Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-01
[ To be Continued. I
HOME MATTERS.
Household Hints and Seasonable Sug.
gestiOns to Practical House Keepers.

Hot ALUM WATER. borax, salt water, dalma-
tian powder and carbolic acid are all vermin
eXterminators
RUB Your LAMP CHIMNEYs after washing with
dry salt and you will be surprised at the new
briiliance of your lights
WHEATEN FLOUR IMPROVES WITH AGE and
costs far less if bought by the barrel than in
small quantities. The drier the place in which
it is kept the better, a dry cool place being the
standard rule for all stores.
WINE, COFFEE OR FRUIT STAINS can be re-
moved from table cloths by pouring boiling
water over the spots before wetting or apply
ing soda and coal oil, citric acid or wetting in
whisky before washing. The acid will take the
color out of red table cloths
GRAHAM FLOUR SHOULD BE GOOD WHEAT
ground and unsifted, but is more often inferior
flour mixed with bran. Various forms of
whole wheat meal" are now in the market
but to be had only at the best grocers or
directly from the mills. Like wheaton -four
graham, if kept cool and dry improves with
age.
COLD SLICED BEEF.-Slice thin some of the
cold lean beef. lay on meat dish and pour
over a sauce made Of tablespoonful each of
walnut and mushroom catsup, French mustard,
a beaten egg, half "A teacup OF vinegar. a table
spoonful of melted butter, the juice of lemon,
with butter, pepper and salt to taste.
FLOUR BALL For BABIEs.-Pack one quart
of sifted flour soidly in a cloth and boil il four
hours; after removing it from the cloth scrape
off the entire coating of flour, about a quarter
OF an inch; underneath the remaining portion
Will be perfectly drv and hard. like chalk To
two teaspoon!uis OF this grated flour. previously
wet with a Little milk and made into a thick
paste, add one pint of boiling water, the same
OF good. rich milk, two tablespoonfuls of lime
water, one tcaspoonful OF sugar. After the
sixth month four tablespoonfuls may be used.
How TO DRINK MILK.-If glass of it is swal-
lowed hastily it enters the stomach and then
forms in one curdled mass, difficult of diges-
ton. If. on the other hand. the same quantity
is slipped and three minutes at least are occu-
pied in drinking it, then OH reaching the stomach
IL Is so divided that when coagulated, as il must
be by the gastric juice while digestion is going
on instead of being in one hard, condensed
mass upon the outside of which only the diges-
tive nu!ds can act, 1t Is more i'll the form of a
sponge, and in and out of the entire bulk the
gastric juice can play freely and perform its
function.
SLOWLY FRIED FooD Is OBJECTIONABLE when.
by reason of insufficient heat, the article fried
becomes toughened and soaked with the fat.
Quickly fried food done by plugging the pre-
pared meats, cakes. pies. d.. into heated
oil or lard or butter, having the surface en-
tirely and quickly Drowned and thus closed to
the further entrance of the fat is not SO OBJ
jectionable, while the browning brings out a
delicious flavor in the meats.
PAPER FOR PILLows-A All England is
crazy on the subject of paper pillows.
Tear the paper into very small
pieces, not bigger than the finger nail,
and then put them into pillow sack of drill
ing or light ticking. They are very cool for
hot climates and much superior to feather pill
lows. The newspapers are printing appeals for
them for hospitals. Newspaper is not nice for
use, as there Is disagreeable odor from print
er's ink; but brown and white paper and old
envelopes are the best. As they torn stuff
them into an old pillow case until a sufficient
quantity is had The easiest way is to tear or
cut the paper in strips about half an inch wide
and then tear or cut across. The finer il Is
the lighter it makes the pillows
WATERPROOF WHIrEwAsH is in use in
Germany. The powder from three parts
silicious rock Quartz, three parts of broken
marble and sand stone, two parts of burned
porcelain clay and two parts freshly Stacked
lime. still warm, are mixed together. This
forms siicate if often wetted and becomes
after a while almost like stone 1t applied
quite thicky to wall or other surface and al
lowed to dry one day. The next day it is COW
cred frequently with water. which makes it
waterproof.
ONE OF THE BEST Hot APPLICATIONS FOR
PAIN in pneumonia or dysentery is a flannel bag
filed with hops and wrung out with hot vinegar.
The wringing process may be avoided by the
use of two tin plates. After the bag is ready
pour little vinegar into one plate set it on
the stove and lay the bag in it. Place the other
plate on the top to keep in the steam. When
the vinegar has all evaporated into the hops
add little moro and turn the bag. In a few
minutes the bag will be steaming hot, but not
dripping. This keeps it light, a thing always
- H.
by pneumonia. and saves tho hands of the nurse
from, the scaldinp vinegar