Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-03
DOMESTIC SCIENCE In THE HOUSEHOLD.

crowned head of the good queen on the
handle, with the dates IS37-rSg7 inscribed
on the reverse.
While the State Boards OF Health are
doing most important service in the de-
lection Of food adulterations, it Is OF in
tsrest to note hat this form oil rascality
on the part of manufacturers and irades-
men is in nowise Que to nineteenth CEN
Jury conditions. Various adulteralions,
particularly OF bread and wines, were
| common at a very remote date. In
| England as early as the reign OF King
John, the sale OF bread was controlled
by the "Assze OF Bread" which, while
regulating the size and price OF the loaf,
| looked ailer fraudulent admixture, pun
ishing the same by hogging or exposure
in the pillory. In France II is recorded
that in the year I5as guilty baker twas
| condemned by the court to be taken
rom the Chatelet Prison TO the cross be-
lore the Eglise des Carmes, and theuce
to the gate oil No,re Dame, and o other
public places 10 Paris, IN his shirt, hav-
| Ing his head and ieeJ bare, with small
! loaveS hung from his neck and holding
large wax candle lighted. and in each Of
the places enumerated he was to make
amende honorable and ask mercy aud
| pardon of God, the King, and OF Justice
for his fault" Germany was also on
the watch for fraud, frequent punish
ment for the oiiense being to put the
| culprit in basket attached to "A long
pole. and repeatedly immense him in
pool OF water until his oliense was pre-
| sumably washed away. In the fifteenth
| mir aF 81,
on the Rhine was forced to drink six
quarts OF his own stock, which with a
| refinement Of Justice, made an end Of
| him.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
| the absolute necessity OF thorough and
| constant ventilation, il one would be
we'll. Fresh, dry air and sunshine are
! the best disease fouters, as well as dis.
intectants known. Dry air, fresh aud
sweet, has the same properties as quick
: lime; hence. opening windows wide,
turning down the bed. opening closets,
aud exposing their contents 10 its bene-
ticiat functions, are one OF the best safe.
| guards against The conservation Of flung;
and disease germs
All Beans and leguminous vegetables
| should be co ked with cover hall of OF
stew pan, to be digestible.
II the water in which vegetables are to
be cooked is very hard a tiny bi; of BIZ
i, carbonate OF soda will soften it
At very elaborate dinner, where the
! desserts are varied, sweet or hot pud
dines are served before the cold, and pie
takes the precedence of buildings.
Brooms and brushes should be treated
to an occasional bath, not only for the
purpose o. cleansing, but in order to
prolong their usefulness They may be
soaked in pail OF lukewatm water, to
which four tablespo onfus OF household
ammonia have been added, for few
moments, then shaken as dry as pos.
sible and hung in cool place to finish
drying.
! The cheapest and best material for
dust-cloths is cheesecloth, cut into
squares and hemmed. These should be
, frequently Numbered. II cheesecloth is
also used Tor salad dryers and lamp
cloths, they should be plainly marked
with some color TO prevent mixing.
A clothes. bag to hang in the buffers
| pantry and hold the dining room linen.
is a new but eIninently practical'idea.
| One recently seen was made OF gray
| linen, bound with brown braid and
shirred upon window stick Two
| screw.eyes in the ends of the stick al.
! lowed it to hang from two brass hooks
| The bag was made double, one side
being divided into two compartments.
In the large bag were placed the soiled
| tablecloths, while the two smaller ones
held respectively the napkins and tea
towels, simply soiled, and those that
were stained which required attention
before sending 10 the wash.
| Onions should never be cooked in an
| iron pot, which tends 10 darken them.
Cooked in agateware or porcelain
lined kettle and not allowed to boil alter
they are tender, they will remain white
| and delicate.
Hot water, hot milk, javelle water,
lemon juice, cream OF tartar, alcohol,
fumes of sulphur or oxalic acid, are all
efiicacious in removing fruit stains Use
the hot water or milk first, as they are
harmless to the fabric, but If they do not
prove sufficiently powerful, apply the
chemicals, following by very, very
thorough rinsing
In washing fiannels, it must be re.
! membered that change in the tempera-
ture OF the water is the CHIEF thing to be
regarded The water NAV be lukewarm
or as hot as the hand can be comfortably
borne in it; but the rinsing and blusiug,
il blueing is used, must be in water Of
the same temperature, to avoid the
shrinkage. Wash on clear bright day
and dry as quickly as possible in open
air. Before quite dry, take in, fold and
roll in a clean cloth. lion as soon as
possible. using moderately hot iron,
with great deal OF pressure.
One OF the unwritten canons of cor
rect table service, is that the tablecoth
should face at least eighteen inches in
! the shortest portion
In planning for the summer hegira,
| whether a sea voyage, or merely the
| summer hostelry awaits you. do not for
| get a calico or cheesecloth curtain to
! hang at the door. Il is often impossb BILE
to eep with c'oseI doors, and 1t is ex.
ceedingly emoaria sing to be without a
screen. A stout cord, run in the hem at
| the top, and a couple u screw eyes, to
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