Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-05


FOR MACARoNI with cheese. or for Welsh rare
bit, cheese which Is too dry for the table may be
used; when it Is grated and melted, If 1t seems
nj all stin, add very little cream to mosten it.
CURTAINS are drapei much higher than they
used to be. 1t Is no longer essential that they
shall meet low down, but 1t is good form to tie
them back so that one may look out of the win
dow, or so that a small table can be placed close
TO the window.
AFTER THE DCsT has been thoroughly beaten
out of carpets and they are tackled down again
they can be frightened very much by scattering
corn meal mixed with coarse salt over them ana
then sweeping 1t all off. Mix the salt and
meal IN equal proportions
THE LATEST KNOWN Use to which tie seine
Irvine can be put is to make a baby's Carriage
robe Of it. Crochet it as If for tidy; it should
be lined. even if ribbons are run through the
open spaces For early spring use n flannel
lining should be put in; and later lighter one
OF silesia or cashmere is used.
LINEN LuxCH CLOTHS, one yartf square. with
vine and some odd and m:rth provoking de-
signs In the corners, the fancy of the hour
These are very pretty to cover the small tables
used at lunch small tea parties. Have as
much variety in cOloring and i'm the design as
possible ami yet be in harmony.
THE True ECONOMIST when eggs are dear
will never throw away the shells when she
makes cake; they Will be of use in settling the
coffee; or less of the white is always left i'm
the Shell. and 1t may be used to good advant-
age. Look at the eggs before breaking them
and II the shells are not clean, wash them.
ASExcELLEST AUTHORITY in medicine recon-
mends a little common sugar as a remedy for q
dry, hacking cough. and gives scientific reasons
for
IN the morning. have a little cup a stand
close by the bed, and take a teaspoOnful; this
Will De OF benefit when cough syrups fail
HANDSOME COVER for n grand piano is in
plush, velvet, and silk; the center being Of dark
plush, has deep bordering of olive velvet tri-
angular pieces of rich-COiOred silks being placed
Mt intervals where the bordering is sexeu on
Upon each separate triangle design is worked
In raised embroidery while in the center hand
some pattern is carved out IN very elaborate
ribbon work.
CHEAP FIITER.-The most impure water
HAY be rendered pure by fiitering through char
coal Take a large flower pot put piece of
sponge or clean moss over the hole in the bot
tom, f!i three-quarters full of equal parts of
Clean sand and charcoal! the size of q pea: over
this lay woollen cloth large enough to
hang over the sides of the pot Pour
the water into the cloth and it will come out
pure.
A PRIME PUDDING--Heat q little more than
pint of sweet milk to the boiling point. then
stir in gradually little cold milk in which Won
have rubbed smooth heaping tablespoonful
OF cofh-Slafch; add sugar to suit YOUR taste:
three Weil-beaten eggs. about q tpaspOOnful of
butter. and little grated nutmeg. Let this
come to a boil then pour it in a buttared md
ding dish. first adding cupful of strwed primes
With tie stones taken out. Bake for from fiji
teen TO twenty minutes. according to the state
OF the oven. Serve with or without sauce
little cream improves it if poured over it when
placed il saucers.
SALHTs DE VENAIsON.-The breast of Young
oeer Is 10 te preferred above all. Cut it into
small square pieces; pa: into saucepan with
about two tatieSpOonflIis of sweet oil When
they are We'll rendered add two tabIesDOOnfuls
Oh Hour little bacon cut I'm small squares and
q few sha.lOts- Let the whole simmer until of
nice cU.0r, then add about one pint of clarct
"ihe the 'eHih part OF stock and a bunch of
parsley, thyme, sare and bay leaves tied to-
gether Let it simmer on slow fire about one
bOur. Before serving yOu must be careful to
remove all the grease Serve with toast. tried
In butter. aronnd the dsh.-Tbe Caterer.
MLDEw N LIHEN.-Mildew stains on any
white goOds can be removed by wettinr the
article in soapsuds. spreading it on the grass.
ana then scraping common white chalk thckly
over 1t Another way is TO make a thick paste of
soft soap. or melted bar soap. and dry starch.
Made ~ simply stirring the pulverized Jumps of
starch into the soap. Do not cook the miyIure
Lag II quarter inch thick over all the stains and
put out IN the sun. keepin" moderately wet If
Pat on the grass 80 nucI the better Put the
paste on fresh daily. Ii may take some DAYS to
remove the stain. hut it will not hurt the fabric
1t ~ most ef'icaciOus in remOyin" all sorts of
set stains.
How TO NAME NICE GRAVY is a problem
many housekeepers never solve. Grease is not
gravy. neither is flour. Almost any kind of
meat-iIuor or soup-stock, from which all fat
has been removed NAV be made into nice gravy
by simply addin" little seasoning and some
thickening; If Drowned flour is used for the
latter the gravy Will require but little cooking
out when th!ckencd with raw flour il must cook
until thoroughly done. or the gravy will taste
IKE so much gummy paste. Ii is best to brown
quart OF -four at a time. Put in skillet. set
In the oven or on top of the stove; stir often
until IL Is light brown. put into a wide
mouthed bottle, cork and keep for use. All
grayies should be We'll stirred over a rather hot
nre, as they must be quickly made, and must
Toll, not simmer
ICRNIP SrEAKs--Did Colonel Seilers in any of
MS turnip rilapsodies, ever give us any dlrec-
lions for turnip steaks and rashers? Hounds
Oh turDlp are easy for the cook who loves to fry
things, and will boil turnips whole and leave
them 20 cool sweet turnip develops more
sweetness in Its quickly brown crust by irving
The pearly white OF the White Egg or the or
ange yellow Of the Yellow Globe or any good
nrin. fender-feshed Swede makes beautiful
as well as palataple break fast dish with or
without pork, beef or mutton. We never see
turnip fries at the restaurants but that is no
reason why we never should. What we don't
see and want We must ask for A rasher or
steak OF turnip should be cut about three eobths
OF an inch thick for the griddle Hartford
CO,rdnt
FLESH, F0OD AID NERVOUS DIsEAsES-SO
unconstitutional an organ as the London Lancet is
giving no slight satisfaction of late to the
Vegetarians. 1t argues that nervous diseases
ana weaknesses increase people come to
live on the flesh OF warm-blOOded animals
point to which. it thinks. attention has not
been adequately directed-the fact being
that meat Is highly stimulating and supplies
prop0rtonately more exciting than actually
nourlshin9 pabulum to the nervous system
Furthermore. according to this authority. the
meat eater lives at high pressure, and Is, or
ought TO be. peculiarly active organism Ikea
predatory animal. always on the alert, walking
rapidly and consuming large quantities of
oxygen; on the contrary. however it is found
That, In practice, the meat eater does not live
up To the level of his food and AZ a cOnse-
quence. he cannot does not take I'm enough
oxygen to meet the exigencies Of his mode of