Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-16
HOME MATTERS.


HOME MATTERS.
RECIPES AND HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS FOR PRAc-
TIcAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR THE PARLog,
DISING-RooM AND KITCHEN-LITrLE THINGS
WELL WORTH REMEMBERING.
VINEGAR IMPROVES By KEEPING, therefore it
is best to lay in large supply
Cool RAIN WATER and soda will remove ma
chine grease from washable fabrics
Strip MADE OF Brown SUGAR, with pint of
hickory tea to three pounds of sugar, is a good
substitute for maple strip.
CEREALINE FLAKEs.-Boil'a pint of new milk.
thicken with cerealine flakes. boil one minute.
serve with sugar, cream and nutmeg.
SALT WILL CURDLE New MILK: hence in pre-
pairing milk porridge, gravies. ETC.. the salt
should not be added until the dish is prepared.
To ARREST HICcoUGH Dresch directs that
both ears be closed with the fingers, with
pressure, while a few swallows Of LIQUID are
taken.
To PROTECT CHnDRES's CLOTHING from fire,
add one ounce of alum to the last water used
in ringing clothes. This renders them unin-
iiammable.
CELERY TsALAD.-Chop three heads of celery,
sprinkle with salt. To quart of celery add a
hard-boiled eggs.
To REMOVE INK STAINS from boards, use
strong muriatic acid or spirits of salt. Apply
oughly with water.
For EARACHE.-If child is suffering from
earache, lay upon the ear a flannel bag, stuffed
with hops and wrung from hot vinegar. 1t will
speedily give relief.
FLOWERS are pinned to the curtains or
jauntily fastened to the lambrequin, and. i'm
fact, everywhere that dainty fingers can place
them with an eye to effect.
A PASTE made of fine oatmeal and glycerine
is recommended as skin beautifier: it is ap-
piled at night. and mask of cotton cloth worn
over the face to keep it on.
RUSSIAN CREAM.-Boil an ounce of gelatine
in three pints of milk add the beaten yelks
Of five eggs and half pound of sugar; mix
and let heat. Strain and set Oh ice; flavor with
extract of orange.
To CLEANSE PORCELAIN SAucE-PASs fill them
half full of hot water and put in the water a
tablespoonful of powdered borax and let it
boil. If this does not remove all the stains,
scour well with cloth rubbed with soap and
borax.
A SIMPLE AND EXCELLENT PREVENTIVE of
dampness and mildew in bookcases and linen
closets will be found in small quantity of
quicklime placed on saucer or in an open
box in any recess where there is a probability
of mustiness. 1t should be renewed as often as
it becomes slaked
INEXPENSIVE FRUIT-CAKE.-One cup of but
ter, one of brown sugar, one of black molasses,
three of Drowned -four, six eggs, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Add half a pound of
raisins, half pound of currants, fourth of a
pound of citron and ground cloves. cinnamon.
mace, allspice, and nutmeg, half teaspoonful
of each.
BEST LAUNDRY PoLIsH.-One part paraffine
wax; two parts white wax; melt together and
use piece of the size of hazelnut to each
pint of boiled starch. piece of sandpaper
on which to rub the irons is a great help, also
piece of wax in a rag to rub the iron, in case
the starch should stick.
PRETTY FEATHER Rios are made of downy
turkey feathers with the quill taken out, which
are sewn to burlaps or any other firm material
The feathers may be dyed any desired shade.
although it is doubtful whether any improve
ment can be made upon their natural delicate
cream and mouse-colored shades.
To MAKE THE FRENCH Dish, potatoes a la
maitre d'hotel," boil the potatoes and peel
them, cut them into slices. and then put them
into stewpan with fresh butter, parsley and
Gives chopped up; salt, pepper, and a dash of
vinegar; warm them up and serve; in place of
butter oil may be used If the potatoes are
very small they need not be sliced in the re-
cipes where slicing is directed.
AVERY USEFUL CREEPING APRON may be made
by taking an ordinary apron sufficiently long to
reach the length of the dress and then up again
to the waist, where it is fastened by means OF
q drawing-string run into the hem. This makes
a complete bag and affords ample protection
for the dress and skirts, so that when baby gets
tired of the floor and you wish to take him up,
his garments are found quite unsoiled.
ORANGE SNowBALLs.-Take out the unhusked
grains and wash well half a pound of rice; put
it into plenty of water and boil it rather quickly
for 10 minutes; drain and let it cool. Pare
four large or five mall.oranges, and clear from
them entirely the thick, white inner skin;
spread the rice in as many equal portions as
there are oranges upon some pudding or dump
ling cloths; tie them separately in these, and
boil the snowballs for an hour and q half; turn
them carefully on to a dish, and strew plenty
of sifted sugar over them.
CELERY Is THE LATEST CURE for rheumatism.
1t is asserted that the disease is impossible if
the vegetable be freely eaten. The fact that it
is SO generally put on the table raw prevents
its therapeutic powers from being known. The
celery should be cut into bits, boiled in water
until soft and the water drank by the patient
Put new milk, with little -four and nutmeg,
into a saucepan with the boiled celery, serve Il
warm, with pieces Of toast, eat it with potatoes
and the painful ailment will soon yield Such
is the declaration of a physician who has again
and again tried the experiment and with uni
form success He adds that cold or damp
never produces, but simply develops the dis
sustaining cause, and that while the blood is
alkaline there can be neither rheumatism nor