The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-03
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/ Sprinkle cooking soda over the burnt
, surface at once and cover with a wei
: cloth, or immerse the burn In alum wa.
ter, strong brine or soap suds. "A good
salve for subsequent application is sweet
oil and cooking soda or linseed oil and
turpentine. The thing to be done Is to
protect the burnt surface from the in.
huence OF the air. An excellent 'appli.
cation to make at once is q tablespoon
full Of unsalted lard, the, white of one
egg, and a teaspoonful cooking soda.
well mixed. Burns or scalds upon the
face are best treated by applying muci-
lage or Rumarabic. It forms q COM
plete covering and obviates the use of
cloths. Repeat the application every
ten or fifteen minutes, until thick arti-
ticiai skin has been formed. It is 90
transparent that the condition of the
burnt surface can be seen from day to
day. It ultimately scales off and leaves
new skin, perfectly smooth and fair.
How many mothers know that they
can knit up as we'll as down When
children have reached Athe agoswhen
they wear out the knees of their fstock-
lpgs, and the heels and toes also, the
ingenuity of woman must be exercised.
In the most hopeless looking stocking
there is usually o strip at least an eighth
OF yard long which is too good to
throw away, and yot is too much worn
to pay to ravel out and knit over: from
this then out of the ragged top and bot
tom, and knit up rs we'll as down, If
you cannot match the color, Use another
shade, or to brown strip knit a scarlet
or grayish. brown top.
NURSES APRONS, to be worn when
washing and dressing the baby, are
made OF soft flannel, with deep hem !
which may be fastened with q feather
or cross-stltch; but useful ones of drab
flannel are also much worn. These
aprons should he made very long, so
that ii door is suddenly opened in the
nursery, the apron Gun be thrown up
over the baby. Aprons made of canton
1annel, with the soft side for the right
side are inexpensive, and may be used
III place OF the flannel, although that is
preferred II the expense Is not too great.
A NEW way, to many cooks, to prpare
I sausages Tor the tnble is to bake them.
DO not make All objection to this way of
cooking them until You have tried it
once and thcn predict that you will
; not think OF SO dong. Put them in n
baking tin. turning them when necessa-
ry, just as II you were frying them.
Brown them well; they are less greasy
than II fried, and are altogether more
delicate in every way. If possible, ap-
pies In some form should always accom-
pany sausage or pork OF any kind to the
table,
HANDSOME curtain or lambrequin to
be fastened to the bottom OF the lowest
shelf on hanging ebony cabinet is
nude OF olive satin. It is about ten
inches deep; Il vine is painted Oh 1t of
bright but small flowers; the edge is
trimmed with velvet band; it is struia ht
at tho lower edge, but scallopcd at the
upper, 1t should De run OH ut the bot
tom, then turned, and the scalloped
part blind stitched on. The scallops
may be ornamented by putting several
rows of yellow silk around them. Catch
tho silk at short distances with black or
scarlet silk.
JERSEYS s FOR THE CHILDREN
colorcd knit or woven Jerseys are quite
fashionable for children, and NAV he
tonnd III almost any size and color
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popular. They are generally worn with
he@Vy white skirts OF wash material, or
they mny be worn with very good effect
with skirts OF some contrasting color,
or even or the same shade, although
this ls not so general and hardly as
pretty. With deep cuffs and collar of
linen grenadine or guipure embroidery
and full white skirts, with the Jersey
caught high ON the hips, the costume is
pretty md effective.
DEh1CIoUs sherbct IL made of canned
pineapple. 10 one Can Of pineapple
allow pint OF sugar and ono heapiug
tablespoonful OF gelntine; chop the
pineapple till it is very fine, add tho
j8ica from tilc onil AMI the sugar, soak
tho golntinc for an hour or more, until
dissolved, in cold 1ate,, then add half q
CUP OF hot water; stir tins in with the
pineapple. Lot it stand until cold.
This may be served with cake and ices
ut the close of supper.
A VERY pretty way to fasten the CASH
mere Inning to silk quilt Is to first
baste the outside carefully to it, then
measure it, and divide the measure in
lequal parts beth lengthwise and CROSS
wise of the quilt, so that it will be
marked OIL III squares; at each corner Of
the square make n star with bright COL
orcd embroidery silk: catch clear
through to the silk. A cardinal lining
with stars in yellow silk is very tasteful
The housewife who is on the lookout
for little ways to economize, will tiud
it to her advantage, ii she has seamless
sheets which have been used Tor several
years, to tear or cut them in two in the
centre, and sew the outside edges
together; lap them and stitch with a
machine. Or they may be sewed over
and over. Hem tho raw edges, Sheets
turned in tins way will last for n long
time,
The fever for decoration has led the
majority Of people to go wild and fill
their parlors with trash, under the SER
ious misapprehenson that it is aesthetic
Appropriateness has; been lost sight Of
1t must not be forgotten that the use to
which room is put should decide its
decorative treatment, and bare wall
IL oftimes quite rs artistic rs one covered
with an incongruous collection Of i'm
cracks.
SHOULDER GLOVES AND BARE ARMS
Ladies shoulder gloves cost about SO
pair. They cover the entire arm to