Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1892 — HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.

Tlio Science or Duntlnff* It is a science, since the doctors have discovered for us that the furnishings of our houses are the camping ground of lively unknowables called bacteria. The removal of dust Is therefore, not only a performance of eethetic necessity, but of the greatest sanitary importance as well. It is not going too far to say that there is just as much need of classes in the hygienes of cleaning and dusting as there is of cooking classes. The simple displacement of dust isn’u dusting, and the whisking of the feather Is no more evidence of cleanliness than the possession of many books nowadays is an evidence of learning. A room is dusted only when the dust is taken out of the room and is done only when it has been carried out of the room. This is clone by using a soft, slightly-damp-ened cloth to dust with and by wiping the surface of each article slowly and with care not to throw the particles of dust up in the air, whence they will settle again instantly somewhere else. The utility of the feather-duster except for walls is to be doubted, and even for walls a soft cloth is better. A thin silk cloth or a piece of cheesecloth makes a good duster. So does a soft, firm woolen cloth, but linen and cotton-flannel leave lint behind them. One woman uses all of her worn-out silk stockings for dusting and still another makes loose mittens out of old woolen which she puts on as dusters. A turkey's wing is admirable to get the dust out of chinks and between rails, and chamois gives a last polish tetter than anything else. The best polish in all the world to keep furniture from looking dingy is the following: Two tablespoowfuls cotton-seed oil, one tablespoonful turpentine. Instead of cotton-seed oil grout oil and good vegetable oil may be used. This should be well rubbed into wood and then a last polishing given with chamois. This is the recipe of a famous furniture dealer in New York.—Helen Wattorson. How Are Ileds are dressed ia two partircnftor approved forms. One has a bolster arrangement, both top and bofitom, in a way to permit a lace spread to be tucked under and (then draped over. A bed, tw> have this form of arrangement, should be iof equal height at the head and foot boards, and be placed sideways against the wall. Another clever arrangement is permitted when the bed can be located in a corner. A tent-like canopy runs out from the angle of ceiling and walls and is draped down. Pi llow-shams are quite out of style; evetytiaing now is French or English and goes bnck a hundred years for its form, and, -of coarse, pillow-shams did t»at worpy people in those days.

Good Ooku tiny. Stewed Veal.—Chat a slice (Of the cutlet in small pieces, season it with pepper, salt, and, if you prefer It, a little grated lemon peel and nutmeg. Pour in as much water as will nearly cover It, let it cook slowly till about half done, then make a rich gravy with some pieces of butter rolled in flour, and add to the water it was stewed in. Macaiionl— Simmer half a pound of macaroni in plenty of water till tender, but not broken; strain off the water. Take the yolks of five and the whites of two eggs, imd one-half pint of cream, white meat and ham chopped fine, three spoonfuls of grated cheese. Season with salt amd pepper. Hqpt all together, stirring constantly. Mix with the macaroni; put (into .a buttered mold and steam one Ibourr. Sponge Cake. —Beat whites .and yolks of four eggs separately, add two cupfuls of powdered sugar. Mix well two cupfuls of sifted flour, one-haLf cupful of cornstarch and two teaspoonfuls of baking powdqr; add to the eggs and sugar. Pour over tibe whole, stirring briskly, one cupful of boiling water. Flavor. Bake in two pans about 1£ inches deep. Jf desired, spread blackberry or other jam betweem the cakes. Baked Ham. —Soak a ham in cold water over night. Trim it neatly, and cover It all over with a thick crust of flourand water. Bake slowly eight hours. Remove the crust and skin; cover the top with fine cracker crumbs slightly sweetened. Place in the oven till the crumbs are brown. When cold, cut in very thin slices. Lemon Snow (WithOohnstaiicii.) —To a pint of boiling water, add two heaping tablespoonfuls of cornstarch (wet with cold water), the juice of three lemons. 1) cupfuls of sugar. Remove from the fire, and when a little cool beat in the whites of three eggs. Turn out in a dish, and pour custard around it.

American children are conspicuous in London, the Rev. Robert Laird Collier says, for their pronounced manners and adult dress. English boys of 10 usually wear Eton jackets and broad collars, in juvenile contrast to the man’s clothes of a Yankee youth. Collier finds that nearly all of the English women “of the upper classes” have clear, beautiful complexions, and the girls are always simply attired, without jewelry. Don’t judge a man by his failure in life, for many a man fails because hei* too honest to succeed.