Evening star., 1897-03-13
H o U S EHOL D HINTS

Just now the renOVatlnR 0I eaIp3S Is OlS-
turbing the housekeepers" peace pf mind
Carpets are among the unkind things that
civilization imposes upon suffering humani-
ty Really sensible people have discarded
them and use rugs instead, but if you have
the great, heavy, tacked-down things that
can only be taken up twice a yeareat most.
you can freshen the colors with4ox gall. A
teaspoonful to each gallon ofs' lukewarm
water is about the right proportions Sweep
the carpet thoroughly, then sponge we'll
with the mixture. Select bright warm
day, SO that the carpet will dry at once.
Very soon now the common sorre1 will be
plenty. 1t makes delicious salad by ITSELF
with nice mayonaise, but is even better
when used plentifully with lettuce. The
kind meant grows commonly in the fields
and has delicate pink flower, and is called
sheep sorrel.''
The economica~ woman will educate her
family to like soup. 1t is an excellent ap-
pettzer and it is also filling. Then 1t helps
to use up scraps and left over meats in
way that nothing else will stock pot
Will be a necessity. porcelain-lined
granite ware will be the best. Mrs. Rorer
the authority, says to make stock twice
week, Tuesday and Saturday. being the
best days, when the stove is hot for other
things. Save all the bones from steak.
oarcasses of turkey chicken roasts and
broils, and all the juices on the platters.
Crack all the bones so that the marrow will
be exposed. Have earthen ware crock
to put them in if you keep them two or
three days and put them In cool place.
When ready TO make the stock. put all the
bones and juice in the stock pot and cover
with cold water. Let it come TO boil and
simmer for three or four hours. Strain
through a coender and put away in a
crock to cool. When cool, lift off all the
fat and put in the dripping can to fry cro-
quettes in. To make the soup. lift out of
the stock pint quart you may need
and when it is heated put in the seasoning.
One day 1t may be the tomatoes left from
breakfast, with a little rice that was not
eaten. Another day 1t may be potato
soup, with some cold boiled potatoes Gu.
into dice, and cup of milk thickened
with an egg added. Or it may be celery
soup, with the cup of milk thickened with
tablespoonful of flour, or bean soup, using
the cupful of beans left from dinner of the
day before Crackers are not necessary as
toasted bread is just as nice. Take the
stale bits of bread, cut them to a uniform
siZe never larger than half inch square
and toast them a nice brown in the oven
season the soup very carefully, and you
Will be surprised how much it adds to a
simple cinner to have nice bowl of SOUP
TO begin on. Always turn the old LIQUID
into the simmering pot of new stock and
then it will never spoil. The stock should
be kept in a cool place and well covered
Refinement in serving food. the use of
pretty dishes and clean napery, having hot
food hot, and cold food cold, is the differ
ence between home cooking and boarding
mouse cooking. The idea seems to prevail
among boarding house keepers that what
boarders want is variety, and varia:y Is
given, often a the expense of quality al
ways at the expense of proper preparation.
The things that should be hot come to the
table in lukewarm condition, and cold
things are anything but cold in reality In
the whole bill of fare, there will be not one
single thing that is properly prepared, or
perfectly served: A single chop, IA lot
roll and cup of coffee, all perfec, in their
way and properly served, will, make an
angel Of crank. when a dozen hS6-cooked
dishes, served in a slovenly MANNER will
simply drive one into a passion
Prunes are laughed at as boarding house
fruit" and they have certainly been
abused there, but after all. we!l-cooked
prune Is a thing to desire. Buy &C cd ones,
to start with. Wash them in Three or four
waters, the last one being warm Set them
to soak In warm water for few moments,
then put over the fire and let simmer for
half an hour. Pour over each quart Of the
fruit cupful of granulated sugar, and
cook till the prunes extend, butfdot not stir
them. There should be a good deal of
sirupy juice around them when they are
done. When cool these prunes will be
fine as any preserve ever eaten, and
they have splendid medicinal qualities.
This is a nice way to cook eggs II one Is
tired Of all the old ways: SEPARATE the
whites from the yolks of as many eggs
you lNteHu TO serve Beat the Wnlt6 10 q
firm froth, leaving the yolk in it's shell for
convenience in handling. Put the frothed
white In the egg cup, leaving little hole
in the middle, into which dump the yolk
unbroken: Pit all the egg cups In a deep
pan of boiling water.-turn another pan over
1t and cook for three minutes. Just before
serving drop bit of butter, some salt and
pepper on each egg.
The woman who says she cannot exist
without her cup of tea or coffee has no
right to question the drunkard who Is a
beast till he gets his toddy. More and more
women are depending on the cup of coffee
or tea, the invigorating quinine capsule
and kindred tonics. The hurly burly of
this got-to-get-there life needs coal for the
engine, and if a woman chooses to burn up
her vitality faster with nerve-destroying
fuel, she probably thinks she has a right
to. and it is true 1t is her own funeral. but
is she not also defraudng posterity? Can
the woman who is tea fiend or a qunine
topper give the right kind of vitality to her
children? If there is anything in heredity.
may not her children inherit her desire for
"tonics' and want something stronger than
tea or coffee? The proper thing for a wo-
man to do when she discovers that she is
slave to the coffee or tea habit, is to
stop 1t right short off, 1t is going to make
a wreck of her nerves If she does not. lust
as surely as opium or morphine makes
wrecks OF "dopers." Not the same kind Of
wreck but worse ones. Physicians say
that they can have but little hope for pa
tients who are addicted to the tea or coffee
habit, and that unrestricted use of these
leads to terrible ills. In fact, they often
lead to the drink habit, or to morphine and
opium. after they have lost their power
over the victim, as they will in time
Colonial hanging cupboards made to fit
into odd corners are quite fashionable now.
They are not hard to make, If you will get
along without the door, Two three-cor-
nered shelves. and somebody to fasten them
securely, one below the other, foot or
more apart, or you may have three If you
the top one finishes the business. What
shall be put upon them? Anything pretty
you like, from china to Christmas books.
GOWNS FOR SPRING.