The National tribune., 1907-09-12


children in hot weather. and is natures
remedy for digestive ills.
Bits of cotton or wadding saturated
with the oil of pennyroyal, and placed
in corners. on closet shelves and in
boxes or drawers. will drive away sew
eral kinds of Objectionable insects.
Placed in a saucer in the window ID
will help drive flies away.
Saturated pads of the pennyroyal
around the bed will drive away pests
there.
Another excellent preventive for tha
same trouble is an application to in-
tested places of equal parts of kerosene
and spirits of turpentine.
Put the solution in the Joints and
cracks of the bed, about the surbase,
and in any other places where the in
sects have found lodgment, and fill all
the cracks with hard soap, that can so
be treated.
This is an old-fashioned and reliable
remedy.
1t does not seem to be very generally
known that cucumbers can be cooked
in as great variety of ways as almost
any vegetable that grows, and altho
raw cucumbers have a delicious flavor
and odor, for most people they are
exceedingly indigestible; not so when
cooked. They can be stewed, fried or
stuffed: in fact, can be cooked in any
way that squash or egg plant can be.
very nice way is to parboil them and
mash them up in a batter and fry them
as fritters. 4
Bermuda onions are best for boiling.
Remove the outer skin and let them
lie in cold salt and water about an
hour. Then boil them in milk and wa
ter with a little salt until thoroly ten
6a~ T.,I-
mer and put them into a dish which
has been warmed. Pour over them
melted butter and some black pepper.
Serve Immediately.
Here is a nice recipe for stuffed to-
matoes: Select large tomatoes of even
size and scoop out a small place in the
top and fill with a stuffing made as
follows: Fry small onion, chopped
fine, in tablespoon of butter. When
nearly done add some bread crumbs
moistened with q little milk or water,
and season with pepper and salt. Put
a little bit of butter on each and then
bake. Another dressing is made as
follows: Chop very fine cold meat or
fowl of any kind with a very small
piece of bacon added; fry an onion
chopped fine in a tablespoonful of but
ter. and when nearly done add the
meat, some bread crumbs, pepper and
salt; cook minute; mix well; add the
yolk of an egg and fill the tomatoes:
place in a baking dish; sprinkle bread
crumbs over them with some small bits
of butter and bake. Use either as
garnish or as dish by itself.
To clean a gas stove soak and scrub
with a coarse bristle brush in hot wash
ing soda solution. Then rub off with
piece of coarse sandpaper. The soda
softens the grease, but will not remove
it unless scraped, especially if it has
been burned on, as happens with ba-
con. AS the soda solution is caustic,
use care with the hands.
Clean table linen is essential to a
well-regulated household, yet 1t takes
hard work and care to manage clean
table cloths for every meal where there
is large family and lot of children.
After each meal, if there are any spots
on cloth, place several thicknesses of
paper under the spot and with clean,
warm water and clean cloth lightly
dry there will scarcely be trace. After
going thru general wash the spot will
have disappeared entirely.
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Sauce Bernaise Tomatee-Chop half
a green pepper and half mild onion
very fine. Add three or four tablespoon
fuls of cider vinegar, and let stand on
the back of the range to simmer gently
until well reduced. Add a cupful of
tomato which has been put thru sieve
and reduced by cooking to one-fourth
of a cup and three well-beaten yolkS
of eggs. Cook over hot water, stirring
constantly until the mixture thickenS.
Then beat in one-third of cupful OF
soft butter and little salt. When we'll
thickened and hot put thru fine sieve
into serving bowl. A teaspoonful Of
tarragon may be added.
Regular feeding, pure air, free sun
shine, water. freedom in dress. and
cleanliness should be the Inheritance of
every child. Do not cover the childS
head while he sleeps, nor keep him i'll
an unventilated room. Knowing that
the atmosphere is 40 miles deep, it cer-
tainly is a useless piece of economy to
inhale the same air more than once.
First, let the child sleep in cool, WELL
aired room, and, II possible, in the
morning, give the bath; then take him :
outdoors, where he should remain not
less than six hours. Water should be
given before each feeding, and not less
than six times day. Every element
of the body, except the enamel of the
teeth, contains salt; therefore, it is
necessary that plenty of salt be given
the child. With the free use of salt in
the food during the first two years in
life the second set of teeth will be much
better.
Potato Croquets.-To each cup OF
hot mashed potatoes allow one beaten
egg. Whip the potatoes very light with
the eggs, little melted butter, enough
milk to make the mass of the right
consistency to handle, and salt and
pepper to taste. Put all into sauce
pan and stir until hot; then set aside
to get very cold. When cold form with
Toured hands into small croquets. being
careful to have these uniform in size
and shape, and roll in flour, or, if pre-
ferred, in beaten egg, then in cracker
dust. Set in the ice box for an hour
or two. and fry to a golden brown in
deep. boiling fat. Drain in a heated
colander to free the croquets from
every bit of grease. Serve very hot in
a dish lined with napkin.
Candle grease yields to a warm iron.
Place piece of plotting paper under
the fabric and piece on the top. APP
ply the warm iron to the paper, and as
soon as a spot of grease appears move
the paper and press again until the
spot disappears.
Lard will remove wagon grease. Rub
the spot with the lard as if washing it,
and when it is well out, wash in the
ordinary way with soap and wafer un-