Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-05
HOUS EHOLD HIN S

A remedy for sca1ds and burns that one
woman has used successfully for years Is
| compounded as follows: Mix thoroughly
equal parts of raw linseed oil, lime water
and laudanum. Keep this mixture tightly
corked, label it poison and set it on the
| top shelf of the most-out-of-the-way closet.
SO that inQusitive children will not get
hold of it. 1t makes an excellent dressing,
affording speedy relief from pain. Keep a
soft linen cloth saturated with the mix
ture closely over the burn, excluding the
air. Shake before using.
1t is quite common for children to get
beans and other hard substances up the
nose, and about the first thing one does
on discovering them is to poke them fur
Their up in frantic efforts to get them out
A remedy that acts like charm at times
is to force the childs mouth open, and,
covering its mouth with your own to blow
very hard. The force Will often expel the
substance without other trouble. About
the safest thing to do is to take the child
Immediately to the doctor.
A French mother says: 20 to give the
castor oil, it ees not mooch troubles One
leetle pan, ware clean over leetle fire,
and then break into it one egg, which
makes the omelette, with a pinch OF salt
to flavor and bit of jelly to make it
pretty. 1t is quite easy assure YOU"
A woman who ought to know says that
egg shells burned to a dark brown in the
oven and crushed quite fine will keep all
kinds of bugs away when sprinkled on
pantry shelves.
Stains of apples: peaches and pears on
sene. Soak for six hours.
A very sensible mother of my acquaint-
ance who has brood Of young children
perfectly competent to use il the ailments
are the simple, childish ones, has unique
way Of marking bottles and boxes that
contains posons. She pastes a strip Of red
it poison a big white label. Anybody
who gets hold Of the stuff in the dark
even knows that 1t Is poison, because of
the cloth about it, 1t seems very sensi-
BILE idea, indeed.
Here is a cheap but extremely palatable
dessert. Put one quart Of perfectly fresh
milk in pudding dish with half a cup Of
sugar, three or four bits Of stick CHINA
mon-or such flavoring as you lke-a tea
spoonful of butter, pinch of salt and two
even tablespoonful of clean, dry rice. Set
in moderately hot oven and bring the
heat up to the browning point. AS soon
as the pudding browns over the top stir
the crust under and let it brown again.
Inc puUulHS SuOulU Ddhe ABOUT an nOur,
and be stirred down at least half dozen
times. 1t is deliciously digestible.
A sick person will often crave boiled
milk, and it is an appetizing thing when
taken hot with little salt, but boiled
milk is constipating in a strong degree, and
you must bear this in mind. If the liver is
torpid boiled milk is bad medicine. Milk
heated just to the boiling point but not
actually boiled, will be just as palatable,
but you would best see to its preparation
yourself, as servants are apt to be careless.
Raw milk with little lime water in 1t is
excellent.
When you give sick people raw oysters
cut off the tough part and give them only
the "eye." 1t is digestible and palatable
Never season highly for sick person.
Girls, clear skin is the first requisite of
personal beauty, and to secure it good
digestion is absolutely necessary OF
course, If the digestion is perfect perfect
health is the result, so 1t resolves itself
into the fact that to have any 1.-THE of
beauty you must have perfect health The
bath tub is a good place to go to hunt
both.
Sometimes the wee bit Of baby gets a
dirty, scabby looking spot on the top Of its
head, and it's misguided mamma nearly
wears its little scalp out in vain endeavor
to scrub or fine comb" 1t clean, when in
fact she is only making 1t worse. When
you notice the little yellow scales rub the