The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-26

the fruit that II may serve as a sort OF
dish for the syrup. Lay the bananas on
pan and sprinkle on each one teaspoon
ful OF sugar and a half teaspoonful of
lemon juice. Bake in a hot oven till ten
der, but not mushy. This win take about
twenty minutes. Serve at once IN the
skins. Fig cream is delicate dish for
summer. Whip half pint OF cream TO
stiff froth and add one tablespoonful of
crystal gelatine. which has been dis
solved. Then sir in lightly a quarter of
cupful OF powdered sugar and quarter
OF a pound of figs cut into tiny pieces. 1t
may be favored with vanilla If desired.
There is a good deal in the suggestion
of our leading doctors. that young men
might retain their youth and freshness a
good deal longer If they knew how to
sleep Most men sleep" this authority
says. Gin such a way that instead of gain
ing beauty by their sleep they add
wrinkle or two every week or deepen those
already carved. This applies particularly
to those creatures aboutthe eyes. Perhaps
you are young but hints of wrinkles sud
denly appear, apparently without any
cause. Find out il you do not squeeze
your eyes tightly together when going TO
sleep as child does when IL makes be-
lieve to sleep. Many women draw the cor
ner of their mouths down. and so produce
burrows from the nose to the corner of
the mouth, and down to the chin" 1t is
quite impossible. OF course, to know.
what we do when we are once asleep;
but il is the tendency of the body to re-
main in the position assumed when falling
asleep. and If we resist the temptation to
tWist ourselves up into any habitual atti-
tude, before we are asleep. we are liable
10 remain so for the night. Relaxation is
the essential thing. The mattress should
not he too soft, nor the pillow too high;
the room must be cool. and the clothing
warm. but light.
Madame Rejane is far and away the
most fascinating actress who has visited
these shores for many a day. She is ire
sistibly clever and witty. and not at all
nervous and whimsical like Sarah Bern
t1ardt, whose acknowledged rival she is.
Moreover she is eminently practical and
many artists consult her before signing
their contracts, for fear of being taken in
knowing that whatever Rejane says
goes" She has not mastered our English
vernacular but her broken English, il
anything. only serves TO make her more
captivating.
To clean decanters and water bottles
put washing soda, broken small. in the
proportion of a dessert spoonful 10 a
tablespoonful of vinegar, into the bottle;
shake well but do not put in the stopper
nor cover over the top OF the bottle with
the hand, or you may hurst II. This mix
ture cleans perfectly and quickly; rinse
with clean water.
Germans say that the old-fashioned
Rose Geranium will keep flies away. \
moderate sized geranium placed in the
window, Will prove so Gsagreeable to flies
that they will avoid it's neighborhood.
while two or three in a room will Danish
them altogether.
Denims and linens should be washed in
luke warm sIds (ncver rub soap on them)
and should be dried quickly. but not d.
rectly in the sun. They do not need any
starch. They should be ironed while damp.
and will then get sufficiently stln.
The use Of cologne on the head turns the
hair gray.
II you are troubled with hot moist
hands battle them several times "A day in
four ounces or cologne water and half an
ounce OF the tincture OF BelladOnna. To
whiten and soften the hands use ost-
meal instead 81 soap.
II Is injurious 10 bathe within two hours
or any meal
To cleanse laces pack them IN wheat
-four and allow them TO remain for TWEEN
ty-fOur hours. Then shake well and
brush with a fine soft brush.
DOROTHY DEAN.