirde in the Home De- partment of your paper of Nov, 18, as to wheth- er thire fs anything * which will clear coflee ns well asan ez, i) give! my experience: After the coffee fs placed In the’ coffea-pot pour enough cold water over it to cover it, Then pour on the bolling water, The coffee is not as amuer-like as when egg s used, but no grounds will tlsee, Forthe benefit of thuse to whom gond coffee 1€ among the “unattainables,” Lwill ve my redpe: One-iif e to une cup ground _enflees stir well i howl, #o that every ground {s covered ; then place fh the colee-pot “nnd pour on_cold water—shakiies counstantly il the lump of cgw and coffee settles to n stooth musa, Add your boiling water. ‘Try this, and, If the best coffee used, {3 you will hive n * - ety lhn’l{lnz." en* jolly dishto ;)cLDbc To the Fditor of The Tribune, Gavresoune, Il,, Nov. 28.~Mrs. M. E, M. wishes somne one to tell her what to make for tea, a8 shic says ehe Is tired of bread and butter, suuve and cake, every night of the year, I thought T would Itke to give her my recipe for veal-loaf, whicn Imake quite often and think it §5 very nice for a change: Two pounds veal, chopped fine; two coffee- cups bread-crumbs; two egze; one even table- spoon of sult and pepper mixed; sage to taste; alittle butter: bake about one hour; sliee anite thin, The gecret of havinz It sllce off thin, without breaking, is pressing it down ve firmly fn the dish before lm‘}unw. i o Whien my hushand read what Bob’s Sister " enid about” Christmns gifts, he eafd: 0 Well, that 43 a zoud deal su, fsn't (£ 8o [ shall not dare to make him a necktio with a- rose-bud embruidered on it for Christmas n[n-gent, Maus. H, R. To the Edltor of the Tribune, Decatur, 1., Nov. 95.—While reading the “Iome Jast Saturday § felt moved, woman- like, to say my say. 1 felt that * Dol's Slster ' ought to be applauded to the echo; hopo we may hear from her again, The suggestions from ‘“Younz IHouackeeper” nbout cotton stockings were excellent, though simple: yet clmple things nre the most uscful to us some- thmes. Mauy thanks to Mary Moore for her tatk, In fact, every article In the * ome " hod an especeinl futerest for me, 1would lke to nsk Aunt Emina to teach me how to make French coTee. Wil add a reclpe for lemon butter for tarts, One rouml pulverized sugar, whites of nlx eoprs, and yolka of two; three lemons, in- cluding grated rind and {ulce; cook twenty minutes over a slow fire, stirring il the white, h Lizzie 8. E. Ta the Etitor of The Tribune, Cmicado, Nov. 28, —The followlng Is niy re- ¢ipe for chicken salnd: Tuke the breasts of two chickens; two large bunches of celery and four hard-bolled eegs: chop theee separately and flne; put togetber, and mix thoroughly. Then mnke a mravy of otic tablespoonful of tnustard; two tahlespoon- fuls of sugar; one cup of vinewar; and one-half cup of butter; pour liot over the salad, B LLA T the Relior of The Tribune. Barrie Creex, Micl, Nov. 23.—In your lasue: of Nov. 18, Mrs, ** Oliver Twist " ished to kuow of rome monthly “devoted to health and the purenit of hapolness,” I would reter her to the Aealth Reformer, published monthly in this city, as one of the best publications of that nature, and as having the lareest clreulation of any liealth journal, Address Health Stcformer, Bate e Creck, Mich. Price, $1 per year, © NLE.S. T0 the BAisnr of The Tribune. Cnicaco, Nov. 23,11 * Zoe,” of Wheaton, I, will try some cigar ashes, she will find it to be the right thing for killiug lice on rose-bushes without injuring the plants. [ have tricd it fn many fustances WILh great success, ETTIE, P, 8.—Will #Zoe " obligeme with n pattern of tho dove mentioned in her correspondenced I #o, please nddress ¢ Ettie," care Carrler No. 15, West Side Station, Chicago. 0TI BOYS. T the Editor af The Tyitune. Trraxors, Nov. 28,—¢ Bob's Sister ” no donbt thinks she has ber hands full; but suppose she had five *Bobs® tomake Christmas prescnts for,as Ihavel Ourboys used to keep thelr rooms in woful disorder. In despair1 made a raid on them, and pitched every Joose article out the window. They remorsirated, 1 replied firmly that unless artieles wera fn thelr proper places T should continue to ornament the buck yoard with them. To-lay you won't find aneater set ol rooms, mot cven n collar visl Ne, Generally I purchase books, cte., for them; though they Hke the ¢ Bplasher mentfoned ‘In last week'’s article, and anothor pretty addition which has been In usc for pyy. eral years. Make o pin-cushion from four tosix fuches square; cover with black mohotr can- vas; first worldng the top piece with the ac- sired Initlal in colored worsted. Make aplmn border near the edge; stiteh the pleces neatly together, and mako o beavy cord of twisted worsted to fasten around where the two pieces meet, finlshing at the top corner with a loop to nang it by. At thu opjwiite bottom corner hung a slipper-shaped witch-case mede of the cane vus; work some fizures on it, and bind with. sunie shude of yibbans fasten to the remaintng cormers two ncdium-slzed corner-bicees of perforated board gluished with ribbon aul’ worsted. Hapg this cushiion and attachments on or ot the side of the bureau, Fill the cushlon with pins_and needles. Put stissurs, thrend, nnd thimblo i one'corntcopin, and AL the other with tooth-picks or tupers, lLiwave the case tor the wateli, This fs suitable for an offlew, substituting a pen-wiper fora watehi-receptacle, I have tried mnnf chicken-salad recipes, | think “Anna: 1.2 will ke the following: Boll a chicken, scasoned In cooking, untilit parts n;mmy frum the bone: pour off the Nquor, When' the fowl ir cold, pick It from the bones and chop fine In a wooden bowl, Uso the asme quantity of cclery or cabbage cut with a kulfe “and the ~choppedd whites of two Nardsbollod ezgw, Mix, and put away until within an hour " of using, when the fallowini previously-prepared dressing must: be tixed with it; “Beat tho yolke aud whites of two ey crpunuclf'; into that stir three tablespoonfuls of melted butter or tablo aili one and a balf tablespaons of ground mustard; une and a hull teaspoans of salt; two teaspoons of eclery sult orseed; cno tablespoon of hard butter, and twwo-thirds of a teacup of vinegur. 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