Evening star., 1899-01-28
HOUSEHDLD DHIN rs

| In washing 1annels. especially during the
present cold weather. great care must
be taken that they do not shrink. They
| should be washed on a bright day and
dried as quickly as possible Shake them
piece by piece first, to remove all dust or
| lint. Prepare two tubs of water as hot as
| hand can bear comfortably, putting enough
! dissolved soap in one to make a strong suds.
| Never use yellow soap fannels on ac-
| count of the resin. To every three gallons
| of water allow one tablespoonful of borax
or two tablespoonfuls of household ammo
mia, which, although equally cleansing is
more apt to leave a yellowish tinge. Put the
! tiannels in the suds and wash by sopping
, up and down instead of rubbing. Flannels
| should never be rubbed nor wrung with a
| twisting motion as that thickens them.
Squeeze from the suds and rinse in the
second tub, whose water must be of the
same temperature as the first used. If you
like a little bluing this may be added to q
| third tub of wafer. also OF the came lem
perature. Put through the wringer, and, if
| not freezing, dry in the open air When there
| is danger of freezing they may be dried in
| the house, taking care that they are not
! hung where they will absorb the odors OF
| cooking. Before quite dry take down, fold
and roll in a clean cloth and iron as soon
| as possible with a moderately hot irons de
pending upon good deal of pressure. For
| colored tiannels have fresh, hot suds to
avoid the lint from the white garments.
| For the household where pussy holds
honored place comes the following specific
directions for her feeding: Mrs. Legg, a
| recent exhibitor of coonie cats at the cat
show, is exceedingly particular about their
| diet, never on any account allowing them
! raw meat. The cats are allowed fish, soup
occasionally, crearned potatoes every day
for dinner and bread and milk or oatmeal
| and milk every day for supper and break
i fa Il had re PlylnC
of any kind and are alert, graceful and
handsome She never washes them, but
says where a cat is carefully fed-and,
therefore, in good, healthful conditiOn-it
will see to keeping itself daintily clean.
| The English method of doing up parcels
| for the mail containing books or calendars
is quite worthy adoption here, and would
save running the risk of having the pack
age opened at the post office to show its
contents. The book is folded in its wrapper.
leaving the ends open, so that there is
about a half inch of paper left beyond the
book at each end Next they take the cord
and pass it around the sides of the pack
age. but after crossing in the center, in
stead of tying down the ends it is passed
through them either by using a coarse nee
die or in punching hole and putting the
cord through. This holds the contents of
the package firmly in place, but allows the
postmaster to note them without the de-
| lay of unwrapping, which has spoiled
many Christmas parcels.
For CLAIMS a la Newburg for six people
provide two dozen soft shell CLANS remov-
ing the hard part and saving the body
intact. Put an ounce of butter in the cut
! let pan and toss the clans in it for three
minutes, seasoning with half teaspoon
| full of salt, half saltspoonful of white
pepper, a few grains of cayenne, and, if
liked a grating of nutmeg Add a scant
glass of Madeira. or sherry, and let the
| CLAIMS cook. well covered, eight minutes
stirring frequently. Then add the yolks of
! three eggs beaten into thirds of pint
of cream Pour over the clans. and toss
for two minutes but.do not boil again. If
| taken Immediately before retiring. the one
who INDUCES freely In clans a la Newburg
may rest assured that every evil deed he
has ever committed will "sit heavy on his
SOUL all night
"Aunt Mary's favorite pudding is so
much of a favorite that it will bear pass
| ing Scaid pint and half of milk in
| a double boiler. then stir in four table,
spoonsful of cornstarch dissolved in little
cold milk. and four tablespoonsful of sugar.
| Cook half an hour: longer time is better
yet: and flavor to taste. Just before re-
| moving from the fire add the whites of
| four eggs beaten stiff, and pour at once
| into cups. Scald in another basin half
| pint of milk and the beaten yolks OF the
| four eggs. AS soon as it thickens sweeten
| and flavor. WfSu both are cold. and Just
! before serving turn the hlancmanee' from
| the cups on individual dishes and pour
| some of the yellow custard about them.
Brushes and brooms should be kept
scrupulously clean by frequent washing.
Ammonia Is cheap ard the best thing to
use. allowing two tab'espoonsfm to a pail
| of wafer. Do not get the brushes wet
where the hrist'es fastnn into the wood. It
| loosens the bristles and takes off the warm
| ish. The water should he only lukewarm
Brushes and brooms may stand in 1t for
| hs,f an hour. then thoroughly rinsed. well
| shaken and hung up in a cool place to
| dry.
Now that artificial ice is so largely used
! in the large cities. a word of warning frnm
we ancient fisherman" NAV be appreciated.
! Never put clams-the soft-sheIled-near
artificial ice" he declares. If you do, they
will be dead in half hour and totally
unft for use. The same caution applies as
| well to the catfish bu!lhead. They may
| be put In covered dish and set by the ice,
but must never touch 1t. Just why these
i things be, does not appear to the casual
observer, but 'forewarned, forearmed.'
An admirable substitute for the wax
| candle has arrived. which defies detection.
| save in the absence of grease and incen-
| diarian tendencies. These candles are made
| of fine ivory tinted ware, and burn oil.
| They are supplied with wfcks and CHM
| reys, which makes 1t impossible for the
shades to catch fire. They cost about 10
cents each. but will last lifetime, and are
worth their weight in gold in a saving of
| trouble and vexation.
! Marrow balls for soup are favorite Ger
man tit-bit. To one-half cup of marrow
| mixed with two slices scalded bread add
| one cupful rolled crackers, one beaten egg,
| one-half teaspoonful salt grating Of nut
meg and flour to enable you to roll easily
INTO balls. Throw into the boiling soup five
minutes before serving and keep boiling
| hard.
Marking Household Linen.
| From the Hartford Times
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