Evening star., 1901-02-02

efficacious Six teaspahnfuls should be al
lowed to a pint of water. Formaldehyde is
a powerful gernicide, and Is now largely
usurping the place of sulphur. A novelty in
the preparation of kilphur for fumigation
is the little sulphur eRndles which retail at
ten cents each. A shallow tin cup Is filled
with q cake of sulPhar. having tube of
cotton in the middles71This is set in pan
of earth, ashes orqwHter, the muslin is
lighted and the door tlosed. In using the
rolled or -four sulphHr sallow two pounds of
the former and onenpound of the. latter TO
each 900 cubic feet t6 be fumigated. Break
up the rolled sulpharg6n small pieces, put
into ali iron pot, empty over 1t the flour
sulphur, and over this in turn four ounces
wood alcohol, light and escape from the
room with as much rapidty as possib e.
Before lighting the, sulphur have all cracks
at doors and windows stopped up with cot
ton or paper, bureau drawers wide opened
clothing hung up, and mattress thoroughly
exposed. Stuff the crack of the exit door
and keyhole, and leave the room for twelve
or twenty-four hours before ventilatng.
The German method of cleansing the wall
paper in a room after fumiga ting, by wip-
ing with the soft part of a loaf of bread, is
to be commended.
The recent outbreak of SMALLPOX in vari-
Gus sections of the country, with its conse-
quent drawing of public attention to vac
cnation has revealed some new phases
in its practice.
An English medical writer claims that
everything considered the most generally
convenient place for vaccnating babies is
to be found on the left flank over the
lower ribs If babies are carefully dressed
there should be less friction there; it would
be easy to apply protective dressing and the
necessary area of cicatrix could be reduced
to a minimum.
In this country physicians fit over the
vaccination area a small perforated cap of
st'ffened paper of celuIoid which protects
the abrasion from all irritation of garments
or the Introduction of any foreign matter
An English gentleman who adopts most
of our American dishes with hearty ap-
probation declares that for a simple home
dinner we can show nothing to excel this
purely English sweet which he dubs
pressed pudding:
"Take a basin,' he says. preferably
plain one, spread 1t with cold butter and
line as closely with bread as if with suet
crust. cutting off all the crust from the
bread Fill with any kind of cooked fruit
raspberres and currants. biberries or april
cots, Sweetened to taste, and cover over the
top with more bread Then put plate and
heavy weight on it and set away in the ice
box or cellar. When thoroughly cold, turn
on to fiat dish and serve with cream.
Another simple dessert, designated by this
man of erudition as pleasing prepara-
ton of rice with cream and preserves Is
made as follows:
Take four tablespoonfuls of best whole
rice, stew very slowly in a quart of new
milk till quite soft. Just before removing
range In a glass dish. leaving a hollow in
the center, which may be filled with pre-
serves or fresh strawberries or raspberries
crushed and sWeetened Pour some rich
cream over all. In English homes the rice
Is usually stewed in brown jar in the
oven. The sugar must be white and added
the last thing before putting the rice to
cool or the color will be spoiled
To remove stains from the neck caused
by wearing stiff collars or colored ribbons.
h1,, doc Of
over night has been effectual in many
cases