The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-02
By SONORA SARA.

To remove crust from cooking and
other utensils, it is said that to mix
can of I've in enough water to dissolve
il. heat and apply to the crust with
a swab is an excellent thing. Some peo-
pie always keep two or three marbles
in the tea kettle. These constantly roll
ing about prevent the deposit from set
Ting. and it is poured out with the
water.
When raisins are so hard as to be
almost like pebbles. pour boiling water
over them Let them stand until they
are cool enough to be handled comfort
ably. Then seed as usual. Repeat the
scalding if they are not soft.
This makes fine nut bread: One-third
OF a package of breakfast food. one
half cake of yeast, one pint of tepid
water Let it rise overnight. In the
morning add salt, two cups of flour and
two-thirds of a cupful of chopped nuts
Form into two loaves. putting butter
between them: let them rise, and then
bake one hour in a moderate oven.
This makes perfectly delicious sand
witches, especially toasted sandwiches.
and may be lightly spread with cottage
cheesc-or with cream cheese.
To make quick graham bread mix
one-haIf teaspoonful salt and three
even teaspoonfuls baking powder. Then
work into the flour one-half cupful
sugar creamed with two tablespoonfuis
butter. Add one pint warm, sweet milk,
mix quickly but thoroly and bake at
once in slow oven.
A life need not be great to be beauti-
full. There may be as much beauty in
tiny flower as in a majestic tree, in a
little gem as in great mountain. A
beautiful life is one that fulfills its mis-
sion; that is what God made it to be,
and does what God made it to do.
Why will women continue TO have
their hair dyed? The result is inevitably
deafness.
Let dyes alone Many recommend
the use of brilliantine. for it is only by
the application of oils that a woman
can hope to make up those natural
ones dried out by the dye.
A mixture made of one ounce of pure
olive oil, half an ounce of cologne,
quarter of an ounce of gum benZoin and
four ounces of alcohol is good. Dis
solve the gum in the alcohol and add
the oil Strain and add two ounces OF
castor oil and half a dram each of oils
of geranium and bergamot.
At night part the hair at close inter-
walls and rub this into the scalp with
a narrow brush or the finger tips. Omit
a night occasionally if the head is be-
coming too greasy. 49,
This is called banana trifie: Lay four
| ounces of macaroons in deep glass
! dish, cut sponge cake into slices and
| spread these with banana pulp, place
| them on the maccaroons and soak with
| a little sherry and brandy. Pour over
! the whole a pint of rich custard. Sweet
| en- half pint of cream to taste, flavor
| with vanilla and a teaspoonful or
brandy, then whip it till stiff. Pile on
| the top of the trifie and decorate with
! crvstailized fruits and bianched and
shredded almonds.
! For tea biscuit set at O'Clock sponge
! made as follows: Put into one quart
| sifted flour teaspoonful sugar. heap
| ing teaspoonful salt and tablespoon
| full each butter and lard. Scald cup
| sweet milk Dissolve one-half cake
compressed yeast in a little lukewarm
water, add to the milk, cooled to luke
| warm and beat into the flour. MIX wen,
Then cover and let rise. When light, roll
1 into a sheet about half an inch in thick
ness, and with two round cutters OF
| different sizes stamp out an equal num-
1 Der of each, putting the small ones on
| top of the larger, with little melted
butter between. Let them stand about
an hour to rise again, then bake.
1
| Place pulverized pumice stone be.
tween the layers of a folded piece or
soft muslin and stitch around the edse
TO keep the powder from splitting. Wipe
/ lamD chimneys or window panes with
this dry cloth. and they will be clean
\ and sparkle almost instantly. Enough
| powder will remain in the cloth to be
used many times
i To keep iron sinks and iron Kettles
| smooth and free from rust, never use
! soap in cleaning them. Wash them IN
i the water in which potatoes have been
| boiled. using a well-boiled potato to rub
| any spot which may have become roagh
or rusted afterward rinsing clean with
very hot. clear water BY cleaning II, III
| This way they will always be smooth
and free from rust.