Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
HOUS EHOLD HINTS

saw a friend making candy for her
four young hopefuls the other day and
this Is the way she did it: She broke into
bowl the white of one egg, and then
picked up teaspoonful CT the white and
put 1t on one saucer, another teaspoonful
on another saucer. and so on. till she had
four dishes with little splatter of white
of egg on them. Into one saucer she put
an equal amount Of lemon juice that had
been strained, into another an equal
amount of strained strong coffee. In the
third a spoonful OF cranberry Juice and
fourth some orange juice. Then she
stirred confectioner's sugar into each one.
excepting the coffee, and in that she put
half powdered or grated chocolate, and
mixed till it was stiff and almost dry;
then she began to mold it. She had lot of
nicely cracked almonds, some cream nuts.
walnuts, sugared cherries, and lot of
other sweeties that mix with candy. She
would pick up a tiny bit Of sugar and
work an almond or some other nut in it.
then roll 1t in graduated sugar and lay 1t
aside Then she made creams of the choc-
olate, putting white cream inside, walnut
candy of the orange cream. lemon creams
and fruit creams.
You can easily test soft custard to see
If 1t is done by lifting some In a spoon; If
1t leaves the spoon clean it Is not done.
If it clings. it is ready to be removed from
the fire. The eggs are bound to sepa-
rate from the milk and form a kind of
curd If you leave custard over the fire
too loEg, even when both eggs and milk
are perfectly fresh.
Here Is delicious oyster dish that has
the merit Of being easy to prepare: Put
fifty medium sized oysters over the fire
In their own liquor and let them come to
the boiling point. Then add tablespoon
full of butter-a heaping one-salt and pep
per to taste. teaspoonful of lemon juice
dust. Let 1t boil up once more, then pour
over some small squares Of nicely Drowned
toast on hot dish and serve.
A woman who makes a business of pack
ing dresses for swell society women who
are about to travel says that II you will
fold newspapers inside of gown folds there
will be no creases.
In managing furnace there are a few
points that 1t is well to remember, points
that will apply to latrobe also. In the
first place. tho house should be thoroughly
warmed through, then an endeavor should
be made to keep it at one temperature all
the time. To do this a thermometer must
fill the fire pot full of coal; If only a small
amount Is put in 1t soon burns out. and
heat Is lost in coaling up again and start
ing the fire afresh. Never poke the fire
out of the bottom of the CRATE end thus
leave the air passage free. If your fur
mace draft is too strong, overheattng the
house, let the ashes remain In the CRATE,
clOgg1ng up the passage, but keep the ash
Fan empty. Ashes lessen the combustion.
A coal fire is about the cohtrariest thing
on earth. and you never gain anything
by neglecting it. Tend to 1t carefully and
methodically and 1t will give you no trou-
bic.
At friends house one of the dark days
recently 1T was necessary to have a light
to inspect some fine embroidery. and when
the maid brought the pretty study lamp
the wick positively refused to turn up
at bidding. The maid said she always had
had trouble with it, though she had tried a
number of wicks. The lady of the house
caught the wick at the free corner and
drew 1t out three inches or more, then,
catching a thread close to the selvedee:.
deity pulled 1t out the whole length of
the wick. Then she pulled n second one
out nearer the center. after which the wick
turned easy as one could wish. 1t was
simply a thought TOO wide for the burner.
/ think 1t quite an idea.
An eminent physician says that a sure
preventive of relapse in fevers or eruptive
week after all symptoms Of the disease
have disappeared When the temperature
has become normal and the appetite mas
returned, a patient always sets up a plea
to a couch or lounge will do him good. but
it often results in relapse from getting
little cold.
A palatable dish for breakfast or tea Is
made OF ham. Take scraps Of cold boiled
friend ham and mince them as fine as
possible, removing all the gristle and bits
of bone. Put in q pie pan and barely
moisten with hot water. then cover and set
on the back OF the stove. Heat a teacupful
of milk, to which add a tablespoonful of
butter and dash OF red pepper. and when
1t boils up once, one well-beaten egg. Set
back and stir into 1t the minced ham.
Have ready some slices of brown toast,
which dip In hot water and right out again.
and lay on a hot dish. Pour the ham over
the toast and serve.
There is baby in Washington that will
be able to stand an Armenian massacre If
it grows up after the treatment inflicted by
its mother in the name Of scientific rearing.
The poor little thing has been subjected to
two cold baths day since the hour Of its
birth. 1t is now two months old. and cries
day and night. 1t gaSpS and screams when
it's little, blue body touches the water and
It's shivering cry as it is splashed around
in the bowl OF water is pitiful to hear. Its
mother-who. by the way, Is able to afford
a silver bowl for 1t to battle in, and other
toilet access ories in accordance-says she
wants to harden" 1t. She never permits
the nurse to toast the little things feet,
and hot flannel on its colicy stomach
the baby has the spasms and the mother
looks calmly on. A mother who has any
sense knows that a bit of baby has not
the circulation to stand cold water, and
that what 1t needs Is q bath in water a
little more than blood warm, in a warm
room once a day, its tender body wrapped
in fannels, and its feet toasted half
dozen times day. 1t should be fed regu-
larly, say, once in two hours for the first
three months, on the food that 1t seems to
digest best-and that is not always the
mothers milk-put to sleep in a crib with
out rockers, where 1t has at least semi
darkness, and some degree of quiet, and
never awakened for any purpose. With
that kind Of treatment it will, If perfectly
healthy, sleep eighteen hours out of the
twenty-four. II 1t is not a healthy child,
rational treatment of that kind will make
1t so. Rocking cradles are piece of bar
barism. Ii you don't believe 1t, just have
rockers put on your bed, or your favorite
couch, and try being rocked to sleep. OF
course, a baby learns to like it after the
first nausea wears Off, just as a man
learns to chew tobacco, after overcoming
natures rebellion to the disgusting habit,
and then 1t insists on being INDUCED at all
sorts OF inopportune times. just as the
tobacco chewing habit does. It is better
never to begin either.
A Strange Whist HIND.