Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-27
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CCEE FOR CHAPFzD HASpS-One part OF gly-
serine, four OF Ponds extract Of witch hazel
four Of water; put in bottle aud shake well;
IL Is ready for use Immediately; it f. well &c
shake thoroughly each time Of using.
WHEN PUTTING AWAY summer stockings see
tsat they are clean and whole: 1t IL a great
comfort 10 ind them ready for use In the
spring. Have calico or cambria bag to hold
the stockings OF each member OF the family.
label each one, in order 70 save time and not
De Obliged 10 look into each to find the ones
you wish 10 see.
TIE BEST WAY to prepare a new iron kettle
Ter use Is 10 M II with clean potato par1ngs
coll them for an hour or more, then wash the
Kettle with hot water, wipe ft dry, and rub II
With little lard. repeat the rubbing for hall
dozen times after using. In this way you
viii prevent rust and all the annoyance5 liable
10 occur In tie use OF new kettle.
Wool BED.-One OF the best kinds Of beds
for sleeping on Is a wool bed-aoout thirty-fiy We
sounds OF washed and caried medium or coarse
with common bed-ucking. | have had one IN
constant use for over twenty years, and IL
seems as soft and good as when new. We like
very much Tor summer bed, but sometimes.
in cold weather, put on top OF it light feather
eed, as this IS rather warmer than any kind OF
mattress, WOOL Is low now, and will make as
cheap bed as any material 50 lasting and
good. Try it.-COuntTD Gentleman.
How TO HANDLE A BRooN.-Not one young
lady I'm hundred knows how TO properly
handle broom. IL Is simple operation, re-
quuihg ohiy little observation and great
deal OF practice. III women generally knew
how 10 sweep there would be fewer occasions
20 replenish Dro0mS. In most instances they
use tie broom "a though IL was their business
10 see how soon they can wear IL out. and the
carpets swept with ft can be worn out. There
ought to be school where the art or sweeping
would De taught. The acquisition OF know
ledge OF the art OF properly welding the broom
IN the household would not only save money
cut greatly promote physical health.-Phtia.
star.
CHILDREN OCGTT to be fed with reference TO
the needs OF their growing bodies. 1t is very
aesirable TO have variety of bread. Brown
bread is excellent, the corn meal being e5pec-
tally good to help make strong and white
teeth. A TaVoTtte way OF making i5 is TO take
two cups OF meal. one or fOur-White or
graham can be used one cup or sweet milk
one OF sour, two tablespO0ufCl5 OF molasses.
enc ts2SpCODful OF SaleTatuS ard a little salT
sometimes when making Ii find that / have
not any sweet mix, and SO use water in place
OF IT, OF course the milk makes il more nOuriSh-
ing. This should be Well beaten and put into
two quart basin. which must first De thor
Oughly creased. Steam the bread one hour
then set IL in the oven TO dry and to brown
Any time from fifteen minutes to half an hour
VIII dc; this will depend on the state OF the
oven.
EXCELLENT ORANGE JEILY.-FoT small dish
OF Jelly take little more than half package O.
geiatlne and dissolve il III half cup OF water.
ietttng &c stand Tor an hour. Then add the Juice
o. I'VE sour oranges ana little less than a
these together, pour on the whole a half PM
OF boiling water. The mixture Is not to 20
near the IRE at all. Put IL into your mould and
SCI IL 10 cold place. When ready to serve dip
ne mould for an instant into hot water and
then turn out the Jelly. Double the Quantity
Tor a large dish. The cook who has no .TtudT-
nent" Ia regard 10 quantities win never be a
good cook. For the toierable ones 1t may be
added that "a little less than pound OF sugar
may be attained by weighing out Q pound ana
then taking out about three eYei tablespoon
Irr.HT
gelatine means half a package and about a
level tablespoonful added-N 7. Tribune
FRESH AIR IN TIE BED RooM.-How much air
can be safely admitted into a sleeping or living
room Is common question. Rather, it should
De considered hOW rapidly air can be admitted
without injury or risk, ana at how low a
temperature. We cannot have too much fresh
ar, so long as we are warm enough. and are
not exposed TO draughtS. What Is draught?
IL IS a swift curTant OF air, at a temperature
lower than the body. Which rob9 either the
whole body, Or an exposed part, or It's beat SO
rapidly as TO disturb the equilibrium OF our
circulation and give Us cold. Young and
healthy persons can haoituate themselves to
Sleeping ID even strong draught. as from an
open window, Ii they cover themselves, Ia cold
weather, With an abundance OF bedclothes
But those Who have been long accustomed 10
being sheltered from the outer air by sleeping
In warmed and nearly or quite shut up rooms
are ZOO susceptible TO cold to bear direct
draught OF cold air. Persons over seventy
years OF age, moreover. with lower Vitality
than In their youth. Will not bear low tenn
perature, even IN the air they breathe. Like
not house plants, they may BE- killed oy a winter
night 5 chll and must be protected b. warmth
at All times. As rule We may SIy that. except
for the most robust the air which enters az
night into sleeping chamber should In cold
weather, DC Admitted gradually only Oy cracks
or moderate openings; Or should have its force
broken oy some mtefpoSed obstacle, as Il
curtain. etc. TO avert its blowing Immediately
upon sleeper 10 his bed. TAe ancient fashion
however, OF having bed curtains, which exclIis
almost al the air. has rightly Income alalo1t
ob5olete. No wonder That people dream horne
dreams, and Wake III TIE morning w.arte.J
rather than refreshed, when thsy siee1 ia
ROOMS sealed up tightly on every side; br atu
ing over ana over again tneir own Ore ,rns
which grow more poisonous with every hour q
the night.--fWPs1Cnfi, HrGtH Primer
WINTERING GERANICHS--Dr. c., OF Washing
ton county, wishes 10 learn some easy way 10
keep geranlUFnS through winter, as he does not
waRt 10 be encountered with them Ia his room
and he has no greenhouse. He has tried the
commonly recommended mode or hanging
them up IN cellar by the roots and failed
entirely. We may state IN answer 70 his in
curry that properly managed they may be
almost as easily kept as potatoes Not by
hanging them up. although this way some
tlmes succeeds IN very coo! cellar that never
freezes, and the air OF which is not TOO wet nor
100 dry-perhapS one hundred in pound.
lie mode We have long adopted with entire
success, is TO take up the plants as soon in
autumn as II is unsafe 10 leave them out trim
OF nearly all the tops leaving few buds aud
small leaves and then plant them IA boxes
about two feet square and eight inches deep
using lamp OLD SaT0uSt TO plant them In
packing Il solid and filling carefully all Inter
suces. II put IA loosely II VIII settle aud the
roots become dry. A dozen or twenty NAV he
placed 10 one box or the size We have described
The size OF the box Is a matter OF no IMPORT
ance, Only Tor convenience in handling. Place
the boxes square and close against the largest
ana hshIeSJ- window In the cellar. where the
plants can have GOOD light. 4 small dark
NlnoON VIII hardly answer. The boxes may
stand on a sIep-l3ddeF. goods box or Hover
stand, close up to the glass The sagfir5T
need not be Wet but only slightly damp and
Will not require TettiDg more than two or three
times before spring, even IN a warm and dry
CelLaT. In such cellar the plants viii make
some growth; IN cool apartment they viii re-
main nearly dormant. In spring. start them
In hot Ded and set ont n a weII-Ia 1t,t1rad baI
as soon as the weather viii safely admit. and
JBey VIII bloom all through the season m
thtTe are only few and there is no hot bel
'iley may De started Ia pots In the house
IRONING MADE EASY Some time since ra
ceiYed letter from a housakeepar. Ia which
sne gave her method Or ironing and would
Ike 10 give her plan, which have tried ann
proven excellent. The washing is all mi
through tne WTlDger as smooth and evenly az
peesiote, and each piece Is given sharp suaD
DeiOIe hanging Oh the line When nearly. or
quite ury, theT are taken carefully OF and nut
IhUo lne basket; the lighter articles In the bot
tom ana the heavier ones laid across the Ton
AL are then Immediately folded TO correspond
10 the size or sheet doubled to one-eIghrh
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