Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-01
HOME MATTERS.
Household Hints and Seasonable Sug-
gestions for Practical Housewives.

To FBEsHEN SALT FISH soak them in sour
| milk.
BEETs SHOULD Be BOILED one hour in sum-
mer; one hour and a half, or even two hours,
If large, in winter.
APPLES WILL Nor FREEZE if covered with a
linen cloth, nor a pie or custard burn if in the
oven with dish of water.
| WHEN SEVERAL Cups OF TEA of equal
strength are wanted pour little into each
cup and then fill in inverse order. The tea
| first poured from the pot is the weakest Of the
! decoction.
| ALL VEGETABLES SHOULD go into fast boiling
| water, to be quickly brought to the boiling
point again, not left to steep in the hot water
before boiling, which toughens them and de-
stroys color and flavor.
THERE Is NOTHING THAT REMOVES IMPURITIES
from floors, &c, SO rapidly boiling hot soda
and water, applied with a long-ladled scrub
bling brush and rinsed off once with clear
water and dried with a clean cloth.
REMEDY FOR PoIsoN.-A dessertspoonful of
| made mustard mixed in tumbler of warm
| water, if drank Immediately Is a simple but
| efficient remedy for poison.
FLAX SEED SYRUP FOR CoLDs.-Boil fax
seed until water becomes Shiny, then strain,
| sweeten with powdered rock candy and Juice
of fresh lemons. Dose, wineglassful when
cough is troublesome
WHEN THE SKIN Is BRUISED it may be pre-
vented from becoming discolored by using a
little dry starch arrowroot merely moist
ened with cold water and placed on the in
jured part. This should be done at once.
If BLACK DRESSES HAVE BEEN STAINED
boil handful of fig leaves in a quart of water
and reduce it to pint. sponge dipped in
this liquid and rubbed upon them will entirely
remove stains from grapes, bombazines, &c.
No MATTER How LARGE THE SPOT OF on,
any carpet or wooden stuff can be cleaned by
applying buckwheat plentifully and carefully
brushing 1T into dust pan after short time
and putting on fresh until the oil has all disap-
peared.
To KEEP PIE CRUsTs From CRUMBL1Ya-
When your pies with upper crusts are ready to
put in the oven to bake take little sweet
milk in cup and with a bit of clean cloth wet
the upper crust and rim When baked it will
present O shiny surface and will not flake off.
MEAL TINE SHOULD ALWAYS be regulated by
the hour at which the meat will be done. If
the meat should have to wait five minutes for
the vegetables there will be loss OF punctual-
ity, but the dinner will not be damaged; but if
the vegetables are done and wait for the meat,
the dinner will certainly be SO much the worse.
HOUSE KEEPERS WILL FIND THE FOLLOWING
RECIPE for cleaning paint useful: To a pound
Of soan and half a noprd of rnIvor;zad ,,r,,,ioo
,.ai -. - - p,--''1
etono auu an equai quantity Oh pearl ASH ana
mix with hot water into a thin paste. With An
ordinary paint brush lay on this mixture over
the pain. which requires cleaning. and in Eve
minutes wash 1t fl with boiling water
CANARIEs ARE OFTEN FAMIsHED for fresh cool
water. You see bits of sugar and sponge cake
and cracker tucked all about the wires. while
the drinking .cun will no onntv nv en-, ~
d,r.v watar thot no hirJ ;tL 49,. W Rn
will touch Hayn In,h tnh to 49, tGi i i
enonob 70 snraaJ IL, VIM 49,, vi .'' Is ifse
1~,, ,, b. .a,.o,
"a $500 o"n 'o en- ~ 'u' =. carpets, rugs
Ill % ~" -, So , 80 Lin 10 APP
-. 80. 80 r' Jay
. u living paper over tne pace 10 soak
UP the a.. 'nen w.eu piece OF cotton batting
WASH on 'he pace Win MIX, changing the bat
.ihs LOT c,eah piece as soon as 1t becomes
iliucn soIlea Commune TINS until the INK no
ion3er SHOWS, theh WASH on WITH not suds, rinse
WIN clean warm wator and rub dry with clean
~ so'' WIG Aios' oencious
Du'Sh SuOcSc. iuoy tathc iillih anu put III