New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-22

perfectly new brush of stiff brstles. The little hand
scrbbing brushes sold in housefurnishing stores at
five cents are excellent for this purpose
Rub the soiled spots on the blanket WIN
this brush. holding clean board under the spot
to make it firm. In this way the
sCiled spots may be secured without shrinking the
wool as rubbing them a washboad or with the
hands certainly would do. Lift the blanket up and
down in the water repeatedly facilitate the removal
OF the dirt After thoroughly securing the spots and
sousing the blankets up and down in the suds. cover
them closely and let them lay an hour Then lit
them out into another tub of lukewarm soft ranwater
or sottened by the use Of tablespoonful OF
ammonia to every gallon Of water. Lift the blankets
up and down in this rinsing water, then remove them
TO a second rnsng water. Run the blanket through
your hands in removing it from water to another
but do not wiring il with the hands or wr1nger A
third rnsng water may be needed, and, 1t may De-
fourth II IS necessary have the last nnsing water
perfectly clear to insure all the sOapsuds Dehg re
moved from the blankets. Lift the blankets ont OF
the last rnsng water, running them through uie
hands, and put them in the clothes basket Hang
them on strong firm perfectly clean line in shaded
place and let them slowly dry Ii is better TO put
them the line lengthwise. using number OF cothes
pins and pulling them into shape they are put up.
There is nothing that INSCRIPTIONS salesman can
outwit unwary purchaser in as easily as in rubber
wears ago for jewcry becomes dsinegrated or spoiled
by age Ii is n vegetable matter and this change can
not be prevented. at least process has been dis
covered yet by which it has been. Rubber overshoes
gossamers, waerproofS or any goods that have been
long manufactured become perfectly useless and at
slight cause will fall TO pieces. A new pair OF over
shoes fresh from the factory will last three times as
long as one Of last years stock old gOsSamer water
proofs fall to pieces sometimes at the touch This old
rubber it Is said is bought up at the shops and manu-
featured over but it cannot be made durable. AT best
1t is only shoddy of a detestable kind.
Az this senson OF the year when we must depend
largely upon oranges for fresh fruit the delicious
table oranges from Florida at the height OF their
season. Wherever fresh fruit is used. the Florida
orange IS the first choice, but where the flavor OF
oranges Is desired, in a Jelly pudding icing the
sweet edskinned Valencia orange, or even the com
mon Mediterranean orange. is better. In shortcake
the fresh fruit IS used, and for that reason sweet
Florida should he selected. Make nice shortcake
No reader Of The Tribune who has followed the careful
directions repeatedly given in this column for that
eliminating Of American housewifery perfect
shorcake, can fail in this. After making the short
cake, roll it ont to inch thickness, and divide 1t
into two cakes, spread with butter and lay the
other top Of il. Bake the cake In a quick oven
TIL ii is thoroughly done, but not till II IS dry and
hard While it is baking have half dozen very sweet
Florida oranges peeled. Use a very sharp knife and
the oranges across III slices, WIFI "HdV
would be the equator Of the fruit If it were used ms
globe Remove the seeds from these circles and lift
ont each section Of the lobcs Of pulp one by one,
cutting away from the inner skin if necessary Lay
this pulp. with the Juice which may have drained from
IT, In "A dish. The moment the shortcake is taken from
Ovcn split it where it buttered. and lay half
the orange pulp on H. Cover it with the other half
and pile the rest Of the oranges over 1t. BE careful
that the upper crust Of the sh0rcake is not too dry
80 there will be no trouble in cutting il ut the table.
II the crust i, hard in the least it Is better 10 break
il through into convenient sections for serving BE-
fore putting on the first cane, being careful TO lay
the pieces together that the sections are not
noticed after the shOrtcake IS piled with oranges.
serve the shortcake with whipped cream some
cooks prefer to drpdgc little over the top Of
the slortcakc and set II in the oven few moments
til th, melt. into gacc. such shortcake may
be varied by adding thin slices Of red bananas,
or may be made with pineapple grated to pulp
Now that Greek forms and colonial decorations
are 50 much n vogue. wonder that no cabinet
maker has introduced the genuine Greek chair IN It's
beautiful simplicity Of curve and outline. II you
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