Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-19
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.


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KEEP large squares of thick pasteboard
hung convenient to slip under pots, ket-
ties, stew dishes and spiders, whenever
you set them down.
DON'T firt dirt from one piece of furni-
ture to another and cali it busting, but
take it up carefully in a busting cloth and
shakeit from the window.
ACUP of cold, strong beef-tea, nicely
seasoned and free from grease, taken dur
ing the night, will overcome In many cases
nervousness and sleeplessness.
THERE is no great amount of nobility,
and less of Judgment, in doing work the
hardest way. The path OF life has una
vOidably barren, Enthusiastically rugged
places to be gotten over, but 1t is foolish
economy and a silly woman that ignorant
ly emphasizes these.
IN order to render glue insoluble in
water, even not water, it Is only necessa-
ry, when dissoiying glue for use, to add a
little potassium bicnromate to the water
ana expose the glued part to the light.
The bichrOmate will vary with circum-
stances; but tor the most purposes about
One-iftieth Of the amount Of glue will suf-
flee.
IN washing lace make a lather Of good
white soap, have it Just lukewarm, lay
the lace in over night. In the morning
squeeze out, and put in fresh water. q lit
tie sOapy. Rinse and blue slightly. pin on
q clotn and hang out. When dry dip itin
sweet milk, squeeze OuJ and lay on the
cloth, pick out and pull in shape, lay cloth
and all between the leaves OF a large
book, like a geography, and put a weight
on it until dry.
SCALLOPED TOMATOEs.-Strain most of
the liquor from a can of tomatoes. butter
q aaEn 1izb Gnraod Il 10 var of tho fppaa u
toes in the bottom, season with bits of but
ter, salt, peppers and sugars and a few
shreds of onion. Cover the layer with fine
bread crumbs, put over it another of to-
matoes and seasoning and so on, until the
dish is full. The top should be a stratum
Of seasoned crumbs. Set in the oven, COW
cred, and bake, removing the lid 10
minutes before taking it out, that it
may browne elicately.
JULIENNE SOUP.-This favOrite vegeta-
BILE soup is made as follows; Divide two
medium-sized carrots in two, then cut into
very thin slices of about an inch long;
take the same quantity OF turnips, leeks,
onions and a few pieces Of celery, all cut
into thin slices, and put them into a
saucepan, with a piece of good butter, on
a gentle fire; stir gently until the vegeta-
bles begin to color slightly; add 3 pints of
consomme or soup stock and boil gently
one uOuIs zen miHuLCS DelOIc serving
put in 5 or 4 leaves of lettuce. the same
of sOrrel aud a lit tie chervil chopped up;
boil a little longer, add a pinch OF sugar
and a "teaspoontul of green peas previous
ly boiled.
Row TO PRESERVE MILK.-Pour the
mile into a bottle, and place the vessel up
to its neck in a saucepanful OF water
which Is then TO be put on the fire and al
lowed to boil for a quarter of an hour. The
bottle Is now to be removed from the
water and carefully closed with a good
and Jight-httIng cork, so as to rende il as
air tight as possible. Milk which has been
preserved by this process has been kept
for more than a year without turning
sour. Milk may also be preserved by put
ting a tablespoonful OF horse radish.
scraped in shreds, into a painful of milk.
When milk thus treated is kept in a cool
place, it will be found to keep good for sew
eral days, even in hot weather.
USE OF H NAPKIN.-The law of the
napkin is but vaguely understood. One
of u esteemed metropolitan c%ontempO-
raries informs an eager inquirer that II is
bad form to fold the napkin alter dinner;
thai the proper thing is to throw il with
negligent disregard on the table beside
the plate, as to fold it would be a renec-
tion on the host, and imply "a familiarity
that would not betit az invited guest. But
the thoughtful reader will agree with us
that this studied disorder Is likely to be
a good deal more trying TO a |iasudious
hostess than an unstudled replacing Of
the napkin in good order beside the visi-
tors plate. The proper thing is 10 fold
the fabric with transformations care and
lay il on the lett side OF the plate, far from
the liquids and coffee, and thus testify to
the hostess that her care in preparing the
table has been appreciated.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT CAKE.=There is
quite as good Judgment required to bake
cake well. Have moderate heat for ordi-
nary cake. though sponge cake requires "a
quick oven, andcake containing mOlasses
should ave a slow me- Set a dish OF
water in the oven with cake when bak-
ing, and il seldom se0rcbes. Closely
watch the ovens, Keeping the fire as even
as possible, by using The various drafts OF
the stove or range. Do not try to do other
cooking meantime, for il this is not
worth doing WELL" it is not worth doing
at all.
When cold, put away cake in a tin box,
closely covered. ~.
Two apples kept in the box with IL. will
keep moderately rich AXE moist for
years, by renewing the apples when they
become shriYelled.
For a tempting, p%resentable dish OF
cake for the table, have a variety OF clean
cut, medium-sized slices, OF different
shades OF color, and laid on without an
parent order andthe effect Is good. Dark
fruit cake, angel cake, yellow pound
cake, and ladies' cake make q fair combi-
nation.
A dish OF small cakes is often appetiz.
ing, when the above kinds are not cared
for; such as maccar0ons, kissea, choco-
late cakes, and sponge cakes, or ladies'
fingers.
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