Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
h o U S E H OLD HINT S

A real quick dish for unexpected COM
Pany can be made of the omnipresent egg
Boil half dozen-less or more-for ten
minutes. then throw them into cold water
Tor one minute, after which remove the
smells and put in hot water again. Make
cream gravy OF milk. butter. and flour ard
season well. Halve the eggs and pour over
that.
Ii. instead of sitting idly down. to mourn
over dead hopes. We would apply ourselves
vigorously to the nearest duty the skies
would grow brighter for everybody II does
not help the dead, and it does depress the
nvlng. TO mourn inconsolaby for those
VINO nust De better Off than We are. At
yer Death intervenes our whole duty is to
the living. 1t is pure seifishness that would
insist on anything else.
Undoubtedly. bad food is at the bottom
OF any amount of peevishness. hot temper
family dispute. weak will power. Initiated
tastes. bad morals and general viciousness
A suet pudding is excellent thing to
have on hand during cold weather. L,
Keeps indefinitely. and by heating Just be-
lore using IS always perfectly fresh This
Is tried and true recipe. One-haif Gun of
clean, white suet chopped fine. one cup of
ralsins, seeded and chopped in half: one
cup OF Orleans molasses, one cup of sour
milk Stir into one pint of -four, two tea
spoonfulS of soda, and after stirring all
the other ingredients together, add the
hour and stir vigorously till it foams: then
add more flour and a teaspoonful of salt
and stir till the batter is stiff. Your judg-
ment will tell when you have flour enough
A teaspoonful Of ground cloves, cinnamon.
mace and nutmeg will improve it, Pour in
well -buttered tin pail, cover and set in
covered kettle of boiling water to steam
for three hours. Leave at least five inches
In the pail for the pudding 10 swell Slice
when cold and set in the oven about ten
minutes and serve with hard or soft sauce
Perfectly lovely" is worn threadbare. 1t
is applied to anything and everything. 1t
seems to stand instead of ideas, of senti-
ment, of appreciation and of common
sense. Girls, for the sake of the unities'
stop using 1t. Good takers never fail to
interest and to charm, but wh,n q girls
ideas of the eternal fitness of things can
be expressed in these ENTHUSIASTICALLY
lovely OF perfectly horrid''-her mind IS
narrow, shallow and simple.
To remove insects from the ear po,r
warm water or warm lard or oil into the
ear and the bug will float to the surface
Then throw the head over and let 1t all
run out. Don't go picking round with a
probe or you will ruin the drum Of the ear
1t is mighty poor economy to throw
away cold baked potatoes. Peel them as
soon as the meal is over, and they are Just
as good for all second-dish purposes as
any cooked potato. They are very nice cut
! nSmall cubes Scalded in milk, which is
thickened and seasoned with butter salt
and pepper, just before serving.
The woman who hasn't two Or three nice
smooth, tnick-lipped oyster shells about
her kitchen, with which TO scrape skille:s
and kettles and pans, is behind the times
An iron ring dishcloth is nice for this, but
1t costs money and is not one whit better
than the oyster shells.
Tapioca pudding is a delicious dish, ap-
petizing and digestible. much to be pre-
ferred to pastry desserts. Soak one cup of
tapioca over night in three cups of cold
water. then cook in a double boiler for
half an hour. Butter big baking dish and
put in 1t two quarts of very tart apples,
peeled and quartered. Stir into the tapioca
one cup of sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt
and half cup of water Pour over the
apples and put to bake. When half done
put little specks of butter all over the top:
sprinkle with tablespoonful of sugar and
bit of grated nutmeg. and put back to
brown. 1t will not need sauce, though
some like to serve it with cream or butter
and sugar sauce.
Never try to wear a shoe too small, or
that does not fit when you first put it on:
there Is no misery more nearly distracting
than shoe that hurts the foot. Never lei
your shoes get hard and dry: don't let them
run over; don't let the heels run down;
don't dry wet shoe till you have rubbed
it well with flannel cloth, then with
vaselne Never put near the stove Half
q peck of oats, kept in small box, will be
the very cheapest and best foot form for
a wet shoe. Fill the shoe and shake the
oats down, after having rubbed and oiled
ii, and set in a dry place to cry gradually.
When dry pour the oats back for further
use. Do not BLACK upon backing" more
than week at a time. Take wet rag and
wash the shoe at least once a week, and Oil
over night to keep in good condition.
Never handle patent leather until you
have warmed it. Never wear "rubbers"
with good shoes. Put on old shoes in wet
weather. There is no part of the apparel
of lady or gentleman which should be
more scrupulously neat. or that is SO often
scandalously neglected.