Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-27
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PROTECTION FROM DUST - CURE FOR coRNs-
HO" TO MAKE LUMINOUS PAINr-HoUsE FUR
NIsHINo-HINTs ABOUT COOKING,


HOW TO MAKE LUMINOUS PAINr-HoUsE FUR.
| NIsHINo-HINTs ABOUT COOKING.
| CooKIEs.-Two cups of sugar, one cup of but
| ter half a cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonf III
| OF soda. two teasp0onfuls of extract of lemon:
| dlp the Cookies in sugar before baking
sOUsED TRIPE-Cut in pieces the right size to
serve at table, put in deep dish with bits of
butter laid over the top. and set In hot oven
| One-haif to three-quarters OF an hour The
more butter the richer the gravy
| PALMETTO FLANNEL CAKEs.-One pint Of but
termilh, two well-beaten eggs, flour enough to
make stiff batter-the flour to be mixed, half
wheat and half corn -four Put spoonful Of
sea-ieam into the flour and cook on a gridde.
| WHEN ABOUT To BUTTONH0LE the bottom of
a flannel skirt. whether for child or woman.
double the flannel as if YOU were to hem It. and
basic it in place. This will give firmness and
body to it, and it will last at least twice as long,
! If YoU WISH to give a delicate and yet dis
tinct onion favor to the dressing for fowl, boil
| the onion till tender. changing the water twice;
then chop it in very small bits just as If 1t were
raw. Roast goose and wild duck gain to most
paiates by having the dressing thus favored.
| CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Take two cups of SUGAR.
one cup ofsweet milk. half cup OF butter two
| and one-half cups of -four two eggs and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Dissolve one
tnird cake OF Chocolate. mix with One-halr cup
OF the cake. then marble through the whole
THE FRENCH PLAN of economizing eggs in
"breadng' croquettes oysters. etc, is to mix
tablespoonful of salad-oIl and one of water to
three eggs, with pinch of salt Good Ameri-
can cooks simply add a tablespoonful of cold
water to each egg. 1t will still be glutinous
enough for frying.
| BEEFs AND CARROTs-When small beets are
boiled and cut in slices and served in saucers at
dinner, great addition may be made by slic-
ing some boiled carrots with them. Do not
cook the carrots and beets together but in
separate kettles. Served together each gains
and neither loses. This is novel way of sery-
ing them; try it.
CELERY SOuP.-BOil q small cup of rice in
| three pints of milk until it will pass through a
sieve. Crate the white part of three heads of
celery on bread:grater; add this to the milk
after 1t has been strained put to it quart of
strong veal stock; let it boil until the celery is
! perfectly tender: season with salt and cayenne
pepper and serve. If cream is Obtainable sub
stitute one pint for the same quantity of milk.
RABBrTs.-Rabbits, which are in the best con.
dition in midwinter, may be fricasseed like
chicken, in white or brown sauce To make q
pie, first stew till tender and make like chicken
PIE 10 roast, stuff with a dressing made of
Dread-crumbs, chopped salt pork thyme onion
pepper and salt: sew up; rub over with little
Dutter or pin on it few slices of salt pork, add
a little water in the pan and haste often. Serve
wish mashed potatoes and currant ielly
AN ELEGANT SCREEN is made by using an
ebony frame which forms one square space
Fill this with dark olive satin; on this. in oil
colors, outline hill and a tree. Use as dark
shades as you can, and make them effective
brighten with yellow light. using Naples vel
low design for the suggested landscape can
he found in some book Of wOOdcuts. and with
little work can be made very brilliant Squeeze
the paint from the tubes on botting paper
which will absorb the oil, and so prevent it's
spreading.
ACCORDING to Baltimore epicure highly
satisfactory stuffing for duck, whether canvas
back or red-head Is made by grating enough
bread to fill the bird; mosten it with cream or
with milk. in which put tablespoonful of
melted butter season with salt, pepper, ETC.,
the rind OF lemon. tablespoonful of chopped
celery and the yelk of one egg. Ii the flavor of
an oyster is to you deectable he saws, add
few raw oysters whole A strip of bacon placed
over the breast of the roasting duck gives a
delicate. almost imperceptible flavor, and pre-
vents it becoming dry.
A CURE FOR CORNs.-The Scientific American
avery reliable paper, gives the following recipe
as asurecure for cOrns As the remedy is very
simple. ifany of our readers are afflicted with
corns it would probably be well for them to give
it trial: Take One-fOurth cup Of strong vine
gar; crumble into 1t some bread. Let it stand
half an hour, or until 1t sOftens into good poul-
tiee. Then apply, on retiring at night. In the
can be picked out. Ifthe corn is a very obsti-
nate one it may require two or more applca-
tons to effect cure"
A CANE-sEATED CHAIR is at best not very
comfortable IN cold weather. and may be i'm
proved by fastening movable cushion to the
back, at least, II not to the bottom also. This
may be accomplished in various ways. One easy
way il to purchase scarlet Turkish towel,
fasten layer Of cotton to it, line 1t with Turkey
red calico. and catch it to the top Of the chair
with bows of ribbon, and at the bottom with
some stout cord. The seat may be cushioned
IN the same way. and If the chair is small the
towel will answer for both cushions Patch
work or cretonne may be used in place of the
Turkish tOWeling. but that is both seryiceable
and pretty:
For MAKING LUMINOUS PAINT this is the re-
ceipt: Take oyster shells and clean them with
warm water. Put them into the fire for half an
hour, and then take them out. cool them, pound
them fine, and remove the worthless gray parts
Put the powder into crucible with alternate
layers of sulphur Close the lid and seal it up
with sand made into a stiff paste with beer
After the crucible has been over the fire for an
hour and afterward cooled the contents will be
found to be white. Sift the powder carefully
and mix it with gum water. This gives a paint
which remains luminous for long time after
dark if it is first exposed to daylight.
PIGEoSs.-Uniess quite young they are better
praised, or stewed in broth, than cooked in any
other manner. Tie them in shape place slices
of bacon at the bottom of stewpan; lay in the
pigeons side by side. all their breasts upper
most, add an onion with Glove stuck in, tea
spoonful Of sugar and some parsley, and pour
over enough stock to cover them-if you have
no stock use boiling water. Now put some
thin slices of bacon over the tops OF the pigeons;
cover them as closely as possible, adding water
or stock when necessary. Let them simmer
until they are very tender. Serve each pigeon
on thin piece of buttered toast with border
of spinach, or maze little nests of spinach on
pieces of toast, putting pigeon into each
nest.
DtsT will accumulate IN closets. will sift in
through and under the doors, after one has
done all she knows how to prevent it. If
woman can afford to have q regular chest of
drawers Of the exact length Of her dress skirts
she should be counted as one of the happy; If
not, she can shield her black silk and velvet
dresses in this way: Take two breadths of wide
cambria, sew them together, hem all around
both ends, and run in strings to draw them to-