The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-17
ABOUT THE HOUSE.
Theodore Child on Dining Rooms-value
of Onions-Useful Hints.

Theodore Child On Dining Rooms-value
of O~nions-Useful Hints.
Theodore Child, who is sale to be an
aesthetic and sanitarian as well as an cpl
curean, says in his recently published
book, under the heading of 'Tha Dining
Room and its Decoration" Doubtless the
best ornament for a dining room Is a well
cooked dinner, but that tuner Will taste
all the better in q room that is nationally.
furnished, agreeably decorated, II
heated just to the right point. The Henri
ii. dining DOM now SO fashionable. with
its heavy curtains and portiers, it, monu-
mental frepiaces, mantels and andirons,
and its walls decked out with arms. tap
estries and what not, is the most IN
reasonable OF all dining rooms. All tap
estry. portiers, hargings, bibelots, and
other such things, are Objectionable be-
cause they absorb the doors given forth
by the drinks and viands. The display
of armor ON the walls is u silly affecta-
ton. A host may show his personality
and his taste in the arrangement OF his
dining room as much as in his dress or in
his conversation, and yet no where do we
see so little originality"
If you ask the facetious joker what will
take away the perfume of Onions he will
probably make answer "Garlic." Ii you
were to tell him that Onions are very
healthy and often very beneficial in severe
cases, he would probably say that he pre-
ferred the disease TO the cure. But 1t IL a
fact that, while the onion stand at a dis
advantage among vegetables IN account
of its pronounced and not wholly agree
able odor, 1t is doubtless one of the most
valuable .and henlthful products OF the
garden. This value is not confined to its
use as an article of diet, since the efic-
iency of onion poultices in cases OF Group
and similar diseases are too well known
TO need repetition. The roasted
heart of an onion placed IN the
ear as hot as it can be borne,
VIII often relieve cases of. earache when
other remedies fail, and a very excellent
cough strip is made by putting one-half
cop of minced onions into a cup of vine
gar and molasses, slmmering on the stove
for half an hour and then straining. A
teaspoonful OF this syrup taken frequent
ly will relieve severe cases of cough and
hoarseness. 1t Is claimed that onions, rs
IN article OF food, are an excellent blood
purifier, greatly improving the complex
ion, and, of course, entirely harmless.
AS q nervine, they are very beneficial,
either cooked or raw, and, II eaten in the
natural state. the addition of a little salt
or pepper makes them more palatable.
The large Imported variety. are much less
pungent and disagreeable to the taste
than the smaller native growth. but
equally efficient in remedial action.
Boil one pint of milk; when cool add
one b alf CUP of butter and lard mixed, a
little less than one half cup of sugar. one
quarter OF a cake of compressed yeast and
a little salt and flour, enough to make a
soft dough. Let the mixture rise, mold
and in the morning roll out as thin as
doughputs; cut round, fold with a little
but ter spread Between. Let them rise
again, then bake in a quick oven.
To remedy redness OF hRuds apply
ounces lanOline, 3 ounce vaseline, !
Almond meal sprinkled in the bath
makes the skin soft and white.
For cuts upon man and beast. or
nothing better than b~apdaging with
six drops of acid to a tablespoonful of
of germs and tie wound heals by first
an excellent thing. 1t will stop the
cut il well.
hot and roll up In a cloth, wetting one
side of it and turning about half II tea
spoonful of essence of peppermint on the
and cover the whole head up warmly with
Instance. Or heat a basin of salt very
something about the salt that relieves the
pain.
A physician recommends as the best