Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-20
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sEAsoSABLE SUGGESTIONS TO PRACTICAL HOUSE
KEEPERs-HrNrs FoR THE DINING ROOM.
PANTRY AND KIrcHES-sMALL THINGS AND
RECIPES WORTH RENEMsKRrSa.

II A WHOLE Eco is too much OF q burden for
the invalid's stomach try the yolk only.
II POISONED By IVY, battle the affected parts
freely three times day with sweet spirits of
inter.
/ DAMP SALT WILL REMOVE the discoloration
of cups and sancers caused by tea and careless
washing.
To CLEAN Willow FURNITURE use salt and
water. Apply il with a nail brush, scrub well
and dry thoroughly.
IF SoALpED, PLUNGE the part in water. This
relieves pain instantly and gives time for
thought and composure.
FoR BLACK ErE.-Paint il with a mixture
ofequal parts Of tincture capsici and gum arabic
and some glycerine.
Two TABLEsPooSFuLs OF WASHING SOFA in g
gallon of boiling water makes a good disin-
fectant for the kitchen sink. Pour il in at
| night while it is still at boiling heat.
ROOM WITH Low CEILING will seem higher
II the window curtains hang to the floor. LAM
brequlns may be used TO extend the curtains to
the ceiling and thus carry out the effect.
A LONDON MEDICAL MAN SAYS: BE careful
in your dealings with horseradish. II irritates
the stomach far more than spice and an over
days"
For EXCESSIVE PRESENTATION OF THE FEET
should be rubbed on the feet at night and a
light open sock worn. In the morning the feet
should be washed with tepid water.
HoT LEMONADE to ''break up a cold is an old
safe household remedy and it certainly is of
value. Instead of sugar add a teaspoonful of
pure glycerine TO the lemonade A tablespoon
full of brandy or whisky may be added.
STRONG SALT AND WATER and diluted cam
phorated alcohol given alternately and in
quantities to merely keep the mouth and throat
wet are recommended for diphtheretic
patients. A gargle of sulphur and water
has also proved of value in the treatment OF
diphtheria.
THERE Is OFTEN WASTE OF JUICE AND SUGAR
during the process of baking fruit pies. BY
rolling out an under paste an inch larger than
the plate and turning it over the fruit when
the pie Is filled this loss will be prevented Wet
with col water before laying the top crust.
ALWAYS HoT RoLLs.-Take as many of the
cold rolls as required, dip them hastily in cold
water, put them between two pans and set them
In the hot stove oven. In a few minutes they
become hot and soft and about equal TO freshly
baked bread. Delicate persons can also par
take freely of them.
If THE THROAT BURNS after swallowing a
poison drink sweet oil. If you are falling
asleep from poison drink half glass of water
into which has been stirred a teaspoonful each
OF salt and common table mustard. and. after
vomiting, drink the strongest coffee and keep
In motion until perfectly awake. After any
poison swallow one or two raw eggs.
PEAS FRENCH FAsHIoN.-Melt one-half cup
OF butter In a saucepan, then one and half
pmts OF tender peas, pepper and salt TO taste, a
couple of small onions, whole and half head
OF lettuce tied up together, with a teaspoonful
OF sugar. Toss on slow fire till the peas are
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onions, and serve with finely minced parsley
mixed in the peas.
In CUTTING UP CHICKENS be sure to use
knife to disjoint them, instead of chopping
them. Also care should be taken with all
meats not to use a Ratchet as the fine splinters
and sllvers of bone, which are exceedingly
sharp, may causeeserious trouble il taken into
the mouth and stomach. 1t is a cooks place
to look carefully over all meats taking out all
small pieces OF bone, especially lamb, veal and
mutton.
Ice CREAM.-Ice cream is often the best food
to take in certain fevered conditions, and
simple method for making it when only pint
is wanted is the old-fashoned one of placing
TIN bucket inside a larger one of either tin or
WOOD ana packing the sailed ice between them.
Inc modern Improvement applied to this way
Is TO use an egg heater TO stir the cream. When
1t is thoroughly beaten it will freeze with fine
grain, and very quickly, the quantity of cream
beng SO small
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS to know in whip
ping cream which will economic il very much
and have better result. Cream should be
thirty-six hours old in cold weather. twenty
four In summer, and ii should be thoroughly
chilled before it is whipped. In hot weather
the bowl should be set Ia ice while il is whip
ped Under these conditions cream will beat
as solid as white OF eggs without any milk re-
mainder. Do not remove the froth as il rises
but beat steadily for fifteen minutes or there
abouts. You will then find your cream is solid
EVERY MOTHER KNOWS how often little
ones get something in the eye. Take hold of
the lashes of the upper lid with the left
hand and, pressing the dull point of a pencil
against the middle of the lid turn il upward:
then remove the substance with a camefs hair
brush or the corner of a soft handkerchief.
Particles OF lime often cause great pain il they
get into the eye, as any one who has ever white
washed ceiling can testify. Apply weak vine
gar to neutralize the alkali and remove the
particle as directed.
CONDENSED MMK.-There is nothing much
butter to bring up bottle babies'on. 1t is more
uniform in quality than ordinary milkman's
milk and much less likely to sour-the cause
OF much of bottle-fed babies trouble. Very
many babies are brought up upon il and are
fat and thriving. OF course great care must
be exercised 30 keep the bottle or cups abso-
lutely sweet and clean, scalding them each time
after use. The milk may be prepared with one
part Of condensed milk to from ten to sixteen
Of pure water. All babies milk drink should
be given to them lukewarm.
No ONE Who, FATIaUED By OVER ExERrrox
Of body or mind, has ever experienced the re-
viving influence of a tumbler Of hot milk.
heated as hot as it can be slipped, will willingly
forego a resort to il because of its being rem
dered by heating somewhat less acceptable TO
the palate. The promptness with which its
cordial influence is felt is indeed surprising.
Some portion of it seems to be digested and
appropriated almost immediately, and many
who now fancy they need alcoholic stimulants
when exhausted by fatigue will find in this
simple draught an equivalent that will be album
dainty satisfying and far more enduring in its
effects.
OnCLoTH OUGHT NEVER TO BE SCRUBBED
with a brush. but after being swept may be
cleaned by washing with q soft flannel and
lukewarm water or cold tea. On no account
use soap or water that is hot, as either would
have bad effect on the paint. When the OIL
cloth is dry rub it with a small portion of a
mixture of beeswax, softened with q minute
quan1ty of tnrpentine, using for this purpose
q soft furniture polishing brush The following
is also used to make oilcloths look well: Wash
them once a month with skim milk and water |
equal quantities Of each; rub them once in
three months with boiled linseed oil: put ON a |
very little and rub it well in with a rag and |
polish with piece Of old silk.
1T rs QUITE COMMON for persons fo faal fa;nx