Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-18
FACT, FASHION AND FANCY
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York County Women.
Scalloped and piped edges on skirts
and jackets have much to do with
the charm Of the present fashions.
This revival is a pleasant one, as 1t
adds a piquant note Of contrast to a
costume.
An excellent way to keep orna-
ments from marking a highly polished
table or piano is to paste soft blotting
paper on the bottom. No matter how
often they are moved, they will Meth
er mark nor scratch.
Stains on the hands can be easily
removed by using salt and lemon
juice. Put a little heap Of salt In
saucer and squeeze sufficient lemon
Juice into it to moisten it. Rub this
on the stain until it disappears, then
rinse the hands in clean warm water.
When you are frying in deep fat,
test the heat of the fat with an inch
square piece Of bread. When 1t
browns in two minutes the fat Is hot
enough for uncooked food, and when
it browns in one minute it is hot
enough for cooked food.
Lizette waters: Mix a cupful OF
peanuts, ground fine, with enough
mayonnaise dressing to spread easi-
ly. Spread on Saratoga flakes, cover
with meringue made Of beaten white
of one egg and one teaspoonful OF
sugar. Place in oven and brown.
Serve hot with creole salad.
Potatoes should, Of course, be serv-
ed Immediately when done, but when,
for some reason, delay is unavoid-
able, try this method of keeping them
fresh. Thus, as soon as done, drain
them carefully and shake the pan over
the fire, until they are both dry and
mealy. Then stuff clean towel closely
into the top Of the pan and keep In a
warm place. This cloth will absorb all
the steam, so preventing sogginess.
An old-time antidote for alcohol,
opium, prussic acid, strychnine and all
poisoning Is that Of heaped-up tea
spoonful each Of common salt and
ground mustard stirred quickly in
glass Of warm water and swallowed
at once. This will cause instantane-
Gus vomiting. When the vomiting
ceases, swallow the whites Of two
eggs and then drink freely Of strong
coffee.
All beds should be stripped before
breakfast and placed where they can
get plenty Of air and, if possible, a lit
tie sun, too. Mattresses should be
half turned and allowed to stand in a
draught, so that the air will play
around them. Pillows, too, should be
treated in the same way If you want
to keep them from getting musty.
Mattresses should be cleaned and re-
made every three years If you want
them to keep their springiness. It Is
worth while to buy good mattresses in
the first place if you can possibly af-
ford it, as these clean again and
again and come up as good as new.
Cheap mattresses are not worth re-
making and almost invariably get
humpy after a year or two's wear.
A linen cushion cover could be very
quickly embroidered in white wash
silk or flax thread with insertions Of
cluny lace added. Should a touch Of
color be desired, the cover might be
drawn on over colored cushion,
which would show through the lace.
Where a strong color effect is desir-
ed, the cover might be Of corn flower
blue linen, with nut brown silks for
the embroidery, the cluny lace being
in a deep tone Of twine color, or 1t
might be in lettuce green with white
embroidery. The most approved style
Of edge is a band Of it's own material
cut on the bias. Place a thick sheet
of cotton wadding under the cover
which you have embroidered. Both the
appearance and the feel Of the cushion
are improved by this treatment.
Did you know that:
Too many articles should not be put
in the hot fat at any one time, or the
temperature will be lowered and they
will cool the fat.
Articles should touch each other as
little as possible while frying.
Baked beans will be better if they
are parboiled before they are put into
the pot for baking.
When frying, be sure that the fat
is hot enough to answer the test be-
fore the article is put in.
Pieces Of stale bread may be saved
for Brown Betty pudding, Queen pud-
ding or bread mullins.
Meats and fish should be taken from
the ice some time before frying or they
will cool the fat
When separating yolks from whites
of eggs, sometimes a speck Of yoll;
slips into the white. To remove this
dip a clean cloth into warm water and
wiring it dry, and it will cling to it at
once.
The we'll bred woman is more than
particular in the matter of calls