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0000000000000 260000088 About the ....- House - SKIM MILK IN BREAD MAKING. It is common pragsice 1n many households to use more or less milk for mixing dough, since it is believ- ed that the quality of the bread is thereby improved. Frequently skim milk is used instead of whole milk. Doubtless comparatively few persons realize that skim milk has a fairly high food value, and that its use makes bread more nutritious, in ad- dition to improving its quality. It must be remembered that when the cream is removed the milk is depriv- ed of only one of its constituents, namely fat. It still contains practi- cally all the highly nutritious casein and other nitrogenous materials, as well as the milk sugar and ash orig- finally present, in addition to about 0.3 per cent. of ash, (good whole milk contains from 3 to 5 per cent. fat.) According to a recent report in the journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association, skim milk ma- terially increases the yield of bread and consequently the profits in bread making. It was found that 280 pounds of flour would take up 175 pounds of water in mixing the dough, and yield 94 {four-pound loaves, there being a loss of 71 pounds of water DURING BAKING. The same quantity of flour would take up 210 pounds of skim milk and yield 110 four-pound loaves, the skrinkage during baking in this case being 50 pounds. The water bread is said to sell for 10 cents and the milk bread for 11 cents per loaf. As- suming that the above quantity of skim milk was worth $1.64, the skim milk bread would yield a profit of 86 cents more than the water bread. At its annual show, held in Lon- don in October, 1899, the associa~ tion conducted tests on the value of skim milk for making scones and pancakes. The dough from the scones was made from 14 pounds of American flour, 11 pounds of sour milk, 38 ounces of bicarbonate of poda and 3 ounces of cream of tar- tar. This dough was cut into pieces weighing 6 ounces, rolled out and baked on a hot iron plate, yielding 25 pounds of scones. The mixture for pancakes was similar in compo- gition but thinner, 14 pounds of flour being mixed with 16 pounds of skim milk and the same amount of leavening material as before. This batter was cooked on a hot greased plate, yielding 30 pounds of cakes, there being practically no evapora- tion in baking. The large amount of skim milk utilized in 'proportion to the flour is noteworthy. If the scones and cakes are sold, the skim milk has practically the SAME COMMERCIAL VALUE as the flour, since very nearly equal juantities of the two materials were used. In the preparation of soups, such as potato, celery, tomato, green pea, and green corn soups; fish, lobster, clam, and oyster chowders, bisques and stews, skim milk will (satisfac- torily) replace the whole milk that the directions for preparing usually call for. Skim milk makes as good white soups as whole milk. Bread mixed with skim milk is more nu- tritious than that made with water. All kinds of quick biscuit, griddle cakes, etc., can be made with skim as well as with whole milk. <In most kinds of cake, skim milk will be found a perfect substitute for whole milk. If the skim milk is sour, so much the better for cake and quick bread making, as only half the cream of tartar called for in the re- cipe will be needed. : Sweet skim milk can be used to advantage in making rice and Indian puddings, custards, squash and pumpkin pies, and the like, in the preparation of chocolate or cocoa as a drink, in the making of sherbets and other ices and in dozens of oth- er ways which will readily occur to housekeepers. THREE DESSERTS. Cream of Fruits--Soak one level tablespoonful of granulated gelatine in one-quarter cup of cold water for 15 minutes, pour one-quarter cup of hot milk, add one-half cup of sugar. When it begins to thicken add the whites of two eggs beaten stiff; also one-half pint of thick cream diluted with one-third cup of milk. Cut one- third cup of prunes into small pieces, add one-third cup of chopped figs and lemon juice to taste. Decorate a melon mould with whole cooked prunes, pour in the cream mixture and chill. Newton Tapioca Pudding--Soak five level tablespoons of pearl tapioca in cold water for two hours. Scald four cups of milk and pour over four level tablespoons of corn meal, three- quarters cup of molasses, three level tablespoons of butter and one level teaspoon of salt. Cook together in a double boiler until thick, then stir in the tapioca and bake the mixture in a well buttered baking dish. Pour one cup of milk over the top, but do not stir it. Bake oné and one-half hours and serve with cream. Mocha Souffle--Melt three level ta- blespoons of butter, add three level tablespoons of flour, three-quarters cup of fairly strong Mocha coffee and one-quarter cup of cream. Take ylin a moderate oven. '|'stant it is done, else it will fall. For from the range, add one-half cup of sugar, a little salt and the well-beat- en yolks of four eggs. Beat the whites of the eggs dry and fold in, 'Ithen bake the pudding half an hour Serve the in- the sauce, mix the yolks of two eggs with one-quarter cupful of sugar and a few grains of salt. Pour over this custard one-half cupful of Mocha cof- fee. Cook in a double boiler until it thickens. Cool this thoroughly and fold in one cupful of whipped cream. KITCHEN NICETIES. The cooks' hands should be clean! "Oh, the idea!" sniffs one. "What cook doesn't wash her hands the first thing when she begins to prepare food?" To be sure! But absolute and continual cleanliness is what is meant by the present insistence. Not simply that the hands be washed well at the beginning, but that they be washed--washed--washed repeat- edly. A basin of water at a conven- ient height near the stove, an ample towel on a nail or rack beside it, are indispensable. Above all, let wash- ing the hands be the final act before mixing bread. Thousands of cooks thoughtlessly handle the furniture, wipe the breadpan with a limp dish- rag, and even arrange their hair im- mediately before plunging their hands into the bread tray. Meat from the butcher's shop should be washed or carefully wiped with a moist cloth as sweet and fresh as a lady's handkerchief just from the laundry. From slaughter pen to pantry is a long road, and there is time and room for lodgment of many a disease germ It is a common habit, but a fear- some one to give children coins as playthings. The baby plays gleeful- ly with the big silver dollar given by its mother, who, in turn, has receiv- ed it from a street pedler whose pockets were filthy and whose very scent was unsanitary. To the dollar itself actual dirt adheres, but to the artless baby it is a big wheel to roll, a moon to toss up and look at, a tea cake to bite, and a candy tablet to suck! SS A CHEMISTRY OF TEARS. Weeping Improves the Sight Instead of Weakening It. Tears have their functional duty to the body, and the lachrymal gland is not placed behind the eye simply to fill space or to give expression to emo- tion, says an exchange. The chemical properties of tears con- sist of phosphate of lime and soda, making them very salty, but never bit- ter. Their action on the eye is very beneficial, and here, consists their pre- oughly that sensitive organ, which al- lows no foreign fluid to do the same work. Nothing cleanses the eye like a good salty shower bath, and medical art has followed nature's law in this respect, advocating the invigorating solution for any distressed condition of the optics. Tears do not weaken the sight, but improve it. They act as a tonic on the muscular vision, keeping the eye soft and limpid, and it will be noticed that women in whose eyes sympathetic tears gather quickly have brighter, tenderer orbs than others. When the pupils are hard and cold, the world attributes it to one's disposition, which is a mere figure of speech, implying the lack of balmy tears that are to the cornea what salve is to the skin or nourishment to the blood. ol Savage Legends. The savage Islanders of the south Pacific believe that ¢he world is a co- coanut shell of enormous dimensions, at the top of which is a single aperture communicating with the upper air, where human beings dwell. At the very bottom of this imaginary shell is a stem gradually tapering to a point which represents the beginning of all things. This point is a spirit or demon without human form, whose name is Root of All Existence. By him the en- tire fabric of creation ig sustained. In the interior of the cocoanut shell, at its very bottom, lives a female de- mon. So narrow is the space inte which she is crowded that she is oblig- ed to sit forever with knee and chin touching. Her name is The Very'Be- ginning, and from her are sprung nu- merous spirits. They inhabit five dif- ferent floers, into which the great co- coanut is divided. From certain of these spirits mankind is descended. The islanders, regarding themselves as the only real men and women, were formerly accustomed to regard stran- gers as evil spirits in the guise of hu- manity, whom they killed when they could, offering them as sacrifices. "And now, my son,'"' said the father, "as you are about to go into business for yourself, it is well for you to remember that honesty is the best policy." 'Yes, father," said the noble youag man. "That hon- esty is the Lest policy. And," eon- tinued the old man, "if you will study up the laws, you will be sur- prised to find how many things you can do in a business way and still be honest." Ba ------ "My wife doesn't seem to be pro- gressing, doctor," remarked the anxious husband. "No,"' answered the physician ; "when she gains a little strength she uses it all up try- ing to tell her friends what's the matter with her." accomplish, like every other fluid of | scribed duty of the body, washing thor-~ DAN CUPID, CHAUFFEUR By Lilian C. Paschal Copyright, 1901, by Lilia . Paschal PU VT, VP. Pr. Pr Pr. vr ves "Society, frivolity, charity, and the greatest of these is charity." Anice covered a rosebud mouth, half blown into a yawn, with a gloved hand as she stood in argumentative attitude before the flickering gas log. "I'm sick of the first two, lady moth- er. Therefore will I practice charity." "Well," sald her mother plaintively, taking up a novel, "do be careful with that automobile. Don't let it run away with you. You'll get smallpox or some- thing down in that awful ghetto, as you call it. And be sure to change your clothes before"-- But her tall, willful daughter was al- ready half way down stairs. Pausing in the hall and thrusting her hands in- to the sleeves of her long raglan, she said: : "Go back to my room, Celeste, and bring me the violets to wear." "Oui, mamselle, but ze violets have faded since yesterday. Ze pink roses go better wiz miladi's gown." Biss Anice repeated her order more imperatively. She would have told you that she detested dictation and pink teas. ; Dr. Harvey had been guilty of the first in an eminent degree. In con- sequence he was carrying round a re- turned diamond ring in close proximity to a very heavy heart, which had also been declined with thanks, as though it were an unavailable manuscript. Charity covers a multitude of heart- aches. Therefore was Miss Anice speeding on errands of mercy this clear December day. And the fateful Juggernaut car which had ridden ruthiessly over two fond hearts and brought about this state of affairs was no other than the little white electric runabout which was now carrying her ghettoward. "Harvey was always so superior!' she thought scornfully as she pressed down on the accelerator and shot around Deadman's curve, narrowly grazing a policeman and scattering his convoy of pedestrians. "I can run the White Arrow as well ag he can." For their quarrel had been brought about by a difference of opinion as to her qualifications as chauffeur. To be sure, the little wish newsboy to whom she was playing Lady Boun« tiful was laid up with a pair of smash- ed toes as a result of a contested right of way. In the encounter her auto- mobile had come out on top in every sense of the word and had been since gallantly carrying supplies to a de- feated foe whose wounds the farsee- ing parents did not allow to heal too rapidly. "But of csurse everybody has to learn to be anything," she comforted herself, not choosing to remember that Harvey had counseled her to wait till she did learn before venturing out of the park, "and papa gave me the White Arrow only in October. I think I've done pretty well in that time." She sighed when she thought how long it had been, because it was only the week after that Harvey-- Oh, dear! And he had hinted about a pearl necklace for her birthday! Now, among her tiresome gifts, not éne from him, not even a bunch of flowers-- he who had sent her violets every day! But she blushed as she glanced down at those tucked under her coat lapel. She was winking so fast to keep the tears back that she did not see the nu- merous warning symptoms of the great lower east side, the hundreds of chil- dren, abundant riches of the poor. Be- coming mistily conscious of a gurgling squall stopped half way down a baby throat, she looked back and saw a sprawling infant in her wake. The White Arrow had gone complete- ly over the child, "straddling" it neat- ly, so she picked him up more frighten- ed than hurt. After comforting him with some of Ikey's confectionery sup- vlies she rode on, leaving him with round eyes still staring tearfully and rounder mouth peacefully stuffed with raisins. : Arrived at last in Hester street, she checked brake and lever in front of the tenement where Ikey abode. She was at once swarmed upon like a queen bee by hordes of children to whom the dai- ly visit of the white, horseless buggy was a great event. It is sad to relate that with all her vaunted capability as an autorist Mis- tress Anice forgot a small but very im- portant matter. She went up stairs loaded with good things to gladden the heart of Ikey and his numerous rel- atives and forgot to take from its socket the little running plug of the White Arrow. With that tiny key safe in her chatelaine bag the capacity for mischief in the combination of small boy and automobile was reduced to a minimum, Her electric horse would be hitched fast. But with that brass plug lurking impishly in its hiding place behind the leather apron of the seat and with little Mose Rudinsky's bump of curiosity much inflated the fnevitable occurred. "Ye're afrald™ What juvenile bosom ever failed ta respond to that battlecry? Mose scrambled up the big, fat cush- foned wheel. . "Der loidy zed fer us not ter tech ut!" warned another stolidly, while a third cautiously fingered the shining, unlit eye of the fore light. Mose stood up and grasped the bright steering lever. It moved and the front wheels with it, bumping vi- clously into the shins of the boy who had questioned the courage of Mose, whereupon that young gentleman laughed triumphantly and sat down comfortably on the soft leather seat, his grimy face, tousled black hair and greasy garments ludicrously out of place among the luxurious cushions. His elbow struck the controller han- dle. There was new food for investiga- tions. Mose investigated. The White Arrow started obediently down the street. Miss Anice was descending the rick- ety stairs amid a shower of blessings when she heard a shout below. "What's wrong?' she demanded of a panting child. "Yer nottymeble!" he gasped. run--off--wid Mose!" When Anice reached the pavement, breathless and pale, she could see down the narrow street a runaway au- tomobile, with a frightened barehead- ed boy clinging to the seat and scream- ing frantically. She ran blindly after him, dizzy with visions of a sickening collision on the street car line a few blocks away. A burly policeman joined in the chase, and recruits swarmed up, seemingly from the ground. Suddenly a tall young man in a Jong ulster appeared around the corner ahead of the flying White Arrow. "Jam your lever back!" he cheuted. But poor Mose was too frightened to obey. He only clung tighter to the controller, pushing it to the third notch. The carriage shot forward. As it bowled toward the tall young man he sprang out almost directly in its path. He waited till it sped alongside, then quick as a flash flung himself on the rear of the auto. Grasping the pro- jecting axle, he swung himself up, then reached over the back of the seat and seized the controller. "Lift your foot," he commanded. Mose, with face very white under its dirt, obeyed meekly. ' "Now, youngster, where did you get this machine?" The tall young man seated himself calmly, backed the runabout slowly and turned it around, following the direction of Mose's trembling finger. Miss Anice was waiting to receive them at the crossing. "Oh, Harvey--you," she said, then very dignifiedly: "Thank you very much, Dr. Givins, I had no idea"-- "I was down below here to see a pa- tient." He bowed gravely as he de- scended from the carriage. "In Hester street?' she queried. "Yes," he said, meeting her glance unflinchingly. "I bave several in this region, Tkey Meemstein among them." He did not deem it necessary to add "It's that he also had practiced charity only since October. . "Shall I assist you up, Miss--Anice?" the last as he caught sight of the faded violets. She followed the direction of his glance and blushed furiously. "There was no card with them"-- she excused weakly. "But you knew they were mine, didn't you, Anice, dear?" "Yes, I thought so," she said very softly. Then she bravely flew the flag of un- conditional surrender. "Wan't you please take me home, Harvey. the White Arrow very well--yet." His face lit up joyfully as he swung into the seat beside her. His left hand 'was upon the controller, but his right disappeared under her raglan sleeve. BLUNDERING DUKE. The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar has a reputation in Germany for "pulls'"' worthy of an Irishman. On one occasion his kind heart took pity on a murderer sentenced for life, so he remitted the "last three years' of the sentence. Once while visiting a public school he noficed two boys of striking sim- ilarity in appearance. "Why, what a remarkable like- ness !" he exclaimed. 'Those lads must be twins, are they not ?"' "Yes, your royal highness,'"' re- plied the principal, and he beckoned the two frightened youngsters to him. "Ah, my son," said the prince, placing his hand on the head of one of them, "what is your name ?"' "Heinrich."' "And how old are you ?"' "Six." '""And you ?" he said, turning to the other boy. ' "If anyone asks for me, James, 1 shall be back in ten minutes," said Mr. Fosdick. "Yes, sorr,"' replied the Irish office boy; "and how soon will you be back if no one asks for you 2' Jaggs-- 'Doctor, my wife has in- somnia very bad. She very often re- mains awake until two or three o'clock in the morning. What shall I do for her ?"' Doctor--' 'Go home earlier." ' enable the 1 don't think I can manage. FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND, NOTES BY MAIL FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. Many Things Happen to Interest the Minds of Auld Scotia's Sons. Lerwick ¥arbor Board are about to erect a fish mart, to cost £3,000 along the Esplanade. The Linlighgow Oil Company are to close their mines. Sg¢veral hun- dred men will be thrown idle. A large portion of the voof of St. Enoch church, Glasgow, was de- stroyed by fire recently. Over 10,000 tons of Scotch pota- toes have been exported from Dundee to the United States this season. The late Mr. Neil McLean. Edin- burgh, has bequeathed about £20,- G00 to the National Bible Society. The collections for the Lifeboat Saturday Fund during 1891 totalled £21,433. Glasgow contributed £1, 400. Owing to the large takes of herring at Lerwick many boats from the east coast have proceeded there. The income of the National Bible Society of Scotland last year was £36,641, and the expenditure £28, 855. Four children, who had been left alone, were burned to death in the house of a miner in Rutherglen. Rev. Dr. John Duncan, minister of Abdie, Newburgh, and father of the Church of Scotland, has' died in his 90th year. Edinburgh Presbytery declined by 21 votes to 17 to express disapprov- al of the running of cars in the city on Sundays. Lord and Lady Balfour of Burleigh were presented by the curlers of Al- loa with valuable gifts to commem- orate their silver wedding. The annual meeting of the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Associa- tion was held in Glasgow under the presidency of Lord Inverclyde. The sale of pedigree cattle at Perth was concluded last week, the total realized for the two days amounting to £9,710 for 326 ani- mals. The annual meeting of the Scottish Licensed Trade Defence Association was held in Perth. Resolutions against proposed legislation were passed. Mr. J. M. Barrie, Emeritus Profes- sor Masson and M. A. C. Mackenzie have been unanimously appointed honorary members of the Scottish Arts Club. The church at Hutton, Buscel, near Scarborough, was struck by light- ning. The tower was wrecked, and over half a ton of debris fell on to the roof. . Glasgow Improvement Trust Com- mittee have agreed to apply for par- liamentary powers to acquire land by agreement within or without the city. During 1901 over 10,000 opera- tions were performed at the Glasgow Dental Hospital, the number of pa- tients attending the institution be- ing 7,607. The decision of Glasgow town council to increase the salary of the chief constable of the city from £900 to £1,000 has received official ap- proval. Mr. Laurence Pullar of Perth, has provided a sum of £10,000 for the completion of the bathymnietrical sur- vey of the fresh water lakes of Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. W. T. Lithgow, shipbuilder, Port Glasgow, has given £10,000 to town council to carry through their scheme of erecting houses for the working classes. Glasgow Parish Council has agreed to appoint a committee to inquire how far the (Council would proceed in the way of providing the outdoor poor with suitable houses. . Scottish shipbuilders launched dur- ing February vessels of 47,210 tons, as compared with 14 vessels of 22,- 811 tons in January, and 18 vessels of 61,500 tons in January, 1901. At Cupar, Duncan Kennedy, for- merly accountant of the ILadybank branch of the Union Bank of Scot- land, was tried and acquitted on a charge of stealing £530 from the bank. Aberdeen Town Council has resolv- ed to make application to the post- master-general for a license to estab- lish and carry on a telephone ex- change within the Aberdeen area. Some years ago the trustees of the cottage at Alloway in which Burns was born decided to restore the his- toric building and its environments to their original aspects as far-as possible. The work is now practi- cally complete. A number of modern additions to the cottage, and one or two buildings erected since the poet's days and used as a museum and re- freshment rooms, have been demol- ished. The Rev. George Matheson, D. D., who is to be honored with the de- gree of LL. D. by Aberdeen Univer- sity, is the famous blind preacher and poet. He is a native of Glas- gow, and lost his wight in early youth, but studied for the ministry, and was licensed in 1866. His fame as a preacher, and his ability as au- thor and poet, is widely known. 5 AL TRE Ee "Beauty is only skin deep," re- marked the Wise Guy, "Yes, and some people are pretty thin skinned at that," murmured the Simple Mug. "Are you sure you love me for my- self alone,"" asked the romantic young woman. "Well,"' replied the practical young man, 'I don't think I love you for any one else."