Butter May Be Kept Fresh and sweet by putting it in a tin pail
(suspended by a string) down in the well, or by setting the bowl con-
taining it in a hollow vessel of water and covering it with a napkin/ the
ends of which are well immersed in the water in the bottom dish.
Filtered Water can be produced easily, by taking a large, sound
common earthen flower-pot, and soaking in water twenty-four hours.
Then fill the hole at the bottom with clean sponge, put in an inch layer
of fine, clean sand, and on the top a layer of clean coarse gravel, and let
the water filter through it.
When it is desirable to filter water quickly, for immediate use, employ
the following method : Put a quart of clean water over the fire and
just bring it to a boil ; remove it and strain it three or four times
through flannel ; cool it and keep it for use in a covered jar or pitcher.
An Effective Ice-Box can be made by placing one tight box within
another, leaving a space of three inches between the sides of the two, to
be filled with pounded charcoal or saw-dust. Each box must have a
tight lid, and between the space of the covers a piece of flannel of sev-
eral folds should be laid.
The outflow of the drippings of the ice should be arranged at the
bottom of the box, and it will be all the better if the pipe that is
inserted for this purpose is curved or twisted a little to keep out the air.
A coarse woolen cover should be placed over the ice, and when the
quantity is small it is an excellent plan to fill glass bottles with water
early in the morning, and keep them well corked and laid upon the ice
until needed for drinking. If no ice can be obtained, and there is no
cold spring at hand, very cold water can be obtained by filling a large
earthen jar with it, putting it in the shade in a good current of air
and wrapping the jar in a very thick woolen cloth (an old coat will
answer for an outer wrap) and keeping it constantly wet. This causes
evaporation of heat and cools the water finely.
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THE TOILET.
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
The first requisite in a woman toward pleasing others is that she
should be pleased with herself. In no other way can she obtain that self-
poise that leaves her at liberty to devote herself to others. The most
beautiful faces are those wherein the inner life shines out and radiates
them, like the sunlight streaming through a rose-colored window.
Keep your souls and hearts pure, your bodies healthy, and you will
never look homely to anyone. One advantage you will have over your
prettier sister is that you will grow in beauty as the years go by, while
hers will fade with her youth. A pretty woman, knowing she is pretty,
will seldom do anything to retain her beauty till it is irrevocably lost ;
then, instead of commencing at the foundation of beauty, she covers her
skin with cosmetics and powders, stopping up the breathing places of
her body, until at thirty she is an old woman instead of being at the
prime of her youth. Most authorities claim that a woman is at the
height of her power at twenty-six, and after that age grows old rapidly.
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Butter May Be Kept Fresh and sweet by putting it in a tin pail (suspended by a string) down in the well, or by setting the bowl containing it in a hollow vessel of water and covering it with a napkin, the ends of which are well immersed in the water in the bottom dish.
Filtered Water can be produced easily, by taking a large, sound common earthen flower-pot, and soaking in water twenty-four hours. Then fill the hole at the bottom with clean sponge, put in an inch layer of fine, clean sand, and on the top a layer of clean coarse gravel, and let the water filter through it.
When it is desirable to filter water quickly, for immediate use, employ the following method : Put a quart of clean water over the fire and just bring it to a boil ; remove it and strain it three or four times through flannel ; cool it and keep it for use in a covered jar or pitcher.
An Effective Ice-Box can be made by placing one tight box within another, leaving a space of three inches between the sides of the two, to be filled with pounded charcoal or saw-dust. Each box must have a tight lid, and between the space of the covers a piece of flannel of several folds should be laid.
The outflow of the drippings of the ice should be arranged at the bottom of the box, and it will be all the better if the pipe that is inserted for this purpose is curved or twisted a little to keep out the air.
A coarse woolen cover should be placed over the ice, and when the quantity is small it is an excellent plan to fill glass bottles with water early in the morning, and keep them well corked and laid upon the ice until needed for drinking. If no ice can be obtained, and there is no cold spring at hand, very cold water can be obtained by filling a large earthen jar with it, putting it in the shade in a good current of air and wrapping the jar in a very thick woolen cloth (an old coat will answer for an outer wrap) and keeping it constantly wet. This causes evaporation of heat and cools the water finely.
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
The first requisite in a woman toward pleasing others is that she should be pleased with herself. In no other way can she obtain that self-poise that leaves her at liberty to devote herself to others. The most beautiful faces are those wherein the inner life shines out and radiates them, like the sunlight streaming through a rose-colored window.
Keep your souls and hearts pure, your bodies healthy, and you will never look homely to anyone. One advantage you will have over your prettier sister is that you will grow in beauty as the years go by, while hers will fade with her youth. A pretty woman, knowing she is pretty, will seldom do anything to retain her beauty till it is irrevocably lost ; then, instead of commencing at the foundation of beauty, she covers her skin with cosmetics and powders, stopping up the breathing places of her body, until at thirty she is an old woman instead of being at the prime of her youth. Most authorities claim that a woman is at the height of her power at twenty-six, and after that age grows old rapidly.