Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
HOUSE OLD HINT s

A whisk broom to sprinkle clothes with
That is the latest within of a bright. pro
gressive house keeper, who helps about her
own homework. She thinks that she can
sprinkle clothes more evenly that way than
any other.
When you would boil vegetables. put them
irnnediately in boiling water, and do not
let them cease boiling till you lift chem
from the stove, then perhaps you will not
have the whole house scented up with them
In getting in a herdic the other day a
nurse lifted her little charges by one arm
and swung them into the vehicle She
meant To be kind to them. and was appar-
emily devoted 10 them. but she was. in fact.
running a great risk Never lift child by
one arm, and it is better not to lift by the
al ms at all. as there is gravest danger Of
dlsl0cdting the arms and injuring the child
for life
How mtHy mothers punish their chill
Gren by sounding whack across the side
OF the heai2 1t is d fruitful source Of deaf
Less. that method OF punishment is and
seTni-bdrbarods. Such treatment has been
known to make Idiots OF formerly bright
Children.
Irons are beginning to get rusty with ali
the damp weather. You should be careful
to put them away in d dry place and if
they then collect rust, take rough piece
OF tOwelnG and cover it with salt on
which rub the heated iron; then rub over il
piece OF E@eSWlX, and then on a piece OF
clean rough cloth. The irons will come m
in excellent condition. A rough iron viii
make sad work of Your clothes Be sure
TO instruct your laundry woman to rinse
your clothes We'll. or they will yellow, even
with the most perfect irons and careful
manipulation.
some people are just now changing their
places of residence and going into new
houses, OF houses that have lust been rsua-
Ndted- II Is very bad plan to do this with
out HrSt 1umlgating the whole place Euy
forty or more sulphur candles according IN
the number of rooms, close all the outSii
doors AMI windows. hight the candies ami
leave all the inside doors open, and DO NOT
4ou viii then DE i'll small danger from the
Ills that have been mentioned
y day or Two ago girl III giving her
brother a dose of quinine as she sunuosad I:
substituted corrosive SublimGJe ami now
tH-te are new-made grave and 4 sister
WIN d iostd OF sorrow 10 carry through
M ne law in every state ought to com
l"' II. but II does hot. SO II womb Ia. H..
Part OF "iS'tCm for every home to have =
certain dark coIorrd and peculiar sfaD,,J
no',iS IoL an poisonous medicines. 50 thai
IS IHr $hitpe Of II one could tell even in
IN dark that it must he handled vii,
CAR. In the daylight the color y-ouli bn
suifIclent evidence of this.
Some pcop!s think that baked bananas
are d great luxury. Strip down q c11arr.r
i'm VI I4Lt OUTSIDE pecfluS. and with
khlle press open the fruit a little its who'll
length Sprinkle literally with a,r,nt,Iatc.I
sugar squeeze over the sugar a Mile Ion
on juice. lay the skin back and pIars Tho
bananas III d baking pan ana I,;k. for IF
teen minutes Serve hot in th.. skins az
course you should select perfact fruit mi
WASH We'll before baking Another way "a
serve bahamas Is to peel and seed an ar
ause Tor every four medium banana;
mlnce 1t fine, add to it the Juice of one
Nlh"h' tHeh place i'll glass dish a Iay,.r
Oh bananas and thin one Of the miure.,
Grange, over which sprinkle sugar llb.r-
any Set IN the ice box for three h1,Irs
ana serve with whipped cream. 1t is de-
lCiOuS. - VIC
A girl wheel rider who will moi adnnt tho
unbecoming trouser costume for riding and
whose rather Icing dress will tICI, r,ana.,,.
alter TINS fashion. She has Ilsrht rr1l,6..r
tapes. about five inches long adjusted nm
the h'SIde of her dress skirt on the nar1
That hangs straight down the side. of ber
legs as she stands up and about six inches
from the bottom just before MOUNTING
her wheel she slips her foot through these
stirrups and they hold her dress dnu,r
beautifully at the sides ana do not hotbcr
her in the least nor obstruct her move
ments IN getting OFF or on.
Too many women are making themselves
old ami CarewOrn looking through strain
ing to work without glasses. 1t is an fC-
noble pride that makes one fear that an
pearance of age. Ocuists say that a great
deal of ill health, such as bacSache, head
stralnlns the eyes, one Of the terderest or