Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-14
H O u S E HOLD HINTS

Never permit soiled clothes to- hang in your
dress closets. All the perfumes in the world
can't disguise the odor on a gown that hangs
close to soiled clothes, CT in the kitchen
closet, where it gathers all the scents from
the cooking.
Pretty soon you must put away your furs.
Just beat and beat them till you are sure
that rot single egg remains in the fur:
then put the garment in a paper bag and
paste up every tiny crack. If the paper bag
is kept intact the furs will come out in good
shape.
"A hot pancake for an aching backr' Did
you ever try one? just mix up some flour
and water in thick batter and fry on a
griddle as though you were preparing it to
eat. only use just the least little grease.
When cooked through put between two thin
pieces of white cloth and apply to the aching
place. You will be surprised to learn how
soon you will be relieved of your pain.
Sometimes 1t will cure obstinate cases of
headache by applying at the base of the
brain 1t is vastly better than wet cloths.
OF course you will laugh at the idea of
making your own vinegar when Cider
vinegar is so cheap ~, but you just try this
plan once and you will never again buy the
stuff that IS called vinegar, but is almost
rank poison. When you are going to pare
apples for pies or sauce, wash them well first,
and the sarna advice will apply to all fruit.
Take the paringS and cores and put them
over the fire in an earthen pan, and cover
squeeze the juice through a jelly bag into Il
wide-mouthed jar with a pound of sugar
and gill of yeast to gallon of juice. Stir
and place in a warm place, tying a cloth
over the mouth of the jar, SO that the air can
get to the liquid and bugs and things can't.
H. a month you will have gallon OF spien-
did vinesar.wh pour off into another jar.
straining through two cloths, leaving lit
tie in the old jar to start with. Add to this
jar each day your stewe1 fruit juices, and
pour off as the vinegar ripens. In that way
you can keep perpetual supply on hand.
Don't spoil your pretty dishes by letting
them sizzle and soak in the heat of the
stove with meat and eggs and things like
that, for 1t is entirely unnecessary. Have
a set of plain dishes upon which to place
the things that must be kept warm. and
have hot things hot. and cold things very
cold. when brought to the table. To heat
china. pile the plates and dishes in the
dishpan and pour boiling water over them.
then dry quickly and send to the table.
You will find that by doing this you get
the dishes as hot though they had been
sizzling for an hour in Dutch oven.
In no one way more than another does a
woman make her birth and breeding felt as
in the matter of perfumes. Loud perfumes
in q public place are detestable.
You who are bowling over the color Of
hydrants try this: Dissolve a grain of
alum in a gallon Of water. 1t will precipi-
tate all the earthly matter, kill all the
germs. and not In any way be harmful. nor
will you be able to detect the alum.
An economical mother who has to count
the pennies, picks up all the bits of soap
about the house and melts them in cup
over q slow fire with little borax and lust
enough water to keep the stuff from burn
ing When melted she puts a tablespoon
ful or more OF fine clean sand to it. Then
she pours the melted soap into small molds
to cool. after which she gives it to her
three restless boys to wash their hands
with. Nothing better could be found
Some children will not eat hash as It ia
commonly made. but will become very fond
of the same II served in fancy fashion
Try them with this-in fact, you will find
that the whole family will like 1t. To every
cupful of minced meat put three table
epoonfuls of fine breadcrumbs, enough ealt
and pepper to suit the taata and q shred q