The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-04-13
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Odd Bits of Information Concerning
Various Matters in HerDe.
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While wrought iron hinges, bands.
electric lights, grills and fireplace fit
ments are considered the fixtures par
excellence, their great expense = al
most their weight in gold-precludes
their use except by those possessed
OF a fat purse as we'll as cultivated
taste. An ingenious woman who felt
an infinite longing for wrought iron
to complete her scheme of decoration
in an apartment she was furnishing,
but whose means were too limited to
admit of the real iron, bridged the
chasm by selecting some simple, artis-
tic designs in cheap brass and having
them painted black with dull finish.
So successful was this expedient in
point of looks that the imitation could
hardly be told from the pieces of genu.
inc wrought iron already on hand, says
the Washington Star.
In putting away summer hats, brush
carefully, then stuff out the puffs OF
loops of the bow with soft, crumpled
tissue paper, and fill the crown with
the same. Pin carefully in large
sheets of tissue paper, preferably pale
blue or natural brown, as the white il
apt to be charged with the fumes OF
sulphur, used to bleach it, so that il
will turn metal trimmings dark, and
bleach delicate colors. Then put in
hat box. Dresses of lawn or silk should
be placed in wide drawers or trunk;
never folded nor hung lengthwise, il
: H.
reau drawers long enough for the
skirts, fold once across the skirt, or
hang in large bags of cambria in dark
closets. Take all bits of crumpled lace
or soiled ribbon from the bodices,
sponge the lining seams with ammonia
water, dry thoroughly, stuff out the
sleeves. puffs and loops with the
crumpled tissue paper, and lay in draw
ers, covered closely with tissue paper.
Sometimes the second teeth are ex-
ceedingly slow in appearing, due to q
lack Of bonc-malling material in the
system. In such cases phosphate of
lime is prescribed. Ten cents worth
of the powder kept in salt shaker by
the child's plate, and n tiny bit each
meal sprinklcd over the potato or
bread and butter, will do much to
bring the delinquent members along.
AS the powder is perfectly tnstcless.
no serious objections can be offered by
even the habitual Kicker"
1t is said that children fed on canned
condensed milk are peculiarly suscepti.
BILE to ricketts,. Bottle babies" are
usually large and fleshy, but lack en-
durance and resistance to disease.
Such children do not get their teeth
as early as those fed on mothers milk.
An old-fashioned steamed cornbrcad
that holds its own in the march of
years in this: sift together three cup
fuls of fine corn meal, one cupful of
wheat flour and teaspoonful OF salt.
Beat to II smooth batter, with two
cupfuls of sweet milk. one cupful of mo-
lasscs and one cupful sour milk. in
which a teaspoonful of soda has been
dissolved. Steam three hours, then
bake few moments.
The growing demand by people of
Sybaritic instincts in our large Amer.
lean cities for driftwood, pine cones
or pine knots for the winter hearth il
equaled in England by the call for
peat. Dug and dried in the early au-
tumn, these oldfashioned bog pcats
have merits that cannot be gninsad.
Sweet potatoes, like spinach, are
improved by twice cooking. TO saute
them in the chatting dish, true southern
style, cut in slices. To one pint of the
sliced potatoes allow two tablespoon.
fuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls OF
sugar and two of vinegar. Have the
butter very hot, lay the potatoes in,
sprinkle sugar over the top, pour the
vinegar over lightly and cook until
brown.
One of the easiest rcishes to prepare
in the chatting dish, and one that goes
straight to 'the right spot" when com.
ing in late on cold winters evening,
is an nnchovy sandwich. Cut several
even slices of stale bread and saute a
golden brown in hot butter. AS fast
as properly colored spread with an.
chovy paste, and pass to the waiting
constituency.
A cupful of mint tea, prepared with
half water and half wine, and taken
daily, is said to be u sovereign remedy
for bad breath.
Toast can be made for rarebit in
chatting dish by laying an asbestos mat
over the flame and browning the bread
on that first.