Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-16
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

therefore, it is best to lay in a large
supply.
Don't shake rug; beat it with one
OF the wicker paddles that comes for
this purpose.
Judicious combinations and pleas.
ant seasoning will do much toward i'm
proving the table.
An acid Jelly with tame duck, and
tomato catsup with veal, improve
them greatly.
Ink stains on linen can be taken
out if the stain is first washed in
strong salt and water, and then
sponged with lemon juice.
For weeds in the grass, put q pinch
or two OF salt in the middle Of each
and, unless a shower washes it off, it
will kill the weeds.
Use a little onion to stimulate
warmed over beef; sprig of mint
with your mutton or lamb; sage with
pork, and parsely with poultry.
If the clothes are soaked over night,
one tablespoonful of pure ammonia in
each tub of water will materially les
sen the labor of washing.
In basin of water, salt, of course,
falls to the bottom; so never soak salt
fish with the skin side down, rs the
salt will fall to the skin and remain
there.
Colored and black stockings, if
washed before wearing at all, and n
little beef gall put in the water, will
never fade or change color. either with
wearing or washing.
Drowned sauce, made from Drowned
flour and butter, should be used in
warming over dark meats, while
cream sauces should be used with
white meats.
Lemon juice mixed with salt is one
of the best remedies for iron rust.
Lay the rusted garment over several
layers of soft cloth, and with another
bit of soft cloth rub the rusted spot
with the lemon and salt, then put in
the sun, keeping it saturated for
time.
Watermelons will soon be here, and
n receipt for watermelon sherbet is in
order. Try this. Scoop out the en-
tire center of fine ripe melon, re-
move every seed and chop pretty fine
in a bowl, adding cup of granulated
sugar. Pack all closely in the ice
cream freezer and turn for few mo-
ments; then serve in glasses as you
would sherbet.
Broiled tomatoes" has nice
sound and this is the way to do them
The tomatoes must be perfectly firm
of texture, round in form and barely
ripe. Dip in scalding water for one
minute, and then remove the skins.
Put in the ice-box for an hour to get
cold and firm again. Cut thick slices
and dust them with salt and pepper
and put on buttered broiler Put
over hot fire, and turn quickly,
twice. Pour melted butter over them
when served on hot dish.
1t is asserted that coating Of vase
line is the best thing discovered for
keeping eggs fresh. Coat them well
and put them in a jar, with layers of
salt to separate, and fill the jar well to
the top, then cover tightly. Turn the
jar every few days to keep the yolks
from settling to one side. The eggs
may be packed in a box. This is a
simple way of treating them, avail
able to every housewife, and she may
well take advantage of it when eggs
are so cheap.
A woman hates worse than any,
thing else the cleansing of the bread
pan or bowl after having made up a
"batch" of bread. Unless absolutely
necessary to put the bowl away at
once, fill it with cold water and let
it stand for an hour. By that time
all the hard particles will have be-
come softened and fallen to the bot
tom of the bowl. The practice OF
putting the bowl and molding board
away unwashed, in the flour bin, rs so
many do, is most reprehensible. The
tiny particles will work off into the
next lot of dough and ferment in the
raising, and often spoils a whole bak-
ing of bread, while the baker is Won
dering what possesses the stuff. Abso-
lutte cleanliness should always be OBJ
served in attending to bread, cake or
pastry cooking to obtain the best re-
suits.
Here is q bit of advice from an emf
nent physician which is worthy OF
emulation. "There are comparatively
few diseases, outside OF contagious
ones," he says, "during which repose
and proper supply and management
of nourishment are not of vastly
greater importance than medicines.
Abstinence from all food during what
is recognized as temporary physical
exhaustion or great mental strain or
excitement is urgently advised, unless,
of course, the body has previously been
seriously undernourished, in which
event easily digested liquid foods