Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-17
HOME MATTERS.
Household Hints and Seasonable Sug-
gestions for Practical Housekeepers.

POWDERED CHALK AND VINEGAR are good for
burn.
AFTER Zoos ARE BROKEN they should be
covered until used.
Dust POWDERED BoRAx over smoked hams
and vermin will not spoil them.
DooRPLATEs SHOULD BE CLEANED by rubbing
with cloth wet in ammonia and water
BLANKETS AND FURs PUT AWAY well sprinkled
with borax and done up air-tight will never
be troubled with moths.
A Few Drops OF CARBoL1c Ac1p occasionally
put down the sink drain and in slop jars will do
much good.
A FLANNEL CLOTH dipped in melted bees
wax and tallow and put on child's throat and
chest Will cure Wheeling and is good for
colds.
An OLD-TIME Stew FOR COLDS is equal parts
OF water, vinegar and strip, tablespoon of
sugar, teaspoon OF butter and ginger black and
RED pepper enough to make it piping hot.
Boil to thick sirup and drink on retiring
A CELEBRATED GERMAN REMEDY for burns
consists of Is ounces finely broken best white
glue, made soft i'll two pnts water, then dissolve
by a water bath, two ounces glycerine and six
drachms carbolic acid added-continuiny to
heat till thoroughly dissolved.
SALT MAoKEREL Is AN EXCELLENT APPETIZER
for hot weather breakfast. 1t should be
soaked all night, skin side up, then put on to
Don III cold water for half all hour, which re-
moves part OF its oil. and then broiled. Serve
with gooseberry marmalade or catsup.
MLDEw.-An easy remedy is to dip the
stained part in sour buttermilk and put the
article to bleach. Or wet the linen with water.
well rub into it some white soap and finely
powdered chalk, and lay it out on the grass in
the sunshine, keeping it damp with water.
Repeat the process the next day if necessary.
WITH EVERY OUNCE OF STARCH mix one tea
spoonful OF good borax powdered This secures
perfect gloss Oh the linen. Then the polish
ing iron must be perfectly smooth and clean.
A firm and steady hand should use it, and To-
prevent sticking rub the iron occasionally with
waxed cloth. This also helps to put on the
gloss.
The EMBBoIDERINa OF Book COVERS is the
latest popular pastlme for ladies. The silk,
satin or velvet is embroidered in colors and
gold and silver thread in designs appropriate
to the contents OF the book or according to the
fancy of the embroiderers, and it is then sent
to the book binder. Beautiful effects NAV be
produced by artistic fingers.
HAIR BRUSHES SHOULD Be WASHED in soda
and warm water or ammonia and cold water,
dipping the bristles frequently downward into
the water. but keeping the backs as dry as Dos
sible. When the bristles look clean rinse the
brush in cold water, shake it without wiping
the bristles and set it in the air to dry. Soap
should not be used, for it softens the bristles.
FRUIT WAFERs.--Beat one-half a cupful of
butter until creamy; then add gradually one
cupful of powdered sugar, beat six eggs until
light, add them to the butter and sugar. add
the juice of one lemon and sufficient flour to
make stiff batter; take a sheet of foolscap
paper, butter 1t and drop the butter by spoon
fuls on it; spread it out very thin and bake in q
slow oven; when done dust them with pow
dered sugar and roll them quickly.