The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24
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HINTS TO HOUsEKEEPERs.

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Mutton talIow to which few drops OF
carbolic acid is added win heal sores or
any raw surface on man or beast.
An admirable cold cream far superior
to that sold at high prices, is made by
taking the tallow from the sleeps kid
neys and trying it out slowly on the back
of the stove then adding a little pow
dered borax and few drops of spirits OF
camphor. When cool perfume with rose
mary and pour into jar.
A mixture of glycerine and mutton tai
low is excellent for restoring the oil OF
the skin when it is dry and hard. Ben
zoin, being a tonic for the skin, may be
mixed with the tallow with very benefi-
cia1 results, as the one heals and srnooths
the face and hands while the other tones
and strengthens the skin. Mutton talIow
melted and softened by adding oil and
borax, we'll rubbed over the face before
going out in the cold, will prevent the
skin from chapping, and in summer
from tanning and burning. Women who
use mutton tallOW in various ways Will
find it the best and safest Of remedies.
A little salt added to an egg oools 1T,
and the egg consequently beats into q
froth more quickly.
A tablespoonful of borax to a pailful of
the water in which hannels are washed
will keep them soft and white.
Whole cloves streWn about the pantry
shelves will keep red ants away and are
said to abolish moths.
TO remove spots from marble, mix
whiting with common soap that has been
reduced to paste and spread the marble
thickly with 1t. Leave it two or three
days, and when the soap mixture is re-
moved the spots will be gone.
Smoked and dusty globes may be
cleansed by soaking them in hot water
to which a little sal soda has been added.
Next scrub with a stiff brush in am
monia and water, rinse in clear water
and wipe them dry.
Cooks should be particularly cautioned
against putting away warm food in the
Ice chest. When this is done the article
will absorb the O1ors and havors of the
foods. Milk and butter should always
be kept in separate apartments. Ii The
refrigerator is built with but one COM
partment these articles should be kept
we'll covered, for both milk and butter
are easily affected by OdOrs, and VIII
soon become tainted.
Every day after April the shelves and
walls OF the ice chest should be thorough
ly washed and dried. If the ice is
wrapped in a wooden cloth to keep it from
melting, be sure that this cloth is washed
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hand to change.
If possible, give your ice chest sun,
bath every week. Stand it near a win
dow, and open the doors to the light.
Scrub every rack with soda and water,
and let the sun finish the purifying.
DIETETIC VIRTUES OF OLIVE OIL.
Olive oil is now being used in many
ways at one time never thought Of. Be
sides being largely used incidentally, OBJ
serves the Sanitary Record, it enters into
various processes of cooking much more
extensively than it did. In massage,
bathing, and for numerous other pur-
poses, the use of this NEST valuable
natural food is greatly extending.
Eminent authorities have found it a
potent agent for many defects of the ex-
cretory ducts, especially the skin. Ec-
zema has rapidly disappeared upon the dis
continuance Of starch food and the sub
e'5itution OF a diet of fresh and dried
fruits, milk, eggs and olive oil.
Taken in conjunction with fruit diet
its beneficial effects have frequently been
marked upon the hair, nails and scalp,
supplying as 1t does to the sebaceOus
glands the sOnly sun ance which they
secrete when in a healthy condition, and
the absence of which is the cause OF de-
bility OF the hair, frequently ending in
badness.
1t has long been observed that those
who live upon olive oil as a common ar.
tlcle Of food are generally healthier than
those who do not. Its therapeutic and
prophylactic qualities are now well known |
to medical men.
on is destructive to certain forms of
micro-organic life, and it is reasonable |
to suppose that they can best be eradicat- |
ed from the system by its internal use
The use of oil not only does this, but it !
restores to the worn-out or diseased it's |
sue just those elements of repair that its
reconstruction demands.