Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-02-13
HINTS no HOUSEWIVES.


Dry orange and lemon peels are excel
lent to kindle fires with.
Salt fish arc most quickly and best
freshened by soaking in sour milk.
Milk applied once week with a soft
cloth freshens and preserves boots and
shoes.
Housewives who do not keep more
than one servant use silver as little as
possible. II
A lump of camphor in your clothes
press will keep steel ornaments from
furnishing.
Garnish smelts with lemon and be
sure that there is no trace of grease or
oil ON the dish.
Soda is an excellent material for
cleaning tinware; Apply damp with a
cloth, then rub dry.
1t is said that the fumes of turpen-
tine will relieve the worst paroxysins
OF whooping cough.
A handful of borax added to the
water in which clothes are washed
helps to whiten them.
Light scorch marks may be removed
by SIMPLY moistening them with water
and laying In the sun.
A lump of sugar, thoroughly satu-
rated with vinegar, will often stop hic-
cough when other remedies have failed.
The accented flower vase is OF glass.
Around the neck there is tied big
bow of ribbon corresponding 10 color
with the table decorations, f5
To beat the whites of eggs quickly
put in a pinch of salt The cooler the
eggs the quicker they will froth. Salt
cools and also freshens them.
To chop suet cut into small pieces and
remove the membrane. Sprinkle with
flour and chop in cold place, to pre-,
rent its becoming soft and sticky.
1t is safe rule to wet the wrists
before drinking cold water, il at all
heated. The effect is immediate and
grateful, and danger of fatal results is
warded off.
A good remedy for a sprain or bruise
is wormwood boiled in vinegar. 1t
should be applied hot, with enough
cloths wrapped around to keep the,
flesh moist.
A good waterproof paper for covering
jars used in preserving may be made
by brushing over the paper with boiled
linseed oil and suspending it over
line until dry.
The best way to clean the thin iron
spiders which have become burned and
bluck is to boil little vinegar and
salt in them, when they may easily be
scrubbed clean with any good kitchen
securing soap.
Many women find that corn meal
placed in the water in which they
wash their hands is less irritating to
the skin than soap, especially during
the cold weather, when the hands are
so liable TO chap.
Common seashore sand will greatly
improve the appearance of old velvet
and remove all the dust. Sprinkle the
velvet well with the fine sand, and
then brush until none remains, always
brushing the pile the wrong way
Never wash bread board in an iron
sink. The iron will leave a black mark
on the board, which it is difficult to
remove. Wash the board on tho table
where it has been used with cold water,
scrubbing occasionally with sand soap.
A little turpentine dissolved III warm
water is the best thing to wash win
dow glass, mirrors or glass globes A
little acohol will also do wonders in
Frightening glass. Turpentiue is OK
cellent for washing sinks which have
become dull and dirty.
In their childhood the Queen of
Denmark never allowed her children
to lie down in the daytime lest they
make themselves untidy, and as re-
suit the Princess of Wales, even while
travelling, gives one the impression OF
being painfully uncomfortable.
To repovate velvet free il from dust
by laying face down and whipping
smartly; then brush with soft hair
brush; damp on the wrong side with
borax water, and hang pile inward in
the sunshine to dry, taking care that
there is no fold or wrinkle on the line.
Flour, like butter, absorhs odors
readily. it should not be kept in o
place whore there are onions, fish,
vegetables, or other odorous substances,
nor in damp room or cellar. Keep it
| in a cool, dry, airy room where it will
not be exposed TO freezing tempera-
ture nor to one above 70 degrees.
| Always sift the -four before using.
Milk is an excellent substitute for
soap in washing dishes. II not only
softens the hardest water and gives the
dishes clear, polished look, but it
| preserves the hands from chapping. 1t
also prevents greasy scum from ap-
pearing on the top of the water. The
quantity of milk TO use is half cup
full to dishpan half full Of very hot
| water.
A German cure for colds is made by
beating the yolk of an egg in a pint Of
water, little butter, two or three
Jumps of sugar and Tablespoonful of
good whisky or rum. Set tho dish on
tho stove and stir all the time it is
over the fire. When it begins to boil
pour it backward and forward between
the saucepan and pitcher until it is
smooth and has gained froth.
| A dainty dish for luncheon ia made
from remnants of cold chicken. Cut
the meat in small pieces as for chicken
salad. Heat in double boiler cup and
a half Of rich milk, thicken with a
| tablespoonful of corn starch, mixed
with little of the milk reserved from
| the half cup, and when smooth season
with tablespoonful of butter, half a
teasDoonful Of minced onion, the same
quantity Of minced parsley, and salt
and white pepper to taste. Simmer
the chicken in this sauce from five TO
eight minutes. Serve in rounds Of toast
and garnished with parsley.
Cut open a nice rabbit or tender
chicken, as for fricasse, wash thor.
oughly and dry in clean towel. Place
a deep spider or iron pot on the stove,
with half cup of drippings or cotto
lene, and fry the meat a nice brown,
being careful not to let il burn. Drain
off the fat from the pot, add one bay leaf,
salt and pepper to taste, and small
| niera of salt norE Cover with ,ya 10,