Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-18

SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR PRACTICAL
HoUskKEEPERs - HINTS FoR THE DINING
ROOM, PANTRY AND KIrcHES-REcIPEs WORTH
PRESERVING.
FouR TEASPOONS are equal to one table
spoon.
HoRsE-RADrsH, as a poultice, is recommended
for rheumatism
LEATHER CHAIR SEATS may be revived by
rubbing with egg-white. well beaten.
ONE TABLESPOONFUL (well heaped) of granu-
lated. coffee A, or best brown sugar. EQUALS
one ounce.
COARSE TouaH BEEF may be improved BY
being run through a sausage cutter and broiled
In cakes like pan sausage.
STRIP OF Flannel or a napkin wrung out
OF hot water and applied round the neck OF a
enid that has Group will usually bring relief in
ten minutes
MATING CAN BE WASHED with strong salt
water and clean cloth, and do it. If possible.
at midday to insure quick drying, which pre-
vents discoloration.
WHITES OR YELKs OF Eaas may be used with
whole eggs in any cake or other recipe calling
for eggs, counting two yelks or two white as
one egg.
PLASTER OF PARIS SCATTERED IN CRACKS and
crevices and rubbed on shelves in cupboards.
closets, &c, will drive away and prevent the
depreciation of the little red ants, cockroaches
| and tends to keep away flies and other insects.
By CUTTING LOAF OF SPONGE CAKE evenly in
two and spreading between a thick coating OF
mashed strawberries, covering the whole with
| rich boiled custard, on top d which place a
few whole Strawberries. a very nice and very
| tempting looking dish may be made.
CEMENT SAID TO BE CAPABLE of use where
resistance to the action of both water and heat
is required, is composed by mixing ordinary
glycerine with dry litharge, SO as to constitute
tough paste. For uniting the joints of steam
| pipes and other similar applications, this pre-
paration is said to be very satisfactory.
WHEN BEATEN Zoos ARE TO BE MIXED with
hot milk, as in making gravies or custards, dip
the hot milk into the beaten eggs a spoonful al
| time, stirring well each time, until the eggs
| are well thinned, then add both together; this
VIII prevent the eggs from curdling.
GOOD HOMEMADE CRACKERS are thus made:
Three-fourths of cup of butter, pint of sour
milk, 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Stir
| all except the milk in with the -four: when
| thoroughly mixed put the milk in. BE careful
not to knead too much, as there is danger of
| their being too tough. Roll thin and bake in a
| quick oven.
Mosr GOODS TO BE CoLoRED are dyed over
| other colors. 1t is desirable to discharge az
much of the old color as possible. This may
be very well done by boiling in strong SOAP
suds and rinsing as long as any color is dis
charged. In all cases goods must be clean or
! dye viii not take evenly. And it is best to wash
well with soap, Soda or boraX. Rinse perfectly
| In clean water, then dye.
A Coop CURE FOR PIMPLEs Is: Bicarbonate
OF soda, Sc grains; glycerine, / drachm
| spermaceti ointment, / ounce. Rub on the
affected part of the face; let it remain a quar-
| ter of an hour, then with a soft cloth wipe of
all but slight film. BE careful of your diet
and avoid greasy food or any that you have
discovered Will interfere with your digestion.
To REMOVE THE GREEN that gathers on
bricks, pour over them boiling water in which
any vegetables not greasy. have been boiled
Repeat for few days, and green will disappear
| For the red wash melt one ounce of glue in one
| gallon water; while hot add alum size of egg
| half pound Venetian red, one pound Spanish
brown. Try it; if too light, add more red and
| brown. If too dark, water.
SALAD DRESSING WITHOUT Ou.-Boil thret
| eggs for twenty minutes, take out the
yelks and rub them very fine, add gradually
one tablespoonful of melted butter and three
| tablespoonfuls of thick, sweet cream Rub un.
| til light and smooth; add half teaspoonful OF
salt, dash OF cayenne, and a quarter teaspoon
| full of mustard. mix, and add one uncooked
| yelk. a teaspoonful of lemon juice and tea
| spoonful of vinegar,
A PAPER HoLDER.-Take a broom handle
and saw it into two-foot length and paint il
black. Into each end screw a medium-sized
picture knob and gid them. Suspend it BY
| narrow scarlet ribbon, tying around the knobs
and fastening each end with tasty bow. Hang
the papers over this. If liked, the whole may
be gllded or stained with any of the pretty
| stains so popular now, using a shade of ribbon
that Will form pretty contrast, or a brass
chain can be used instead of ribbon. Thi.
| makes a very pretty and unique holder. and
| Is so simple in construction that any woman
| can make one.S
STRAWBERRY IcE-CREAM-One quart Of
cream, one quart of strawberries, one pint Of
sugar. Mash the sugar and berries together
and let them stand one or two hours. Add the
| cream, rub through strainer into the freezer
and freeze. Or the cream can be half frozen
and then whole berries stirred in. Or the
cream and sugar may be frozen and drawn
with spoon to the sides of the freezer, and
the space in the center flied with Strawberries
and sugar. and these covered with the frozen
cream and left for an hour or more. When the
whole is turned out it will look very nice if the
base is garnished with strawberries. Raspberry
ice-cream may be made in the same way, using
little less sugar.
PRUNE WHIP.-One pound of best prunes,
whites OF four eggs, two-thirds of a cup of fine
granulated sugar. one-half pint sweet cream,
juice of half a lemon. After the prunes are
well washed stew them till perfectly soft; add
sugar while cooking; when cold remove the
pits. Whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff
froth, adding prunes and lemon juice, whip all
together for ten or fifteen minutes, put into a
pudding dish and bake for twenty minutes in a
moderate oven till light brown. When very
cold serve with the cream, whipped light and
slightly sweetened.
Raw Zoos FOR INvALIDs.-Raw eggs are fire.
quently ordered, as when they can be taken and
retained by sick person they are extremely
nourishing, simply because the albumen not
having been hardened is the sooner digested.
Many, however, cannot take raw eggs as usu-
ally given; that is. beaten up with milk or
wine. The following mode is good one; the
appearance of the dish is so nice that an inva-
lid will often be induced to try it. 1t is free
from oiliness and clean to the palate. Put the
yolk of an egg into basin with a teaspoonful
of white sugar and a tablespoonful of orange or
lemon Juice. and beat lightly together with a
fork. Put the white on plate, add a pinch of
salt. and then, with broad-bladed knife, beat
it to a stiff froth. Then as lightly as possible
transfer it to a clean tumbler, which It will
nearly fill if properly made. This must not
stand in a warm place or it soon becomes liquid
and loses its snowy look.
Written for THE EVENING STAR
The Temptation.