Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-05
HOME MATTERS.


| madam" C.F.K K.
HOME MATTERS.
| EVERY DAY SUGGESTIONS TO HoUsEKEEPERs-
WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO TO SAVE
TIME AND TRoUBLE-PoINTs foR HEALTH AND
CoMFoRT-A FEW sEAsoNABLE RECIPES
THE YoLK OF AN EGG is good to keep fiatirons
| smooth and clean.
CEILINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SMOKED with a
kerosene lamp should be washed off with soda
| water.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE EIGHT Hours sleep,
and pale, thin, nervous persons require ten,
which should be taken regularly, in a well-ven-
tilated room.
For SORE OR INFLAMED EYES, wash them in
a weak solution of salt and warm water This
is also useful to remove the Inflammation
caused by extraneous substances in the eye.
To DRIVE AWAY WATER BUas mix equal
parts of pulverized borax and sugar (pow-
dered), and sprinkle well in the places where
the bugs are most numerous.
PAPER WALLS ARE CLEANED by being wiped
down with flannel cloth, tied over a broom or
| brush. Then cut off a thick piece of stale
bread and rub down with this. Begin at the
top and go straight down.
MILK AND BUTTER should be kept entirely
away from other articles of food as they alb
sorb odors and favors so rapidly they soon be-
come unfit for use.
To REMOVE Dust from kitchen vessels when
greasing will not answer; fill them with hay and
boil for many hours, set aside and renew the
boiling next day if necessary Rub the rusty
spots on your stove with sand-paper and then
with sweet oil.
To Crr.N Nv C-o~,x. all A. -
two-thirds full of water, put in the parts Of the
| stove which come in contact with the oil and
wicks. and boil until they are perfectly clean,
all the forenoon if necessary. This prevents
| the stoves smoking and odor.
FoR SORE THROAT and a hacking cough take
one tablespoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls> of
vinegar, to half a goblet of cold water (iced-
water preferable); sip this frequently and re-
lief will be felt at once. This same prepare
ton will remove nausea and settle the weakest
| stomach. 1t il also beneficial in attacks of
collie.
GINGER SPONGE CAKE.-One cup of molasses,
one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one cup
of sour milk, three cups of flour. four eggs,
two even teaspoons of soda, two even teaspoons
of ginger. The more you stir it the better it is.
MUSTARD is the nearest approach to a uni
| versal cure-all Few pains will not give way
DelOrc d pldSteT anu Wlue range OF
internal Inflammation, from colds and other
| causes, may be stopped by its timely applica-
ton. 1t is the first and best resort in threat
ened pneumonia or congestion Of the lungs or
hard colds on the chest
If You HAVE MORE PAPERS and magazines
| than you know what to do with, don't destroy
them after reading, but bundle them up and
| send to some one not so well off as you are in
this respect. The good they will do will repay
fhnnaand ha tnra NJ
and money it will cost to send them.
| SALAD DREssING.-Rub to a paste the yolks
| of two hard-boiled eggs Add one teaspoonful
each OF mustard, pepper, salt, and sugar; drop
| in about two tablespoonfuls of salad oil, or
| sweet cream. add four tablespoonful of vine
gar, more if necessary. If used for canned
| salmon substitute lemon juice for vinegar.
CRANBERRY PUFF PUDDING.-One egg beaten
| light, one cupful of sweet milk in which dis
| solve one teaspoonful of soda, one heaping tea
spoonful of cream tartar sifted and thoroughly
| mixed with two cupfuls of flour and a little
salt. Add one cupful of cranberries and steam
one and a quarter hours. Serve with your
| favorite sauce.
New STOVE OR RANGE FURNITURE is some
times SO much rusted as to make the use of it
very inconvenient. Put into a rusty kettle as
much hay as it will hold. fill it with water and
boil many hours. At night set it aside and the
next day boil it again. If it is not entirely fit
for use repeat the process. It will certainly be
| effectual
| To KEEP SILVER BRIGHT wash it once q week.
After breakfast dishes are washed, dissolve in a
dish-pan of hot water a small handful Of borax
and little piece of good soap, put in the silver
and let stand till nearly noon; then Just turn off
the water, rinse with clear, cold water and
wipe with canton flannel or other soft cloth.
Snow PANcAKEs-Half pint of milk, an egg
an apple, pared, quartered and chopped very
fine, cupful and half Of -four fourth of
a teaspoonful of salt, bowl of snow Beat tho
| egg light and add the milk to it. Pour gradu-
ally on the -four and beat until smooth and
light Add the apple and salt, and at the last
moment the snow. Drop by spoonfuls into
boiling fat and cook until a rich brown.
GRAHAM CREDIBLE CAKEs.-Two cupfuls Of
graham, one of -four, two and a-half of milk
one tablespoonful of sugar, one teaspoonfnl of
salt, one OF cream of tartar, half teaspoonful
Of soda, two eggs. Let half the milk come to
| a boil. Pour it on the graham and stir until
perfectly smooth; then add the cold milk and
set away to COOL Mix the other dry ingredi-
ents with the -four and rub through sieve
| Add with the eggs well beaten, to the graham
| and milk. Rye griddle cakes are made the
| same way.
| CARAMELs-One and a-half pounds Of sugar,
one cup Of cream, one tablespoonful of butter,
half q cake Of Bakers chocolate. Mix all to-
gether in q stewpan and let it cook, stirring
frequently until done. You can find this out
by dropping little in tumbler OF water-if
done it hardens at once. Just before pouring
it out Of the pan flavor with vanilla or lemon.
Pour into buttered dish, and before it gets
perfectly cold cut into squares, by running q
knife up and down the dish. It will break
nicely when cold.
To MAKE CHoooLArE.-Like coffee, chocolate
can be most delicious beverage, and is very
easily made; but it generally de&enerates into
most uninviting compound in the hands OF
most cooks. Put into q saucepan two squares
Of chocolate, two table-spoonfuls Of sugar, and
two of water. Melt slowly over the fire and,
when melted, add pint Of hot water. Boil
i've minutes, then add pint Of hot milk. This
is improved, for some, by adding little
vanilla Just before removing from the fire, and
by placing . teaspoonful Of whipped-cream on
the top OF the cup.
On. PIxRcs's PELLErs cure constipation, bilious
ness, sick headache, bilious headache, and all do