The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 24, 1899, Page 29

THE DAY CALL 29 A TEW HINTS FOR MAKING THE BEDROOM' BQIH COMFORTABLE AND ARTISTIC. Conducted by Deborah Ceane. T"flfi EDROON parti =X sirl L) useless aking powder and the beaten Xt ughly and the , rite s iat quality T dirt. If for your ha over th teaspoonfuls cream tartar 1 soda, o teaspoonful solve the soda he cake. Bz 1 a Slow oV ne cup of butt and one-h one-half cup: nutmeg and spoonful 5 Bake in a n ) butter, two 1 rais flour LMOND CAKE igar, cup: one butter, three cups flour, one cup milk 1t eggs (Wh only) (yolks), eggs butter, two one cup milk, three' cups hites of four eggs, two tea- king powde 3 1 _pale peac Pom- colors T cups butter, three » milk. four cups flour, cups sugar, six ¢ one two oonfuls cream tartar, one t oon- a half s, one ponful . Boll six arters cup of grated thick. When cold cup sugar, r, four tablespoon- onful baking pow- ‘ream_the sugar with the yolks of s. add the water, then the flour ihe beaten whites. Bake in layer 1d put whipped cream between when CAKE—-Two cups sugar, one cup milk, one tea- rind and > of two lemons. FILLINGS FOR LAYER CAKE: in white, & white), one t k, two 1 1 cup of wat from stove, beat well b ¢ beat in the w place betwe Uegetab!és. After washing vegetables allow to cold water before Have vegetables as { Put vegetables into to cook Steamed v an hot bes e Sprouts, pi half 1S, butter. ( and serve. are for different s down or up g receipts m potato The followi vegetables, fr POTATOES o) BROILED the potatoes thin, pour m. ed butte them and also butter the broiler. Place over a clear fire and broil a medium brown. STUFFED TOMATOES—Take out the inside of as many tomatoes as needed, run through a colander and add cracker crumbs, some chopped meat, butter, pepper and salt and onion juice! Oysters may he used instead of meat. Fill the tomato shells and bake fifteen minutes. FRIED EGG PLANT—Cut into slices about one-quarter of an inch thick. Sprinkle with salt, allow to stand a few moments, then drain, peel, roll in cgg and flour. Ery in very hot fat. GREEN CORN BAKED-—Select corn as nearly of a gize as possible. Remove the husk carefully; clean the corn, wash and then tie up in the husks. Place in a hot oven, cook twenty-five minutes and serve with'melted butter. FRIED CUCUMBERS—Peel and cut into slices lengthwise and place in col salt water for twenty minutes. D season with pepper and salt, dip in beate egg and roll in cracker crumbs. Fry in butter and a little lard. STEWED MUSHROOMS—Remove the stems from button mushrooms, allow to stand in water, running water in order to clean them thoroughly. When clean dry with a towel, and to a quart allow three large spoonfuls of butter; place in a stewpan and simmer for five minutes. pepper and a little Stew slowly for fen or fourth pint each of fresh leion juice and brandy, you will find it very whitening. preparing this wash, let the mixture hours. Then Apply at night. HAZEL~—There is nothing that will re- move those little brown spots of which enough t¢ COCOANUT FILLING—One cup milk, Season with salt, A one teaspoonful butter, one egg (beaten ground mace. t read s of drawn work | = = stands high from f & e of thin white material; it on | h & iape and fasten securely to the bed. A | the letters which have piled up into . < is obtained and, best of | LL a stack as high and broad and long a7, your dearest friend sitting on the op- | as the moral law, I shall pause just posite Foom AR -";j”,”'('_'”‘,"“;i{ | long enough to give you a formula for a b Ot Course, good house- | very delightful tollet vinegar. It is called keepers never—but then there might | ESPRIT DE TOILETTE FRANCAISE. It ing, tils way to be dust storm. £ h thin | 3 i simmer slowly for three Bappe o Dissolve in a flask: ress, strain and decant. : a bedroom from a hygienic| Oil of lemon, one-fifth ounce. This will help you, if anything will. el Have w ble things, strive | OH of lavender, one-fifth ounce. 1 fort and the r 1 look Oil of thyme, one-fifth ounce. Oll of bergamot, one-fifth ounce. Oll of cinnamon, one-tenth ounce. Rectifled spirits 0f wine, one quart. Cakes a?z'diéak_e-lflaking. akes, al on One cannot be economl This toilet vinegar will be found fo be . best of everyth partieularly excellent in the treatment of The best butter and | &fcasy, sallow skins, It should be used & | dituted’ and never just after soap has been applied. One more word. The beauty department for two-Sundays past has been disportin; ing butte ¢ be used for other gs, but fo A deep v yowl, a wooden | itself on the soclety page, in the local ?y’,'v.”r-\lmmp apron to | portion of the Sunday Call. Hopeless Mensure out the flour, but- | Sinner, Mary Sinbad, Gyp ueen, reak the eggs, but do not | Youth, O. N. E., Maudie, Mary Carpenter, the tins or pan; Si Tesla and Valerie Fioyd all re- that the ove o he rlght tempera. | celved answers to their queries in those sugar, | issues. Hope t found them. — = e butter and 1 flour, milk, and Answers to Correspondents. GERTIE EVANS—For the blackheads there is nothing better than a nightly scrubbing with a good, Stiff complexion brush, warm water and castile soap, fol- DR. and MRS. RSE, Donohoe | | ged’ by an application of cold cream. 3" with the | The cucumber Iotion, formuia_for which without pain or | is glven in foregoing letter to N. E. J., is Moles, ' warts, wrinkles, | particularly good for ofly skin and iarge treckels, birth- | pores. 3 elsc removed. Per- |~ ECILA YELKAO—The yvellowneck is no manency guaranteed. Hours, 1|doubt caused by high eolfars, and as lon todp m as you wear these you will find it exceed- LOIE TULL ingly difficult to do away with that light Uses the best skin food and tissue bullder, brown streak. If you will steep one- BRAHMAN TOILET CREAM, fourth ounce of whité rose leaves in one- you complain so bitterly. The coloring matter which constitutes them is depos- ited in the deeper portion of the sul cuticle, so no outward application can })osfllhly reach them. Sorry. Neiiaer can tell you of any way of making the eye- brows less thick, save by plucking them out with a pair of tweezers. MINKRVA—I really do not see why you were not successful with your cucumber cream. The progflrflons you used should have been all right If properly mixed. You should melt the spermacetl, white wax and almond ofl together in a porecelain kettle. When melted remove from the heat and add the elder-flower water, cu- cumber juice and venzoin, beating quic.\l_v all the while with an eggbeater until the mixture is cold and firm. You may have to add a very little bit of salicylic acid to ?reserve the cucumber juice inthe cream. find that the best way to extract the cu- cumber juice is to use a common kitchen grater. ~Merely rub the cucumber ove this and strain the pulp thus obtained Hope you will be more successful nexi time. VERTY—There are certain exer- clses that are _excellent for reduc- ing the size of the stomach and hips. One of them 1is to lie flat on the back on the floor, arms folded, and slowly raise the body to a_ sitting osture. hen slowly lower the body to he original position, Repeat a number of > oome Sugoestions for Those Who Teke Pride in a Comfortable Home and Good Living 45 CHOICE RECEIPTS FOR PROPERLY PRE- PARING VEGETABLES AND MAKING THE NNOST DELICIONS DESSERTS-CUT OUT AND PASTE IN YOUR COOK BOOK. sweet corn and two onions cut fine, also the skin of one large green pepper. low to cook until the onions are tender. Add a teaspoonful of sugar, salt to_taste, and plenty of butter. If thin, thicken with flour mixed with butter. HOMINY COOKED WITH CREAM-— The hominy must be boiled and ready for use, Place in baking dish the quantity needed, add butter, pepper and salt. Pour over one cup of cream, sprinkle cracker crumbs over the top and cook a light brown. - Pie Crust and Pies. Good ple crust is not an easy thing to make. It takes time, patience and not a little trouble, A very wise and true say- ing have the Japancse, “In the prepara- tlon of food it is necessary that a man choose good quality and right quantity. plenty of sugar and a little nutmeg. Put ST in the ¢ add some small pieces of butter, make “criss-cross” top and bake. Serve with whipped cream. CURRANT PIE—If the fruit is’ fresh cook a few moments with very little water and one cup of sugar. Pour In crust, add some butter and shake over a little flour. Bake with two crusts. STRAWBERRY PIE—Line a pie dish with paste and fill with fresh strawber- ries. "Cover with top crust, but do not press down the edges. Cook until done. Lift off the top crust when cold and fill with whipped cream which has been sweetened, ORANGE PIE—Grate the rind of two oranges into half a pint of water. Bring to a boil and add one cupful of sugar, the yolks of two eggs and a tablespoonful of butter, first beating until light. Add one tablespoontul of flour, the pulp and juice of the oranges, stirring constantly. Pour pour off the water. Add a .ump of butter the size of an egg and a tablespoonful of ; add three cups of milk. Have boiled three eggs. Cut into small pieces, stir into codfis1 and serve. ESCALLOPED FISH—Take fish left from a previous meal, pick into small pieces; place in a pudding dish a layer of fish and a layer of cracker crumbs; some pork chopped fine, some butter, and pevpe Repeating until the dish is full. sver enough milk to cover and bake thirty minute Creams, J;llie: El_anc Mange STRAWBERRY CREAM—One pint of mashed strawberries, one pint of " cream, whites of two eggs and three- fourths of a cup of sugar. Mix, and add half a box of diseolved gelatine, pour in mold and set on ice. Serve with whipped cream. APPLE CREAM—Stew the apples after peeling and run through a colander. When cold add one pint of whipped cream and one cup of sugar. Beat thoroughly. Set on ice and serve when very cold. PINEAPPLE CREAM—One can of pine- apple, one cup of sugar. Chop the pine- apple; add the sugar and boll fifteen min- utes. ' Dissolve half a box of gelatine in water and add to one quart of boiling milk. Strain and pour over the pineapple. Allow to cool and pour in mold. Serve with whipped cream. COFFEE JELLY—One box of gelatine dissolved in a pint of er; soft add onme cup of boiling water, strong coffee, one cup of sugar, juice of one orange and va . Strain into mold and set on ice. Serve with whipped cream. and one lemon, half a hox of dissolved gelatine, cup of boiling water, one cup of sugar. Mix and strain, adding a pint of sherry or wine preferred. Serve with cream. STRAWBERRY BLANC MANGE—Two parts of jul nd one of water; boil and thicken with . Pour into mold and set on ice. Serve with 1-hipped cream. GELATINE BLANC MANGE—Boil ha a cupful of sugar with half a box of gela- tine dissolved In a pint of water; strain; add three pints of thick cream and ons teaspoonful of Pour into mold. HAlcohol Paste. me cross to see a man What busines: s he with that blessing when he looks just as well if not better with his hair plastered ? Not a bit. And we nine of ten women, whose locks are as wo of out . straight as sticks, what do we do? Wa burn our fingers, lose our patience, break the tenth commandment, carry around al- cohol lamps and, worst of all, bottles of alcohol that invariably get uncorked and ruin aur best “bibs and tuckers.” But we in a hot dish and W ind cut into 2 h of celery, , cover with water and Pour off half of the in stew il _tender. Place boil water, d @ zed plece of butter, pepper, salt > cupful of rich milk. Thicken with flour mixed with a little "RIED SWERT POTATOES-Mash the cooked potatoes, mix with milk, one egg some Put butte in balls or cones "ABBAGE—Slice the cab- little water. It, butter and {ix one table- butter. Cook serve. the rice and ough water to pour in one cup of spoonful of fiour a few moments longer MED RICE—V ucepan with low to boil once, take off stove, drain off the water and place in steamer am thirty mi POTA! TFFS—C spoonfuls of butte mashed potatoes. ¢ well-beaten eggs and one cep of cream; season with salt. Pour into a baking dish and bake a light brown. FRIED TOMATOES—Slice the toma- toes, dip In_cracker crumbs and fry in done 1ift out carefully and make a gravy, adding to the butter a little flour, pepper, salt and one_cup of Pour over tomatoes and serve. OES. CORN AND ONIONS—To an of tomatoes add half a can of hot butter. Wk rich milk. TOMAT one so that he d preparation.” > all sary for its success, and half the battle is the way they are put together. After the flour has been sifted, add to it a lit- tle salt; put in the or butter and mix with a_knife, chopping the lard into small ter When well mixed #dd the ice w slowly. Put out on marble, divide. s kle with flour and roll out. Pin first crust to the edges of the pan, ening afterward with a little Either make the cris: Toss top c the plain. For pics made out of ] criss-cross is best, making the ple mnot quite so rich. Touch the crust as little as possible with the hands, and prepare in_a cool place. bits. Some take the paste. roll it out and thickly butter, fold together, roll out an¢ butter again. This makes a very rich and flaky crust. LEMON PIE—Three lemons, half a cup of butter, one cup of sugar, six eggs and grated rind of two lemons. Cream the butter and sugar, stir in beaten yolks and grated lemon rind to taste; also ore heap- ing tablespoonful of flour. Add lemon juice, and just before pouring in the crust the four beaten whites, keeping two for the top. Bake until guite solid, then allow to cool. Beat the whites of the two eggs, add .powdered sugar and a lit- tle lemon_juic: Pour over top of pie and brown. Serve when almost cold APPLE PIE—Grate four good-sized ap- ples, leaving on the skins; season with the lined ple tin and bake with one ACH PIE he pan with rich : and fill with sliced peaches, Sift some sugar and add a little lemon and butter. Bake with two crusts ve with cream. N U 3—One cup of shredded ugar, two of cream or en cgg and one tablespoon- »utter. Bake with one crust. the whites of two eggs, Juice 1 adding three tablespoonfuls of powdered su spread on top of pie and brown. PUMPKIN PIE—Remove the seeds pkin, cut into medium-sized from the pu ntil tender. When done picces and steam peel and mash ke out enough for as many pies as vou intend to make an add ‘almost as much milk as you have pumpkin two cups of sugar, one tea- spoonful of ginger, cinnamon and salt, three ablespoonfuls of cornstarch and hree eggs. When well mixed add some Bake with one crust. Sl Fish. ESCALLOPED LOBSTER—Chop not very fine the meat of one large lobster, place in a baking dish and pour over a 4 n sauce made like that for the boiled , omiting the parsiey. Sprinkle the top with fine bread erumbs, strew with bits of butter, and bake in a slow oven. CODFISH WITH EGGS—Scald and pick to pieces about half a pound of cod- fish. Place on stove, bring to a boil and melted butter. times every morning. Another exercise is to stand erect, with heels together, bend the body forward and try to touch the toes with the tips of the fingers, wita- out bending the knees. One easy way to do this is to raise the arms above the head, interlock the thumbs and then bring the hands down as near the floor as possible. Electric massage is also good. A lotion that is v strengthening to the eyes is made by rubbing one tea- spoonful of boracic acid in fifteen drops of spirits of camphor and Founng over this two-thirds of a cup of hot water. Stir and strain and use as needed. Ill- health is usually the cause of dull eyes. I think it an excellent plan to lie down for an hour in the afternoon, if one can spare the time. Every muscle in the body should be relaxed at this time, and if one gant get in & little cat-nap, 0 much the etter. TILLIB TAYLOR—Arsenic should never be taken in any form, unless ad- vised by a physician.” A very little am- mohia and borax added to the shampoo will mot make the hair a lighter shade, but will help keep the.light tints. Too much ammonia used on the hair is very in- Jurious. VINA HUDSON—Of course, you didn’t succeed with your skin food. 1f you will make it exactly according to the follow- ing directions you cannot fail with it: Melt the spermaceti, white wax, almond oil, lanolin and cocoanut ofl together in a porcelain kettle. Don’t let them boil When these five Ingredients are thorough- ly incorporated remove the kettle from the fire and add the benzoin and the orange flower water, beating it with an egg-beater until cold. I really couldn’t BEAUTY TALK BY MME. HYGEIA. tell you just how long you would have to use it before the results would begin to show. PENELOPE-I do not at all approve of the treatment you mention. Anything that stretches the skin is likely to make it fall back Into deeper lines than be- fore. The only rational treatment for wrinkles is to invigorate and rebuild the tissues and this can only be done by mas- sage, together with a good skin food. SADIE—Sissy asked the same question as vourself. Please read what I have sald to her. Just pour a little of the warm oil into your hand and, with the palm, rub around and around and up. If you keep it up it will certainly benefit you. Swing- ing Indian clubs, exercise with dumbbelis and deep breathing will also help you. LOS GATOS—Castor oil applied to the evelashes wil make them grow. Bathing tfiem in warm salt water is also excel- 1 ent. - A NEW SUBSCRIBER—Foregoing let- ters to Sadie and Sissy will answer your first question. The best treatment for blackheads is that suggested to O. N. E. As you have just joined the ranks of my beauty students T would like to say that to have a skin of unblemished loveliness one must pay strict attention to the diet, exercise regularly in the open air and never for a single day miss the tepid sponge bath. Once a week there should be a hot soapy tub bath, rubbing the body briskly ail over with a good stiff flesh brush. = All these things must be attended to not for a day but as the habit of a lifetime if beauty is your object. N. E. J.—I do not know that the prepa- ration you mention is positively harmful to the complexion, still T always think it wiser to make one’s own cosmetics, and then there can be no possible doubt on the subject. By adding a little very finely powdered carmine to your cold cream you will have a perfectly safe rouge. An ex- cellent cold cream s made from_the fol- lowing formula: White wax, half an ounce; spermaceti, half an ounce; swect almond oil, two and a half ounces; rose- water, three-fourths of an ounce; simple tincture of benzoin, three drops.” For a very oily skin there is nothing better than the lotion made by placing in a half pint bottle one ounce of fresh, uncooked cu- cumber juice, half-filling the bottle with elder-flower water and adding two table- spoonfuls of eau de cologne. After you have shaken -this well add very slowly half an onnce simple tincture of benzoin, shaking the mixture now and then. Then fill the bottle with elder-flower water. Ap- ply to the face two or three times a day, letting it dry on the skin. DRUSELLA—I am .sorry I could not send you an answer by mail, but the task of sending personal replies to my very large family of beauty students is alto- gether beyond my strength and the de- mands upon my time. I can give vou a splendid formulia for hair that is dry and stiff. Eau de cologne, four ounces: tincture cantharides, half an ounce; ofl of lavender, quarter of a dram; ofl of rosemary, quarter of a dram. Appiy merely to the roots of the hair once day. Swelling under the eyes usually in- dicates some internal trouble. Remedy that and the swelling will disappear. In the meantime try applications of diluted | witch hazel. MISS P, SMITHWICK—Try the follow- ing tonic ‘on your hair; I am sure it will help you: Witch hazel one ounce, alcohol one ounce, water one-half ounce, resorcin forty grains. Apg}y every morning with @ soft sponge to the scalp. It's about something else s know J all know that that “bibs and tuc not our patience or the bur! fingers. S fled alcohol is small tin boxes and all that is nece: is to take off the lid and light the paste. A box is warranted to burn an hour and a half, and besides heating curling irons it is capital for chafing dishes and to boil water. Whether or not it will explode is yet to be found out, but just as soon as “careful nursemaids use the paste to heat baby’s milk we will know. All sorts of uses have been found for it and among them i se on miladi's desk for heating her sealingwax. It certainly is a relief and a_ comfort. When through the flame can be blown out and it's all ready ‘for next time without any filling or trimming of wicks. Patti's Advice to Young Jing- ers. “I don’t believe in coddling myself and making my throat too tender, d Mme. Patti to a young American who sought her advice. “I kept my vocal powers at their full by extreme care, but you will notice, if you have been told of my rules of life, that I've never made myself sen- sitive to slight exposure. “Of ccurse a great deal of rubbish has been written about my dread of taking cold, and 1 have been informed of the eccentric means I use to avoid it. It has been sald that I have all my clothing | marked with cabalistic signs, and that a variation of a few degrees in the weather will cause me to add to or take from my clothing so and so many ounces of underwear. I read also in one crazy pa- per that I never pass from a heated room to the cold air outside, except by easy stages, and that to go from the con- cert roam to the corridor stairs, then to the lower hall, the lobby, the vestibule and finally to pass into the street is an operation which takes me half an hour, ‘acclimatizing’ myself as I go! “All that is rubbish, of course—that is, it is rubbish to say that I took any such time. I'm careful, as every singer should be, to avold sudden and violent changes; but, on the other hand, I wouid warn you not’ to make yourself too tender, and in- vite cold by the inexperience of slight exposure. ““Harden )ourself; build up your consti- tution: don’t occupy heated rooms at any time; live out of doors at least two hours every day, and walk and drive. That's my advice. Then, don't be afraid to breathe plenty of good fresh air, even if the weather is cold. The people who go about with muffled throats, overburdened with wraps, men singers who turn up the collars of their coats at the slightest breath of fresh air, and women singers who hide themselves in a mass of carriage rugs and cover their faces with laces and woolnes w carriage driving, are the cough. don't go to ex- yourself in raw, damp air, especially at nightfall. Be sensible and preserve a happy medium between wise caution and foolish coddling. “T never go out, summer or winter, rid- ing, driving or walking, without a choco- late caramel in my mouth, letting it dis- ]lulve as slowly as possible.” tremes and