Poison Ivy And Poison
Poison Ivy And Poison Oak Sumac, Etc.—when Poisoned From These Plants An Irritating Rash Ap Pears And Is Frequently Accompanied By A Painful Swelling Of The Parts Affected. A Strong Solution Of Bak Ing Soda Is Good. Zinc Ointment Is Also Recommended, Or In The Absence Of These Plain Vaseline ...
Poisoned Wounds
Poisoned Wounds Insect Bites.—for Mosquito Bites, Stings From Gnats, Wasps, Bees, And Spiders, Ammonia Is The Best Treat Ment. Oil May Follow, Or The Parts Washed In Salt Water. Baking Soda Dissolved In Warm Water Is Also Good. The Sting Should Be Removed. Ben Zine Is Said To Be Good ...
Poisons And Their Antidotes
Poisons And Their Antidotes In Treating This Important Subject, Much Could Be Said, But As It Might Prove Confusing, I Shall Try And Condense The Information In The Smallest Possible Space And Make My Suggestions Very Simple And Clear. In Cases Of Poisoning, One Must Act Quickly And Keep Cool. ...
Popcorn Candy
Popcorn Candy Popcorn Is Used As An Ingredient Of Candies In Several Forms, Including The Ordinary Popcorn Balls, Popcorn Cakes, Bars, Or Nougats, And Crystal Lized Popcorn. Choose For This Purpose A Quality Of Popcorn Which Pops Light And Ten Der, And Select , Only The Kernels That Are Fully ...
Pork
Pork Roast Pork. A Piece Of Loin From A Young Pig, 3 Pounds In Weight; Score The Rind Across One Eighth Of An Inch Apart, Season With Tablespoonful Salt And Teaspoonful Pepper; Lay The Pork In A Roasting Pan, Place It In A Medium Hot Oven, Roast Till Light Brown, ...
Pork And Ham Left Overs
Pork And Ham Left-overs Pork, In The Estimation Of Some Persons, Is Better Than When It Is Hot. Serve It In Neatly Cut Slices For Tea Or Luncheon At The Second Meal, Then Take Stock Of The Remains And Look To The Future. Roa4-pork Bones Make An Excellent Brown Stock, ...
Potatoes
Potatoes Boiled Potatoes. In Boiling Potatoes, Choose Tubers, If Possible, Which Are Of The Same Size. When This Cannot Be Done, Put The Larger Potatoes At The Bottom Of The Saucepan, The Small Ones On Top. Wash, Pare, And Put In Cold Water To Prevent Them From Becoming Discol Ored. ...
Potatoes Which Are Pried
Pota.toes Which Are Pried Saratoga Chips. Pare Potatoes, Slice Into Thin Shav Ings -on A Vegetable Cutter, And Allow To Soak In Ice Water For An Hour. Lift From The Water, Dry In A Towel, Fry In Deep Fat Or Oil Until They Curl And Are Delicately Brown. Shake As ...
Poultry
Poultry Selecting A Chicken, Feel Of The Breastbone; It Ought To Be Smooth And Soft As Cartilage And Bend Easily. A Young Chicken Has Soft Feet, A Smooth Skin, And Abundance Of Pin Feathers. Long Hairs, Coarse Scales On The Feet, And An Ossified Breast Bone Are Pretty Sure Signs ...
Precious
Precious Metals—gold And Silver Gold.—gold Is Probably The Earli Est Known Of The Metals, And One Of The Most Widely Distributed. It Is Among The Heaviest, Softest, And Most Malleable. It Occurs In Nearly All The Great Mountain Ranges And In Sea Water. United States Gold Coin Con Sists Of ...
Preparations For Wash Day
Preparations For Wash Day The Custom Of This Country Has Es Tablished Monday As Wash Day. Many Families, However, Prefer Tuesday, In Order To Have An Opportunity On Monday To Sort Over The Different Ar Ticles, Mend Tears, Remove Stains, And The Like. Bed Clothing Is Usually Changed On Saturday, ...
Preparations For The Night
Preparations For The Night To Prepare For Sleep.—all Clothing Worn During The Day Should Be Re Moved, And A Night Garment, Prefer Ably Of Linen Or Wool, Should Be Put On. A Warm Bath Just Before Retiring Is A Most Healthful Custom. The Bed Covers Should Never Be Drawn Over ...
Preservation Of Cooked Meat
Preservation Of Cooked Meat In Addition To The Preservation Of Fresh Meat In Various Ways, Cooked Or Partially Cooked Meats May Be Preserved For Considerable Periods Of Time By Canning Or Taking Other Means To Exclude The Air. Meats To Be Canned Are First Cut Into Suit Able Pieces, Boiled ...
Preserves And Preserving
Preserves And Preserving Preserving Fruit.—the Process Of Preserving Is A Very Simple One, Al Though It Takes A Large Amount Of Time And Great Care. However, Any Housekeeper Can Accomplish It. The Principal Secret Of Success Is That The Fruit Should Be Put Up And Sealed While Hot And The ...
Process Of Canning And
Process Of Canning And Preserving Nature Of The Process.—canning Or Preserving Fruit Is A Process Of Killing, By Means Of Heat, The Germs That Cause Fruit To Decay And Pre Venting The Contact Of Other Germs By Covering The Fruit With Boiling Sirup And Sealing It Hermetically So As To ...
Pudding Sauces
Pudding Sauces Chocolate Sauce. 1 Cupful Water, Cupful Sugar, 1 Stick Cinnamon, 1 Square Runkel's Chocolate, Cupful Milk, Tablespoonfuls Cornstarch, Dash Salt, 1 Teaspoonful Mcilhenny's Mexi Can Vanilla. Cook Together The Water, Sugar, And Cinnamon, Strain, Add The Chocolate 'which Has Been Dissolved In Hot Milk, Thicken With Cornstarch, Wet ...
Puddings Made From Stale
Puddings Made From Stale Bread And Cake Variety Of Puddings Into Which Stale Bread Enters Is Endless. Lt Be Gins With The Old-fashioned, Economi Cal Pandowdy And Ends With The Queen Of Puddings, Rich In Jam And Lovely In Meringue. For Puddings, Use Only Stale Bread Or Crumbs, Re Jecting ...
Puff Paste
Puff Paste You Have A Marble Slab To Work On When Making Puff Paste, Your Work Will Be Easier. A Rolling-pin With Movable Handles Makes The Touch Lighter. There Can Be No Heavy Handed Methods, Or You Will Have A Solid, Indigestible Substance. Scald An Earthen Bowl, Fill With Ice ...
Puff Paste Dainties
Puff-paste Dainties Vol Au Vent. Lay A Mold Upon A Round Of Puff Paste, Rolled About Half An Inch Thick, And Cut Out A Circle As Big As You Think Will Be Required To Cover It. Set The Mold Upside Down And Tuck Down The Paste, Handling Carefully. Do Not ...
Rats And Mice
Rats And Mice To Destroy Rats And Mice.—meth Ods Recommended For Destroying Rats And Mice May Be Summed Up As The Use Of Poisons, Traps, Ferrets, Fumigation, And The Rat-proof Con Struction Of Buildings. In Addition, Lt Bacteriological Product Has Been Dis Covered By The Pasteur Institute Which Communicates To ...
Renovating
Renovating Almost Always The Garment Which Is To Be Mended Requires More Or Less Renovation Before It Is Ready For Serv Ice Again. In The Case Of Cotton Fab Rics The Laundry Does The Work. In Silks, Woolens, Or Velvets A Deft Hand And Cleansing Fluid, A Damp Cloth And ...
Ribbons To Do Up
To Do Up Silks, Ribbons, And Woolens To Iron Silks.—lift Silks From The Rinsing Water, Shake And Snap Them To Remove As Much Water As Possible Without Squeezing Or Wringing, And Smooth Them Out On Pieces Of Old Cot Ton Cloth Or Towels. Roll Them Up In These And Iron ...
Rosin Soap
Rosin Soap Soap With Rosin—common Yellow Soap.—wbile Making Hard Soap The Addition Of Rosin Increases Its Weight And Bulk More Than Its Value. Where Rosin Is Used It Is Necessary To Melt Up The Cake Of Soap With Water After It Has Been Removed From The Lye, And Boil. After ...
Rouge
Rouge Rouge Paste And Powder. — The Base Of Rouge For The Lips And Cheeks Is Usually French Chalk, Almond Oil, Or Other Animal Fat, Or Oil, Or One Of The Gums, As Gum Tragacanth, Colored With Cochineal, Carmine, Vermilion, Alkanet, Or Other Red Coloring Matter, And Perfumed To Taste. ...
Rugs
Rugs Care Of Rugs. — Before Sweeping, Rugs Should Be Removed From The Room And Thoroughly Cleaned Before They Are Returned To The Floor. If Rugs Are Caught By The Ends And Shaken They Soon Tear Out And Unravel. A Better Way Is To Hang Them On A Line And ...
Salads
Salads Not So Many Years Ago That Salads Were Considered A Luxury Only To Be Found On The Tables Of The Wealthy; To-day A Wider Knowledge Of Cookery Has Taught The Housewife Who Has To Set A Table With A Small In Come That There Is No More Economi Cal, ...
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Salads Water Cress And Stririg-bean Salad. Arrange Water Cress On A Flat Dish; In The Middle Put A Small Heap Of Cream-cheese Balls; Around These Lay In Regular Piles Cooked And Seasoned String Beans; Cover With French Dressing. Cucumber-and-tomato Salad In Cu Cumber's. Cut Lengthwise Large Cucumbers; Scoop Out The ...
Salting And Pickling Meat
Salting And Pickling Meat Curing Meat. —among The Various Methods Of Preserving Beef, Pork, Mutton, And Other Meats For Consid Erable Periods Of Time, Are Drying, Canning, Pickling, 0.nd Smoking. Dry Ing Meat Is Practiced Chiefly In Hot Climates And In Localities Where The Air Is Free From Moisture. It ...
Sandwiches
Sandwiches The Old-fashioned Sandwich—two Thick Wedges Of Bread, Erratically Buttered, Hard Of Crust, Exuding Mus Tard, And With Frills Of Ham Or Corned Beef About The Edge--has Been Rele Gated To The Past By The Arrival Of The Meat Chopper. The Sandwiches Of The Past Were Of Half-dozen Va Rieties; ...
Sealing Wax
Sealing Wax Sealing Wax Is Made Of Shellac, With The Addition Of Turpentine To Prevent Brittleness And To Make It Melt Even Ly, And Of Earthy Matters To Increase The Weight And To Prevent Its Melting Too Quickly. Pale Or Bleached Shellac Is Used For Light-colored Sealing Wax, But Common ...
Sewing Room Conveniences
Sewing-room Conveniences A Gas Or Oil Stove To Heat Irons For Pressing Is An Added Convenience To The Sewing Room. Two Irons Should Be Kept In The Sewing Room So As Not To Interfere With The Laundry Irons. A Skirt Board And A Narrow Sleeve Board Are Also Necessities. When ...
Shades Curtains
Curtains, Shades, And Draperies The Use Of Curtains Originated Be Fore The Invention Of Glass, When Win Dows Were Either Open Or Imperfectly Protected Against Draughts. They Originally Hung Straight Down Across The Sash. At Present The Object Of Window Shades And Curtains Is Primarily To Regulate The Amount Of ...
Shellfish
Shellfish Fried Clams. Select Plump Clams, Dry Them On A Towel, Roll In Cracker Crumbs, Dip In Egg, Again In Crumbs, And Fry In Hot Fat; Lay A Sheet Of Paper In A Colan Der And Put The Clams On This As Fast As Taken Up; Serve On A Napkin. ...
Sherbets
Sherbets Lemon Sherbet. 4 Lemons, 2 Cupfuls Sugar, 1 Quart Boiling Water. Shave Off The Peel From 2 Lemons. Put Abe Parings Into A Bowl, Add The Boiling Water, And Let Stand Ten Min Utes Closely Covered. Cut The Lemons In Halves, Remove The Seeds, Squeeze Out The Juice, And ...
Silks And Satin
Silks And Satin To Launder Silks.—to Wash Silk Dresses And Other Garments, Ribbons, Handkerchiefs, Stockings, And The Like, First Rip Apart Made-up Garments, Shake, And Brush Thoroughly To Free Them From Dust. Prepare Soap Jelly By Cutting Castile Or Other Good White Hard Soap Into Shavings, Pour Over It About ...
Simple Home Preparations
Simple Home Preparations The Following Simple Homemade Preparations Are Suggested In Addi Tion To The More Elaborate Receipts Given Later: To Remove Freckles. — Prepara Tions Recommended For The Removal Of Freckles Are Usually Of An Acid Character Containing Alum, Lemon Juice, Horse-radish, Buttermilk, And The Like; Also Mineral Drugs, ...
Sirijp Candies
Sirijp Candies Sirup Candies May Be Made Of Any Desired Flavor By Boiling A Sirup The Same As For Molasses Candy. Clarify It By Adding A Little Carefully Picked Gum Arabic Dissolved In Hot Water. The Impurities Which Are Taken Up By The Gum Rise To The Surface And Can ...
Sleeping Rooms
Sleeping Rooms The Objects And Nature Of Sleep Should Be Understood As A Basis For The Intelligent Furnishing And Care Of The Bed And Bedroom. Perhaps No Other Subject In Connection With The Household Is More Important Or Less Understood. Where More Than One Person Occupies A Sleeping Room Each ...
Small Breads Made Fron
Small Breads Made Fron Yeast Stockholm Bread (swedish Recipe). 6i Cupfuls Flour, 1 Yeast Cake, 2i Cupfuls Scalded Milk, Cupful Melted Butter, 1 Egg, Cupful Sugar, Teaspoonful Salt, 1 Teaspoonful Cinnamon. Scald 1 Cupful Milk; When Luke Warm, Dissolve The Yeast Cake In It. Beat In 1 Cupful Flour And ...
Small Economies
Small Economies The Reason Many Things Are Wasted In Every Household Is That The Family Has Not Formed The Habit Of Making Uses For Them. The Following Ways To Use String, Paper Bags, Wrapping Pa Per And Newspapers, Lard Pails, And Various Cans And Bottles That Come Into The House ...
Snider
Snider. Salad In Boats. Select 6 Fresh Cucumbers All The Same Size. Pare, Cut In Halves Length Wise, Scoop Out The Centers, And Lay In Water Till Wanted. Dry And Fill With A 'mixture Of Sweetbread And Peas, Dressed With Mayonnaise. Set On A Green Lettuce Leaf Or Individual Plates.—amcm ...
Soap And Soap Making
Soap And Soap Making Properties Of Soap.—garments Of Linen And Other Fabrics Become Soiled Principally By The Oily Exudations Of The Body, As In Perspiration And The Natural Oil Of The Hair, And, In The Case Of Table Linen, By Animal Fats, Etc. The Skin Itself, Of Course, Retains A ...
Soda Soaps
Soda Soaps Soda Soaps.—a Favorite Method Of Soap Making Is The Saponification Of Various Fats And Oils By The Use Of Caustic Soda. As A Rule Soda Soaps Are Hard Soaps, Soft Soap Being Or Dinarily Produced From Potash. Caus Tic Soda Is Now Produced So Cheaply That The Commercial ...
Soft Soap
Soft Soap Soft Soap—cold Process.—a Pow Erful Detergent For Scrubbing Floors, Walls, And Sinks, And All Other Pur Poses Of The Household Can Be Made From Ordinary Kitchen Drippings By The Use Of Crude Potash. This Is Very Common In The Older Portions Of The United States, Especially New York ...
Solder Tin And Its
Tin And Its Alloys, Solder, Etc Tin.—tin Is A Lustrous White Metal, Soft, Malleable, And Quite Ductile At The Temperature Of Boiling Water. It Is Very Little Affected Even By Moist Air At Low Temperatures. It Was Known In Very Ancient Times (being Mentioned In The Pentateuch), And Was An ...