Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-23
Things to Remember in Caring for
Kerosene Lamps.
bow TO PRESERVE FINE FLANNELS
The Linen Closet Now Must Be
RedoIent of Sweet Perfume.
A HALLOWEEN SUGGESTION
Written for Tie Evening Star,

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well-filled, carefully trimmed and clean,
odorless lamp adds much to the attractive
| ness of j table. Clean burners and wicks
are essential to clear light. The metal
| holders should be boiled in salt and soda
| and water every few weeks, for heated
| metal gives out a foul odor. The wicks be-
| come clogsed by the paraffine in the oil,
| and if long in should be occasionally
| washed, boiled and dried. If soaked in
| vinegar they are said to give a clearer
| light. The wick should never crowd the
! tube. If too tight, pull out two or three
| thr eads lengthwise. When first lighted, do
| rot turn very high, as the flame is apt to
| increase. Never turn low and leave light
| ed. Never light half-illed lamp that has
| been standing any length of time Lamps
should be cared for in the morning
| regular part of the routine work. Fill
| within half inch of the top, trim evenly
just the charred part of the wick
using scissors kept especially for that
| purpose, rubbing off with a bit Of paper
| The chimneys do not always need wash
| ing. BY bres thing lightly down the CHM
| ney and rubbing with tissue paper,
handful Of waste or clean. soft. cotton
| cloth. they can be kept bright and clear.
| Never wash in warm, soapy water, as
chimneys thus treated crack easily and
| take on a cloudy surface that no rubbing
ent brushes or bristles a metal holder,
as they scratch the glass, and the CHM
neys break. Chimneys were formerly tenn
| pered in the manufacture, but are now
| sold so low that this precauton is omitted.
They may be tempered at home by put
ting in cold water and bringing to boil.
Then cool in water. Cold water and alco-
! hol give chimneys the highest polish When
! the lamp is filled and trimmed, rub and
dry every inch of the bowl, fixture, handle
and base, that no trace of kerosene be left
to soil the hands of the "lamp-lighter' and
| turn the wick rather low, to avoid the
capillary overflow.
With the putting on of winter flannels
the annual battle royal for their preserva-
ton In their natural size begins with the
laundress. and line upon line, precept
upon precept' becomes the order of wash
day Emphasize the fact that the dust
should always be shaken from fiannels be-
fore washing. Fut in a tub of warm suds,
to which a tablespoonful of borax or two
tablespoonful of household ammonia has
been added Use the best quality of laun-
Dry soap. but do not rub directly on the
f1annels, nor the 1annels on board. Never
use yellow soap on account of the resin.
Squeeze in the hands. sousins frequently,
and rubbing specially bad spots in the
hard. Wiring lightly without twisting into
another tub Of weaker suds, being careful
to maintain the same temperature to avoid
sErinkage. Rinse well and pat INTO a third
water, clear, but still of the same tenlpera-
ture. If you like little bluing it may be
added to this water wiring as dry as pos
sible without twisting. and dry as quickly
as possible in the open air, never allowing
them to freeze. Before quite dry take liz,
cid and roll in clean cloth, and ircn
soon with e moderately hot iron, depending
nc silly upon good deal of pressure. For
colored flannels have fresh warm suds that
no lint may adhere to them. Thus treated.
f1annels will remain soft, elastic and of
normal size.
A most deiipiO1S a hla haf
mends itself to housekeapers when the
'stockpot is empty is this, given by Miss
Parloa: One pint of white turnips cut in
cubes; oEe-half pint of carrots cut in cubes;
ore pint of potatoes in cubes; one-haf
pint of leeks, the white part; one large
onion. one Glove of garlic, one eschaIot, one
tablespoonful of salt. three tablespoonful
OIL butter, one teaspoonful of sugar,
third theaspoonful of pepper, two quarts of
water. Cut the onions fine and cook them
slowly with the butter for half an hour.
Then add the boiling water and carrots
and cook half an hour longer. At the end
OF this time add the turnips, potatoes, sea-
soning, and cook an hour. If you have
parsley or cerfeuil, add a teaspoonful ten
minutes before serving. The soup is i'm
proved If some bones or trimmings of meat
be added.
| most delicious cream vegetable SOUP is
made by rubbing portion of this soup
through PURGE sieve and adding milk and
little salt to it. 1t should just come to
the boiling point and be served with fried
or toasted bread.
The days Of our great-grandmothers are
coming back to us. and the dainty house
keeper is rot satisfied unless her linen
closet is redolent with the sweet fresh
fragrance of lavender.
Scented beds are great fad in England
also. While sachets of lavender laid in
press and bureau drawers in oaken chest
and linen closet, are the usual means of
imparting this fragrance, the soidified per-
fume made up in the form of sweet bal1s''
(grandmothers fashion redivivus) will be
found more satisfactory and lasting. The
rule for this, as given by expert in the
art. is to mix a quarter of pound of
crushed lavender flowers with ten drops of
oil of lavender and make it into dough
with little gum tragacanth. Knead this
into balls about the size of marble, roll
| H. powdered orris root and put in tight
tin box to dry supply of these may be
made and be kept on hand in closely
| corked bottle. to replace the old ones when
their pungency has vanished.
In laying in the winters supply of coal,
remember that the white ash Goals are
hard and slow burning, and are, therefore,
better for range, cooking stove or furnace
| Use; while the red ash, which is soft and
free burning. making luminous fire, is
bette" for the crate. Preparatory to put
| ting coal into the cellar, close all doors
opening into the coal cellar. and close and
cover the registers with paper. If the coal
| is thrown into the cellar through a shute
| made in the side of the house, protect the
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burlaps tackled on.
A clever suggestion for Halloween comes
| from the Wells College girls fertile brains.
| Last year the Hateful eve'' was observed
at the college by a party whose personnel
was made up of the ghosts of many cele-
hrated people. After march through the
| halls. which were Enthusiastically decorated
and dimly lighted by jack-o-lanterns, the
sheeted things gathered in the darkened
reading room and laying aside their glib
bering listened to a reading from Bulwer
| Lyttons Haunted House." This was fol-
| lowed by dancing refreshments and fortune
| telling until the hour when "churchyards
| yawn.
| Every owner of granite pan kettle
| has soon late to bemoan their tendency
| to "spring leak" and their own inability
to repair the damage. Necessity" in the
mountains, at least. rs the mother Of in
/ vention," and farmers wife way back
| among the Catskills has proved herself
| equal to the occasion When the orifice
| appeared, that threatened to make her ket-
! tie Is useless as the rift within the lute''
she took brass rivet, such as harness
| makers use for mendng harness, ham,
| mered 1t gently in the hole and the deed
| was not only done, but well done.
Mutton suet is one of the simple remedies
/ which should have an honOred place in