Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-23
HOME MATTERS.
Everyday Hints and Seasonable Suggestion
to the Practical Housewife.

Everyday Hints and Seasonable Suggestion,
to the Practical Housewife.
New TrSs SHOULD BE SET OVER THE FRI
with boiling water in them for several hour
before food is put into them.
The JUICE OF HALF A LEMON in q teacup o.
| strong. black coffee, without sugar, viii Otter
cure Q sick headache.
SoILEp WALL PAPER MAY BE CLEANED b,
first brushing the dust off and then rubin,
down with pieces Of light bread.
The UNPLEASANT SMELL of newly painted
| apartments may be lessened by setting pals o.
| fresh water around on the floors.
AFTER CLEANING CLOSETS sprinkle bora,
around the edges of the shelves and floor anC
you will not be troubled with reaches there.
To REMOVE RUsr FROM KNIVES cover the
blades with sweet oil for day or two and ther
| rub with a lump Of fresh lime.
FoR SIMPLE HoARsENEss take fresh egg, bea,
| it and thicken with pulverized sugar Eat
freely Of it and the hoarseness will soon be re-
lieved.
A New AND DELICIOUS DAINTY is prepared by
taking the stone either from dates or prunes
and substituting bit Of the kernel Of an Eng
lish walnut
Cover HALF PECK OF LIME with cold water
and when it slakes dilute to the consistency of
thin cream and stir in q small cupful of salt
and you will have good whitewssh for out
side work.
WHEN YoUR FACE AND Ears burn 90 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.
To REMOVE PAINT take eight parts OF slaked
lime and one part of soda. add water till
mixture is Of the consistency of paint Put II
IN fha Iox-
scrape of the paint quite easily.
Hot CAKES, Pies, &c, need not be removed
from the pans in which they are baked. if pre-
caution is taken to set them up on small sup
ports, SO that the air can circulate under them.
This effectually prevents the moisture from
steam in the bottom of the pan.
To MELT CHOCOLATE, break il in a few pieces,
then melt it in a small dish set in the top of the
teakettle; it is not necessary to crate it, Do
not put a chocolate mixture into tin mold. as
it will become discolored from contact with the
tin.
Nor ALL AYKSow THAT Hor IRoS-poker,
If nothing better-run around window glass will
loosen the putty, when it may be easily scraped
and the broken pane removed. The new pane
may be inserted, putty neatly and carefully laid
on and the work is done.
SANDWICHES MADE WITH GRATED HAM. which
may be potted and kept on hand, are easier to
digest than when made of the sliced meats.
The lean part of the ham should be grated like
cheese and favored with mustard. pepper and
a little vinegar. A little olive oil or cream
mixed through at the last will be found q great
improvement.
IRoS AND STEEL Goops Of all descriptions are
kept free from rust in the following manner:
Dissolve one-haf ounce of camphor in one
pound of hogs lard; take off the scum and mix
as much black lead as will give the mixture an
iron color. Iron and steel goods. as well as
machinery OF all kinds, rubbed with a linen
cloth, will keep clean for months. IL the ma
chinery is for expectation it should be kept
thickly coated with this during the voyage.
In ORDER TO HAVE ARTICLES OF FooD that
are cooked in boiling fat free from even sus-
picion of greasiness it is absolutely necessary
to have in the kitchen plenty of soft, white
paper, such as bakers use Croquettes, fritz
tiers. &C., should be taken from the wire basket
in which they are cooked, placed in dripping
pan lined with this paper and allowed to stand
in the oven for a moment; then they should be
placed on a hot platter containing a nicely
fringed napkin of the same paper.