Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-28
FACT, FASHION AND FANCY
Paragraphs Calculated to Interest
York County Women.

Paragraphs Calculated to Interest
York County Women.
To make smelling salts, procure an
ounce Of rock volatile and break 1t
into small pieces. Put it into small
bottles and then cover 1t with sau-
de-cologne. Let it stand for a few
days, and it is ready for use.
Kentucky egg bread is very palat-
able. Here is a receipt for making 1t:
Take two pints Of corn meal, three
cups Of buttermilk, two eggs, scant
teaspoonful Of soda, a teaspoonful OF
salt, a tablespoonful Of lard. Mix
we'll, add the beaten eggs, pour in a
we'll creased baking pan and bake
quickly in a hot oven.
A new striped waist has top and
sleeve Of mulberry and white striped
chiffon and Is opened in an ovel de-
collete in front and overbound along
the edge with g. plain color The
girdle is black faille like the skirt,
has one point on the lower edge and
two points on the upper in front; In
the back it is simply wide girdle
fastened invisibly.
Try this recipe for the prepara-
ton Of corn sticks: One and one
half cupfuls Of buttermilk, three table
spoons Of melted lard or butter, one
teaspoonful Of salt, one teaspoonful
of baking soda, one and one-haf cup
fuls Of corn meal, one egg. Sift the
corn meal into a basin and add the
salt and buttermilk, soda and egg.
Stir we'll and then beat in the melted
lard or butter; mold and bake until
done in a hot oven. This recipe will
make twelve corn sticks.
A simple but efficacious steam
remedy for cold in the head and
hoarseness Is to inhale steam from a
sponge dipped in boiling water. Gov
er the sponge with boiling water,
wrap a towel around it so that you
can hold the ends Of the towel instead
of the scalding sponge, bury your
nose and mouth in the covered sponge
and breathe through nose and mouth.
When the sponge loses heat, remove
the towel and pour on some more
boiling water.
t. l41t f,rl sSh
and Of all the known recipes for its
preparation, this one Is said to give
the greatest satisfaction: Skin and
slice a tomato for each person, keep
ing the slices from each tomato so
they can be put together again in
shape. Sprinkle each slice with very
finely chopped mint, dress with oil
and lemon juice and a sprinkling Of
salt and pepper. Build up the tomato
again. When all are prepared put on
ice until needed. Serve with dash
Of whipped cream on each, or a ring
Of sweet green pepper.
If you have an old last seasons
hat which is soiled or faded, try to
renew it with gasolene and tube paint.
You will find that the paint If care
fully applied, makes a very impossi-
BILE looking old hat quite respectable
After brushing the hat thoroughly,
dissolve the paint in the gasolene,
shake we'll and apply to the hat with
a clean varnish brush. The gasolene
must be shaken each time before dip
ping the brush in, as the paint settles
at the bottom very quickly. All work
with gasolene should be done out Of
doors.
To clean a sewing machine with
kerosene, Oil it generously, using from
half to pint. Run it rapidly for a
few moments, then with a piece Of
new cheese cloth carefully rub off
the kerosene and oil again with ma
chine oil. The kerosene cuts away
the gummed oil and the machine oil
lubricates the parts. Nothing is bet
ter than gasoline to timber up sew
ing machine. Apply the gasolene as
above recommended for kerosene, af-
ter which carefully rub off and apply
machine oil, Before starting to work
with goods, be positive that every
bit Of the oil is rubbed off, as other
wise the material might be spotted
and ruined.
Did you know that:
To remove blood stains, dip the
fabric in kerosene, then wash.
A lump of salt in a lamp will pre-
vent the chimney from becoming
smoky.
Ashes will rid chickens Of lice If
kept where they can scratch and dust
themselves in them.
Lice on rose bushes may be de-
stroyed by spraying with strong soap
suds.
Lace that is desired to have an
"old lace" shade will soon do so if,