Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-16

written Exclusively for The Evening star
You have schorched a shirt bosom IN
ironing dampen IT with water and lay &c
In the sun for a short time, and II you have
not burned the fabric the scorched SPOT VIII
disappear.
In providing dainties for sick people Il
shouio De remembered that sweet things are
seldom as tempting to the sick as they
would be IL the person were IN health.
TART sweets. such crabspple jelly or
currant jelly. are generally acceptable but
strawberry preserves or Jelly viii sicken.
ihey belong TO the cloying sweets AS a
seneraI tning salty things taste best TO
.ne eonvaiescent: weak bouinon. rather
ssi! or DIT OF nice sweet ham, with some
| butter toast tasting OF the salty butter. a
| soit-ooneo egg well sslted, q slice of nice
pacon with dry toast-al these will be eaten
oy q sick person who would not want 10
touch them II well. One prime requisite IN
catering TO sick people is TO be neat about
IL ana serve things daintily. The tray
should De spread with an Immaculate white
cioth, ana the cup. saucer, plate and other
oisnes should be OF smaller size than is
used when one 10 in health. The things
served should be perfectly fresh. and served
| IN small quantity. 1t fairly turns a sick
persons stomach TO have a great pile OF
| stun set before him. and all desire 10 eat
nees when there IL a meal that would serve
ior the dinner OF a harvest hand pumped
GOWN In 'front.' OF him. with the Injunction
70 eat Il all and get some flesh on his
bones. Try to make the viands attractive
oy garnishing with fresh green things.
possible. IL catering to little children, try
to get a prettily decorated china set for its
meals. i have known children 10 eat simply
mat they might see the picture" IN the
bottom OF the plate. and they actually be-
gan to mend from that day.
am not scientist, so can't explain II
but II Is a fact that eggs that have been
cooked-boiled-three minutes OF less.csn
be reboiled the next morning, ana win not
only be fresh. but as soft and palatabls
as though cooked but once After IN egg
has been heated and cooled, you could
cook II TIL doomsday and Il would not get
hard. Some property In IL resists tie har-
dening process after IL il once heated. n
only 10 the soft-boiled point. Some will
turn up their patrician roses at the idea Of
warmed over eggs. but they will find
them even better than warmed-over meat
When you are starting out on a tourney
Of two or three days duration, a bottle Of
tea should accompany you. Tea is one OF
the best things In the world to put in drink
| ing water to improve its taste and counter
act the effect Of change in water which
| affects some people quite seriously. Take q
quarter OF pound OF tea-black tea 10
best or the uncolorsd Japan-and pour o,s
| II rearly o quart OF boiling water. Let Il
| rtand for an hour or two. then pour OF the
liquid In bottle, put q glass stopper In IL.
and carry IN your travelling bag Pour a
tablespoonful or two IN the water you
drink. II you desire iced tea to drink with
your lunch you have only TO put two or
three tablespoonsful Of the decoction in
q glass and add ice water from the cooler,
and you have q pure and healthy drink. 1t
ie eaid That the reason the Chinese drink 90
much tea Is because the water in that
country Is such horrible stun
Try an application OF ripe tomatoes to
the Ink stains and iron rust on your white
clothes. Never apply it to colored clothes.
however. for tomatoes viii extract su the
color a. well
Some people frame pictures Just as they
buy elothes-the pictures must be framed
| one must wear clothes. ergo. anything VIII
DO that costs money and envelopes. A wa
ter color framed In anything but white,
| with an edge OF gold. will be cheapened.
The frame may be as deep as you like The
mat should follow the general tone OF the
picture. Outdoor scenes in oils should be
framed In gold; indoor scenes should have
band OF harmonious coloring inside the
gold; something that viii complement the
| color scheme OF the room In which Il is
| hung. Etchings, which IL is a pleasure to
say are growing In favor. should be framed
| In dark gold, leaf or oak brown woods and
oxfdized silver The mats should be the
color OF the etching paper. and sometimes
a real cream or ivory white moiding with
touches OF silver. win make a pretty frame
II you owe your friends. do not hang the
| family photographs around the reception
room. "A photograph album Is all right
Tor anybody wants to see Il. he can
seek II out. but to be obliged to sit for half
an hour In utter silence while waiting for
your hostess TO appear. surrounded by her
relatives In grim poses, and Photographic
| stiffness. is too much to ask OF ones enc
miles, to say nothing Of ones friends.
II you are contemplating building a house
have all the wood work In Its natural grain,
and do not profane It with paint or enamel.
A sure sign OF the advance In culture and
taste made by the present generation "a
the desire for natural wood ornamentation
In the long run It is much more economi-
cal than painted wood, for IL does not re-
Quire 50 much cleaning, and no renewal Of
paint The oiled wood is prettiest OF all.
and IL any granting Is resorted TO at all Il
should be INDUCED in sparingiy Georgia
pine takes an exquisite polish and grain
To remove paint that has dried in q
fabric put the soiled spot over a dish ana
pour spirits OF turpentine over II. and let
IL stand for several hours. Then take the
fabric in the hands and rub briskly; gen.
| orally the paint will come OF In flakes after
this treatment To remove paint that has
just been acquired try the foregoing, or, n
you have none at hand. pour coal oil on the
fabric: q brisk rubbing with a clean cloth
| viii bring the paint right out Hang the
garment In the air and the coal OIL and
turpentine will evaporate. II in haste rub
In gasoline and hang In the sun
| cne Of the common sense ideas OF the
period is for those who can afford the lux
ury OF a nursemaid to hire one who speaks
either German or French. and stipulats
that to her small charges she shall speak
nothing else 1t is astonishing how rapidly
children will pick up languages In this way.
| II gives them. too the correct pronuncia-
ton right from the beginning and simplines
the study Of languages when the child
starts to school There are a great many
| mothers who are fair linguists. who could
teach their little ones other languages
while they are about home just by talking
| to them in other than their native tongue
but IL does not seem to occur TO them that
| Il is the thing 20 do. Yet II woul1 probably
| save the child many weary hours OF study
II IL were done. One OF the prettiest sights
remember is calling on my sewing woman
one day to find her busy at my gown, and
her two daughters. one ten. the other
twelve studying their lessons at her side: the
eldest daughter was reading her history les
son aloud in French. and her mother cor
rected her pronunciation; the other daugh-