The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-11-28
Wrinkles for Housewives.

So much information about everything il
! now 30 easily oblainable that there is little
excuse for enduring many OF the small do
meslic worries to which housekeepers and
others are often subjected. Why, for instance
need any one be Inconvenience by damp
cupbcards when we read that a bowl OF
quicklime placed therein wilspeedily absorb
the moisture.
Flies are familiar nuisance: but we are
told of a foreign remedy in laurel oil, which,
better than glass tiy-catchers and others, will
not only rid us of these pests, but preserves
looking glasses and picture frames coated
with it.
1t is not frequenters ofrestaurants only who
wonder why the simple precaution of throw
ing red-pepper pods or few pieces OF char.
coal into the pan-said to prevent odors from
boiling hams, cabbage, etc.,-is not oftener
observed. Cooks are further reminded that
in roasting meat salt should not be put upon
the joint before it is put in the oven, as salt
extracts the juice; and that lime water will
improve the condition of old potatoes in
boiling. ..-.
Economy in housekeeping would be fiacili-
tated by the better observance of what are
known in common parlance as wrinkles"
For example, why purchase inferior nutmegs
when their quality can be tested by picking
them with a pin? II they are good the oil
will instantly spread around the puncture.
1t is worth recollecting that bar soap should
be cut into square pieces and put in a dry
place as il lasts better after shrinking. Ifw
wish to keep lemons fresh for some time we
have only to place them In jar of
water and change it every morning. In Sc
Letting flour We are advised to look to the
color fit is white, with following straw
color tint, we should buy it; but if it is
white, with blush cast, or with black
specks, we should refuse it.
A deal of breakage among glass aud crock
cry can be prevented by the simple precau-
ton of placing lamp. chmneys, tumblers and
such articles in pot filled with cold water
TO which some common table salt has been
added Boil the wafer well, and then allow
it to cool slowly. When the articles are
taken out and washed, they will resist any
sudden changes OF temperature.
Grape may be renovated by thoroughly
brushing all dust from the material sprink.
ling with alcohol and rolling in newspaper,
commencing with the paper and Grape to-
gether, so that the paper may be between
every portion of the material. Allow it to
remain SO until dry.
better plan for removing grease spots
than by applying hot iron is TO rub in some
spirits of wine with the hand until the grease
IS drought w pOWutT, anu lneIe VIII De nO
trace of it, Every schoolboy is not aware
that ink spots can be removed from the
leaves of books by using a solution of oxalic
acid in water; nor does every housemaid
know that spots" are easily cleaned from
vanished furniture by rubbing it with spirits
of camphor.
Marks on tables, caused by leaving hot
jugs or plates thereon, will disappear under
the soothing influence Of lampoil, well rub
bed in with II soft cloth, finishing with little
spirits of wine or eau DEF Cologne, rubbed dry
with another cloth.
1t is worth while keeping supply of am
monia in the household, in case we wish to
remove finger-marks from paint or require to
cleanse brushes or greasy pans. A teaspoon.
full in a basin of hot water will make hair
brushes beautifully white; but care must be
taken not to let the backs of the brushes
dip below the surface. Rinse them with
clean warm water and put in sunny win
dow to dry Chambers Journal.