Housekeeper.

Lake County Press, Issue 2460, 9 January 1913, Page 7

Housekeeper.

If you are annoyed with Hies in your bedroom soak a sponge in oil of lavender and tie it to the top of the bed. Flies hate the smell of lavender, and will not approach it. :

When making custards use the yolk. 1 of tho eggs only. Tho white should hi saved. '1 hey add nothing to the flavour of tho custard, and will be found most useful for clearing soups.

To renovate black kid gloves and slippers mix together in equal quantities the white of an egg, milk or cream, and black ink. Place the gloves on the hand and rub lightly with a piece of soft flannel.

To keep meat fresh wash with weak vinegar and water and spread over will; small pieces of raw onion. This will keep meat fresh in the hottest weather. Before cooking remove the onion and wash in clear cold water.

When pining away furs and woollen garments dip old rags in paraffin, place them between layers of newspapers, and put the newspapers in the boxes or drawers in which the woollen tilings are stored. This will keep away moths.

Never starch linen that is to be stored for a long time; it is apt to crack, and if left for many years will rot. Rinse tho articles quite free from starch, dry, and fold away, if possible in blue paper. The blue paper keeps them from turning yellow.

To case tight shoes wring out a cloth in very hot water and place it over the spot where the shoe, pinches Repeat this as soon as the cloth becomes cold, and after two or three applications the leather will have become strotcfied to the loot through the moist heat from the damp cloth. THE GIRL WHO HAS ALL THE LUCK. She is not the prettiest girl, nor the most correctly attired, nor the one who is top of her hockey team or her cooknig class, or whatever form of recreation or education sho happens to fancy. She. is just tho girl who "come in somewhere," and brings sunshine and good nature along with her. If out for tho day sho will not ask her best boy to carry her umbrella without" offering by way of return, to carry his camera; and she will be most particular not to 'order him about" in tho presence of a third party. Thore is a pretty pretence in all her little ways, and she contrives, somehow, to make him feel that he is forever helping her to do things which sho could not manage quite by herself. Thus, she will hU the picnic kettle at the spring in the woods, but lie will take turns with her at carrying it back to the lire. She will cut the bread and butter, but ho will sharpen tho knife; and by and by he will be made to understand that he, : and not she, has been tho life of the party and the secret of its success. I Her crowning ofi'orts are expended on the best boy's mother, whom she manages to impress with tho idea that never before, since mothers bore sons and reared thorn to manhood, has the task been quite so nobly fulfilled as in ill:- case of this particular mother and I his special boy. it is small wonder that the girl who can thus raise other folks in their own estimation should be tho winner of all th« luck. DAINTY HANDS. A little daily attention to the hands, in addition to the usual ablutions and use of the nail brush, will do wonders i'i keeping them dainty and delicatolooking. They should Be encased in cotton gloves when housework of a dus'ty nature is engaged in, and should bo well rubbed over, every other night <n so. with rosowato.r, with which one

or two drops of glycerine have been mixed.

Tho nails should bo cleaned with a match-end, cut to a point, and polished v\ itli a little sweet oil and a chamois leather. This rourishes thorn if they are inclined to . :it, besides helping them to sinno brilliantly. A good ointment may be used instead of oil. To impart a delicate pink hue to the nails, they should bo rubbed with a pad of cotton wool dipped in rose--•wder or carmine. EXERCISE AND COMMONSENSE. This is an ago of athleticism, and the modern girl craves for sports, ■vhile no girls' school of importance is \ithout us gymnasium. that is as iu should be, provided tha the rapidyldcveioping muscles of tho growing :iil are not over-taxed. Gymnastics to excellent for improving the figure nd helping a girl to carry herself >•< ii, but moderation must be the key-note to exercises of any kind if it is to be health-giving. For women who havo passed their irst youth, walking is the best exorise. Even a-delicate woman will pre-

.it by gentle walking-exercise, which mould not, however, be taken fasting ir too soo'n after a meal. This applies o physical exercise in any form. At least two hours daily should be spent in -open-air exercise —more, if possible.

THE DIFFICULT WAY. It is a dangerous thing to play fast and loose with love, because someLimes when it is neglected or rejected by one it goes to another, and then the di-parturo is nearly ahfays irrct'ocabl \ I say "nearly always,'' because i know of a case of a man whoso wife was completely wrapped up in her house and her children to tho entiro neglect of every other consideration. She appeared not to want her husband in tho least, and in time he began to believe such was tho case, and so ho sought solace and sympathy elsewhere. A chance wo*;d opened the eyes of Ins wife to what was happening, and she determined to win him back again from tho woman who had :tolnn him from her.

!i c * was sensible enough to know I'll 'oars and protestations would uly servo to drive him further from iter, so sho summoned her woman's wits, and determined to make him fall in love with her again. It was no easy task. She first had to re-awaken his interest, and then to fan it into the flame of l;ove; but when a woman really means to conquer, a man becomes as a reed in her hands, and this case was no exception to the rule. To the. women who do not know is this counsel given : Hold fast to that which you have, and take no man's lovo for granted.

RECIPES

Specially written for this column

Savoury Potato Balls (baked): Required—One pound of mashed potatoes, half an ounce of butter, ono tablcspoonful of milk, ono teaspoonful of finely-chopped onion, ono teaspoonful of chopped parsley, ono teaspoonful of chopped thyme, salt and pepper, a gill 'of stock or gravy. Mix together ttie mashed potatoes, the milk, and butter—which should first bo melted — adding the chopped herbs aud a good seasoning of salt and pepper. Form tho mixture into small bahs, put them m a baking tin with a gdi of stock or gravy, and bake them in a hot oven fnom 15 to '2O minutes, basting frequently. Serve them on a hot dish.

Potato Croustudes : Required—-Two pounds of cooked potatoes, salt and pepper, the yolks of three eggs ,one wli-ojo egg, breadcrumbs. Rub the through a sieve, then mix with them the three yolks, and salt and pepper. Shape tho mixture into flat, round cakes, about one and a half inches high and the same in diameter. Brush these over carefully with beaten egg, and then cover them with fine crumbs. Repeat this egging and crumbing a second time then with a. small cutter mark a circle in tho centre of each, but only press tho cutter in a little way. Fry tho croustades in plenty of boiling fat, aud drain them on kitchen paper. Take a sharppointed knife, and with it rom-ovc the centre marked on tho top, and carefully hollow out as much of the potato as possible without breaking the side. You havo then a thin hollow case -of potato, which can bo filled with minced poultry, game, or meat of any kind, or fish seasoned nicely and mixed with a little thick sauce.

.Macaroni and Meat Pudding: Required—Half a pound of .Naples macaroni, ono pound of cooked beef •or mutton, two ounces of cooked ham or bacon, three ounces :of stale bread, two teaspoonfuls of chopped onion, two teaspoonfuls of chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Throw the macaroni into a pan of fast-boiling salted water, lot it boil for about three-quarters of an hour or till it is just tender, and then drain it out of the water. Well butter a pudding-basin, and line it with tho macaroni, putting it in as evenly as possible. Mix together tho meat, bread, parsley, •onion, and salt and pepper to taste, press this mixture into the basin, taking care not to dis-

place tho macaroni, aud cover the top with a piece of greased paper. Put tho basin into a saucepan with boiling water to come half-way up tho basin, and steam it for ono and a half hours. Then turn it out carefully, and servo brown sauce with it.

Rice and Peach Mould: Required— One quart of miik, four ounces of rice about two ounces of castor sugar, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, three sheets of gelatine, tinned peaches, a few glace cherries (sufficient for about eight). Put tho milk in a pan on the fire, well wash the rice, and when the milk boils sprinkle it in. Put tho lid on tho pan and simmer very gently until the milk and rice are thick, then add tho sugar, vanilla, and the gelatine, having first dissolved it in a tablespoonful of boiling water. Rinsn out a plain mould with cold water. Place a firm half of a tinned peach on the bottom of the mould with the rut side down, and arrange n circle of klhoo cherries round. Carefully put in a layer'of rice. Arrange slices of peach round the mould, pressing the cut side

on to tho mould. Paek tho mould carofull.y «vlth tho rico, and loavo it until it is s' l : then dip tho mould into tepid water, and turn the contents on to a pretty dish.