Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-02-27
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES.

III the eyebrows and eyelashes are
scant rub them every night with vase
line.
Orange salad with French dressing
is unique but thoroughly palatable
combination
II you have gown trimmed with
sIesI put a lump OF camphor in its
folds and the steel will not tarnish.
Keep a bowl of oatmeal on the wash
stand and after washing the hands ury
them in the meal. The skin will be
kept white and smooth by this process.
Never use cologne to perfume the
clothes; the flower essence soon dis
appears and only musty alcoholic
odor remains. Use liquid perfumes
for the bath and powdered ones for the
garments.
Lemon will do for the yellow, white
sailor hat what shoe polish does for
the worn black one. Remove the rib
bon band, and with slice of lemon
clean the straw thoroughly. Put on
fresh band and the hat Is white and
fresh.
A small hammock to be swung Just
over the baby's bath-tub is the idea Of
mother whose infant was afraid of
the water, In this way it can be
sponged as thoroughly while lying
down as if its little life were fright
ened out of it by the sudden plunge,
For supper relish toast thin slices
OF bread deep yellow brown, pass the
slices quickly through boiling salted
water, then spread literally with good
butter. Before serving place in the
oven for five minutes, then dote each
slice with small blocks of jelly, and
take to the table while hot.
If you have butter that is not en-
tirely sweet, put it in porcelain dish
with little salt and tiny piece of
soda, place over the fire and bring to
a boil. Turn it into a stone jar aud
set it in cool place. The butter will
be found perfectly sweet and not too
salt for cooking. The impurities will
settle to the bottom of the jar.
Delicious oyster fritters are prepared
in the following way: Chop the oysters,
add like quantity Of milk, season
with salt and pepper and stir in suiii-
Gent flour to make thin batter. Be
fore the flour is put in baking powder
should he mixed with it, one or two
teaspoons according to quantity Of
batter. Fry them in butter and be
careful to drop them in small spoonfuls.
The simplest, quickest and most effec-
tive manner to blacken brown boots is
to take raw potato, cut it in halves,
and rub the backing well in, polish
and the result will he so satisfactory
as to make it difficult TO say whether
the boots had not always been black.
This recipe is the only one known and
used in the army, where the boots are
principally brown when issued to the
soldiers.
Now that pewter ware is again
fashionable on the sdeboard, it is
well to know how to keep it clean. An
approved method is to make paste
with yellow soap and fine rotten stone,
molstened with turpentiue Rub on
thoroughly and allow to dry, then
brush off, and rub we'll. If the ware
happens to be much furnished dip half
an onion or lemon in fine sand, and
rub with that.
The shoes of small child should be
very carefully chosen. An i'll fitting
boot upon tender foot ia the most
frequent source of corns, bunions and
enlarged joints. A child's shoes should
have broad toes of the extension pattern
and no heels at all. They should be
Il
they should be laced rather than but
toned, as laced boots afford more sup
port to the ankle.
The long sought for device to remove
wrinkles has at last been invented by
| Philadelphia woman, who has Sc
cured patent upon her clever inven-
tlon. The arrangement consists of two
bowed arms of watch spring steel, end.
ing in chamois pads. The arms fit
around the back of the head, drawing
the flesh back until it is smooth. When
worn during the night il is claimed
that the deivce is very eifectual.
1t is a science to put on gloves for
the first time. The hands must he per-
fectly cool and dry. A fter the fingers
and thumb are in fasten the second
button from the bottom, coming to the
first button last. Remove the gloves
from the wrist and not by the fingers,
and leave them turned inside out, SO
that all the moisture may dry. In
putting away gloves they should not
be rolled, but laid together lengthwise.
II the baby is even ordinarily healthy
he should have his daily airing, no
matter what the state of the weather.
From the first time he is taken out his
constitution should be relgiously OBJ
served. To take him out on some days
and keep him at home on others is to
pave the way for all sorts of illness.
The child will be much more liable to
take cold who is kept indoors on some
days than the ono who goes out every
| day.
Carefully prepare a moderate. sized
beef kidney by removing all the fat and
fibre; place in boiling water in por.
celain kettle and boil slowly for about
half an hour, then cut into small pieces
and place in a farina kettle; cover with
milk, add a tablespoonful Of butter, and
thieken with -four until about the con
| sistency of custard. Season with salt
and white pepper add little chopped
parsley, and serve with boiled rice. -
Ladies' Home journal.
A tested receipt for horehourd
candies consists of pound of dried
horehound leaves boiled in one quart
of water, cooled, and then boiled again
for five minutes. After that strain off
the liquid through cloth; put it back
on the fire, and lot it simmer until the
quantity is reduced to four or five
ounces Add an ounce of gum arabic,
and when dissolved add enough fine
sugar to make dough or paste, as for
lozenges. Roll out and cut in small
pieces, with perfectly clean thimble
or little cutter such as is used by con-
PETITIONERS.
Potatoes baked in their skins should
have piece cut off the ends before
baking, in order that the steam may
escape Prepared in this way they are
light and dry when eaten. When boiled,
they may be prepared in the same way,
and the skin removed just before serv-