The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-04
USEFUL. AND SUGGESTIVE.


Boil clothespins in clean water once
month and they will be much more
durable.
Berry Pudding.-Onc cup molasscs,
one cup milk, one egg, one teaspoonful
cream tartar. one tcaspoonful soda. -four
to make still batter, and berries. Steam
ono and q half or two hours. Boston
Globe.
Cake Without Eggs Two thirds
cups each OF sugar, water and milk. two
cups Of flour. two tcaspoonfuls of baking
powder, onc-third cup of butter. flavor
to taste. This is excellent for LAYER
cake. -Boston budget
Currents, berries and all Juicy fruits
may be washed, and then cooked with
out water; then strain, and tho juice
boiled for fifteen or twenty minutes be-
fore adding the sugar, when very little
boiling will be required
Vanilla Snow.-Copl1 ono cupful of
rice in covered dish to keep it white.
When nearly done add one cupful of
of two eggs and a cupful of sugar.
Flavor with vanilla. Pile in glass
dish and dot with jelly. Serve with
cream and sugar Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
Apple Charlotte. pie-dish,
place layer of bread crumbs, then
one of apples pared and sliced; sprinkle
sugar over, and little grated nutmeg.
few small bits of butter, then layer
OF crumbs, another layer of apples, with
sugar, nutmeg and butter, until all the
apples are used up, leaving crumbs and
little buttcr for the last layer Bake
about an hour in an oven not too hot,
but the pudding must be nicely Drowned
-IIousckeeper.
Tho following is good recipe for
securing boards and keeping them q
good color: Three parts Of sand, TWO
parts OF soft soap, ono part Of lime. a
little of this mixture should DO we'll
rubbed into the boards with Il scrubbing-
brush, and then they should be washed
with clean water and rubbed dry. Tho
tables can be secured in tho same way,
and a good plan to keep them clean is
to have trianglcs of wood mado on
which to rest the saucepans and kettles.
Household Monthly.
Pear Klossc. German dish).
Peel, core, and chop up fine, half dozen
ripe pears. Mix with them half grated
nutmeg, two ounces of butter, sugar to
taste, four wcll-beaten eggs, and finely
grated bread to make the mixture stiff
and smooth. Mold into cgg-shapod balls
with tho bowl Of large spoon, drop
these in boiling water and simmer half
an hour. Serve on hot dish with
powdered sugar and pinch of CHINA
mon. Send milk sauce to the table with
them.-Demorests Monthly.
When putting away clothes for the
season, if wrapped up, ono often has
the trouble afterwards of opening a
number of parcels before finding the
needed article. Such parcels should not
he laid away without list of their con-
tents being written on the wrapper. In
the case Of cotton dresses, which arc al
ways folded in paper when laid away,
pin bit of the stuff of which the dress
is composed to the outside; then a single
glance tells the contents, and one avoids
the necessity of 4 long search.
This is tho sort of weather that
makes doodorizer essential for health
as we'll as comfort. Tho compounds
known to housewives are innumerable,
but more or less valuable. One Of the
best is lavendar salts, which any one can
prepare. In q boule, with an open neck,
drop Jumps Of ammonia and pour over
the bicarbonatc as much spirits of Law
endar as the vial will hold. When q
closet or apartment needs refreshing
remove tho stopper. The evaporation
will not only sweeten the atmosphere,
but cloan and purify it. Fifty cents
worth of material viii furnish nuuronta
for five apartments.