Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-11
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Have you ever tried STAINING rice in
stead of cooking it to a mush in water?
Soak the desired quantity over night, then
put in the steamer with enough water to
little more than cover. Salt and steam
undisturbed for an hour or till done, keep
ing the steamer over briskly boiling water
all the time. Serve without stirring up, so
as 20 keep the grains whole.
A delicious breakfast or supper dish is
made after this fashion. Take what is left
of the cold boiled hominy and spread a
thin layer of it in the bottom of buttered
pudding dish. Over this sprinkle layer
of grated cheese. then a thick layer of the
hominy, and. lastly. the grated cheese on
top. Bake till the cheese cover is nice
melted golden brown, then the center will
be we'll enough done.
Salt baths are pror ounced good for nerv-
Gus and WORKOUT people. Put table
spoonful of kitchen salt, or two or three,
as your skin will stand it. into quart of
hot water. Use flannel cloth. good, big
one. which half wiring out of the salt wa
ter, and tken rub yourself for dear life. 1t
is very invigorating for some. and there
are others who can't stand 1t at ALL The
only way to find out is to test 1t. If you
feel tired and exhausted after it, lessen the
salt. If that does not help you, stop it en-
tirely.
And now a very learned doctor says that
the woman who would preserve her COM
pleXion will substitute peanuts for bcnbons!
An excellent medicine for plants afflicted
with insects is to let your cigarette fiend
of friend smoke in the room with them.
If you want to kill the insects in the earth
pour a weak tobacco water on the roots.
Make by soaking cigar stumps in an old tin
can. Florists state that tobacco water
makes plants vigorous.
On the street one day this week little
boy was stumbling along beside his mother,
fretfully crying that he was tired. His
mother asked him where he was tired, and
he said in his legs. The poor little fellow.
victim of fashion. had his spindle shanks
done UP in leather leggins from heel to above
the knee. aiId every muscle in his legs was
screaming with agony from the stiffness
and pressure. Mothers who are so given
over to style ought to do their own legs up
that way for awhile and see how comfort
able IL feels.
Smother your pork chops instead of
frying them. 1t makes them as sweet and
palatable as young chicken. Salt and pep
per them. and place in a larded pan. in an
oven at white heat. Turn twice in the five
minutes they should remain in the oven, if
the heat is right.
Why is it that poor tired woman has the
rabies every time anybody suggests that she
rest five minutes every hour by lying down
on a couch: Physicians say that it is one
OF the very best ways in the world for q
woman to keep up her strength, and that
she can accomplish twice as much work if
she will only take moderate care of herself
Have 4 couch in the Kitchen if YOU can and
drop down with your eyes closed and limbs
relaxed.
The woman whose eyes are tired all the
time should battle them frequently in salt
water a teaspoonful of salt to half a glass
of water, applied with soft linen cloth.
Battle the first thing on rising. but do not
rub the ball of the eye harshly as that is
said to fiatten it and destroy the sight.
once or twice during the day, and on retir-
Ing. will improve the eyes materially Salt
water will not make the eyes smart unless