Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-21
HOME MATTERS.

an EASY WAY TO make hard water soft is this
FIJI the wash boiler with hard water then put
half a teacuptuI of wood ashes into a LITTLE
cloth bag. let this lie In the water until that
Is warm enough TO use. This Is worth know
Ing.
TO GET RID or keep off the current worm an
experimenter says the way be does II Is to cut
out all the young wood sprouting from the
roots In the spring. This insect, so very de-
the new wood at the beginning and then
spreads over the whole bush. This Is easy TO
Try.
1T Is COMMON PRACTICE 10 use bits of old
carpet as lining for stair carpets, but much
better way Is to take strips OF an old bedquilt,
have them not quite the width of the stair
case. wash and dry first, then put smoothly
over the stairs, lacking In q few places. 1t Is
softer than old carpet, and Will not wear the
outer one nearly so much. OF course this is a
hint for those who cannot afford the Mica
Innings that are made on purpose.
IT is Nor generally known that milk is not
only good solvent OF quinine but that it also
DISCUSSES It's bitterness. writer In q medical
journal states that If one grain of the sulohata
De dissolved In an ounce or milk the solution is
scarcely perceptibly bitter A dose OF five
grains may be taken In two ounces OF milk
Mso fu Tshnlaerng unReasant and If taken
pears. Another Surgeon Recommends the use
OF solution OF quinine In giycerine In the
10 De taken In wineglassful OF milk.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CREAMS that
are more delicious than those any confectioner
VIII ever offer you try this recipe: Take two
cups OF granulated or pulverlzed sugar half a
cup OF cresm-milk win do, but 1t needs cream
time 1t begins 90 boil, not from the time you
put IL On the stove. After taking from the
stove stir Till it is stiff; flavor IL with vanilla:
then drop on buttered plate and let it re-
n no
have a cake OF chocolate broken In little pieces
In bowl; have some water boiling In the tea
Kettle; set the bowl over IL; the chocolate VIII
soon melt; then take q fork and roll the drops
in the melted chocolate, and put back on the
Plate TO harden. Observe the directions care
FULLY. and you cannot fall TO be pleased with
the Tesult.-N. T. Pos.
oBLONG MIRRORS are now hung crosswse.
new treatment for those old mirrors, of which
almost every house holds one or more SUPER
animated by reason OF their frames Is to have
them re-framed oy any carpenter. These pain
wooden frames are four inches deep, sloping
backward, and are finished In several different
ways One such mirror on exhibition is stained
with grays and browns In oils and then deco
rated with hanging punches of snoWbalIs.
Another has On one corner sprays of golden
rcd, and on the diagOnally opposite corner a
barren Dough On which perch SnoWbirds
AN nae frame Is covered with red plush Ga
thelr lol1age. ACROSS the upper corner is a
band OF Old gold quarter of an inch broad In
that were tied below with old-goid silk. Mr.
Louis c. Tiffany's unique decoration on some
or the draperies oil the seventh Regiment
Armory is seen In tablecover on exhibition
In which metal rings were seved on plnsh IN
chain- armor fashion. With moderate dijcre-
ton, such novelties can be used with very good
enect-The Art Amateur.
VARIOUS HINTs.-Do not put carpets In your
closets; oilcloth or mating is much better and
can be easily kept free from dust. Mating
O hot
damp cloth. Hot salt and water wifi thor.
eughly eeanse 1t and viii not d5colOr 1t. II
one could afford to do IL it woulc Dc a health
ful plan to lay aside the carpets of sleeping
rooms during the summer, and Substitute the
cool fresh matttngS. great many people
laugh In a somewhat scornfuI way at any new
sns gestons relating to matters Of health; they
BEST without much regard to their results. In
nothing Is ignorance and narrow mindedness
more plainly shown than 10 this people didn't
use TO De so IA raid of their drinking water and
OF glucose and such things till these chemists
ana scientific men said so much about them
one man remarked to another. '.I'll n ever pay
any attention to en-" was the reply In q
tone which settled the question and preclu1ed
ali possibility OF discussion. It may not be out
OF place 10 ADD that the last speaker was SUI
feTfDg from the effects OF typhoid fever and
mat several o. her members Of his family had
had severe attacks OF diphtheria.-N. Y. Post
Cool FLOORS AND COOL RooNs.-The late no.
spell makes all housekeepsrs ready to take up
their carpets and put their floors on a sum-
mer footing Mating makes delightfully."-
cool room when the windows are kept bowed
or LOT onHghted parlorS on summer evenings
out red and white mating, which is the most
durable SORT does not look as cool as a staile1
boor,- Staining floors is so easily done at
Con G. and as these are the easiest rooms In
tne whole house to keep in order, 1T Is not sur
pTislng that every spri 90 the housekeeper In
ctlhes 70 have yet another room finished" fn
this way, and lays down her mattings In the |
nails and entries, Wler re bare floors ara mia.
lest
TIE Art Interchange gives the following d. |
De Partially covered with rugs: Buy at any |
mouse painters store turpeuine and linseed |
Oh mot boiledl. ask them TO put little Jap
burnt sienna or Vandyke brown, or both, &C.
Cos ding TO the color Of the rugs and the tint |
on the walls These colors come Pvt Up In |
TN cans, smaller but otherwise similar to to- |
mato or fruit cans. After your floor has peep |
washed thoroughly clean, Is free from dust. |
ana dry, begin by opening your can and nix
ing, IN another receptacle, the Oil, turpenune
ana anal pant. Kememner the OIL is 70 thin your
should be so thin that 1t viii run With LIQUID |
readiness: Lay IL on with brush as thick as |
yous aaH.SS, stroktns the brush the way OF the !
old gloves and go over the moor with rag.
In fact, you will need two rags, one pretty
well charged with paint, TO rub In every Gre
vice, and another rag to rub on any superb nous |
mind IN the way you stop. DO not stop In
straight line across the grain OF the wood, but
carry your brush irregVlarly down, taking a
hint from natures lines In the wood you are |
preserving with paint, BY mixing the burnt |
sienna and Fandyke brown, you Will secure |
rich color without needing TO use the paint 10 /,
a thick FORM Your mixture should be so thin
mat the grain OF the wood will show through,
If y0u have too much turpentine, the paint |
will rub of. II you have too little, your room |
Will need more days TO dry. Twice as much |
Oil as turpentine, certainly, Do not ecoIo- |
Tnize the Oil, and be as prodlgal In ruoping as |
seur strength Will permit" To Keep /
the gloss on a stained MOOR IL Is recon- !
mendeo once week 10 wipe up the floor |
with diluted outtermilk or sour milk.
TABLE CHINA AND GLAss.-Engllsh china, |
decorated In rich colors and bold designs, Is |
chosen for dinner sets, while for teas, for des.
sert, and for luncheons light decorations In |
delicate cclors on thinnest French wares are |
preferred. The gay coiOring done by Minton, |
ard the rich luSIrOuS Crown Derby sets, are
Objects of desire to housewives, rivalling the
superb old blue and white Nankin and India |
sets that have been handed down as heir
looms. Some round and some oval dishes are
low made IL each set, and octagonal plates
are shown, but are not so popular as rou1d
ones. Soup plates are made much deeper
than formerly for ordinary use. and there are