Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — HELPFUL HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HELPFUL HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

Thread Holder That Prevents Tangles and Soiling.

The thread hdlder herewith pictured. Is the Invention of a woman and Is designed to aid the knit or lace worker. Ordinarily the spool of crochet thread Is In constant danger of falling to the floor and unwinding in a most provoking manner. Here Is a little device built on the principle of the safety pin by which the spool of thread la secured to the person of the knitter at some convenient place. It may be on the clothing or fastened In the pocket of an apron, where It may be drawn upon as desired and at the same time Is protected from soil. Kitchen Pointers. A little flour dredged over a cake will prevent the frosting from running before It hardens. Melted alum will mend your glass pieces so the break will not show. Picture wires are better to fasten sash curtains with than tape. The unbeaten white of an egg. added to thin cream, will enable one to whip the cream successfully. ■ A teaspoonful of tartaric acid In a pint bottle of water will remove stains front the hands and will also remove stains front white goods. Aspic Jelly. Calf's foot, veal bones, rind of bacon, two carrots, two onions, thyme, pars ley, a bay leaf nnd a glass of sherry. Place the carrots, onion, thyme, parsley and bay leaf In a saucepan, with the bones, rind and calf's foot cut Into pieces and well washed, cover with water, add salt and pepper and let it boil tightly closed for six or seven hours. Add the sherry. Strain it. let it cool and skim the fat Boil again with a couple of whites of eggs to clarify. __ ■ ■ ;v Chocolate Ice Cream. Place a pint of milk, seven hea|>Ing tablespoonfuls of sugar, and four squares of baking chocolate In a dou ble boiler and cook until the chocolate has melted and the mixture Is smooth. Chill, turn into the freezer and turn the dasher until the mixture Is frozen to the consistency of mutli. Take out the dasher, add a pint of whipped cream and a small tablespoonful of vanilla. Beat vigorously, repack and stand for two hours to mellow. Codfish With Egg Sauce. Take one pound of salt codfish, boll It and remove the skin and bones. Then fry lightly In buttes. adding chopped up parsley, salt and pepper Stir about constantly nnd add from time to time a little boiling water until the fish is thoroughly cooked. Then beat up the yolks of two eggs and add them with a little flour and cook for a few moments more. Squeeze on some lemon Juice and serve Baked Squash. Cut the Squash In good sized pieces, remove seeds, but do not peel, lay in a dripping pan with a very little water In the bottom and bake one and a half to two hours, or until soft Scrape the flesh from the skin or shell, mash and add a few spoonfuls of cream or butter, salt and pepper to taste and a bit of sugar. Serve very hot. French Ice Cream. In a double boiler scald one pint of milk, beat together five eggs and one cupful of sugar and stir slowly Into the scalded milk. When It thickens, strain and set away to cool. Beat one pint of cream to a froth, add to the chilled custard with two tablespoonfuls of vanilla and freeze. Green Sauce.: Boil a handful of spinach and squeeze the Juice from the leaves through a fine cloth Into a bowl. Add this green water to. a mayonnaise sauce with some chopped tarragon, chives, parsley and shallots. Serve with cold boiled salmon or salmon trout. » .■■■' i ' \ . Washing Bedspreads. instead of putting a bedspread through the wringer, hang it on the line dripping wet It will dry without a crease, will not require Ironing and the fringe will be as fluflTy as when new. Walnut Wafer*. Roll chilled pie crust very thin, strew ground walnuts and a fine sifting of salt over and press down with rolling pin, then cut into small strips or diamonds and bake In hot oven.