River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-01-01
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.


People forget that potato salad for
breakfast is as bad as pie at the same
meal
Apple Toast: Toast slices of stale
bread and butter. Stew apples at the
same time, sweeten and spread on the
toast while both are hot Serve at
once.-Good Housekeeping.
"A new material called rubber velvet
is made by sprinkling powdered felt Of
latter is hot and soft The result looks
like felt cloth, but is elastic, water
proof and exceedingly light
The mother who understands that
economy is half the battle of life makes
papa's socks dc for baby when the heels
and toes are beyond repair. Out of the
good part she cuts pair of small socks,
and b. making the seams small and
smooth she has foot-covering for the
baby that viii last twice as long as any
she can buy
L angling Fairy Lamp: Cover a
palm-leaf fan with yellow china silk
gathered loosely toward the handle, wind
yellow ribbon round the handle, let
ting il end in long loops. With strong
wire attach yellow fairy lamp to the
center of the fan. add strong loop be-
hind to hang il by,and one has very
dainty ornament for bedroom wall
Good Housekeeping.
Lemon Bread Pudding: Take about
pint of bread crumbs and soak in milk
enough to cover for two hours, then
beat into it the yelks of two eggs, one
half cup of white sugar, the juice and
grated peel of one lemon, and, if you
like, add one-half cup of desiccated CO.
coanut. Add enough more milk to make
one quart in all, bake in a slow oven
one hour, then beat the whites of the
two eggs to froth, sweeten and spread
on top of the pudding. Place in the
oven few moments to slightly brown.
boston Budget
Beef Shin Soup: Crack the shin in
several pieces and wash y oroughly in
several waters put it on to boil in suf-
tcient water TO cover, allow about five
hours for it to boil and become tender,
remove all the scum as il rises, add salt;
! about an hour before the meat is done
skim off all the fat, add potatoes, one
large onion, one largo carrot, all cut in
small pieces; one-half hour before serv-
ing add small dumplings, chopped pars-
ley, thyme and pepper; as soon as the
dumplings are done remove them from
the soup and pour in one cupful of toma-
toes. Serve with l1etchup, pickles and
vinegar. boston Herald
An ''iron man" tells tho Scientific
American how to cure felons. He
writes: Il was engaged in marking iron
with white lead and turpentine, and,
having felon coming on my finger,
dipped it frequently into the mixture.
As the iron was quite warm which
was marking at the time, / found the
next morning that there was a small
yellow spot whore | felt the felon.
opened this, and had no more trouble
from it. The next time felt one com
ing | procured some turpentine and
bathed the part affected frequently, and
held it near warm surface to dry. with
the same result as the first Since
then l have used it several times, al
ways with the same result. / also have
had others try it, among them some OF
our men who work in the rollin.rmill,
whose hands are covered with very
hard skin, and every one of them who
tried il met with the same results, saw
ing them a great deal of time, money
and pain"