Evening star., 1901-05-25

HOLD
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AS summer draws on apace, with its fur
mace heat and consequent inertia, the wise
woman puts her wits to work toward the
conservation of her energies. 10 do this
most effectively, living should be reduced
to Its simplest. If there be summer home
to which the family may fit, leaving behind
its cumbersome and more ornate furnish
ings. with all the wealth of bric-a-brac to
which the soul of the American woman
cleaves, good!
This dsposes In large measure of the
abominable feather duster, the weighted
polishing brush for the oiled floors, the
cleansing powders. furniture pollshes and
eternal vigilance that lies In wait, armed
cap-a pie with thousand and one devices
Tor the summary rout of moths, rust and
burglars If, on the contrary, Providence
orGain, as 1t does in the majority of cases.
that the summers outings be limited to
brief week or two at the exposition, the sea
shore, lakeside or mountains, and the rest
of the time be spent in the one and only
home, cheer up, Put away the fripperies,
Danish the heavy carpets and portieres in
duct the furniture into cool linen slips be-
fitting the season; fold up the lace curtains
and prepare TO rest, far as may be, from
your laborS.
a California woman, wife of one of the
best-known Stanford professors declares
that July and August are her restful
months. With the help of her Japanese boy
SIlt HttdlilbI lilOStS lne pretty cottage into
japanese interior. The carpets thoroughly
beaten and sprinkied with cedar shavings
or camphor, are rolled in newspapers and
relegated to the attic, to be replaced by cool
mattlngs. Bamboo furniture supplants the
upholstered; heavy curtains are removed
and all but few restful pictures are taken
from the walls. All bric-a-brac including
even the drawing room tea table and its
vase. fitted with but one variety of flowers
at time, dominates each room. All in
order' the BOY goes off to take his vacation,
leaving Herr Professor and Mrs. Professor
monarch OF all they survey. The work is
all planned so that the brunt of 1t comes
in the cool of the day. 1--WE rise with the
lark says madame, 'and air the home
thoroughly from attic to cellar while the
ar IS cool and refreshing. Then the shut
ters are closed. make the dessert for din
ner' bake the cake. whip the salad dressing
prepare the vegetables. then let the kitchen
fire go down for the day, while we enjoy
the gospel Of rest
Nature has wisely ordained that through
in the craving for hearty, heat-producine
foods. This slmpliies the housekeeper's
labors. A light soup, a salad a chop or
cutiet. with one vegetable, and cold or
frozen dessert, with fruit, followed by af-
ter-dinher coffee a glass Of iced tea,
make dinner quite sufficient for ones
needs. Ihere are so many excellent can
ned soups and bouillons in the market
nowadays that 1t is far better, where the
family Is reasonably small, to use them
rather than to keep up the fire for the
long. SLOW cooking required for the sue
cessfu! making of soup. A salad of some
sort should be matter Of conscience. A
good mayonnaise dressing is the easiest
thing in the world to make and should be
Kept In the Ice box ready for use at mo-
ments notice. The only secret in Its sue
cessful concoction is to have the eggs, oil,
egg whip and bowl cold-ice-cold, If pos
sible: 81, railing ice, place the bottle Of oil,
the eggs and the dishes in pan of cold
water before beginning operations Break
the yolks into round-bottom bowl Add
to two yolks half teaspoonful of sugar
half teaspoonful of salt quarter tea
spoon OF mustard and dash of cayenne or
paprika. Begin whipping with a Dover
egg beater. adding oil, little by little; keep
whipping VIM u until the eggs thicken. which
When quite stiff add lemon juice or lemon
JUICE and vinegar, to suit the palate. Four
taolespoonfuls of the acid to a half pint of
olive OIL is usually considered to be the
rlght proportion. Whip until the consist
ency requlred-ten minutes is ordinarily
long enough to complete the operation