Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-22
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BREAD IN WINTER
lady writes an exchange, That Is one NJ
ne uouoles that we women experience IN
ne season OF winter, making bread. I was
binhs isdy yesterday that a We could
MAKE ss eood bread, and make it as easily
i. tne Winter as In summer, IL would roo
that gloomy season OF one OF its annoyanceS
One hates TO be tied down TO huckwheat
oskes, corn cakes, Graham gems, biscuit.
abd AL these kinds OF hot cakes that tax
ones time 50 merciIessly; 1 mean the wo-
men don't like IL, but III warrant the men
ana boys mink its real jolly, ha, ma,
1neis 10 whom referred said she had
that very morning called at a neiehhoT's
where they were baking. and she had learned
something new that might profit me. as she
wss SURE IL would herself The pan Of fioar,
with the yeast In the middle OF a. was
standing on three warm bricks, on a chair
beside the stove, well covered up with a
woolen blanket kept for that purpose, COW
cred all over. top, bottom. and sides. Then
when the bread was nodded, and the loaves
were put Ia pans, they were set upon the
good arrangement, provided the bricks are
merely warm. A large pan Is preferable 10
wooden bowl or tray for many reasons.
g. Anoiher woman OF my sequsintanee who
warm enough while rising, tells me she has
hanging shelf over her cook stove in the
Kitchen, which is an excellent arrangement
and serves her purpose admirably. ~ we
could prepare the Yeast and make and bake
the bread i'm a room OF even temperature as
they do at bakeries, we would succeed a.
well In getting good bread In the winter
Ia the summer. IL is because the yeast chills
or almost freezes, that fermentation is such
a tedious process.
think IL Is good plan, on a moderately
warm day in winter, for a woman 10 do a
very large baking-say a dozen loaveS aud
Then when they begin TO grow stale and dry
steam a loaf at q time, and make 10 as good
as new. II you have no steamer-which by
the way IL an Indispensable srticle-dip the
stale loaf suddenly, two or three times, into
pail of water and then lay IL into The oven
for twenty minutes or half an hour. By the
way, Lizzie says: ''Do tell the girls how nice
a steamer is; that IL only costs 81. and they
can get one the same way did. Tell them 4
hailed a notion peddler and told him To bring
US one the next time he came around. aud
that L hunted up old iron and broken pillow
anu waiting when the new steamer came"
HOME MADE FURNITURE
A lady In the Floral Cabinet says that 10
hear one talk about home made furniture
the idea Is conveyed that nothing can be
made OF boxes, half barrels, &C, that will
look genteel enough 10 be called by the name
OF furniture. Now, kind reader, don't be dis
gusted. L have seen common goods boxes
converted into handsome bureaus and
stands; and they are so cheap, and yet so
convenient, that will tell you how 10 make
them To make pretty dressing stand for
a bedroom, take box three and a half feet
long, eighteen inches wide, aud eighteen
deep-longer If desired. Cover IL smoothly
with dark brown cloth. Set IL up length
Interior Will hold many things. Shelves
can be put up IL desired. Have a light frame
work made and painted dark brown-then
vanished. Attach this TO the back part OF
the box, and by means OF screws put mir
TOR firmly In the framework. Take a ruch-
ing of cloth shade darker or lighter than
the other; sew IL around the top OF the box;
this gives IL a finish. II is pretty as well as
useful. and nobody would ever suspect n
having been goods box once In It's time
Another good way TO utilize a large box
Cover Wi o. k
brio, tor, If you think green is poisonous,
use brown leaving the open side of the box
up. The cover should DO fastened on one
side of the box so as TO raise like trunk
I'D. The top OF this Is 10 be padded-the out
side covering should be dark cloth. This in
an upper chamber, is very convenient for
holding wearing apparel, bedclothes, &C.
GOOD cupboards can be made of Ia rye
boxes. Put shelves inside, and nail a strip
around the top OF the box so as TO extend
three or four inches above the level; this
Will prevent articles from sliding of. The
whole is to be painted a good dark color
This, In the kitchen, IL not used for holding
dishes, Will hide so many things that after a
while you will think IL indispensable. Small
boxes make nice foot stools. Stuff the top,
which serves as lid TO the box, thus max
Ing IL doubly useful-good for holding old
will be found useful. In the sitting room
they make good seats for children. Small
boxes are also nice TO hold winter flowers.
Take them about twelve inches deep. eigh-
teen Inches long by twelve wide, (larger il
desired, y and paint them white. The pure
whlte boxes, with the green leaves so fresh
above them, make q beautiful contrast
Keep them near door or window.
A great many things can thus be made
useful which otherwise would only be In the
way.
NEW MODE OF WASHING.
The Ill effects OF soda on linen have given
rise 10 new method of which has been ex-
tensiyely adopted In Germany, and intro
duced into Belgium. The operation consists
In dissolving two pounds of soap In about
three gallons OF water as hot as the hand
can bear, and adding TO this one tablespoon.
full OF turpentine and three OF LIQUID am
mon1a; the mixture must then be well
stirred, and the linen stepped In IL for two or
three hours, taking care TO cover up the
vessel containing them as nearly hermeti-
cally as possible. The clothes are afterward
washed out and rinsed in the usual way
The soap and water may be relocated aud
used second time, but In that case half
tablespoonful OF turpentine and a table
spoonful of ammonia must be added. The
process is said 10 cause a great economy OF
time, labor, and fuel. The linen scarcely
suffers at all, as there is little necessity for
rubbing, and its cleanliness and color are
perfect The ammonia and turpentine, al
though their defensive action Is great, have
no injurious effect upon the linen; and while
The former evaporates Immediately, the
smell OF the latter is said TO disappear en-
urely during the drying OF the clothes.
WASHING FINE USDERCLoTHING.
A leading nrm, importers and retailers of
hosiery goods in Philadelphia, gives the
Germantown Telegraph the following direc-
lions Tor washing merino, lambs wool, and
SILK underclothing, and that paper bears wit
ness 10 its excellence: Use one pound OF dis
solved soap In four gallons of warm water,
In which rinse well the articles TO be washed
drawing them repeatedly through the hand;
wiring Them as dry as possible, 10 remove the
soap; rinse them again briskly in clean,
IukeWarm water; wiring and stretch them TO
their proper shape, and dry in the open air il
possible. The only effects OF RUBBING them
are 20 shrink and destroy the material; IL
should, therefore, never be resorted 20. The
material used In manufacturing silk under
wear being an animal product, IL is abso-
luteiy necessary that nothing but the best
quallty OF soap and warm water should be
used. All kinds OF washing compound destroy
the nature OF the material, giving TO the
fabric the appearance of poor cotton.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Lamps become incrusted inside with set
things from the oil, and ordinary washing
Will not remove them. Take soap suds and
I'LL the lamp about one one-third full; then
put In little sharp sand, and shake vigor-
ously. A few minutes will remove every
pa rticle.
Many persons, in preparing potatoes for
cooking, pare off thick slice from the sur
face Instead OF digging out the eyes. The
sklnning process is all wrong, as the strength
OF the vegetable lies near the surface the
starch growing less abundant as the center
& inns al haS e.