Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-24
All Sorts of Suggestions for Busy
Housewives.
WHAT TO Do WITH CANVAS SHOES
Some Useful Recipes to Keep in
the Family.
A CURE FOR TIRED FEET

linen cloth or towel, and wiring the moisture
well out of it. Rub the patient under the
bed clothing and keep the air from striking
the damp flesh.
Grapes and pineapples are blessings in the
sick room. Only the juice of either should
be swallowed. 1t allays thirst, and is nour-
ishing, acting upon the liver and kidneys
as no other agent Will
Do not let your linen tablecloths, sheets
and other linen garments freeze upon the
line when the wind is blowing. Linen thread
and fiber cracks very easily when frozen.
Freezing will whiten linen, but if freezing is
what You after, lay the fabric fiat upon
the ground and let it lie there until frozen
dry. If you double the clothes up when
frozen stiff, you can look for rents and
cracks when the things come from under
the iron.
Some women think that light irons are
best, which is hardly true. A heavy iron re-
quires less bearing on to smooth and dry
clothes and retains its heat longer. Seven
pound irons are about right.
OF course. white canvas shoes never wear
out, because few wearings soon make
them unpresentable from being soiled A
fixed handsome pair of evening shoes out
of hers after this fashion: She got bottle
of gold paint, and coated the whole shoe
and let it dry; then she gave them another
coat, and while yet damp busted them with
gold powder. She laced them with silk
strings the color of her dress. and they were
very pretty. They can easily be retouched
In spots where they Seem to need it. If your
feet are large, don't try to wear such shces.
han fhnyT lnr or11
sensible, you will not wear white shoes
either; SO this is meant only for the girl
who wears under a number three.
Belladonna is deadly poison, and should
never be applied to the eyes except at tie
hands of an experienced physician ocuist.
The reckless manner in which society
men use 1t for the purpose of diiating the
pupil and making the eye seem darker IS
simply criminal, and its frequent and ndis-
criminate application will lead TO total
blindness.
Put potatoes in cold water and leave them
so an hour before cooking and they will
come to the table mealy and white.
Serve generous sprigs of parsley with
boiled onions; they make pretty garnish
ana are said to be an excellent deodorizcr.
There are a great many women who suffer
martyrdom form tired and aching feet Par
tcularly are housewives so afflicted. There
are many reasons for this and tight shoes
do not solve the problem of "whyfor"
One woman found herself almost incapaci-
tated for work. In sheer desperation she
bought pair of congress slippers. Those
that are made Of black prunella and have
low heels and rubber at the side the favor
lite Shoe in fact, of Queen Victoria They
were two sizes larger and considerably
broader than her regular size. After wear
ing those in the house for week, she found
that she could go on the street for whole
day in her neat button boots and not suffer
Since getting that first pair OF congress Slip
pers she has worn nothing else when about
her work. She says il is next thing to going
barefooted and it is the relief from any
pressure on the veins and muscles that has
helped her. Another woman has a cushion
SIX inches thick, made of cotton batting,
large enough to stand upon comforta bly,
which she puts in front of the table when
she washes dishes, mikes bread or pastry,
irons, &C She says the relief from contact
with the hard floors is wonderful ''rester,"
Some people who are very fond of milk
cannot drink it because it causes indiges-
ton. A teaspoonful of lime water to glass
OF milk will generally correct this acidity
and render milk perfectly safe for any one
to drink while it in no way affects the taste
of the milk. To make the lime water, get a
big chunk of lime; put in an earthen crock
or 1ar-always earthen, mind you-and pour
boiling water on it enough to dissolve IT.
STIR and skim twice a day for a day or two.
then pour the liquid through a linen strain
that mas glass top, and keep covered You
can make for five cents what would cost
you dollar at a drug store.
People who have windowless closets IN
their houses will notice a peculiar nustv
door in them just now. That means mi
crobes and later disease breeders If some of
mem mem should happen to ripen just right
once week, If possible the clothes in dark
closets should be hung over the clothesIine
IN the sunshine. 1t is safest for health, and
Tor the clothing. which is bound to gather
a slight dampness and mold IL long away
from sunshine. All closets should have
transoms. so that the air can get into then,
without leaving the door ajar. On general
than to have dark ones A 'woman's''
house can always be told by its airy and
"windowed' closets.
Gum has at last found its mission A.,
eminent NJ. d. recently gave it as his ontn
ion that in fevers where patients We're fcd
largely upon liquid foods. the saiiyary
glands, from inaction, became nartiaIly
paralyzed TO counteract this. which vs.
sure to lead to indigestion and a dyspeptic
condition of the stomach, this doctor rec
ommends that the patient be made to chew
gum. This, he said. would make the salt
vary glands act, and yet not give the stom-
ach work on solids, which would be the
case II food were being masticated instead
This eminent authority did not state, how
ever, that it is not necessary to chew gum
outside the privacy of ones own chamber
An appetiZing breakfast or tea dish is
called by some EGG bread" and by others
Fried llkens.' Prepare slices Of stale bread
by trimming them to as uniform a thick
ness as possible and cutting off ragged
edges. No bread can get too dry for this
dish. Take a pint of milk-skimmed will
answer, and If not perfectly sweet add a
pinch of baking soda to sweeten-half a
teaspoonful of salt, and two eggs well
beaten. Put in deep dish, into which dip
of fhao To-
soften. Very dry bread may need a second
griddle as you would pan cakes, in plen-
ty of sweet butter or meat drppings If
milk is not handy, three eggs, two
thirds of a pint Of water, and tablespoon
full of sugar. Serve hot
There are two things that a housewife
naturally despises to do; one is to slice or
prepare fish for cooking; the other is to
prepare onions for use. They both scent I'D
the hands in q horrid way that nothing
will remove entirely. The odor has to wear
of. The very best thing to remove this
door is coarse salt. AS soon as you have
finished the disagreeable work, rinse the
hands in lukewarm water then pick I'D a
handful of dry, coarse salt and rub the
bands over and over in it with no other
Sometimes a second trial is necessary
Rinse then wash the hands with soap in
warm water
Sometimes rusty gilt frames can be clean
cd and frightened by rubbing with a cloth
dsmpened with spirits of wine.