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HOW I LEARNED HOUSEKEEPING.-III.
AND REMEMBERED WHAT I LEARNED.

HE autumn draws on apace. We shall have but little Fall housecleaning to do. All the windows up stairs are covered with wire screens and so no flies have been harbored there. There is but little dust as we have been careful to close the windows during hard winds. The carpets have been wiped occasionally with a mop wrung from clean hot water in which a little turpentine had been poured. A small tablespoon to ten quarts of water. There have been flies in the kitchen and dining-room but we have kept them in check by the persistent use of pyrethrum powder. We shall take up two or three carpets this fall and clean the rooms thoroughly and then they will need but slight cleaning next spring.

I made tomato catsup and Chili sauce yesterday and the result was very satisfactory. I will tell you how I did it. Uncle John brought me a bushel of nice ripe tomatoes. I washed them, removed the green part around the stem and all bad places, and cut them in thick slices. I put them on the stove for a few moments and then drained off the watery juice which started first. I then let them cook till soft when I put them through the collander with an iron spoon. I then put them through a seive without the least trouble. The tomato was now returned to the stove and boiled till it was reduced nearly half, when I added spices as follows: salt, four tablespoons; ground black pepper, four tablespoons; ground mustard, three tablespoons; ground allspice, one-half tablespoon; ground cloves, one-half tablespoon; ground cayenne pepper, one-half tablespoon. After the spices were thoroughly incorporated with the tomato I removed half of the catsup, canning it in pint cans. The remainder received the addition of six medium sized onions chopped fine and it was cooked till the onion was soft. The bushel of tomatoes thus prepared filled ten pint cans.

We begun making pumpkin pies some weeks ago. Auntie cuts the pumpkins in pieces, removes seeds and rind and cooks them in the steamer. There is absolutely no trouble with pumpkin cooked in this way. It is not watery and of course it cannot burn. We mash it with a wire potato masher and it is ready for milk, eggs and other goodies. Auntie cooks Hubbard squash in the same way only she does not peel it. She scrapes the squash out of the shell when cooked and it is dry and sweet. It is almost too dry sometimes but a generous dash of sweet cream remedies that evil.

Owing to some miscalculation a loaf of our last baking of bread was not thoroughly cooked. We cut it in slices, toasted it a nice brown, and made a dressing for it of rich milk, butter and salt heated hot. Each slice was dipped in the hot dressing, taken out with a broad knife and laid in a deep dish. The slices were piled neatly and the remainder of the dressing was poured over the pile.

We used the toast for tea. It was accompanied by a dish of stewed Fall Pippins, a cup of tea and a plate of sponge cake and if the meal was simple it was heartily enjoyed. Auntie says I ought to tell you about my kitchen aprons. | There is but one marked peculiarity about them. To be sure they are wide and "far-reaching" but the genus kitchen apron has enlarged its borders late years and every one's apron is big. The peculiarity about my aprons is that I make a holder, cover it with goods like the apron and attach it to the apron band by a band long enough to admit of its

being used with ease. When not in use it is put in the right hand pocket. I always put at least one large pocket on each apron and I always find it convenient.

We boil salt pork occasionally as Uncle is very fond of it. Auntie allows the water in which the meat was boiled to cool when she removes the grease from the top into a basin and stirs it with a fork till the water is drained out. She uses this grease for pastry instead of lard and finds it equally good. The approach of frost warned us to gather in all tender vegetables. The ripe peppers were washed, strung on a small cord and hung in a dry place, while the green ones were packed in a jar and covered with vinegar to use as needed in pickles. The sage was picked, dried, reduced to powder by rubbing, sifted and packed in empty baking powder cans. The parsley was treated in the same way though it is planted where it can be dug out in winter. Uncle plowed some land late in October and planted a quantity of English Multiplier onion sets, some beet seed, and some lettuce. He says they will be enough earlier in the spring to pay and there is no trouble about onions freezing when cared for in this way.

The good which once has crowned the earth
Will make it bloom again.
Then let us thank our God

For spring-time soft and fair,-
For April rain and May-day sun
And June's delicious air

For July showers and heat,
For dreamy August haze,
For cool September's purple fields,
For glad October days,

For dull November skies,

And barns with harvest filled,

We thank Thee, Lord, who richly blessed The land Thy servants tilled.

The year to come is Thine,

Thou knowest what will be;
Send rain and dew, and wind and sun,
As seemeth best to Thee.

-Abbie F. Judd.

PHYSIOLOGICAL APHORISMS.

GATHERED FROM "HALL'S JOURNAL OF HEALTH."

No disease ever comes without a cause or without a warning. Inflammations are more safely and far more agreeably subdued by the application of warm water than of cold.

Intense thirst is satiated by wading in water, or by keeping the clothing saturated with water, even if it is taken from the sea.

A current of the purest air from the poles for half an hour, on a person sleeping, sitting or over-heated, is a thousand fold more destructive of health and fatal to life than the noisomeness of a crowded room or vehicle, or the stench of a pig-stye for thrice

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FOOD AND NOURISHMENT FOR THE SICK.
I.

BOUILLONS AND BROTHS.

Much has been said, more written, upon the necessity of keeping up the strength of invalids. So many exhaustive treatises have been penned upon diet for the sick that it would seem hardly probable that there are homes where the questions of what to give the patient, and how to prepare the nourishing diet prescribed by the physician, should be matters for troubled consideration. There are few households in which the duty of catering to the capricious desires of the sufferer is not felt to be more of a pleasure than a task. Frequently, however, the best intentions are sadly hampered by lacl. of knowledge, and, with all the good will in the world, the dishes prepared for the invalid are insipid and unattractive. The cook has to contend with languor and partial or total dearth of appetite, caused by confinement to room and bed, as well as with other effects of disease.

Under these circumstances it is the more necessary that no means should be left untried to render the meals dainty and tempting. The napkin covering the tray should be spotless, silver, glass and china shining in their cleanliness. A flower laid beside plate or cup is a cheering adjunct. Avoid the risk of discouraging the patient by presenting food in large quantities. The weak stomach requires coaxing. Small meals, frequently taken, are both more wholesome and more welcome than tri-daily “crams."

In all the medical dietary, broths hold the pre-eminence as nourishing food. Properly prepared, they may be palatable and strengthening, and are especially valuable in cases of cold, prostration and general debility. Where febrile symptoms prevail, no animal food should be given without the advice of the attending physician.

In serving soup to an invalid a bowl will be found preferable to a plate, as the broad surface of the latter allows its contents to become cool on their passage from the kitchen to the sickroom. No floating globules of grease on the top of the broth should be allowed to offend the fastidious eye and taste of the invalid. As a rule, if soup is permitted to become perfectly cold, all fat can be readily skimmed off; but should this fail to remove the more minute particles, these can easily be absorbed by laying soft white tissue paper upon the surface of the broth for a few seconds, throwing aside one sheet after another, until the last one fails to show any trace of grease.

BOUILLON. Two pounds lean beef chopped fine, two quarts cold water. Put the meat on in the cold water, covering closely, and set the pot where it will not boil under an hour. Let it simmer for five or six hours, never coming to a hard boil. When the liquid is reduced to one-half the original quantity, take from the fire and allow the soup to cool upon the meat. Strain through a coarse cloth, squeezing the meat until every drop of juice is extracted. Carefully remove the fat, after the soup has cooled, and return the bouillon to the fire. When it reaches the boiling point, stir in the white and crushed shell of an egg, boil half a minute, skim and strain once more. Heat in small quantities as it is needed.

To those who prefer bouillon cold and almost jellied, this result can be achieved either by boiling a knuckle of veal with the beef, or, if this is not desired, by adding Cox's gelatine to the liquid after the first straining in the proportion of half a box to a quart of the beef tea. Soak the gelatine for an hour in enough cold water to cover it, and stir into the bouillon just before clearing it with the white of egg. Serve ice cold.

CHICKEN BOUILLON.—Select a well grown fowl—an old one will answer the purpose better than a spring chicken-and pound and chop with a hatchet into small pieces, breaking the bones thoroughly. Follow the directions given for beef bouillon with the exception of clearing with white of an egg. Observe the same precautions in the removal of all floating grease.

CHICKEN JELLY can be made by allowing small quantities of the

broth to get perfectly cold. It is nice spread on toast or thin bread and butter. A very pleasant variety of broths may be prepared with this stock as a foundation.

CHICKEN AND RICE BROTH.-To one cupful of the hot soup allow half a cup of cooked rice. This may be made still more nourishing by decreasing the quantity of rice and adding a couple of tablespoonfuls of rice and one well beaten egg. For those to whom rice is unpalatable, tapioca or sago may be substituted. The latter is good in case of colds.

VEAL AND TAPIOCA BROTH.-One pound well cracked veal bones, one quart water. Let the bones and water simmer for several hours, until the liquid is reduced one-half. When cold strain and skim. Return to the fire, with two tablespoonfuls of soaked tapioca, and boil gently half an hour longer. Add three tablespoonfuls of cream and an egg beaten light and cook five

minutes.

BARLEY CREAM BROTH.-One pound of lean veal, chopped, one quart of cold water, one cup of pearl barley. Put veal, barley and water into a covered saucepan, boil down slowly to three cups of broth and rub through a sieve. Add salt to taste.

MUTTON AND RICE BROTH.-Two pounds lean mutton, one pound cracked mutton bones, one quart water. Boil the meat, finely chopped, and the bones until all the nourishment is extracted the bones clean and the meat white, tasteless shreds. Add one cupful of boiled rice, simmer half an hour, and stir in a little finely minced parsley, half a cupful of milk, and two beaten eggs. Boil

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-Christine Terhune Herrick.

LOIS CHIDSEY'S THANKSGIVING DAY.
In the early morn, by the candle's light,
On a long ago Thanksgiving day,
Lois Chidsey, the Puritan maiden,

Crept out of her curtained bed to pray:
And, while kneeling down on the floor so bare,
She thanked the good Lord for His tender care,-
For plenteous fruits of the harvest time,

Her forehanded father gathered in;
For the hay and grain in the barn well stored,
The red and green apples down in the bin,
And the hams and bacon, hanging so high
On the kitchen's great beam, all smoked and dry.
And Lois was going to ride that morn

In the four-horse coach away to town;
And she dressed herself in her Sunday's best,—

'Twas her fine, soft, woolen, homespun gown,
And her thick, long pelisse of full cloth, blue,
With her pink poke bonnet so fresh and new.
She was going to grandpa's large house, where
The old brick oven was heated well,
And full of puddings and pies as could be-
So many kinds that she could not tell;
The turkey was browning before the fire,
For turning the spit was Aunt Keziah.
When Lois got there the table was spread;
But first to the meeting-house on the square
They went; and the Proclamation was read,
The sermon preached, then the long, long prayer.
The maiden was tired and she would have slept,
But the tithing man's eyes a close watch kept.
'Twas "Firstly," "Secondly," "Thirdly," and down
Clear to " Sixthly," no wonder she strayed
From meeting to grandma's puddings and pies,
And thought of dinner, dear little maid!
And wished she was sitting in front of the fire
Turning the turkey with Aunt Keziah!

But that was seventy-one years ago!
Now Lois Chidsey is old and gray;
She sits with her grandchildren 'round her chair,
And tells of that far off happy day,-
But the time and the folks have all changed so,
She says, since that day in the long ago!

-Susan Teall Perry.

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RECREATION FOR LEISURE HOURS.

LADY'S KNITTED UNDERVEST.

MATERIALS. For one pair get six skeins of Star Light three-threaded Saxony, cream white, two needles of bone, rubber or wood, No. 14. Cast on 120 stitches. Knit eighteen inches of two plain, seam two alternately. Then next row knit twenty-eight stitches in ribbing, turn, and knit backwards and forwards, still in ribbing for twenty-nine rows; then break off the wool and slip the stitches on to a spare needle. Slip sixty-four stitches from those that were left on to another needle, and on the remaining twenty-eight stitches knit twenty-nine rows of ribbing to form left-hand shoulder. After you have fin ished left shoulder, cast on sixty-four stitches, and knit the twenty-eight from off the spare needle, when you will again have 120 stitches for the other side of the vest. Knit another

eighteen inches of two plain, seam two, alternately and bind off. You still have sixty-four stitches remaining on one needle at the neck, pick up the rest of the neck stitches on two other needles, knit seven rounds of plain knitting, bind off. Sew up the sides of the vest, leaving sufficient space for the arm. Pick up the stitches around the armhole on three needles, and knit two plain, seam two, alternately for twentyfour rounds, then narrow under the arm in every other round for twenty-four more rounds, then knit eight more rounds | without narrowing and bind off.

rows.

KNITTED KNEE-CAPS.

One skein Star Light Scotch yarn, knitting needles No. 12 of bone or wood. Cast on seven stitches. Knit 10 plain Knit thirty-four rows increasing one at the beginning of each row, by picking up the thread that lies directly under the second stitch and knitting it until there are forty-one stitches on the needle. Knit fifty plain rows. Knit thirty four plain rows, in which narrow by knitting two together before the end stitches in each row. Knit ten plain rows, bind off. This forms the centre piece. For the top of the knee-cap, pick up seventy-six stitches and knit three plain rows. Then do forty rows of two plain, seam two, alternately, which forms ribbing. Knit four plain rows.

Next row. *Two plain, make one, narrow,

*

repeat from

to to end of row. Knit four more plain rows, and bind off. For the bottom of the knee-cap pick up seventy-six stitches on the opposite side of the work, and knit the same as for the top, binding off after the first four plain rows. Sew the sides together and run an elastic through the hole.

To Do DOUBLE KNITTING. When finished it is alike on both sides. * Knit one, putting the needle in the middle of the stitch instead of in the usual way, bring the wool to the front, slip one, pass the wool to the back, * repeat from to every row is the same. There must be an even number of stitches, and the stitch that is slipped in one row is to be knitted in the next; if knitted rightly, the two sides of the knitting will be quite separate.

*

Fourth row. One double, ten treble, under next six chain, repeat this four times.

Fifth row.--Seven chain, one double behind leaves of preceding row, repeat this four times.

Sixth row. One double, twelve treble, and one double in the next seven chain. Repeat this four times.

Seventh row.-Eight chain, one double, worked in from behind between two next leaves. Repeat four times. Eighth row. One double, fourteen treble, one double in the next eight chain. Repeat four times.

Ninth row.-Nine chain, one double, hook from behind as before, repeat four times.

Tenth row. One double, sixteen treble, one double in the next nine chain. Repeat four times.

Eleventh row.-Ten chain, one double, hook from behind. Repeat four times.

Twelfth row.-One double, eighteen treble, one double in the next ten chain, repeat four times.

Thirteenth row.-Double crochet over doubles and trebles of preceding row.

Fourteenth row.-Commence at fourth treble of leaf work two double trebles and seven chain all round, making three of these stitches into every rose leaf.

Fifteenth row.-Work a double into every chain of preceding row.

Sixteenth row.-One double, one chain, into every other stitch of last row.

Seventeenth row.- - One treble and two double into every other stitch.

Eighteenth row.-Make a looped chain all round.

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AUTUMN SONG.

-Eva M. Niles.

The wind plays through the shortening days, The fields are growing duller,

Save where the woods and hedges blaze

In strips of ruddy color;

The trees that in their summer prime
Did well their summer duty,
Now in their peaceful resting time

Have earned their autumn beauty.

The rarest tints the mountain takes--
Too fine for painter's plunder-
And every curve the river makes
Adds wonder unto wonder.
The chestnut opes his rough brown hand,
Down, down his gifts are falling;

A happy sound is in the land,--
'Tis children's voices calling.

Oh, children call! oh, chestnuts fall!
And sing, ye winds, for gladness!
Since winter comes so swift to all,
There's never time for sadness.
For those who laugh and those who sing,
If with or without reason,
They have the best of everything--
The wine of every season.

-Carrie W. Bronson.

ANTI-WORRY RECIPE.

Do you wish a recipe for preventing all worry,
For giving composure and freedom from flurry?
Just think of one fact v. ich is true you will find,
When anything happens to ruffle your mind.
First something or nothing there is to be done,
First nothing or something, that's clear as the sun;
If something, then do it and make no delay;
If nothing, all thought of it cast far away.
This simplest of rules if you will only obey,
Will free you from wrinkles for many a day.

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ANOTHER FINGER IN THE PIE.

Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING :

As pertinent to this matter of "Mrs., Miss or What?" a case in point explains one view of it. Having occasion to write to a committee regarding a Children's Aid Society, my answer had simply initials signed. The chirography was clear and bold, the reply terse and simple. And as a very natural sequence I replied addressing my letter to A. B. Jones, Esq., only to find that I had seriously offended a married woman. Why didn't she prefix Mrs? It is the only correct thing as I view it, either to place the Miss or Mrs. before the proper signature, or give an address in full at the foot of your manuscript. In conversation it is more elegant if there are two Mrs. Smiths in the same famlly connection to call the senior lady Madam. Above all things avoid saying old Mrs. Smith. If the initial letters are the same of course the Junior MRS. E. B. HOOKER.

settles it.

LONGMEADOW, Mass.

THE DEADLY KEROSENE CAN.

Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING: With your permission I would like to step into the "Cozy Corner" and introduce myself to Avel Lane and sympathize with her in regard to the running over of the oil in kerosene lamps.See issue October 17th, page 16.-You say "We have found no way to prevent the oil from coming out." I have, and would like to tell you. In the first place I am careful not to fill the lamps quite full; second, not to place them where they will be warm (on the shelf behind the stove), as the heat expands the oil, and it runs over. Another thing it is not a safe place to set lamps over or back of a stove. I have known and read of several accidents from doing this. In one case the mantel gave way, the lamp fell on the stove scattering the burning oil on a mother who sat near with a baby on her lap. Both were fatally burned, with the house. We cannot be too careful. I am watching with interest the discussion on "Mrs., Miss or What?" M. J. PLUMSTEAD.

made it the title of the gentler sex, as that of gentleman is of the sterner, in this sense I have adopted it. The rule of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING strikes me as being too obscure. The addition of the final e for married women would escape the notice of many while the term "Dear Lady" would surely fit a single woman, and could give no offense in case it happened to "hit " a married one. In cases where I know my correspondent to be married I always use "Dear Madam." In addressing the envelope in doubtful cases the difficulties to be overcome are at once obvious, unless the term "Lady" before the name would become popular. For myself I like the term, it shows respect and sounds genteel. Why not adopt it in doubtful cases, both on the envelope and in one's letter. I am anxious to learn what the other many readers of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING will have to say in future numbers. Of course it is useless to add that GOOD HOUSEKEEPING “fills the bill," and I am highly pleased with its excellent contents, superior toned paper, and fine typographical appearance. May it flourish and grow fat-that is the proprietors. Yours sincerely,

TO PREVENT GOODS FROM BEING MOTH EATEN.

Editor of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING :

I have kept garments for years from being moth eaten by tying them securely in clean, fresh washed and ironed pillow cases, the simple fact that the fly will not delve through the barricade will ensure the safety of the article. Shake and brush thoroughly, in order to dislodge anything that may have found a lurking-place within the folds or creases. Newly purchased furs should always be subjected to this treatment, in order to detect any lurking mischief. The process of shaking and brushing will dislodge the egg, as well as the loose fur, if already moth eaten before the articles are taken from the dealer, as is frequently the case. The test should be applied immediately after purchasing. Articles hung in a light room are rarely infested by moths, as the fly naturally seeks a darkened place in which to deposit its eggs. CATSKILL, N. Y.

MRS. J. H. MEECH.

COMMENTS AND INQUIRES OF A "HIRED GIRL." Editor of GooD HOUSEKEEPING :

I belong to a class of society who do not very often read a magazine, and who would as soon think of the height of audacity as of writing for one. In short, I am a hired girl. I, however, like to read when I have time, and the lady for whom I work, knowing it, she brings me GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, which I much enjoy reading, and from which I have obtained a good many new ideas. I read each number carefully, and the mistress is to have the volume bound to keep in the dining-room, where, as she says, I can see it as well as she can. I really do not know how others who read it feel, but when I read it I want to talk with each writer about his or

her article, to discuss it so as to better understand it all. But as I cannot do this I make it a rule to take each article and think it over, or as it might be said, think it out. In this way every part is seen through, and comprehended.

Now if you will permit me I want to supply, or suggest to two of your writers things that they have left out. To Mr. Gerhard: I wonder why he does not give the size of the pipes he would have to supply the kitchen sink-drain and the water-closet. I think that it would be better if they were larger than commonly used, and hope he will give his idea. To Mrs. Hester M. Poole : I like her "House Decoration" series of articles, and want to say one thing she omits. Her "Agatha" of course has a hired girl, and so will others have who adopt her suggestions. Such girls will dread to take care of such elegant rooms as she describes, and I hope she will tell us how to do this. Let me though say from my experience that to dust the ceilings and cornices I never climb a stepladder but have a rod to which I can attach the feather duster; to wash the woodwork where nicely finished, I put a spoonful of salt and one of pearline in a gallon of tepid water, and apply with a sponge, not a cloth. In dusting fine bric-a-brac I maintain a firm hold of it with one hand while using the other. I hope Mr. Gerhard and Mrs. Poole may go into these matters at length, and excuse the audacity of A HIRED GIRL.

NEW YORK CITY.

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NOTES.

A handsome volume of Our Little Men and Women in lithographed covers has been issed by the publishers, D. Lothrop & Co., Boston. Price $1.50.

Volume IX. of Babyland, containing the twelve numbers of 1885, has just been issued by the publishers in beautifully lithographed covers. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. Price 75 cents.

Wide Awake, volume T or 20, for the six months ending with last May is handsomely bound in lithographed covers. It contains "Down the Ravine," by Charles Egbert Craddock, and a great mass of literature of a wide variety of interest. Boston: D.