The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-02

Prepared for the Sunday journal.

One ounce oil of lavender mixed with one
quart of water or alcohol and sprinkled about a
room will rid it of fies. One who knows, says
that four applications at intervals will be sufi-
eient to drive away a host.
A handsome tidy is made of q stripe Of cardi-
nal satin with a band of pale blue silk with some
small design embroidered on it and with a band
of cardinal plush or embossed velvet across the
bottom, and tassels at each corner.
Corn Fritters-Grate twelve ears Of corn,
scraping the ears with a silver knife so that all
the milk may be removed. Mix the pulp with
three eggs and one teacupful of -four. Fry IN hot
drippings.
To make lemon syrup squeeze the lemons,
strainlng carefully that no pulp remains. To
one pint of juice add two pounds of sugar; set it
away until completely dissolved, stirring &C.
easionally and then bottle it. One or two tea
spoonfuls Of this syrup in a glass Of water makes
good lemonade.
For a summer bedroom nothing is cooler,
prettier and cheaper than mating in two colors,
a few rugs, c~retonne curtains and portleres, a
lounge, easy chair and ottoman upholstered to
match, wicker rocker, crcam-colored blinds,
gypsy table and cottage furniture in the way of
the three principal ~pieces-be6stead, bureau and
washstand--the rest being odd.
Salt eggs are a Saxon dish. The descendants
of the "Halloren," an ancient Saxon tribe, even
at the present day bring as an offering to the
court at Dresden salt eggs, larks and salt Gu
eumbers. The eggs should be boiled until they
are perfectly hard; then crack the shells in tiny
pieces and lay the eggs in brine strong enough
TO float them. Let them remain in this for
twenty four hours. Remove the shells and
serve.
Very pretty hair receivers may be made OF the
straw cuffs which are intended for the protec-
ton of butchers shirt-sleeves. These can be
bought for the modest sum Of five cents a pair.
Fit a cardboard bottom, which You have covered
with silk or silesia, into the narrower end; trim
with ribbons in the manner of a waste-paper
basket, which the article much resembles in
shape; fasten a handle across the top, and sus-
pend from the side of the bureau.
To clean ivory, scrub well with a new soft
toothbrush, some soap and tepid water; then
dry the ivory and the brush, dip the latter in
alcohol, and polish the ivory nntil. it has regained
its former polish. If the water has given the
ivory a yellowish tint, dry in a heated place. If
the ivory has grown yellow with age or careless
handling it can be bleached by placing it under
a glass bell, with come chloride of lime and
muriatic acid in a small vessel, and setting the
whole thing in the sunshine. Be careful not to
inhale the fumes of the acid as it works on the
lime.
To obtain the best cream favoring proceed as
follows: Rub the yellow outside rind of the
lemon off on hard Jumps of sugar or loaf sugar:
in lieu of any such hard sugar YOU may CRATE off
this same outside yellow skin with a metallic
crater. Be very careful to rub or crate only the
yellow outside surface. Do not touch a particle
of the white. leathery pith beneath. The essen
tial oil Of the lemon is now on these Jumps of
sugar. Now CRATE off all of the sugar which has
become so charged with the lemon Zest. Use
this sugar in the cream, confection, pastry, or
beverage you wish to flavor. When you have
added the juice of the pulp to the essential oil of
the peel you have a rich and exquisite lemon
relish, which is doubly gratifying and doubly
eficacious.
An old fashioned but pretty needle. case, in
which a thimble and small scissors may be
carried, is made of a strip of white flannel a trif1e
over two inches wide and about thirteen inches
long. This is ornamented with five rows OF gilt
braid, put on lengthwise, with feather stitching
in crimson silk between each row and outside of
the outer rows; the strip is then lined with Grim
son and satin, and it is bound with satin ribbon
to match. There is a little pocket of satin at
one end, which is square; in the middle are three
leaves of white flannel button holed with Grim
son silk, and in three sizes, the smallest on the
outside, of course; there are two bands of satin
ribbon stitched to the lining, through which
scissors and tape, needle, etc, may be slipped;
the case folds twice, the end which is left on the
outside is pointed, to this point is fastened g
narrow satin ribbon which ties the case to-
gether.
In closets which are not provided with drawers
and wardrobes where dresses may be hung or
laid away from all danger from dust or crowding,
bags which will completely envelope the dress
and protect delicate fabrics are a necessity.
Such bags must be long enough to hold a dress
skirt without folding, and wide enough to give
room to all kinds of frills and f1ounces. Any
kind of material will answer, but muslin or print
Is most often used. Cut one side of the bag
three inches longer than the other; seam to-
gether, bind around the top, work four button
holes across the longest side, which buttons
down on the other like a flap The bottom of the
bag now becomes the top; seam it across again,
and in the casing so made run a fiat, narrow
stick; at each corner sew tape loops by which to
hang the bag on two hooks in the closet. To
wide tapes, sewed near the casing, pin the dress
skirt by the band, and also the waist by which
After the dress is carefully pinned in place, pull
down the bag over it and button the flap across
the bottom.
The humblest home may contain all necessary
appliances for vapor baths. AL that is needed
is a foot bath, Or small wooden tub, a pail, two
or three bricks and some hot water. The patient
should be undressed, wearing only a night dress
or wrapped in a very thin blanket, and seated in
a cane chair, under which is the wooden pail
half full of boiling water. The foot-tub should
bear comfortably. Then wrap the patient in
blankets covering the chair and tub, tucking
them in about the floor that no steam may
escape, but do not cover the head at all. When
the water begins to cool, which 1t Will do IN three
or four minutes, put one Of the three hot bricks,
which should be all ready for use. into the pail
under the chair. lifting the blankets as little as
possible and holding the brick with a
stout pair of tongs. or q very thick
in the foot-tub, and in four minutes
repeat. If the patient is not by that time in a
profuse perspiration repeat at the end of another
four minutes. From fifteen to twenty minutes
will be sufficient for a bath. Then take the feet
%oo-o %ho xyntar wipa t1apo - NV o-l ,-,o.
in a warm blanket. Then with a soft towel,
wipe the rest of the body gradually, keeping
covered as well as possible, Next give a good
rubbing with a Turkish or crash towel-a soft
the patient into bed Immediately. Do not put
on too many blankets; no more perspiring is
needful or desirable. A feeling Of rest and re-
ireshment, and a sound. sweet sleep usually