The National tribune., 1907-01-10
THE FAMILY.
By sENORA SARA.

If by some means a white spot has
come on your vanished furniture you
can remove it by heating fire shovel
right hot and holding it close above the
DETACHMENT.
nice breakfast dish is prepared as
follows: Put a half can of toma1oes
over the fire and while they are cook
ing prepare and toast as many Slices
of dry bread as will be required by your
family. The tomatoes should be very
juicy and well cooked. Season them
with salt and pepper and make them
rich with good butter. Butter the slices
of toast and lay them on a hot platter.
Pour over them the hot tomatoes, talk
ing care to have the bread thoroly soft
ened with the juice. If there should
not be enough of the natural juice, add
a little water before pouring on the
toast. 1t makes an appetizing dish and
helps to use up dry bread, for the drier
the bread and the browner the toast
the better.
The joke about the old woman and
her eggs, which would either sink or
swim if bad. and she ''disremembered'
which. is often told. but no one who
teHs the story seems to be able to make
clear the distinction, either. III eggs are
good they will Immediately sink to the
bottom of basin of water; If they are
bad they will float to the top; this test
is a very good one when you wish to
boil eggs in The shell and are afraid Of
the quality.
If you want your bureau drawers to
smell sweet, take two pieces of bright
colored cotton bunting and put between
them a sheet of cotton "wadding.
Sprinkle over the "wadding" some of
the various perfume powders. or, what
is sweeter and more wholesome, make
your own by grinding together lot II
spices, as tho YOU were going to make
spice cake or pickles. and sprinkle this
over the wadding. The perfumed pad
should be Just the right size to lie fiat
on the bottom of the bureau drawer
when finished 1t is not necessary TO
use new material in its construction. and
when once made it will last an indefin-
lite time, and needs only to have the
spices renewed now and then, as they
may lose their freshness after awhile.
Some time when your little daughter
is aiing. unable TO play about the room
and not fond of picture books. try her
with some light work Get a ball of
very coarse knitting cotton and let her
crochet a wash cloth. They are so cas-
lily made that any siX-year-old of aver
age intelligence can make one. Make
a simple loose chain, stitch as long as
You think neeessary-12 inches is good
iength-and then crochet right back in
and out, without throwing the thread
over the needle. When it is square
show her how to make neat little
scallop all around and then it is done.
Such a wash cloth is nice to have in
the guest chamber and helps the child,
who is always pleased to think that N
is of some importance in the world:
besides. it amuses it. keeps its mind
occupied and teaches it 20 be useful
One mother / know saves every bit of
twine that comes into the house and
carefully ties it together and uses it
for wash-cloth material.
There is death in a damp cellar, and
Just now death is hunting around for
damp cellars to roost in, and is no
doubt finding a lot of them. If you
must use your cellars for store rooms
and pile them full of all sorts of damp
lumber and other unsavory trash. you
should, in the interest of humanity.
clean such cellar often. Cellars should
be aired often. on bright days the WIN
dows should be left open all the time,
and once every two or three weeks
everything should be taken out into the
sun and aired thoroly. Fresh lime
should be freely sprinkled around the
really safe precaution is to keep it free
of things that will gather damp or give
off odors, and sunshine and fresh air
are the best disinfectants in the world.
The system Graves acids. The very
best acid is lemon juice, but it should
. not be taken in its natural state, as il
is too strong for the stomach. good
way to prepare lemons for instant use
is as follows: Get two dozen lemons and
roll each one separately on smooth,
hard surface until il is quite soft; then
cut off the end and, with dull knife,
scrape out all the juice and pulp. Strain
this carefully thru a thin cloth; then
make the juice almost thick with sugar
bottle in glass. using cork stopper,
and stand in cool place 1t will keep
a long time, and to make a glass of
fresh lemonade you have only to put
in a tumbler of cold water enough of
the sugared acid to suit your taste. You
might do this when lemons are cheap,
and then when lemons are scarce and
high in price you will not be deprived
of your favorite beverage because 1t
costs too much to indulge.
So many women who have entry
ways and kitchens carpeted with OIL
cloth or linoleum habitualiy cleanse it
with soap and water, often adding am
three such washings will take all the
gloss from the oilcloth and a few more
such rubbngs will begin to deface the,
figures. And this for the reason that
the soap and 1ye eat the life out of the
paint. If you have plenty of milk, wash
up the oilcloth with that, using a clean
floor cloth If milk is not plenty, sat
urate a cloth with coal oil and wash
the oilcloth with that. then rub with
dry cloth The result will please you.
and your floor covering will last longer
It is a common habit with some peo-
pie Of really cleanIy habits 10 take a
drink of water the first thing on rising
in the morning, using for that purpose
water which has stood in the sleeping
room all night. The draft is all right
but the person who drinks water THAI
has stood in sleeping room for several
hours is simply inviting all sorts of dis
orders to visit him. Water is one of
the ready absorbents of disease germ-
and ii would be a hazardous thing to
drink water that has stood in am open
vessel out in the open air. to say moth
ing of that shut up in sleeping room
with all sorts of unhealthy exhalations
being given off from the body. Nor is
Il well to drink water that has stood
for several hours in the lead pipes:
always LET the water run for a few mo-
ments first.
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