Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-24

make the blanket last as long again.
Another method is to cut the blanket
lengthwise through the middle and sew the
outside edge together in neat overland
with yarn Then hem the edges.
Sa.-etines baking soda or borax dampen-
ed little and applied with a damp cloth
will c.can silver or tinware with very little
eXc-lloa. If the silver has much "cha sing"
is frosted" an old tooth brush dipped
in 80 b0rax will best clean out the fine
lines.
noted physician will not permit dishes
into which liver or kidneys enter to come
CT as table lie says that if the animal
from which those portions were taken had
IN it symptom of disease, it would appear
in the liver and kidneys first, and cooking
will not entirely eliminate some kinds of
disease, so, to avoid all possibility of dam
ger, those much priced tid-bits should be
let severely alone. There is good deal of
hard sense in his conclusions
Before you make up broadcloth or any
other smooth surface goods have 1t thor
oughly sponsed. The reason for this is that
smooth stuffs that have been sponged will
rot show drops of water. 1t can be done
after making up, but IT is deal more
sprinkiing of water. looks like dusty road
after sudden shower.
A unique method of getting paper off the
wall is to close the apartment tight and
set boiler of steaming water in the mid
die of the room. The steam gathers on the
paper and dampens it clear through, when
it can easily be pulled off.
Whenever anything gets the matter with
the digestion, up pops some crank, who
says: Drink hot water-Quarts of II" If
you can make it stay down, drink 1T by all
means, but if it purges you, as it Invariably
does some people, let it alone. There is an
old saying that what is one mans meat is
another mans poison. There is one safe
rule for stomach troubles. and that is Starv-
ing, not absolutely, but after a fashion.
Drink little or no tea and coffee. Let all
kinds of dessert severely alone Eschew
greasy vivands, and eat twice a day only.
Your interior department will get mighty
lonesome, and you will think you just can't
endure such harsh measures, but after
day or two you'll be surprised to see how
little you can live on and yet he happy. One
of the sins of the world is overeating, and
Its sister is overdrinking.
The way that some women who should
not are adopting the gaudy new colors re-
minds of one of the rich parvenues who went
to Sir Joshua Reynolds to have their por-
traits painted. The woman asked what
were the costliest colors on his palette ard
the great painter told her ultra-mariue ard
carmine. Well" she returned, paint me
in ultra-marine and my husband in car
mine" The new colors and fabrics are al
ways more costly than the quiet ever-mode-
clothes herself in novelties regardless of
their becomingness. That is why there
seems to be an epidemic of homely women
about once in so often; but it is not always
due to the woman, it is the accessories of
her toilet.
If you will insist upon wearing black I'M
derwear have 1t Numbered at home unless
you want to have it ruined in the first
wash 1t should be washed in water cspe-
cially prepared for it. To wash it through
water in which muslin garments have been
cleansed is to get it covered with white
lint, which will not brush off. Borax water
and fine soap should be used. The water
should at no time be very hot, and the gar
ments should be rinsed through two waters
and dried quickly.
Silk and wool mixtures will BE- largely
used in the making of street and church
costumes for the spring. In it's weaving the
silk threads are thrown almost wholly on
the surface of the goods, and rich lustrous
effect produced.
Mustard-colored gloves with black stitch
ing are fashionable in Paris and Lonion.
A beefsteak cut an inch thick will be
cooked rare in ten minutes A mutton chop
cut three-fourths of an inch thick will cook
in eight minutes. Veal and pork must be
broiled slowly and for long time There
should not be a trace of pink in the fbers
when the meat is done. The chops should
not be cut more than half an inch thick
They will be well done with twelve minutes
cooking.