Fruit Storing And Preserving
Storing And Preserving Vege Tables, Fruit, Nuts, And Herbs Conditions That Cause Vegetables To Decay Are Moisture And Heat, Or Fre Quent And Extreme Changes Of Tem Perature, As Alternate Freezing And Thawing. These Conditions Are Also Favorable To The Attacks Of Insects. Cold Storage In A Dry Vault, With ...
Fruit And Nut Creams
Fruit And Nut Creams Fruit Creams.—chop Up Any De Sired Fruit As Citron, Currants, Figs, Or Seedless Raisins Very Fine And Mix With French Cream While The Sugar Is Being Stirred In. Roll The Mass On A Suitable Slab With A Rolling Pin, And Cut Or Mold To Any Desired ...
Furniture
Furniture Furniture Should Be Chosen For Sim Plicity And Durability. The Most Simple Designs Are Usually The Most Artistic, And The Most Durable Arti Cles Are Likely To Be The Most San Itary. Quiet And Subdued Colors And Dull Finishes Are The Most Restful And Generally Satisfactory, Although The High ...
Furniture Polish
Furniture Polish Holes In Furniture. — To Fill Up Cracks Or Holes In Furniture, Make A Thick Glue Size By Boiling Pure White Glue With Water To The Consistency Of Milk Or Thin Cream. Mix With Fine Sawdust From The Same Or Similar Wood To Make A Stiff Paste. With ...
Furs To Clean Feathers
To Clean Feathers, Furs, And Straw To Clean Feathers.—prepare Suds By Shaving And Boiling Half A Bar Of Hard White Or Naphtha Soap In A Saucepan With Sufficient Water. Dilute With Warm Soft Water. Immerse The Plume In This And Allow It To Soak For Ten Or Fifteen Minutes, Occasionally ...
Gasoline Gas Coal Gas
Coal Gas, Gasoline Gas, And Acetylene Gas.—gas For Illuminating Purposes Was Invented By William Murdoch In 1792 At Redrutch, Cornwall, England. It Was First Used In The United States In 1806 By David Melville, Of Newport, R. I. It Was Introduced In Boston In 1822, And In New York The ...
General Hints In Time
General Hints In Time Of Accident Keep Cool. Try And Keep Others Cool. This Is The Great Need. In Time Of Panic, Or Fire, Or Accident, Serious Results May Be Avoided If Some Person Is Calm Enough To Take Charge Of Things And Inspire Confi Dence. It Is Well For ...
Glass And Ivory
Glass And Ivory To Cut Glass.—to Cut Glass With A Chisel, Cover It With A Solution Of Camphor Gum Dissolved In Spirits Of Turpentine, And Do The Cutting While The Glass Is In The Solution. To Anneal Glass. — To Anneal Or Season Glass, As Lamp Chimneys And The Like, ...
Glue
Glue Liquid Glue.—prepared Or Liquid Glue Is A Solution Of Glue With Water Kept Liquid By The Addition Of 1 Fluid Ounce Of Strong Nitric Acid To 1 Pound Of Dry Glue. Or Add 3 Ounces Of Commercial Acetic Acid To 1 Ounce Of Glue. Or Mix 2 Ounces Of ...
Hair Dyes
Hair Dyes Dyeing As A Means Of Changing The Normal Color Of The Hair Is Now Very Little Resorted To, Except By A Small Number Of Thoughtless Girls And Wom En Who Are Misled By Ignorant Or In Terested Persons. This Practice Is Regarded By All Intelligent Persons As An ...
Hair Oils
Hair Oils Use Of Hair Oils.—the Natural Lus Ter Of The Hair Is Often Destroyed By The Excessive Use Of Hair Oils And Similar Preparations. The Sebaceous Glands Which Secrete An Oily Sub Stance Are Attached Closely To The Roots Of The Hair, And Normally Sup Ply It With Sufficient ...
Hair Tonics
Hair Tonics Loosening And Falling Out Of The Hair.—this Often Takes Place As The Result Of Infectious Diseases, On Ac Count Of The Weakening Of The Scalp. Contrary To Common Belief, It Is Probably Never Due To Results Of Dis Sipation And Excesses. Hygienic Measures To Improve The General Health ...
Hair Washes
Hair Washes The Solid And Semisolid Bases Com Monly Found In Toilet Preparations Are Naturally To A Great Degree Ab Sent From Those Given Here. The Base Of These Washes Is Usually Soft Water, Rose Water, Eau De Cologne, Or Some Form Of Spirits In Which The Remedial Agencies And ...
Hairdressing Both For Men
Hairdressing Both For Men And Women Hairdressing. — The Subject Of Hairdressing, While Of Interest To Both Sexes, Is Especially Important To Women, Both Because The Mass And Length Of Their Hair Render It Difficult To Handle And Keep Clean, And Also Because Any Peculiarities It May Have Are Very ...
Hard Soap
Hard Soap To Boil Hard Process Of Making Hard Soap Is Similar To That Of Making Soft Soap By Boiling, With The Addition Of Steps Taken To Sepa Rate Water, Glycerin, Excess Of Alkali, And Other Impurities From The True Soap, I. E., The Alkali Salts Of The Fat Ty ...
Hard Wood Floors
Hard-wood Floors Finish For Hard-wood Floors.— Rub Down A New Floor With Sandpa Per, And Polish With Pumice Mois Tened With A Little Water. Wads Clean, Let Dry, Fill The Nail Holes With Putty, And If The Grain Of The Wood Is Open, Apply A Suitable Filler. Avoid A Cheap ...
Health Hints What To Do
Health Hints-what To Do In Emergency Health Hints.—it Is Much Better To Prevent Disease Than To Cure It. Health Depends Upon Strict Adher Ence To A Few Simple Rules. Most Of The Sickness Of To-day Is Preventable, And Is Due Primarily To Carelessness In Living Habits. It Is Not Enough, ...
Heating Systems
Heating Systems The Principal Systems Of Heating Dwelling Houses Are The Use Of Steam, Hot Water Or Hot Air, Generated By Furnaces (located Usually In A Base Ment Or Cellar), And The Use Of Closed Coal, Oil, Or Gas Stoves, Or Of Open Grates, Which May Be Placed In Stoves ...
Honey And Beeswax
Honey And Beeswax Honey.—honey Is Not, As Some Suppose, Produced By Bees, But Is The Sweet Material Collected From Flowers By The Honeybee And Stored By Them As Food For Themselves And Their Pro Geny, Hence The Aroma And Flavor Of Honey Varies With Its Source, That From White Clover ...
Hot Weather Care Of Infants
Hot-weather Care Of Infants And Young Children The Following Suggestions, Given By F. W. Reilly, M.d., Assistant Commissioner Of Health, And En Dorsed By W. A. Evans, M.d., Com Missioner Of Health, Both Of The Chicago Health Department, Are The Best To Be Obtained Anywhere On The Subject. The Department ...
House Cleaning
House Cleaning In Addition To The Daily And Weekly Routine Of Housework It Is Customary To Give The House And Its Furnishings A Thorough Overhauling And Renova Ting Once Or Twice A Year, Usually In The Spring And Fall. But This Custom Varies In Different Parts Of The Coun Try, ...
House Furnishing
House Furnishing The Subject Of House Furnishing Is More Important Than Is Often Realized. It Has A Moral And A Social As Well As An Economic Side. The Relation Is Very Close Between The Character, Or At Least The Reputation, Of Men And Their Surroundings. Everyone Is Free To Change ...
How To Cook Salt
How To Cook Salt Fish Stuffed Salt Mackerel. Freshen 2 Fish By Soaking Six Or Eight Hours, Wipe, Dry, And Squeeze Lemon Juice Over The Flesh Side. Lay 1 Fish In The Bottom Of A Baking Pan, And Cover With A Thick Dressing Made Of Bread Crumbs Well Seasoned With ...
How To Treat A
How To Treat A Bruise Or Sprain A Bruise Is A Wound Under The Skin And Is Usually Caused By Blows, Falls, Squeezes, Or Pinches. Bruises Are Often Referred To As Black-and-blue Spots. The Part Affected Swells, Then Changes Color, At First Red, Then Blue, Fading Out To A Greenish ...
Ice Cream
Ice Cream Coffee Cream. Cupful Very Strong Coffee, 1 Pint Milk, 3 Pints Cream, 2 Cupfuls Sugar. Heat The Milk And Half The Cream In A Double Boiler. Put In The Coffee And Sugar, And Stir Until The Latter Is Dissolved. Take From The Fire, And When Cool, Put Into ...
Ice And Refrigeration
Ice And Refrigeration Nature Of Ice.—ice Is One Of A Number Of Substances That Occupy A Greater Volume In The Solid Than In The Liquid State. At The Moment Of Freezing It Expands With Great Force About One Eleventh In Bulk, As Is Testi Fied By The Bursting Of Frozen ...
Ices And Icing
Ices And Icing Icings For Candy And Cake. — Icing, As Ordinarily Made, Consists Of Powdered Sugar Beaten Up To A Stiff Froth With White Of Egg. Gum Ara Bic Is Frequently Used To Give Addi Tional Stiffness. The Addition Of But Ter Or Cream Improves The Flavor And Prevents ...
Industrial Alcohol
Industrial Alcohol Denatured Alcohol May Be Dis Tilled From The Various Products Of The Farm, Such As Corn, Potatoes, Beets, Sugar Cane, And Other Starch And Sugar-bearing Grains Or Plants. It Is Simply The Ordinary Grain Alco Hol Of Commerce Made Unfit For Use As A Beverage. Prior To January ...
Iron And Steel
Iron And Steel Pure Iron Is A Silvery-white Metal Having A Mild But Brilliant Luster. It Is Rarely Seen In A Pure State. Com Mercial Iron And Steel Comprise A Se Ries Of Alloys Of Iron With Carbon, Man Ganese, Chrome, Nickel, Tungsten, And Other Metals. These Alloys Have Vari ...
Ironing
Ironing To Iron Shirts. — Starch The Shirt Bosoms, Collars, And Cuffs In Cooked Starch Containing Also Wax Or Lard Or Other Similar Substance. The Addition Of Gum Arabic Will Increase The Stiff Ness. First Use The Common Iron In The Usual Way, Making The Surface Smooth, But Without Polishing. ...
Kerosene Oil
Kerosene Oil Kerosene Lamps.—the Use Of Kero Sene In Rural Districts And Small Vil Lages Is Practically Universal. For Merly, The Oil Of The Sperm Whale Was The Principal Source Of Illumination In Those Localities, And Before The Dis Covery Of Petroleum The Problem Of Lighting For Country Districts Was ...
Kindling And Care Of
Kindling And Care Of Fires To Kindle Fires.—suggestions For Kindling Fires Must Naturally Be Modi Fied According To Circumstances. There Is A Vast Difference Between The Elec Tric Range That, By Pulling A Lever, Can Be Instantly Adjusted At Any Given Temperature, The Gas Range That Re Quires Merely The ...
Kinds Of Baths
Kinds Of Baths Outdoor Bathing.—this Form Of Bathing, If Moderately Indulged In, Is An Excellent Exercise For Bodily Devel Opment. In Warm Climates It May Be Practiced Throughout The Year; But In Northern Latitudes Fresh-water Bath Ing Should Not Be Indulged In Except In Summer. There Are Some Fanatics Who ...
Kinds Of Candies
Kinds Of Candies Among The Many Sorts Of Candy Turned Out By Professional Confec Tioners, Certain Standard Makes Or Kinds May Be Noted Which Admit Of A General Description. One Important Distinction Is Between The Cooked Can Dies, The Basis Of Which Is The Clari Fied Sirup Boiled To The ...
Kinds Of Fuel
Kinds Of Fuel The Principal Kinds Of Fuel Used In This Country Are Anthracite Or Hard, And Bituminous Or Soft, Coal, Coke, Gas, Petroleum Or Kerosene, And Wood, Either Hard Or Soft. Peat Or Turf Fuel Is Quite Common In European Countries, And Some Attempts Have Been Made To Introduce ...
Kinds Of Spots And
Kinds Of Spots And Stains The Principal Stains And Spots The Laundress Has To Do With Are Tea, Cof Fee, And Wine Stains, Iron Rust, And Ink; Paint And Tar, Grass Stains And Mildew, Blood Stains, Grease Spots, And Mud Stains. These Should All Be Removed From Washable Articles Be ...
Kisses And Marshmallows
Kisses And Marshmallows These Are Made Of Confectioners' Xxx Or Powdered Sugar, Stiffened With The White Of Egg Or Gum Arabic And Browned In A Baking Oven. Bak Ing Powder Or Cream Of Tartar Is Sometimes Added To Make Them Light Er. To Make Plain Kisses, Beat The Whites Of ...
Laces And Lace Curtains
Laces And Lace Curtains To Wash Lace.—to Wash Cotton Or Linen Lace Or Embroidery Prepare Suds Of Hard White Soap With Hot Water, To Which Add 1 Or 2 Teaspoonfuls Of Borax. If Much Soiled, Boil The Arti Cles In The Suds Before Or After Wash Ing, Or Both. Squeeze ...
Lacquer For Metals
Lacquer For Metals Lacquers Are Of Two Sorts: (1) Spirit Varnishes Or Lac Varnishes, Composed Of The Gums Copal, San Darac, Mastic, Shellac, Or Anime In The Form Of True Solutions With Al Cohol Or Wood Spirits, And The Like; And (2) Japanese Or Chinese Lacquer Work, Properly Called Lacquer, ...
Lamb
Lamb Left—overs Can Be Used In Nearly Every Recipe Given For Beef. It Is Especially Good For Croquettes And Makes A Sav Ory Stew. Save Every Drop Of Gravy Or Liquid From The Platter When Set Ting A Roast Of Lamb Away. It Re Quires All The Enriching It Can ...
Lamb And Mutton
Lamb And Mutton Mutton Stew (irish Recipe). Pounds Neck Mutton, 2 Quarts Potatoes, 4 Onions, 2 Cupfuls Boiling Water, Pepper And Salt. Cut The Mutton In Pieces, And Put In Saucepan With The Onions Cut In Rings, Also The Hot Water And Salt. Let It Boil, Then Simmer Gently For ...
Laundry Utensils
Laundry Utensils Utensils For Washing.—the List Of Utensils For The Laundry Includes Wash Boiler, Wringer, Washboard, Washing Machine, Three Or Four Tubs, Two Or Three Pails, Clothes Stick, Dipper, And Large And Small Clothes Baskets. Wood En Tubs And Pails Are The Most Com Mon, But Those Made Of Paper ...
Lead And Its Alloys
Lead And Its Alloys Lead. — Next To Iron, Lead Is The Most Common Of Metals. Its Color Is Bluish Gray, It Is Soft And Ductile, It Burns At A White Heat In The Open Air, Producing An Oxide Known As Litharge, Which Is Much Used As A Dryer In ...
Left Over Vegetables
Left-over Vegetables Possibilities For Utilizing Cold Vegetables Are Greater Than For Any Dish That Comes To The American Ta Ble. Almost Every Vegetable In Com Mon Use, From The Ragged Outside Leaves Of Lettuce To . Cupful Cold String Beans, May Reappear As A Tasty Hot Dish Or A Tempting ...
Left Overs Of Beef
Left-overs Of Beef Meat Goes On The Table In Some Households Day After Day In The Same Style, With The Carver Doing His Best At Each Meal To Leave It As Sightly As Possible. Its Last Appear Ance Is Calculated To Take Away The Appetite Of An Entire Family. The ...
Linear Or Long Measure
Linear Or Long Measure Linear Neasure.—the Standard Of Linear, Or Long Measure, Is The Length Of A Pendulum That Will Vibrate In A Vacuum, At The Sea Level In London, At 69° F., Once In A Second. Scientists Have Determined That Such A Pendu Lum Is Nearly 39.1393 Inches In ...
Living Rooms
Living Rooms The Old Custom Of Setting Apart A "best Room" Or Parlor To Be Used Only On Special Occasions, As For Weddings, Funerals, Or The Entertainment Of Com Pany, Is Happily Passing Away. Only Very Wealthy People Now Have Draw Ing-rooms Reserved For State Occasions. The Present Tendency Is ...