Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-28
HOME MATTERS.
HOW TO MAKE VIENNA coFFEE-'PARKER HOUSE
RoLIs"-PREPARING SKELETON LEAvEs-NEw
STYLE OF WINDOW BATCH OF sEAsoNABLE
SUGGESTIONS.

To RENDER CoTToN GOoDs uninf1ammable. add
to the starch size fifteen parts borax for every
thousand parts size.
MANY PERSONS may not know that white
paint may be cleaned as we'll as windows, by
using whiting and water.
To RESTORE THE Color to black stockings.
procure twopennyworth of logwood shavings.
| and bCil the stockings in pint of water With
them.
IF YoU DIP Your BROOM in clean, hot suds
| once week. then shake it till it is almost dry,
ana tEen hang 1t up or stand it with the handle
down. it will last twice as long as ii would
without this operation.
GREEN BELL PEPPERs make delicate relish
If eaten with salt. Cut the pepper in narrow
strips. after removing the seeds and rinsing in
cold water; dip the strips in salt. as you do
celery. Serve on plate or in a shallow glass
COFFEE GROUNDS make highly successful
filling for pin-cushion. They must be dried
perfectly before using. Put them in bag and
hang behind the kitchen stove till you have
enough that are dry tO'fll the cushion. They
| do not gather moisture and consequently do
not rust the needle.
POTATO BALLS are very nice for breakfast
Boil them, and while still warm mash them
until there are no Jumps left: then mix butter,
pepper, salt, little chopped parsley, and one or
more raw eggs; beat these together thoroughly.
in -four, and fry in butter.
To PROTECT THE IRONING BOARD from dust,
take two paper flour-sacks, cut the bottom of
from one and paste this one to the top of the
other to make the required length; when done
slip this over the board. The outer covering of
the board need not be taken off after using. IL
this care Is taken, and much time Is saved.-N
Y. Post.
A GLUE which will resist the action of water
Is made by boiling one pound of glue in suffi-
cheney of skinned milk To make a strong
glue for inlaying and veneering, take the best
light brown glue. free from clouds or streaks,
dissolve 1t In water, and to every pint add one
half-gill OF the best vinegar and one half-Ounce
OF isinglass.
Corn CUREs--Dissolve one part OF salicylic
acid in forty parts Of collodion; apply several
times week. The corn dissolves with little
trouble. For hard corns, apply at night mix
ture of one part of carbolic acid and ten parts
of distilled water, glycerine and sOap-liniment:
envelop with gutta-percha tissue, and the corn
may generally be removed the next morning
To Cook HAM IN CIDER.-Put pint of cider
and cup Of brown sugar into enough water to
cover the ham; boil three hours or until the skin
will peel off easily Remove the skin, cover the
ham with crust of sugar. and bake in slow
oVen.three hours Dissolve cup of sugar in
pint OF cider and basic the ham frequently while
baking. If the cider is very sweet use less
sugar
LIMA BEANS IN WINrER.-One of my neigh
bors Is 80 successful in keeping lima beans for
winter use that her example may we'll be fol-
lowed by others. When the beans have done
growing and are ripe, she cuts the stalks of,
and, leaving the beans in the pods, lays them
away IN cool, dry place. and keeps them with
out difficulty. One who has never eaten beans
that have been kept thus cannot think how
Iresh and appetizing they taste in midwinter.-
". y Post.
A MOST delicately- perfumed powder for wash
ing the hair or making sachets may be pre-
pared from orange-bOssom Into box which
contains three ounces of powdered starch throw
three-quarters of an ounce of fresh orange
blossom; mix well with the hand, so that the
flowers are divided equally over the powder:
SUR up three times day. After twenty -four
hours. remove the flowers and put in the same
quantity of fresh ones; repeat this tor three
days. 10 retain the perfume the box must
close t1ghtly.-Den,OresfS Monthly.
VIENNA COFFEE.-Equal parts Mocha and
Java coffee; allow one heaping tablespoon of
coffee to each person, aud two extra to make
good strength mix one egg with the grounds.
pour on the coffee halt as much boiling water as
Will be needed, let the coffee froth, then stir
down the grounds and let it boil FIVE minutes:
then let the coffee stand where it will keep hot
out not boil. for five or ten minutes, and add
the rest OF the water. To one pint of cream add
the white OF an egg. well beaten; this is to be
put In the cups with the sugar and the hot
coffee added.
LEMON CANDY with which to celebrate the
chidren's birthdays is made of three pounds of
white sugar, the juice of one lemon, the grated
peel OF half the lemon, half teaspOOnful of
soda and over half cup Of water; do not put
the sugar and water on the stove to boil until
the sugar is entirely dissolved. then let it boil
until it will harden, in cold water, add the
lemon then and let it boil up once; after this is
put In take from the stove and stir in the dry
soda; turn out on buttered plates, and pull Wig
orously when it is cool enough to take in YOUR
hands; form in stick or odd figures, Law on
platter, and set in cool place for an hour.
COMMON MISTAKE IN DWELLING HOUSES
A very common mistake in dwelling houses is
to nix stone on sheet OF iron or other metal.
iald directly on the wood flooring. This, al
though intended as measure of safety is
really an invitation to danger, for the metal
soon becomes heated, and, as the wood beneath
1t is desiccated the chances of FIRE are height
ened The stove should either stand upOn a
slab or stone or else the sheet of metal upon
which 1t Is fixed should be raised few inches
from the timber, the space below either being
nlled In with some non-conducting material or
left for the circulation of current of air.
NEW Fl RIM OF WINDOw.-A new form of WIN
dow is being introduced in England The main
object Of the invention is the prevention of &C
cfdents in cleaning. but the arrangement affords
an efficient means of ventilation. The principle
consists in dividing the two side bars of each of
pair Of ordinary sash-frames into two parts
vertically, and swiveling the part carrying the
glass in the sidepieces at point central to it's
height. The frame with the glass is held in no
sition by couple of small bolts in the top rail.
which shoot into the side-strips Thus ar
ranged. the two sashes slide up and down i'm the
ordinary way. At very moderate cost. exist
ing frames can be fitted with the arrangement.
The pivoting obviates the necessity of the
cleaner getting outside the window
To MAKE COOP ROLLS AND YEAsr.-A lady
correspondent of the Western Rural saws:
Here are two recipes, which my husband says
are worth S5 apiece:
Parker House RoHs.-At night take two
quarts of flour, rub in three tablespoonful of
lard, make hole in the middle of the flour and
put in one pint of cold boiled milk, one-third
cup OF good yeast, three tablespoonfuls sugar.
one well beaten egg, one teaspoonful salt; stir
well: let it stand till morning without mi king,
then mix and let stand until noon. roll out thin
cut with biscuit-cutter spread with butter
fold over. let them get very light and bake in q
quick oven.
"Hop Yeast.-Take four good-sized potatoes
boil and mash fine. One-half cup each salt and
sugar, one quart lukewarm water Boil one
handful hops and strain one pint off them. adj