Show A RIO u w U ON s D items of interest ai t to O 0 the housewife t he H bause 0 M brightening piano keys dis colored piano keys can be bright ened by rubbing with a soft cloth dampened with alcohol 4 tinting milk when small chil chi dren refuse to drink their daily milk requirements try tinting the milk with vegetable coloring oft for blacking stoves an old ahre polish dauber is an excellent tool for blacking sto es cabbage cooked with milk two cups milk six cups shredded cabbage one third cup milk or cream two tablespoons melted butter two tablespoons flour half teaspoon salt heat milk and cook cabbage cc in it two minutes add milk or cream flour blended with butter and salt cook for three or four minutes stirring constantly cooking rhubarb rhubarb is disliked by some people because of its acidity but this can be considerably reduced if the fruit is s covered with cold water I 1 brought to the boil and then strained before being stewed in the ordinary way this method i is only recommended to any anybody body who dislikes ordinary stewed rhu barb as the healthful salts are lost when the fruit is cooked twice so custard sauce one and one half cups scalded milk one eighth teaspoon salt one quarter cup su gar one half teaspoon vanilla yolks of two eggs beat eggs slightly add sugar and salt stir constantly while adding gradually the hot milk cook in double boil ei till mixture thickens chill and flavor boiling if the saucepan is well buttered around the top that is being boiled in it will not boil over the top of the pan so so beeping leeping flowers fresh A cou pie tablespoons of sulfurous not sulphuric acid added to each pint of water encourages buds of cut flowers to continue growing and leaves and stems remain greener service |