The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
HINTS FOR THE HOME.
Prepared for the Sunday Journal.

prepared for the Sunday Journal.
An editorial writer in an Eastern paper fatters
himself that he has discovered cause for much
OF the ineficiency which many women display in
The management of their domestic affairs. He
Is OF the opinion that it is due to the books and
treatises on household science and economy, in
Guiding the cookery books These works, he
points out with judicial severity, are not written
IN sufficiently simple style to suit the compre-
tension of the average female mind that, IN
short, the compilers of such books assume a de-
gree of intelligence the part of their readers far
beyond that possessed by the majority of them
AS an answer to this it may be suggested,
FIRST that man, who knows little or nothing
except theoretically concerning the matters
treated of by the writers in question, is perhaps
hardly competent judge as to whether the in
structions given are necessarily obscure and
complicated or not. Secondly, it may be re-
marked that, with common sense lacking on
Che part of the reader, no directions for right
living, no recipes for cooking can be made sufi-
ciently plain and simple to be of USE 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the writers can not supply
both the ideas and the sense which is to compre-
bend them. AS matter of fact, the eastern
editor to the contrary Notwithstanding. the
books treating Of domestic subjects are almost
innumerable and the most of them are quite
plain enough in style and language
to meet the requirements of those who GO to
them for information. Excepting the Ten
Commandments and the rules of arithmetic, few
arbitrary rules can be safely adopted without
notifications to adapt them to individual cir
eumstances, and the woman who, without using
her own judgment, blindly follows the directions
of another, either in taking care of her baby or
In baking cake, is likely to come to grief. If
she should give herself up to study of all the
tracts written upon home matters, and attempt
to live up to them, imbecity would shortly be
her portion. Fortunately, the women for whom
shousehold hints and domestic notes. as we'll
as the more pretentious works on the same sub.
jects are intended, do not rely unquestionably
upon what they find in them, but sift them
through the medium of their own intelligence,
and adapt what may please them to their own
needs.
pound of sugar is one pint. an ounce of any
liquid is two tablespoonfuls; a pint Of liquid
weighs sixteen ounces.
Hot wood ashes applied to stove when cold
will remove grease Cover the spot entirely do
not be sparing of the ashes.
! Lemon Juice will whiten frosting cranberry or
strawberry juice will color it pink. and the
grated rind of an orange strained through a
cloth will color it yellow.
A summer curtain for a bookcase is made of
monte cloth with lotos blossoms and TALL feath-
cry papyrus embroidered in Kensington stitch
with an appropriate legend.
Lard will. remove wagon grease. Rub the spot
with the lard as if washing it and when it is well
mt n VC
water until thoroughly cleansed
Grass stains may be removed by washing with
alcohol. Fruit stains may be taken out by boil
ing water. Place the material over basin or
other vessel and pour the boiling water from the
kettle over the stains
Half teaspoonful each of sugar and cream of
tartar with little favoring stirred into third
OF a tumbler of water, and half teaspoonful of
soda added just before drinking, will sometimes
correct acidity of the stomach.
Any one who doubts as to the best way to
have clear jelly is assured on strong evidence
and many proofs that to allow the juice to drain
through flannel bag, without squeezing it, will
render this matter easy and satisfactory.
r A paste made by mixing whiting and benzine
will cleanse marble from grease, and paste
made of whiting and chloride of soda will re-
move stains from marble if they are not in deep,
by spreading it on the place and allowing it to
dry in the sun.
A very pretty arrangement for holding skeins
of silk or worsted is piece of linen with anoth-
er smaller piece sewed into small compartments,
each compartment holding skein. For ladies
who indulge in great deal of fancy work this
will be found very convenient.
Unleavened biscuits for invalids are made
thus: ''Take one pound of dry -four; add TO it
half teaspoonful of salt, make it into a stiff
dough with half pint of milk; beat this well
with the rolling-pin then roll it out very thiny
cut it out with paste cutter and then lay them
on buttered tin, and bake ten minutes.
Although this is not the season for chilblains,
sufferers from this painful complaint may take
note of the following means of relief for future
reference: Take turnip, boil it with the skin
on; then take out the pulp and beat it up, and
add to it half teaspoonful of grated horse
radsh. Lay this on arag and tie it on to the part
affected
One of the daintiest styles of crib spreads is
that in which a design of cherub heads and
wings is painted on white satin, the groups be-
ing arranged on lengthwise strips, separated by
bands wrought in species of darned work.
forming regular bars in shaded gold silk. A
frill of soft lace suitably finishes so pretty an
infant covering
Nothing is just now too outre for tray forms
A crushed turtle, a smashed and fattened
helmet, q repousse figure of horse and Jockey
jumping a five barred gate, these in re-
pousse brass, whilst rest of plate is in bronze,
the popularity being that the Jockey and head
of horse outline the periphery of the tray are
among latest productions
Heavy carpets sometimes DO not require tax
ing up every year, unless in constant use Take
out the tacks from these, fold the carpets back
wash the floor in strong suds with tablespoon
full of borax dissolved in them. Dash with in
sect powder or lay with tobacco leaves along the
edge and retack. All moths can be kept away
and the eggs destroyed by this means
To make orange float" take one quart water
the juice and pulp of two lemons one coffeecup
sugar. When boiling hot add four tablespoon
Let min
stirring all the time. When cold pour it over
four or five oranges that have been Sliced into a
glass dish, and over the top spread the beaten
whites of three eggs, sweetened and favored
with vanilla
pleasant summer drink is made by the fol-
lowing recipe: Boil half an ounce of hops half
an ounce of ginger-root bruised in one and
one-haf gallons of water for twenty-five minutes.