San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-27
Household Hints.

Cold sliced potatoes fry better
when little flour is sprinkled over
them.
A small lump of sugar added to
turnips when cooking will correct
the bitterness which sometimes
spoils this vegetable. If to be
served mashed, it will greatly i'm
prove them to put them through a
colander.
A rubber clothes wringer should
be kept in as even a temperature
as possible, and especially not ex-
posed to severe freezing. In cold
weather it should be warmed be-
fore using, by placing it over
pan of warm water or near the
range.
Fried ice cream is popular in
Philadelphia. A small, solid cake
of the frozen cream is enveloped in
PIE crust and then dipped in boil
ing water long enough to cook the
outside covering to crisp, the
whole being so quickly accom-
plished that the cream does not
melt.
The Philadelphia "Record" says
that powdered soapstone and salt,
in equal proportions, wet with
water, will make an everlasting
and 'fireproof mending for the
lining to stoves; it is much less
expensive and Troublesome to pro-
cure and put in place than new
fire. bricks. Don't let fire spoil the
stove because the brick needs
mending.
Chester cloth is desirable cotton
for summer use, as it may be laun-
dered perfectly, and is only Is and
20 cents yard. 1t comes in a
great variety of colors and designs.
If used for curtains, it should be
lined with itself or silesia in sim
gle color. In pillows and cushions
it is as desirable as for bedroom
curtains.
A delicious way of serving tur-
nips is to escallop them. To do
this, pare, slice and boil them in
sailed water until the are tender.
Then drain them and put them in
to an earthen baking dish, cover
with cream sauce, very slightly
favored with wine, cover with but
tered crumbs and brown in a quick
oven. Onions and cabbage are also
very nice done in this way.
The Japanese jute rugs are rath.
er heavy for ordinary piazza use in
the large sizes, though they are
recommended for that purpose.
Rugs of mating are cooler and
more easily handled. The Moorish
rush chairs for summer use are
getting cheaper than when first in
troduced. They are very comfort
able, and it is claimed that they
are not injured by dampness. One
of the best of piazza screens is
made of fine strips of bamboo set
in lengthwise rows in frames of
white wood. The fine weaves of
mating also make desirable piaZ-
"a screens when tackled on to bam-
boo or white wood frames.
You could keep your sleeping
rooms much sweeter if you would
be in less haste to get your beds
made in the morning before you
leave the room. The emanations
from the pores of the skin at night
have no egress except into the bed
clothing, and consequently it is
feverish and foul-smelling by
morning. This does not apply TO
uncleanly persons and more than
to those who are excessively neat
and an extremely nervous person
will'give off more odors than one
who is more phlegmatic. When
you rise throw the bed clothes
back over the foot of the bed, and
let them air for an hour any how !;
if possible, draw the bed to the
windows, and let the sun pour in
on it till you get ready to make it
up. Pull the windows down and
up, so that there will be good
draught of air.
TnlnrpI or Hills