The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-24
Hints for the Housewife

Eggs.-Eggs are at about their cheapest
price In the local markets Just now. 90
why not preserve them for fall and win
ter usef The water glass sodium silicatel
way Is the best. The process IL so easy
that the smallest child In the family may
be called upon to assist and enjoy the
novel work. The commercial solution may
be obtained from any drug store. since Il
Ia an article In regular demand by physi-
clans for casts and splinting purposes for
broken limbs. Dilute this with 10 times
its bulk of water. That Is, II Won pur-
chase a quart, add 10 quarts Of water.
making II quarts Of liquid In all Plan
to preserve the fresh eggs only: for no
process Of preserving that ever was
thought Of wf1I improve q stale egg. Pack
them In wooden or earthen vessels. after
the eggs have been thoroughly coated
with the solution. and each day add the
freshly preserved ones with a wooden
spoon, 90 az to avoid danger OF breakage.
Keep the eggs covered with the solution
and keep the containing vessel covered
and in a dark and cool place.
Olive Oil.-The virtues OF olive oil are
only beginning to be understood over
here In Italy and Southern France there
are more uses for the oil than you can
connt upon the fingers OF both hands.
Olive oil Is one of the things where the
best IL emphatically the cheapest. not
only In the long run. but oil the way
through. The very best oil has dis
tinctly greenish cast and but very faint
odor. and runs thin and easily from the
spout of the can or the neck OF the Dot
tie. When perfectly pure II 10 some
what difficult thing to drop" the oil. ex-
cept with a regular medicine dropper.
For children to whom the odor Of cod
liver oil Is offensive quite AZ good re-
suits can be had with olive oil. For GER
tain forms OF dyspepsia the pure virgin
olive oil 10 considered a specific by italian
physicians. the dose being teaspoonfui
before meals and a tablespoonful after
wards. Where the body 10 unduly thin
and the body weight below the normal Q
course Of olive oil, taken before. during
and after each meal In small split doses
has been found to work wonders. While
for the girl who ID ambitious to have o
perfectly rounded neck and throat Ill up
those .'salt cellars" in the shoulders,
round out and plump the arms and hands.
nightly inunctions OF olive oil. taken after
a quick, warm sponging, will bring about
all the plumpness that she 90 much Dc.
sires.
In the kitchen, too, olive oil win prove
far better than lard for frying purposes.
In the summertime, when the Kitchen IRE
10 dispensed with, chops, steak. rechau6fes
and such fried In olive oil will not prove
greasy, and will have far more delicate
| flavor than II cooked In lard or cottoiene.
Inc OIL Gun De ubeu IlIne anu uBuius .
| slice Of raw potato thrown into the hot
| oil absorbing every flavor; or thick
crust Of stale bread will do fully az well.
| 30 that the Oil Is ready for the next time
without bringing to mind the odors Of
many dinners cooked In the heretofore.
Summer curtains and draperies may be
made fully nreproof by dipping In .
| strong solution of alum. Put the alum
/ In the pail or washtub, according to the
| size and number Of pieces to be dre-
proofed; pour on boiling water Just sum
| Gent to dissolve the alum and let Il get
/ cold. II there 10 any sediment Of alum
| at the bottom. add some more hot water
/ Just what you think will be sufficient to
| dissolve the remaining crystals. Wash
| the draperies In the usual way, blue them
| where necessary. and then rinse them well
| through the alum water for the nnai
process. II they are to be dampened and
| ironed, use the alum water to sprinkle.
| Curtains and hangings prepared IN this
| way will not take IRE readily. Rather
| will the cotton nber smoke In gas or
| candle flame and SINCE slowly, the smell
/ of burning fabric In the meantime de-
( claring itself strongly and giving notice
| of the danger.