Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-12
H 0 U S E OLD HINT S

A noted physician says that 1t Is all but
a crime for mother to give her baby tea
and coffee. Neither Of the drinks can pos
sibly do the child any good. and the first
drinks are sure to cause disagreement, and
the child is the worse for them for several
days. and. in fact, until the system gets to
the place where 1t can assimilate the new
drugs for such they are. There are men
who say that good, strong coffee acts upon
them like drink of whisky, and that it
stimulates them to renewed mental action.
The woman tea drinker declares that she
feels 'all gone to pieces" till she gets her
cup OF strong tea, ana il Is quite common to
arrange for strong draughts of both If one
is called upon to sit up far beyond the
usual time, for the purpose of keeping one
awake. From this II ought to be con-
elusive evidence that tea and coffee are not
fit for children to drink, and 1t is a mooted
question whether they are really lit for
human use outside of the drugs and med
iclne3 that are found in the doctors
books" OF course it is the abuse of things
that makes them harmful, and most peo-
pie abuse the use Of tea and coffee. The
newest theory concerning coffee now is
mat lts unrestricted use brings on early
loss OF sight and total blindness.
If You want to keep the flies and gnats
from around the abode of your pet horse
Just set saucer of cobalt and water on the
floor near the animal. The flies and gnats
Will drink the water, and you will be sur
prised to find that they are all gone in
very few days One saws so who has triad
1t.
Dent try to battle with stingy little wash
cloths. The very best kind of wash cloth
Is made of rough crash toweling The
square OF the cloth will answer. Hem on
both edges, and boil till all the brown
comes out of it. 1t takes right hold of the
dirt A sponge is not body cleanser AT
all. 1t is TOO smooth and soft. Pretty eift
wash cloths are made by crocheting large
squares of coarse white Irvine in the com
mon one-thread stitch, and putting a pref
ty border about the edge in scalIop FASH
ion. Many people do not know it, but for
baths in hard water common sal soda is
the very best substance for "breaking''
the water. 1t is kind to the skin and is
whitening. In fact, is much better for the
flesh than borax or ammonia.
The woman with the headache is a crea-
ture to be pitied. Generally she could help
1t If she would. or rather, prevent. A
headache Is simply natures revenge for
some crime against it. 1t comes usually
from over eating. under eating or irregu-
lar eating. which causes indigestion, and
gases on the stomach cause pressure on
the brain, and that causes the very worst
of headaches. The next commonest all
ment is weak eyes, and necessity for glass
eS.
Perhaps my lady wonders why she has
strings she will solve the difficulty without
trouble Tight corsets are said by the ply
sicians to be the cause Of both swelled
hands and feet. and that many cases of
sore and painful feet are absolutely cured
by the patient buying larger corsets. If
the soreness arises from other causes they
can generally be removed by outside appli-
cations. Hot alum water is good for per-
spring feet. Nearly always, the feet will
be made easier. by hot water baths. The
water must be painfully hot and kept SO
for ten or fifteen minutes.
If you imagine that the new house Is too
damp to go into, test 1t with lime. Place q
pound Of lime in the house and shut all
the outside doors and windows. Leave
twenty-four hours. If on weighing the
lime 1t Is found that 1t weighs so much as
1 per cent heavier you may be sure that
you are inviting pneumonia and crop and
bronchitis by going into the house.
A nice way to cook veal outlets that are
quite thick is to cut the veal in large cubes,
then dust with salt and pepper. Dip them
into beaten egg yolk and white, and then
in cracker or bread crumbs, and fry In but
ter and beef suet till a light brown. Make
a nice brown gravy with milk and flour of
the fryings left, pour over the veal, and
serve very hot with nice, hot, very short
baking-powder biscuit. Boiled veal will
make this dish nicely.
Don't let your servant use salt on your
carpet. You know that damp salt on your
can happen to your carpet when 1t 10 put
on it thick? 1t will rot and discolor 1t in a
very short time.
Cheese biscuit fit for the palate Of Earl
Lii, and warranted to make you dream of
yellow dragons and seashore creatures of
the deep. are made as follows: One-quarter
of a pound Of grated Parmesan cheese,
salt, pepper. one-eighth Of a pound Of good
butter and quarter of a pound Of -four are
the ingredients. Work these together into
a cream with the hand and roll very thin.
Cut into round or square biscuit and bake
in a quick oven a very light brown.
1t Is a foolish habit that some women
have Of making gelatine jellies and then
putting them away uncovered. When a
doctor Of scientific bacteriology goes to
work to propagate his mites Of misery he
puts them in gelatine, and they live and
thrive and invite all their. legion Of rela-
tives to join them. When you pour the
Jelly in the glasses or dish, cover with
pieces Of unbroken tissue paper and you
are safe.
When the white stone china dishes you
use about the stove get brown, scour them
with brick dust and shaved SOAP.