Evening star., 1894-03-24
FOR HOME FOLKS
How to Spell Bread and Children's
Stomachs.
BAD WHISKY AND BAD BREAD
In Giving Dinners Follow Common
Sense Rules.
II U RRY AND OvERwOR


If You will pour scalding water over
nsn that you wish to dress you win hnd
that 1t viii scale twice as easy. Dash the
water on and do not let the fish stand in IL
a moment. To skin catfish. dipping in hot
water will simplify the process.
A very pretty umbrella stand can be
mace or common pipe tiling. Secure .
smooth section, and one that is perfectly
symme tr1caL Paint IL a color that will
harmoaize with its surroundings and then.
II you have the talent to DO so, paint a lit
ue water scene or landscape on It. II you
can only paint flowers, decorate II with q
spray OF roses or poppies. For the bottom
OF the umbrella stand. get a common vel
low earthen dish such as the old-fashioned
lat custard and pumpkin pies were once
BAKED IN Set the tile squarely in The cen
Ter OF this and fasten with good cement IL
VIII take two or three days to dry. OF
course, 1t must be painted with the rest
L mis- makes cheap stand. but IL the maker
has bit Of taste, Ii is capable of hand
some treatment and will give satisfaction
tor small outlay. Another stand which can
De made just as pretty, but Is smaller.
utilizes an old two-galion jar one of the
tall slender kind
An old housewife says that the toughest
of beef and chicken can be made tender and
palatable by putting q spoonful Of good
cider vinegar In the pot in which Il is boil
ing. or in the juices with which the same
are basted when roasting. Il does NOT tn
jure the favor IN the least
handy thing In q kitchen 10 q GOOD sized
slate. So often things that are quite pso-
essary are forgotten because thsy we're
lot noted down. and serious annoyance b
occasioned by their absence A slate only
costs ten cents. Ii can be hung above the
kitchen table by a hong string, and the
pencil can be attached by another. These
heed not be removed from the wall at any
time. but can be hung 30 to be used easily.
As soon as something is discovered lacking
1t should be put down Anything unusual
that Is to be done and yet might be for
gotten, can also be put on the slate. You
VIII be surprised to find how many steps
and 'NOh, forgots" 1t will save in a day.
1t is better than paper and lead pencil, be-
cause You can take your hands out Of the
dish water and write on the instant, with
out waiting TILL You have finished
1t is a very nice thing to tell the very ut-
de children goodnight stories, and they
come TO look for them with a great deal OF
pleasure. To some children II is the great
est JOY OF the whole day. But care should
be exercised In the selection of stories TO
tel them. Don't tell an excitable child
tales or ghosts and goblins or of war and
oIooashed. The writer is OF the opinion that
such tales should never be told children at
all, more especially just as they are going
70 sleep The mind will grow upon what il
reeds. and such bloodthirsty stun il Il does
nOe not ,erriy' creates In the child taste for
that class Of literature when IL is CID
enough to select its own reading.
III the baby has the hiccoughs rnoisten q
itue sugar with drop Of vinegar and feed
A good cook says that the secret of all
cookery. except in roasting and broiling, is
1uolcious use OF flour, butter, herbs and
the seasoning with salt and pepper and the
application Of a very slow fire-for good
cooking requires only gentle simmering
neat, put no boiling Up. which only renders
the meat hard
A good way to insure bad bread is to buy
poor and cheap -four. use sour yeast mix
the dough too thin, set IL where 1t viii be
100 cold. let it half raise. bake in a slow
oven where II will run over before IL begins
10 COOK, and then rush the fire at the end
so as to burn the mass. There you have a
recipe that viii insure a disrupted house.
follow directions implicitly. Bad bread viii
make criminal as surely as bad whisky,
though it may take longer.
One of the worst habits that a child can
get into is that OF being tardy at meals. IL
Is a bad habit In any one, yet there are peo-
pie who labor under the impression that
when when a guest in the house OF a friend It
adds TO their Importance TO keep the fam
hy waiting for them to appear. A smoking
stove is the only thing in the world that
Will put woman out more than having to
wait on her guests or members Of the fam
II g
1t is said that II you have to take bitter
medicine that you can quite effectually dis
guise the taste by using ice water 10 take
ii in, and drinking ice water just before
taking It, so as to numb the sense OF taste
with the cold. 1t is a good way TO take OIL.
medicines; it will destroy the bad taste at
once.
If you want a nice rug that will wear well
and yet not cost fortune have one made
of a long wool eheepskin. A great many of
the rugs sold in the market for bearskin
are nothing in the world but long wool
sheepskin. Get some farmer who has sheep
to cure the skin for you, then color II your
self with the wool dyes that are sold ready
prepared.
Here is a good recipe for ebonizing wood.
Soak the wood to be treated for two days
in warm alum water. IL the article hap
pens to be a table or something quite as
with a brush apply the hot alum water as
often as possible for the two days. Then
boil a handful of logwood chips in a quart
of water until IL measures only pint Put
in this a piece of indigo as big a bean
and apply the liquid hot, using a brush
This will make the wood a violet color
Apply this three times. waiting each
time for It to dry. Boil little verdigris
in some vinegar and give coat OF that
Let the wood stand the three days. then
polish well with a chamois skin and var
nish-
Here is swift's idea OF a good dinner. II
would hardly pass muster In this day and
age.
"Give no more to every guest
Than he's able TO digest;
Give him always OF the prime,
And but little at a time"
Don't permit children to drink tea ana
coffee 1t does not add to their happiness
one bit: on the contrary, IL is positively
hurtful 1t cannot be anything else, since