The National tribune., 1909-10-14
By SENoRA SARA.

buy a supply of red bandana handker-
chiefs for use as busters. If they are
bought at wholesale they are cheaper
and can be disposed of among ones
friends. Mems old silk tandkerchiefs
should never be thrown away when
! worn and thin. They are just the thing
for busting the polished surface of the
piano, ivory ornaments and fine china
and glass bric-a-brac.
This is called "hot milk sponge cake:
Two eggs, well beaten, one cup sugar,
one cup flour, pinch of salt two level
! teaspoons baking powder. This makes
7 rather stiff dough, and must be beat
| en- till creamy; then add gradually one
half cup hot milk, not boiling, simply
| not, and one teaspoon lemon extract.
Bake in a moderate oven, in a loaf tin.
This is fine and quite cheap also.
A greasy, shiny skin is an abomina-
ton on any woman who is nos hard at
| work, and yet you very often see it
when it is absolutely unnecessary. One
of the best things for an oily skin.
should you positively decline to use
powder, is to wash it in oatmeal instead
of soap. Keep pot of fine, ordinary
oatmeal on the washstand. At night
wash the face with warm water. and
rub some of the oatmeal we'll into it,
afterward rinsing it well off with plenty
of water. Dry thoroly and carefully with
a soft towel. In the morning sponge
the face carefully with cold water and
dust the face with dry oatmeal. This
treatment will also help to cleanse the
skin and rid it of blackheads, besides
softening it wonderfully.
Cream that is properly cooled will
keep much longer than milk, for the
reason that it contains less milk serum
or food for the action of bacteria 1t
should be kept in a pure atmosphere,
so as to prevent it from taking up flaw
ors by absorption. If cream is kept in
a cellar, the walls should be white
washed several times during the year.
Lime is a great purifier. Never allow
vegetables to remain in the same room
in which cream is kept. During the
daytime the cellar should be kept
closed, but at night there should be
plenty of ventilation.
A yellow skin is sure sign of liver
that is not earning it's wages. You must
get that organ in good condition before
you can expect to have a good complex
ion again.
Now is a right good time to make
pine pillow. You can carry the needles
home with you, and with them breath
of the Summer. The pine perfume, like
that of lavender, is pleasant to almost
everyone. If you live in the region of
pines gather the fragrant needles and
let them dry slightly, so that they will
not be sticky. Put enough of them to
make a comfortable cushion into q thin
muslin case. Cover the muslin case
with soft, pretty silk, and you will have |
gift that will bring sweet rest 10 one |
whose breathing is troubled. 1t has |
been said that sleeping upon a pine pill |
low is a sure cure for nerves and head |
ache.
Why will not housekeepers keep their |
coffeepots clean? If you only knew |
how much more necessary and impor-
tant it is to keep the inside as well as
the outside clean You would have much
better coffee. An unclean coffeepot is a
decided loss in the taste of the coffee,
while to fastidious coffee drinkers coffee
made in an unclean coffeepot is positive
poison. The inside of the pot should
be cleaned every day with powdered
knife brick or fine sand. Then. after
a good scalding with boiling water. put
1t out to sun and air.
A very excellent dust mop can be
made by taking an ordinary mop ham
die, cheap light one. Cut worn-out
underwear into strips about an inch
wide, and use these to make the mop
full and fluffy. If the strips ravel some
SO much the better. You can dust the
tops of the windows and doors and the
pictures with ease. Just as soon as you
are thru busting wash out the mop
and hang in the sun to dry
Ii you want to mop the dust from your
hardwood floors, apply little kero-
sene to the mop and run the mop over
the floors. 1t takes up all the dust and
saves sweeping up of floors. Of course,
you must use different mop cloths.
Oatmeal bread is coming very much
in favor. To make il take two cupfuls
of boiling water, salt to taste. and one
of lard and stir up. When
cool add one cake of yeast. MIX to
stiff loaf with -four; let the dough rise
over night. In the morning mold in
two loaves. Let rise and bake.
In washing windows If you will add
4 little kerosene to basin OF water
before washing your windows and mir '
rors it will make them much cleaner
and brighter than anything you can :
use. Dry with soft old cloth that does
not lint. Il
Here is recipe for the famous York /.
shire pudding: Sift together a heaping /,
pint of flour with teaspoonful and !
lalf baking powder and a teaspoonful !,
salt. Add a tablespoonful butter and !
rub fine into the -four Beat two eggs ,, ,
until light and add to them pint of :
milk. IL
Stir into the -four and mix quickly in :
hick batter. Pour few spoonfuls of ;
he beef drippings from the roast into !. .
ong tin pan or hot gem pans and turn !,
n the batter. Bake in medium oven, ,
FASTING with the drippngs from the :
'oast. This is a more convenient way :
hat the old method of baking in the
,an under the beef; besides. it gives q
more crust. Serve as a garnish to the =
oast.
A housewife often finds that the ivory 5
handles of her knives have become spot I
ed. They look rather hopeless, and !
'et they can be easily cleaned. A piece q
IF chamois skin mostened in water and
hen dipped In powdered pumice will l
AXE any spot off ivory Good hard rub e
'ing is required, but after that and Il
rood washing I'm hot water and soap T
he ivory will look like new.
A lady tells me that tomatoes can be p
'eeled without scalding. Rub the back o
II knife gently over the entire sur a
ace of the tomato, wrinkling the thin z
kin, and then break the skin at the y
TEN part and gently pull at It, and IL
viii come off in strips. This does away l.
With the semi-cooked taste which scald- +
ng gives them. 6
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