The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-18
THE HOME.
HINTS TO HousEKEEpERs.

Tosmelt chocolate, break 1t in few pieces,
| then melt it In a small dish set In the top OF
| the teakettle; it is not necessary to CRATE 1t.
| Do not put chocolate mixture into a tin
mold. as it will become discolored from con-
| tact with the tin
When your face and ears burn SO terribly,
battle them in very hot water, as hot as you
can bear This will be more apt to cool them
| than any cold application.
good remedy for damp, moist hands is
four ounces Of cologne water and one-balf
ounce of tincturs Of belladonna. Rub the
hands with this several times day.
@ Colored tennis fiannels should be washed
In water about the temperature of the room
they are washed in, with good white soap of
any kind, and rinsed thoroughly in water of
the same temperature, and wrung out as dry
as possible. They may be hung up for a
snort time IN the house, but should be taken
down while still damp and ir0ned dry. Some
iaundresses never hang them up, bat wiring
ing.
good egg beater may be spoiled by ILL
treatment. Ii washed Ia hot soap and water
which takes the oil cut, 1t will not work
well: 10 keep 1t In good order. wash il by
beating dish OF cold water or hold 1t under
the cold water faucet; this will remove egg.
cream or dough better than hot dishwater.
10 make candy from honey, boil one cup
ful OF honey, one cupful of sugar, one-f0urth
cupful Of water ana a large teaspoonful of
butter. Test In water and pull while cool
ing.
Chop suet very fine, then rub it to cream
this Will prevent Jumps of suet In the pud-
ding or pie.
| Rice is very nice for dessert when prepared
| with jam. Put layer of rice, cooked rather
thick. on a plate, spread the rice with jam
| and cover with another layer Of rice, then a
| layer of jam, and lastly layer OF rice.
Sprinkle the top with fine sugar. Serve with
cream.
table is made with dates and peanuts. Push
out the date pit with the point of penknife
keeping the date in shape as far as possible.
Insert In the cavity thus made peanut,
shelled Of course. Then after .pinching the
soft date a little into shape. roll In granula-
| ted sugar and heap on bon bon dish.
| Quassia infused in boiling water and
| sweetened with sugar is a poison for flies,
but innocent to human beings.
keep 1t to use on your Kitchen utensils and
use Sapolia on your table cutlery.
There Is nothing gained In buying cheap
cotton, for the dye is apt to be poor and the
sewer loses time in threading needles and
be bought for fifty cents dozen spools.
Wash black lawn very quickly in hot suds,
for this material must not lie wet; rinse In
deeply blued water, and hang In the shade:
iron upon the wrong side while still damp.
III stiffening Is edesired, dry thoroughly, and
and very blue starch hang once more In the
open air, and iron when nearly dry.
Both butter and milk are injured In flavor
| If inclosed In tight box with other food,
yet It Is common custom to set plate Of
meat and another of cold vegetables besides
the milk pitcher, and the butter Is scrupu-
0usly kept on Ice even If fish and cabbage
are its near nelghb0rs.
| FOR TIRED PEOPLE.
There are hours when from 0ver-fatigue
| the strongest digestion may be a little below
par in its activity; and at such time little
| light nourishing food is all that can be taken
and assimilated with ease. The following
half dozen dishes we have found particularly
good in such Instances, and cheerfully re-
commend them to those who need hastily
gotten up refreshment, simple and yet nu-
tritious.
Get from the butchers pound Of freshly
chopped beef, and over this pour one pint of
cold water. Let 1t stand soaking for one
half hour. then setting it in sauce pan on
the back OF the range. let it simmer for lit
tie while and come to one good boil. then re-
season to suit the taste with pepper and salt,
A bowl Of this may be served with crackers,
and 1t will prove just the needed nourish-
ment In hundreds of cases.
Take one or two eggs and thoroughly beat
them. adding a tiny pinch of salt. The
whites and yolks may be beaten separate
~ IL desired, and sugar and nutmeg added
to taste; or in place of the nutmeg a little
lemon juice squeezed In, particularly If only
the whites are used. This dish may be eaten
with water biscuit or other delicate crackers,
and Will prove exceedingly nutritious and
| palatable as well.
Thick or double cream whipped to froth
| with the gg-beater, sweetened and favored
as best liked, with either spices. extracts, or
lemon juice, Is quickly prepared, tasty and
very nourishing The whites of eggs can be
| added IL liked.
A glass of milk heated hot to which very
tiny pinch of salt has been added. This IS
l particularly good at times when the throat or
chest Is tired. And the effect of hot milk
slipped as hot as 1t can be borne upon the
tired system, has all the good, and none of
| the evil effects. of alcoholic stimulus. It's
action upon the system is immediate and re-
Vlyifying.-Christan at Work.
SLEEP IN SICKNESS.
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