The herald., 1898-01-31
. HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Cut some long, rather thin strips of
cheese, about two inches long and one
inch wide. Lay them for about half an
hour in little oil, vinegar and pepper.
Next make some frying batter by
putting two ounces of flour into basin
with a few grains of salt; make hole
in the middle and mix slowly into it
three tablespoonfuls of tepid water to
which add tablespoonful oil or melted
fat. Beat all well together then whisk
stiffly the white of one egg and stir it in
lightly.
Have pan of fat so hot that faint
smoke rises from it. Dip the slices Of
cheese into the batter with a skewer,
then drop them into the fat and fry a
golden brown. Drain on paper and
serve very hot with chopped parsley.
The pretty little figures and articles
made in plaster of paris are very charm
ing until they become stained and then
they become an eyesore. Some desper-
ate housewives have told me that they
were going to break up their littl statu-
cites rather than see them so yellow
and unlovely, but / have always ad-
vised them to stay their ruthless hands
and try this method of renovation first ::
A clean piece of whiting should be dis
solved in little water, and when thor
oughly Incorporated with the fluid, the
latter should be painted smoothly over
the discolored plaster of paris article
The whiting will not rub off if a small
quantity of ordinary isinglass is melted
first in warm water and when cool is
mixed with the whiting and water
Surely this is an inexpensive enough
means of cleaning your pretty orna-
ments so that they may no longer be an
eyesore unto US.
One cup Of sugar, half-cup of butter
two eggs. half cup of milk, two cups OF
spoon of cream of tartar sifted with the
-four Talk almost half of this mixture
and make it as dark as required with
grated chocolate. Put in the tin the
same as for marble cake.
A sensible custom Is that of a Newark
IN. J.) Woman's club, which meets one
afternoon a month and aims to combine
in this meeting self-improvement, socia
intercourse and a pretty interchange OF
hospitality.
To prevent this from becoming irksome
each member of the club pledges her
self in serving the luncheon to the TWEEN
ty guests not to excede cost of IS. A
fine of 5 cents is imposed for every 81
cents over that amount.
After the luncheon the members ad-
journ to the parlor for short talks OF
eight minutes each upon the prescribed
reading of the last month. In this
reading current fiction is excluded, but
standard fiction is allowed.
Vegetables that have been slightly
touched by frost may frequently be re-
stored by soaking for time in colo
water
| Every housekeeper who has wrestlet
| with the problem of where best to keel
the damp cleaning and sink cloths ant
scrubbrushes-and where is the woman
who has not-will appreciate this sens
ible solution given by a practical New
England housekeeper. Says this woman
of ideas: Get q soap box. Perforat
it's sides with small holes; paint it; pu
small shelf and some hooks inside, an(
set it up like little closet near the rang,
| to be a part of the stationary kicher
furniture. Put on the shelf the scrub
brush and other brushes that are apt t,
be put away wet; hang the damp clothes
on the nails to dry, and rest assured thai
no microbes will find there a congenia
resting place for the sole of his foot"
stocking feet 10 cents a pair, or 81,
pairs for 80 cents,'is an announcement
that comes like healing to the mother
whose darning basket is in a perennial
state of overflow with stockings to b.
mended. Instead of the laborious darn
| ing, which is always work of time, tn,
worn feet can be cut off and the ready
made ones quickly attached to the goo,
stocking legs.