Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-23
The Advantage Of the Use Of Fruit
in Warm Weather.
SUGGESTIONS FOR APPEfIZING Dishes
The Kitchen Ought to Be the
Brightest Domestic Room.
LATE COMIRs AT MEALA

Written Exclusively for Ths Dvening Star
saw pretty basket recently. which had
peen made for q catch-an on q toilet table.
IL was one Of the common very small spiins
KIND. with handle. The little girl who
made II was told how by her grandmothsr.
VINO had one when she was q child. 20 I
THINK perhaps the art Of making them has
oeen almost lost. Dissolve three or four
sticks Of red sealing wax IN a pint OF alco-
mol Dip the basket in this mixture-or
rather paint it-and drop grains Of clean
rice all over it-on the outside, OF course.
Then take q small bristls brush ana paint
the rice evenly. after the coating to which
II adheres is perfectly dry. Paint n that
way several times. adding grains Of rice
here and there. and you win have q pretty
red coral basket. Line the inside with some
harmonizing color and tie the handle with
a ribbon bow.
The father who plunges into business %
deeply that he has no leisure for domestic
duties and pleasures. and whose only inter-
course with his children consists In q brief
word OF authority, or q surly lamentation
over their expensiveness. Is equally 10 be
pitied and 70 be blamed. Money Is not the
only desirable bequest which q father can
leave to his children. well-cultivated In
tellects: hearts sensible % domestic axfec-
ton; the love Of parents; Q taste for homo
industry: hatred of VICE. and q lively SEN
sibility of the excellence Of virtue are as
valuable an Inheritance as O legacy Of
property; one can be dispersed and the 9TH
ers cannot
II the stopper OF q bottle In refractory
about coming out. light q match and run
It swiftly around the neck of the bottle
fountain pen by the same simple process
The warmth Of summer tends to biiious-
counteracts this tendency. This is because
the acids Of the fruit help to facilitate the
separation OF the bile from the blood Q pro-
cess slackened by the approach OF hot
weather. Fruits are cooling n an sxproo-
sion often used. but why this 10 % very
few understand They are % because the
acid OF the fruit stimulates the liver q
greater activity in separating the bile from
the blood. which is It's proper work. the re-
suit Of which 10 the bowels become free.
the pores Of the skin are open, and under
such conditions fever and want Of apps-
tite are impossible.
Children. from the time they are able q
connect syllables In reading. should be
taught TO go to the dictionary a. author
lily on all occasions Of Doubtful spelling o.
ing will impress the lesson on the mind.
The proper way Of spelling thus becomes
a part of the mind. and through life the
means
much modification in after life 10 avoided
and much time saved. Even adult perDons
whose educe tional facilities have been few
can improve themselves wonderfully BY
cyclopedia- Men who have realised their
| shortcomings In an educational way have
gained fine knowledge by learning two
words a day from the dictionary, and study
The words selected at random. and the sub
tect one suggested BY conversatton or road
ing.
which are considered excellent for allAy.
ing thirst In warm weather. Have put IN
blue paper thirty grains OF carbonate Of
soda. In white paper twenty-five grains
in half . glass Of water and stir into Il
the acid. and drink while effervesc1ne. II
you desire strip. make IL out OF sugar boiled
In water and flavor a. you like. Dissolve
the soda in the strip.
When q child II choking press its mouth
open and get your finger down TO the roo,
OF the tongue. which press TIL the child
vomits. IL this does not bring up the oh.
struction, make IL eat . big piece Of broad
CT potato or moist cake anything Of the
nature that will hang together In . lump
and force down distractions In the threat
you begin TO do anything send for . doc
tor. II the case seem. to Be serious
Tomatoes prepared otter the following
tomatoes and slice them rather thin, In q
deep dish. Sprinkle them thick with Dow.
dered sugar. and then pour over them .
glass OF elaret instead Of vinegar. TAV
VIII De ready to serve IN ten min.fsA
Late at breakfast hurried for a,nnsA
cross for tea. y the way an ola ho1osW1fd
provsrb runs It holds good yet
One Of the richest Of desserts a. well a.
the cheapest made ID a. follows: Have Q
quart OF perfectly fresh milk from which
the m a.: not been en- put n sn
sugar with q pinch OF salt Stir Il up and
set In . moderately hot oven 10 bake tor
one hour, hurrying the heat on the last
half. Stir the mass every time the TOP
browns over. which should be about svsry
ten or fifteen minutes after IL gets heated
through. 1t makes . Wholesome and de-
lcious dessert for children. II may Be
eaten with or without cream Rice pudding
made In exactly the same proportion and
manner II also q dish much liked Do not
put eggs In either one. II Il gsts thick
before baked add more milk
Foolish vanity and in-placed ambition 70
seem rich often lead young housskeepers
to extravasances which bring heartAchs
, and sufereins Instead Of pn't,y neat :;
loving thought and dainty fingers. the
apartments are cluttered UP with . lot
Of cheap furniture purchased on the tn
stallment plan. making them look like an
upholstereris show window. Slowly means
surely: ana the young wife who does not
want TO wreck her happiness on the shoalf
OF debt and worry win prefer 10 uve
plainly.
The kitchen ought to be the most inter
esring room In the house and be the best FUR
nished-in proportion. OF eourse-and yet %
is too often the case that II v the most
dismal hole imaginable Many house build
ers pay no attention to the location OF the
kitchen at all. They put IL on In Q lower
dark corner one that 10 too gloomy for any
other purpose. and there the woman who
does her own work has TO spend two-ehiroe
OF her waking hours. The kitchen should
be-for health's sake. II for no other-th
brightest room in the house excepting only
the nursery and the room where the chill
dren sleep. 1t should have every conven.
fence for saving labor and steps and be well
ventilated. II need not be q very large
room, II everything is compactly arranged
In it. ana IL should have the walls lined
with cupboards. built In the house. The
sinks should not be inclosed, for II they
are a bit damp they viii set smelling bad
in a very short time and nothing will ever
overcome IT. You win ind on inquiry that
In old houses where the kitchen 10 poksd
of under the back stoop and has but one
window, facing on a walled-up area, or
north. the people OF that house had -.