Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1905 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Calf's Foot Jelly. Put two catfls feet properly dressed End cleaned in two quarts of water and let them simmer for five hours or until the liquid is reduced to about half. Strain through a fine sieve and let It stand until stiff; then remove the fat from the surface, pouring a cupful of boiling water over it at the last and placing a clean piece of blotting paper over It to make sure that there Is not a particle of fat remaining. Now add two wineglasses of sherry, the juice of six lemons and the rind of one, the whites and sheila of five eggs and two cupfuls of sugar. Mix until the sugar melts, add the jelly, place over a fire iu a porcelain lined kettle and keep stirring until It comes to the boiling point Remove the Bpoon and cook ten minutes without stirring. If any scum arises it may be gently removed without disturbing the jelly. Draw the kettle to the side of the fire, let it stand to settle twenty minutes longer, pass twice through a jelly bag wrung out of hot water and put into molds (not metal, however, as that Is apt to discolor it). Keep In a cool place. In hot weather It holds its own bettor If a tablespoonful of gelatin dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of cold tfrater is added Just as the jelly Is taken from the fire, not allowing it to cook. Labor Savins Dustpan. The body of the dustpan can be of any desired size or capacity and is formed with vertical side walls aud a rear wall, the side walls converging to the rear wall. The bottom of the pan Is composed of two separate portions, the front portion inclining downward from an intermediate step, the back portion inclining to the rear wall of the pan. An aperture is formed in the rear wall, extending Its full length, while at the sides of the aperture are vertical guldeways for the'accommodation

HA2TDT DUSTPAN. of a movable closure or slide. Upon one side of the back wall la a socket for the reception of the handle, while connected to the closure Is a rod, extending along the handle, this rod having a finger piece at Its upper end so that It can be conveniently manipulated. A lug In the closure prevents the slide from being pulled open too far. By placing the pan upon the floor and steadying It by the handle a dust heap can be readily swept over Uje inclined front bottom portion, dropping over the transverse step and on to the sunken rear portion, where a considerable quantity of sweepings can be accumulated without danger of spilling and emptied by means of the rod and slide. Cellar Whitewash. Pour Into a good sized pall or kettle lime enough to whitewash the cellar. Over the lime pour buttermilk enough to cover It. Let the lime and buttermilk stand for five or six days. Then, without stirring the bottom, turn off the surface of the buttermilk, add fresh buttermilk and stir up. Add buttermilk until the whitewash Is thin enough to use. Dash In a liberal amount of salt, and the whitewash la ready. A clean whitewashed cellar la a thing of beauty and a spot of which any housewife may be juattf’proud.