Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1905 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Moat and Fiah Garnishes. The articles most frequently used as garnishes are as follows: Parsley aud celery tops for cold meats, poultry and flsh and for chops, cutlets, steaks and salads. Parsley Is also used for roasts aud parsley or curled lettuce for scalloped oysters. Lemon Is almost a universal garnish. The same can be said of parsley. Slices of lemon cut very thin for sardines, raw oysters, boiled fowl, turkey, fish, roast veal, steaks, salads. Garden fennel for salmon or mackerel. Capers for salads. Currant jelly for game, cold tougue, etc. Gherkins or large pickles, cut crosswise, for cold corned beef sliced. Cold hard boiled eggs sliced for cold boiled ham cut In thin slices. Boiled carrot sliced for boiled beef. Beets, pickled and sliced, for cold meat, boiled beef and salt fish. Potato croquettes or Saratoga potatoes may be used with a roast or sirloin of beef. Boiled rice is used on the platter around a boiled leg of mutton, and boiled rice In balls dotted with bright Jelly has a pretty effect around a plate of cold meat.

C«re of the Skla. Bathe the face every night with equal quantities of warm milk and water. It keeps the skin fair and smooth. To preserve a good complexion never wash the face with hard water. If natural soft water cannot be obtained throw a little oatmeal in the water used. Any one can have a clear complexion. There is a simple remedy at hand, and it is water, which should be drunk freely, but not at meals. The water taken must not be too cold. Careful ablution and the use of good soap, strict attention to diet, plenty of outdoor exercise, an occasional mild aperient and a little cold cream rubbed well into the face on a windy day, also on retiring—these little attentions will secure for any one a complexion to be enTled. To Hemstitch on Machine. To hem a sheet tear off about three inches for hem. Place this on top of the sheet as though to sew it on again. Allow half an inch margin on the sheet and only seam width on the hem. Place between the sheet and the hem eight thicknesses of newspaper. Turn the upper tension quite loose. Sew across, tear out the paper, turn up the hem ami make narrow hem on the body o' the sheet.—Housekeeper. Cleaning Copper. Vinegar and salt applied as a panic and rubbed vigorously over the surface will remove stains from brass. Brass and copper will remain bright for a long time If after polishing they are rubbed over with whiting or silver polish. Ironing Colored Garments. Colored garments of any material must be Ironed with medium heat. A thin piece of uiuslln ought to be laui over all allk. It will not then look •hlny, as It otherwise would.