The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-01
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

| Yellow stains, left by sewing-machine oil
on white, may be removed by rubbing the
| spot with cloth wet with ammonia before
washing with soap.
A red-hot iron passed over old putty will
soften it so 1t can be easily be removed.
Never put milk or butter in the cupboard
where cooked cabbage, turnips. or onions
are, as the smell from them will faint butter
or milk in short time.
To remove ink from paper, if not Of too
long standing, wet teasp0onful Of chloride
of lime with just sufficient water to cover it,
Pat mot rub the spot gently for a few NOM
ents, using soft cloth wet with the MKT
ure, and the ink will slowly disappear. If
one application is not sufficient, try a Sec
ond.
To mend china soak gum arabic in warm
water till 1t makes a thick solution, then stir
in plaster of Paris till it makes thick slip
perry paste. Apply quickly with brush to
joining e es esre RSss Sna s Tssh o
three days and the article will be strong a.
again.
We know Of one housekeeper, says the
Ladies Journal, whose husband had con-
structed for her special chair for baking
days. 1t was Of such height that she could
sit at the table and mold her bread or roll
her dough with ease. He likewise had a
f00t-rest attached, so that she might at the
same time rest her feet firmly. And, sitting
on that chair, she for years constructed all
the bread and pastry that the house needed.
1t took her no longer. and was quite as good
as II she had stood up to make 1t and had
wearied herself almost to death IN the OPP
Grafton.
Anything mixed with water requires
hotter oven thanIanything mixed with milk.
Confectionery sugar is a very fine powder
ed sugar, cal ed by the trade xxx. For all
candy-creams, icings, sherbets, and sweets
~nI a, IL III -.AL
cut-loaf or granulated, and its cost Is about
equal.
Spots of grease may be removed from wall
paper by laying on several folds Of blotting
paper, and holding hot iron to it until the
grease is absorbed.
Chocolate icing can be and is better made
with yolks Of eggs instead of whites, making
softer icing and disposing Of the yolks Of
the eggs.
Put tea and coffee away in alright re-
ceptacles as soon as they are brought to the
house. They lose much of their flavor by
remaining uncovered.
An excellent way to cook eggs is to break
them in boiling milk. without beating, cook
slowly. stirring now and then, When done
soft, pour into dish and aud little salt
Glue that is delicate and nice for mounting
| ferns and sea-weeds Is made Of five parts Of
gum arabic, three parts of sugar, two parts
Of starch, add very little water; boil until
| thick and white.
Any one who suffers from chilblains will
| be glad to try the following remedy rec
| commended by a writer in Arthur's Home
| Magazine: made q strong solution OF white
| oak bark as hot as | could bear, and bathed
my feet every night before retiring. 1t
| made a perfect cure. / had been troubled SO
much that used TO dread the cold weather
| on that account: my feetswould tester and
be SO swollen and sore that l could not wear
| shoes. Now, / have had no chilblains since
l applied this remedy, agood many years
| ago. .,,..
| cles into kettle, cover them entirely with
| cold water, and put the kettle where 1t will
| soon boil When 1t has boiled few min
| utes, set it aside covered close. When the
| water is COLI take out the glass. This pro-
| cess will harden the articles so that they
will not be so easily broken.
| woMAN's WORK.
The San Francisco Call suggests society
| for tightening the burdens of women who
have houses to keep in order. and says:
Does the shoemaker try to tighten VIC
mems work by sewing the buttons on
honestly, OF tipping" the footwear with
honest leather? Does the tailor who makes
| the pants with his boosted benevolence of
double knees" ever put them on the right
| place or large enough? Does the carpenter
| ever put the nails and hooks where q medium
| sized woman, let alone child, can reach
them?
| Is there ever but the fewest possible
| shelves that a woman can reach without
standing on chair, at the risk of breaking
/ her back?
| 1t is very little thing to have no water.
back to a stove, so a man think; but TO a
| wife-of-allwork it is-well there is no word
strong enough to express the trouble il
| causes. A sink on level, with cold water
is not an easy thing to keep clean. Why moi
make little decline? Also bring the zinc
over the edges some.
The bureau drawers that never open Of
shut without trial of temporarily cannot
they be made to run smoothly?
1t should be made punishable offence 70
make window that cannot be brought IN 70
clean.
Men invented all these awkward ana IN,
convenient things, and men made tnenl; anu
they are responsible for the proKen-uoWn
haggard.looking women we see,