Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-09
HOME MATTERS.
Seasonsbfe Suggestions and Every Day Hints
to Practical Housekeepers.

Ssasonabfe Suggestions and Every Day Hints
to Practical Houseseepers.
THE OrrESER CARPETS ARE SHAKEN the longer
they wear; the dust cuts the fiber of woven
goods.
INDIAN MEAL mixed with lemon Juice or good
cider vinegar ia said to be very soothing tc
hands roughened by cold or labor.
ANY One VINO Has been scalded By steam
should be taken to a warm room and tho parts
drenched by cold water.
GALVANIZED 1RoS PANS for drinking water
should not be used. The zinc coating is read
NY acted upon by the water, forming poison
Gus oxide of zinc.
CoRks MAY BE MADE AR AND WATER TroHr
by keeping them for five minutes under melted
paraffine. They must be kept down with a
wire screen
For SIsiPLE HoARsESsss take a fresh egg.
beat it and thicken with pulverized sugar. Eat
freely OF 1t and the hoarseuess will soon be
great. relieved.
1t Is Best TO SOAK ALI ONIONS for an hour
or two in cold water. This removes their
greenness. and if baked afterward they are far
more delicate. Boiling seems to concentrate
the odor of the onion.
WHEN LARGE fLowEn Pors Are USED there
will be more leaves than flowers. Often plants
do not bloom because, having SO much space.
their strength is expended in forming roots
and leaves
WHEN MoLAssEs is USED IN COOKING It lie a
great improvement to boil and skim it before
using. The raw, rather unpleasant taste of the
poor qualities of molasses is much improved
BY this process.
WHEN THE ANKLE Has BEEN SEVERELY
spRAISED immense it Immediately in hot water.
keeping it there for fifteen or twenty minutes.
"a faEo 80 ~
It bandaged with cloths wrung out of hot
water.
ACAhELEss Cook NEVER LEARNs the important
art Of simmering. but either boils food at q
gailop or puts it where it really does not cook
at all. The surest way is to use double kettle;
then IL the water in the outer vessel is boiling
the heat OF the inner one viii be exactly right.
The WHITE OF AN EGG, with little water aud
sugar. is good for children who are troubled with
an irritable stomach. 1t is very healing and will
prove an excellent remedy for liarrh1oa as well
as simple preventive for bowel disorders.
1FVAsELISE on BUrTER be applied to the skin
Immediately after blow of any kind there will
be no discoloration. But TO be effectual it must
be used directly after the accident. The bruised
feeling may be relieved by witch hazel.
ToAsr MADE OVER THE FIRE is never so good
as when made before it, except in the case of
bright wood Goals. Corn-cob Goals are excel
lent. Housekeepers who find themselves in
neighborhood where wood is cheap should re-
member there ia nothing more delicious than
steak. fish, birds or chickens broied over bright
wood Goals.
WHEN BUYING STAIR Carpet buy a quarter OF
a yard more than is absolutely required. Let
it run under the room carpet at the head or
foot OF the stairs. When your carpet begins to
show wear on the steps. change il so that what
was on the steps comes on the rise or up-and-
down space between the steps, thus bringing
new spot where the wear COMES Ii takes twice
as long to wear out a carpet if this is done. and
what applies to the carpet will apply just as
well to the crash used for covering. A
very little extra expense saves good deal in
the long run.