Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19
H 0 U S E n OLD HINTS

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| prevalent good nature and improved moral
tone" finds the path laid out before her an
| exceedingly hard one to travel. Just she
| has firmly grasped the idea that oatmeal
| or some similar cereal must form a part
| of the family breakfast, year in and year
! out, along comes an iconoclast-who knocks
| tradition about her by declaring that
| mush of any kind is a pastry mess that
clogs the stomach and interferes with its
| discharge of duty. For years she has be-
| lieved in the digestibility of carefully made
| toast. which the Spectator has immortal
| lied as "crisp. light, fragrant, evanescent,
| spiritualized chips of fare but the latest
| food faddist affirms that tea and toast Is a
heathenish compound-respcnsible for more
cases of dyspepsia than can pc numbered.
One doctor says sweets must be kept away
| from the children, they produce fermen-
| taton in the stomach and ruin the teeth,
while later authorities say the demand Tor
sugar and pure candies is a legitimate one,
and should be honored. SO with butter
Five years ago came the counsel, II you
value your health and complexion be spar
ing of butter and other fats. NOW, every
doctor says, give the children their bread.
thick with butter-all they can eat. The
system needs it. I'VE don't drink enough
water" cries apostle of aqua pura
Flush the stomach in the morning! Drink
all you can before eating anything
Nothing is more absurd says an oppo-
nent of the doctrine. than the Idea often
promulgated of filling the stomach with
water before taking food. 1t chfils the
stomach and renders 1t unfit for the work
of Digestion And so ad infinitun. The
sooner we can realize that what is one
mans meat is another mans poison, that
there are differences Of constitution, just
as there are of temperament, that what
agrees with the Individual with tubercular
tendencies would work the very mischief
with his neghbor of bilious procltvitfes,
and the well-known digestibility or fndf-
gestibiity of certain foods. taken into ac-
count the better care taken that all the
food provided be pure. wholesome-and the
best of its kind-there need be no hard and
fast lines concerning uniformity in diet.
Study the needs Ct the individual subject
and go ahead.
These are the days when cup "custids'
are among the most paiatable and easiest
of desserts to prepare for the 1nvalids, the
children or even the family They may be
made in the early morn. when 1.-The lark
On the wing" and set aside until ready for
them at supper time or dinner. Scald but
not boil one quart of sweet milk. Beat four
eggs. whites and yolks together. and add
to them four or five tablespeonfuls of
sugar. a saltspoon of salt and little nut
meg. Pour the scalded milk over the eggs,
mix we'll and put into deep dish or GUS
tard cups of white stone china. Set these
in pan of hot water. CRATE little nut
meg on each and bake about twenty min
utes until firm. Test with a spoon. If 1t
comes out clean the custard is done and
longer cooking would make it watery. Eat
cold. from the cups. with lady fingers or
sponge cake as an accompaniment.
An excellent everyday pudding may be
made with a cupful of fruit juice as a
foundation Bring to the boiling point one
cupful of water and one cupful or frult
juice. Dissolve three tablespoonfuls of
cornstarch in little cold water, stir into
the boiling sirup and cook ten minutes.
Add one-half saltspoon of salt and sugar
to make of the sweetness required. The
quantity, of course. depends upon the tart
ness of the fruit juice used Beat the
whites of three eggs until foamy. but not
too stiff. and stir into the pudding. Turn
into mold and set in a cool place to
harden. Serve cold with a boiled custard
made from the yolks of the eggs.
Now that the time has come again for
preparing the little cucumDerS for picking,
do not forget to add a little horseradish
root to the vinegar the cucumbers are put
in and lay some of the leaves over the top
of the jar. The horseradish helps to retain
the strength of the vinegar and prevents
| mold coming over the top of the pickle.
Berry and peach stained fingers apt
to be the order of the day now, but ordi-
nary fruit stains can be readily removed
with little lemon juice, followed by
vigorous rub with nail brush. II they
prove too obstinate, however. a more radi-
cal method is to rub them with diluted
alic acid, rinsing well in clear water after
ward
An English arrangement in berries and
cream Will be luite dS tlIeCtiNt anu Ctllc-
ious substituting nice sliced peaches for the
berries. Take pretty china dish, put Il
layer of peaches slightly crushed and
sugared. then some cream. more PEACHES
and creara, until the top Is reached. Set
the whole on ice until quite frozen. Cut
with silver knife.
In canning peaches or other large fruit
there is usually much more strip than the
fruit requires. This may be put into jars
by itself and can be used for favoring
,.IIC CT lrI,G hl1n and 1irlo
during the winter.
Lace. white satins and silks keep a much
better color If put away in blue tissue pa
per- The Turkish embroideres in gold or
silver should be wrapped in seleral layers
of black tissue paper, which prevents tar
nishing.
The test of canteloupe, says a Cats
kill grower of the luscious fruit, is in its
fragrance. Break a little piece from the
stem end with the thumb nail. If the cante-
loupe smells spicy it is quite sure to be
sc cd.
Calls liver may be sliced, dipped in fat,
laid on grdiron and broiled just as we'll
as chops or steak. Season, send to the ta-
BILE on hot platter, and serve on hot
plates.
Fruits and Berries for Fall Hats.
From the Millinery tt de Review
Very autumnal looking are the hats IN
ceep yellow straws, trimmed with late
fruits and berries Different forms may
be trimmed in this way the directore cape
line and the wide sailor being most suit
able The crowns are often bound round
with narrow ribbon velvet, black, claret.
maroon or green, and if the straw is an
openwork one, still narrower velvet will be
threaded in and out of it's meshes. The
lunches of frut-grapes, blackoerries, med
lars, elderberries or nuts-arranged with
their own foliage rest on the brim A pouf
of some contrasting color is generally add
ed. This is sometimes made in the form of