Simple Home Cakes and Dishes For Breakfest Tea
A collection of old fashioned kitchen notes describing cake and pudding ideas using corn meal and Indian meal, sauce for pig feet, coconut jelly, Derbyshire sponge, creamed potatoes, and a few bean and macaroni preparations with basic ingredients like lard butter milk and spices. Recipes include dehany cake, brewed celery with heart and white parsnips, haricot beans balls fried, macaroni dish with bacon and onion, vegetable pudding, vinegar sauce, coffee jelly, Derbyshire sponge, and creamed potatoes with parsley.
Atters Feminine Face Steaming Beauty Routine
A historical beauty tip advises steaming the face before applying milk and fat. It suggests boiling water, covering the head with a towel, holding the face over steam for three to four minutes, cooling with cold water, drying with a towel, then applying hot milk and fat for an hour to improve facial appearance.
Health in the Home: Remedies and Warnings
Health guidance on bronchial troubles and damp sleeping conditions. It cites a home remedy with tincture of quill, carbonate of ammonia, glycerine, camphor water. warns about fires and weather exposure. discusses home cautions and the need for medical attention. includes emetic advice and cautions for zinc sulfate and other remedies.
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Little Florence A Birthday Tale In Child Speak
A light hearted vignette from FOR YOUNG FOLKS depicts a birthday scene with Florence nicknamed Toodies who insists she is now three and should be called Threedies. A humorous exchange follows with a small boy claiming adults know everything and a playful teacher moment ends the brief piece.
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The Last Swing Of The Rope And The Rule
A tale of a rope swing saved at the last moment during a bird egg hunt on perilous cliffs. Then a shipyard joke about a brick and tile measuring a plate with a ruler ends with a moral urging the cultivation of common sense.
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Household Hints From An Early 20th Century Column
A collection of practical tips on cleaning and household care. Tips include soaking tapioca and winterizing fabrics, removing stains with milk or vinegar, adding salt to milk puddings, using marble in pans, and keeping linens bright. Also notes on preserving freshness, ironing, and polishing brass, wood, and curtains with simple home methods.
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W. Loader
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