The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-10-24

nearest the skin.
Kaolin, or potter's clay rubbed in
them, will take grease spots out OF
the most delicate colored silks with
out injuring them.
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Chocolate icingca be and is better
made with yolks of eggs instead of !
whites; making a softer icing dispos-
ing of the yolks of the eggs.
All scraps of fried or boiled ham,
chopped fine and mixed with salad
dressing, make excellent sandwiches
for tea, picnics or Sunday dinners.
If the face seems constantly dry
rub it with trihe of olive oil every |
night for o time; if too oily, put a
little borax in the water used for
bathing.
One can CRATE horseradish without
very badly affecting the eyes, by
grating it in front of the fire. Open
the front stove doors. Onions can
he peeled in the same way.
One of the striking features of the
moment is the almost unmitigated
flatness of the backs of some of the
elegant imported costumes just re-
ceived from both London and Paris.
S.
FROZEN CAKE.-Make a plain cup
cake. Make a quart of frozen GUS
tard. When ready to serve, take
the center out of the cake, fill the
space with the frozen custard, cover
the cake with the top, pack in ice for
halt an hour.
VINEGAR PIE.-For one pie take
one teacupful each of white sugar
and cold water, the yolks oftwo eggs
we'll beaten, one tablespoonful flour
or corn starch, and one tablespoon
full Of vinegar. Flavor with lemon,
Bake with one crust.
Orange and copper colored trim
mings are in great vogue abroad,
and a great deal ofhandsome ribbon
is used in most capricious ways.
The new sash ribbons are delicious
works of art.
To copy printed matter on any
absorbent paper, dampen the surface
with weak solution of acetate of
iron; and press in an ordinary copy
ing press.
For a good tooth powder, mix to-
gether one ounce of powdered oris
root, one drachm gum camphor, two
| drachms of powdered myrrh, and
half an ounce prepared chalk.
Some prefer treating the hands,
neck and the face to an ointment of
! glycerine, rubbed dry with a cham
: DIS skin. This is said to be attend
! ed with the most satisfactory re-
suits.
! A house can be rid of cOckroaches
by putting fresh California bnhach
through the rooms infested every
evening before going to bed for
week. This is a completely satisfac-
tory method.
Every thing is possible with health,
nothing is possible withontit. Each
one is given a certain degree OF
health. AS that health is guarded
and nourished, the work of that per-
son becomes strong or weak.
Spirits ofammoniai is the best thirg
to clean hair-brushes with, as it does
not soften the bristles like soap or
soda. If teaspoOnful of ammonia
is mixed with quart of water the
brush need only be dipped in the So
luton for moment and all grease
is removed. The brush should then
be rinsed in cold water, shaken we'll
and dried in the air, but not in the
sun.
Nothing is much better than q
piece of chamois skin for cleaning the
tips and sides of patent leather on
shoes, and it can be done in few
minutes. By the way, banana
skin will clean a shoe or boot very
nicely in the absence OF backing and
shoe polish. 1t was tried with great
success by traveller who happened
to lose his satchel and find himself
where he could not replace any of
his conveniences for the toilet.
To make white geranium perfume
take the following proportions: Oil
rose geranium (French), two drains;
extract rose (triple), two ounces; ex-
tract orris from the "butter" pre-
ferred), one-halt ounce; cologne
spirits, six ounces. Mix.
s."
If your hair is moist by nature
dissolve little borax and glycerine
in the rinse water; if it is harsh and
dry use the glycerine only, lest the
head after so much manipulation,
feels uneasy or sore. Find an airy
place-in the sun if the day be not
too warm-and brush the wet hair
dry. Brush it caressingly with a
soft brush till the moisture is nearly
expelled. Then stop petting it and
brush briskly with a stiff brush till it
is satiny and dry.