The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01
ALL AROUND The HOUSE.

Orange Plea Convenient Kitchen-House
Plants.
Miss Juliet Corson in a recent cooking les
son at Baltimore gave directions for an or
snge pie.
The Gorden pie crust is the kind that
husbands refer to when they tell their wives
my mothers pie crust would melt 10 the
mouth Sift level t.aspoonful OF salt
with pound of four; rub quarter of
pound OF butter into the -four with the hands,
as am doing now until so thoroughly
mixed as to present the appearance of meal;
stir with them i-st enough cold water to
make I ostry Z ,t can be rolled out, and
then use it. Tbs one of the simplest past
ries, easily ade and delicious.
For Florida orange pie make a nice pastry
like that have just described Crate the
yellow riDd and squeezs the Juice of four
oranges; beat the yolks of eight eggs to q
cream; beat to cream quarter of pound
OF butter and halfls pound of sugar; mix all
quickly beat the whites OF the eggs to stiff
ffoth and stir them lightly into tins other in
gradients; put the mixture at once into
the plates lined with the pastry and bake
them half an hour in q rather hot stove oven
take care that they do not burn. The pies
luul uc uoeu uOt VI &c ollOWou tO COOi, 6uu
then made quite cold on ice. If the bottom
of your oven should be too hot cover it with
sand an inch thick and let it stay there.
A CONVENIENT KITCHEN.
The kitchen ought to be large enough to
admit OF the necessary work to be carried on
there comfortably; it ought to be well Ii GIFTED
and yet shaded from the burning rays of the
sun. The floor should be painted, either of
uniform tint or by staining every alternate
board light and dark. This is done by paint
ing every alternate board with umber
(Which may be procured already mixed with
oil, and leaving each alternate board the
natural color OF the wood, giving them simply
q dressing of oil.
Steps, and often needless steps are what
tire housekeepers, and wear them o ut when
they ought to be in their prime. 1t really
seems as il some of our houses were built In
way to make just as many steps as
possible. instead of saving them. The pam
try is often separated from the kitchen By
the dining room and there being not even
Cleset in the kitchen, all the cooking
uteDsil are at least twenty feet from the
kitchen.
The pantry should open out Of b,th
Kitchen and ming goom, and in every
ssitf2sa IRsrs Ought to be small closet near
le cook stove for hsldipg few plates,
bowls, cups, knives, forks ard spoons. There
should be also space In the cupboard for salt,
Iepper, spices, sugar. molasses and vinegar:
and room in the bottom of the closet for
pots, pans, skillets, etc How many steps
such an arrangement would save house
keeper in one day, to say nothing of the
number saved in q month or q year.
There should always be a pump in the
kitchen, then few feet of rubber hose will
enable one tc fill the reservoir on the cook.
| sfQye, or The rinsing tub on washing day
without stepping from the pump or lifting
bucket Of water. There are many other con-
yeniences which any woman can contriye
t, save steps in the kitchen, and, dear hus-
tards LET me just whisper word in your
ear. 1t will pay Won to spend some thought
aud labor upon this subject Try it, and
see If your wives ard daughters are not
enough brighter and happier TO repay you.
They will not be tired to death" all the
time. but can do the work 80 much easier
that they will be fresh and bright, and with
time to practice up the long neglected
music, or to read the last
new book with you in the evening
WINDOW GARDEEING.
Dust is a great obstacle to successful win
dow gardening. Ivies and all other smooth
leaved plants may be kept clean by washing
the leaves with a sponge or soft cloth. Plants
with downy leaves should be set in a bath.
tub or sink, and freely showered by water
from pot with fine rose, held high above
them, When the room is swept the plants
should be covered with q thin cloth or with
newspapers, kept from resting on them;
these are to remain over them until the dust
eettles.
No plant needs SO much moisture at the
root when in al inactive state as while grow
iIg But such sorts as the hyacinth. when
pushing rapidly, are less liable to be injured
by over watering than by too little water
| See to it that the balls of earth are saturated
to their centers on alternate days. A little
| liquid manure or soot-water, il applied as
| the flower shoots develop, will be helpful TO
| the bloom.
| The Gala ought now to be growing with
| vigor and il So will require an abundance
of water. Water standing constantly in the
ssucers while it is making its growth will be
| beneficial rather than injurious.
When plants are the least vigorous insects
| on them are the most destructive. For get
ting rid of the green fly on the foliage we
have great faith in q vigilant eye and the
use OF the thumb-nail. or q sprinkling of
| powdered tobscco-refuse to be procured at
the cigar factories will destroy than.
| Against scale and mealy-bug a toothbrush
and warm soapsuds are the best equipments
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