THE SOTiANTOlT TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNINa, NOVEMBER 10, 189T. G-h 5 SOME OLD-FASHIONED DISHES. I Recipes Used By Our Scoffed Kooooooooooooooooooo From tho Sun. The Impression seems to prevail BomctlmoB that tho so-ailled old-fashioned dishes are not worthy of much thought or attention, and that tho In gredients may ho thrown together In the quickest manner possible, regard less of the Issue. Nevertheless, the real old-fashioned cookery still has plenty of adherents, and Its creations are by no means to bo scorned. If they nro prepared carefully and nerved properly they are not to be excelled. Salted mackerel, such as Is usually served broiled for breakfast, makes a most appetizing dish for any luncheon or Sunday night tea. Instead of broil ing the fish, after It has been well freshened, boll It Blowly In a spider partly filled with water, to which huo been added a bay leaf, half a dozen pepper corns, three cloves, a slice of onion, and a suspicion of vinegar. When the fish is cooked, place It upon a heated platter, and pour around It a well-seasoned cream dressing. Or the freshened mackerel may be boiled In equal parts of milk and cream. "When tho fish Is cooked, put It upon the dish It la to bo served upon and set It where It will keep hot. Put over the fire fn n small .saucepan a heaping tablespoonful of butter, nnd ns soon as it Is melted stir Into It a level spoonful of flour; then gradually stir Into this tho liquid In which tho llsh has been cooked. Season with a little cayenne pepper, and when tho dress ing haA thickened strain It over the prepared fish. Sprinkle chopped pars ley over tho whole and serve at once. Pork and parsnips may not sound very Inviting, but, properly prepared, are one of tho most delicious of dishes. Take a thick Iron spider and cover the bottom with slices of sweet salt pork cut Into pieces nbout two Inches square. Over the pork nrrange a layer of sliced parsnips and above place sliced pota toes. Pour In enough water to cover the parsnips, put a close-fitting cover upon the vessel, place It over the back of the fire and let Its contents simmer slowly until tho vegetables are tender. Then remove tho vegetables to a heat ed dish, but let tho pork brown lightly before placing It with tho vegetables: only a small amount of liquid should bo left in the spider; to this add a little butter, and dredge some Hour over It, season with popper, nnd stir in cream or rich milk enough to make sufficient gravy; when the Ingredients have cooked together, pour the gravy over the vegetables and meat and it Is ready. Another manner of serving parsnips with pork Is thus: Clean pork of tho size desired, score tho rind and place Avieat side down, In a drip saucepan. 4Hr the parsnips into halves length Wfe and place them with the pork. Add a small amount of water, cover the vesel closely and place it over a slow fire. Cook until the meat and vegetables are tender. Kcmove the cover so that If there Is any liquid left It may evaporate and the vegetables take on a golden color. Turn the pork, putting the rind side to the bottom of tho vessel, and let It become well browned; then place it in a hot platter and arrango the parsnips around the meat. PIcked-up codfish, prepared in an ap petizing manner, is not an inexpensive dish, as many consider it. Indeed, a housekeeper who excelled in making delicious dishes of salt cod, when asked to "give us creamed codfish for luncheon, it's cheap," replied: "Por terhouse steaks are Just as cheap." For two cups of picked fish take about three cups of milk and cream. Put tho fish In a saucepan and cover It with cold water. Let the water heat slow ly to tho boiling point, then drain it all off, and add one cup each of cream and milk. Again put tho fish over tho fire and heat. Roll a pieco of butter the size of an egg in flour and mix them together; gradually add to tho butter three parts of a cup of cream and stir this Into the cream mixture, stirring them thoroughly together. Sea son tho fish with pepper and turn It upon a platter holding squares of but tered toast. 'Place slices of hard boiled eggs over the top. Condensed milk Is an excellent substitute for cream. To make an oId-fasahloned oyster fricassee, put the liquor from one pint of oysters in a small granite pan wlih a heaping tablespoonful of cracker dust and set it over tho fire. Plane the oy sters In another pan with two ounces of butter. Cover, tho pan and let the oysters cook over a slow heat until their ednres are ruffled. Have ready a hot platter with pieces of buttered toast about two inches square, and when the oysters are done take them out with a wire spoon and lay .them upon the toast. Turn the broth mix ture Into the pan where the oysters were cooked, season it with salt and cayenne pepper and when It again comes to the boiling point stir In half a cup of cream and turn the mixture over the oyster toast. Haked squash Is not often seen upon tho uu-io-dats menu, but It Is one of the best ways of cooking this winter vegetable. Tho squash Is cut Into rltces of the size desired, nnd then pecltd, and .the seeds and soft part removed. It requires from one to ono nnd one-half hours to bake. Eaten hot with butter and seasoning, it is a good substitute for sweet potatoes. Winter squash can also be baked by cutting It into halves and removing the seeds and soft part, then .turning he cut sldo down In a pan to bake. When it is done scrape the vegetable from the shell and season plentifully with futter, salt and pepper. Squash l drier when baked, and that Is tho BABY UMORS Instant relief for akin-tortured bablcj ami eit for tired mothers In a warm bath with ucuiu. Soap, and a single application of Ibuni. (ointment), the great akin cure, "only speedy and economical treatment for itching, burning, bleeding, icaly, and pimply humors of tho skin, scalp, and blood. (yticura InUlhronhf.utth world. Totti Diud iD Cdim. IciLCoiroiATluv. 8oltl'r&piltor..lloto. a " How w Cur. titrf Dilf llurnor,"uilleJ fiee. BABY BLEMISHES AW W V - Grandmothers Not to Be at Now. roriHon this method of cooking Is tho best. Kinky, tender shortcakes, with slew ed ftults, rich with sugar, between them, and Indian pudding with maple hrup, were favorite desserts In bygone days; but plctnaklng was whnt our Ktn.-idtnothors excelled In. Tho golden 1 ttmpkln and custard pies, rich with cream und eggs, are welcomed ns much now ns formerly, even If tho pumpkin pie Is not baked In a biscuit tin nnd served in square pieces. Tho deep ap ple plo of former days, known as "pan dowdy," Is most TXrellent. Take n deep earthen dish thnt will hold about throe quarts. Peel, quarter, nnd core enough tart ripples to 1111 this dish to the tup. Spiinklo over .tho apples half n cup of sugar nnd one cup of molasses nnd n very little cinnamon: pour over tho whole half a cup of water; cover the top with a plo crust nbout as thick ns for a chicken pic; place the dish in a slow oven and bake nbout two nnd oiK-hnlf hours. When the pie Is taken Ircm the oven take a silver spoon nnd break the crust Into tho apples In sev. crrj places. Then let It stand a couple of hours before serving. Here Is n lemon plo rvclpo that was found In nn old mnnuscrlpt book nnd marked "good:" Press out the juice from a large lemon Into two teacups of molasses and grnto Into It tho drlnl peel from another lemon. Cover a pinto with a thin layer of good plo crust and spread over It one-hair of the mixture. Lay over another thin sheet of crust nnd spread It with tho remaining mix ture. Again cover with a top crust nnd .thoroughly bake. This was said to bo nn excellent nnd tempting dessert. This Is the way to make grandmoth er's orange gingerbread squares, which were always to be found ready when wanted: To one nnd three-fourths pounds of molasses put twelve ounces of sugar, four ounces of fresh yellow orange pool, chopped very lino, ono ounce each of ginger and allspice, nnd two and one-fourth pounds of Hour. Jlelt twelve ounces of butter nnd stir well into the other Ingredients. Cov er the dish holding the mixture and lay It by for twelve hours; then roll tho stuff out thin with ns little flour as possible and cut It into strips about three Inches wide, and with tho back of a knlfo mark them In tho form of checkers. Heat tho yolk of an egg light and stir Into it three-quarters of a cup of milk, lirush tho squares with this liquid and place them in the oven to bake. Ilrush the cakes a second time with tho liquid ns soon ns they are removed from tho oven baked. tiii: cuifjimuN's ti:i:th. This Is Intended l'nrticuliuiy for the .Mothers. Hecause tho milk-teeth, must, In the course of nature, fall out In a few years, to give place to tho permanent set, parents nro npt to nssumo that It is useless to pay special attention to them; they think It will be time enough to instruct tho child In tho care of the teeth when he has his permanent set. Tills Is a mistake. In the first place, It Is never too early to inculcate good habits in the child, nnd his permanent teeth will always be better taken care of If ho has been taught to brush tho temporary set from tho time when he can use a tooth brush. It Is also In tho interest of the child's and the man's good looks, comfort and health, that the milk-tooth should bo preserved as long ns possible. Ono of their most important functions Is to keep a place In the jaws for tho second set, and It they fall out too soon tho second teeth may also come too soon, and out of their regular place; then the later teeth .will not have room enough, and will bo twisted sldcuiso or pushed In front of, or behind, the others In tho row. Tho first teeth, like the second, nro required, also, for the proper mastica tion of tho food, which Is all the more necessary In . the growing child, who needs more nourishment than an older person. Finally, the appearance of a child with three or four open spaces among his teeth Is far from being attractive, nnd parents should bo nshamed to see them ns a consequence of their own neglect In not watching properly over the preservation of. the milk teeth. As soon as tho teeth nppenr they should bo cleaned with a soft cloth, and when the child is old enough, a little brush should be put Into his hand, and ho should be taught tho use of It. After this the mother or tho nurse should seo that It Is used regu larly. Tho mouth of every child should be examined two or three times a year by the dentist, and any little cavities should be stopped with a temporary filling. Indeed, as much care should be taken of the first as of the second sot of teeth, for they are, In their tem porary way, just as "necessary to health, beauty and comfort. Youth's Companion. WAX FOIt Till: CO.UI'I.KMO.V. It Is XcecsMirv to Stiller lo Ho Heiut tlfnl. Prom tho London Standard. ' Wo hnvo heard of a "waxen pallor" ns nddlntr to the Interest or n lovely heroine In works of fiction, but we nev er before heard of any one trying to ne qulro It by eating wax candles. Yet that Is whnt a girl Is said to hnvo done at Worcester. Vith far too complete success, ns she 1ms just died in tho In firmary from the effects. It seems a most extraordinary story. Tho only thing not strange about It is the girl's death, supposing sho really did cat the candles. Some kind nro edible enough, it Is true, especially in cold climates, but they nro made of grease, not wax. Tallow candles are, according to arctic explorers, regarded as a great delicacy by tho Ksklmos, and by all accounts they would not como amiss up at Daw son City this winter. 13ut wax is a totally different matter. It Is not di rectly poisonous, In tho ordinary sense of tho word, nnd a little might do no harm, but It must ho absolutely Indi gestible. Tho wondor Is how any Pane person could come by such an extraor dinary Idea as that her complexion would be Improved by a diet of this kind. There are things which do im prove the comploxlon. Thoro Is arsen ic, taken In very minute quantities; there Is sulphur and iron, and other things which doctors nro In tho habit of prescribing In propor cases. And, no doubt, there aro various less orthodox subRtanccs or tho order of domcstlo romedlas which enjoy a groat nnd wholly Imaclnnry reputation for "clearing the skin." It may bo any thing from cnmomllo ton to gin. Wo- men of tho lower classes have unbound ed faith In tbeso remedies especially in the gin, and educated women nra surprisingly ready to accept tho sug gestions of Icnoranco and superstition in such mutter?. But who over heard of wax candles? People havo been known actually to admlro those mnrvcloua beauties whoso heads adorn tho shop windows of fash ionable hairdressers; and It Is possible that an Ignorant girl might, by iv con futed association of ideas, conceive tho notion that eating wax would produco tho charming complexion exhibited by a wax figure. From that to a diet of candles would 'bo nn easy stop. Tho fomlnlno nnturo is capable of such he roin efforts In tho pursuit of beauty that no sufferlnc would bo too great to undei'21. no risk too great to run. Incredlblo as tho fact may seem, It Is staled on good authority that the re cent shocking death of a lady from the use of nn explosive halt-wash has served rather as an advertisement than a warning. Other ladles have sluco Insisted upon h'avlng their hair done with the sumo deadly compound, choerfully encountering the risk of un told suffering on tho oft chnnco of im proving their appearance. Where van ity Is cor.corned ronnon ceases to exist. All tho tribe of quack beautlflers thrive upon this weakness. In spite of Innu merable wnrnlnsB, women will cover their faces with noxious preparations that can do nothlntr but injure tho skin, they will pay fabulous prices for bottles of rubbish, they will starve thomrclvos, squeeze their unfortunate orvn-ns out of all recognition, and com mit a thousand fantastic follies. They nro the martyrs of vanity, and tho Worcester girl was only rather bolder nnd more original than the rest. Eat ing candles is a novel method of im proving the complexion, but It Is not a whit more futile than bathing In asses' mill: rr using precious salves. Very likely the Worcester girl suffered from hvstorln. which often shows Itself In a capacity for eating strange things, even noodles nnd pins. Hut hysteria Is not easily separable from the exagger ated vanity which makes the ordinary victim of the beauty quack; and it is quite likely that .It the virtues of wax candles aro only assorted loudly enough by come ono or other, there will bo a largo demand for the now "treatment" for bad complexions, in spite of the un toward fate of Its Inventor. AMllKICAN'S TI1I3 IIKST. Lilian Itell Says American .lion Uxccl All Others ns IIiiNhniidi. "American men nro the best hus bands In the world," writes Lilian Toll In an nrtlcle entitled "On the Sub let of Husbands" in tho Woman's Homo Companion. "If these dissatis fied American wives could only know that an nil-wise Providence hnd, In the American man, given us tho best nrtlcle in tho market, nnd that when we rebel at our lot we nro simply prov ing that wo do not deserve our good fortune, they would never even discuss the subject of having any other nation ality. "Of course, In every nation thoro is a iias? of men who are ns noble, as high-minded, as chivalrous as even the most captious American girl could wish. Hut t refer to the general run of mn when I say that there is some thing about, men born outside of Amer ica, a native selfishness amounting to a sort of callousness; a lack of percep tion regarding the fineness of woman hood, which, summed up In a few words, might be called a metal brutal ity, which well nigh unfits them for close social contact with the supersen sitive American women. And just as surely as American women persist In disregarding this subtle yet unmis takable truth, just so surely will they lay themselves open lo these soul bruises of which American men, as a race, nro incapable of Inflicting. I say they are incapable of inflicting them, because American men, In tho face of everything said ntul written to the contrary, aro. In regard to women, tho llnest-gralned race of men in the world. If at first you aro Inclined to question tho truth of that stntement consider tho men who havo been educated abroad. How much is loft tf their American ism? To be sure hej :vo cultured. They understand music and art, and always wear gloves; but are gloves csFentlal to a happy homo? "Now, this is all general. J beg that tho wayfaring man, though a fool, will not Imagine that these strictures are true of every man, who is not an American, or that nil American men nra ' perfect. I hardly think on tho whole, that I need fear that 1 shall bo thought to consider all American men perfect. Hut I do wish' to state clearly and frankly my admiration for American men as a race. And when an American man is a gentleman, ho is, to my mind, tho most perfect gentle man that any race can boast, because Ills good manners spring from his heart, and thoro aro a few of us old fashioned enough to plead that polite ness should go deeper than tho skin." so.iii: imjx na.mi:s. The Ono That Is Host Known and the KonsouH lor Choosing It. I'rom tho Hartford Courant. The term "num. do plume" is not good French nnd thoio Is a pretty general determination to regard It as not good Hngllsh, either, and to drop It for tho more sensible nnd simple expression "pen name." Many reasons may exist why an author may not wish to f-lgn his own iirtiiio to his first attempt at conquering a position in the world of letters. Ho may feel a little shy nbout coming before tho public in propria persona, lie may prefer to remain un known, ho may think that It Is easier to win notoriety for nn alliterative or catchy sobriquet, or he may feel that in assuming n now nnmo it is easier for hint to nbsuino tho character In which ho wJshcs to appear before the public. Thackeray used several names because "ho wrote for different publica tions In different styles, lie signed himself sometimes "John Corks," some times "Tho Prosor." or a Traveller in London." For a certain set of papers ho chose tho nnmo of "James Yellow plush:" for another that ofMlehael Angelo Tltmarch." Tho last was sug gested by the nlcknamo given him by a fric-nd in allusion to tho fact that he, like tho great artist, had a broken nose. The host known pen name In tho world la "Murk Twain," which Jlr. Clemens says "was the nom do plume of Capt. Isaiah Sellers, who used to write river pews over it op tho Nw Orleans Picayune. Ho died in lbC3, and as ho could no loncer use that signature, I laid violent hands upon It without asking permission of tho proprietor's remains, and havo dono mv best to mnko it remain viriat it was In his hands a symbol and warrant thatj whatever Is found In Its company may bo gambled on as being the petrified truth. How I havo succeeded it would not be nodoat In mo to say." MIm Alice French choso tho very at tractivu name, "Octavo Tlianet," by chance; M. Paul Hlouet combined tho first Maine of his French' Grandfather nnd tho last name of his Irish' grand mother Into thf happy combination, "Max O'Jtell," tMiiclnnatus H. Miller, when lie Iwtfan to write po.Mry, wisely concluded lhat it would woem more $ o o o o o o o like real poetry If ho signed his first name "Joaquin." Many women have won fame under masculine names, as Oeorge KHot (Marianne Kvnns,) Char les Egbert Craddock(Mary N. Mur froe,) Georges Sand (Lucille An raw DmU'Vunt.) In the last case tho auth or's parents had the family name, rtuntn, ch'nmrod to Sand. Tho three rjronte sistera chose tho remarkable taking names of Curror, Ellis and Ac ton Uell, inventions which aro really maiked by g3nlus, though they were assumed ns a compromise between masculine nnd feminine unn.es. It Is pretty certain that tho best of the short stories signed "Saxe Holm,' which appeared In Scrlbner's early In the seventies, were written by "H. II." (Helen Hunt.) The secret was well kept, nnd, ivj believe, the truth has never lieon absolutely settled. As a poet , tho name of Edward Robert XUUwer Lyttou Is overshadowed by tho signature, "Owen Meredith," taken from remote Welsh ancestors and made familiar to the English-speaking world by tho favorite of our mothers, tho rhymed novel, "Lucille." "Hcsea Big low's" fame, however, Is merged in that of tho real author, James Russell' Lowell. The affectation of alllterativo pseudonyms like "Jenulo June," "Grace Greenwood," "Fannie Plera, "Frank Forrester," "Oliver Optic," and "Timothy Tltcomb" has gone out. As a rule, writers now sign with their real names. Once it was quite necessary for auth ors to fire ldias at tho nubile from tho ambush of n, pseudonym. Had Junius signed his own name his liberty nnd fortune, and possibly his stature, would havo bec-n seriously curtailed. At present there la no more reason for authors to conceal their identity than there is for preachers to do so. Journa lists, of course, should and do mergo their personality In that of their paper. Reviewers should not sign book notices, for if their personality Intrudes that of the writer whom they are considering becomes present and tho nrtltio ceases to bo addressed strictly to tho public ns It should be. With these excepta tlons there Is no reason for conceal ing the. names of a writer in theso later days, for modestv Is rather an old-fashioned virtue. Resides now no body Is lowered In public estimation even by writing verses. Tho use of tho "pen name,' in j-plto of the recent ex ample of "Inn Maclarcn," may ns well bo abandoned. The mask is worn by highwaymen for personal reasons, but honest people no longer need it for safety. .iiousi: THAi's. Millions. Undo and Sold in This Conn try Annuiilly and Mnuy Imported. This is tho thno of year when there Is tho greatest demand for mouse traps. As cold weather approaches tho mice seek shelter In tho houses of men, and men buy. traps to catch thorn, Thero aro various kinds of mouse traps, In pptf iflllf CLOTHIERS, HATTERS, FURNISHERS. cluding those that require no setting and that take mice alive, and those that require to be set and that kill the mice. In this last class are the familiar old-fashioned wood mouse traps, some made square and some round, having holes In the sides through which tho mouse thrusts its head to get at the bait fixed on a hook within. Traps of this kind are called chokers. Many kinds of mouse traps are sold by tho gross or dozen. The wood chokers, varying in size, are sold at wholesale at so much a dozen holes. Taking nil the kinds together, there nro made In tills country and sold here millions of mouse traps annually, and American mouse traps In large numbers aro ex ported to many foreign countries. New York Sun. CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. Vh fM- ilnlli " lew ierr elgsitsrt ct ,; s " (E 'vvwra 8JS iuarkvi a Helper. TS tho latest ind greatest Invei tion for producing perfect fitting walats. It Is a cut nr.d moulded inter-lining for tho front section of the waist, and is mudo of llsht-w eight canvas and finest lialr cloth. 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Above all, satisfy yourself as to both honesty and good judgment; but be sure of honesty, for that protects you against loss if judgment should fail. Clothes especially ready-made often look right in the store, but a week after don't fit. We have but one answer to that: your money back if you want it. Yes; another answer; Suits and Overcoats that fit and stay fitted you don't know how particular we are, unless you have been here lately. Let the windows speak to you the prices talk they shout at Sainter's. Men's Suits and Overcoats, $8, $10, $12, $15, $18, $20, $25, Boys' Reefer Suits, $1.98, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5. Boys' Vestee Suits, $1.98, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, $6. Boys' Double-Breasted Suits, $1.98, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5, $6, $7, 8. Boys' Reefers, $1.65, $1.98, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50, $5. UNDERWEAR--Fleeced lined, blue, salmon and tan shades, very dainty, at 50c. a garment. Natural wool lined, very heavy, at 50c. a garment. New York Announcement. 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