Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Advice to Girls Who Have Bad Com
plexions.
BENEFITS OF 4 CHANGE OF SCENE
Kiss The Baby. But Not In the
Mouth.
TO MAKE GOOD JELLY


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Written Erciusively for The Evening Star.
Ihose who DO not like to use ice an prod,-
saliy as some do In beverages. ana who vet
IKE cold tea, will find that thew can have
i. without the ice. II you have no ice AZ
an put the amount of tea reouired I'm n
Pitcher In the morning and pour ovsr AZ
only enough water to cover II: let ~ stsnd
iof enree or more hours and YOU win ma
.hat AL the havor is extracted from the
ieaves. When You wish to serve. nour fr.ah
water. as cold as can be obtained unon m.
.ea' and You viii have a delightful riass OF
tea' with none OF the bitterness of ..bos,~d-
tea about it and sufficiently cola
Eat all the strawberries You ran r,.x
are most excellent medicine, 70 SAY noth,ns
OF their nutritive qualities. Do win -.
meat and spend the money for strawberr,s.
while they last They are a spiendid oo,n-
piexlon purifier when eaten In ouant,t,..
ano some celebrated beauties have taken
what tnsy believed to be beneficial ha thu An
crushed strawberries. They make q rood
acio wash for the face and a ans a~a-
fr'ce for the teeth.
a lew drops OF benzoin In n bas,n a,
Will smell like the fir or cedar r.. ?, -,-
cool sunburned face and xiv. vh.s aao-
'ors cal tone to the skin.
a a NICE woman doctor said the other day,
oh these girlsi They are alvav. co,n,n.
70 me piteousn complaining that their sk,n
mas no color, and that IL is not even CLEAR
' mhite' out pasty and gray. I have rtysu
lem aoVice and advice. but Il seems 70 DO
s0ou, 1hsy VIII not follow directions
".1i 'ei you what they ought To DO; may
De You can impress II ON their n,nas ~
that sailow-faced girl eating candyI
Her face Will be pasty Just as long a. an.
thinks sweets are better than rasst 80
CAKE more delicious than DC IA toes ana pr>-
serves 70 De given the preference TO healthy
soup she upsets her stomach. ana then
wonders that her face. which is the thsr-
lAonneler OF ner stomach. should chanre a.
IL does To get a clear skin she rnust at
pi ~ exercise wen and keep her temper
IA good order clear white skim NAV -
perfectly healthy. but a pasty one is nor
there Is not a bit OF sense in recommend-
ING wash 10 clear the skin for the -trou
p Sie nes below. Visit Your doctor and follow
ms instructions TO the letter, for he knows
your weak points. Live properly. take MEM
" OF exercise. sleep in a cool well-aired
room and dress comfortably. Ny word fer
A. you VIII be different being inside OF a
month. unless your ancestors are 10 basms
for inherited ills"
,, LADY Wide objects to the wearing Of 20
seem TO have fatal prediction toward
back. and, having reached the middle term
the mezZo-camino Of life. generally retire
INTO uhe black alpaca for the remainder Of
Their days They ought TO remember that
variety OF dress and the refreshing bright
ness OF color Is charming In all ages and
nils the house and home with a hush OF
yVh oh aty
nush OF youth IL You want TO show every
month OF your age with Interest persist IN
wearing black"
The sensible woman goes away from home
for few weeks at least once a year She
needs the relaxation and the family needs
to get rid OF her for a time TO be able to
appreciate her worth. Seeing new places
and new things brushes up the mental forces
ana stimulates the ambitions, all OF which
nave run down in the humdrum round OF
housewifely duties. which are combining and
exactlng. Then, too, many a woman who
mas gone away from her home thinking Il q
narrow life she was living and her horizon
eircumscribed has come back glad that she
mas a home TO come to and that 10 IL 20
much better than some that she has visited
We get our ideas of values only by COMPARE
son, and often cheaper our own because we
DO not know how rare a thing we possess
OF course everybody wants to kiss the
baby. II is human nature, someway, to
want TO touch with our lips the sweet
things In life; but the mother who is wise
mouth. 1t Is one of the easiest ways 70
convey disease, and fatalities often happen
from 1t IL the kisser has consumption.
catarrh, sore throat or fever IL Is an easy
matter to convey II In kiss. Then Il is
an unpleasant fact that few grown people
have sweet breath. 1t is simply torture to
impose on a little helpless child the awfully
tainted breath that some people carry
around with them. / have seen the little
things actually gag when finally released
from the clutches Of such inconsiderate
n ice rh.a a.aa. .-.A
there ought TO be a law against II until
you have been declared scientifically
its cheek or hands or dim
Piled knees, but in the name OF humanity DO
not kiss it on the mouth
An artist who ought 20 know says that
blue in ceiling gives the effect OF height
and in a recess OF a room it gives the eject
OF distance. 80 IL you want your apartment
to look spacious do them UP in light blue.
Dark blue kills light. Yellow is said to
lower the light and counterfeit the recess.
Red leaves a room Just where IL finds It.
neither adding to nor taking from it's appa-
rent size.
II the baby is not strong and does not
digest well the little food that il takes try
bathing 1t in cod liver oil The stun smells
horribly, but IL will generally strengthen q
weak person after a few applications Rub
the child's body all over with It Just as
you would grease IL for cold but use more
of the oil AMI rub IL IN well. then wrap Il
IA 1nls treatment mas proven
quite efficacious for adults who could not
take the oil inwardly.
il you have gone without food TIL YOU are
faint. and, though hungry, feel that your stom-
ach would rebel against anything strong,
have a cup of weak bouillon made and drink
1t quite hot; IL you have none In stock. and
no soup have a cup OF hot milk in which a
small lump of butter has been melted, and
seasoned with pepper and salt Drink IL
hot as possible; don't put crackers any
thing else in it; IN FIVE minutes time you
will feel like a different person and able to
eat barbacued OK.
A woman who has made lots Of jelly. says
that IN making ounce and pear jelly you
must be careful to abstract all the seeds
ana cores OF both fruits before cooking.
there is a mucilage In them that viii make
the jelly milky looking. and impair the
favor
To keep nutmegs from splitting before
half used UP begin grating at the stem
end. Small nutmegs are more finely ia
vored than the larger ones.
Mosquitoes detest the odor of penny.
royai-and do 1eas Rub Il on your dog
and cat and fieas will fee. Rub IL on your
self and the mosquitoes viii give you q