Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

These be the days when all housekeep-
| ers on household good intent should
! visit the markets in persons. II the mar
keting has been performed vieariously
| during the winter. the chances are that
| the daily menu, as far as vegetables are
| concerned. has settled down to macaroni.
| cabbage, turnips, canned corn, tomatoes
and peas. If one Is out of the way of
| seeing things, they are quite apt to forget
| the infinite variety that this season of the
year affords. when hotbeds and increased
| facilities FOR traffic bring the products of
all climeS as well as seasons into close
juxtaposition. A brisk walk in the early
| morning to one Of our large markets brings
delight physically. esthetically and gas
Economically. The scheme of color that
| develops itself in the vegetable stalls is
an artistic feast of ITSELF Therein the
| tender. translucent green of great boxes
| Of chives, baskets of crimson, juicy beets
and crispy lettuce, piles of curly Brussels
| sprouts and rugged selerick punches of
watercre3s and vivid parsley, great stalks
of pinky rhubarb and creamy satisfy,
| trim bundles of asparagus and tempting
leeks dear to the Welshman's heart
From the Bermudas and West Indies come
the barrels of green and white cauliflowers
boxes of fragrant oranges, russell and yell
low. ana spicy, fragrant pineappies. From
the 1atherland are the tender green cab
pages so much esteemed by bon ViVantS
for their delicacy and crispness in salads
Mushrooms in plentitude are in the mar
kets: too, and the housekeeper who from
all this abundance does not find something
new to tempt the jaded appetite and fore
stall the doctor with his drugs and bftters
and spring tones, is not the ingenious
woman we take her for.
Dandelions have other uses than fur
nishins subjects for poems and playthings
for children, and just now is the time to
prove their efficacy in meeting the loss
of APPETITE and that prevalent tired feel
ing so common in the spring. From time
immemorial greens" of all sorts have
been held in high esteem for purging the
blood of humors engendered by the win
ters diet OF fatty foods. The Italian
women here understand this, and all
through the parks and along the road
sides of the suburbs one sees the gay pur-
ple-and-green-gowned women bending as
siduously to their task of gathering this
hygienic salad. In the country the chill
dren are sent out to the garden and pas
ture TO gather supply-an exercise, by
the way. that is quite sufficient to give a
hearty appetite of itself. Dandelion green's
are served in either of two ways-in their
| natural state salad with the simple
dressing of vinegar, oil. salt and pepper,
or cooked in plenty of water with bit of
salt pork or butter for seasoning, and salt
thoroughly and serve piping hot, with a
garnish of slices of hardboiled eggs or
riced yolks. 1t is hardly necessary to EN-
rhasize the necessity for the thorough
picking over and washing Of all green's
in order to insure absolute cleanliness and
the prevention OF gravel walks depre-
Gated by Sidney Smith as too familiar in
salads.
angels on Horseback" is the somewhat
startling name of an English dish that
comes highly commended TO achieve this
equestrian paradox, cut some little round
| pieces of bread about one-fourth of an
| inch thick and two inches in diameter, and
| fry in clarified butter until a golden brown.
Then spread on them a PURGE of anchovies,
and on the anchOvies a slice of Crisply fried
bacon, and on the bacon a bearded oys-
ter which has previously been warmed in
| the oven between two plates with the addi-
| ton Of little butter. it's liquor and little
chopped parsley. Dish the croutons up In a
| row, saddle and bride" them with an
chovies and bacon, mount the oyster. pour
over all the oyster liquor and serve for a
savory breakfast dish. Toast can be
| used instead Of the croutons, If desired.
| Dandelion wine Is a beverage both whole
some and acceptable. An excellent rule for
| it's evolution calls for four quarts of dande-
| lion flowers, gallon of boiling water, one
lemon, three oranges, three pounds of sugar
and three tabespoonfuls Of yeast. To make
| it. put the blossoms in a jar. pour the boil
ing water over them, and let them stand
| three days Then take the juice and grated
yellow peel of oranges and lemon and SIM
| mer fifteen minutes with the liquid and
blossoms Strain. pour over three pounds
of sugar, let it stand until lukewarm, add
the yeast and again set away covered for
| eight or ten days. At the end of that time
strain and bottle.
Every cellar should have a good coat of
whitewash "a this season, in order to Keep
| II sweet fresh and wholesome. rule
| for preparing a whitewash that will not
rub off is this, given by a good old colored
| aunty. ripe In experiences: Stake the lime
| in the usual way. Mix one gill Of flour
with d little cold water, taking to
| beat out all the Jumps. Then pour on boil
| ing water enough to thfcken 1T to the con-
| SiStency of common starch when boiled
| for use Pour this while still hot into
| bucketful of the Stacked lime. and add
| gether and add little bluing water to
improve the color.
| Grease spots On the wall paper can
| usually be eradicated with a piece Of blot
| ting paper and hot f1atirOn. If the whole
| surface needs cleaning, rub straight down.
| ward with soft bread crumbs or cornmeal.
| An excellent test for the purity of the
air in a room is vessel holding lime water.
| IL the air is bad the water absorbs the inn
| purities and turns milky.
| Cretonne lamp shades to match the fash
ionable chintz paper and hangings for bed
| rooms are air ady much in evidence.
| II paint marks disfigure a window a
| few drops of turpentine will soften them
| SO that they may be readily removed.
| CARE OF HARDWOOD FLOORS.