Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-23


SWALLOWING SALIVA often relieves sour stom-
ach.
Hot DRY FLAsSrL. applied as hot as pos
sible. for neuralgia.
WHEN Nor IN USE the umbrella should be
left loose, unconfined by elastic or silken band
BROKEN LIMBS should be placed in natural
position and the patient kept quiet until the
surgeon arrives.
RANCID LARD Is IMPROVED by trying it over
with little water in the kettle, adding slices Of
raw potatoes.
HEMoRRHAaEs OF THE LUNGS or stomach are
promptly checked by small doses of salt. The
patient should be kept as quiet as possible.
Do Nor Blow THE Foop to cool it for child
dren: the breath is often impure and will make
the food injurious to the child.
The LIGHT, Sort Wool GOODS worn by gen.
tlemen in the summer make pretty skirts for
little girls as we'll as suits for the little boys.
WHEN WHITE CANDLES APPEAR on THE Table
shades Of any color may be used, but when
colored candles are chosen the shades are
usually of the same hue.
1r Has BEEN DECIDED that shifting gingham
makes the best kitchen aprons, as it is durable
and not easy to tear. 1t is very wide; one
breadth Is enough for the ordinary apron.
sugar, three-quarters cup butter, three-quarters
cup milk. three cups -four, one teaspoon cloves,
Two teaspoons cinnamon, one nutmeg, five
eggs, three teaspoons baking powder.
GARGLE FOR Sore MOUTH AND THRoAT.-Take
four large spoonfuls of good cider vinegar. four
OF water, a teaspoonful of common salt, and a
very small portion of red or black pepper;
garyie every hour. 1t is worth more than ali
the chlorate of potash in the country and it
cannot harm you.
RAIN WATER AND SoDA will take out machine
grease. To remove oil and varnish from silk
try benzine, ether and soap very cautiously. To
take out paint mix equal parts OF ammonia and
turpentine. Saturate the spot two or three
times, then wash out in soapsuds. Paint can
ometimes be rubbed out of WOODEN goods after
II has dried.
SUBSCRIBER contributes the following: For
dlphtheria and Group there is nothing better
than burnt alum. Take as much as can be
held between the thumb and forefinger and
blow through quill in the throat few times
ana give good purgative.
Soft CREAMY IcING.-Put the whites Of two
eggs into soup plate and add gradually q half
pound OF sifted powdered sugar, beating all the
while. The icing must be quite liquid and if
the eggs are small the given quantity of sugar
may be little too much.
As TO UNDERcLoTHINa there is nothing in
our changeable climate equal to wool. Silk
has been faithfully tried for years. but its
hbers do not possess the resistance to heat
transmission that wool does, and. therefore
even atthe same cost, it would be less useful
Every one should procure three changes OF
different weight If convenient. to follow in or
der as the days grow cold.
SCccOTAsH.-Put one pint Of young lima
or kidney beans into kettle of boiling water;
add teaspoonful of salt and boil twenty-fiy
minutes. Score and press out sufficient corn
to make one pint. Drain the beans; add them
10 the corn; add half pint Of cream or milk a
tablespoonful of butter; salt and pepper to
taste. COOK and stir continually for five min
utes and serve immediately.
To WASH EMBROIDERY, whether of silk or cot
ton, make warm lather of any good neutral or
non-caustic soap. Wash the embroidery gently
aud quickly without rubbing. Rinse it in cold
water in which tablespoonful OF table salt to
a half gallon of water has been dissolved.
Squeeze it gently or roll it in a towel, but do
not wiring it, Then dry it quickly, but not in
the sun. II needful press it on the back with
moderately hot iron. In ironing silk en-
broldery place the piece inside thick cloth.
FLYAwAYs OR VIRGINIA BIscUrrs-Put four
ounces OF butter into quart of lightly sifted
-four, add a teaspoonful OF salt and sufficient
Auiih W hidhc d uOuSu. hneaQ ana work until
the dough Is light, soft and free from sticki-
ness, then roll it out as thin as paper. cut into
large square crackers, prick here and there
with fork and bake in q very moderate oven
until slightly Drowned and faky
A REMNANT PLUM PUDDINa.-This is the most
delicious Of all the collection of rich deserts.
To make it soak half box of gelatine for two
hours in little cold water, after which turn
over it cupful of boiling water. Make a Gus
tard cream as follows: Stir the beaten yolks of
four eggs into pint of hot milk in which two
tablespoonfuls OF sugar have first been melted
Do not permit this to quite boil, as that will
render 1T lumpy, and remove from the fire
when thick and smooth. When cool, but not
cold, turn it over the melted gelatine and add
a teaspoonful Of vanilla or other extract and
the whites of the eggs beaten to stiff froth.
Have in readiness one or two buttered moids
lined with half-inch slices of cold plum pud-
ding closely fitted together; fill the molds with
the gelatine custard and set them ayay in a
cold place until the custard congeals, then turn
the padding out upon suitable dish Sauce
is not really required, but if one is desired it
may be a whipped cream favored with sherry
or brandy and poured about the base OF the
pudding