The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-03-18
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Prunes filled with almonds, make
delicious dinner sweetmeats.
Old-fashiond mutton tallow is tho
very best thing for chapped lips.
Eggs with very thin shells are not
so likely to crack in boiling if they are
put on in cold water, and brought
slowly to boil
Boiling clothes, says an advanced
housekeeper belongs to past gener!
alton. Clothes are much whittier and
sweeter if simply covered with boiling
water in tub.
hen eggs arc to be beaten sepa-
rately, beat the yolks until creamy
and light. .colored, and the whites un-
til dry, or so that they will not fall
from the bowl if it is turned upside
down. ..;'
A simple remedy for slight attacks
of billiousness is little lemon juice
and baking soda. Squeeze the Juice
of small lemon into half glass OF
cold water, then stir in pinch of soda,
and drink while effervescing.
For frost.bitten feet an ointment
composed of one.half dram of pure
carbolic acid, one-half dram OF tan
min, thirty dops of tincture Of iodine
and two ounces Of simple cerate may
be used with good effect, It should
be applied twice day.
One of the most eficacious remedies
for outward application in any chest
or throat trouble is camphorated oil.
You may make it at home. Pure OIL
i've oil put on canphor gum until the
latter ceases to dissolve. Add all the
camphor that the oil Will take up.
A good method of preserving home
made lard for family use is to fill two
quart jars with the hot lard (strained)
and seal as for fruit. Store in cool,
dark cellar. Lard preserved in this
way will be pure and sweet and en-
tirely devoid of rancid taste common
to lard kept on hand for long time.
The perfection of luncheon does
not consist in having great many
dishes or a multiplicity of courses,
but in seeing that each is absolutely
good of It's kind, and that the plates
are quietly and swiftly changed, are
cold or hot as they ought to be, and
that the food'is apetizing and the whole
affair harmonious.
An easy and effective mode of VEN
tilatiou can be arranged with a piece
of wood cut little smaller than tho
width of the window frame and about
six inches high. Insert this at the
bottom OF the frame and shut the win
dow bottom. down on the wood. A
steady ventilation process will so on
from the centre of the windows.
The care o. tho skin is simple pro-
cess once understood. TO prevent
tender skin being roughened by the
sold, biting winter winds, either steam
the face over basin of boiling water,
wrapping towl over both head and
basin, or else bathe the face IN water
that is more than tepid. After wlp-
ing off with q soft towel, rub into the
open pores some pure cocoa butter.
and it will keep the skin rs soft ano
smooth as baby's.
The air where palm is kept should
be moistened by the evaporation oi
water about the plant, or by the ap'
plication Of it to its foliage. fresh
air must be admitted, 10 take the place
of that whose vitality has ueeu burned
out of it by the intense heat. The
plant must have place near the win.
dow, where direct hight can exert its
beneficial! effect on the soil. Care
must be taken to give only enough
water to keep the soil moist. Good
drainage must be crowded also.