The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-29
THE HOME.
HINTS FOR HoUsEKEEPERs.

HINTS FOR HoUsEKEEPERs.
A little flour shaken on your creased cake
pan is better preventive of sticking than
paper.
Many cake and batch of bread are ruined
by slamming the open door. maker of
celebrated sponge cake will not allow any
one to touch the stove or walk heavily across
the kitchen foor while the sensitive COM
pound is baking.
Here is recipe to launder red table linen !:
Use tepid water with a little powdered bo-
rax, which serves to set the color. Wash
the linen separately and quickly, using very
little soap: rinse in tepid water containing a
little boiled starch; dry in the shade and
iron when nearly dry.
To keep green vegetables for day or two
sprinkle with water and then place on a Gel
lar floor. Fruit should not be kept in the
cellar, but put out singly and stood in a
dark, dry, cool place.
Hang small bag Of charcoal in the rain
water barrel to purify the water.
Salt will cgrdle new milk, hence in max
be added until the dish is prepared.
Ii the clothes are soaked over night, one
teasp0onful Of pure ammonia in each tub of
water will materially lessen the labor of
washing
Always hCCP CdlDUltC dCtu convenient IOT
use. 1t Is one Of the best disinfectants and
insect destI0yers. A small quantity need
only be applied at time.
To prevent tin from rusting, rub fresh lard
over every part of the dish, then put 1t into
hot oven and heat 1t thoroughly. Thus
treated any tinware may be used in water
constantly and 1t will remain bright and free
from rust.
Cretonnes of the cheap sort used for deco
rating rooms turn out to be as arsenically
poisonous as green wall paper. Out Of "A
samples recently examined In London, none
were free from arsenic, three had only faint
traces Of 1t, q had larger traces, II were
classed as very bad, and nine were called
'distictly dangerous" One specimen yield
ed l9a grains Of white arsenic to the square
yard. The green and blues were the least
harmful, white, reds, browns and blacks
were heavily loaded with poison.
Liver should be soaked ten minutes in
boiling water; this draws off the blood and
causes the skin to come of easily. Drain,
remove the skin and veins, season with salt
and pepper and fry in a little bacon fat, or
the liver may be broiled.
CHEAP BINDING
Directions for a cheap binding for papers
or magazines are thus given: Pack the pa
pers smoothly, hold firmly, and drive thin
chisel through the pile, about half an inch
from the back. Push strong tape through
and leave out about two inches; put three OF
four tapes through in this manner at even
intervals. Cut common thick paper boards
large enough to project little everywhere,
except that one edge must come in front of the
tapes. Draw the tapes tightly and glue down
to the boards outside. Skive piece Of
leather-common sheepskin will answer
wide enough to cover the back and come ON
the boards an inch or two, and long enough
to project a couple of inches at the end.
Paste the leather well put it on the back
fold the ends in, so as to come over the
boards on each side; and lastly, paste the
blank leaf down to the cover inside and you
have presentable book and very durable.
Trimming the edges can be easily done by
clamping them between boards and cutting
the edges with thin, sharp knife by
straight edge. OF course this is done before
the boards are put on, after the tapes are in.
This makes fiat-edge book, but for thin
book answers very well.