a stiff appearance, tulle or crepe liase frilling are expensive and frail, so it is a good idea to purchase a few yards of really good washing lace, about an inch and a half in depth; quill or plait and cut into suitable lengths to tack around the necks of dresses. This can be easily removed, and cleaned when soiled. A piece of soft black Spanish lace, folded loosely around the throat close to the frillings, bnt below it, looks very pretty; or you may get three yards of scarf lace, trim the ends with trillings, place it around the neck, leaving nearly all the length in the right hand, the end lying upon the left shoulder being about half a yard long. Wind the larger piece twice around the throat, in loose, soft folds, and festoon the other yard and a half, and fasten with brooch or flower at the side. — Philadelphia ALL ABOUT KITCHEN WORK. A lady who for a time was compelled to do all of her own kitchen work says: "If every iron, pot, pan, kettle or any utensil used in the cooking of food, be washed as soon as emptied, and while still hot, half the labor will be saved," It is a simple habit to acquire, and the washing of pots and kettles by this means loses some of its distasteful aspects. No lady seriously objects to washing and wiping the crystal and silver, but to tackle the black, greasy, and formidable-looking ironware of the kitchen take a good deal of sturdy brawn and muscle as well as common-sense. If the range be wiped carefully with brown paper, after cooking greasy food, it can be kept bright with little difficulty. Stoves and rangeB should be kept free.. from soot [in all compartments. A clogged hot-air passage will prevent any oven from baking welL When the draught is imperfect the defect frequently Mother's Cook Book. 286 arises from the chimney being too low. To remedy the evil the chimney should be built up, or a chimney-pot added. It is an excellent plan for the mistress to acquaint herself with the practical workings of her range, unless her servants are exceptionally good, for many hindrances to well-cooked food arises from some misunderstanding of, or imperfection in, this article. A clean, tidy kitchen can only be secured by haying a place for everything and everything in its place, and by fre- quent scouringa of the room and utensils, A hand-towel and basin are needed in 'every kitchen for the use of the cook or house-worker. Unless dish-towels are washed, scalded and thoroughly dried daily, they become mnsty and unfit for use, as also the dish-cloth. Cinders make a very hot fire — one particularly good for ironing days. Milk keeps from souring longer in a shallow pan than is a milk pitcher. Deep pans make an equal amount of cream. Hash smoothly plastered down will sour more readily than if left in broken masses in the chopping bowl, each mass be- ing well exposed to the air. Sauce, plain, and for immediate use, should not be put into a jar and covered when warm, else it will change and fer- ment very quickly. It will keep some days with care in the patting up. Let it stand until perfectly cold, then put into a stone jar. To scatter the Philadelphia brick over the scouring board on to the floor, to leave the soap in the bottom of the scrub- bing pail, the sapolio in the basin of water, and to spatter the black lead or stove polish on the floor are wasteful, slat- ternly habits. A clock in the kitchen is both useful and necessary. Mother's Cook Book. A NICE CLOTHES FRAME.

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a stiff appearance, tulle or crepe liase frilling are expensive and frail, so it is a good idea to purchase a few yards of really good washing lace, about an inch and a half in depth; quill or plait it and cut into suitable lengths to tack around the necks of dresses. This can be easily removed, and cleaned when soiled. A piece of soft black Spanish lace, folded loosely around the throat close to the frillings, but below it, looks very pretty; or you may get three yards of scarf lace, trim the ends with trillings, place it around the neck, leaving nearly all the length in the right hand, the end lying upon the left shoulder being about half a yard long. Wind the larger piece twice around the throat, in loose, soft folds, and festoon the other yard and a half, and fasten with brooch or flower at the side. — Philadelphia ALL ABOUT KITCHEN WORK. A lady who for a time was compelled to do all of her own kitchen work says: "If every iron, pot, pan, kettle or any utensil used in the cooking of food, be washed as soon as emptied, and while still hot, half the labor will be saved," It is a simple habit to acquire, and the washing of pots and kettles by this means loses some of its distasteful aspects. No lady seriously objects to washing and wiping the crystal and silver, but to tackle the black, greasy, and formidable-looking ironware of the kitchen take a good deal of sturdy brawn and muscle as well as common-sense. If the range be wiped carefully with brown paper, after cooking greasy food, it can be kept bright with little difficulty. Stoves and rangeB should be kept free from soot [in all compartments. A clogged hot-air passage will prevent any oven from baking welL When the draught is imperfect the defect frequently Mother's Cook Book. 286 arises from the chimney being too low. To remedy the evil the chimney should be built up, or a chimney-pot added. It is an excellent plan for the mistress to acquaint herself with the practical workings of her range, unless her servants are exceptionally good, for many hindrances to well-cooked food arises from some misunderstanding of, or imperfection in, this article. A clean, tidy kitchen can only be secured by having a place for everything and everything in its place, and by frequent scouringa of the room and utensils, A hand-towel and basin are needed in 'every kitchen for the use of the cook or house-worker. Unless dish-towels are washed, scalded and thoroughly dried daily, they become musty and unfit for use, as also the dish-cloth. Cinders make a very hot fire — one particularly good for ironing days. Milk keeps from souring longer in a shallow pan than is a milk pitcher. Deep pans make an equal amount of cream. Hash smoothly plastered down will sour more readily than if left in broken masses in the chopping bowl, each mass being well exposed to the air. Sauce, plain, and for immediate use, should not be put into a jar and covered when warm, else it will change and ferment very quickly. It will keep some days with care in the patting up. Let it stand until perfectly cold, then put into a stone jar. To scatter the Philadelphia brick over the scouring board on to the floor, to leave the soap in the bottom of the scrubbing pail, the sapolio in the basin of water, and to spatter the black lead or stove polish on the floor are wasteful, slatternly habits. A clock in the kitchen is both useful and necessary. Mother's Cook Book. A NICE CLOTHES FRAME.

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