Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-06
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Seasonable Suggestions and Every Day
Hints to Practical Housekeepers.


Seasonable Suggestions and Everyday
Hints to Practical Housekeepers.
ONE TABLEsPooNTuL Of liquid makes one
half ounce
JELLY BAGS SHOULD BIZ MADE Of flannel and
pudding bags of linen.
Do Nor PUr SOAP IN TIE WATER with which
You clean q mirror; il is almost impossible to
polish the glass if soap is used.
FoR Group USE KEROSENE On Wet piece
OF flannel and apply. 1t gives almost instant
relief Remove when the skin becomes very
red, or it will blister.
WHEN IT Is NECESSARY TO TAKE CHARCOAL
incidentally put it in q wide-mouthed bottle,
pour it in an inch of water, cork it and shake
it thoroughly. A few seconds will suffice to
mix the charcoal and water.
PARAGRAPH IN THE New ENGLAND FARMER
points out that q tablespoonful of kerosene
added to the soap and water with which floors
are washed will greatly help in making them
clean and will leave the paint fresh and bright
There will also be @ considerable saving Of
soap.
To WASH FANCY HosIERY.-Dissolve some
borax in the water. teaspoonful to two quarts,
soak the goods in this half an hour or more,
then add soap to the water till good suds is
made. Rub out the hose. rinse in two waters
and dry. Fancy silk handkerchiefs and neck
ties may be washed in the same way.
Goop RECIPE FOR VIENNA RoLIs-One
pint Of -four, two tsblespoonfuls Of butter, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, pinch of salt
Mix with water, as soft as possible to roll Roll
from you only and roll thin, cut and fold Let
stand one-half hour, then wet the top with
milk and bake in a hot oven.
CANTELouPEs SHOULD Nor BE KEPT in a re-
frigerator. They impart bad odors to an other
wise sweet compartment and tend to make
milk and cream musty. The best way to give
freshness to the breakfast canteloupe is to hide
1t away on the grass plot over night. The ews
which fall even in town seem to give to it re-
markable freshness and crispness.
To REMOVE WHITE STAINS FROM FURNITURE.
Having dicovered large white stain on a
black walnut table was greatly pleased to find
that it could be removed by the application Of
spirits OF camphor. This should be followed
| as soon as dry by brisk rubbing with flannel
cloth on which there is q small quantity OF
good oil.
hAsHED BROWN PoTAToEs-Chop cold boiled
potatoes rather fine. Put sufficient butter in
frying pan to well cover the bottom. As soon
as this is very hot cover the bottom OF the pan
with the chopped potatoes to the depth of one
inch, dust with salt and pepper and cook
flowly without stirring for about ten minutes
turn them ont on heated dish.
TOMATO ToAsT.-Take three ripe tomatoes
cut away the stalks and any green part there
may be. take out the seeds and cut the tomatoes
into thick slices. Arrange these in a single
layer ON buttered baking tin, sprinkle over
them some finely sifted bread crumbs seasoned
with salt and pepper, put little piece Of butter
on each slice aud bake in a brisk oven for
fifteen or twenty minutes. Serve them on
neatly nj nf hot h,,%+a IA
the gravy that is in the dish with them poured
over. A few drops Of lemon juice is an i'm
provement
PoTAro BIsoUIr.-Make buscuit in the way
you prefer-with buttermilk and soda, cream
tartar and soda, or baking powder, or without
any OF these, which is decidedly best, if thor
oughly beaten, and add one large cupful mashed
potatoes (sweet or frish) seasoned with butter
to each quart Of flour. Mix we'll in the -four
cut, bake in quick oven, and be sure to eat
hot. Split with a fork. and spread with sweet
butter, as you eat them, and they will almost
melt in your mouth, if properly made.
CoPPERAs DISSOLVED IN WATER, a spoonful Of
the crystals to pint, makes about the cheapest
and best disinfectant and deodorizer for closet
pans and chamber utensils. This is the most
destructive poison, therefore never allow it to
remain about so that ignorant persons or chill
dren can get at it. In a cellar that cannot be
thoroughly ventilated. and has q damp smell,
set few dishes of charcoal on the floor,
shelves and lodges. 1t will make the air pure
and sweet, and If quantity is placed near
where milk is kept there will be no danger of
the milk becoming tainted.
BEEF SALAD-Cut fine. cold boiled beef and
to each pint add a tablespoonful of Clipped
onion, a teaspoonful Of celery seed Cor two
sticks Of celery. cut fine) one hard-boiled egg
cut up, a handful of light bread, broken small,
with sklmmlngs from the pot in which the
beef was boiled and enough of the LIQUOR TO
make it sofia cupful of beef gravy will do as
well, or tablespoonful of butter rolled in -four
with half cupful of hot water. Add two or
three cold potatoes, sliced fine, and after mix
ing all thoroughly, put in a deep pan and bake
fifteen minutes; serve hot with cold slaw.
TOMATOES STUFFED WITH CREss-Peei nice
ripe tomatoes and put them on the ice for two
hours, then cut a slice from the stem end and
carefully take out the seeds without breaking
the tomato, and put them back on the ice until
serving time. Wash the watercress and cut it
quickly with a sharp knife or you will bruise it,
Moisten it with French salad dressing, add
teaspoonful of onion juice, and after carefully
mixing put it gently in the tomatoes. stand
each on a nice lettuce leaf and they are ready
to serve.
GINGER SNAPs.-Mix Q pinch Of salt and
tablespoonful Of ground ginger into a half
pound Of -four, and to this rub four ounces of
butter and the freshly grated rind Of lemon.
Mix it to a paste with about two ounces Of
molasses and few drops OF lemon juice. Flour
the pastry board, roll out your pastry thin as
possible, and cut it into rounds with tumbier.
Bake in a moderate oven and roll round your
finger into a cone before il hardens, which il
very soon does, SO you must be quick about it.
Keep the snaps in closely shut tin or they will
lose their crispness.
PRETTY NEARLY EVERY PHYSICIAN will advo-
cate the daily use Of fruit for most persons. 1t
is claimed that owing to its palatableness it in
creases the flow of saliva and thus assists us in
digesting other food; that it 10 easily assim-
Hated by the system and keeps il free and in
good working condition; that from its acids,
salts and essential oils the blood is purified and
disease germs destroyed, and that from its sac
charine matter the body is nourshed and the
animal heat is kept up. In warm weather It's
acids temper and equalize the heat while the
sugars warm in cold seasons. Chemists saw
that sugar and acids are 80 well balanced in
fruit formed In the great laboratory of nature,
that neither preponderates unduly or to the
detriment of the other.
ORASoR PE.-Beat o cupful Of powdered
| sugar and . large tablespoonful Of butter to-
gethsr until light Moisten two even table,
spoonfuls of corn starch with little cold milk,
and then stir it into half pint Of boiling milk;
cook and stir one moment then pour il quickly
on the butter and sugar, add the grated yellow
rind and the juice OF an orange, mix, and add
one egg we'll beaten. Peel another large, Juicy
orange, cut il into thin slices and then cut each
slice into quarters Line o Washington pie