Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1904 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Pepper Stew. Remove the seeds from a dozen green peppers and boll half an hour in lightly salted water. When tender, take up and set one side. Tut into saucepan a half dozen fresh tomatoes, a sliced onion, a sprig of parsley, a couple of cloves and a tenspoonful of salt. Add cold water, and bring to a boil. Simmer until the tomatoes are pulpy, then strain. Put a tablespoonful each of butter and flour into a frying pan, and as soon as melted and “bubbly” add the strained tomatoes. As soon as thickened and creamy put in the peppers. Simmer five minutes, taking care not to crush the peppers, and serve. Picture* In the Kitchen. Hang at least one picture in your kitchen in such a place that it will meet your eye a score of times daily. Let it be a landscape or a figure or a picture "that tells a story,” only be sure that it is not a scene that reproduces something of the daily routine. If practicable change the picture for another once a week or month. Good prints of the best pictures can be had as lotv as a cent each. Take a- look at the picture often, seeing what It means or rather realizing each time what it says to you personally. This will break up the monotohy. which is the deadliest thing about housework. Cse* of Coat Oil. A few drops on your dusting cloth will brighten your furniture as well as prevent dust from flying from the cloth. One tablespoonful added to each boilerful of water will lessen labor as well as whiten your clothes when washing. A few drops added to your boiled starch will make ironing easier. A few drops on a hinge or roller which formed a bad habit of squeaking will insure a speedy cure. A few drops added to the Water witli which windows are to be washed will save time and labor. Eliminate* Danner. There is always a certain amount of danger attached to the washing of the outside of the windows, especially in the upper stories, as the narrow width of the window sills allows but scant space on which to sit, and many a housewife, even if she lias plenty of nerve, is afraid of slipping. For this

reason the cleaning cannot be done thoroughly and seldom looks as nice as if the cleaning could be very easily and thoroughly accomplished and danger of accident eliminated. In this frame the sash is hung on trunnions and hinged at the middle, so that it may be readily swung horizontally entirely around to bring the exterior of the glass in the inside of the room and as readily reversed. The sashes carrying the glass balance each other,’so that the raising or lowering of one produces the opposite movement in the other. To Mend Kid Slippers. White or colored kid slippers often be* come shabby in appearance because the kid has been peeled off the heels. If the slippers are otherwise in good condition the heels can be made to look like new by cutting from the top of an old glove of the same color a piece of kid large enough to stretch and paste about the heel. The upper edge can be securely pushed under the sole of the shoe and neatly trimmed at the bottom. If not worn until perfectly dry the result is most satisfactory. Air the Bedclothes. Teach the boys as well as the girls the proper way to put the bedclothes to air over two chairs in the morning and also occasionally give the boys a lesson in simple cooking by having them help prepare breakfast The lad who can make a good cup of coffee, broil a steak and serve them will lose nothing of manliness, but may find the knowledge useful in after life.—Pilgrim. The Usefal Oaloa. All white meats gain in flavor from a delicate onion admixture with the gravy. The onion is to be grated and put over the meat before it has just finished roasting and then blended by basting. In this way one avoids the burned onion slices which sometimes result from other methods and which have, in a way, caused the addition of onion to be regarded with disfavor. Cluaiaa Water Betties. To clean water bottles and decanters mix together half a gill of vinegar and a handful of salt Shake well in the decanters to be cleaned, and no matter how discolored this treatment has been tried and found successful. Staia Fer Plae Weed. To stain pine wood the color of black walnut use a mixture of one-fourth of a pound of asphaltum, one-half pound of beeswax and one gallon of spirits of turpentine. If not thick enough to spread well, add more wax.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SASH.