The Jersey City news., 1892-06-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Orange Good for the Complexion-SOap
as n Skin Purifier Delicious Drinks.
A well known woman is reported as
saying:-"No sort Of food is better for the
complexion than oatmeal AID oranges.
The finest compilations in the world are
those of the Italian and Spanish ladies
who live largely ON coarse grain fool and
fruit like the orange or banana. Il issaid
that the fact is ecoming appreciated In
the east, and that some ladies. to acquire
aud preserve good compiexion, are liv-
ing almost entirely on oranges.'
The best way to clean mirrors, or any
glass, such as that In picture frames, is
to wash them lightly with sponge and
clean water, then with another sponge
rub them over with spirits of wine. After
this dab them lightly with some whiting
tied up in Il muslin bag, and finish with
an old silk handkerchief. This sounds
troublesome, but Ia reality is very quickly
done, aud does not eutal half the labor
in polishing that chamois leather and
water do, besides keeping the glass bright
for much longer time. A quart OF spirits
of wine will last long.
Iron napkins perfectly dry before fold
ing; iron only on one side, to preserve the
polish, and with the sewage. to bring o ut
the raLs ern.
A curious prejudice that some people
have is against SOAP as an application for
the face; tiis is II great fallacy. Good
soap is Il great purifier. and great pre-
veuJive of the uncomely looking 'Dlack
heads" which are sucn IL disbursement
and are so hard to get rid Cf. The real
cause of these unpleasant little specks is
not. MS II rule, anything more serious than
this. Some peopt' have much larger skin
pores than others. and the dust collects,
settles and finally forms hard, black
little substance which probably would
never have had a chance of developing II
the skin was thoroughly washed with
soap twice day aid rubbed vigorously
with a coarse towel.
Two teaspoonsful of salt in half pint
of tepd water Is an emetic always on
hand, and Is an antidote for poisoning
from nitrate OF silver. Neuralgia of the
feet and limbs can be cured by bathing
night aud morning with salt and water as
hot as can be borne. When taken out,
rub the feet briskly with a coarse towel.
Salt ana water is one of the best of RENE
dies for sore eyes, and If applied in time
will scatter the inflammation.
CHICKEN SANDWICHES.-Tness should
be made by placing slices of the white
meat cf chicken. delicately favored
with pepper and salt, between thin slices
of bread with good becharnel sauce in
stead of butter. This sauce should be
made rather thicker than If serving with
II hot entree. Chicken sandwiches may
be varied by mixing u little finely shred
ham or tongue with the white meat, bu,
Iii tnis case they should be used with
bread and butter, not bechamel sauce.
Orange Salad.
Pare five or six oranges, removing
every particle of skin. Remove the seed
| pieces, place In glass dish. and sprinkle
| nc1u All far VOItt oil 4
| in cool lalder. Add the Inely gratet
rind of half IA lemon, and pour over two
| or three tablespoonfuls of dry cham pagne
| Just before eating.
Here Is recipe for punch which will
be found most refreshing during the
| warm weather. For twenty-five lersons
six bottles OF California claret and six o.
apollinaris will ue required. A lump o.
| ice, half Il dozen lemons, a few straw
berries. and ii You like, cucumber o.
two. Squeeze four or five lemons, slicins
the remaining ones quite thin; add tn,
cucumDer sliced very delicately. LIE
| these ingredients stand while, then pou
in the c!aret and apollinaris, slipping ii
after large square of ice, then the straw
| berries. Some people add bunch o
grapes half cut open, half a tart apple
miuced, and the juice of an orange. Thu
result is a most delicious drink, retaining
the delicious fiavors of the truiJ employed
| III its composition.
The mounting of photographs on pain
| leaf fans affords very pretty novelty il
home made frames. They are made b.
taking two small sized fans of about tn
same appearance, crossing the handle
aud fastening the edges of the faus to-
I gether at the point OF contact, then tyinI
thA handles firmly together Then TAX
II thin strip of wood. long enough 10 reac
across the backs of the fans from centr
To centre, and fastens the fans to it q
eacn ead with strong thread and needl