Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-29
HOME MATTERS.
HOW AMERICAN WOMEN GIT WHITEHEAD AND
Notwithstanding RATEs-"DiGTTATED
STOCKINGS" GOOD RECIPES.

oAoUlH DAD lRoSS--Io nave your san ToHs
clean and smooth rub them first with piece OF
wax tied In n cloth, ana afterwaTd scOur them
them ON paper OF thick cloth stfcwn with
Coarse salt
MOTHS IN CARPETs.-Persons troubled with
CARPET moths may get rid Of them by scrub6ing
the floor with strong hot salt and water before
laying the carpet. and spTinkl'Dg the carpet
with salt once a week before sweeping.
CHAFPED HAXps.-Powdered starch is an ex-
cellent preventive of chapping of the hands,
when it is rubbed over them after washing and
drying them thoroughly. 1t will also prevent
the needle in sewing from sticking and becom-
Ing rusty. IL is therefore advisable to have a
small box Of 1t in the work box or basket, and
near your wash basin.
AMERICAN WOMEN AND CoNPr.ExIoNs-
american women can stand good deal ofmen-
tal and bodily exeftion without showing wear
Gil after fifty, II they take seven to eight hours
sleep, dress warmly and live In warm houses,
eat three good meals day and live in the sun,
besides keeping the air of their rooms moist. 1t
u the sunless, dry stale air women live in
three-f0urths of their days which withers and
wrinkles them more than the rapidity Of the
pace they live at.
BELIEF FOR INFLAaED FEET.-The first thing
70 be done is to take of and throw away tight
lifting boots, which hurt the tender feet as
much as if they were put into press. Then
take one pint of wheat bran and one ounce of
saleratus, and put it into a foot-bath, and add
one gallon of hot water. When it mas become
cool enough, put i'm the feet soak them for Is
minutes, and the relief will be almost iInme-
date. Repeat this every night for a week and
the cure will be complete. The burning,
prickly sensation is caused by the pores of the
skin being closed up so tightly by the pressure
boots that they
Country Gentleman.
In THE OPEN AND GaRNIsHED CRATES left
empty of wood or Goals by the spring house
cleaning place large furling fans of gilt paper.
yard or more across. for fire screens instead of
the japanese parasol, which has become rather
tresome- There are some ferns that will grow
IN these fire-places but the fans are more con-
venient for the half empty houses on their sum
mer footing, The pretty new rolling shades of
nne bamboo are. of all things desirable for sum-
mer window curtains. Peacock blue mating
comes for the center of the floor or to make a
cool dado round the wall. Some new wall pa
pers Initiate the mating cOlors and texture to
perfection. They give cool effect to the
room
Poisonous PLANTs-In gardens POISONOUS
plants are declared by the Gardeners Magazine
to be few in number, and of no great value for
decorative purposes. very large proportion
beauty. such as the rose, dahla, pelargonium
begonia wallfOwer. stock, carnatiOn. and
primula. are altogether harmless, although for
the most part of no value whatever as articles
OF food But as there are so many decorative
plants that will not iniure. even if eaten, it is
easy To exclude from the garden certain few
that are noXfOus, and that have sometimes been
associated with sad fatalities. The roofing out
OF the great blue aconite or monkshoOd the root
OF when contains viruient poison. and has yet
oeen many times served on the table as horse
fadish, Is therefore recommended.
CHEAP PLANT STAND.-We made a very eff
Sectiye plant stand for our front yard last sum-
mer 10 the following manner: A cedar stake,
two or three inches in diameter was driven
Into the ground so as to stand firmly and of the
required height, small piece of board nailed
across the top, and another piece little larger
nailed over this, so as to make substantial
base. and cheese box nailed to this. Then we
Allied the box half full By putting in couple of
inches OF sand, and sphagnum over it, The
whole was then covered with the pendent Iichen
which grows on our swamp cedars so as effectu-
ally TO conceal the materials used in its construc-
uOn. anu the box hlled with plants in pots. tall
ones In the center and smaller ones around them.
with trailing plants to hang over the sides 1t
was Shaded by trees during the hotter portions
OF the day, and such plants IA gleechOlna ays-
sum, Ivy. OttOnno c''ossifolid, etc. succeeded
nnadiy by merely pressing handful of sphagnun
around the base of cuttings and pressing them
INTO the spaces between the pots Gardeners
Aonthly.
DIGITArED STOCKINGS ARE DISCUSSED IN
ANGLAND-They occupy conspicuous place in
1.-THE clothes of the future" and the innovation
mas been cordially We lcOmed in many quarters
A medical contemporary thus gravely pro-
n0unces in their favor. ''They would be more
comfortable, more healthy-giving better play
20 the foot and securing increased breadth and
fRR n-sN Nt,z
toes" All this is very we'll but the universal
undigitated stocking need not fear it's rival It
mas long since driven out Of the field the an
Client stocking with a stall for the big toe; and
Ma tw0-toed stocking could not hold it's own.
what chance Is there that a fve-tOed innovation
viii make much way? The toes are already
eramped in the modern boot and they would
De squeezed still tighter if digitation is to pre-
VAL, Tor there Is no hope that fashion will pre-
scribe broad-toed boots merely to make room
for the stocking of the future. Besides. busy
people perhaps find life short enough already
without adding to the demands upon their time
That OF inserting each toe in q separate STALL
.Psiid. Ledger.
KEEPING EGGS FREsH.-"An 1t Is necessary
70 do to keep eggs through summer is to pro-
cure small, clean wooden OF tin vessels holding
from ten to twenty gallons. and barrel more
or less, OF common, foreground land plaster.
Begin by putting on the bottom of the vessel
TWO or three inches of plaster. and then having
mesh eggs, with the y0lk unbroken, set them
up, sD'dA end dorm, close to each other. but
not crowdinS, and make the first LAYER Then
add more plaster and enough so the eggs will
stand upright. and set up the second LAYER:
then another deposit Of plaster. followed by a
layer OF eggs, till the vessel is full and finish by
covering the top layer with plaster Eggs so
packed and subjected to Temperature of at
least % degrees. if not 90 degrees during
August and September, came out fresh. and If
one could be certain of not having a tempera-
ture OF more than IS degrees to contend with. I
Am confident eggs could be kept by these means
eli the year round Observe that the earcrs must
be fresh laid, the yolks unbroken, the paekino
done in small vessels, and with clean fine,
ground land plaster, and care must be taken
that no egg so presses on another as to break
the she'll"
CHICKEN SALAD.-Boil young tender chicken
and when cold separate the meat from the bones;
cut 1t into little square blocks or dice: do not
mince It. Cat white tender stalks Of celery into
ABOUT three-quarter inch lengths saving the
sutside green stalks for soup: mix the chicken
and celery together: and then stir well into
tnem mixture in the proportion Of three table
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