Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-23
HOME MATTERS.
NOTHING BETTER THAN AN EG0-CUSTARD
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CLoTHs-HoUsEKEEP-
ING sUPPLIES-HEALTH MATrERs-vARIoUs
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

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| HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
To PREVENT the under piecrust from soaking
! glaze it with beaten egg.
| LEATHER Book BINDINGS may be revived
by rubbing them with white of egg.
SURE TEST FOR Eggs is the following:
| Dissolve one ounce of salt in ten ounces OF
| water and put the eggs in. Good eggs will
| sink and bad ones will float.
| CURE FOR FELoNs.-Saturate a bit OF grated
wild turnip, the size of bean, with turpentine,
and apply it to the affected part 1t will relieve
pain at once and destroy tho felon in twelve
| hours.
If You USE crystal finger bowls always have
| n leaf OF rose-geranum and bright blossom
| in each. A single blossom from a truss of
scarlet geranium will produce charming
| effect with the green leaf.
CoLDsLAw DREssING-The yelks of three raw
| eggs teaspoonful Of salt, and the same of
| mustard. Beat these well together then add
very slowly three tablespoonful OfOlive oil and
one of best white wine vinegar.
IF THE PLANTS that have been in the house
all winter show signs Of weakness, are spindling
and pale, water them once a week with
| ammonia in quart Of water will cause foliage
| and blossoms to become luxuriant.
| "PIAzzA' KNITTING SHEEPsKIN RUGs.-
| These are knitted in with Irvine with the
| cOarsest white f1eecy wool. The wool is knitted
| in loops passed over wooden mesh inches
wide, and afterwards cOmbed out with q large
| coarse comb. The teeth should be strong and
not close together.
To THOSE WHO PREFER growing plants for
table decoration, groups of shells with ferns
| and oXalis are very pleasing. If the oxalis be
placed in the sun and plentifully watered
| bright bloom. Instead of the Shells any of the
pretty pottery or majolica bowls or dishes may
| be used.
WArERcREss SANDWICHES are very ap-
petizing. Wash the watercress well and dry it
| thoroughly with fine napkin, so that no
moisture remains. After detaching the leaves
from the stalk chop them fine and spread them
upon slices of thinly cut buttered bread from
which the crust has been removed
CLAM CHowDER.-Half a peck of round
CLAIMS, chopped fine, five potatoes Sliced four
| onions, chopped fine, three slices of salt fat
pork in the bottom of the kettle; let it fry a few
minutes, then put in a layer of CLAIMS, then
potatoes, then crackers, until all are in: then
pour over them the liquor the CLAIMS were boiled
in; add butter and pepper, and boil three
quarters of an hour.
LUNCHEON CLOTHS and napkins may be
made at home. Buy Russian or German linen,
cut it the required size and embroider the
borders in croSs-stitch in one of Prof Lessings
old German designs. Canvas of the required
width is basted securely Oh the linen, the
pattern worked in and then the canvas threads
drawn out. This is much easier way to count
the linen threads The monogram may be
worked in the corner of each piece.
BATS FOR RATS AND MICE.-If you bait a
trap with an egg, no rat can resist it; boiled
tive except Timing over any rat-hoe you may
lind, and you are quite right to use no poison
that will send either rats mice TO die in UNI
get-at-able parts of the house. AS for mice they
are said not to like the smell of ''pennyroyal,"
but you had better catch them with the smell
of toasted cheese.
To SCOUR BOARDS-Pipe CLAW otherwise
called Delaware clay, and water mixed to-
gether into paste and spread over dingy
boards will make them quite white if left to
Dry and stand for little time Another way is
each of pearlash and soft soap, mix paste
with boiling water, lay it on the boards quite
hot. leave it to dry over night and then scour it
OH with soap and sand in the morning.
IT Is A GREAT HELP in housekeeping to
have supplies ready for use. For instance,
when rice, raisins, or anything of that kind
come into the house, they should be carefully
picked over before putting away, and then they
require no time when wanted. Currants should
be washed and dried by the quantity, as it takes
but little more time to do all at once than to
for soaking; meal sifted by the half peek and
kept in tin pailes ready for corn cakes or brown
bread or Potatoes enough to last a week should
be washed clean and put in box or basket.
ASPARAGUS CREAM SOUP.-Talxe off he ten
der stalks ftwo punches of asparagus. Boil
them in salted water until tender. Drain off
the water and pound them with very little
sugar; salt and nutmeg to taste. Add one qudrt
OF cream or broth. Mix quarter of pound
of butter with as much flour as the but ter can
absorb; add to the liquid and stir until it boils
simmer for about fifteen minutes Strain
through a hair sieve. Serve separately few
pieces zee s. OF toasted bread Ifyou wish the soup
and add the solid part to the soup.
HOE CAKE.-Sift one quart of white Indian
meal into a pan, make hole in the middle
and pour in pint of warm water, adding one
teaspoonful of salt; mix these gradually with a
fifteen minutes more until it becomes light
and spongy; then spread the dough smooth
IN ct lttr.rt H,,f hoo
rom the head of a flour barrel will serve for
this purpose. place the board nearly upright
and put an iron against the back to support
1t; bake it we'll, and when done break into
squares, tear open butter and send to table
hot.
THE CAPACITIES OF EGGs-There is nothing
better than an egg. 1t is the unit of perfection
Simply boiled or roasted it is entirely good: but
when cooked by madame it takes as many
dor %i Like she
milk or flour, she makes batter-cakes, which
we take turns in frying. exhausting our
the right moment cake the full size of the
pan: Maple syrup is delectable upon these
stale bread, dipped in hot water buttered. and
spread with French mustard, and cooked with
three eggs as an omelet makes capital dish
With box of sardines one can make meal of
it-Dun. o lfora, IN Outing.
THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS are given for
transferring photographs, engravings, water
color painting, pencil writing, labels, and any
sort of printing on paper, whether in color or
not: Take perfectly clear glass, see that it is
thoroughly clean, and varnish it smoothly.
Stand it over night where no speck OF dust
may touch it. On the next day lay the en-
craving or print in clean water for fifteen
minutes until it is wet through, then Law it
upon anewspaper SO that the moisture NAV
dry from the surface aud the other side remaia
damp. Immediately varnish the glass the
second time Then place the engraving on it.
press 1t down firmly so that the air may be
thoroughly expelled. Rub the paper from the
back until it is of uniform thickness It must
be SO thin that it may be seen through. Then
varnish 1t the third time and let it dry.
mould and steam in the usual way a custard
made by putting in bowl twelve egg yelks
and three whole eggs, two ounces of corn
starch ana tWelVeS ounces of sugar. mix we'll
dilute with quart of hot milk and a table.
spoonful Of orange,fiower water put on the fire,
stir steadily until the preparation begins to
thicken otherwise the starch would settle in
the bottOm); pass through a strainer put i'm the
mould and cook in boiling water that comes
only to half the height of the mould: when
done let it cool and divide into square flat
pieces of about two inches each; dip them one
by one in light flour batter, and fry of a nice
cloth, sprinkle powdered sugar over and serve
on folded napkin.
RAPID RESPIRATION AS AN ANEsyHEr1c.
In recent paper, DR.. Bonwill attributes the
effect of rapid breathing as an anmsthetfc
to the influence OF the surplus of oxygen which
is thus forced upon the lungs, Just as by the
inhalation OF nitrous oxide-the latter heinz
composed of the same elements as common
| air, but with q larger proportion of oyvunn