Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-01
HOUSEHOLD HIN rs

pause, prescription for the evil in uues-
ton. Pains in the stomach, chilblains on
| the toes, affections of the, heart and de-
rangements of the liver are all taken into
consideration and carefully prescribed for
This wonderful mechanism does not make
up It's own prescriptions, but the address of
the nearest druggist is given. On the rail-
way trains in Austria may be found these
wonderful machines, made up with due
consideration for the wants of travel-stain-
cd and weary passengers. A penny-in-the-
slot there ana, hey presto! towel of in
nnttesimal proportions-but still a towel
TWO leaves OF soap. not quite the size of
postage stamps. and a few other simple
toilet accessories. If some ARRANGEMENT of
this kind, suited to relieve the constant re-
qulrements on the house-mother could lie
introduced into the home, what a relief to
That ovcrburdened Individual, Dispensed
IN TINS simple manner. court plaster, cook
les, safety pins, strings, rags for kite tails
or cut fingers, pencils. collar buttons and
clean handkerchiefs might be evolved at
will. while the erstwhile wearied mother
thus released. could join at least one more
club for social, recreation or intellectual
Improvement
A tour of the great carpet stores deter
miEes the fact that the new fall carpets
are nearly all dark. and nearly all start
lngly gorgeous. In the rebound from the
light, delicately colored and patterned car
pets with which we have furnished our
houses in late years. Dame Fashion has
gone to quite the other extreme and the
would-be customer finds herself hating be-
tween what she has come to believe the
expression of the canons of good taste and
the nondescript brilliancy and pattern of
carpet that sWearS at every other bit of
furniture" Green is the prevailing body
color OF the new carpets, while flowers of
all shades and sizes run riotously uncheck-
ed. Cabbage roses, dahlias and conyen-
Of ofTly
abundant choice of design. One hardly
needs, however, to remind the housewife
OF frugal mind that no carpet shows every
fcotfall or bit of dust so quickly as one of
dark groundwork, and that large pattern
can never be ripped and turned to advan-
tage. With these points borne in mind,
compromise between the extreme of fashion
and the light graceful effects to which we
have grown accustomed, may occasionally
be found by much seeking. Many of the
new carpets come now with O border the
same width as the carpet breadths.
One of the daintfest ways of making I'D
the little individual butter pats for the
table Is in corrugated rolls. The butter
paddles are kept in ice water until thor
oughly chilled. Then a piece of butter
up on one, is patted down with the other
until about an eighth of inch thick,
then deXterously lifted at one end and
rolled over, forming the dainty, crumpled
as fast as made, emerging therefrom crisp
and fresh, If the family is large and it is
desirable to keep a supply of the butter
balls ahead. they may be kept for two or
three days at time by changing the
water daily and taking care that the sup
ply of ice is not exhausted.
Whole wheat gems are always an ac-
certable addition to the autumnal break
fast. To make them mix together two
cups of whole wheat -four, one-half tea
spoonful salt and one tablespoonful sugar.
Beat the yolks of two eggs until lemon
colored ana thick, and the whites until
stiff. Add one cup of milk to the beaten
yolks, end then a CUP of water. Stir this
into the dry mixture Add the whipped
whites stirring carefully, SO not to
break the mush and bake in kissing hot
gem pans thirty minutes. "
Irons should never be put away when
damp or sticky, and should never be left,
as many thoughtless maids are apt to do,
on the reservoir at the back of the range,
where the escaping steam soon rusts them.
When the weekly ironing is finished. scrape
the irons If at all sticky, with thin knife.
and rub them on rough cloth moistened
with beeswax or kerosene. Wipe thor
oughly a clean. dry cloth and set upon
a shelf or in the ironing table drawer.
Many good housekeepers particular about
their tools. draw paper bags over the irons
when not in use
10 the CONSCIENTIOUS young 0lDlneT, torn
between the necessity of adding line upon
Line and precept- upon precept" to her off
spring with no apparent results. and the
fear that constant iteration will deteriOr
ate into naggtng, comes the soothing as
surance from an authority on children that
line upon line is all right and must be
followed up. The structure of the young
brain. he declares, precludes the possibility
of its keeping in mind our warnings and
injunctions, and repetition is, therefore,
necessity.
digestion has to be respected is iced toast
toasted a delicate brown, then placed in a
water poured over them. When cool, place
on the ice until thoroughly chilled. When
ready to serve. pour off in a glass, sWeeten
little If desired and add thin slice of
lemon.
Sufferers from rheumatism may be in
terested to know that successful anti
dote may be found in bee stings. This is
the remedy always applied in Malta for
severe cases, and one that is said to give
great relief.
Asafoetlda is said to be g valuable rem
edy for insomnia occurring in the aged.
The Short Skirt.
From the Boston Transcript.
The short skirt is the thing Of the day.
1t is remarkable the extent to which it is
NV Of fnc ton, n1f md no