Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-28
Household Hints.

A cheap and efficient refrigerator can be
mace Dy cutting away the floor In one corner of
board over; ii preferred, a cupboard already
made can be used. The aperture must be
covered with strong woven wire. and one or
Two wire shs,ges aceordIng to the height
neys into the cellar, as bread butter, cake, &C,
need not be brought up and taken down before
and after each meal.
1t sometimes becomes necessary to use the
coneepot for drawing tea, or Uice persa When
ever this occurs, turn boiling water In and
shake around until every part Is heated; turn
labout the Size Of handkerchief) inside the
coneepot; hold the hand over the spout to con-
fine the steam about fifty seconds; remove the
ana Is Teady lot Tea af Of c9ee as the
can be detected.
During cool summer weather, when MIX
SOurs slowly, 1t Is sometimes difficult to deter
mine which Is the oldest-the cream on two or
three mesSes presenting about the same ap-
pearance. II bit OF chalk is kept close at
milking marked alike, In half the time one
would spend in deciding which was the hitter
to skim.
81 would as soon think OF doing without a
broom as clothes-stick," was the remark Of an
old housekeeper, and l agree with her. Old
broom handles cut Off to three feet in length
make excellent sticks for stirring clothes and
be hung up with large picture ring, which
must be left In the clOthes-stick.
When am ready.to do anything, even though
1t be disagreeable, / dislike to wait; cOnSe-
quently when looking for pattern, have not
the patience to unrOll one after another till the
right one Is fOund-therefOre ] always mark
the name thereon. / tried writing the name in
the corner, out found it TOO tiresOme
10 roll the same piece outside each time.
l now take Is inch wide strips of new muslin
and print the names On them, then tie the pat
terms Herewith.
II the husband does not take pleasure In
KEEPING the scissors Sharnopo6 tho wife Ynucf
DO the next best thing and sharpen them her
self: have an old pair that dull very easily
| take them to the stove, and holding the bows
quite close TO the hearth, cut the blades across
the edge thereof. 1t does the work nicely.
nave read that small scissors could be sharp
ened In the same way with large darning-
needle, though have never tried 1t; Charley
keeps mine too sharp for that.
any one desiring number OF different stamps
ioI cutting cookies, can add to her list by using
Inc rings from broken fruit-cans.
~ - oIten task TO wash potatoes, beetS, &C.,
Ior COOKING, without removing the skins. II
wafer as warm as the hands can be borne In Is
POuIeo over them, and they are washed briskly
VIII "a, CioIh kept Tor the purpose, then drop
Ptu lhto COLO water, the freshness will be unin-
Jured and much time saved
Every house Especially ii It contains child
rem VINO are liable to have their fingers
crusheO should have arrangements for fasIen-
Ing the windows up when raised In lieu of
any tnlng Detter, any boy can make buttons
N inches wide, inches long u inch thick
V-shaped at the ends, fastened outside one inch
rom the saan, Dy screw through the centre,
When the sash Is raised 1t Is to be turned, and
noios lt securely In place.-tCountry Gentleman