Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-26
HOME MATTERS.
Household Hints and Seasonable Sug-
gestions to Practical Housewives.

gestions to Practical Housewives
Fill MICE HOLES WITH CHLORIDE OF LIME
They will leave the premises
COLD SLICED PoTAToEs fry and taste better
by sprinkling teaspoonful of -four over them
while frying.
FLANSELs SHOULD NEVER BE RrBBEp on a
rubbing board. for this fulls and ruins them.
Put them in hot suds.
NEVER WASH BEoNzED L.MPs chandeliers,
&c, but dust them with a feather brush or
soft wooden cloth.
THREE PARTS OF SAND, two OF soft soap and
one of lime make an excellent securing mix
ture for sll closets and boards.
Ii You SET ANYTHING Hor on OncIorH and
| II turns white drop on q little spirits Of cam
phor; rub with dry cloth.
\ FRYING Pan SHOULD NEVER Touch WATER
Scour them out with salt the moment they are
done with and wipe clean with a cloth. A
washed omelet pan makes poor omelet
In NESrILATISa ROOM open the windows
both at the top and bottom; the fresh air
makes its way in at the bottom. while the foul
AIR, II warm, makes Its exist at the top; thus
you let IN friend and expel all enemy
For MAocARooNs. pound or roll fine one
pound of blanched almonds. add one table
spoon Of extract Of lemon, one pound Of pow
dered sugar and the whites Of three eggs Roll
| ont' cut IN small rounds and bake on buttered
paper.
III foop Is To BE KEPT WARN for some ono
VINO could not join the rest OF the family
al the regular meal do not set it in the oven
| 10 airy up, but on a covered plate set over hot
water. or. better still, in separate covered
| dishes set IN a pan OF hot. but not boiling,
! water.
CHILDREN ESJoY WHAT ARE CALLED DoMI-
NOES. Cut thin layer of sponge cake into
small oblong pieces the shape Of a domino.
Frost the top and sides of them When the
| frosting is hard draw the black lines and make
| the dots with small brush that has been
| dipped in melted chocolate.
| VERY LIGHT CoLoRED BUTTER is ALWAYS de-
fcient in favor aud very dark yellow butter is
likely to be dyed that color with anatto or car
rots. Choose clear gold color. fine in grain
| and sweet to the taste. If notified, the butter
| milk has not been worked out, and it will soon
| become rancid.
TENDER AND TIRED FEET MAY BE RELIEVED
| by bathing them in pail of hot water, holding
in solution a good handful Of common salt.
When the water cools rub the feet and legs in
| an upward direction with a rough towel. This
| is domestic remedy. but a useful one after
| long standing or walking.
Is IT KNOWN That MIXING THE EXTRACTS
| favoring? To teaspoonful Of the former
! add few drops or one-third as much Of
] the latter. The next whipped cream cake you
| make try 1t. If you did not know you would
call 1t a new hayoring you had not tasted, much
| superior to either alone.
For CLOTHES LINES NOTHING CAN Be
BETTER THAN GALVANIZED Iron WIRE. which
never rusts and simply requires wiping of be-
fore using II rope must be used. never leave
| 1t exposed to the weather. but bring il in after
each washing. A dirty, weathered-stained line
| will often ruin a nice garment. Clothes pins
| require the same care and should have basket
| or bag of their own.
A TENDENCY TO Round SHOULDERS is often
contracted in the cradle. The mother, in mis-
taken kindness, places the baby's head on a
pillow SO high that its shoulders must be
| curved and the habit thus learned is kept up
| through life to the detriment OF health and APP
pearance. When asleep an infants head should
| be very little, if any, higher than its body.
| which should be Strengthened out. Its nap
| would be longer and sweeter if beautifully
placed. 1t is just as comfortable, when one is
accustomed to 1t. and far more useful to sleep
with the whole body perfectly level
The REAL VALUE OF OLD NEWSPAPERS about
a house is fully comprehended by but few.
Many people in wrapping up wooden goods to
put away for the SUMNER something that
must soon be done for the coming season-use
| clear brown paper. Old newspapers are far
preferable, for the ink on them has been OBJ
| served to be very obnoxious to moths. insects,
| &c. A great benefit can also be derived by
| placing layer of old newspapers upon the
carpet paper spread under carpets, rs it is
| preventive to encroachments by vermIn. which
is so often the case. Another useful attribute
of paper not generally known is for preserving
| ice in a pitcher of water. Fill the pitcher with
ice and water and place in the center of a piece
| of paper; then gather the paper up together
| at the top and twist the ends tightly together
| placing strong rubber band around the coil
| to hold it close SO as to exclude the air. A
| pitcher of ice water treated in this manner has
been known to stand over night with scarcely
| perceptible melting of the ice.