Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-29

TIoN-HOT MILK AS A STIMULANT.
ASMlLL piece OF salt pork cooked with string
beans adds to the flavor and richness of the
dish.
IL the water in which new cabbage is boiled is
Changed once or twice, it will be less likely to be
indigcstible.
CELERY salt added to the dressing for potato
ami other salads. gives an agreeable flavor; it is
preferred by many cooks to celery extract for
soups also.
If dry beans are soaked all night in soft water
they will be found to be much more tender than
If soaked in hard water; they will require less
time for bOIng, though they should be boiled in
hard water
BANANA pie is a delicacy much enjoyed by
many people. Make rich paste, not too thick
slice the bananas and scatter sugar over them
season with any fayorite favoring, or with
oTaageS cut in small bits.
THERE is eminent medical authority for the
statement that unripe or very old potatoes con-
tain a certain quantity of solanne This NAV
produce serious results if the potatoes are
boiled with their skins on, and if they are eaten
In large quantities.
DAINTY DISH to be served with cake and
berries is made by grating a fresh cocoanut
beating the whites of five eggs to a stiff froth,
adding two large spOonfuls of sugar and a pint
OF thick sweet cream ana beating this also till
II is very light.
Ar21SS and dresses made of barred muslin
Should be ironed on the right side i'm order to
give the stripe the peculiar gloss it has when
new. The greatest care must be taken with the
Irons. for one black spot will spoil the good
looks of the dress.
A CORRESPONDENT of the American Aqricul-
tD-ist claims that winding string tightly
around the body or limb in June or July will
caus, barren fruit trees to Weld the following
Season Let our readers try it on single limbs
and alternate trees this summer The string
Should be cut the following winter or early
Spring.
THE Rural Ne,c YORKER states from trials that
young tulip trees may be easily and safely re-
moved by cutting back the entire stem within
TWO or three inches of the neck leaving only
neck and roots to be set out. Hundreds of
trees thus treated mostly grew vigorously, send
fng up from near the roots new and straight
stems
To KEEP CHEESE MoIsT.-Many hCusekeepers
complain that their cheese becomes dry and
some Use kind of bell glass to put their cheese
In. very simple expedient will keep cheese
In the best condition. Take a linen CLOTH or
Cheese cloth. dip it in white wine sQueese out
excess of wine, and wrap up the cheese in it.
By doing this the cheese is not only kept moist
but its flavor is improved.
POTATOES A la I.YoNNAISE.-These are much
simpler than the name implies. Rub lump of
good butter over the inside of clean. smooth
slightly-warmed skillet, turn in some cold
Doied potatoes cut up, add pepper. salt. a
Iittie chopped parsley and perhaps the least bit
OF onion very fine Shake from time to time
and see that they do not brown. Fried white
Is the accepted slang in fashionable hotels for
this m Justification in the art of potato cooking
A LADY, writing to exchange says: Never
give up choice but decaying rose bush till you
have tried watering it two or three times with
SCOT tea Take SCOT from a chimney or stove
with which wood is burned and make a tea of it.
When cold water the rose bush with it. When
ali IS used pour boiling water a second time on
the SCOT The shrub will quickly send out
thrifty shoots, the leaves will become large and
thick, and the blossoms will be larger and more
richly tinted than before To keep the plants
Clear OF insects syringe them with Quassia tea.
Quassia chips Can be obtained from the apOthe-
carries"
VERY NEAT HANGING FLOWER POT is made
easily and with no expense from a cOcoanut
shell. There are divisions in the shell plainly
marked by slight ridge that divides it into
three eqla parts; burn a hole lin each of these
about haM an inch from the edge; take some
small wire and fasten by twisting into each hole
Have these wires of equal length. as long
you like Put In some bits of charcoal or broken
croekery: then hill with earth. Set out OXalis
IVY. or whatever you please for a trailing vine
anu hang before a window. and you have of
The neatest arrangements possible. Ifyou have
bracket shelves across your windows little
hook can be inserted in the edge and this basket
hung on it.
COLD-wATER BATHING-Dr. Dio Lewis saws
Cold baths of the skin good. but it is doubt
full II flooding the stomach on going to bed and
on rising is not on the whole. the most prOita-
bic form of cold bathing. Costiveness piles
and Indigestion are uniformly relieved by this
morninS and evening cold dOuche. The guam
t1ty must be determined by each one for himself.
Two o. three swallows will do to begin with
but the quantity will soon grow to q lumber
70 uab
more with marked benefit. If advisedly man
agei every dyspeptic will be greatly improved
D. this cold stomach bath.
Her MILK As A STIHULANT.-Of hot milk as
. stinuiant the Nsiicai Record says: milk
heated too much above one hundred degrees
fahrenheit loses for time a degree of it's
sweetness and density. No one who fatigued
by oyer-exertiOn Of body or mind has ever ex-
pereneed the reviving influence of a tumbler of
TINS beverage, heated as hot as it can be sipped
VIII Willingly foregO resort to it because OF it's
peing rendered somewhat less acceptable to the
palate The promptness with which its cordial
influence is felt is indeed surprising Some Dor
tlon OF II seems to be dgested and apprOpr-
eteh almost immediately. and many who now
Iafcy they need alcoholic stimulants when ex-
nausted by fatigue will find i'm this annie
orauSht an equivalent that will be abundantIy
Sat;Siylng and far more enduring i'm its effects'
CURE FOR SUNsrR0KE.-So soon as YOU reach
your patient take hold of him and carry or drag
Aiil Into the shade Place the body i'm q sitting
posture. the back against wall with the feet
anu legs resting upon the sidewalk and ex-
teiidti In front of the body. Get ice water and
bottle OF some strong essence Of ginger. Pour
the lee water over the head copiously; never
MIND tue clothes Then pour two or three table
spoonfuls OF ginger in about half tumbler of
water. and make the patient swallow it
quickly Keep the head cool by using little
OF the ice-water and in case there is not much
OF glow upon the body, give more ginger. II
this recipe Is promptly used and fully carried
out In every case the board of health will never
nave death to report from this cause 1t is no
experiment or quack remedy 1t costs but
lew cents and half an hour or an hours time
Ginger Is by far the best to use but where it
cannot be had quickly, two or three good drinks
Oh brandy will answer.-Ne,o Orleans Picdvune
How TO SET THE TABLE.-First let the cloth
De clean. and of as fine texture as can be
afforded. Place a glass nearly full of moderately
Cold mot ice) water at each seat and as many
more classes, or suitable size and STYLE as there
Are To be different kinds of wilma A. aach pIato