Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-02

PRACTICAL RECIPES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
To CLEAN THE INSIDE OF FRYING PANS rub
with hard crust of bread and wash in hot
water. mixed with little soda.
PUT TEA AND COFFEE AWAY in air-tight re-
ceptacles as soon as they are brought to the
house. They lose much of their flavor by re-
naming uncovered
STONE JARS FOR LARD and greasy pie plates
can be cleaned by boiling them for two hours
IN kettle with ashes or sal soda. Let them
cool in the water.
FoR CoUGH boil one ounce of faxseed in a
pint of water, strain and add little honey, one
ounce of rock candy, and the Juice of three
lemons; mix and boil we'll. Drink as hot as
possible.
No MATTER How LARGE the spot Of oil, any
carpet or wooden stuff can be cleaned by apply
ing buckwheat plentifully and carefully brush
ing it into dustpan after short time and
putting on fresh until the DILL has all disap-
peared.
IN OYSTER STEW or anything where one
wishes to use the liquor let it come to boil SO
as to take off the scum. Never boil oysters, as
it toughens them, simply let them come to the
boiling point. 1t should simply boil around
the edges.
WHITE HELIorRoPE PERFUME-vanilla, one
IL,
ten drops; cherry-laurel OIL five drops; musk,
three-fourths of grain; benzoine. six drachms;
rectitied alcohol, one pint; mix, let stand two
days.
WHEN DEcASTERs AND CARAFEs become so
discolored inside that shot or fine Goals will not
cleanse than fill the bottle with finely chopped
potato skins, cork tightly, and let the bottle
stand for three days, when the skins will fer
ment- Turn out and rinse. The bottle will be
as bright and clean as when new.
STAINS FROM TABLE OLoTHs.-Diuted oxalic
acid, If applied and washed out quickly, will
remove the stains without injurlng the fabric.
II allowed to remain but a moment after the
acid is applied the table cloth will, of course.
be ruined. For washing out the acid use clear.
cold water.
WHEN LINEN HAS TURNED YELLOW cut up a
pound Of fine white soap into gallon of milk
and hang it over a fire in a wash kettle or
boiler. When the soap has completely melted
put IN the linen and boil 1t half an hour, have
ready lather of soap and water, wash the
linen in it, after which rinse in two cold waters,
with very little blue in the last.
RICE A LA MACARoNL-Arrange in q baking
dish layer Of boiled rice, season with salt,
pepper and bits of butter, then thin layer of
grated cheese. and SO on alternately, using
cheese for the top. Moisten well with rich
milk or. still better, cream, and strew the ton
with rolled crackers. Bake for twenty minutes
or until the top is light brown.
ABOUT AS GOOD WAY AS ANY to clean
black silk is to take ammonia and alcohol-one
part ammonia to three of alcohol-add half as
much hot water, and laying the silk over an
old sheet fold in four thickDesses rub with a
black rag or sponge dipped in the mixture.
Have ready some old broom handles curtain
| poles or other round, smooth sticks and wrap
the silk on them as tightly and smoothly as DOS
slole. Let 1t dry In this position, it will need
| no ironing
VEAL AND MAcARoN1 PArK.-Chop two cup
fuls OF cold boiled macaroni fine Mix with il
beaten egg, and line buttered mold-a plain
one-wlth the macaroni. Inside this place the
remains Of cold veal, chopped small, well
| seasoned and moistened with gravy. Spread
the macaronl over the top of the meat cover
the mold tightly, plunge it in pot Of boiling
water and boil an hour and q half. Turn out
IN platter and pour gravy or drawn butter
over il.
GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION should be given
to the proper airing Of the mattress every morn
ing, and at least once week stiff brush should
remove the dust which will accumulate even
| in the best ordered house, under the tufts
of cotton, or the bits Of leather, or whatever il
| used to tack the mattress with. Attention
should also be directed to the edge of the mat
| tress where the braid is sewed on, for dus,
| sits under that. Where the bed room is also
the dressing room dust cannot be avoided. but
1t may be at least changed, and it need not be
| allowed to accumulate.
"A WOMAN CAN THROW out will, q spoou
faster than man can throw in with shovel {,
and perhaps there is an equal amount of truth
in this, Economy counts nowhere SO we'll as in
the kitchen" On this basis crumb of bread
only one possibly, is saved in q stone lar thor,
oughly sweet and clean In day or two there
will be more crumbs from the loaf in slicine. or
from the cake plate, little left-overs here and
keeper when she views the accumulated pile Of
o week.