Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1909 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Keep the House Air Moist.

There is such a thing as having a house, or its air at least, too dry. The effect of very dry air is to take moisture too rapidly from skin and mucous membranes. This has two bad re-sults-it produces a feeling of chilliness, making rooms that are really too hot seem too cold, and it injures the throat and air passages. As yet no satisfactory scheme has been devised for keeping the air in a house properly moist in the winter time. Water in furnace pans or in dishes set on radiators supplies only a fraction of the moisture needed. And yet these attempts should not be abandoned; they are far better than nothing. Use pans or dishes of generous size, remembering that the larger the surface of the •water the more rapidly it evaporates. —La Follette’s Magazine.

Italian Cabbage.

Italian cabbage is a very appetizing dish. Slice two onions and fry them in a little butter, add two cupfuls of boiled rice and one-half cupful of meat stock or hot water, simmer until heated through and then take from the tire and sprinkle with one-half cupful of grated cheese. Parboil cabbage leaves of uniform size, spread them with the rice paste, roll them up and tie them ■with white string. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a stewpan and cook until the cabbage is tender. Sprinkle with more grated cheese and serve with tomato sauce.

Carrot Preserves. Wash the carrots and boll just long enough to enable you to peel them easily. Peel and slice crosswise into pieces about one-quarter of an inch thick. Put into boiling sugar sirup flavored with either lemon or sliced ginger root. Cook until the carrots can be pierced easily with a fork. Pack in jars and seal. For the sirup use three-fourths of a pint of sugar

to a pint of carrots and an ounce or ginger root to one-half gallon of sirup. Safety For Window Washers. Much of the risk in the calling of window cleaning has been eliminated by the invention of a New York man. This invention is a safety appliance which enables a window washer to go about his or her work without fear of meeting a sudden and horrible death on the pavement eighteen or twenty stories below. First there is a belt, with rings around it. Then there is a cable of two strands which join in a loop, to which a hook is attached. The cable fastens to the belt by the rings. The washer straps the belt around his waist and takes his position on the window sill. The cable, as shown in the illustration, hangs inside, and the hook can be anchored to some

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heavy piece of furniture or to another hook in the floor or surbase near the window. While this device was designed primarily for professional window cleaners, it will be found useful 1b private bouses.

Boston Baked Beans. Pick over beuns enough to make two cupfuls, put in a kettle of hot water and boil for Are minutes after they be-

gin to boll. Drain and put one small or one-half of a large onion and onehalf pound of salt pork in bottom of the pot, then beans, one-half teaspoonful of mustard, one-half teaspoonful of salt (or more) and a large spoonful of molasses. Put in oven and keep covered with hot water six hours or more.

To Steam Brown Bread.

For steaming brown bread use the round pound coffee cans for molds Butter cans and covers well and pour in batter, leaving room for bread to rise. Be sure covers are on tight and place cans in as small a kettle as will hold them, and fill kettle not quite half full of water, keeping it at this height ail the time. Steam for three hours, and if not brown enough to suit remove cover and bake in a moderate oven about thirty minutes.

Potato Omelet.

One cup of mashed potatoes, three eggs, yolks and white beaten separately; a scant teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white pepper, one-half cup of sweet milk and a heaping teaspoonful of flour. Heat and grease a large saucepan or frying pan and pour the mixture into it. Keep on top of stove at moderate heat till set and browned on underside, then set on the rack in the oven to brown on top.

Candied Orange Peel.

A new way to prepare candled orange peel is to boll the peel, changing the water two or three times, until the bitter taste is removed. Drajg from the water and cover with maple sirup and cook till it candies, stirring constantly.