The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-17
HINTS FOR THE HOME.
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Inc cooking SCHOOLS Wnlcn nave Deen Ill prog
ress in various cities under the direction OF
professional cooks have closed for the season.
The term professional cook" when used In thus
| connection, does not mean a French chef, or
a man or woman whose days are ordinarily
devoted to the compromising of eatabes The
fancy, possibly demand, for instruction IN the
art of preparing food for the table has enabled
women with sufficient confidence in their knowl-
edge of kitchen mysteries to establish a new
profession by undertaking to teach what they
know. The schools being patronized mainly by
| ladies who have no intention of devoting them
selves to cookery, either in their own homes or
those of others, is sufficient explanation of the
| closing of the establishments at the approach OF
warm weather. If the women who are fated to
prepare three meals each day in heated term
and cold could suspend operations with equal
ease, what chorus of rejoicing would arise.
| But alas!
The men must eat and women must cook,
| Though the mercury be boiling
| IF it were not for the perpetual injunctions
! to 'garnish dishes, could study and follow the
directions and recipes of teachers and writ
ers on cookery with more patience and profit
than now" said housekeeper, with resigned
/
be 'garnished' with parsley, or sliced lemon,
some other supposed beautifer, which is far
from beautiful or attractive TO all eyes. A sym
phony in green and yellow about dish of lamb
on my table brings from the head of the family,
who has lived much in hotels, a protest against
restaurant rubbish. For this and for reasons of
my own 1 eschew 'garnishing, and am content
when can secure plainness combined with neat
ness in the serving of my food The idea has
taken possession of the minds of many women,
| it seems to me-" continued the lady, that
decoration must be had in some shape at all haz-
ards. Decoration is we'll enough in it's place,
| but flowers upon the table or embroidered nap
kins are no substitute for exquisite cleanliness,
and, sad to say both are not always found to-
gether.'
TN regard to flowers, too," added the opinion
ated housekeeper, Il cannot agree with the au-
thorities The sight of flowers is gratifying to the
| aesthetic taste, but they are not needed to give
color TO properly arrang ed dinner table | am
lacking in proper sense of harmony and fitness,
perhaps, but there is something in the iuxtapo-
sition of flowers and food that is not pleasing to
| me. / will concede something to the whims of
others, but odorous blossoms on my table will,
of roses, volets or heliotrope, is out of place
when commingled with the appetizing but not
aesthetic odors of soup or fish. Between carna-
tons and boiled ham natural gulf is fixed
which it is not wise to bridge"
Consumptive night sweats may be arrested by
sponeing the body nightly in salt water.
| Upright pianos are now preferred to squares
in private houses, unless the parlors are very
| large.
Chains are used for fastening back heavy cur
| tains, or often cords or handsome loops to
match.
| A distinguished medical authority says that
coarse salt is effective as means of deodorzing
sewer gas.
| An effective way of draping an ugly white
mantel is to make a lambrequin with full cur
| tains beneath to hide the sides.
| Brussels lace is more used for lace curtains
than anything else. Other popular laces are an
tique, Cluny and point de Venice.
| When the baby hiccoughs moisten GRADUATED
sugar with good vinegar and give it from a few
| grains to teaspoonful. Relief is almost instan-
| taneous.
| beautiful frame for sea view in water color
| is of plain wood. over which is drawn silvered
netting, while silvered rope passes through sill
| yer rings in the corners and suspends it on the
| wall.
| new cooking book recommends rose water
as an excellent favoring for sponge cake. People
who have no wish to be reminded of the hair oil
of their youthful days will, perhaps, not enjoy
this fayoring.
Indian meal will remove spots of grease or oil
from carpets. Rub it on the place to be cleansed
until the meal is discolored; brush it off and re-
peat the process with more meal until the spot
has disappeared.
Plain wood frames are the rule in the framing
of small etchings A very pretty frame for this
| purpose is made Of polished white pine, with a
hoa lInnt hrnJ from fNr afoh
should be light in color.
The following is given by ''one who has tried
it, as cure for neuralgia Dip few tobacco
leaves in hot water, and bandage them over the
painful part The pain will soon be removed,
and few applications will cure it.
Birch bark canoes of various sizes are charm
ing flower holders. One filed with dark purple
pansies is effective, the contrast of color being
delightful. Very small canoes, six or seven
inches long, are just the thing for holding
violets.
If new gold frames are vanished with the best
copal varnish it improves their appearance con-
siderably, and fly marks can then be washed off
carefully with sponge. The frames also last
much longer Old frames are improved by being
treated with copal varnish.
Newest teacups are fiat, shallow rather than
high and tail. The tea cOos quicker in such
cups. Breakfast coffee.cups take the same form,
but after dinner coffee cups must be tall, con-
zeal, and ta2ering in straight line from the
rim to the bottom; but they are as small as
ever.
An excellent and simple disinfectant for sinks
and waste pipes is made by Yaixing large
tablespoonful of copperas with one quart Of
boiling water This solution is odorsess and de-
odorizes instantly. The copperas may be
bought at any druggists for eight or ten cents
pound.
If medicine is mixed with very cold water and
q few swallows of the water be taken as a pre-
paratory dose, the nerves of the organ of taste
become sufficiently benumbed to make the med
icine nearly tasteless The method will not dis
guise bitter tastes but acts we'll in oils aud
sanes
Fire-gilt or galvanized articles may be cleansed
by solution of one part of borax in sixteen
parts of water which is rubbed on with brush