The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-09-17
CHIT. CHAT Fer LADIES.

An exchange tells the ladies how to pre-
pare Tomato Sauce. These are the dlreo-
tions Gather your tomatoes when fully
ripe, and after washing, mash them in
some suitable vessel Then place them
in a kettle over a moderate fire, and
when just warmed through, press a cullen.
der down upon them-theu dipping from
the cullender all the watery juice possible.
After boiling it a short time strain the
mass through wire seive, Just fine en-
ough to retain the rinds OF the fruit-then
return - 80 ths l'attlA. aud boil il down
to the desired consistency, (some preTer
it thin, as it retains more of the flavor,
taking all care that it does not become
scorched in the process. Heat the bottles
you intend to use, in a steamer, to boil
ing heat, and while they retain this heat,
GIL them with sauce in a boiling state
Then cork Immediately with good corks,
and place them where they will cool.
TO Dye Wool Scarlet-Take one gallon
of water to one pound Of yarn-aso one
ounce Of cochincal, two ounces of cream
Of tartar, and two ounces and a quarter
of solution Of tin When tho water comes
to a boil, put in the cream of tartar, then
the cochincal; when dissolved, add the So
luton of tin, aud then the yarn, stirring
it all the time. Let il boil fifteen min
utes, air it once or twice, and then rinse
it well in soft water.
To make hndela5le hk-Put six cents
worth Of luner caustic into bottle, and
to il the eighth Of gill Of vinegar; let it
stand in the sun from ten to fifteen hours.
In another bottle put two cents worth Of
gum arabic, and about gill of rain water.
The first preparation is the ink the Sec
ond is the preparation to be frst placed
on the linen. After marking, expose to
the suns rays.
TO Destroy Flies-To one pint of milk
add quarter of a pound of raw sagar.
and two ounces Of ground pepper; simmer
them together eight or ten minutes, and
place il about in shallow dishes. The
flies attack it greedily. and are soon suf-
located, BY this method the kitchens,
may be kept clear OF fies all summer,
without danger attending poison.
Starc6 PoIish-Take one ounce of
spermaceti, and one ounce of white wax:
melt, and ran il into thin cake on plate.
A piece the size of quarter dollar, add
ed to quart of prepared starch, give a
beautiful lusLre TO the clothes, and pre-
vents iron from sticking,
BlusiRg for Clothes - (Better and
cheaper than indigo Take one ounce Of
soft Prussian blue, powder it, and put il
in bottle with one quart of clear rain
water, aud add one quarter ounce of oxsl-
10 acid. A teaspoouful is sufficient for
large washing.
",Such Love ofa BoRnef'-The fall
fashions for bonnets,as stated by the Paris
correspondent of the Philadelphia NORTH
american. provide artificial fruits as a sub
stitute for flowers. The latter will pass
entirely out Of use. Instead of roses,
Johnny jumpups and daf-down dillies,
the bonnets viii be graoed with clusters
of artificial currents, or grapes, cherries
and other fruits, done in a glass, Of the
least possible thickness. The new bon
net is a unique affair and resembles cab
bage leaf, trimmed with tomatoes. The
price is cheap, only thirty aollarsl
6tTFs OltPpeFs-A a Iady correspondent
Of one Of our exchanges says when
your slippers and buskins begiu to be
white at the tip of the toe, we can recon-
mend a "blacking," discovered by oUr
own necessities and misfortures as ga
careless boarding school girl" Take
three parts of the white Of au egg, and
one from the ink bottle. Put il on with
a bit Of sponge. Ordinary blaoking wo't
Of course ruin kid or morocco"
To Extract Indelible Ink, rub the stair
with little salammoniac, mosted viii
water.