Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07
HOU S E HOLD HIN S

Eat slowly and you will never overeat," is
= the advice given by hale, hearty old man,
who says that indigestion comes from i'm
perfect mastication and fast eating. He
might have added that perfect teeth, or those
made as nearly perfect as possible by good
dentist, will help to solve the difficulty of
Indigestion. If you have an unsound tooth
You are bOuLd to favor it by not using
When there are three or four such teeth one
Is inclined TO bolt food. rather than run the
risk of aching molars, and unless one has
the digestive powers of dog, boiling food is
a most pernicOUs practice.
Thee will save thy pretty frock from be-
ing quite spoiled if thee washes it in starch
bran water said a sweet old Quaker
lady to her small handmade, who was gazing
ruefully at a long, dark grease spot down
the front of her almost new print dress.
How will one make starch or bran wash
water? Easy enough. You may make the
starch water of -four or cornStarch, exactly
as you would make it for starching your
clothes, only you will want 1t in much larger
quantity. Four quarts of starch as stiff as
cake batter will wash two dresses and sew
eral small aprons Have the starch as
smooth as butter, and strain through
double piece of netting or thin cheese cloth
into the wash tub Two quarts to the first
tub. which you can thin with six or eight
quarts of warm water. When making the
starch. put in half a teacup of salt. Put your
dress in the tub and rub it thoroughly on
the worst soled spots. then rub generally
all over. Don't use soap or anything else
but elbow grease. Rub through the second
starch water the same way; then, if the
dress is very dark, rinse in cold water made
very dark with bluing. Hang in the bright
sunlight to dry quickly. Never try to wash
nice print dress on a cloudy day. Sprinkle
lightly and put to soak for an hour before
ironing then iron quickly with good hot
irorS on the wrong side. and your frock Will
look as good as new, for several washings
If the starch remedy is used.
If your child complains of earache, heat q
Ii in the ear. Don't make it hot enough to
blister, but pretty warm The relief Will be
almost instantaneous unless the ache comes
from a trouble in the head. Under those
circumstances doctor is the safest remedy.
If your iron cooking utensils persist in re-
tanning the odor of hish-scented foods cook
ed in them, wash them we'll with ammonia
and soap then lift the stove griddle and
turn the cooking vessel open side down over
the fire, and let it burn out for half an hour.
Then wash to rid of SCOT and the odOr will be
gone
Clean out the range carefully each morn
ing and you will find that it will take just
about half much coal to run it. A range
las to be kept as clean in proportion as
People, If you would get the best results.
Lots of women never think of wiping their
tin utensils dry, and then wonder what in
the world is the reason they rust out so fast
Give cleansed tinware a dash of boiling hot
water. wiping with clean. dry towel and
then hold over the hot stove to dispel the
last lingering speck of dampness about the
eIevices, and your tinware will last you
twice as long, and be much more whole
sCme.
If you have time to give away you can
make mayonaise dressing, but If YOU are q
burried housewife this recipe will save YOU
time and temper, for you know mayOnaise
isn't the easiest thing to make. even with
lots of time. Half a teaspoonful of salt a
tablespoonful of mustard and tablespoon
full of sugar all mixed smoothly together
put 4 cupful of vinegar to bell. and when
1t begins to bubble pour in slowly two WELL
beaten eggs, stirring fast to keep them
from curlling. Then add the dry ingredi-
ents. stirring slowly. and lastly a table
spoonful of butter Cook and stir till all is
smooth as butter, then cool and put in n
glass jar. For use, lift out as much as You
Will use for two or three days and STIR into
1T rapidly cream enough to thin it to the
consistency of mayonaiSe. 1t will keep for
months. and is always ready for use, by
thinning with cream or milk. You can add
lemon juice or more sugar You like. and
If the vinegar is very strong and not of the
best make 1t half water
In catering for sick people. " no are fin
icky ond fault-finding. You should remem-
ber first. to be extremely careful that all
the appointments of the tray are clean; then
have the hot things piping hot and the cold
ones crisp and cold. Serve only little at
time of anything. Many time the pa
tient could eat a little if his plate was not
heaped with food, deliciouSly cooked, but |
go bountifully served as to make a we'll |
person tired at thought of surrounding it, |
Serve in small quantities and never season |
highly. Sweets and very things are
not best for sick people, no matter what |
the complaint. Grid cakes are an abon,- |
nation, end "hot'' biscuit are not far be- |
hind. Thin slices of deicately crisp toast !
- the best bread. Juicy steak, or b:t of |
0roiied bird the choicest meat if cooked in !