Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-24
HOME MATTERS.
'lNEFFICIENT YCUNG HoUSEKEEFERs -DIsCos-
TENTED wOAEN-H0w To MAKE OMELETs-
VARIOUS USEFUL RECIPES.


TENTED woHEN-How To MAKE ONELETs-
VARIOUS USEFUL RECIPES.
ARGENT WRITER o. HYGIENE says that II it
be necessary TO sit up later than usual the wax
Ing hours thus spent must 10 compensated for
by similar number Of sleeping hours on the
preceding day: and the reason he gives is that
over-fatIgne viii be thus prevented.
THE BORON OF WHITE HOLLAND CURTAINS
may be rendered very handsome by inserting
squares of antique lace; for shade OF the ordi-
nary width three squares are Sufficient; leave
space between each Of the same width as the
square; Of course these must be put in very
neatly and with great care to be effective. Be-
low the hem at the bOtten put an edge of the
antique lace that matches the squares
DRIED AFPLEs.-Tliis article. generally so un-
palatable, by a little care may be made very
desirable add ton to the table. When putting
them on to stew. add handful of rasins, cook
slowly in closely covered little tin pail on the
back part o. the stove in plenty of water. When
they are about half done put in a teacupful of
sugar and let them stew very gently until they
are well done.
JELLY ROLLS are delicious made from this
recipe: Three eggs, half cup of butter, one
cup of flour and one and a half teaspoonfals Of
baking powder two-thirds of cup of pulyeriZed
sugar. a little salt: bake in shallow pans-a
dripping pan well butteTed is good for this pur-
pose; put in the dough till it is about half an
inch thick: take it carefully from the tins when
baked, and lay on cloth; spread jelly evenly
over it with knife; roll while hot; il this is
not done the cake will cTumbie.-N. Y. Post.
IVY AND MOss.-An English writer makes the
following suggestion: Select glass or earth
enware dish. about one-fourth as deep as
broad. and Ill it with sphagnum or bog-moss.
Insert around the edge Of the dish. and train
around and ever the side some branches of ivy;
this will soon take root and grow HyacinthS,
crocuses, or other bulbs, may lie placed in the
moss, or small plants such as FOrget-m e-nOt,
violets, etc. may be put in, and it makes an eX-
cellent receptacle for cut flowers, the ivy FORM
Ing green setting
1T PAYS WELL to pass coal ashes through a
fne seiye - flour sieve for instance. This
Gifted ashes, when perfectly dry, as it should be
kept, is one of the best substances with which to
mix London purple. Paris green. or hellebOre
for the destruction of potato beetles fruit slugs,
currant and gOOseberry worms and the like.
Being lighter than plaster flour, it does not
fall so quickly. but settles upon every part Of
the PLAINTIFF stem. the under part of the leaf
as well as the upper part 1t may be said also
that it aGheres to leaves for longer time. and
Is not so readily washed off by rains.-F11at Re
corder.
PRESERVATION OF wooD.-The increasing cost
of wood in this country has led to great num-
Der of experiments in preserving all kinds of
from decay. Among the more recent
plans suggested is one for imrregnating wood
with asphalt, combined with some antseptic
material. The finished wood. ready to be put
together. is first submitted to heat to drive out
the moisture. and is then placed i'm hot bath
composed chiefly of asphelt and carbolic acid.
On cooling. the solvent of the asphalt evapor-
ates, leaving a skin or coating fthe asphalt on
the surface or the wood that ressts water and
keeps the antiseptic material securely locked
within the pores of the wood The exterior of
the wood presents smooth, black surface that
does not need to be painted. The process is
about TO be tried upon a large scale.-Frona
"The Worlds Work" in TIE July Century.
To CHRoNICALLY DISCONTINUED WOMAN
nothing whatever is as it should be. If she has
son she wishes that he had been daughter:
If a daughter she laments her hard fate in not
having had son. As the children grow up,
they grow exactly contrary to her desires.
Those of the boys who develop intellectual
tastes afflict her by their moral perversity and
humanity rTOcvities; those who are athletes
and want to lead q vigorous physical life affiict
her just as much by their coarseness and want
of soul The daughter who likes home and all
domestic pleasures is servant born out of
place; the daughter who has her due share of
eOquetry and likes pleasure and the world is a
mere butterfly whom no man will marry. Her
pinched lips and sour face grow thinner and
more sour as she d:seantS on their various disa-
UlltieS- anu lilUS Der pleasure IN ner Sell-naQe
maternal disappOintments; but by this time per-
haps you know her, and therefore are not pre-
JUDGED against the poor girls, whose worst
fault is that OF youth, and whose greatest mis-
fortune is the possession of a mother given up
TO chronic and iTreTnediabe discomfort.
To REMOVE Spots FROM MARBLE.-To eradi-
cate iron rust from marble take an equal guam
tity of fresh spirit of vtriol and lemon Juice and
mix them thoroughly i'm a bottle Then wet the
spots, and Il few minutes afterward rub with
soft linen until they disappear. Cleanse after
ward with pure water. For other stains differ
ent preparations are often required. Wine
stains and the like are best removed by the use
of mixture of unsaeked lime in fine powder
with strinsent-soap-iye. SO as to make thick
ISL paste. and apply instantly with painters
brush. and leave it on for two months. Then
make lather of soft soap boiled in soft water,
dip birth in il and give the marble a securing.
After this rub with soft felt cloth OF coarse
flannel, TO give 1t a good polish. Ordinary
STAINS, II not too deep are easily removed with
the following preparation: Take one-duarter
pound OF soft soap, the same quantity of pow
dered whiting, one ounce of soda, and piece OF
biuestone the size of a hickory nut; boil these
together for quarter of an hour, and while
hot apply it TO the marble with piece of fan
mel. and leave it on for at least "a hours. Then
wash IT of with clean water and polish with
coarse flannel, or, what is better, piece of an
Old felt hat
We SHALL HEAR Much LESS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE OF inefficient young housekeepers;'
for it is fast becoming ''the thing in our So
called first families for the daughters of the
house TO perfect themselves in all housewifely
arts. and il looks as though the coming genera
ttOn would restore the prestige of our grand
mothers-when pumpkin pies and plum-pud-
oings were the product OF dainty iingers-and
just here arises the query: ''Did any one ever
hear Of our graadmothers broing a beefsteak:'
good many girls of our day can do it to per-
lection. but Ill give a few hints for the unini-
tiated- Firstly. your fire must be a hot one
and your broiling iron folding one; with
slender bars Before placing your steak on the
broiler trim Off all superf;uous fat otherwise ii
may drop into the fire and, blazing up. smoke
your steak. Never salt and pepper it until after
IL is cooked and placed on dish previously
warmed While broiling turn constantly. ii
these doctrines are followed. and your steak Is
prime beef. the result am sure will be salts
factory. This all sounds very plain and simple
and IL is just there that the difficulty lies
Every cook thinks she can broil beefsteak and
that you can't, and the consequence is it il
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