St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-12
HINTS FOR HOUsEKEEPERs.
Little Notes That, Carefully Read,
Will Be of Great Use.

Little Notes That, Carefully Read,
Will Be of Great Use.
Boil clothespins in clean water once
month, and they will be much more
durable.
Open canned fruit an hour or two
before it is needed for use. 1t is far
richer when the oxygen is restored to it.
Save the small paper bags carefully
which groceries come in; they are use
full in many ways. Slip the hand in
one when you black the stove, and you
will not soil it. When flies are around,
slip them over the clean lamp chimneys
during the day. After fruit is canned
draw them over the can, and label
them plainly; the action of the light
causes more fruit to spoil than any
other one thing.
Beat an egg thoroughly in bowl and
add one teacup of cold water to it. Use
enough of this to thoroughly moisten
coffee while making it. Keep in cold
place and waste no more eggs by dry
ing.
Granulated sugar is the pureSt brand.
consequently the cheapest. Do not use
inch less for a cupful. Cake batter
longer beating than usual, as the sugar
is longer in diSSoIvihg.
Egg-ShellS are somewhat porous. and
like butter and cheese absorb unpleas
ant OdorS. Therefore, eggs should be
kept i'll sweet, clean. cool place.
All floor and whiSk broomS should be
thoroughly wet in Scalding hot brine
before using them. 1t will effectuallY
prevent the StrawS from breaking.
Add two tablespoonful of kerosene
to the pail of water with which you
wash grained or other vanished furni
ture.
Cut piece from the top of old kid
| shoes and insert it inside the ironing
| holder you are going to make.
Make boiled starch with weak soap
suds made of white soap, instead of
with clear water, and you will have no
difficulty with Its sticking.
DO not wiring WOODEN underwear
| through a wriuger. Use the hands and
shake it thoroughly before drying.
| When perfectly dry fold it smoothly,
but do not iron. See if the odor is not
more agreeable than when hot sad
iron has passed over them.
Never slice apples for making pies;
| quarter and core, and if an apple is
large cut each quarter in two pieces.
Sft a tablespoonful of pulverized
sugar over the top of two-crust pies
before baking, and see how delicious it
makes them.
Never puttea leaves on alight colored
carpet; they will surely leave stain.
After thoroughly sweeping a dingy
carpet. wipe it with damp cloth
partially wrung out of a mixture of
water and oX-gall in the proportion of
two tablespoonful of the latter to a
| gallon of luAewarm water.
In packing bottles or canned fruit for
moving. slip rubber band over the
body of them.
A small tcaspoonful of powdered
b0raX added TO a bowl of cold starch
will give more stiffness to linen than
any of the numerous things we have
| tried.
When you are hurried and postage
stamp will not stick, moisten it and rub
it on the lap of an envelope, and then
quickly put it in its place.
Mix stove backing with spirits of
turpentine. 1t will take off the rust,
polish easier, and stay glossy longer
than when water is used.
Add tablespoonful of borax to pan
of hot soapsuds; put your table silver
in 1t, and let it stand two hours. Rinse
it with clear water, and polish with
soft cloth of chamois.
Warm dishes for the table by
immersing them in hot water, not by
standing them on hot stove.
Coffee boiled longer than one minute
is coffee spoiled.