Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1895 — Household Hints. [ARTICLE]

Household Hints.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.. Wash silk waists which do not wash, whatever they are called, may be freshened by being sponged with naphtha or benzine. If well fitting shoes are worn when doing -housework they will be found less fatiguing than loose slippers that are supposed to be worn for comfort. Parisian restaurant keepers mix a little honey with their butter. This gives it an agreeable taste and flavor, .and makes inferior butter more palatable. ’ The bang is now little used in children’s hair. The preferred arrange ment for little girls from six to ten. is in loose curls about the face, with the hair hanging to the shoulders, the ends loosely curled. „ - - ■ ■ Mud spots can not be removed -from silk by even. the most vigorous brushing. They should, after drying and brushing, be sponged with alcohol, which will remove them and leaVe the silk fresh and clean. The chef of the Shoreham, in Washington, does not disdan to mix three soups together to obtain a new article. Whether from cans or not is not stated, but the “blend” which he makes of pea soup, tomato soup and Julienne is called Potage Mongol. The secret of making sponge cake is not to beat the air all out of the eggs after it is once beaten in. Beat the yolks to a mass of bubbles, and the whites to a stiff froth. Then cut them into each other with a few crosswise thrusts of a fork, and cut the eggs into the cake mixture in the same sash ton. ' Donot beat the cake after the eggs are added. A new table pad is being shown in the shops, which, it is claimed, is an improvement on the" .double, faced canton flannel generally used for this purpose, because it leaves no lint upon the table surface when, as sometimes happens, a too warm dish heats through the mat. The new cloth is of quilted bleached muslin, with an underlining of white wadding. These come already bound and in several sizes. The crisp, delicious!slices of bacon that are a feature of so many appe - tizing be had by turning each slice every minute over a hot fire in a pan large enough so that the slices shall not touch, and then as soon as the slices are delicately browned on both sides lift them from the pan on a sheet of butchers coarse wrapping paper and allow the bacon to drain upon it in the oven for another minute.