The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

or dra0 monte linen, They are emOroldered
with washable etching linen floss, and are very
handsome when forget me nots and large daisies
are scattered over carelessly.
standing antidote for poison by poison oak,
ivy, ETC., is to take handful of quick-lifhe, dis
solve in water, let it stand half an hour. then
paint the poisoned parts with 1t. Three or four
applications it is said, will cure the most agra
waited cases.
Ingenious persons may make screens out of
the two-fold towel or clothesrack. The rack is
covered with stout unbleached muslin or thin
canvas, and on this is pasted the Japanese wall
paper that is very effective. The bars may be
stained or painted, according to fancy.
Lemon juice is said to act like charm in re-
moving the stains caused by colored stockings
When the stockings are taken off at night
squeeze a little lemon juice on a cloth and rub
the foot, when almost instantly the stains will
disappear. Then wet the cloth in clear water
and wipe the feet and dry. It takes but a mo-
ment, and the effect is marvellous.
A pretty scarf for sitting-room table is made
of felt. Across the ends are colored velvets and
Draids laid in points and straight bands To
brighten the whole. feather and cat-stitch the
braids and velvet with Aforementioned f1osses.
Finish the ends with deep antique lace, and
work some of the heavy spots In the lace with
the floss. and on each point hang different col
ored tassels.
Summer squash may be cooked in this manner:
Cut the squash in quarters, remove the seeds
and skin. cover with sailed boiling water, and
boil until done. When cooked, mash the squash
and add one ounce of butter for each small one
Moisten with gravy or broth, and put in little
pans or dishes; cover with bread crumbs, place
tiny bits of butter on the top, and bake deli
cate brown in a brisk oven.
A contributor to the Boston Transcript gives
the following remedy for salt rheum in the
hands: Prepare strong infusion of yellow
dock root, and take wineglassful night and
morning. An infusion of the leaves of the beech
tree, used as lotion will give relief. / have
known Of three severe cases to have been cured
by this simple remedy. In my own case | took
the yellow dock for three months.
A writer in a New York paper says: 'If vase
line or butter be applied to the skin Immediately
after a blow of any sort there will be no dscol-
grafton. AS little time possible must be al
lowed to elapse from the accident until the appl-
cation OF the remedy Only recently a person
came in violent contact with projecting iron
rod, which caused great pain and large red spot
on the cheek. Vaseline was applied instantly
and at the end of an hour there was no trace of
the injury. The bruised feeling was relieved by
witch hazel"
Says the New York Graphic: Originality
and quaintpess are now the requisites. Could
anything be more out of the ordinary bounds of
fancy work than piano cover of ecru monte
cloth decorated in Holben work with small
harps with punches of feathers between themq
Could anything be less likely TO be chosen for
faint contrast to the soft olives and sage green's
with which the pattern is worked2 Yet this is
one of the fancies for parlor decoration, and not
more odd than a sofa roll or pillow made of pale
blue or yellow satin set off with cats heads"
To pickle walnuts, gather the nuts when the
sun is on them, and before the shell is hard
which may be known by running PIN into them.
Put them into strong salt and water for nine
days, stir them twice day and change the
water every three days. Then place them in
hair sieve and let them remain in the air until
they turn black Then make pickle of the fol-
lowing ingredients: TO every two quarts of vim
egar add half an ounce of mace, half an ounce
of CLOVES, the same of black pepper, ginger and
long pepper, and two ounces of salt. Boil it and
put it over the walnuts aud seal up.
The Domestic Monthly tells of an o9d table
cover made of black satin, with four-inch bor-
der OF black plush and ornamented with tuft
of flowers at each corner. apparently growing up
from the top of the plush, with a few stalks and
thin grasses worked near the edge Of the satin,
looking as though they had burst through the
plush. Buttercups, yellow daisies, begonia
leaves, or the Virginia creeper, look well on
black. An edging of black Angora lace worked
in tinsel, is handsome on such cover. A pretty
fancy is to embroder the monogram in one cor
ner of the table cover in the colors of the en-
broidered flowers
Pretty aprons are very popular at the present
time, and are made in many different ways, and
of all kinds of materials. Those of scrym or
Congress canvas are very pretty. They can be
made of any size to suit the taste of the wearer
Put broad hem all around the four Sides
Draw threads across the bottom one space or
several. If one broad space is made fill it in
with very narrow ribbons woven in and out in a
sort OF basket work. If several narrow spaces
are preferred use ribbon to run in the width of
the spaces. Should the striped scrym be used
it can be trimmed in various pretty ways. Rib
bons be run in the open-work part of the
stripe, and then along each side, crazy stitches
may be put in with bright hued silks The rib
bon to tie it with is drawn through the hem at
the top.
Corn. in making bread, is considered to be
very economical and makes moist, fine bread,
with a pleasant flavor. Take one pint of warm
Indian meal Cruel made of the white corn meal:
dissolve a cake of compressed Yeast in half
pint of warm milk; put in it two teas oonfuls of
salt-unless you have sailed the Cruel, when put
only one-and three of sugar When the yeast
is dissolved, pour the Cruel in the mixing bowl,
add the yeast and milk to it, and then stir in
enough warm -four to make very soft dough;
knead it WELL cover IL with a cloth and set it to
RISE 1t will take two or four hours. according
to the weather. Work over well once more,
when light, which will be when it is double its
first bulk. Then put it into buttered tins. Let
it rise to nearly double its bulk and bake as any
other bread. If you have cold mush, you can
thin 1t into cruel.
Rice bread is economical and said to be more
nourishing and digestible than any other. AL
low pound of rice to four pounds of wheat
-four; (the rice must be boiled in milk or water
till tender enough to mashl mix il with the -four
Just as you would rub butter into it. rubbing it
between the hands. Dissolve cake of COM
pressed yeast in quart of warm water or milk,
pour it into the -four and rice with two teaspoon
fuls of salt and three Of sugar. Make into a
dough, using more water if necessary as il
probably will be, the dough should be quite soft
to the touch. Knead it well and set it to rise.
When it has risen well knead it thoroughly and
make into loaves. which put into buttered tins
Let them rise to twice the bulk, and bake in
good oven. This is delicious bread when made
with milk.
A new theory has been started with regard to
the use of soap on the face. Women who for
years have been careful of their compilations
would never, under any circumstances, wash
their face lie soap, as it was said to roughen and
coarsen the skin. Now, this idea is exploded,
and a we'll known nhysican in the rnpolit q