The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-16
Household Notes

The most delicious rico pudding is
mnde with one cup of boiled rice, one
hair cup of sugar, one teaspoon salt,
TWO teaspoons butter, one quart milk
ana little nutmeg. Place In a but
tered baking dish and bake slowly,
stirring occasionally till all the milk
Is absorbed.
Scotch Shortbrcad--To one quart of
hour add one fourth az much butter
and quarter cupful of brown sugar
Work gradually together. When we'll
blended, roll into cakes half an inch
thick, and cut in rounds or squares
lake in slow oven for forty minutes.
When buying new boots, do not
wait until you require them, but order
them some months beforehand and
wear them for day or two, In order
to get them shaped TO your feet then
hang them up in n press. When re-
CURED, they will he found to wear
much longer than If the kid or leather
Were quite new.
When one is nervous or tired
sponge bath in water, either hot or
cold. viii often prove stimulating and
refreshing. Elderly people and those
whose circulation is feeble should
avoid the cold plunge so delightful to
the young, because il robs them Of vi
tally. Eut those In advanced years
rs well rs boys and girls. are better
for the daily bath from head TO foot
bathtub and n copious amount of
| water is not prerequisite if all that
one has TO depend on are Il basin and
pitcher.
Raisin Bread--To ordinary dough.
made. with one quart Of wholewheat
-four add ono cupful of seeded raisins
Part Of the -four should be reserved
for dredging them. DO not put the
raisns in until just before kneading.
TO keep coffee pot sweet, put ia
hlcspoonful Of baking soda into 1t.
4 fill ii ,wo-thirds fun of water and let
\ 1T boil for an hour. Then rinse very
| thoroughly. DO this once q week. and
the pot VIII always smell fresh and
! clean.
Cruel for colds is made with one
pint OF milk, one tablespoonful OF oat-
meal sugar and sherry. Cream the
oatmeal with little milk. heat the
rest of the milk. Cook for ten min
utes and add sugar and one teaspoon
ful of sherry.
/. Prune Salad-This Is delicious for
luncheon. Stew one pound of large
prunes until soft, without sweetcninc,
drain and pit; then I'LL the cavities with
nut-ineats or cream cheese and serve
on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise
dressing.
When putting fresh paper into side.
board drawers, Tx the paper down AZ
each corner with a drawing pin This
Keeps tile paper i'm position and keeps
II from getting torn or crumpled. be-
sides preventing small articles from
slipping underneath,
Some housewives find that changing,
washday from Monday to Tuesday sim
plihcs things immensely.
The real ties, OF a larder Is ia,n, 4,
you have larder in which Jam VIII
not keep, II needs reforming
To remove iodine stains from cloth
ing or bed linen. soak the articlo
twenty four hours IN cold water
Let the window curtains reach from
top 70 bottom only Of the window. ana
ia lot OF work is saved
Ginger poulticcs are as. eflicactous az
mustard and viii not blister Thev
should be made in the same way.
Papcr napkins at breakfast arc NOT
only economical but they add to the
Eayety ~ the breakfast table.
TWO OF three dozen .dolies are much
} easier to handle in the wash than two
or three large table cloths.
Cookie cutters are now made which
cut the cookies as fast rs you ron u
over the dough
AZ! stationary tubs should have oil
Icloth covers They are easy to clean
and very durable.
Il on ironing dag, keep an old folded
sheet handy, 10 lay under garments
with buttons, etc.