The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-23
My Dear Little Kate

yOu nave BOHc lnt way VI Ailt iiio-
jority OF the fair sex and now you preside
over our home" That is as it should
be, for woman's highest and noblest
sphere is in the home. and only she her
self can make IL anything else. Your
aunt Jemima wrote me that you were
having the usual perpleXities of young
housekeepers. and SO | am going 10 send
sou a batch Of helpful hints, CLEANED
from my long practice. 1t is said that
we never learn from another's expert
ence. but exceptions prove the rule"
and l am sure you will be willing to
profit by my troubles, and in my early
married life they were many. OF course.
1 knew how TO make bread and cook
meat and vegetables. but the unusual
things nearly broke my heart.
In making dishes where whipped cream
is needed, yC.u will have trouble in max
Ing it whip easily and quickly. 1t should
be well chilled, and then there is no dan
ger of the cream whipping TO butter.
When you lave cold vegetables of any
kind left over. make a salad of them.
You see, people of small means can live
" ell II the left overs" are cared for.
If the frosting on your cake should
run down the sides when you are spread
ing IT, double piece OF buttered paper
and pin ii around the cake, letting the
upper edge project half an inch ABOVE
the cake. In this way you can frost
cake TO the very edge. evenly and thick
L.. DO not remove the band until tho
irosting is set.
\ good silver polish. which i have used
for years, is made by mixing whiting
with few drops OF ammonia, then thin
ming it to the consistency Of cream. You
can keep this for long time, If closely
corked in bottle.
You probably will have occasion to
make five O'Clock tea" some day. AL
low one teaspconful Of tea to each cup
OF boiling water; steep one TO five min
utes, and serve with each cup a candied
OK heart cherry or a slice of lemon.
q In marketing remember that the most
tender meat comes from the center OF the
animal. The best steak is in the cente:
OF the loin, the best chops from the CEN
ter of the loin of lamb. and il is the
same with veal and pork. The muscles
concentrate in the hip and the shoulder,
and spread out from those points; there
are fewer in the center, and, therefore,
the meat there is more tender.
wonder If you know what a valuable
article i'm the house is salt? 1t will put
the fire out In the chimney; if sprinkled
under baking pans in the oven it will
IreVent the cake from scorching. salt
end vinegar together will remove stains
from discolored teacups; salt and soda
will relieve the pain OF bee stings; If any
IL. tfDlyi
with salt and 1t will prevent a stain: il
you spill ink on the carpet, cover it with
salt and it will help TO remove the spot,
although clear cold water will remove an
ink stain when fresh, using a sponge and
repeated doses of the water; if your coal
fire is low, salt will revive it, and if
spread over the carpet when sweeping it
viii brighten the colors and prevent
moths; salt and water as a gargle is ex-
crllCnt for sore throat, and il is said
that fine salt put in the cavity Of a tooth
viii stop the toothache so keep a good
Iy quantity OF salt on hand as it is good
FOR so many things.
If your oven is too hot, pan of water
placed in it will prevent the meat or
pastry from scorching or becoming dry.
Sometimes a dark closet or the re-
trigerator may have an unpleasant odor.
If you will place therein a small dish OF
fine charcoal you will have no further
trouble.
If your drain pipes become stopped up,
food the pipe with boiling water, in
which quite a lump Of soda has been dis
solved. This is matter of health as
well as convenience.
When you suspect that what you are
cooking has been scorched lit the YES
sci holding the food quickly from tho
fire and stand it i'm pan Of water for a
fcw minutes. In almost every case the
disagreeab.e taste viii disappear.
l suppose you have a quantity cf new
tin cooking utensils. Let me tell YOU
what TO do with them TO mako baking
results more satisfactory: Put them in
20 hot water and let them boil for sew
eral hours before food is put in them.
You can keep your new tin teakettIe
as bright as silver by rubbing with a
woolen cloth, dipped In oil. and then wip-
Ing quite dry with a clean cloth.
Young housekeepers often get so in.
tcrcsted I'm preparing food that they let
the lard boil over on the stove and some
times they are at a loss TO know what 10
do, with the result of burned hands.
smoked ceiling and walls, and a sorry.
looking stove. II you should happen ia
rect with this accident. throw -four. salt.
or sand over il. and the flame will ne ok
tinguished at once \ dash of water
over IL would only spread the flames and
increase the smoke.
Now these little hints may make the
household wheels run little easier. save
painful accidents to yourself and proys
Of some financial value.
Yours Cordially.
COMFORT TpNrc