The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-07
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

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| in the house are excellent for keeping the skin
| soft and white.
| Finely-chopped celery with French dressing is
| what they hold in Baltimore to be the salad to
eat with small game.
little rum and slice of lemon, with the ad-
| dition Of sugar. are the ingredients a Russian
| fancles in his cup of tea
| The coloring matter will come out of dark
| stockings, and gauze lisle-thread stocking
| should always be worn next the foot.
| Horseradish is a most excellent re for
| hoarseness, and usually affords speedily # as
| soon as used The root is to be eaten wheel it is
green, and not after it is dried.
| Those people who use great deal of salt are
| less subject TO dryness and Inflammation of the
| throat than those who do not A very good
| way to use it is to prepare it in the form of
| gargle.
| Dio Lewis says an Englishman. without OBJ
serving the laws of exercise sleep. will digest
an enormous dinner and preserve his stomach
| because of his two hours chat and good fellow
ship afterward.
Cooked celery is said to be specific for rheum
atism. Cut the celery into small pieces and
| boil it until soft. The patient should drink the
water in which it is cooked: Serve the celery
| hot upon toast.
| Covers for small tea trays are scaloped around
| the edge and then button holed with scarlet.
brown or blue, while little figures in the center
| or corners are worked in the same color that is
| chosen for the border.
| Spoons for gifts are arranged in tasteful box
| es each spoon having different handle and a
| letter of the word ''congratulation" on EACH The
| effect is unique, and change from the conven-
tlonal dozen of sameness.
For chocolate caramels. take three pounds of
brown sugar, half pound of chocolate half.
pound of butter, two tablespoonful of molasses,
the same of vinegar. one cupful of cream milk;
Doll twenty-five minutes, add vanilla when off the
| hre, beat ten minutes to granulate, or II pre-
| terred crisp do not beat at all.
nice salad can be made by taking the IN
| oeached ends of celery and cabbage in the pro-
| portion of one-third celery and two-thirds cab
| bage Chop them both together quite fine, and
make dressing as follows: One teaspoonful
each OF salt, pepper, sugar. mustard and oil, and
molsten with vinegar This needs no cooking.
| Bureau-covers are pretty when made of white
dotted muslin, the large dots being artistically
| embroidered in groups with different colored
| silks. yellow satin lining being used. Mere sub
| stantial covers are made of monte cloth orna-
mented with drawn work of silk along the sur
| face, and with medalions or other patterns in
| colored silks
Bread griddle-cakes are excellent, and may be
| made Of stale bread. Soak small bowl of bread
| over night in milk. In the morning mix half a
cupful of -four into which is put one and one half
teaspoonfuls of bakingpowder, with one quartof
| milk, three we'll beaten eggs and little salt.
| Beat up the bread with this batter until it is
very light, and fry delicate brown. The batter
should be thick
| writer in an exchange recommends the fol-
| lowing mixture for staining kitchen floors: One
| pound of burnt lumber Tor pound already
mixed) with two quarts of boiled oil. can be APP
piled with q brush or cloth, will cover up stains
| or sivers, never show nailmarKs of shoes like
vanished paint willy and will never come up
| and spoil the carpet" 1t will ''wash up" easier
| than oilcloth be as clearly and cost but trife
| Cream cheese is made in England as follows:
Take quart of cream OF, if not desired very
rich, add thereto one pint of new milk. Warm
| it In hot water till about $50, add tablespoon
| full of rennet let it stand till thick, then break
| 1t slightly with spoon and place it in frame
in which you have previously put fine canvass
cloth. press it slightly with weight. let it
stand a few hours, then put finer cloth in the
frame; little powdered salt may be- put over
| the cloth. 1t will be fit for use in day or two.
Try this way oe making orange layer cake: To
| two cups of -four and two cups of powdered
| gar add onehalf cup of cold water and the beaten
| yelks of five eggs; beat four of the whites to
stiff froth. and add, Also the grated peel and
| juice OF one nice oranges lastly, add one tea
| spoonful Of baking powder. Bake in jelly tins.
| Beat the white of the remaining egg to a froth
add fine sugar till very stiff also the grated peel
and juice of one orange; spread the cake between
| the layers with Ghis, and dust powdered sugar
over the top
"Camellias coming back into general use
| for personal adornment and decorative purposes
| in society" says prominent New York florist.
1t is good thing for society, too, on the point
| of economy, for the camellia is much cheaper
| than the rose There are hundred and fifty
/ varieties, some of them of the most exquisite
shades. They keep their freshness and color
| longer than any other flower. Their lack of per-
| fume makes them especially desirable for large
entertainments, for the odor of dying flowers in
a crowded room tends to make many people ILL.,"
The following recipe for potato omelet is
! recommended by teacher in the Boston Cook
| ing School: Use six good-sized potatoes, two
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and little pepper Peel the patatoes and put
/ them into boiling water When they have been
| boiling for fifteen minutes. add one teaspoonful
of SALT AS soon cooked, drain and mash WELL
/ Add one teaspoonful of salt, little pepper the
| butter; then add four well-beaten yolks, mixing
| we'll. Rub through colander Melt two table
| spoonfulSof butter in frying pan. Put in the
potato, smoothing it over as you would in frying
| mince meat. Fry it light brown color double,
| and serve like an omelet.
A soap bubble party" affords pleasant even
ing amusement for old or young. Prepare sew
| eral bowls of the bubble liquid. and place them
| on convenient tables in different parts of the
| room. Furnish each invited guest with COM
mon clay pipe, which may be prettily decorated
by hand painting, or tied with bits of ribbon, and
| will serve as souvenirs of the affair. A long
table is placed under the gas-lights covered with
blanket some soft woollen material, on
| which the bubbles are blown. Prepare a num-
| Der of pretty prizes of useful or fancy articles
| The party is divided and contests made for
prizes given for the largest bubble, the prettiest
| the greatest number from single Dip and the
| side which can blow the greatest number on the
| board Tne'board can be divided like a
! tennis court and the bubbles are blown back ard
| forth by the breath. In this fascinating game
the players are divided into two equal parties,
| and appoint two umpires
| Christine Terhune Herrick writes thus Of
| hangngs and draperies: The fact that hangings
are of pre-eminent service in imparting to
room furnished and hone-like look is
! taken into account by the modern house dec.
orator The most unlikely spots are chosen for
their display. A bit of drapery back of a
statuette or cast, scarf thrown across the cor
| ner of picture frame. another softening the
| outlines of an easel or mirror all these are man
| ifessations of the prevalent tendency. The low
| book shelves that have superseded the unwiedy
| olass cacas that used To lun her Nm ona ,xhola