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Care  of  the  Hands. — I  find  lemon 
juice  the  best  of  anything  I  have  ever 
tried  to  remove  stains  and  keep  the 
hands  smooth.  If  they  are  liable  to  chap 
or  crack,  a  remedy  given  by  our  physi¬ 
cian  is  four  grains  of  tannin  to  an 
ounce  of  glycerine  ;  dilute  with  an  equal 
quantity  of  water,  and  apply  when  the 
hands  are  damp.  Try  it,  ye  who  are  suf¬ 
fering  with  hard,  dry  or  cracked  hands. 
It  has  been  tried  and  proved  very  satis¬ 
factory.  A.  c.  w. 
Dry  Summer  Squash. — While  pre¬ 
paring  the  vegetables  for  dinner,  it  came 
to  my  mind  that  a  neighbor  told  me  she 
used  her  vegetable  press  to  squeeze  out 
the  water  from  summer  squash.  I  have 
never  used  mine  for  that  purpose,  be 
cause  I  always  boil  summer  squashes  or 
onions  in  a  cloth,  and  when  they  are 
taken  from  the  kettle  the  surplus  mois¬ 
ture  is  readily  removed  by  giving  a  few 
twists  to  the  bag  or  cloth  and  contents. 
I  do  not  use  the  same  cloth  for  different 
vegetables  but  have  one  for  each  kind. 
A.  c.  w. 
Kitchen  Tables. — Ever  since  I  was 
old  enough  to  sweep  or  mop  the  kitchen, 
I  have  considered  the  table  legs  a  great 
nuisance.  So,  when  the  happy  time  for 
planning  my  own  house  came,  I  set  to 
work  to  obviate  the  evil.  In  the  corner 
where  the  table  would  always  stand  I 
placed  a  strong  shelf  of  the  size  and 
height  of  a  table,  with  a  drawer  beneath. 
I  find  it  satisfactory  in  every  way,  and  it 
is  a  real  pleasure  every  time  I  clean  the 
fiooi  to  see  no  table  legs  in  the  way.  My 
pantry  table  is  another  convenience.  It 
is  simply  a  long,  broad  board  hinged  to 
a  shelf,  so  as  to  fold  upward  and  inclose 
the  shelf  space.  A  strip  is  nailed  to  each 
wall  for  the  ends  of  the  table  to  rest  on 
when  open.  E.  p.  mc  c. 
Crape  Jelly. — Last  year  my  grape 
jelly  was  very  highly  praised.  I  prepare 
the  juice  in  the  ordinary  way;  when  it  is 
ready  for  the  sugar  and  while  it  is  boil¬ 
ing  I  pour  it  into  cans  and  seal  it.  I  open 
a  can  at  a  time  and  make  it  into  jelly 
just  as  I  need  it.  By  leaving  all  the  sed¬ 
iment  in  the  can  the  jelly  will  be  entirely 
free  from  crystallized  sugar,  and  will  be 
far  better  than  if  made  up  before  it  is 
canned.  E.  p.  mcc. 
Baby’s  Food. — I  would  like  to  intro¬ 
duce  my  14  months  old  baby,  a  healthy, 
happy  boy  who  walks  and  talks,  but  who 
weighs  only  22  pounds  and  has  but  two 
teeth.  He  and  I  have  been  to  my  old 
home  neighborhood  visiting  and  I  was 
surprised  to  find  that  I  am  considered 
very  eccentric  by  all,  from  grandma  to 
the  youngest  cousin  who  possesses  a 
baby;  because  I  insist  that  baby’s  diet  be 
restricted  to  bread  and  milk.  (At  pres¬ 
ent  he  has  a  cup  of  milk  at  6,  9  and  12 
A.  m.,  and  at  3  and  6  p.  m.,  with  an  occa¬ 
sional  buttered  crust  when  we  are  at 
table).  True,  some  of  the  babies  that 
are  allowed  chicken,  pickles,  potato, 
cooky — or  whatever  is  convenient — are 
fatter  than  he.  Am  I  starving  him  by 
When  Baby  was  Blok,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castorla, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castorla, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castorla 
my  notion  or  are  they  adding  to  the  fu¬ 
ture  army  of  dyspeptics  by  their  indis¬ 
criminate  feeding  ?  I  consider  the  sub¬ 
jects  of  infant  feeding  and  infant  mor¬ 
tality  very  closely  allied.  E.  P.  mcc. 
The  Shoulder-Blades. — They  must 
not  be  accentuated.  She  who  would 
make  the  best  of  her  figure  should  rigidly 
avoid  patterns  which  have  any  special 
prominence  over  the  shoulder-blades. 
Such  an  arrangement  always  destroys 
the  graceful  lines  of  a  good  figure,  and 
makes  a  bad  or  indifferent  one  simply 
hideous.  The  utmost  flatness  should  be 
preserved  from  the  tops  of  the  shoulders 
down  the  back  to  the  waist-line. 
Try  Gasoline. — If  the  “victim”  of 
the  ever  troublesome  and  obnoxious  bed 
bugs  will  try  gasoline  persistently,  thor¬ 
oughly,  steadily  through  the  hot  weather, 
when  fall  comes  she  will  be  free  from  the 
pests.  Every  other  day  pour  into  each 
corner  of  the  bed,  along  the  seams  and 
wherever  the  bugs  lie  enough  gasoline 
to  thoroughly  wet  all  the  parts.  This 
kills  all  the  young  bugs  as  fast  as  they 
hatch,  and  any  older  ones  that  may  be 
about.  MRS.  E.  e.  s. 
[Have  our  friends  noticed  that  nearly 
every  remedy  proposed  is  some  form 
either  of  petroleum  or  of  mercury  ? 
We  can  accept  no  more  “  bed-bug  litera¬ 
ture.” — Eds.] 
Macaroni  a  la  Napolitaino. — Two 
pounds  lean  beef,  six  onions,  1 %  pound 
bacon,  one  pint  tomato  sauce,  half  pound 
macaroni,  half  pound  Barmesan  cheese, 
parsley  and  pepper  to  suit.  Take  two 
pounds  lean  beef  and  throw  it  in  a  sauce¬ 
pan  with  several  slices  of  fresh  bacon, 
three  or  four  sliced  onions,  a  bunch  of 
parsley,  and  a  pinch  of  black  pepper. 
Turn  the  meat  about  until  it  is  thor¬ 
oughly  browned  in  the  bacon  and  onions. 
Have  ready  a  pint  of  rich  tomato  sauce, 
which  add  by  degrees  to  the  meat.  Then 
allow  the  whole  to  simmer  for  five  hours 
over  a  slow  fire.  Take  the  saucepan 
from  the  stove  and  strain  the  sauce.  If  it 
is  too  thick,  dilute  to  a  proper  consistency 
with  good  stock.  Take  some  Italian 
macaroni  (not  broken  into  bits)  which 
has  been  boiled  for  15  minutes  in  salted 
water.  Also  have  prepared  some  grated 
Parmesan  cheese.  Put  the  macaroni  into 
a  soup  tureen  and  mix  with  the  grated 
cheese  and  sauce.  Cover  the  top  with  a 
layer  of  sauce  and  serve.  The  meat  used 
for  the  sauce  is  in  Italy  always  made  into 
ragout,  and  makes  an  excellent  dish  with 
the  addition  of  tomatoes  or  other  vege¬ 
tables.  —  Marquise  Clara  Lanza  in 
Home  Magazine. 
A  New  Complexion  “Wash.”  — 
A  sage  suggestion  that  would  best  be 
talked  about  with  bated  breath  lest  a 
commotion  arise,  comes  from  the  woman 
editor  of  the  Ledger.  She  hints  that  the 
face  and  hands  are  but  a  very  small  por¬ 
tion  of  the  surface  of  the  body.  They 
are,  as  a  rule,  the  only  visible  parts. 
Society  and  custom  demand  that  they 
shall  be  kept,  at  least,  approximately 
clean.  The  consequence  is  that  this 
much-washed  portion  is  made  to  do  duty 
for  the  entire  system.  It  is,  as  a  matter 
of  fact,  much  better  for  the  complexion 
to  avoid  a  thorough  washing  of  the  face, 
provided  the  body  is  neglected.  The 
reason  for  this  is  apparent  when  one  con¬ 
siders  that  the  pores  of  the  remainder  of 
the  skin  are  still  closed  witli  perspiratory 
matter,  and  that  the  face  and  hands  fur¬ 
nish  the  only  means  of  egress  for  the 
impurities  of  the  skin.  Having  to  do  not 
only  double  but  tenfold  duty,  what  won¬ 
der  that  they  become  overtaxed  and 
weakened,  and  that  a  good  crop  of  pim¬ 
ples  and  other  eruptions  is  the  result  ? 
The  thorough  cleansing  of  the  surface 
of  the  body  will  do  more  toward  improv¬ 
ing  the  complexion  than  all  of  the  appli¬ 
cations  ever  invented.  It  cannot  be  too 
strongly  impressed  upon  the  minds  of 
young  persons  that  three-fourths  of  the 
eruptions  and  pimples  are  traceable  to 
thorough  washing  of  the  face  and  neglect 
of  the  remainder  of  the  body. 
Cure  for  Headache. — According  to 
the  Jenness-Miller  Magazine,  a  Dr.  Hein¬ 
rich  Weiss  claims  to  have  discovered  an 
unfailing  cure  for  certain  forms  of  head¬ 
ache.  The  treatment  consists  in  the  ap¬ 
plication  of  pressure  with  the  hand  for  a 
few  minutes  on  the  great  inferior  artery 
between  the  sternum,  or  breast-bone, 
and  the  navel,  which  causes  an  alteration 
in  the  distribution  of  the  blood.  This 
treatment  was  applied  to  23  female  pa¬ 
tients  suffering  from  violent  headaches, 
with  immediate  relief  in  each  case.  In 
most  of  the  cases  the  attack  did  not  re¬ 
cur,  but  in  a  few  it  returned  in  milder 
form,  ultimately  disappearing  on  the 
treatment  being  repeated.  The  discovery 
was  made  accidentally. 
A  Washington  Dessert. — Among  a 
group  of  desserts  which  “  fittingly  close 
a  feast  of  good  things”  in  the  Home 
Magazine,  we  find  the  Washington  so¬ 
ciety  woman’s  idea  of  a  rolly-poly.  Of 
course,  though,  she  doesn’t  give  it  any 
such  old-fashioned  name.  “  One  quart 
water,  two  teacups  granulated  sugar. 
Any  flavoring  preferred.  Let  it  come  to 
a  boil  until  it  forms  a  syrup.  Make  a 
dough  of  a  pint  of  flour,  pinch  of  salt, 
tablespoonful  lard,  two  teaspoOnfuls 
baking  powder.  Mix  with  sweet  milk 
or  water.  Roll  out  rather  thin.  Spread 
with  cooked  fruit  of  any  kind  ;  roll  up 
into  a  roll,  pinching  the  ends  so  as  to  re¬ 
tain  the  fruit.  Lay  the  pudding  care¬ 
fully  in  the  hot  syrup,  basting  it  with  it 
and  place  it  at  once  in  a  hot  oven  to 
bake.  Baste  often.  It  will  puff  up  and 
fill  the  dish.  Serve  the  sauce  about  the 
roll.  It  is  very  rich.” 
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