Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
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In the nursery medicine cupboard.
which ought TO be kept religiously lock-
ed. keep witch hazel for bumps and
bruises, wine Of ipecac for croupy
nights and a bottle of lime water and
oil for burns or scalds. For colds and
hoarseuess prepare a half-pound jar of
lard and ~turpentine. Mix these in
equal quantities and melt over hot wa
ter 1t will thicken. but a tablespoon
full al be heated in a few minutes at
any time and rubbed on a childis chest.
back. neck. and the soles of his feet.
A box Of mustaTd has q place in the
nursery medicine cupboard for hur-
ried mustard plasters, a bottle OF vine
gar for bruises. a package of absorb
ent cotton, a roll of bandages from half
an inch TO an inch and a half wide,
tincture of iodine for chilblains, ginger
or peppermint water for collie. chlor-
ate Of potash for sore threats. oil of
cloves for toothache and a roll of sur
geon's adhesive plaster for cuts.
Cut twelve hard-boiled eggs into
halves l~engthwise. Take cut the yols
put them through a potato ricer and
mix them with two tablespoons each of
melted butter. anehovy paste and
chopped ham. Add half a teaspoon Of
paprika. Press the egg paste into
each white and lay them together.
When ready to serve pour over the
dish a tumbler of mayonnaise.
suggestions for the Housewife.
Not only the cream but the fruit is
improved by serving lemon or vanilla
ice cream in half sections of musk
melons.
A layer of sliced onions placed on the
top of a roast of beef and allowed TO
cook there will give a delicious flavor
to the meat. while their distinctive
flavor Will not be noticeable.
When dressing a salad at the table
first mix the oil and ~seasonings and
pour over, turning and tossing till
every leaf is coated. Next pour over
the vinegar and toss again. II you
should use the vinegar first. the oil
would not coat the wet vegetables.
When a cake contains too much -four
or has baked toe fast. IL will sink
from the edges or rise up sharply with
a crack in the middle, II cake has a
coarse grain 1t was not beaten enough
or the oven was too slow.
If you have to use bread flour in
stead OF pastry flour In a making pow
der mixture. deduct two tablespoons
from each cup in the directions. as
!. nearly all recipes in a reliable cook
book are written for pastry flour.
The directions which accompany a
cereal never give time enough for cook
ing. Some say fifteen minutes. others
half an hour. One to two hours. when
the double-boiler is used, is none too
long.
Never stir coarse. faky cereals after
putting them to cook in the boiling
water. Fine, granular cereals may be
put in cold water to keep them from
getting lumpy and beaten during the
cooking.
Wash eggs when they come from the
market, then the shells may be saved
for clearing coffee or soup.
In baking all pies where the contents
are liable to soak into the undercrnst,
such as lemon, custard or pumpkin pie,
1t is better to put on the lower crust
first and bake it half done. and then
add the custarf or other soft filing.
Cream vegetable soups should be ac-
companied with squares of toasted
bread, oyster and clam soups with
pickles and crackers, croutons should
be served with purees; with gumbo
boiled rice is the accompaniment.
Glass shoppers in bottles may easily
be removed when they nave become
fixed by pouring hot water over the
neck of the bottle. The heat causes
the glass to expand and it then being
| considerably larger than the stopper
the latter can be easily withdrawn.
Clean gilt furniture with a sifted
whiting made into a cream with aleo-
hol. Cover a small space at a time and
rub off before it hardens. II a spot
sticks, touch it very lightly with clear
alcohol. If there is much dirt or deep
tarnish, wash quickly with borax soap
suds, wipe dry, then cover with the wet
whiting and let it dry.
Wash willow and wicker, in the nat
ural finish, with a scrubDing brush and
plenty Of warm borax soapsuds and dry
: uuickly-in the sun If possible. But
I first dust thoroughly and look after
stains and splotches. Dry-clean var
nish or enameled wicker by rubbing IT
hard with a swab of prepared chalk
and very fine hardwood sawdust, tied
tight / IN a square Of cheescloth. When
the cloth gets dirty put It's contents
into a fresh piece.
To WASH an eiderdown guilt. make a
good lather OF soap Jelly tboiled soap
and warm water. and add to 1t a little
borax or ammonia. Into this put the
quilt and knead it about; repeat the
process in fresh suds If very soiled.
Then rinse all the soap out with two or
three changes of water. shake and hang
out to dry. During the drying n
a~fterwara shake quilt well n 1t VIII
be as f%uIl-looking and soft as III
nav MARTHA.