Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-09-08

abundance. A foul kitchen Cand ther,
are many Of them) and bad cooking
nave ruined many a home. bad meals
| go hand in hand with total dep"lvity
whiIe a properly fed man is already
| half starved.
The English Society Of Arts recently
offered a prize Of 800 for the best
| method of cleaning silk. woOllen and
cotton fabrics. and this is the recipe
thdt won: Into a pint pf clear. soft
water. CRATE two potatoes Of goodly
| size, strain through a coarse sieve into
a gallon of water and let the liquid
settle. Pour the starchy fluid from the
| sediment. and in II rub the articles Il
be cleansed, rinse thoroughly in clear
water. dry and press.
II might be difficult to change the
| order Of sweeping with old housekeep-
ers who have All their lives swept into
the fireplace or toward the door; or
other housekeepers. scarcely worthy
the name, who sweep toward the cor
ners, and there hide the dirt with the
broom. If you ever see a broom stand
ing up in corner, brush part down,
you may be safe in conjectufing that
there IS something behind it that
should not be there. There are others
again who sweep from one room to an
other. out into the hall and down the
stairway. until the front door is reach
ed. They seem to know nothing of the
use of the TWO articles 80 necessary 10
sweeping-dustpan and brush. 1t is
needless TO say that these indispensa-
bic things are priced by an good house
keepers-becauSe they save time and
labor
Doubtless many Of our readers are
familiar with the old Spanish prOverb
which says il takes four persons 10
make successful salad: y spendthrift
to throw in the oil. a miser to drop in
the vinegar. 4 lawyer TO administer the
seasoning. ana a madman to stir the
whole together Though comparatively
a simple thing to prepare salad Is very
easily spoiled if regard be not paid to
one or two golden rules. The main
thing to observe in lettuce and vege-
table salads w that they should b. a.
dry as possible ana the dressing be
added At the last moment only II Is
better not TO wash lettuces. but % wipe
them with d clean towel. then shred
them into a bowl II muddy or grit
~. ar a trinc stale. let them lie in cold
water awhile. then shake vigorously In
one Of the open wire baskets sold for
the purpose.
Timothy Ticker one If that
famous coterie whose conversation.
make up the subject matter of that
delightful book 'Nactes Ambrosianae,"
gives III his own language what he
considers the best fish sauce. This from
a Scotch standpoint No fish sauce
equal To the following: Ketchup, mus
tard. cayenne pepper, butter. am1lga-
mated M your plate. each man accord
ing 10 his own proportions
And what is there that thu ingenious
girl does not think about in an emer-
gencyo | have just heard w one who
has found a treasure in the rejected
tray OF an old trunk. She utiliZes II
for cutting board a writing conven-
ience-and for this il is most excellent
and ever 80 many other things be-
sides. This piece Of stiff pdstbolrd is
trimmed of until il forms a good sized
square. quite large enough 70 'cover
both knees ana extend A little beyond
This useful contriyance hangs on a
hook in the sewing room when not in
use But there is scarcely an hour in
the day that il il not in demand by
some member of the family and not
day in the week that it does not sug-
gest for itself some new purpose. As a
for cutting out stocks
and other pretty neckgear-so dear Up
the heart Of women-it cannot be eX-
cel!ed. The girl Of inventive genius
who does not possess A disuSed trunk
tray will lose no time in finding some
thing else about the house that will
answer the same purpose