The Portland daily press., 1897-11-13

cut very thin; then spread the meat
| between the slices of bread If the taste
of the beef is Objectionable it is very good
to mix the beef with little jelly, which
makes it little more palatable. What q
person does not like is very hard to eat
and does very little good.
| A very good preparation of meat for in
valids, especially after they have become
hungry and cannot digest piece Of steak
is to make jelly, taking some veal, O
piece of fowl, round Of beef and some
mutton, and QUITTING all the meat into
small pieces, as for beef tea, adding the
bone, and putting it on and simmering
1t for about five or six hours. seasoning
with salt and pepper and other seasoning
If 1t is advisable to give, it and let it sim
mer five or six hours, not allowing it to
boil. Strain it and it will jelly; let the
patient have it just as it is. not giving it
to him as broth, for patients get very
tired of broth if they have been sick for
any length of time.
Oatmeal and Cracker Gruel.-For the
oatmeal Cruel have half a oupful of oats
which have been rolled on the pastry
board until very fine, so the starch may
be extracted. Fill the cup of rolled oats
full of cold water and stir it, Allow
that to settle and then pour the water in
| to!a sauce pan. Repeat this three times,
then let it cook for twenty minutes.
Then if liked add little cream or milk
and strain it. Add sugar If liked
For cracker Cruel take one common
cracker and roll it. AS this has already
been cooked it can be made more quickly
than any other Cruel, and many patients
prefer it to other gruels. Scald one CUP.
full of milk; add the cracker and cook for
about five minutes, stirring all the time
If you cannot stir it every moment cook
it in double boiler. Add to that a
quarter Of teaspoonful of salt, and If
your patient likes sugar you can add that
| to it.
CLEANING GLOVES AND SATIN.
| Chamois skin gloves should be washed
on the hand with white CASTLE soap and
lukewarm water. When they are clean
rinse them repeatedly in lukewarm water.
! and then wiring them in dry towel, so
as to extract as much water as possible.
Pin them on a towel and hang them in
the air to dry. They shrink somewhat
under almost any process. The water
| they are washed in should be warm. Init
not hot to the touch. Hot water hardens
the leather. The best way to dry these
gloves is on wooden hands, and then
it is not necessary to wiring them in a
towel. Merely press the water out Of the
leather, and stitch the gloves on the
wooden hands to dry. Such a pair of
wooden hands Is great convenience in
cleaning kid gloves, and soon ''pay for
themselves.
Rip up the black satin skirt and brush
it thoroughly with soft hat brush re-
moving all threads and dust, and IT. will
be ready for cleaning. Sponge it on the
wrong side with mixture of alcohol and
cold water, laying the satin over an all
sorbent linen cloth. A smooth l;rav,
towel will do if it is frequently renervaS =.
but linen sheet is better when 40 1ane.,
piece of goods is to be cleaned. No ~ ~
attempt to wet the satin. much. maraiv
motsten it so az to remove all dust 49,!
| it, A cotton cloth can be used undor ~ u
satin. but it does not absorb the dir+ oli =
dust SO well as linen. Change the oi %4p
under the satin as 1t becomes soiled 1on
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