Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-04
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES.


grow and whiten in the dark.
AeielIcious drink can be made by TAX
ing three bananas aud rubbing them
through q sieve and then adding the
Juice Of one lemon. Pour over the pulp
half pint Of boiling water. When
cold stir il WELL sweeteD and strain.
Add to il bottle Of soda water and
some cracked ice.
Az excellent cream salad dressing
that costs less than mayOnnaise and Is
also liked better, by those who do not
like the taste OF oil, is made from a ia
bespOonful OF oil, one-haf table
spoonful OF mustard, three eggs we'll
beaten, one cupful or milk and level
tablespoonful OF salt
In warming over potatoes or In using
them as q salad there is an objection TO
very mealy potato. German potatoes
are sold in large cities for these pur-
poses. They are small, and, like new
potato. will not crumble II cut into
cubes or in slices. II these potatoes
cannot be obtained use mealy potatoes,
but have them underbOiled.
To Clean Silk-Clesn and slice thin q
goOdsized raw potato. Put IL in basin
aud pour over II pint Of boiling water
and let It stand ill cool. Sponge the
silk With the potato water on what Is
intended 20 be the right side; iron while
still damp on the wrong side. IL will
look like new when done. A beautiful
gloss is given by the potato water, aud
little stiffening.
For a dry shampoo the hair should be
loosened, then every inch OF the scale
should be gently rubbed until all the
dust and dandrLf are loosened. The
hair should be parted in different parts
of the head and brushed with a very
stlff little brush until the scalp is clean
and the hair also, Then IL should be
rubbed with alcohol or some hair tonic
ana the snarls gently combed and
brushed out.
Every we'll regulated woman takes q
pride in keeping the polish or enamel
intact on q handsome bsdstead. For
tlis purpose q preparation OF quick
silver aud the white OF an egg, which,
a fter beating together thoroughly, may
be applied with fine brush TO ali the
creVices, is recommended. 1t Is need
less to say that the article should be
thoroughly washed first with soap and
cold water before applying the mix
ture.
A great variety, OF favors can be
given TO baked eggs. After beating the
dish, put into il hslf q leaspoonful OF
butter for each egg hhat 20 to be cooked.
Carefully break thd eggs into the dish
and place In q rather cool oven until
the whites become lset Serve In the
same dish. Two drops Of onion Juice
and a quarter qf 3 teaspOoniul Of
chopped parsley vii change the flavor
OF the egg. A liRtls chopped boiled
ham or grated ch9ese will all give
nice change Of haybr.
A home preparation for whooping
cough among children IL as follows
Take one ounce Of garden thyme, pour
one pint OF boiling water upon it, let 10
draw for twenty minutes, then strain
and sweoten il vii ia little sugar. The
dose OF this regaration is from one to
two teaspOonfuh every hour or two, &C
cording 20 the kge OF the child and the
severity OF the attack. This may be
along the ssugs lines as the famous
syrup Of red clever for this exhsusting
yet usually harmless malady.
Fruit which commands the highest
prices In city markets has all been pick
ed by hand by thrifty farmers or their
boys, and we'll washed before being bar
relied up Tor winter use. Pears should
be- packed In boxes, with newspapers
between leach LAYER or fruit For winter
pears and rarer varieties II pays 10 wrap
each one I'm newspaper, besides putting
papers between the LAYERS OF fruit. Thus
packed, \ th the cover nailed down, and
kept In a DOL place where they will not
freeze, / Rve known ths winter Nslls,
the poundbear, Vicar OF Wakefield and
other late ripening varieties TO keep
perfectly IN the June after they were
gathered; luscious when eaten ripe or
baked for tea.
A simple aud ingenious mode Of test
ing the quality and quantity Of the
household milk has just been invented.
The new device is as simple as IL is
effective aud1 consists OF an ordinary
glass jug. graduated on the outside in
pints and fraOuons Beneath each
graduation are Adrawh three lines,
marked respect Fly average, good"
and very aooG On the jug being
filed by Tub ID kman, the purchaser
can see at a gla ee whether she has re-
ceived the TO & quantity, aud after II
has been al oWHd 20 settle will be able
10 see the Quality OF the milk also; for
the thickPess ofsthe layer OF cream
on top will DO measured by three small
lines beloty the measure, and trust
worthy notion obtained OF the quality
Of the milk.
To keen knife handles in condition
the first essential is TO rub them free
from grease and from stains Of acids and
vegetables Another equally import
ant pOink is to see that the
handles RE never placed in hot
water. T4is spells and cracks the
ivory, and when once ivory cracks it's
beauty is gone, as the dirt, which is
sure to lodge In the cracks, cannot be
removed The best medium wherewith
70 polish. them for use is paste made
pf the. finest siited whiting and water,
81 course combined with brisk and reg
alar clubbing with leather. Stains, il
new and merely superficial, can be re-
moved with a gentla rubbing with
lmery paper or with the sharp edge OF
piece Of broken glass, either straight
br slightly curved. To whiten yellowed
ivory, washing with soap and water and
sxpOslEsO. TO the sun is oiten etfec-
lual. Chey must be kept damp with
soap a 4 water, and finally washed
when b laehed enough. A mixture OF