Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-03-12
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES.

delicious dinner Hweetmeata.
Old-fashioned mutton tallow is the
very best thing for chapped lips.
Eggs with very thin shells are not so
likely to crack in boiling il they are
put on in cold water, and brought
slowly to boil.
White crocheted shawls are cleaned
by covering them for night with flour
or white cornmeal; then shake them
well and if not perfectly clean repeat
the treatment.
Boiling clothes, says an advanced
housekeoper, belongs to past genera
tion. Clothes are much whittier and
sweeter il simply covered with boiling
water in tub.
When eggs are to be beaten separ
ately beat the yolks until creamy
and light colored, and the whites until
dry, or so that they will not fall from
the bowl If it is turned upside down.
simple remedy for slight attacks of
billiousness is little lemon juice and
baking soda. Squeeze tho juice of
small lemon into half glass of cold
water, then stir in pinch Of soda,
and drink while effervesclng.
For frost bitten feet an ointment
composed of one-half dram of pure car
bolic acid, one-half dram OF tannin, 30
drops Of tincture of iodine and two
ounces of simple cerate may be used
with good effect. 1t should be applied
twice day.
One OF the most eflicacious remedies
for outward application in any chest or
throat trouble is camphorated oil. You
may make it at home. Pure olive oil
put on camphor gum until the latter
ceases TO dissolve. Add all the cam
phor 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 BIO pure and sweet and entirely
| devoid of rancid taste common to lard
kept on hand for a long time.
The perfection of luncheon does not
consist in having great many dishes
or multiplicity of courses, but in
seeing that each is absolutely good of
ITS kind. and that the plates are quietly
and swiftly changed, are cold or hot as
they ought to be, and that the food is
appetizing and the whole affair har-
monious.
An easy and effective mode of ven
tilation can be arranged with piece
of wood cut little smaller than the
width of the window frame and about
six inches high. Insert this at tho
bottom of the frame and shut tho
window bottom down on the wood. A
steady ventilation process will go on
from the centre of the windows.
The care of the skin is simple
process once understood To prevent a
tender skin being roughened by the
cold, biting winter winds, either steam
the face over basin of boiling water,
wrapping a towel over both head and
basin, or else battle the face jim water
that is more than tepid. After wiping
off with soft towel, rub into the
open pores some pure cocoa butter, and
it will keep the skin as soft and smooth
as Il baby's.
| The air whore palm is kept should
be moistened by the evaporation of
water about the plant, or by the appli-
cation of it to its foliage. Fresh air
must be admitted, to take the place of
that whose vitality has been burned
out OF it by too intense heat. The
| plant must have place near the
|
its beneficial effect on the soil. Care
must be taken to give only enough
water to keep the soil moist. Good
drainage must be provided also.
There are few occupations which
admit of 30 many possibilities for a
| woman of cleverness and ambition than
nursing. They vary in characteristics
az much as men do, but experience
shows that il an intelligent nurse gets
a good paying case well in hand with
several doctors and lot of relatives
she captures the patient and bosses
everything and everybody, and it is i'm
| possible to dislodge her when she once
gets good foothold. Most of the
nurses of to-day are striking examples
OF the new woman" the only differ
ence being that they wear dainty caps
and long aprons instead of boomers
For an invalid, clam broth is one of
the most tempting and nourishing of
light foods. To make this broth use
II large hard shelled clans for one pint
of broth. Boil tho CLANS and juice for
20 minutes; strain and let it stand to
| settle; strain it again carefully into a
saucepan and boil it again. Season
with butter and pepper salt and
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| top. To open the clans To- obtain the
| juice, place the CLANS, after they have
been carefully washed, in saucepan /;
add two tabespoonfuls of hot water ;
cover and let them steam until the
shells open, then strain off the liquor.
The face should be washed, winter
| and summer, in water from which the
| chill has been taken off and dried
| carefully by pressing gently on it, not
| by rubbing with Il fine linen towel.
The face should not be exposed TO the
| external air Immediately after washing
| il. All sudden transitions from heat
| to cold or from cold to heat are detri-
mental. Violent or depressing emotions
--anger, grief, FEAR envy, hatred and
| iealousy-are all injurious to the com
| pleXlon and should not be INDUCED in.
Touching the face with the fingers is a
habit that may lead to the most i'm
| furious consequences to the complexion,
| and should be abandoned. Powders
containing bismuth or lead are ex-
tremely injurious, not only to the skin,
but to the health, and should never be
used.
Candle grease stains can be taken
out by holding red-hot poker over
| the mark, not close enough to scorch
it, and placing piece of blotting paper
underneath to absorb the wax it melts
When the material is not very delicate
put piece of blotting paper over the
spot and iron 1t until all the grease is
out A few seconds will suffice Then
rub the spot with some tissue paper
Grease spogs on velvet may be removed
by dropping a little turpentine over
the place and rubbing it dry with a
piece of clean flannel. Continue this
| until the nrease has Vanished LIZ the