The National tribune., 1909-11-18

In very large families the matter of
good soap is an expensive considera-
tion. OF course, it is with soap as it is
with everything else used about a
house. If you are q close economizer
you can make your own soap for house
hold use and save quite a bit in that
household item. Furthermore, you will
know that your soap is pure and clean,
and you can't be sure of that in any
soap that you buy. L have made a
great deal of soap after the following
recipe. You must remember, however,
that I've soap is always right hard on
the hands. so ii is wise 10 put your
hands in the water just as little as pos
sible Always use a dish mop for your
china and silver, and have second
one for your pots and pans Never
mop a painted or oiled floor with lye
soap; indeed, you should not use soap
or cleanser of any kind on painted or
oiled wood.
In trimming meats before cooking
save all waste scraps Of fat, try out and
put in a tin pail until you have col
lected about five and q half pounds Of
grease Melt, strain thru a wire sieve
into dishpan and cool TO lukewarm.
Dissolve in an earthen vessel a 1O-cent
can of lyc and three tablespoonfulS Of
boraX in three and one-half pints of
cold water. Let the lye mixture also
become lukeWarm When the grease
AMI I've are of the same temperature
pour the lye into the grease, stir about
two minutes and pour into square or
round granite pans. The soap Will be
hard and ready TO cut in about II
hours. This makes hard soap. 1t is
more economical TO make soap and lay
1t away for several months 10 harden
and season. Ii does not waste half so
much.
Now I'm going to tell you how to
care for your hands when using lye
soap. As a matter of fact. / never use
Soap in dish water until I come to the
pots and frying pans. 1t is useless
expense, and it is not necessary. Use
plenty of hot water on your dishes and
you viii not need soap. Have Il bottle
of Valesine on your kitchen Washstand.
Rinse your hands good in warm water
and dry them. il your nails look grimy
use some good toilet soap and i nail
brush as soon as you are thru putting
your hands in Ee soap water; rinse in
clear water When almost dry take a
quarter of a teaspoonful Of vaseline on
your hands. and rub all over as tho
washing them. Rub into the tips of
your fingers and about the nails. Hold
over heat to let it soak in. Then rub
your hands with the dry towel You
Win he amazed TO find that your hands
will be quite soft. and will soon learn
that your nails are not nearly so brittle.
+ or the hands at night apply glycerine
and bay rum in equal quantities. Wash
your hands the last thing before retir-
ing, and pour a few drops of the lotion
In your hand and rub well in. Soon
the hands will seem dry. DO the same
thing a second time and go TO bed.
Don't wear gloves; they are not neces-
sary. Do not use the lotion on your
face. 1t Is no good for that.
VaseIine should be on every kitchen
wash table. for it is good for a dozen
things. On wash day, ON blustery or
cold days, rub your face clean with a
soft cloth and then apply vaseline free
ly. Rub OF gently. and when the day
fs over rub on some more Vaseline and
then rub off vigorously. You will dis
cover that your skin is as soft as tho
you had been IN the house all day
Vaseline applied directly to the scalp
and rubbed in is a fine hair dressing.
1t is woman's bounden duty TO keep
herself looking just as fresh and young
as possible. 1t is n comfort to herself
as well as a pleasure to her friends.
You will hear the cry that VaSeline will
make the hair grow on the face. Now
hear me. 1t viii not l have used it
for 20 years, almost every day of my
IKE, and II does not cause hair TO grow
where nature never intended that it
should. II is almost the only toilet
cream L ever use. / am told by the
druggist that there is no chemical diff
ference between brown vaseline and
u rln 70 e &.
not a bit better than the brown, or
red as it IS generally called, and it
costs three times as much.
IF you will insist on eating cocoanut
pie, be- sure your cocoanut is perfectly
fresh, make your will and proceed as
follows:
Cut off the brown part Of the cocoa
nut, CRATE the white part and mix it
with milk and set il on the fire to boil
slowly for eight or 10 minutes To A
pound of the grated cocoanut allow a
quart OF milk, eight eggs, four table
spoonfuls of sifted white sugar, glass
OF wine, small cracker pounded fine,
two spoonfuls Of melted butter and half
nutmeg. The eggs and sugar should
be beaten together TO n frOth, then the
wine stirred in. Put them into the
milk and cOcOanut, which should be
first allowed to get quite cool; add the
cracker and nutmeg, turn the whole
into deep pie plates with lining and
rim Of puff paste. Bake them as soon
as turned into the plates.
For some people Il drink in which
there is suggestion of bitter qucnches
thirst more effectively than anything
else. \ tablespoonful OF the CONNER
cial bottled juice of lines with a dash
of calisaya is very refreshing, or just
enough dandeliOn wine to flavor a
glassful Of water Both drinks are ex-
ceedingly healthful. To make the wine
pour a gallon Of boiling water over two
quarts of dandelion flowers. Let this
stand for "a hours. then strain and add
two pounds of white sugar and two
lemons. Boil down to three quarts,
strain again, let the mixture stand for
two days and bottle.
Here is drink that some people
Ike, and it IL named cream of nee
tar" one and one-half quarts of wa
ter, two ounces tartaric acid, one
fourth tGmbler of sifted flour, whites of
two eggs, two pounds granuIated sugar
Mix whites of eggs with the dry flour
without beating; add to the water and
sugar the acid previously dissolved in
little water. Set on stove, and let il
come TO a boil. Set off and bottle for
use. For serving, take four or five
teaspOOnfuls of the preparation for
each glass; flavor to taste with any cx-
tract or fruit fiaVoring; fill each glass
half full with cold milk and add a tiny
lump Of soda the size Of a hazel nut.
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