Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-29
HOME MATTERS.
A BATCH OF USEFUL RECIPES AND sEAsCTABLE
SUGGESTIONS.


lemon rind; add small tea-cup of cream. strew
the top with bread crumbs, and brOwnin quick
oven. Serve hot
RATS AND MICE.-If a mouse or rat makes en-
trance into any part of the dwelling saturate
"a. with cayenne pepper in solution and stuff 1t
INTO the hole which can then be repaired with
wood or mortar. Neither rat nor mouse Will
ear this rag. which should be large enough to
Dill the hole completely.
To Use CoID-BOH CABBAGE.-Cbop it fine
for mediunI-sized pudding dish full add two
wel-beaten eggs a tablespoonful Of butter. three
tabieSpoonfuls of cream. with pepper and salt to
taste. Butter the pudding dish. put the cabbage
in and bake until brown. This may be eaten
cold but il is much better if served hot.
WASHING CALICo.-To prevent the fading OF
calico during washing. use no soap, but instead
cory thick starch tied in cloth. Wash on a
clear day: hang out as quickly as possible. and
allow them to be in the sun only to dry. Few
cacoeS are worth this trouble, to be sure but it
is an excellent method with delicate cambria
and lawns.
Houses CATCHING FIRE. - Every person
should haveit distinctly and durably impressed
on the mind. that as soon as house is found to
be on fire, every door should be kept carefully
closed. Alr-currentS are thus prevented and
the flames shut out for a time from one room TO
another. and time is allowed to eXtnguish tie
fire or to secure the furniture.
THERMOMETERS are inexpensive. and every
occupied room should have one. Fuel is often
wasted by allowing the air to become too hot.
and inmates catch cold by allowing the temper
allure to fall too low unawares. A thermometer
Is valuable i'm a frnit-roOn. and by keeping the
temperature uniformly near freezing decay by
TOO much heat will be prevented ana freezing
and spelling 10y too low a temperature.
GREAT CONVENIENCE is found in this simple
contrivance: have tin dish made taperng. and
with long handle; have it small enough around
so that you can place it inside the tea-kettie It
is Invaluable when there is sickness i'm the fam
lily. as there are many occasions when one
needs to cook Cruel or custards at short notice.
and with perfect immunity from the danger of
burning. even though constant attention can
not be given them.
POTATO BALLS.-Chicken fat makes delicate
OIL for frying. and is preferred to lard for potato
balls. &c. 1t is economy to have the large Dieces
OF lat saved from poultry. as otherwise they
Will simply be dried up in the roasting process
and lost. For potato bajis-a breakfast dish
cut raw potato with the little scoop that comes
for this purpose, boil in sailed water for five
minutes and fry. either in the above or in butter
for ten minutes. Drain and credge with salt.
The pieces left can be boiled and put through a
sieve for potato rice at dinner.
TwINE BAG is crochetted in humminr-tOr
shape, OF old gold or violet Germantown wool
pass the Irvine through. and loops Ofrbbon draw
the ball together at the top and serve to hang it
on It's peg, or on the side of bureau Another
long loop of satin ribbon is fastened by bow
firmiy to the drawn part of the bag. and small
pair OF scissors Is slung on this ribbon 1t is best
to buy morocco sheath for the tip of these
hanging scissors. The whole makes a pretty
novelty among the useful decorations of room.
CREAKING HIN'iEs.-DOors in the house and
gates outside should be kept well oiled or
creased latch which creaks Or scrapes on
shutting door. may be cured of the fault with
one drop Of Oil, which mays be applied in a
second OF time. The creakin9 of hinge may
De prevented by placing drop of kerosene with
feather on the top OF the hinge bolt from
which point it will run down. and the noise will
cease. The doors of ahOuse are often ncedlesR.y
worn out by the slaInning required to shut with
unolled latches. and the plaster is loUsened by
the Earring.
PANTY WAY To MAKE CHOCOLATE is to set
an earthern pct into kettle Of boiling wafer
In this place Il quart of milk and cream mixed
sur INTO this when it is not q paste made by
mixing three heaping tablespOOnfuls of grated
chocolate with little cold milk Let this boil
IOr Two or three minutes. and serve very hot.
III the chocolate is sweetened. it is better not to
add sugar. but let each add it at the table if
II Is not sweet enough but if the unsWeetened
chocolate is used two desertspOonfuls may be
put in while it is cooking. Cream is the great
est possible addition.
SPRING Bed For AN INvALID-A correspon-
dent writes that comfort for an invalid NAV be
obtained 10y having spring bed arranged in this
way: One-third of the length from the head
nave hinge. so that one NAV be raised to sit
ting posture without any effort on his part
There are plenty of spring beds made to raise
the head and shoulders but not the whole BODY
lht mattress should be made in two parts to
correspond with the bed. Such an arrange
ment as this might be made at small expense,
and it would well take the place of the costly
Invalid beds, which so few can afford to have
". T. Post
POTATO PANCAKES make a most excellent dish
for supper. Serve with the same embellishments
in the way of pickles. sauces. as YOU would do
were the dish you were Offering fried oysters
Crate dozen medium-siZed potatoes, after
peeling them and washing thoroughly Add the
yeiks OF three eggs. a heaping tablespoonful of
nour and If they seem too dry little milk will
do to thin them, with q large teaspOOnfnl of
salt. and lastly the whites Ofthe three eggs beaten
stif, and thoroughly beaten in with the pOta-
toes Heat your gridde and put butter and
lard in equal proportions on it. and fry the cakes
in it until they are brown. Make them a third
larger than the ordinary size OF the pancakes.
For Contested COLD--Whte grapes are
the best of all lozenges for cold that threatens
to end In pneumonia so prevalent i'm middle
Ma rch. diet OF white grapes only will re-
lleve many stubborn irritating cough For a
drink cold malt tea served i'm a wineglass or an
apolilnaTlS glass is refreshing and relaXino
hen the appetite begins to come again and n
variety OF food is allowed few raw oysters
will have relish that no cooked food can give
pretty glass bowl on the bedside table half
nlled with water, serves to dip the cranes in
by their stems. as the freshest white cranes
come with much sawdust clingng to them.
crush the grape seeds with the teeth before
swallowing; the whole of the white grape. skins
and all. is extremely useful in such a cold
I2ii0. Ledger.
THREAD FRINGEFOR TIDT.-Procure twolarpe
spools Of the cheap French thread, such as ia
used for bastin@, and use for the fringe instead
or the course machine cotton of which the tidy
is made. This cheap thread. being twisted but
lightly, makes mere fluffy and much softer
fringe than the more expensive brands Pro-
cure strip of box cardboard three inches wide.
or smooth stick six inches around and wind
its entire length with punches of thread each
bunch containing from fifteen to twenty threads.
making, when doubled. thirty or forty ends in
each .asseI of the fringe. With a sharp pointed
knife cut these. letting them fall off the stick so
carefully as not to become tangled Pick IN
each bunch separately. and place the ends to-
@ether. thereby forming loop in the middle: |
with an ivory crOchet-needle draw this loon
through mesh In the edge of the tidy: then
draw the ends through the loop and pull down
tight. Proceed In this way until the tidy is en-
tireiy frinSed; then shake out carefully. and
trim Off all uneven threads. Country Gentleman.
How 1t Was Done.
There was man In our town
Ana he was wOndrOus WISE