Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
HOI SIcHOLD HINTS.

wise little woman says you can re-
store the gloss on morocco by va:nsiiirg
with vi lite Of an egg.
Good children are the hardest crop 10
raise, and after they are pretty well grown
II is quite easy to tell whet her the mother
has been good gardener not. 1t is non
sense t. talk about children getting
away from yigilsnt other. There is a
vast difference between the sternness tina :
permits no enjoyment at all and the gentle
Watchiulness that Permits all rational ell
joyment, but with q hand of steel in a vel
vet glove guides away from false. deceit
fui pie assures. No mother who is weak of
VIII herself can hope to rear her children
properly unless She puts herself in meta
phor:cal straight jacket til her little ones
are beyond her power.
southern woman who was brought
up" to believe that the only thing to dress
her children il during the hot months was
white' gives a simple remedy for grass
stains On white ~lcttirE, which she Dc =
clares IS Te!y efiica lious. except in most
obstinate cases. ,rAs soon a. the garment
IS taken off she puts the grass-stained spot
IN clear cold water to soak. She leaves il
Tor SIX hot rs or lGrg ger. Then she rIbs il
gently with her hands in the water If il
sun refuses to come 81" puts il in fresh
water to soak for six hours longer or over
ihSh- II you have time. The second soak =
ing and rubbing Usually does the business
kind about it till after. the cold water treat
ment is tried soft, clean brush like an
Old tooth brush, might be used with effect
Lay the wet goods ever the hand and brush
gently while yet in the wafer ""-.+ "
Try borax whore you have been usine-
Persian powder. II is said to be quite as
effective, and It's oior is unobjectionable,
because 1t has none. BUY the powdered ar
tlcIe and use exactly as you would the
Persian powder.
The Oil in your lamps gets rancid with
little use this very warm weather. and
smells to high heaven. There is no way to
overcome II except to throw the oil out
on can have d cen for the old oil and
use II for cleaning purposes. There is moth
ing nicer for oiled floor than a rubin q
with a well-kerosened rag. after the mon
ping in clear cold water has taken NJ all
the dust. Furniture oiled or vanished al
ways comes up shining and bright after a
vigorous rubbing with a flannel cloth
dampened with coal oil. There are a dozen
uses you can put the old oil to. Keep your
burners clean also. If you would have a
bright light and one free from smoke
Of course, you got SCOT all over the floor
when you took down the stoves. Next
time you spill the horrid stuff put a lot OF
common Ia bic salt over the SCOT and brush
gently into dust pan. You can do it with
but little trouble then.
''They win play in the Dirt exclaimed
a Mortified mother to her fine lady callers
when two Whitley dressed young hopefuls
came into the reception room, with mud
daubed hands and dresses perfect sight
from the dirt ground into them "Of
course, they WILL" responded the daintiest
Of the callers. Mine have mania for
dirt that Is appalling; but | followed Mrs
Cleveiand's plan. and had several loads of
clean white sand put in our scrap of a
back yard. and the delight of it to my
babies is worth Witnessing. can put their
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them to that sand pile. knowing that all |
will have to do to make them present p bic
Is to shake them down a little and empty
their shoes. OF course, they are not per
nitted to have water after they are freshly
dressed. Just try my plan
If the seat has vanished from a strong
framed chair worth retaining make a
"cozy" chair out of it. Saw the legs a little
shorter, then take a small cotton rope and
put it back and forth over the front and
back round of the seat then across the
same way on the sides. Draw very very
tight and fasten by tying on the under
side. Then make pretty cushion Of silk
or velvet with deep frill of silk or of
close long fringe. to fall over all sides of
the seat from the cushion. Make a sep
arate cushion for the back, and fasten each
cushion at the corners with pretty ribbon
bows. 1t will be the chair that everybody
but your long-legged brother or husband
will want to Sit in
If company comes Unexpectedly for lunch,
and you are short on dessert, try this:
Take the little baking powder biscuits left
from breakfast and dip them in cold water;
then put in a buttered pie pan, with an
other over them in a hot oven. In ten
minutes take the biscuits out, spread with
butter after splitting them open. and, while
they are hot lay on a pretty china plate,
and heap each half Biscuit with strawber-
ries, over which sprinkle powdered sugar
plentfully. Make a srup of dozen or
two of the berries mashed with sugar and
tablespoonful or two of water. and pour
over the strawberry biscuit" serve with
cream, and they ere DELICIOUS. The but
ter must not be thft We thing known
as cooking butter" but the very best, and
the biscuit must be thin.
Whisper scandal and it will echo itself, -
Some wise man said that, and It is true,
SO you needn't be trying to make it sure,
OF all the detestable creatures on the face
of the green earth, q scandal monger is the
yilest. 1t takes so little to start a scandal.
| and you might as well try to stop a land
slide with piece Of scantling as to stop
ugly insinuations when once they are
started on their rounds. If you can't saw
nice things about people, don't talk about
them at all.
Always remember to hang your gasoline
cleansed garments in the sun for an hour
or two and the odor will all evaporate, II
will hang round them. however, If you pu,
them away without summing.
In this season of fruit pies try this,
Make the under crust little thick with q
nice twisted edge. Brush the crust with
white of egg just before putting the fruit
in, as it Is less liable to let the Juice
through. Many housewives sprinkle the
egg xarnish with thin coating of -four,
and then sprinkle the top of the fruit with
little more flour before putting on the
top crust