The Portland daily press., 1890-01-04
THE ho E.
HINTS TO HouEKEEpERs


If doctors fail thee be these three thy doc
tors: Rest, cheerfulness and moderate diet.
If you have no ice, and have piece of
meat you wish to keep fresh for another
day, salt it slightly and wrap in coarse
towel, then in a large cloth and put it six
inches deep in box Of shelled corn. oats or
wheat The secret is the complete exclusion
of the air. ~.
Keep the flour barrel raised a few inches
from the floor, so that the air may circulate
underneath and prevent dampness. Keep
the barrel covered. If barrels are not used,
get nice. clean box with cover, AMI empty
the flour from the sack as soon as opened.
Flour absorbs as quickly as milk and butter.
Don't mistake weight for warmth in cloth
ing. Feeble people may be worn down by
heavy clothing, and yet be less sheltered
both as inner and outer garments,
convenient stand for summing pans and
pals and for drying towels Is made by fix
ing an old buggy wheel on the top Of post
SO that 1t can be revolved to bring the articles
placed on It round to desired point. Tow
els can be hung on the spokes, and pans and
pals placed across them, and thew will get
the full benefit Of sun and air.
A box for papers and magazines Is very
fine thing for sitting room, and may be just
what some tired mother has wished for to
hold these left-Overs. Take soap box and
put on lid with small hinges; get some
pretty Powered sateen and tack around the
box smoothly. Pad the lid with old carpet
or soft cloth and then cover. Place strong
bow OF ribbon at the front to raise the lid
with
Bent whalebones can be restored and used
again by simply soaking in water few
hours and then drying them,
That ugly iron rust will depart when treat
ed with cream Of tartar. Tie little Of the
powder In the stained parts, and boil few
moments in clear water.
Powdered borax seems to be more thor
oughly endorsed than any other remedy for
crot0n-bugs and cockroaches. But it will
not be of much use unless used plentifully
and persistently.
The great secret of French cooking is a
knowledge Of the variety OF food to be had,
plenty Of time to prepare the food. and a
slow fire.. American cooks are in so much Of
hurry that, when they prepare meal, they
imagine that what Is necessary is plenty of
fuel and roaring hot fire. With meats this
simply bakes or incinerates the fibres, in
their proper functions. And this hurry up"
system is what is slowly perhaps, but surely,
making of us race Of dyspeptics.
A piece Of hoIseradish, put into jar Of
pickles, will keep the vinegar from losing
its strength.
Many houses would be more enjoyable did
they contain less furniture. The contents,
like fruit trees, at times need pruning, for
furniture Is apt to accumulate.
Lemon juice will whiten frosting. cram
berry or strawberry will color 1t pink, and
the grated rind of an orange strained through
a cloth will color 1t yellow.
The white cinder that you can reduce to
dust with the finger is good to clean spoons
and polish tinware with.
LII the ladies desiring to restore color in
certain dress goods will put vinegar in the
rinsing-water when washing blue dress
goods, especially fine hannels. they will find
It restores them to their original color, even
though they may have faded badly from the
sun, or from washing with soap.
Apples will not freeze II covered with linen
cloth, nor pie or custard burn II in the oven
with dish Of water.
When not in use the umbrella should be
left loose, unconfined by elastic or silken
band.
Gargle for sore mouth and throat: Take
four large spoonfuls of good cider vinegar,
four of water. teaspoonful of common salt
and very small portion of red or black
pepper; gargle every hour. 1t is worth more
than all the chlorate of potash in the country,
and it cannot harm you.
A BAD PRACTICE.
OF the practice of kissing children when
one has sore throat, or promiscuous kiss
ing, Dusseldorf physician says: Speaking
mildly would call this practice horrible.
although the term ''murderous" was on my
tongue. Yes indeed, dear madam, murder
ous" You will remember, perhaps, that
fourteen days ago you, with a great shawl
wrapped around your neck, make visit to
Mrs. s.. and. as the little Hans came run
ming into the room, did you not snatch the
flowing with tenderness for him, kiss him to
your hearts content? Then you began to
relate what horribly inflmamed throat you
had, so that the day before you had to de.
cline an invitation to the concert. You had
no designs on the life Of that child, and yet
you killed him just as surely as though, in
stead of your tender kisses, you had given
him strychnine or arsenic. Your tenderness
was fatal Two or three days later the boy
began to complain of q sore throat, and,
"diphtheria" made all clear. To-day little
freshly decorated mound in the churchyard
is the only reminder of your visit. The
mother has, of course, not the slightest sus-
picion of you she asclibes her bitter loss to
Providence. The physician did nothing to
as unwise as unkind; but 1 will say it, that
to your folly alone. my dear madam, The
death Of little Hans Is due. 1t is hard to de-
termine how great part Of the prevalence Of
that horrible disease, diphtheria, Is to be at
tributed to such thoughtlessness; 1t is well
iberia in so mild form often, that 1t is re-
garded as only simple cold, and as a cold Is
not infectious, there Is no idea that the
breath may harm any one. As diphtheria,
as in majority of cases, is. communicated by
direct centagion, as there Is no surer way Of
communicating the disease than by kissing,
and as kissing has become so much the GUS
tom on all occasions, it Is certainly not sur
prising that this disease so easily becomes
epidemic, although in this there Is no wish to
thus. One thing should be remembered: 1t
is sometimes greater kindness to children
to show them less tenderness in this res
pect-Zeitschrift fur Schulgesundheitspfe
RECEIPTS FROM NOTABLE PEOPLE.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Globe sends to wallpaper some favor
lite receipts of the noted ladies. of the Capital
from which we select the following. The
first is furnished by Mrs. President Harrison
SAUSAGE RoLLs-"Make light biscuit
night In the morning roll 1t out thin, and
cut into shape with biscuit cutter. In the
center of each place roll Of sausage the size
of good sized hickory nut, and roll 1t up In
the dough. After letting them stand in the
pan for q few minutes bake and serve hot
These rolls are also good cold and when
children, we used to have them to take &c
school for our luncheon in bad weather"
Mrs. McKEE's OYSTERS WITH MACA.
RoNI.-"Boil the macarOni soft, put a layer
into a baking dish, cover with oysters, pep.
per, salt, and butter, then another layer OF
macaroni then layer Of oysters, until the
dish is flied. Bake"
GOLDFISH BALLS OF THE CHIEF
JUsTICE.-Mrs Fuller learned the art when
a bride, visiting the chief Justices Maine
home. Two of his old aunts taught her
She prefaces the recipe with an injunction
that the Goldfish should be carefully picked
Here it is: Equal parts Goldfish and mashed
potatoes, thoroughly mixed with cooked red
beets, chopped fine. Mould into balls, brown
In the fat OF salt pork and garnish with the
crisp bits of fried pork"
SPICED GINGERBREAD.-Hereis delicate
morsel from Maine. 1t Is Mrs. Senator
Frye's receipt for spiced gingerbread. Three
eggs, one cup of mOlasses, one cup oil sour
milk, one cup Of chopped raisins, one tea
spoonful of soda, heaping, two cups Oh hour,
spice to TASTE"
GUARD AGAINST PtCKPOCKETs.
Inspector Knox gives this catalogue Of
"don'ts" for the benefit Of shoppers
Don't carry pocketbook in your hand
Don't carry pocketboOk in very loose
pocket which hangs away from the person
Don't lay your handbag, containing YOU
| pOcketbO0k, on the counter OF store while
| Won walk across the room to examine goods
Don't wear watch in pocket on Outsid,
| of dress.
Don't wear chatelaine watches.
Don't Judge strangers by their dress.
| Don't stand long In the same spot In
| crowd.