Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20
HOME MATTERS.
Every Day Hints and Seasouable Sug.
gestions to Prudent Housekeepers.

Every .Dsy Hints and Seasouable Sue.
gestions to Prudent Housekeepers.
oSE TABLEspooxFUL OF Burr.n il ono
ounce.
DoS'T USE SPoSaE or linen rag for your
face; choose instead fannel one.
FoUR TABLKsPooSFuLs OF LIQUID make one
wineglassful. or two ounces.
SPIRrrs OF TuRPESrISE will take grease or
drops OF paint out OF cloth. Apply till the
paint can be scraped OF.
To CLEAN LAMP Tors AND BURNERS, take
common salt and strong vinegar mixed, and
rub them we'll. then rinse in soapsuds and rub
dry; they will look like new ones.
CLEAR BOILING WArEa will remove tea stains
and many fruit stains Pour the water
through the stain aud thus prevent 1t spreading
over the fabric.
New PAPERIS6 AND PAINTING should gener-
ally be done in the fall and the house kept well
lighted, or the best white paints will turn vel
low and fancy colors will lose their bright
ness.
LoBsrERs MAY BE ScALLoPrp LIKE OYsrxRs.
Put into buttered dish; spread fine bread
crumbs and Holsters in alter nate layers, having
the last layer crumbs. Add bits OF butter,
pepper and salt; moisten with milk and bake.
A Coon REMEDY for red hands is TO take one
ounce OF glycsrine. half an ounce of rose water
and as mulch tanning will stay on ten-ce Mt
piece, aud mix thoroughly; apply at night
To PAIR OF SHOES that have become stiff
and uncomfortable by constant wear in the
rain apply a coat of vaseine, rubbing 1t in
we'll with a cloth, and in a short time the
leather will become us soft aud pliable az when
It WAS taken from the shelves Of the shoe
dealer.
CELERY saucE.-Cut up and stew in half
pint Of water until tender two fine heads of
celery. Cream up teaspoonful OF -four with
n large spoonful OF butter add to celery with
Stew moment and serve. Delicious to cot
with game or poultry.
PEOPLE IL THE COUNTRY who are ANNOYED by
flies should remember that clusters Of the fra
grant clover, which grow abundantly by nearly
every roadside, if hung in the room and left
to dry and shed its faint, fragrant perfume
through the air, will drive away more flies
than other fly traps and fly papers can ever
collect.
DELICIOUS VELVET MUFFINs.-Sift one Quart
OF -four with level teaspoonful OF salt in il.
Rub into the -four thoroughly four ounces of
butter. Mix It with one teacupful Of good
yeast and as much fresh milk as will make q
very stiff batter. Beat four eggs separately
very light. stir these in and set in q moder-
ateiy warm place to rise. In three hours 1t
will be sufficiently light Bake in old-fash-
Toned muffin rings.
CABRAGEEN BLANC MASaE.-Boil a heaped
handful OF Irish moss in q quart of new milk,
flavor with n cupful of white sugar and few
drops of vanilla, rose or kirsch (cherry) OK.
tract Then strain 1t and pour into a mold
that has been wetted with cold water. It will
turn out a delicious blanc mango. while the
Iodine In the carrageen moss ID most agreeable
10 delicate throats or chests.
To MAKE DELICIOUS GRAPE WINE take
twenty pounds Of grapes. place in q stone jar;
pour over them six quarts of boiling water, and
when cool squeeze them with the hand: after
which let them stand three DAYS with a cloth
over them, then squeeze out the juice and add
ten pounds OF graduated sugar, and let 1t re-
main week longer in the jar; then take off
the scum, strain and bottle, leaving a vent
until done fermenting, when strain again and
bottle tight
10 AVOID THE ODoR which too often fills the
house when cabbage or other green vegetables
are boiling follow these simple directions:
Put your cabbage in q net, and when YOU have
boiled It i've minutes in the first pot of water
lift 1t out, drain for . few seconds and place
carefully IN n second pot, which you must have
full Of fast bolling water on the stove. Empty
the first water away, and bolt your cabbage tlii
tender in the second.
DoN'r BELIEVE You CAN GET RID OF wn1S-
xLEs by filling in the creviees with powder.
Instead give your face a Russian bath every
night-that is. to battle 1t with water so hot
that you wonder how you can stand il, and
then, minute after, with cold water that will
make II glow with warmth: dry il with soft
towel and go to bed. and you ought to sleep
like u baby while youi skin il growing frmer
aud coming from out Of the wrinkles, and you
are resting.
To ANY WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE With the
insect variousy known as the carpet bug or
buffalo moth the following recipe will be in
valuable, for it is said to be sure death to
them: One ounce OF alum, one ounce of chic
ride zinc, three ounces of salt Mix with two
quarts OF water and let 1t stand over night in q
covered vessel. In the morning pour il care
fully into another vessel. that ali sediment
may be left behind. Dilute this with two
quarts OF water and apply by sprinkling the
edges of the carpet for the distance of o foot
from the wall. This ID all that is necessary.
PINEAPpLE TRIFLE LA CREMr-Take a
rather stale sponge cake which has been baked
In deep-futed mold, place it ON glass dish.
make several tiny holes in it and pour over it
as much of the strip from a trimmed pine
apple as 1t will absorb, adding the strip q
little at time about every half hour until the
cake ID thoroughly saturated. Chop q few
slices of the pineapple, Just roughly. put it
round the base Of the cake for u border, and
pour over the whole some delicious thick
cream. Sprinkle freely with blanched almonds
and pistachios cut III very thin strips, and can
died cherries cut in quarters and serve.
Ii Is MISTAKE to suppose that cold drinks
are necessary to relieve thirst Very cold
drinks, as rule, increase the feyerish condi-
ton Of the mouth and stomach, and so create
thirst. Experience shows it to be a fact that
hot drinks relieve thirst and ''cool off, the
body when IL is in an abnormally heated con-
dition better than ice-cold drinks. 1t 10 far
better aud safer to avoid the free use Of drinks
below 90 degrees; in fact, higher temperature
Is TO be preferred; and those who are much
troubled with thirst will do well to try the nd
yantages to be derived from hot drinks instead
OF cold fluids TO which they have been accus-
toned Hot drinks also have the advantage OF
aiding digestion, instead Of causing debility of
the stomach and bowels.
Cement Mortar Under Water.
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