Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-05
HELPS FOR HoUsEKEEpERs.
items of Information Regarding Various Small Matters in the
 Domestic Department.

Fruit cookies of delicious sort are made by creaming together one and one-half cupfuls of sugar with one cupful of butter. Beat three eggs sep arately, and add the yolks to the but ter and sugar. Dissolve one-half tea spoonful of soda in two tablespoon. fuls of milk or water, and add to the mixture. Add o1eE and one-half cup fuls of seeded raisins and entrants to two and two-thirds cupfuls of four, and stir in alternately with the whites of the eggs. Drop from a teablespoon onto greased pans and bake, says the Boston Budget.
 Two surfaces of amber may be unit ed by smearing them with boiled lin seed oil, pressing them strongly to- gether and heating them over a clear charcoal fire. To keep the parts in firm contact it may be we'll to tie them with the soft iron wire known as bind ing wire. Another method is solu- tion of hard copal in pure ether, of the consistency of castor oil, as suggested by Ph. Rust for cementing amber. The carefully cleaned surfaces of frac- ture, coated with the solution, should be pressed together and retained in contact by means of a string wound around the object, or in some other suitable way. The operation should be performed as rapidly as possible, since the evaporation of the ether im- pairs the adhesiveness of the cement; so that all arrangements for com pressing the object should be made before laying on the cement. A few days are required for the complete hardening of it. In repairing mouth pieces, as for pipes, any of the solu- ton happening to pass into the in- terior should be carefully removed at once with slender feather. I Many people who-like fresh, unsat- ed butter make it on occasions for l themselves. The cream for the spur- pose should be about the temperature of new milk. A whipped cream churn or big bowl and an egg beater are all the utensils needed. After the but ter begins to appear, if it does not gather in lump, the addition of ice water to the buttermilk will facilitate matters. When it has come together put the butter into wooden bowl half | full of ice waer, and with wooden ! paddle work out the buttermilk ] Then form into pats and stand on the ice.
 When several girls are travelling to- gether it is a good plan to make one the paymaster for the route and the i business manager for the trip. Be- fore starting the common money may be placed in her hands. She will keep an exact account of all expenses, and at the last stopping place will settle up, returning any excess, or receiving her dues if she has been obliged to spend anything not anticipated before starting.
 Even worse than tepid tomatoes is cold toast, but nothing loses its heat faster Better that the family should wait for it than that it should wait for the family. When toast is served at meal, only enough slices for each cover should be sent to the table at one time, and the rest should be pre- | pared as it is wanted. A plate with a cover is a convenience. The cover can 1 be heated in hot water.
 Two figs soaked in water over night and eaten in the morning before breakfast will sometimes relieve con | stipation in children. The seeds ex- ert stimulating effect on the alimen- tary canal and help to produce the ef- feet desired.