Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Possibly the most unhappy woman to be
met at the summer hosiery is the over
conscientious, ultra hygienic mother, who
spois the most tempting and delightful
meals by undue suspicion and very aud
ible and ill-timed analysis of each article
of food. mo fruit for you, Jane; I am
sure these peaches are not perfectly ripe,
and nothing is more injurious than fruit
which has not attained perfection. None
of that breakfast cereal, waiter, for the
children, for 1 doubt its being thoroughly
cooked. Mush should never be eaten I'M
less it has been cooking for several hours,
on account of it's starch. Mullins? Take
them right away. My children are never
allowed warm breads of any description.
They are not hygienic. You may bring
instead a plate of stale bread and one of
toast-thoroughly dried in the oven before
toasting. Are you chewing your meat thor
oughly, Alcibiades? Remember Gladstone's
practice of chewing each mouthful at least
forty-fve times. Oh, MOI Never on any
account, potato for the children. There is
very little nourishment in potato and 1 do
not believe in initiating the stomach use
lessy. Ham? Mercy, no! 1 never allow
my children to eat pork in any form. 1 con-
slider it most deleterious to health. Very,
very little butter your toast, Xenophon;
melted butter is most pernicious COM
pound to take into the stomach. Only
half spoonful of sugar, Matilda; sugar is
apt to produce fermentation. No ice water
for my children, waiter; see that they are
provided with plain water-and then l re-
quire them to take 1t sip only at a time
Yes, you may have glass of milk, Alci-
blades. If you will take 1t by the teaspoon
full. 1 never allow you children to drink
milk under any consideration, in drink
ing 1t does not mix properly with your
pa at t1lice Has this steak
on 1t? Well, then. take it away. Spices of
all sorts are injurious and 1 never allow
their use. Yes, you may bring each of the
children an egg boiled exactly three min
utes, and be sure it is strictly fresh.
After the second day an egg deteriorates
and Is therefore harmful. No! No fish,
Fish is not fit to eat if twenty-four hours
out CT the water. A cookie for the chill
dren to eat between meals? Oh. on no ac-
count! My children are never allowed to
eat anything between meals. 1t is bad
habit, and never indulge them in it,
After a bad hour for all concerned, the
anxious-e eyed, worried-looking mother rises
with her half-fed brood and makes her exit
to the accompaniment of sigh of relief
ing room. If half hour later you should
creep quietly around to the kitchen door
and peer into the corner, there. nearly
concealed by the cooks voluminous petit
coats, you would find the hungry quartet,
engaged with engrossng avidity in dispos-
ing of platter of ham. a spider full of
fried potato, great chunks of steaming corn
bread and kitchen cups of strong coffee
sweetened lavishly from the cooks private
bowl. Dem pore chilerns amt a-gwine
hungry" says the motherly Rachel. longs
Use got a snack in dis yere kitchen to
eat" But NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. mistaken,
most unwittingly unwise mother-sits in
her room perusing with knitted brow and
compressed lips the oracular utterances of
Miss Amelia Slogan. as expressed In an
octave volume in ornate cover, entitled
advice to Mothers on the Rearing and
Healthful Feeding Of Children and
Ignorance" perhaps, lis bliss
simple but enjoyable entertainment
given lately at one Of the army posts on
the frontier may serve as suggestion for
a country house party Invitations were
issued for the ladies to appear at o'clock
in continental costume to assist in quilt
ing bee The frames were set up in the
hall. which was cleared for the occasion.
At the appointed hour the guests appeared,
Respondent in patches, powder and rouge,
and gowns made out Of whatever material
happened to be at hand. At 6 o'clock the
frames" were taken down and the long
table spread with real old-fashioned viands.
There were doughnuts and cream cheese,
brown bread and apple sauce. cold meat
and pickles and a glass of milk at each
plate. Then the officers appeared. also
powdered and rouged and the simple sup
per was discussed amid great hilarity and
with infinite relish. After the table
cleared all the old-fashioned games were
thimble. Kitty corner and forfeits. the
evening closing with the minuet and vir-
ginia reel. ut was great fun said one
of the participants. land all SO easy of ex-
ecution. Every one was delighted and pro
nounnced 1t one of the jollest parties Of
the season."
In response to request. the following
recipe for a chocolate cake that bears fire.
quent repetition is given: One and one
half cups sugar, one-half cup butter one
half milk 10 OH
late, one-half cup warm water, yolks Of
four eggs whites Of two eggs, one tea
spoonful soda, two cups -four, one-half tea
spoonful vanilla. Cream the butter and
sugar, add the beaten yolks Of the eggs
the sour milk, in which half a teaspoonful
OF the soda has been beaten; the chocolate
dissolve In the warm water and beat well.
Sift the remaining half teaspoonful of soda
with the flour. and add to the butter mix
ture together with the vanilla. Lastly, fold
In the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Bake
in shallow round pans in quick oven and
spread with lemon icing.
An excellent companion piece to the choc-
olate layer cake will be found in this
sponge cake, the recipe for which has been
furnished by a first-class Arizona house,
keeper: Six eggs, one cup sugar, one cup
flour, two tablespoonfuls cold water one
teaspoonful vanilla or lemon. Break the
eggs into large earthen bowl, add the
sugar, and beat with Daisy beater until
creamy. light and white Add the water
in the flour lightly. but do no more beating,
Bake in deep bar tin in a rather slow
oven. tablespoonful of brandy added
with the flavoring will keep the cake moist,
II it is to be kept several days before using.
So light and digestible is this cake that
even the chronic dyspeptic can eat it with
out a single reminiscent pang.
That ime-honored custom of the good
housekeeper. the semi-weekly airing of the
family bread box has lattery fallen under
condemnation as offering special facilities
for the lodgment Of microbes. Flying dust
is apt to carry germs of mold which grow
on and contaminate the bread. After the
boxes have been thoroughly scalded they
should be Immediately dried and closed.
A method of keeping bread approved nv
Mrs. R9hrer Is to slip it Into clean pn-
bleached muslin bags and hang in a drv
closet. These bags must be washed and
scalded after each using. Bread should
never be kept in the cellar nor In a wood
or stone receptacle.
II growing girls with fabby muscles and
backbone in perpetual state of collapse,
and wives and mothers relieved from the
cares Of home and the spur OF necessity
that has kept them moving through the
all