Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-15
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

ttew; or, still better, bake in the oven,
ssing enough water to Just cover anu
IugAr to sutt the taste. The skins will
cook "a quickly 40 the pulp, anu will
iurnith most charming pale, green
and pink effect.
In packing away white wooden
brtssFH for the winter, few pieces OF
white beeswax folded In cotton cloth
placed among the goods, which should
then be wrapped in dark blue paper,
are said to prevent disoolorstion.i
In cooking anything with moisture
Ike lsh, oysters or crcquettes in dep
% remember to put In but few at
me, as the moisture reduces the tam
.rature. Lard or drippings makes
the best frying medium ior croquettes,
~ they need the rapid cooking. The
perfect crCquette bursts in cook ng, the
inference Is that the fat is DOt hot
enough.
Alta recent club meeting where the
subject Of child-culture was up Tor
discussion great stress was laid upon
the enormous responsibility resting
upon the mothers, both Tor the prena-
tai influences affecting the child ss
well as its proper guidance and train
ing. This was further accentuated by
the quotation from Mrs. Helen Carl
nei's paper on "HeTedity,v that for the
200, 600 electives Ia the United States
the mothers alone were directly respon-
sible. While the young @mothers
belonging kto the club were visibly
Bgeiug under this awful imputali0n,
Mrs. Sangster arose anu In her sweeI
way sa:d that she did not think IL
worth while for mothers TO be discour.
aged, even II the beginnings wers
pupy ana delicate. "LoOk at Lyman
Beecher," she said, $50 email aud
Iuny that they laid him one side and
almost forgot about bIm, he seemed 40
Insignificant. But the child grew to
be one OF the most marvellous men
that ever nved-and the father OF
that talented brother and sis.
ter, Henry Ward Btecher and Harriet
Beecher Stowe. HELEN Keller, too,
is what would be called 'defeotive,'
but her Limitations came through sick
nets when little child, for which her
mother wac In no way Responsible.
Continuing, Mrs.. 5angster SAID THAT
she was oiu.iashiOned enough to be.
lieve that little wholesome neglect was
good for n child, anu that the over
guarded children, 40 carefully tended
Ihst they could develop no vOlitiOn OF
their own, reminded her Of u little
ma de- first garden plot where the
hywers planle Ell were being Continually
jug up TO see II they had begun to
grow"
She deprecated the arrogant way in
which parents exert their Wills over
children, anu thought children should
early be taught obedience, because 1t is
right; not because al say 3d." Free
dom and sympathy were the best
things that could be given to child.
Bare floors with rugs continue to
grow more and more In popular iavo r
Commended by artists ana decyfa.
tors for their artistic effect; and by
physicians and authorities on house.
hold Economics, for their superior
sanitary advantages their al
most universal adoption argues rem
Rissance OF good common sense. In
the new Cleveland home at Princeton,
very few of the 70, ms are to he
carpsted. Polished floors, covered
lavishly with rugs will hnrmonize with
the colonial style OF rooms anu iurni-
ture.
A zinc bathiub can be- kept clear
from the uDsightly verdigris that is
apt TO disfigure Its surface, by washing
weekly with kerosene then scrubbing
with soap and hot water.
The old and oit.repeated admon ition
to "brush the hair frequently and
vigorously to promote its growth" Ia
now decried as n popular iallscy. 1t
is the scalp that needs the brushing In
order to Increase its vitality, but the
hair requires but light brushing to
remove tue dust. Smuggling the hair
Is also condemned as Injurious, ss well
ne the CONSTANT use Of the curling iron.
II the hair is very oily 1t may be
rubbed with the white OF an egg
mixed with water; II very dry, the
yolk OF the egg may be substituted.
For bathing the scalp Mrs. Hud-
ders recommends bicarbonate OF
soda shd CASTLE soap sa cleans-
ing and harmless. A teaspooDful OF
eoda should lie used to quart Of
warm water. Brush the scalp all
over, anu then wash the hair. This
should be followed by thorough
Iinsing. A little csrbolized vaseIins
may be rubbed into the tcalp with q
rotary motion, but not on the hair.
Where there Is crust of daudrufi on
tho head, II may be well to rub the
scalp with vaseline the night before
bathing 1t.
With the spring cleaning drawing
on space, every housekeeper will have
chance to decide whether the coat
held up to view by Mrs. Helen
Campbell is fitted to her shoulders.
''Our accumulation OF ei1ete material,"
says Mrs. Campbell, ISIS evidence OF
an absolutely morbid state OF mind.
We preserve worthless articles until
our garrets are grsveyards and our
cellars mau:oleume, and our homes
are rlled with the aust OF dielntegra-
tion; dust that we must toll to remove.
The right cleaning Of right object lie
an ENROLLING task, but to cramp mind
and body to the dimensions OF dust.
pan lie only degrading"
SCOT or ink spilled upon wooden
carpet cannot be removed by covering
Mt once with salt. In case OF Ink,
after allowing the first application OF
salt 10 absorb as much as 1t will, re.
move carefully with q knife, and up.
ply'a second coat. Repeat until all
The ink is taken up.
A gum.aIabic solution to be KEEP, on
HAND for stifiening thin handkerchief,
elk lace or wells, will often be iound q
great conveniencs. Pat an osoee OF
~ nn.ast uunn,u rahie In N ysfd.I