Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09
n o U S EHOLD HINTS

III Is all very well to take the children out
airing but don't let your maternal pride in
Dorothys pretty arms or Ronald's fat legs
ieao you 10 bare them TO the sun and air
just yet, for II grows cool toward evening.
ana nve minutes in a cool breeze might
give the children their death of cold. 1t is
best to be on the safe side; it will save YOU
a Doctors bill and much anxiety
Lemonade is so cooling and refreshing.
put Ii is not easy TO make quickly Have
some In reserve. Squeeze the juice from a
dozen lemons into a glass jar. Strain TO
Tree OF seeds and pith and pour into the
juice in the jar all the sugar it will soak
up, then Set in cool place A tablespoon
ful of this in a glass of ice water IS d.
licious. 1t will keep a week in a cool Mace
A single seed in 1t will ruin the flavor
Sometimes beds get inhabited without the
consent OF even a careful housekeeper
The animals carry in clothes so easily that
ones may De looked for anywhere. One
careful Martha has machine Oil can which
sne loads with gasoline. and uses plentifuIly
ABOUT bedstead, mattresses and clothing
II is sure death to any kind of vermin
ana VIII not soil the most delicate ma
terial The odor is its worst feature. ana
that soon passes away, but II must not he
used where the hight is burning or where
there is a fire.
Try teaspoonful of cornstarch 10 a cup-
iul OF salt before filling the salt shakers
not aHect the salt in the least. Mix well.
Fresh bread well toasted over a SLOW fire
and eaeen dry is much better for q delicate
stomach than The fresh bread or hot bis
cult. ~
Every girl who reaches the age Of sixteen
and who is dependent upon her father or
some relative for her living should have an
allowance. 1t may be very small still give
1t to her and say to her that II must last
her tllI that time a month hence IL will
be but short time till you will find the girl
becoming something Of financier 1t will
make her calculating. careful and she will
buy with greater judgment since she knows
that there is no possibility of "coaxing''
more out Of her banker" IL is well TO ex-
erclse little oversight Of the spending OF
The money at first, but you will not nave
10 Keep that up very long
Keep the glue pot handy, and when a
piece of furniture shows a loose round or
a shaky joint, mend il at once with some
glue and set aside for a day to harden
An excellent second to the glue pot is a
Varnlsa can and good brush. 1t is sur
prising what a woman can accomplish in
the way of 3arnishing up old furniture
III isn't hard work, either. If you need
new cushions, beautiful art cretonnes and
silkaliaes are selling for a song and a
lew yards of these used in covering the old
cushions will give your neat room quite an
up-to-date air.
Have care about the cleanliness of your
refrigerator. They very easily become
fouled, and the servant who likes to clean
one isn't born yet Every morning Of the
world the refrigerator and ice DoN should
be wiped out clean and dry with a clean
cloth that has been dipped in ammonia
water. Once a week a thorough scaIdinR
should be administered, using boiling wa
ter with ammonia in it. 1t is impossible to
use an Ice box constantly and not drop
tiny specks of cream or butter or OF meat,
and within a few hours decay sets In and
the odor taints everything in the box The
very dampness of the box becomes Shiny
within twelve hours. IL you will watch
TINS you VIII find that you can keep the
milk sweet fully six hours longer to say
nothing of the wholesomeness of all the
ether things in the box.
Don't go about cleaning the silver on
your tortoise shell combs as though YOU
were cleaning brass candlesticks because
you Wlll ruin the she'll You must brush
the silver very carefully with a chamo.s-
skin pad. and do not touch the shell mean
time. Make pad by taking a stick with a
pointed end, to which fasten bit OF cot
ton. Over that put a piece of chamois and
then rub the silver with that
1t is quite a distressing matter for some
women to get a neT pair of boots wet be-
cause IL almost ruins them unless they are
very careful Get the shoes of before
they begin to dry, and rub them with a
hannel cloth TIL you have got most of the
moisture out of them. SatUrate the cloth
with coal oil and spat the shoes till they
are wet with it. then take a small clean
cloth and rub the boots till the oil is well
soaked in, then fill them with oats-button
hrst to the top-and shake them down till
the shoe takes its natural shape. then set
away to dry for about TWO hours Then
empty the oats out and give the boots a
vaseline rubbing, fill with the oats and set
aside for a day. They will look like new
Oats are so cheap ii Is a worder that so
few women use them for keeping the shoes
in shape and for taking the dampness out
/ a la ThaNF
for preserving the shoes in shape.