The Portland daily press., 1889-10-22
THE HON e.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.


best authorities cupful in cookery means
just one half pint, and the common-sized
kitchen teacup if used as a measure holds
that quantity, as nearly as possible.
A very small bit of red pepper put in the
water in which either meat or vegetables are
boiled will. to some extent, deodorize the
steam and save the disagreeable odor arising
from cabbage. onions, etc.
The fashionable sandwich now must needs
be cut in the shape OF tiny diamond, have
all the crust of the bread removed, and, like
wise, all the fat of the meat or ham. Chopped
parsley must be sprinkled on 1t, too.
Soft water is much the best to use for
cooking vegetables il pure and clean, but If
hard water is used have it freshly drawn and
put in little soda to soften. Nearly all
vegetables should be thoroughly cooked and
are spoiled II either over or underdone. Those
young and tender require less time than those
more mature.
TO tie a shoe so it will stay: Tie simple
knot. Then start to tie bow-knot, but be-
fore drawing down tight take the last part of
the bow made, put it over, then under the
knot, and pull down tight, as you would
finish bow-knot. This will unite as easily
as regular bow knot, but Of itself will not
come united.
Does everybody know that the best cover
ing for poultice or mustard paste is tissue
paper.
The best way to clear out and straighten
the fringe OF towels, doilies, ETC., before IRON
ing, it TO comb it while damp, with an inch
| leugth of cOarseSt toilet comb.
| For mendng valuable glassware use a
| cement made with five parts gelatine to one
| part of solution of acid chromate of lime
Cover the broken edges with the cement
press the parts together and expose to sun
| light.
A charming way to flavor custards is to
beat fruit jelly with the whites of the eggs !;
| red raspberry jelly and ounce jelly are es-
| pecially nice for this.
| To restore the polish to tortoise shell rub
well with mixture of rottenstone and sweet
oil. and polish well with wash-leather ami
plate powder
Ii you borrow, You must lend; therefore
whatsoever you are unwilling that men
should borrow of you borrow not of them.
Clipping the ends of the hair once mouth
is beneficial. Professional hair dressers are
said TO clip dexterously every hair, but
slightly trimming the hair evenly when
brushed smoothly down the back.
To set delicate colors in embroidered hand
kerchiefs, soak them ten minutes previous to
washing In pail of tepid water, in which
desertspoonfui of turpentine has been well
stirred.
Black kid gloves may be freshened by
very little olive oil, in which has been stirred
lew QlOPS Vi DldCh INK. D6DZllc VIII cledQ
white kid gloves and light colors may be
treated with dry corn meal.
Wet plotting paper in strong solution of
| saltpeter, dry it, and burn q piece three
inches square on plate in the sleeping room
and 1t will afford quick relief in asthma
| When your table cloths are worn out be-
yond mending cut square pieces from the
best parts of them and hem neatly. They
VIII make nice napkins for holding the chill
a q rQ lncf
your set will not be broken.
BE DISCREET
A lady writing to girls in The New York
Mail and Express says
In the first place, ] would counsel you
that is. the girls to be very careful about
your conduct towards the young man you
meet. will take it for granted that you are
pretty, and perhaps little gay and thought
less as well. If have pictured you correctly.
remember that to be thoughtless counteracts
being pretty. You know the proverb-"As
jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair
woman without discretion" And no modern
proverb vendor or member said truer thing.
DO be discreet; do not think that young men
are the only delightful people in the world,
or act as If you thought so. Keep them at a
proper distance; no man likes or respects a
girl who runs after him, defers to his opinion
lets him say rude things to her, and take
little liberties Of speech or action. Again
don't go out driving or walking or sailing
alone with any young man. Perhaps you
will tell me that girls all doit. Not well-bred
girls, my dear; If you have no real chaperone
take another girl with you. Half the
scandals and tragedies of women began in
their carelessness about this very thing
And over ALL do be most particular about
the young men with whom you associate
Avoid fast" men as you would lepers. Men
who are dissipated are inherently low; NO
| matter how rich, how handsome, how highly
placed in what is called society, such men
are no associates for pure young girl: You
do not know anything about their real lives
and characters, and they know you do not
| they take advantage of your natural and
| lovely innocence, and admire it, though they
know themselves they are not fit to touch the
hem of your dress even. must say some
thing about your clothes. Don't be too fine
simplicity and exquisite fresh neatness are
more attractive in girls costume than any
extravaganza of fashion or costliness of
| material; but even the plainest dress
may be made Haunting by its immodest style.
| Again, be just as careful with what young
women you are friendly with as would have
you to be about young men. A girl is always
judged by her friends; keep civilly aloo1
from the fast" the. slangy. the giggling
girls you will too surely meet. Choose your
company more carefully than your dress, for
your friends are the true index of your moral
and mental status. Nothing can ever re-
trieve the mistakes you make now in these
| respects; you are now making history
the history of your life.