Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-12-07
Household Receipts.

tors to keep them S"eoU'
A tablespoonful Of turpentine boiled
with white clothes will greatly AID the
whitening process.
A few drops of ammonia in cup OF
warm rain water, carefully applied
with wet sponge, will remove spots
from paintings and chromos
A very small bit of red pepper put
in the water in which either meat or
VEGETABLES are boiled will, to some eX-
tent. deodorize the steam and save the
disaoreeable odor arising from cabbage,
onions, etc.
Alum water will restore almost all
faded colors. Brush the faded article
thoroughly to free it from DUST cover
If with a lather Of CASTLE soap, rinse
with clear water and then alum water
and the color will usually be much
brighter than before.
Here is an item of interest to the
ladies If white clothing, say dress
is put away in drawer or closet 1t
will become yellow. But If 1t be
nlaced in box lined with blue cloth
# will come out as white as it ever was,
no matter how long it lies.
Whiskey will take out every KIND
of fruit stain for which | have ever
seen it used. A child's dress will look
entirely ruined by the dark berry
stains ON it, but if whiskey is poured on
the discolored places before sending II
into the wash it will come out as good
as new.
To oct rid of reaches take say two
tablespoonful of borax and dissolve II
in one mint of water With this water
make n stiff dough of corn meal. Don't
cook. Put it where the reaches can
oct it. Put it out at night, and next
morning you can sweep up all the
reaches YOU want. 1t is the only rem
edy that never fails. Two or three APP
plications are generally sufficient.
Cream Pie.-Make good rich Gus
tard in the usual way, cooking it in a
double boiler or in IA dish placed in a
kettle of hot water prepare the crust
as for lemon pie and bake with nothing
in it fill the crust with the custard
and brown nicely. This takes nc
longer than the usual way Of making
lemon pie and is much nicer.
To cure wrinkles, use benzoin lotion
which applied regularly for a time
with little cream at night, will tight.
en- the skin, and lessen the marks, and
make the skin close and fine. Once
weekly use little eau de cologne and
fresh lemon juice, or every third day
Oyster Fritters.-'ro cupful OF oys
ter liquid add cupful Of milk, three
well-beaten eggs, salt and pepper t.
taste, and flour enough to make
thick batter. Put a large plnmp oys
ter in each spoonful of the batter ano
drop it into hot lard or nice drippings
Cook till it is nicely Drowned and lay
ON paper to absorb the grease, thel
serve.
Neao College Pudding-Halfa poun'
of currants washed and picked, thu
same of finely chopped beef suet, thu
same of grated bread, three ounces
sugar, a little nutmeg, cinnamon anC
salt mix all well together with thu
yelks of two eggs, the white Of one, anC
glass of brandy, make them in small
shapes, dip in breadcrumbs, and fry tt
nice brown.
The best method Of keeping stee
buckles, or any steel ornaments, clear
and free from rust is the following
Pound up some starch in mortar anc
sift it through piece Of fine muslin
then half fill a cardboard box of the
required size with the pounded starch,
place the buckles in it and cover with
more starch. Keep them in this when
not in use. When wanted the powder
may be brushed off with fine brush
Should they need polishing sift putty
powder through muslin, mix it smooth
" with little olive oil and rub the
ornaments previously cleaned with
the finest emery pape) with the mix
ture.
Good glue is best for picture scrap
books, as it is not so apt to warp the
page or to "soak" the paper. Fol
reading scraps book-binder's paste, OF
any good cooked paste, is better than
mucilage. Spread the paste thinly
and evenly, ON the scrap, not on the
leaf, and while it is damp lay ON an
extra sheet of paper Ga piece of news
paper over the page and iron it with
pretty hot fat-iron till it is dry.
When nearly dry the flat iron may be
applied directly to the page, taking
care always to look out for the paper
or fat-iron sticking to the page. By
this means the page is kept smooth,
otherwise it will dry in wrinkles When
glue is used no ironing is needed, but
little more care is required in apply