Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-09-03

and there is a scarcity of meat. grind
fine any cold meat that is on hand
the drier it is the finer it should be
ground-and season it with salt, pepper,
butter if it is dry, and olives or pickles
and little mustard, if they are wanted.
There is more in the seasoning of
| sandwich than in the actual filling.
| If it is desired to use gelatine, soak
t 1t Ill cool place for an hour IN cola
| water. This Will prevent it having any
disagreeable odor and will make it dis
solve much quicker i'll any hot liquid.
| 10 clean ivory carvings or bric-a-brac
| make a paste of sal volatile, prepared
chalk and machine oil. Apply to the
| ivory; when dry add second coat and
! allow it to remain on over night. Then
| rub off and polish.
The Importance of fresh air in the bed
room and clothes press, cannot be over
| estimated. 1t is not at all unusual for
| people to come in from the street, re-
| move the clothing, hang it up in small,
| loose SupbOard. perhaps next tOa warm
chimney, and then shut the door and go
away, without any thought of the dan
gers that Turk in the stuffy atmosphere
created. The hens of the skirts have
| swept up all sorts of rubbish and disease
germs III the mud and dampness of the
pavement, and these are allowed to prop
agate in this sitting air. When the gar
ments are wanted, they are taken down.
given a bit of a shake or under favor
able circumstances, a thorough brushing
| IN the room, hlllng the apartment with
| the deadly germs, any one of which
may lodge in a sensitive throat or head,
or upon some unprotected portion of the
body, and lay the train for a long series
of ills, with, perhaps, a fatal termina-
| ton
Every house ought to be provided with
an open-air closet, where all garments
worn in the street could be hung until
they receive a good brushing, which
should be done in the open air, in good
breeze, if possible.
Sunshine, while it unquestionably
harms the clothing, helps to preserve the
health and garments that can be so eX-
posed should be put into the bright sun
light for some portion of the day after
| they have been worn in the streets of
city. 1t is well worth while, if one can,
to have two suits of clothing, to be worn
on alternate days. This gives one an
opportunity to become sanitary while
the other is in use. Besides, it is ex
| tremely uncomfortable to put ON a gar
ment that is laden with perspiration.
and has not had time to become thor
oughly dry: After few wearings, the
| clothing of certain people becomes
charged with an odor of perspiration
that is anything but agreeable. When
the wearers discover this. they resort
and they go about smelling like a per-
fumery shop. There is nothing so whole
some and agreeable in the way of
| smells. as the Odor of cleanliness, and
clean clothes have a perfume all their
Own.-Selected.
To restore black cashmere wash the
{ material in warm Sn6S in which a SmH
! quantity of bOraX has been dissolved.
| Rinse in very deep blue water and iron
while damp. If this is carefully done
the material will look like new.
| If one is stung by a bee while in the
woods or fields it is necessary to go no
further than the first mud. The druggist
| has nothing that will relieve the situa-
| ton more quickly.
| When washing dishes or glasses which
have contained milk or milky buildings
rinse the receptacles in cold water be-
| fore dipping them in warm or hot water.
If this is done it will be found much
easier to remove the curd of the milk adj
herring to the glass or dish.
A delicious summer drink may be
made by following the directions Of a
writer in The Woman's Home Compan-
ion. This is what she says: A cocoa egg
nogg is quickly made. Beat the white
of one egg until stiff; add gradually, while
beating constantly, one teaspoonful of
sugar, one teaspoonful of breakfast CO.
| Goa and few grains of salt. Add to
one-half the mixture, while beating con-
stantly, threefourths of a cupful of cold
milk. Turn into a glass and pile the re-
/ manning mixture on top.
To make silk that has been washed
| look like new, put a teaSpOOnful of
methylated spirits to a pint of rinsing
water and iron while damp.
The London Chronicle gives an inter-
esting explanation of the term grass
widow Some would merely have it as
} a slang EXPRESSION but its appearance i'll
! the marriage register of Halstead, Els
sex, as early as 1864, suggests less vul-
gar origin. 1t is said to be a corruption
of grace widow, and dates from the days
when divorces were granted only by the
authority of the church. The woman
who was so empowered to separate from
her husband was commonly called a
grace widow, and from this the express
sion gradually gained its present mean
| ing and spelling.
When pouring jelly or canned fruit in
the tumblers and glass jars, set the jars
first on a damp cloth. This goes long
| way toward preventing IuelF DFedhluS.
1t also makes wiping off the outside of
| the jars simpler.
When bleaching a piece of lace or
| linen in Il bowl of suds, it is we'll to have
| it in the sunlight as much as possible.
To prevent dust falling into the bowl
and so defeating ones ends, place piece
! of glass over it. This does not interfere
with the sunlight. In fact it, in a
measure. intensities the heat and helps
the bleaching.
| Wringing out cloth in hot water
and wiping furniture well before put
| ting on furniture cream will result in
| a high polish and will not show finger
marks
Many of the cotton crepe waists, so
popular this season, are exceedingly at
tractive One seen recently is made
with groups of tucks. simple embroid-
cred design in blue filling the space be-
tween each group across the front. EN-