Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-19
Ho USEH.oLD HINTS

The woman who revels in fruit punches
should now begin to prepare for them.
Tutti frutu IL the name Of the combina-
ton that goes to flavor the punch. To q
gallon stone or glass jar put one-half pint
OF pure alcohol. Into this put for each
cupfui Of fruit one cup Of sugar, and put
In the fruit as fast as It comes In season
Strawberries. cherries, pineapples, peaches,
red raspberries, any and all kinds Of fruit
you like. When that jar Is full begin on
another. 1t Is not ripe for use much short
Of Q. year.
Children mind 30 much more willingly
II you request instead of command. You
say to jamie. go mail this letter. and
JAMES legs are lead. But just say. Jamie,
me-" and Jamie flies. Instead of ordering
the children to pick I'D scattered play
things, which they are sure to resent and
howl If compelled to do, just say, who
wants to red up this room and help NAM
ma get ready for callers?" and the play
things will disappear in twinklng. We
are too much inclined to command where
a request would be much more agreeable
1t is no common thing to see young
expectant mother bending for hours over
dainty bits of embroidery, henstitching.
ruffies and fine hemming, preparing for the
baby that is to brighten her life, but when
the baby comes 1t is cross and uniovely
and the mother is nervous and broken
down. Not often does the young mother
learn that her mode of life before the
birth OF her baby has much to do with the
health OF both afterward The constant
bending over needle work is one of the
very worst things for a perfectly healthy
woman, and the consequences to young
mothers are sometimes far more serious
than is ever made known. Put the baby
into soft plain little muslin gowns and let
1t sleep the first three months of its life
away, instead of putting it on exhibition,
and before 1t comes spend the days in
gentle outdoor exercise or household du-
ties of light character, and the baby will
then have mother to rear it instead of
stepmother.
A faint perfume is indicative of refine
ment. Heavy, overpowering perfumes sug-
gest untidiness and the ancient application
OF their overpowering odors-nameiy, the
need of bath.
The Italians have a proverb, which says,
Give neither counsel nor salt till YOU are
asked for it, and If the advice were taken,
there would certainly be lot of happier
people in the world. Strange that every
body Is willing to give advice. and so few
are willing to take it. We are determined
to learn everything in the dear school of
experience and even then we do not profit
by our failures.
Peach short cake is delicious, made after
the following fashion: Make a rich baking
powder biscuit dough, with plenty of sweet
butter shortening. Roll four circles of the
dough to Quarter-inch thicknesses, and
place two together in the piepans, slightly
Touring the sides that meet. Bake to a del
lcate brown Have the peaches chopped
ana well sugared, separate the cakes ana
make into layers with the peaches
Cuba is the burden of our song, lust now
and Cuban dish that reads very appetiz-
lEsly Is sent by lady who says she eats
IL 800 mornings in the year with her choco-
late or coffee It is called "ojaIda." Two
cupfuls of our, yolk of one egg and a heap
ing tablespoonful of sweet lard, stirred
and STIRRED. Wet it with sailed water till
II Is a stiff paste then work 1t till it Is a
smooth dough, full of blisters with light
ness. Roll very thin and cut in diamonds.
then slit with sharp knife three or four
times. Fry in hot lard. and sift powdered
sugar over them while they are hot
Doughnuts dry out very quickly, and
sometimes there will be dozen or two not
Mt TO eat before the batch is disposed Of
Trey can be freshened in two ways. Dip
them In cold water, and put in a double
BAKING pan In the hot oven. In fifteen
minutes or even less they will be as fresh
as when first made. but must be eaten hot,
as they dry out as soon as cold. Another
way. and quicker one, is to put them in
a fine wire toaster, and place over an as
bestos griddle over the gas or coal oil
stove; They get perfectly tender without
additional moisture
"Haaih MOTIFS, the poet, said good
thing about women once He remarked To
a caviller against the higher education for
women, People lift their eyebrows over
women mastering the higher mathematics.
ny. II Is Infinitely more difficult to learn
the details of good housekeeping Anyhodv
can learn mathematics, but it takes q lot
OF skill to manage a house WE'LL
some one who has given the matter pro-
found study says that the meats that chill
aren should .. eat come in the following or
son. tenderloin. srloin steak, lamb chons.
ro&st pee1, rabbit meat and chicken. Veal
pork, turkey, goose and duck should he
car efully excluded from the chiIdren's bill
of fare" ~
Try pricking potatoes with fork before
baking.
Shakespeare said, Tears live in an
onion" and anybody who has ever tried
peare was wise in his day and generation
when pecling and slicng onions have a
deep pan half full of water, and hold knife
ana onh under the water and the volatile
OIL and juices Will not reach the eyes
little girl was asked If she knew the
meaning of the word SECRET" "yes,rn "
she replied quickly. IT'S something some
Gedy tells everybody else In a whisper"
leo many secrets are thus mad, public
troperty. IL Is vice peculiar to women,
Tor vice 1t is to tell tales that should die
Within our own bosoms Men are NOT
much given to the habit, which degenerates
into gossip and scandal in the end. and II
Is habit which grows upon one It is SO
deliciously nice to know something thai
some other woman doas not know. and to
tantalize the other woman with our sI,
per1or knowledge 1t is an easy step. then
to set her to guessing what the Important
pit OF gossip may be- and the tale is told
before one really Is aware of it. Tel a
woman a secret then tell 1t to the wind -
says an old write, land the woman,s
tongue Will carry 1t the fastar'
This Is pretty dessert: Soak half a
package of gelatine in half q Gun of wafer
Tor fifteen or twenty minutes Have pre-
pared and strained cup Of orange tuice
half cup of lemon juice ana a half Gun
OF sweet grape juice. Stir into this nearly
pint OF graduated sugar. till 1t is dis
solved. After dissolving the gelatine over
hot water, stir in two-thirls of the tujces
and stir well. then turn into mold 10
harden. Put the remainder into a dish and
beat till 1t Is all light and frothy. Pile nm
In glass dish around the mold and earn
ish with candied fruits.
Moose "Played HOss" With Them.
Up on Sebec lake in Maine thew have
steamboats, and lots Of other things. tbe
latest Is moose which can do a towing