Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-06
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SUGGESTIONS 10 nsDUsrRloUs HousKwrvIs-wHAf
10 DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO TO SAVE TINE AND
rRouBLI-vALuABL. SANITARY POINTS, NUN
RER OF skAsoxABLE DISHES
CLorHrsPrSs BOILED FEW MINUTES and quickly
or1ed once or twice month become more durable
Put SOME PIECES OF CHARCOAL or else q SOUP
plate OF Stacking lime In the refrigerator TO pre-
vent unpleasant odora
To REMOVE TEA AND CoyyER STAINS from table
linen spread It on the grass and let the action Of
kinds OF fruit stains
To RENDER RoUaHENKD sKn SOFT AND SMOOTH,
wet In warm soft water, then rub thoroughly with
oatmeal hour, and wash on with water containing
teaspoonfui OF pure glycerine.
To PREPARE AN Eco FOR SICK PERSON. beat the
egg until very light; add seasoning to taste, and
tnen steam until thoroughly warmed through.
This will not take more than two minutes
For CLEANING LAMP CHIMNEYs-Newspapers are
sne pest thing for cleaning lamp chimneys Put
the lamps then rub the chmneys until they shine.
PAN OF SLICED RAW ONIONS placed in a room
where there Is diphtheria tends to absorb the poi
son and prevent the disease from spreading. The
onions should be buried every morning and fresh
ones cut up.
BRONZE MAY Be RENOVATED AND REcoLoRkp BY
mixing one part OF muriatic acid and two parts OF
water; free the article from all grease and dirt,
ana apply the diluted acid with cloth; when dry
CORN STARCH CAKE.-Two cups fne confection-
cry sugar. one cup butter, two OF sifted -four, one
OF corn starch dissolve in one cup sweet milk the
whites OF seven eggs, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, flavor with lemon.
To DRY LACE CURrAINs.-rhe easiest way TO dry
lace curtains after washing them is to take dry,
sunny day, fasten them TO the line by one edge
with clotheS-pins only few inches apart then
gently pull and stretch them until dry
To TAKE RUST OUT OF STEEL rub the steel with
sweet Oil; In a day or two rub with finely DOW.
dered unslacked lime until the rust all disappears
then oil again. roll In a wooden cloth, and put In
dry place, especially II 1t be table cutlery.
FOR RATs.-Chloride OF lime is an infallible pre-
ventive for rats as they dee from its odor as from
pestilence. 1t should be thrown down their
likely to come, and should be renewed once fort
night.
STEwED MUsHRoOMS-Put the mushrooms in a
small saucepan with pepper and SALT a bit Of but
ter and teaspoonful or two OF the gravy of roast
and when they boil they are done; then pour
Them over the not broiled steak on a hot dish and
serve at once.
For RUSTY STOVE, cover the stove with good
coating OF lard well rubbed on. Let this stand for
a days. then cover 1t with finely-powdered lime
unslacked, rubbing it well into the grease with
Dit OF newspaper. The oil and the rust should all
come on together, when you can apply good coat
OF stove polish.
OF the sulphate OF Quinine In an ounce Of sweet
almond Oil; put 1t on the roots of the eyelashes
with the finest sable pencil, sold at the apotne-
cary'S or the art1St-Suppy shops. The mixture
must De lightly applied, as 1t lrritates the eye to
nave much lingering OF the lids.
OYSTERS AND MACCARONI "a LUNCHEON DIsH.-
Lay some stewed maccaroni in a deep baking DISH
put upon 1t thick layer OF oysters, seasoned
lightly with cayenne pepper and heavily with
grated lemon peel. Add small teacupful OF
ere streW layer OF bread crumbs over the
Top. Dot with bits OF butter and brown In q very
quick oven. Serve with a piQuante sauce.
FRESH TEA AND CoFFEE.-Some cooks will persist
IN making tea or coffee quite while before 1t is
needed on the table. and then letN simmer away
at the back OF the stove while they see to the cook
ing OF the other materials for the meal. This is
great mistake. When everything else is about
cooked then Is the time 10 think OF making the tea
or Gomez, Tor they must be fresh in order to taste
good.
To MAKE CoFFEE.-Take good-slzed cupful Of
ground coffee; stir white Of egg and the crushed
shell Into 1t thoroughly. then pour into quart OF
boiling water; put on the stove and boil for about
a quarter OF an hour; then add O half cupful Of
Whiie 10 settle pour into your coffee pot, which
should first be scalded, and send to the table
Inc conee should be stirred as IT boils.
How TO MAKE GREEN OR BLACK TRA.-Have
ready kettle OF water boiling fast; pour some
into the teapot; let 1t remain for a few minutes
lor each Two persons, put 1t in the pot pour 1t
gill Oh water cover IL, close for five minutes then
nii me pot up and put on the table, have covered
pitcher OF boiling water and when two cups Of tea
poured out Nil the pot up again. You win then
Keep the strength good and equal
GRAPE BUTTER-Stew the grapes and squeeze
out each pulp from the skIn removing the seeds:
keep the skins in a small thin bag; to each pound
OF pulp allow one pound OF sugar. half a pint of
cider vinegar, one teaspoOnful of cloves one OF
cinnamon, and one OF nutmeg; boil this very
slowly, putting Ia the bag OF skins tied securely;
when II Jelies by dropping in cold water it is done
fut away In jars. For an ornamental dish 1t can
be heated over and put into molds to jelly.
MARYLAND ROAST OYsTERs.-Seect large oysters
In the shells and scrub them clean. FIJI an iron
pan with them; set 1t over bed Of hot Goals un-
III the oysters open their shells; have ready an
other clean and smaller pan over the range; put
into this pan good-sized piece Of butter little
salt and pepper, and some vinegar; drop the oys-
ters In this as opened from the other pan with an
oyster knife, and serve them in the second pan,
steaming hot. regular oyster party knows no
scruples about its table service.
Fox BURNS AND SCALDs nothing is more sooth-
ing than the white OF an egg, which may be poured
over the wound. 1t is softer as a varnish tor
burn than collodion, and being always at hand
can be applied Immediately. II is also more COOL
Ing than the sweet Oil and cotton which was
formerly supposed to be the surest application 10
aliay the Sinarting pain. II Is the contact with
the air which gives the extreme discomfort expert
ehced from the ordinary accident or this kind, and
lQ-
naInmation Is the thing to be applied
CARE IN CLEANING FLooRs.-It is OF the utmost
Importance that In the cleaning Of floors water
should not be used In such profusion as to soak
into the cracks, and strong disinfectant should
De occasionally applied, says the Sanitdru Era.
But the proper tning for domestic hygiene is to
make noOrS waterproof and dust proof by means
OF some suitable cement In all creviceS and thus
prevent the accumulation OF Nth which has been
lately shown to be OF the most pestienU character
for slnllar reason, Carpets SHOULD not be allowed
10 De beaten or shaken In the ignborhoOd OF any
mouse; ana carpets on any terms are an lnsanitary
NUISANCE.
MARKETING HINTs-Fine, well-fed beef may be
known oy yellowish-white fat-very firm, and OF
anne-grained bright-red lean Very good beef is
sometimes not very fat That is to say, an ex-
celient STEAK may only have a half-tnch band OF
sne butcher IL proud to point OUT but this narrow
oano must Dc ydt, and not grtstle. Sometimes
meat instead Of being covered with fat, Is covered
Win quarter OF an inch OF gristle: at others
there Will De the grlste, but IL will have an out
SIDE layer OF TAT These indications do not always
snow pad meat, only that 1t Is second-ciass This
Is Inc case when Inc grain OF the meat Is good,
and the kldney-fat nrm and good Where the
grlstle Is found In conjunction with dul-red the
meat Is to be avoided altogether.
CHICKEN CUTLErA-Chop the white meat OF q
lour-pound (6oled) chicken rather lne. Put q
half pint OF cream on TO heat, in double boiler.
Rub together one large tablespoonful OF butter and
TWO rounding ones OF hour When smooth stir It
lnto the cream, ana stir and cook I'LL IL forms q
tnlck paste; add the unbeaLen yolks OF two eggs;
COOK one minute longer. Take from The nre; Id
Inc chicken twelve mushrooms and six truf1eS
chopped nne, quarter or nutmeg, grated, ten
QrOpS OF onion luce. a tahlesnOnnIni nr cnnnnad