Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-04
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HOUSE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. scREESs-ofD
MAHoGANY-LuNcH PARrIEs-THE SICK ROOM
soAE ExCxLLKNT RECIPES.

| LEMONADE which is intended for a sick person
should be strained This is particularly nece.-
sary II there is any trouble with the stomach
As the tough nbers Of the lemon are hard to
digest.
TEAsPooNFUL Of charcoal In half glass Of
warm water often relieves a sick headache. IL
absorbs the gases and relieves the distended
| stomach, pressing against the nerves that ex.
tend from the stomach to the head.
| CHARCOAL forms an unrivalled poultice for
wounds and old sores IL is also invaluable for
what is called proud flesh. Ii Is great disnfect
ant. II swectens the air II placed in shallow
dishes around the apartment, and foul water 10
also purified by Its use.
III BUT little light is admitted to an apartment
the ceiling should not be dark but even In this
case It should never he white Cream-color.
formed of a little middle chrome in white, will
| harmonic with almost any color and is even
| more reflective than white itself
BOILED CELERY makes an agreeable dish In
the early months, when the celery NAV have
some little bitterness about It. Wash and scrape
one large bunch, cut Il in inch lengths nut
| into boiling water, and cook until tender; make
drawn butter sauce to pour over n, or cover
| with heated cream, season with mace and nut
| meg.
How To CHOOSE HoSEY-The dark speck.
'honey-bread," and entirely destroy the flavor
OF any comb in which they are found 1t is bet
ter TO buy clear. dark buckwheat honey which
Is coarse I'm appearance. but sweeter than the
whitest sweet clover comb which is tainted with
"honey-bread."
SALLY LUNN.-Rub three ounces OF butter
into q pound of -four; then add three eggs
beaten very light, a little salt, one gill OF Yeast
and as much milk as will make II into a soft
dough. Put it In a buttered pan; cover II and
set 1t In a warm place to rise. Bake in A
Turks head" In a moderate oven and send 10
table hot; to be eaten with butter Sally Lunn
is an excellent tea dish.
ANGELS FOoD-the custard. not the cake-is
made by dssolving one box and a half OF CELIA
tine In one quart OF milk. Add the well-beaten
yolk OF three eggs, one cup Of sugar. Let all
Just come to a boil Then take it from the
stove. and when it is nearly cold stir in the
whites of the eggs, which you have beaten to a
stiff froth, the juice OF one lemon then flavor II
with vanilla. Turn i'm mould to cool This
can be prepared for tea as well as dessert.
FRIED CABBAGE.-Cut the cabbage very fine.
on slaw cutter II possible salt and pepper,
stir well and let stand five minutes. Have an
iron kettle smoking hot. drop one Tablespoonful
OF lard into 1t, then the cabbage stirring brskly
until quite tender; send to table Immediately
An agreeable change Is to put one-half a cup OF
sweet cream and three tablespoons of vinegar
the vinegar added after the cream has been well
stirred-into the cabbage and after taken from
the stove. When properly done invalid can
eat 1t without injury, and there is no offensive
odor from cooking.
STANDING SCREENS painted on colored enam.
elled cloth are popular There are usually four
long panels and sometimes four smaller ones
fitted in at the base with small cluster of the
same flowers as adorn the panel above. This
material is extremely easy for painting on It In
much used for the splash cloth, fastened to the
wall behind washing stand. Some design 10
painted on it, such as kngfsher watching for
prey among PUSHES over water. or q flight of
swallows. The cloth is bound round with some
binding gimp OF the same color and then nailed
to the wall. The dimensions are according to
taste and the size of the washing stand.
REPOLIsHING OLD MAHoGANY.-The following
method Of repolishing old mahogany is recon-
mended by competent authority: Put into q
bottle half pint of alcohol, quarter of a pint
OF vinegar. quarter of pint Of linseed oil, and
one ounce OF butter Of anthony; shake them
well together. Wash the work well with warm
water in which a little soda has been dissolved
and thoroughly dry it. Then roll up q piece OF
cotton wool into a rubber, moisten it well with
the mixture and rub this brfskly over the work
until 1t is dry. This il a French polish reyiver,
and may be used with good effect, where a fair
body OF polish still remains on the furniture.
CARE OF THE CANARY.-''L. c." asks what
she can do to remove lice from her canary A
pet bird OF my own being afflicted so deeply in
this way that he did not sing at all. and seemed
to be tired of life tried this remedy with sue
cess: put little Of the flowers Of sulphur In
thin muslin bag and tied it to wire I'm the
cage; as he hoped back and forth he would hit
the bag, and the sulphur powder would slit out
on him. In q week he commenced to sing and
in q short time he was restored to health Ii
the bird looses feathers, it is a good plan to
Ia CIll
put very little in the water in his bath-tub.
Keep the cage clean. and put fine sand on its
foor.-N. T. Post
THOSE WHO HAVE the ordinary cheap japanese
fans Of a few years back will do well to consider
that in Japan, as elsewhere, purity OF natural
art is gradually being distorted by acquired
fashions and tastes; and that probably I'm very
few years such frail fans will be more rare, less
attainable, more valuable. An efficient plan for
their exhibition and preservation from injury Ia
to have pieces Of ebony or other wood fixed
against wall and pierced at intervals to allow
the handles to slip through. thus sustaining
them in an upright position close to the wall.
Such an arrangement. carried round a room,
with the fans touching each other, at a level
Just above the dadO, would suit room calm in
color, and with such Japanese arrangements as
seem always to tone well with old English fur
nture.-Art Amateur.
A SENSIBLE FASHION FOR LUNCH PARTIES In
popularity in both city and country Young
ladies who wish to spend few hours together,
and who have no escort upon whom they can
depend, find these early parties very enjoyable.
At a very successful one last week the bill Of
fare was as follows: Two kinds Of bread two
kinds Of cold meat, chicken salad, which ap-
peared to be the work of an artist, SO delicate
and perfectly blended were the several ingredi-
ents, potato cream-that Is mashed potato
mixed with the well-beaten whites of several
eggs and then put into the oven till if was very
hot, pickles and celery, escaloped oysters; two
kinds of cake with chocolate and lemon ice,
concluded the feast. All was served with exqui-
site neatness; the table was frightened with q
few flowers and with quaint pieces Of china, the
chocolate being served in shell-like cups Of
brown and white or cream cOlor.-Neeo York
Post.
Early HOurs the style.
From the Pittsburg Telegraph.
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