New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-28
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Home Hints and Helps.

Home Hints and Helps.
II camphor is applied to a burn it it
| will take out the fire almost imme-
diately.
In preparing food for the sick the
| first essential is fresh and suitable
| material, next strenuous cleanliness,
| through cooking and daintiness of
serving.
Windows in the sleeping apart
ments should be open top and bot
tom to secure a proper ventilation
OF the room. When there is an open
| fireplace In the room, it is sufficient
to open the windows only at the top.
| A Delicious Spanish Sweet suitable
for a luncheon is made in this way:
Powder an ordinary sized cocoanut
| quite fine, add the white of an egg
beaten stiff, some. sifted loaf sugar,
and a few drops of rosemary. Make
it into tiny cakes, and set tin an
oven until crisp on,the outside.
For a Rusty Stove, cover the stove
/ with a good coating of lard, well
| rubbed OH. Let this stand for a day,
and then cover it with fnely-powdered
lime, unslacked, rubbing it well into
the grease with a bit of newspaper.
The oil and the rust should ali come
off together, when. you can apply a
good coat ofstove polish.
Coaco butter has:long beenused by
| Spanish creole women to nourish and
soften the skin and prevent sunburn.
Apple pomade is said to whiten the
skin: Oil Of white poppy seed, and of
the four cold seeds, each a gill, with
an ounce of spermaceti made into
pomade, is applied to ward off
wrinkles.
| Velvet Bears the honor of prefer
ence this year; being in far greater
vogue than,plush The latter fabric
| though it. is not considered best
style, will, however; be quite extern
sively worn, for the reason that the
| very moderate sum asked for the
| finest grades of plush will this season
bring it within the limits of the aver
age purse.
| Black is still muchy used for evening
! dress. A much admired black toilet
is made of a soft make of faille Fran
caise and has a gathered skirt with
a ruching at the foot. Over this falls
a full skirt OF black net of silky nat
ure covered with large polka dots.
At the back is a sash piece of black
velvet, put on like panels. The low
necked bodice is also of black velvet,
finished with a drapery of the net.
A correspondent sends scientific
paper a. recipe for sure death to But
falo moths, as follows: Take strips
of red or blue flannel, as these colors
are particularly attractive to them,
dip in liquid arsenic and lay around
| the edges OF carpets or wherever the
| pests are troublesome. They will
soon eat q desired amount and col
| lapse, to the entire satisfaction ofthe
housewife, without the least injury to
her carpets.
AS vaseline is twenty-five cents a
pound, which lasts a year, this is the
cheapest as well as the safest general
cosmetic. This should be applied be-
fore going into the hot sun for walks
or rides, as well as domestic work in
heated rooms. The skin must all
ways be, washed clean with warm wa
ter and fine soap, and well dried be-
fore using any application, and man
orwoman always wants to go to bed
with face and neck. thoroughly and
freshly washed.
A STOPPING position, maintained
for any length of time, tends more
to undermine the health than is sup
| posed. An erect position should be
observed, whether sitting, standing
or lying. To sit with the body lean
ing forward on the stomach or to
oneside. with the heels elevated on a
level with the hands, is not only a
bad taste, but exceedingly detri.
mental to health;l it cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs,
interrupts the free motion of the
/, chest and enfeebles the functions of
the abdominal and thoracic organs,
and, in fact, unbalances the whole
muscular system.-Household
A Remedy for Ants.