The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-06-25
HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES,

Fish may be scaled easier by first
dipping them into boiling water for .
minute.
Cream Cookies.-One egg, one cup
sugar, one cup of sour cream, one-half
nutmeg, one teaspoonful soda, flour suf-
ficient to roll. Sprinkle with sugar,
bake quick.
"A remedy for creaking hinges is
mutton tallow rubbed on the joint A
great many locks that refuse to do their
work are simply rusted and will be all
right if carefully oiled.
"A new veil which it is to be hoped
will not cross the water is giving its
folds to the Paris breezes 1t is called
the mask veil, and is woven to show the
! upper part thick lace, the lower part
thin, concealing the features like a
mask as far as the mouth.-N Y. Times
"A very toothsome preparation of
cold potatoes is to slice them in thick
slices or cut them in long quarters, dip
them in melted butter that has been
salted and peppered; then dip them in
flour and bake them in the oven for ten
or fifteen minutes. A hot oven is re-
quired.-Boston Budget.
Fruit Pudding-Beat together two
eggs, half cup of butter, and cup Of
brown sugar Add one cup of molasses,
a cup and a half of milk, six coffee cups
OF flour, one teaspoonful of soda and
two OF cream tartar, cinnamon, Glove,
and nutmeg, and two cups of raisins.
Steam four rhours.-Household Monthly.
RAISED Mullins. pint milk, one
egg, one-half cup yeast, one saltspoon
salt, one large tablespoon butter Flour
for stiff batter. Mix in the order given,
add flour gradually, beating it well, un-
til SO stiff you cannot beat. Let it rise
over night. In the morning put it into
buttered pans, taking it out with spoon
and knife without stirring out the air
Bake about eighteen minutes s.-Boston
Budget.
"A simple and effectual penwiper is
made of common bird shot Any little
china or bronze jar will do for the re-
ceptacle and it may be as picturesque as
fancy dictates. Fill it with the shot
and to clean the pen thrust it up and
down among the little leaden balls.
No chamois or cloth penwiper polishes
the steel so effectually and readily as
this. The little jar of shot will also
act as paper weight if needed.-N. Y.
Tribune. a
The Old Oak Chair.-If you wish to
beautify an old oak chair, take sponge
dipped in strong ammonia and moisten
the old varnish until it may be scraped
off with a piece of glass down to the
plain wood. When the varnish is all off
and the wood dry, sandpaper the chair
thoroughly with fine sandpaper, No. O
or 90. Get it as smooth as possible;
half the battle is in getting smooth
surface to work upon. You need no
wood filler, as the old varnish has com.
pletely filed the pores.-Ladies' Home
journal.
Panel Polishing,-To produce a
bright polish on panels, or other plain
surfaces, where brilliant polish is
wanted to contrast with the dead finish,
work to dead finish first, then polish
with powdered rotten stone and oil, in
the same manner as you use the pumice
stone. The brilliancy of the polish will
only be limited by the amount of labor
expended. Put the finishing touch to
the polished surface by rubbing it with
the palm of the hand, dipping it in dry
flour to absorb the perspiration.-
Ladies' Home Journal.