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March, 1890. 
ORCHARD 
A “ Nightingale.” 
Instead of the blanket which has, for 
years, been pinned around the necks of lit- 
tle babies, an odd little wrap with an odder 
name is now quite popular. 
Like the blanket, a nightingale may be in- 
expensive or costly, simple or elaborate. 
It is made by taking a straight piece of 
flannel, twenty-seven ineheslcng and twelve 
wide, and lining with silk or satin of a deli- 
cate shade. Double it and cut straight 
down the fold four inches. This is the mid- 
dle of the back. Turn over the corners and 
you have formed the neck. Now turn back 
the corner of each front six inches, and 
tack together the top and side at the point 
where each turns back. This forms the 
arm-hole or short sleeve. The garment is 
now finished except for the ribbons which 
fasten the neck and little bows which are 
placed at the points of the turned over 
parts, two at the neck and one on each sleeve. 
Made of white eider down flannel, lined 
with baby blue silk, with blue ribbons, it is 
the daintiest little garment imaginable. It 
is also pretty, made of fine white flannel, 
unlined, the revers being tastefully em- 
broidered. 
Childrens’ Parties. 
When planning to be social this month, 
don’t forget the young folks. If you have 
a Sunday School class of boys or girls, in- 
vite them to spend an evening inyour home. 
It is well to provide a variety of games, 
among which “Faba Baga” is a good stand- 
by as it is a favorite with both boys and 
girls. Handsome boards are for sale in the 
shops, but one may easily be made at home. 
A board two feet long and a foot and a half 
wide is held ia a slanting position by a 
hinged support at the back. In the board, 
rather near the top, are cut two holes, one 
larger than the other, and the game con- 
sists in trying to throw bean bags into these 
holes. If the bag be thrown into the larger 
hole, it counts ten; into the smaller one, fif- 
teen. There are usually four bags which 
each player throws in turn and the one who 
makes five hundred first wins the game. 
If you have children of your own. you 
can hardly please them better than by let- 
ting them have a party of their friends and 
acquaintances. If the house be not too 
small, it is wise to invite the friends of all 
the children at the same time, even though 
there be considerable difference in then- 
ages. You will save yourself much troub- 
le and expense in this way, and will per- 
haps be able to provide some special enter- 
tainment, as a sleight-of-hand performer 
whose tricks always excite the w ^nder and 
admiration of children of all ages. 
Charades are easily gotten up and in every 
company, there are some boys aDd girls 
who enter heartily into this amusement and 
display a good deal of talent. At lemon 
parties, each person guesses the number 
of seeds in a lemon, and prizes are given to 
the two whose guesses come nearest to, and 
farthest from, the right number. 
Ciiildren’s Rights. 
There are many families in which the 
rights of a child to his own personal belong- 
ings, are wholly disregarded. One child is 
allowed to take the books, toys and games 
belonging to another, without his know- 
ledge or consent, and all things seem to be 
held in common. 
While a selfish spirit should never be fos- 
tered in a child, yet he should be allowed to be 
master of his own possessions and of being 
generous with his own things. Even though 
you know that Jack would let Tom play 
with his base-ball game, it is w iser to have 
Tom ask permission before taking it. Then 
too, each child has a right to some portion 
of the house, though only a corner, which 
he may arrange and keep in order himself, 
and in which he may show his individual 
tastes and preferences. Boys and girls both 
ought to be taught to dust their ro -ms, to 
open, air and make their beds, put away 
their clean doilies, and keep closets and 
bureau drawers in order. 
Where each child has a seperate room, 
there is usually little trouble about this. 
When two sleep together, there is some- 
times difficulty as to the share of work 
which each shall do, especially where one 
is more careless than the other. But this 
individual responsibility is an important 
factor in a child’s education, and training 
in these matters is one of his rights. It 
would seem hardly necessary to insist that 
each child should have his own towel, wash- 
cloth, tooth-bush, hair-brush and comb, for 
the care of which he is responsible; yet a 
surprising number of mothers are careless 
about these little matters. 
We need to remember that children are 
individuals as truly as older people are, and 
that their rights ought not to be disregarded. 
— M. C. Rankin. 
Some Choice Recipes. 
Oysters are a decided improvement to 
omelet. Put half a dozen large ones to 
drain ; beat three eggs very light, season 
with salt and pepper, and add four table- 
spoonfuls of cream. Put a tablespoonful 
of butter in a frying pan, and when melted 
pour in the eggs. Drop in the oysters over 
the surface. Fry a light brown, double 
over and serve at once. 
Tapioca Pudding. — It is time to leave off 
mince pies and heavy desserts and substi- 
tute oranges or simple puddings. Here is a 
good one : Wash a cup of tapioca and soak 
it for two hours in a quart of milk ; add a 
pinch of salt. Beat together till light four 
eggs and half a cup of sugar ; add a tea- 
spoonful of vanilla and bake slowly for 
three-quarters of an hour. 
When you have broiled or baked 
chicken serve the potatoes thus for a 
change : Bake large ones, and when done 
cut a “cap"’ from the top. Scoop out the 
inside and mash soft with butter and milk. 
Mince finely the giblets of the chicken, 
which should have been boiled slowly for 
an hour or two in a little water. Season 
them well and stir into the potatoes ; add 
the beaten yolk of an egg ; heat in a sauce- 
pan till very hot, fill the skins, replace the 
tops and set in the oven for three minutes. 
Guinea fowls are excellent cooked like 
terrapin for those who use wine in cooking. 
Boil a pair very slowly in as little water as 
will answer, and when tender shred them 
into small pieces and put into a covered 
stew-pan with half a pint of the water they 
were boiled in. Rub together until very 
smooth a tablespoonful of flour, a quarter 
of a pound of butter and the yolks of two 
eggs. Add this to the minced chicken one- 
lialf at a time, stirring very hard. Season 
with salt, pepper and a little Cayenne pep- 
per. Let it simmer for ten minutes, then 
stir in one gill of Madeira wine and serve 
hot. 
What wonder that “ chops and tomato 
sauce” was construed into a tender mes- 
sage in Dicken’s celebrated trial of “ Bardell 
vs. Pickwick ! ” Prepared thus they would 
give a pleasant recollection for anyone who 
lias partaken of them : Have some tender 
mutton chops trimmed and the bones 
scraped ; broil them for ten minutes, turn- 
ing often ; take them off, baste with butter 
and season ; let them stand while you pre- 
pare the sauce ; put to stew a pint of canned 
tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, a bit 
of mace, and, if you have it, a bay leaf. 
Rub together a tablespoonful each of butter, 
and flour, and when the tomatoes have 
simmered for ten minutes mash them 
through a seive on to it and stir constantly 
until it boils and thickens, then dip the 
chops in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs 
and fry in broiling fat. Pour the tomato 
sauce in the bottom of a dish and arrange 
the chops in it. They will look better ana 
be easier handled if the bones are trimmed 
with little cut paper frills and a parsley tip 
laid between each chop and its neighbor. 
French Cream Cake makes a delicious 
dessert. Beat together three eggs and a cup 
of sugar; add two tablespoonfuls of cold 
water, and a cup and a half of flour with 
which has been sifted two toaspoonfuls of 
baking powder. Bake in two cakes, and 
while hot, split each open and spread with 
the cream made thus: boil a pint of sweet 
milk, reserving a little of it with which to 
mix two small tablespoonfuls of corn starch. 
To this add two beaten eggs, and when the 
milk boils stir this in slowly, with one cup 
of sugar. When nearly done add half a 
cup of butter. Flavor with vanilla, or with 
almond essence. 
Never drain onion or cabbage water down 
the kitchen sink as the odor goes through 
the house. 
Look liere, Friend, Are you Sick? 
Do you suffer from Dyspepsia. Indigestion, SourStom- 
ach. Liver Complaint. Nervousness. Lost Appetite.Bil- 
iousness. Exhausti ■•n or Tired F- eline, Pains in Che t 
or Lungs. Dry Couvh, Nightsweats or any form of Con- 
sumption? If so. send to Prof. Hart, 88 Warren St. New 
York, who will send you free, by mail, a bottle of Flora- 
I plexion, which is a sure cure. Send to day.— Adv. 
