Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-08

the basting OF deep double cheese
cloth binding across the ends OF COM
forts or blankets. As the ends are the
first to show the soil, necesstating the
washing OF an otherwise clean cover
the bindings can be frequently and easily
Numbered, will be found great con-
venience.
When the water used in washing is
very hard. and the scum rising during
the scaldng process clings tenaciously
to the clothes, a safe thing to do to avoid
trouble is 10 have several bags made OF
cheese cloth. into which the clothes may
lie loo sely packed while in the boiler.
These bags should be made with draw
rug.
The simplest method of removing
grease spo,s from col 1red goods is by
absorption. Mix fuiler's earth or DOW
dered French chalk to a paste with
water or turpentine, and spread on the
spot. Allow 1t 10 stand several days
and then brush off. In very ob,t nate
cases, second application is sometimes
necessary On dark goods, ox-sall can
be used with iuller's earth.
Ferns may be dried for winter table
decora ion by putting them between lay
ers OF cotton
In canning cold meats pains must be
taken 10 have the 81 ces thin aud deli
cate, but not SO attenualed as to break
in the sewing
Chamois safety pockets Tor the WON IN
voyager Will be iuund most useful and
convenient for The preservation OF her
valuabes They are made with an inner
compartment fastened with clasp Tor
jewels, and are Suspended by straps from
stout belt.
Among the many lines of practical
work undertaken by the New York As
ISOLATION Tor improving the Condition OF
toe Poor, lew have proved more salts
factory or more far-reaching IN esult
than the vacation schools, made possible
by private philanthropy 1h=se SIX
schools, occupying The schoolhouses in
the most thickly populated districts,
opened in August, taking in the child en-
OF the poor VINO have no place TO spend
the hot summer mornings, save the
furnace ike streets, or the stiff ng tene-
ments. The sessions last irvm Q TO IL
used, the loving tact and inspiring per
sonality OF the teachers leaves an I'M
print on the impressonable minds that
Can never be # oed. So eager are the
children to avail themselves VI the priv
ileges OF these vacation schools, that
hundreds are turned away Tor lack OF
accommodation. After chapel extr-
cises in the morning, where there are
familiar talks with the children, the
reading OF stories aud poems, and de al
oil singing, the children are taken by
classes to their va ious special work.
The little girls are taught sewing-which
is exhibited at the end oil the term. The
boys are instructed in the use of tools,
which IN many cases they now handle for
the first time. There are also elias es in
clay modelling, natural history and map
drawing, wi h somt times a hal-hour
given to dancing, They are also 10 d
stores from the classics, which they
aferward reproduce in their own Lam
guage.
With recreation and education thus
commingled, the problem OF how to
reach and better the homes of the
masses is in fair way to find solution
through the children.
While good mating is an ideal floor
covering Tor the summer home, a word
oil warning is, that the cheap mattings
are a delusion and snare. They wear
rough in very short time; and, ia the
nursery, sitting or dining room, rarely
outlive the exigencies of the first sum
mer. The more expensive, close
woven, small-hgured maitings are a
much better final economy. Dark shades
are not 10 be recommended, as thew
soon become dingy. M things shou d
receive weekly wipins with salt water,
which brightsns and engthens the
fibre
In choosing atdwellihg, remember
that an essential ior health is 10 have
a free calculation Of air about the
building. and as much sunshine as pos
sible
Anything which obstructs free-moving,
pure air, outside or inside its walls, is
certain menace to physical well-belng.
Carrots should always be scraped,
never pared. In preparing old carrois
for cooking, even the economical French
housewife throws away the pithy heart,
but is careful to retcin every pit OF tn.
dark, rich outer portion.
"The modern use OF bags" SAYS Miss
Both-Hendriksen. in her lecture on The
"History of Costume" "ls really very
ancient They were originally German
invention and were made Of leather or
cloth The Carols looked upon them,
saw that they were good, and saon add
ed them to their own wardrobes"
If the presence OF moths in carpet
is suspected, wipe with a cloth oipp.d
In water, 10 which a Tablespoonful! Of
turpentine has been added.
A recipe for "kisses," given by Miss
Andrews at recent food exposition.
calls for one pound puIverized sugar.
six whites OF eggs, one teaspoonful |
cream tartar and teaspoonfli of va
nilla. Whip the whites together for ten |
minutes with the sugar; add the cream
trar ar and beat from twenty minutes to |
half an hour, with silver or wooden |
spoon. Add one teaspooniul vaui la;
drop on paper not buttered, seeing thai |
they are far apart enough to prevent
touching. Bake in an extremely moe |