The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-14

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in stirring or turning hot food. And if
you wish to preserve the temper of a
fine knife keep it away from the heat.
After using a knife for pairing pota-
toes, lemons or any acid fruit, clean it
Immediately, either with some good
securing soap, OF by rubbing it with a
little piece Of pumice stone, which
should always be kept ready, in the
kitchen for that purpose. Always keep
the knives bright; it is easier to give
them few rubs each time after using
than to spend much strength and labor on
them once OF twice a week. Especially
keep the carver bright and sharp;
nothing exasperates a man more than to
be obliged to carve fowl or roast. be it
ever so tender, with a dull, stained
knife. Remember it is the little things
that wear us out more than the big ones.
Learn to sharpen the carvers, even if you
have to go somewhere to learn the use
of the milestone and steel; it is not half
SO difficult as learning to decorate the
edge Of china saucer.
If knife is to be put away for any
length of time, gently rub it with few
drops of sweet oil and fold it in a piece
of canton flannel channels skin to pre-
vent rust. Knives which have ivory,
horn orbone handles should never be put
into hot water, and though knife
it toseak in dish water. When you wash a
dry it on the back of the range, unless
you wish to loosen the handle.
Let us remember that true economy
consists in preserving the things we al
ready possess, not in seeking how much
we can add HORTICULTURAL Californian.
MISS OR MRS.
So far as the etiquette of the sig
nature is concerned, there is one
unvarying rule for women, married and
single. 1t is never right, nor good form,
to sign ones name with the address of
Miss or Mrs. You are Mary Emily
Jones, not Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald
Jones, to whomsoever you may be writ
ing. If it be necessary to notify your
correspondent of your married style and
estate, you may do SO, and in one of
several ways. Please observe that
correspondent should not be left in
doubt as to this, much embarrassment
being frequently caused by the omission
in letters between strangers, of exact
information as to whether the writer is
married or single. You may easily in
dictate all you wish to tell. You may
place Mrs. P. F. before the Mary Emily
aforesaid, in brackets. You may write
Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald out fully and
plainly, in the lefthand corner of your
sheet, below your proper signature. Or
you may simply enclose your engraved
visiting card in your letter, this being ON
the whole the most elegant and also the
most convenient method of showing ones
relation to society. The exception must
be remarked here that the visiting card
is out of place in an exclusively bust
ness letter, one which has not even re-
CHILBLAINs.
For this painful and troublesome
affection can recommend the following
course of treatment as the best l have
ever tried. In severe cases it should be
used daily for week, and afterwards oc-
casionally as required. On the first SEN
sation Of soreness or smarting, leave
your work and put the feet in a bath
as hot as can be borne, rubbing them
vigorously with rubber toilet brush,
or in default of this, nail brush. They
should be kept in the water (which must
be replemished as fast as it cools) for
six or eight minutes. This relieves the
congestion, to which the burning and
itching are due. A smart blow on the
sole of the shoe with light stick of wood
will have the Same temporary effect.
Dry the feet briskly, and thoroughly
rub the affected parts with a mixture
of equal parts of vaseline and spirits of
turpentine. This same m fixture, by the
way, is an excellent external application
for sore throat. Of course the feet
should be warmly clothed, and extremes
of heat and cold avoided; but these pre-
cautions are not always sufficient to avert
trouble, especially in case of previous
frost bite.-Albany Cultivator.
LUNCHEON CAKES.
Melt one pound of maple sugar and set
in warm place. Mold prepared bread
doughG aised yeast dough preferred) into
smooth loaves. Cut off small portions.
roll thin, and mark out into long strips.
Twist into fanciful shades, fry in hot
lard to light brown, drain each cake,
and dip in hot maple-sugar until well
glazed. The cakes may be cut into
rounds aud their center cut out with a
small baking-powder can, if preferred.
sAGo SOUP.
Put two quarts of stock into kettle;
when boiling add to it four tablespoon
fuls of pearl sage that has been washed
in cold water; 81 MINER gently for 10 min
utes, being very careful that the sag
does not scorch while it is simmering
Cut small carrot into fancy shapes and
boil them slowly in plain water; then add
them to the soup; cook 10 minutes long
er. Beat the yolks of three eggs until
creamy, add to them half-pint of
cream, stir this quickly into the boiling
soup; season with salt and pepper and
serve at once. Chicken stock would be
very much better for this as it is light
and delicate soup.
SIS A TOMATO SOUP.
This is quickly made and of very
pretty color. Cook together two table
spoonfuls of butter and two of flour I'M