Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-02
Household Hints.

For tired feet put a handful of common
salt into. four quarts of hot water Place
the feet in the water while it is as hot as
can be borne. Then rub the feet dry with
a rough towel
All bread sandwiches should be made
of bread at least twenty-four hours old.
The slices should be very thin: the crust
should be cut off. and the shape of the
sandwich whatever the whm of the max
er dictates.
\ very delicious salad dressing for
those who do not like the taste of oil is:
One beaten egg and one teaspoonful each
of sugar, salt. and mustard rubbed
smooth. Add eight teaspoonfuls of vim
egar, and cook in Il double boiler to a
inick custard. After taking from the
fire thin 10 the proper consistency with
cream
When sour milk is to be used in cook
ing few vigorous whisks with the egg
beater in the bowl or pitcher will mix the
curd and whey so thoroughly that il can
be poured as easily as cream. and Will
ittso obviate the unpleasantness of find
ing the cakes or mullins interspersed
with particles of curd. Soda used with
sour milk should not be put into milk
but be sifted into the -four like baking
powder.
Windows may be cleaned to look much
brighter, and to stay clean much longer,
if alcohol is used instead of water A
chamois skin is much better than a cloth
should ever be used for this purpose, as
it streaks the glass A piece OF cotton
cloth, dipped first in alcohol enough to
moisten 1t and then in whiting. may be
rubbed over the glass. which Is after
wards polished with the chamos-skin
Complexion" says the London Fam
lily Doctor ''is all a matter of diges-
tion. Where there is a good digestion, Il
beautiful complexion is bound to follow.
\ Well-regulat ted stomach inVaria bly, pro-
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to maintain this Well-regulated condition
attention to a fruit diet is recommended.
Plums hlackberrieS, white and red
grapes. oranges and peaches are among
the table fruits, and il is difficult to say
which is the best for u pretty complexion.
If the skin is kept fresh and the diet is
laxative. the face viii be good to look
upon. People eat TOO much breadstuffs.
y mud-colored skin is usually an indica-
tion of bad blood. A good thing for
salloW skin is Il trip TO the nearest noun
tain--walk up. rest and climb down
again.
From the time of roses on throughout
the summer there is an almost constant
succession of sweet-scented flowers from
which may be made delightful dry per-
fume for wer-saehets, and to strew
upon the shelves of the linen closet,
T AXE off the leaves and dry them care
fully in the sun, spreading them out so
that there is no danger OF their mildew-
ing in a mass, instead of shrivelling up
one by one. Then press them to pow
der in mortar with a pestle, finally
passing the substance through a sieve. A
liquid essence has been tried by anna
tcur#, although it is so difficult to accom-
pills Wen that it hardly seems worth
while to attempt. The process is very
simple. Place the leaves in a muslin bag.
which is suspended inside The mouth of
Il strong jar. over the mouth place
pan with few live cinders in 1t. The es-
sence of the flowers should drop slowly
into the jar, if all goes as 1t should.
For correcting and Strengthening curved
shoulders the following exercise Is said
to be excellent: Take a perfectly erect
position Place the heels together ana
the toes at an angle of i5 degrees. Drop
the arms by the side initiating and raising
the chest to the full capacity. muscularly,
keeping the chin well drawn in and the
crown of the head feeling as II it were
attached to q cord suspended 10 the cell
ing above. Slowly rise upon the balls of
the feet to the greatest possible height,
thereby exercising all the muscles OF the
legs and body and then drop once more
into the standing position without sway
ing the body backward out of the upright
straight line Repeat the exercise. stand
ing first on one foot and then on the 9th
er 1t is remarkable what a straighten-
ing-out power il has upon round shoul-
ders and crooked backs and one Will be
surprised to note how soon the lungs be-
gin to show the effect of such expansive
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