Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-28
CHAT
A Bad Wife Described and Also a
Bad Husband.
THE AUGMENTATION OF COOKING BUTTER
Some Suggestions That Will Save
the Housekeeper Dollars.
CAKE FRosTING IN CoLoRs

Written Exclusively for The Evening star.
Teach children that they are never un-
der any circumstances to enter a private
room where the door is closed until they
have knocked. This breach of good man
ners is one that is committed by at least
half the world Of civilized people. and is
one Of the most annoying.
II you want to be particularly economi-
cal in the use Of soap. buy it in guam
tity, and put 1t away to harden. Good
hard soap will not waste as fast by half
as the green soft stun that a woman sends
out and buys in a great rush just before
beginning the days wash. Buy at least
a dozen bars at a time. and put them on
the top shelf of the pantry where the air
can get at the bars and dry out and harden
them.
Never live up to your income. whether
1t be Of money, time strength. A lit
tie leeway in each will give you a longer
lease on life and a greater enjoyment
of its blessings.
The true test Of good society is the alb
sence OF personalities in conversation.
We are always signing for wealth. as
though money would pave the way to I'M
limited store of happiness. Wealth will
purchase Injuries. but happiness cannot
be purchased 1t lies within, and middle
class people know more happiness in
minute than rich man sees in a year.
Why? You tell.
When you see an unlovely. cadaverous
woman with deep lines all over her face
and complexion that looks as though
1t had been through the tanning process
you can just make up your mind that che
has put in her life worrying. fretting, fault
nndiny. giving way TO her temper and
holding long. bitter grudges. All such pas
sions have their effect on the liver, poison
setting their unnistakable sign on the
face. The same is true of q man. and
you will find that not many people love
either.
The people who make a failure In life
are those who. having a ten-dollar income
a week. live as though it was twenty. The
successful ones get ten week and live as
though IT was only five.
Here is the way that one writer regards
bad wife" A bad wife is a shackle 10
den on his shoulders, a smoke to his eyes.
vinegar TO his teeth, q thorn to his side
and q dagger to his heart" The cynical
creature did not go on to remark. how
ever. that a lad husband is a fly blister to
a wife's heart, and a stencil in the nostrils
Of the community.
After you have been frying doughnuts. or
frttters or anything of that kind, shave
on few slices of potatoes when you are
done with the grease. and drop In the sizz-
ling fat; let them cook an instant and
then set on the back OF the stove to cool
very slowly. In the course OF half an
hour remove to a place to cool more rap
idly. and just before IL gets beyond the
pouring stage strain through a cloth into
Is nearly as sweet as ever, being only
little darker. which does not hurt IL for
frying cakes in again.
When you hear the cook telling the mis-
tress Of the boarding house that you are
patronizing to buy some cooking" butter
just leave the hosiery as soon as you can
pay your bill, for you will have dyspep-
STA In less than a month. What In the
world any woman wants to spoil her VI
ands with poor butter for il something
that no sensible person can guess. II is
q universal practice, however, for women
to ask for cooking butter, as ii is such hor-
rible stun by the time IL has reached that
stage that it can't be used for anything
but wagon grease or cooking, so IL is sew
eral cents cheaper than the prime article.
1t is such ridiculous economy, for bad but
ter smells to heaven. no matter what shape
it is dished up in, and simply ruins what
might otherwise be palatable dishes.
very nice way to serve dried beet. when
you want a hot dish OF meat In q hurry. is
as follows: Put the shaved beef over the
to a boil quickly; while this is being done
have over the fire dish OF sweet milk.
When Ii comes to the boil put to a pint of
milk a tablespoonful Of butter and a bat
smooth and thin in a little cold milk. When
this has cooked thoroughly, dip the beef
into the milk gravy. put the stew In a
deep. hot dish, pepper. and serve. II the
water to keep IT from burning, and use
q little less milk and little more butter
and pour the milk gravy over the meat.
as the more Juice of the meat you get the
up poured over nicely Drowned toast
Men make laws, and women make man.
ners. If you don't believe II, just observe
where the women do not hold them strictly
accountable for their actions
Herbert Spencer says: I'VE do not yet
sufficiently realize the truth that as, in
this life of ours, the physical underlies the
mental, the mental must not be developed
at the expense sn 81 ,s the physl Ss Few seem
physical morality. Mems habitual words
imply that they are at liberty to treat
their bodies as they please The fact is
tnat all DredcucS VI INC Jaws VI neaitn are
physical sins"
The varnish on morocco may be restored
to it's first estate by vanishing the leath-
er with the white of an egg put on with a
fine paint brush.
1t Is all right to have an orderly house.
hold, but such order is not worth tie hap
piness of the whole family. Order should
be smiling presence. and not a sour tyrant
or q specter.
Very few women know how to take care
of hat or bonnet so as to keep IL
fresh looking. In the first place, never
try to have a hat that Is to be worn COM
monty much trimmed. Put as much rib
bon on It as your conscience will let you.
but for goodness sake be sure 1t is a color
that will stand wind, sun, dust and rain.
If you want your cake frosting to be
very white. squeeze lemon Juice in It; II
you want a lovely pink. color IL with a
few drops OF strawberry or cranberry Juice:
IL yellow is desired, use orange Juice, first
straining 1t.
II you have a rush-bottomed chair with
the bottom rushed out" don't send IL TO
the cabinet maker, but fix IL yourself Take
all the cane work out and put In its place
two thicknesses of heavy canvas. If the
wood is hard you must bore the holes for
the small nails at least half through. Dou
bic the canvas under at the edges and Law
a piece OF leather over IL, into which the
nails should be driven. then they will not
cut the cloth. Then make q fancy cushion
and tie IL to the four corners of the chair
1t will be useful as well as Ornamental
One lady has four such chairs. She em-
broiders beautifully and made four ohage