The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Items OF Information for the Bepe>
mt Of the busy House,
wife.

Spinach which the French people
sptly term 1.-THE broom OF the stom-
nch." il one of the most delicate as
well as healthful Of all the pot greens;
while 50 readily does 1t respond TO the
attention Of the market gardener that
IL can usually be found in the markets
the whole year round. Spinach Is one
OF the vegetables that improve by be-
ing warmed over. Indeed, the French
housewife usually cooks II by quantity
looking forward TO its relocating. 1t
Is related OF Brillat-S avarin that after
his cook had warmed IL over for him IL
times he was SO much gratified by its
improvement that he declared he would
would never eat il again until IL had
received it's 10 consecutive warnings.
Like the majoii ty of pot greens, spin
ach should be blanched, and, like the
rest, first thoroughly looked over and
washed Cut off all the stalks, and
after looking over the leaves put them
I'm a large pan or tub of cold water.
Plunge them up and down TO remove
the sand, then lift the leaves out into
second pan of water. DO not attempt
TO drain the water Off, as that leaves
the sediment which has sunk to the
bottom. Rinse yet third time and
cook in a very little boiling salted wa
ter for Is or 90 minutes Drain II into
cold water, and when cold drain again.
Put the leaves in a chopping bowl and
cut fine. Have ready in a spider or
frying pan a tablespoonful of butter,
add the spinach, season with salt and
pepper and little cream, If desired
in which case less butter will be need.
ed. Heat thoroughly and serve on
hot dish, surrounded by toasted bread
points. The yolk of hard-boiled egg
put through a ricer over the mounded
spinach makes an effective and appe-
thing garnish.
An excellent encaustic used by the
French for polishing floors is made of
one pound of beeswax and one pint of
turpentine. Melt the wax in water
bath of gentle heat. When quite soft
remove from the fire and heat in the
turpentine until il assumes the con-
sistency of paste. This polish, IL
must be remembered, is extremely in
| flammable, and great care must be
taken in mixing il not to allow il to
come in contact with the fire. When
ready TO use, melt over the register or
in pan of warm water until it is soft
as butter. Spread thin layer over the
cloth-covered brick, begin at one cor
ner and polish in lengths, letting the
new row overlap enough to avoid show
ing streak. The corners have to be
done with flannel cloth, and on the
knees. If there are black spots on the
floor, put on oxalic acid first, then
polish. Bad spots may be rubbed Off
with steel wool.
Much labor may be saved in the care
of polished hardwood floors by the
use of the frottoir, or weighted brush.
AS these are great expense 10 buy, an
excellent substitute may be made ut
home by covering n brick with carpet
and catching IL in clamp with long
handle used for scrubbing brushes. If
there are plenty OF active children or
! young people in the family novel plan
is to wrap pieces of ingram carpet
around their feet, strike up lively jig
on the piano and turn the children
loose. In an orphans home in New
York state the children, supplied with
wooden socks over their shoes, merrily
slip and slide about, hand in hand, to
the accompaniment of appropriate
kitchen garden songs until the floors
oil over the building are delightful to
behold. This is similar to the French
method, where polishing brushes made
of Russian bristles are strapped to the
feet like skates.-Washing Star.
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