The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-25

sauce; sprinkle with bread crumbs
and place in the oven to brown.
When procuring celery. if you wish
to make celery salt, remove all the
unnecessary leaves, but instead OF
throwing them away wash them thor
oughly and set them-on a tin plate
upon the radiator. leaving them until
they have BECOME very dry. Then rub
them through a colander to exclude
all the stems. The powder remaining
is put into glass jar. 1t is extremely
useful for seasoning soups sauces.
tetc.
/, Next to leather itself nothing is
more useful for covering shirt waist
and other utility boxes than burlap
Then. too. if the color selected har-
monies with the color scheme of the
room, it combines beauty with useful
ness. The edges of the box should be
finished off with linen braid of the
color of the burlap and held in place
by button lacks. Roth the braid ard
the lacks may be bought at any 'un-
hoisterers or in any drapery depart
ment of any general furnishing store.
Burlap can be used with splendid eff
feet for portieres where an inexpensive.
yet attractive, material Is desired A
running stenciied design around the
the needed decoration.
Here is new salad. Make cups OF
the white heart leaves of crfsp lettuce
by crossing the stem ends. Pile few
big red Strawberries in the center of
each cup, and dust with powdered
sugar. Put a teaspoonful of mayon-
naise dressing or a leaf of each cup.
For mending gloves cotton is best.
for 1t does not tear the kid. and if the
hole is in a finger II should be mended
on small glove darner," which
comes for the purpose. If the seam is
ripped it may be sewed over and over
Plated skeins of shaded threads are
sold with which to mend gloves
When once moths have got into
carpet. neither camphor nor tobacco
will stop them. The only way is to
take damp towel. spread 1t out upon
the carpet, and iron it dry with a hot
iron. Most ironing should be done in
those portions Of the carpet that do
not take the chief wear of the room.
The heat and steam will be found to
destroy the worms and eggs, or gaso-
line poured plentifulIy on the floor
viii do the business. You must have
doors and windows open. however, and
do not light even a match till the
fumes are all gone.
If kerosine is spilled on carpets,
books, or manuscripts, try removing it
by sprinIlling cornmeal thickIy over
the article Immediately. Renew fire.
quently until the oil has been COM
pletely absorbed.
Washing the scalp occasionally with
lemon juice viii make white hair
glossy and of a pure color
Always keep alum in the house 1t
checks bleeding wounds. and for bleed
ing of the mouth or tongue a wash in
cold water in which alum has been dis
solved is very effective. A small guam
tity of it boiled in milk is good for
tootheche. 1t must be held in the
mouth. not swallowed.
A good rule to acquire q graceful
way of sitting is to be careful that the
hips are never farther forward than
the shoulders To keep erect. sit so the
end of the spine touches the back of
the chair,
Polling the food has ruined many
good complexion. Teeth were given
for a purpose. and if one does not use
them they will suffer along with dr.
sestion and bad skins.
Stewed rhubarb has well-known
medicinal value. besides being a COM
plexion beautifer: it is said to be vail
liable for rheumatic troubles
Spiced blackberry jelly is fine. Sc
let ripe, sweet blackberries. and mash
hem we'll and heat on the back of the
stove. When the juice is all out put
hem in a bag and let it hang ali night
20 drain. Measure the juice in the
morning and add similar amount OF
sugar. Put the juice over the fire with
half an ounce of cinnamon, a quarter
IF an ounce of mace and tablespoon
'ul of cloves; choose whole spices and
lie them up in bags. Boil 30 minutes,
urn out of the bags, add the sugar
which has been heated. dissolve we'll,
let it boil up thoroughly once and
strain thru clean bag into glasses.
1t is often most difficult to pour
iquid from a bottle without splitting it. -.
This is especially true of ink, when the
ieek of the bottle has not a depres-
ion. If one will take a toothpiek.
noisten 1t and make a line on the neck
II the bottle there will be no further -,
rouble in the pouring. The LIQUID
will always follow the outline on the
lass.