and there are none to suit me in the town 
stores here. I should like one of those ironing 
tables that forms a seat when not in use, and 
though only a small thing I should like one or 
two large cooking spoons that would not break 
off at the handle when one gives a vigorous 
stir. Those seem to be simple things, but this 
may be a hint to some generous husband wish¬ 
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CANADIAN HOUSEKEEPING. 
A charming hostess is Madame Rochelle, 
the owner of a spacious, substantial, salmon- 
colored brick house in the city of Toronto, and 
near the Bank of Lake Ontario. 
Madame Rochelle, though encumbered with 
a generous'supply of this world’s goods, is not 
averse to turning an honest penny by receiv¬ 
ing into her home good-payiug tourists, who 
care to linger in the beautiful city, beside the 
beautiful lake shore, during the lazy, sultry, 
summer time. Madame, though short in 
stature, does not lack breadth; her cheek is 
rounded and firm, a pair of black eyes and a 
ruddy complexion redeem the heavy features 
from coarseness. In her apparel, cleanliness 
and economy ore noticeable. From the smooth¬ 
ly brushed dark hair colled low upon her 
shapely head, to the broad, neatly shod foot, 
she is at all times presentable, though the un¬ 
expected guest finds her busy with preserving 
kettles, dressing fowls for the market or 
superintending the weekly wash. 
“Tell me your secret, Madame? Why is it 
that you get so much comfort from so little 
mousy, are never hurried and yet have time 
for outings and evenings at the concert. My 
dinuere in New York are not nearly so well 
served as yours, and I am in constaut fear of 
having my own work to do, though I have half 
a dozen servants. You keep only one servant 
and yet you find time to rest. How do you 
manage?” Thus inquired one of Madame's 
tourist guests, a New Yorker, possessing both 
money and brains. 
“Oh, I have no secret to impart, it is only 
this: home and housekeeping are not to be 
learned in one day. The mistress of a bouse 
should know how to du things with her own 
hands and to look after the small leakages and 
wastes, if she would live comfortably. Ser¬ 
vants are quick to note and take the advan¬ 
tage of tbetr mistress. If people wish to be 
well served, they should serve themselves. 
One should remember the eye of the mistress 
is more than the hands of many maids, ill- 
directed. Cauadiau girls, in all families, are 
usually trained to economical habits, and the 
art of housekeeping; hence, when installed as 
mistresses in homes of their own, the work is 
a light one. 
In choosing furniture l am careful to select 
plaiu patterns, always avoiding showy ones,as 
they soon tire the eye and are dust and filth 
gatherers. Then I avoid a collection of little 
ornaments, brackets, paper, wax and feather 
flowers, which are bad to gather dust. For 
health's sake, perfect cleanliness in the home 
should be observed. A vigorous warfare 
against, dust uutii a sweet, pure home atmos¬ 
phere is gained, means healing balm to deli¬ 
cate lungs.” 
In matters pertaining to the kitchen depart¬ 
ment, Canadian ladies are careful to make 
the most of their material, and little is wasted 
by them. The old-fashioned Canadian cook 
uses aromatic herbs in a great profusion as 
seasonings, in preparing soups, salads, meats 
and fish Even the city housekeeper, with 
limited purse and apartments, will in an orna¬ 
mental basket or pot grow thyme, parsley, 
pepper plants, sweet-marjova, etc., not for¬ 
getting the homely sage. 
It is a help to the housekeeper to have a 
well-stored closet, where an ample lunch may 
be hastily chosen for the unexpected guest, 
from pickles, jams, preserves, cookies, tart¬ 
lets, or slices from a cuke which will keep 
for some days, while steamed brown bread is 
always relished and is a good “ stand-by,” A 
few things handy to have in one's “emergency” 
closet are: 
MANGOES. 
Select firm, sound green peppers, ami add 
a few red ones, as they are ornamental and 
look well upon the table. With a sharp knife 
remove the top, take out the seed, soak over¬ 
night in salt water, then till w ith chopped calt- 
bage and green tomatoes, seasoned with salt, 
mustard seed and ground cloves, Sew on the 
t >p. Boil vinegar sufficient to cover them, 
with a eup of brown sugar, and pour over the 
iRtoUttucouia gMvcrtlsiiifl. 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Oastorla 
When she whs a Child, she cried for Oastorla, 
When she became Miss, she elung to Castorla, 
Wheu she hud Children, she gave them Castorla 
mangoes. Do this three mornings, then seal. 
TOMATO CATSUP. 
Cook with each peck of ripe tomatoes, six 
minced onions, and three-fourths of a cup of 
salt. Boil until tender, and squeeze through 
a jelly bag; then add two quarts of cider vin¬ 
egar, one pound of sugar, two and a half tea¬ 
spoonfuls each of cinnamon and spice, one of 
cloves and mustard; boil slowly, stirring 
often, until the catsup is of the desired thick¬ 
ness. 
BOAST QUAIL, 
Rinse well and steam over boiling water 
until tender, then dredge with flour, and 
smother in butter; season with salt and pep¬ 
per and roast inside the stove; thicken the 
gravy; serve with green grape jelly, and gar¬ 
nish with paisley. 
TURKEY SALAD, 
Pick fine the white meat of a well cooked 
turkey, mix with an equal amount of finely 
chopped cabbage, season with pepper and 
celery salt. Make a dressing of three eggs, 
one-third of a cupful each of butter, cream 
aud vinegar, a tabkspoonful each of mustard 
and sugar, mix well; add the vinegar last; 
scald and stir until it. thickens. When cool, 
thin with vinegar and pour over the turkey. 
Garnish with lettuce leaves or parsley. 
WILD GRAPE PICKLES. 
Pick carefully fresh wild grapes; put them 
into wide-mouthed bottles, leaving a space of 
two inches at the top, pour over them New 
Orleans or sorghum molasses until covered, 
and tie over the mouth of the bottle a thin 
cloth; let them ferment, and then they are fit 
for the table. 
mixed pickles. 
Scald in salt water, until tender, cauli¬ 
flower heads, small onions, peppers, cucum¬ 
bers cut in dice, nasturtiums and green beans, 
then drain until dry, and pack into wide¬ 
mouthed bottles, boil in each pint, of cider 
vinegar one tabkspoonful of sugar, half a 
teaspoouful of salt aud two table spoonfuls of 
mustard; pour over the pickle aud seal care¬ 
fully. 
PLUM custard tartlets. 
One pint of green gage plums, after being 
straiued through a sieve; one large eup of 
sugar, the yelks of two e^gs well beaten. 
\\ bisk all together until light and foamy; 
then bake, in small patty-pans, shells of puff 
paste, a light brown. Then fill with the plum 
paste, beat the two whites uut.il stiff; add two 
tablespoonfills of powdered sugar, spread over 
the plum paste and set the shells into a moder¬ 
ate oven for a few moments. 
The Canadian housewife tries to rise above 
little auuoyauces; aud with" tact frequently 
tides happily over embarrassing events. For 
instance, 1 was lately invited to a dinner giv¬ 
en by a lady uoted for her dinner giving,though 
by no means a rich woman. All went well 
until the fish, taken from our own Lake On¬ 
tario, was served; ooe small fish, in a pretty 
platter, hrow n aud crisp, was placed before 
each guest, when lo! at the first cut, those 
baked fish gave forth a stench, but so quickly 
were they removed, while our hostess contin¬ 
ued to talk entertainingly, that the awkward 
episode was scarcely noted by t he guests. Mad¬ 
ame Le Clere, our hostess, afterward assured 
me that it was something which would not 
happen again, as she should not in the future 
permit the cook to buy the fish from the veu- 
der, though he warranted them fresh, “ just 
caught." 
1 never let my household affairs get iu a 
tangle. By taking time by the forelock, plan¬ 
ning ahead and working in a leisurely way, I 
can keep things comfortable and yet find time 
to attend a concert or take a little needed re¬ 
creation. KI.LA GUERNSEY. 
APRICOT PIES. 
DELICIOUS DESSERTS FROM A CAN OF CALI¬ 
FORNIA APRICOTS. 
The readers of the Rural, if they have 
given due heed to its Domestic Department, 
are supposed to know how to make pastry, so 
we will plunge at once in metlitis res, begin¬ 
ning with the plainest variety. 
Having lined a dish with paste, and an hour 
previous to this opened and turned into an 
eurthcru bowl the can of fruit to be used, in 
order to allow auy mustincss time to disappear, 
you will with a silver fork lift out the halvesof 
apricots, laying them, concave side up, on the 
bottom of your dish. Dredge ou a table 
spoonful of floor, sprinkle over two heaping 
tablespoonfuls of sugar, strew liberally with 
stewed raisins, and it you like a fat pie, re|H>at 
these layers; pour over a few spoonfuls of 
juice, put ou t he top crust and bake. Be sure 
to fasten the edges tightly and cut a hole in 
the middle for the steam to escape, for if the 
juice boils out, the pie will be dry. 
Au open pie served with thick, sweet cream 
and fine sugar, is most excellent. For this, 
line a dish as for custard pie, with*a ‘'pinched- 
in” edge. On this lay the halves of fiuit, 
sprinkle with sugar, add a tablespoonful of 
butter cut in bits, and bake until the crust is 
done. 
An apricot meringue pie is made by cutting 
the apricots fine and mixing them with a half 
cup of sugar aud the beaten yelk of an egg; 
fill the crust and bake. Take from the oven, 
letrit stand for two or tlu - ee minutes, cover 
with a meringue made of the beaten white of 
an egg and one tahlespoonful of sugar. Bet 
back iu a slow oveu until it turns a golden 
brown. The above pie can be made into a 
tart without the addition of the meriugue by 
adding criss- cross strips of pastry when the 
pie is first put into the oven. 
All of the above are good if made from the 
dried anil stewed apricots instead of the 
canned, and are much cheaper. 
Stewed dried apricots are a delicious addi¬ 
tion to mincemeat. They may be used in 
connection with minced apples, or to the ex¬ 
clusion of the latter. It may not be generally 
known that a beef’s heart is excellent for 
mincemeat, as is also a neck piece. They are 
the sweetest as well as the cheapest, and being 
free from “stringiness,” can be chopped finer 
than other lean meats, hrs. l. r. 
Los Angeles. 
ROAST WILD DUCK 
W ild duck should not be dressed too soon 
after being killed. If the weather is cold it 
will be better for being kept several days. 
Bake in a hot oveu, letting it remain for five 
or ten minutes without basting to keep in the 
gravy", then baste frequently with butter and 
water. If over-done it loses flavor—30 to 40 
minutes iu the right kind of an oven being suf¬ 
ficient. Serve on a very hot dish, and send to 
table as hot as possible with a cut lemon and 
the following sauce: Put in a tiny saucepan 
a tahlespoonful each of Worcestershire sauce 
and mushroom catsup, a little salt and Cay¬ 
enne pepper, and the juice of half a lemon. 
Mix well, make it hot, remove from the fire, 
and stir in a teaspoonful of made mustard. 
Pour into a hot gravy boat. 
QUEEN MAB'S PUDDING. 
Throw into a pint of new milk the thin rind 
of a lemon, heat it slowly by the side of the 
fire and keep at the boilingpoiut until strongly- 
flavored. Sprinkle in a small pinch of salt, 
and three-quarters of an ounce of the finest 
isinglass. When dissolved, strain through 
muslin into a clean saucepan with five ounces 
of powdered sugar and half a pint of rich 
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yelks of ti ve eggs. Next thicken the mixture 
as a custard over a slow tire, taking care not 
to keep it over the fire a moment longer than 
necessary-; pour it into a basin aud flavor with 
orange flower water or vanilla. Stir uutii 
nearly cold, then add two ounces of citron 
cut iu thin strips and two ounces of candied 
cherries. Pour into a buttered mold. For 
sauce use any kind of fruit sirup. cook. 
pearl tapioca. 
One quart of milk, one cup of sugar, three 
tafalespoo ti fills of pearl tapioca (soak in water 
over-night), three eggs. Heat the milk and 
beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, 
place upon the hot milk and cook so you can 
touch the linger lightly te them without the 
eggs adhering, Do not cook toolong.it will 
lie tough aud heavy. Take off with spoon or 
skimmer, add the beaten yelks of eggs, tapi¬ 
oca and sugar, and cook ten minutes, c. J. s. 
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