The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-31
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Hints ON Housed .old Matters by n Delaware
Housekeeper.
IAmericUI Agriculturist for April IL
TURNIRs On GRIDDLE Il had seen for
some time statement going the ROUNDS OF
newspape'.s, thas turnip used IN ruooing
the grid die while cooking griddle cakes.
would give the desired smoothress and do
away " it'll the unpleasant smoke. l doubted
it, bat a trial soon convinced me that the
statement was correct. i found, however,
that at times it was necessary, when begin
ming, to put a very little grease on the tur-
nip, but this made no sppreciable smoke.
PUTTING AWAY TUss.-A very little thing,
vet worth Knowing. One week my regular
washer woman could not come, but sent
substitute When she returned, OF the toi-
lowing week, found her tuggiDg away at a
nest of tubs finding it almost impossible TO
null the inner one from the eDclasping outer
one Il never have this trouble SAID sne,
when 1 put the tubs away myself HOW
do you avoid it?" questioned. why, do
YOU not see she has put ali the handles IN
straightsline. Now 1 always set them away
50 that no tw handles shslI come together
Then. If they do swell, lean have thorough
use of the handles. and with them the tubs
are soon separated"
RIGnr AND LEFE.-My little boy was left
handed. l had found, by experience, that
school life would be particularly irksome 70
him if that defect were not reRedied before
he begau school. II wss useless for me to
try to persuade him to draw pictures on his
little slate with the right hand. That
hand was really weaker than the other;
he could not guide it. SO made
little pictures on the slate, nothing In
tricate. then rubbed them off with my
finger till only the dam outline could be
seen. These required HIM to trace. The
weak hand that could not originate line
could, little by little, approximate the
rubbed outlines. Afterward, by the same
plan. taught him to write the letters OF the
alphsbet. and by the time he was old
enough to go to school, he had learned to use
his right hand
MEEDIEG A CARPET.-My dining room car
pet was only q rag carpet to begin with lat
terly 1t had become a ragged one. l was con-
templating 1t ruefully one day, knowing that
the state of my purse would not allow me
to replace it Just yet with a new one.
could think of no way to mend it, but by
big patches tackled in place. In
the midst of my dilemma an ex-
perienced old lady entered. who
suggested paste instead OF tacks. IL
have repeatedly put muslin patches over
the carpet with paste" said she, "and 1T
is surprising how well 1t holds. +! took the
hint. Patches are not, in their nature,
beautiful, yet patched garment is decidedly
better-lookiDg than a ragged one, and the
same Is true of patched carpet, and my
patches were 80 easily apple and proved 80
adhesive, that rarely swept
the room withou: q mental benedic.
ton upon the one who suggested 1t
CUTTING HoT BREAD One day company
arrived Unexpectedly. Supper was just over,
and no bread had been left had just
taken from the oven some delicious-looking
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live in country place where there is no
baker. In my bewilderment happened to
remember that in Mrs. Wbitney's cook book
Just HoS," she suggests heating a knife, in
order to split open hot short-cake. Why,
thought l, may not smoking hot high.
bread be sliced with hot knife? 1t is
the cold surface of the steel applied to the
warm dough that produces a disagree
able clamminess. heated my carving knife
and tried il. The bread sliced beautifully,
and as piled it up to bring to the table, /
put it on a plate upon which had laid a
fresh napkin, for the contact of the hot bread
with the cold plate would have produced the
same sodden clammlness on the surface of
the lower slice. OF course l would not
recommend the slicing of hot loaves
except upon emergencies. AS frequent
diet 1t might prove injurious, but
not more SO than other warm breads.
A BABY TENDER My baby was creeping
all over the floor, and bad no nurse for her.
There were times when she drove me nearly
distracted. When l was busiest, it seemed
to me she crept into the most dangerous
places Just imagine woman, busy pre-
pairing dinner. Except herself, baby is the
only occupant of the room. She opens the
oven to haste the roasting beef Just
as her entire energies are directed
to the operation, baby takes advantage
of her STOPPING position and oreeps up
har kaQ no fhn
child, and 1t is with extreme difficulty that
she replaces the hot pan without an acci-
dent. 1 frequently found myself In such
positions. At last I thought of q remedy, l
procured dry goods box, such box as
shoes are generally packed in; its dimen-
sions were as follows: Depth, half a yard;
width, Is inches. and length, one yard. This
put in one corner OF the kitchen. When
ever 1 was particularly busy, 1 caught up
the darling and boxed her. She
might dislike her close quarters, might
struggle to get free, but at least she was safe.
But in little while she did not dislike her
pris m. She learned to pull up by the sides
and look over; she took her first steps sup
/, ported by its sides, which were at a con-
venient distance apart; by and by, she
would walk from end to end in her efforts to
be near rae as moved about the room. But
il is aclumsy affair. l shall have a much
better one for the sitting-room. Ii is to be
made of the same dimensions, but simply q
skeleton frame. except that the floor
is to be solid. Upon this frame, which is to
be very smooth around the top, shall tack
wire gaufs; the entire structure is to be on
casters, that l may easily roll it aboJ
long flexible strip is to be tackled from tide
to side, like a basket handle. From
this shall suspend the toys | find amuse
her and rather think my homemade baby
tender will be q comfort. Some bright bits
of Brussels carpet, which l have been saving,
will. when nicely bound, come in place as a
rug for baby's box.