The Housekeeper.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 41, 18 February 1911, Page 11

The Housekeeper.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Beauty Hints. — Girls with skins that easily freckle should take great care of their complexion. Try a lotiop made by shaking the white of an egg to a froth with an equal amount of lemon juice, and add to it a tablespoonful of borax in a tumblerful of this mixture. Apply this night and morning to whiten the skin and remove sunburn and freckles. — The feet should be washed every night as well as in the morning, and the stockings should be changed very often, the same pair not being worn two days running. Rinsing the feet m cold water and then rubbing them with a Turkish towel, making plenty of friction, is excellent for the circulation. To Mark Linen. — A good way for the busy housewife to mark her sheets, pillowcases, and sp forth is to write the name or initials on the material with pencil, then to stitch over the lines with a sewing machine, using rather coarse thread and a long stitch. An Old Remedy. — An old-fashioned remedy for a cold in the head is onion syrup made of minced onions, a tablespoonful of cider, vinegar, and half a ( cupful of, boiling treacle. It is said to be an especially good remedy for hoarseness and sore throat. To Remove Mildew. — Spots of mildew on linen should be moistened and spread with finely powdered chalk, which mußt be well rubbed in. Then wash in the ordinary way. If the spots are of long standing it may be necossary- to repeat the pro-ce-ss. To Renew Black Silk.— Add twe tablespoonfuls of powdered alum to a quart of water, immerse the Eilk, and iron it with a hot iron afterwards. .This is excellent treatment for underskirts, as it gives a lustre to tho silk and the desired stiffness. Salt will curdle new milk, hence in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., the salt should not bo added until the dish is prepared. Seasonable R,ecipe. — Try the following method for sunburn. Chop up a fresh cucumber and squeeze out the juice in a j lemon squeezer. Mix this with the same quantity of glycerino and rosewatcr, amalgamated in equal parts. The lotion will be found very cooling and healing. Hot Irons. — See that the iron ib not too hot when ironing. silk blouses, etc., as silk quickly discolours. Sprinkle the article first with water, then roll up tightly in a towel. After this it may be ironed, and tho creases will readily be takon out. Strong brine may be used with advantage in washing bedsteads. Hot alum water is also good for this purpose. RECIPES. Litle Orange Souffles. — Pass half a pint/ of orange juice and pulp through a sieve. Add the juice of a lemon. Melt in a saucepan a small cupful of sugar with half a gill of hot water and a few spoonfuls of the puree. When on the point of boiling add barely half an ounce of softened gelatine, and stir till .dissolved off the fire. Strain into the rest of the puree, adding a little grated orange rind. Stir occasionally until the mixture is on the point of setting, then lightly add tho whites of three egss whisked till they aro vory stiff. Pour into small moulds and sot' on ice. When firm turn out, and serve encircled with whipped cream gainished with chopped candied cherries. Fig Cake.— Cream a cupful butter and two cupfuls brown sugar. Mix thoroughly, and add four beaten eggs, a teaspoonful of ground cloves, a cupful of water, and throe cupfuls of flour sifted with two^ teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Cut half a pound of figs and two cupfuls of raisins in small pieces, dredge them with a quarter of a cupful of flour, and add to the mixture. Pour into a well-buttered pan, and bake in a moderate oven for two hours. Sausage Rolls. — Roil a pound of sausages in well-mashed potatoes, giving thick coat of the potato, then dip them first into beaton egg and then into brown breadcrumbs. Fry in boiling fat; when a golden brown, drain, and pile on a hot dish. Serve very hot, with or without gravy, as tasto dirocts. Enough for four porsons. Potato Fritters. — For this di&h joa should have fairly large potatoes. It b a particularly savoury way of cooking them. Required — 21b of largo potatoes, 2 eggs, 2 tablcspoonfuls of fresh bread crumbs, 1 tnblespoonful of grated lean ham, 1 teaspooniul of chopped parsley, 3alt and pepper, frying fat. Wash, peel, and cut the potatoes in slices about tho thickness of half a crown. Put them in boiling salted water, and boil them for five minutes, then drain off the water, and dry the slices gently in a clean soft cloth. Beat up the eggs, mix them with the crumbs, ham, parsley, and seasoning to taste. Have ready the pan of frying fat, dip each slice of potato into the egg mixture, lay them gently in the fat, and fry them a golden brown. Drain them well, 'and serve them as hot as possible.

Bostonian culture extends to the lowest classes. There is a story told of a tramp charged with drunkenness in a New York court, who gavo his birthplace as Boston. "Indepd," said the magistrate, "yours ib a sad fall. And yet you don't seem to thoroughly realise how low you have sunk." The prisoner started as if struck, and exclaimed: "The disgrace of arrest, tho mortification of being thrown into a noisome dungeon, the publicity and humiliation of trial in a crowded and dingy courtroom I can bear; but to be sentenced by a police magistrate who splits his infinitives—that is indeed the last blow." Dean Washington, in a heat of a revival, shouted from tho Nola Chucky chapel: "I see befo' me ten chicken thieves, ineludin' that thai' Calhoun Clay." Calhouu Clay at once rose and left the church. He was very angary,. He brought several powerful influences ' to bear and tho deacon , promised to apologise. So at the following revival the old man said: "I desiro to retract mah last night's remark, namely, 'I see befo' me ten chicken thieves, ineludin' Calhoun Clay.' What I should have said, dear brothren and sistorn, was, 'I see befo' me nine chickon thieves, not ineludin' Calhoun Clay.' " "Mamma, is a honeymoon a vacation?" "It may be, my dear; and it may be the beginning of a long period 'of servitude." "The dog," said the scientific gentleman, "sometimes steers himself with his tail." "Uses it to guide his wandering bark, does he?" asked tho irresponsible humourist. "Mary, is there a single good thing about these great wide hats that women are wearing?" "Yes, John, there is; when two women meet they can't kiss each other now." You frequently hear of cases of chronic constipation — cases that have existed for years. In nine oases out of ten the trouble has become chronic through improper treatment. Tho patient has formed the habit of taking «trong purgatives and has so weakened the bowels that they will not act naturally. Chamberlain's Tablets cure constipation and cure it permanently, be-ca-u&e, instead of doing the work of the bowels for them, Chamberlain's Tablets simply stimulate them, to perform their , own iwQtiojui.T-A.dy.t'i