Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-14
HOME MATTERS.
SeasOnable Suggestions and Every. Day
Hints to Practical Housekeepers.


SOAK MACHINE OIL STAINS in cold water
before washing.
GLASS FRUIT JARS may well be utilized as tea
and coffee receptacles.
LEATHER CHAIR SEATS may be revived by
rubbing with egg white well beaten.
INDIGO BLUE CALICO or gingham dresses will
look more like new after washing if they are
not starched.
No MATTER How SHARP KNIFE MAY BE,
cutting bread with it or dipping it in hot fat
will dull the edge.
CLOTHES That HAVE BEEN SPRINKLED will
not miliew for days, even in the summer. if
kept away from the fire.
A SEVERE HEADACHE is sometimes relieved
by the application OF mustard plaster to the
back of the neck.
If YoU SET ANYTHING HoT on OrLcLorH
and 1t turns white. drop on little spirits of
camphor rub with dry cloth.
THE MosT EFFECTUAL REMEDY for slmy and
greasy drain pipes is copperas dissolved and
left to work gradually through the pipe
The TOUGHEST Fowl Can DE MADE EArABLE
if PIT into cold water. plenty of it, and cooked
Yery slowly from five to six hours.
AFTER TAKING CAKE FROM THB OVEN let it
remain in the pan about five minutes; it will
then come out easily without breaking.
KEEP Box OF POWDERED BoRAx near the
kitchen sink. small quantity in the waite,
in which dish towels washed is helpful il
the matter OF cleansing.
IL ONE WISHES To Cool Hor Dish in a
hurry, it will be found that if the dish be PLACED
in vessel full Of cold, salty water it will coo
far more rapidly than if it stood in water fire.,
from salt
IHE BEST WHTTEwAsH FOR ACELLAR 10 made
of lime and water only. The addition of othel
things binders the purpose of keeping the eel
lar pure and healthful
GLASSES AND Dishes WIPE TO PERFEcrIo,
when washed in very hot water. Use a dist
mop, soap shaker and an iron dish washer
These also expedite the labor, as very no
water can be used.
STAINS OF VEGETABLE CoLoRs. fruit. ref
WINE and red ink may be removed from white
goods by sulphur fumes or chlorine water. Or
colored cottons and woolens, wash with luke
warm soap I've or ammonia. Silk the same
but more cautiously.
The STAINS OF INK ON Books and eneravipo
may be removed by applying a solution O
oxalic acid, citric acid tartaric acid upor
the paper without fear of damage. Tbes,
acids take out writing ink, but do not interior,
| with the printing.
| HAMMOCK PILLOW is an addition consid
| cred necessary to complete the furniture of
garden In city or country during the summer
Filled with down, hair or the odorous twigs O
pine. 1t Is covered with the gay-striped tick
1 ing used by the manufacturers OF awnings.
EVERY PARTICLE OF FAT which is skimme,
off soup, all the suet left from steaks and chop
should be saved, rendered, clarified an,
strained into a dripping pot 1t not onl,
saves lard, but Is much better than it for fryini
I doughnuts. and fritters are better fried in il
as they will not absorb so much Of it, but il
must be thoroughly clarified first
| Few YEARS AGO FASHIONABLE TABLE wa
so piled with high dishes that it was impossible
to see ones vis-a-vis without peeping under tn
heavily laden silver and glass ware. Now
| table Is considered vulgar when not laid in
| low, simple manner.
| WHEN DEcANTERs AND GARAGES become 8,
discoiored inside that shot or fine Goals will no
cleanse them, fill the bottle with finely choppe,
potato skins, cork tightly and let the bottl
stand for three days, when the skins viii fer
| ment Turn out and rinse. The bottle will b,
as bright and clean as when new.
TILED Floors SHOULD BE WASHED with luke
warm water and soap, applied with a flannel
and dried with soft cloth and then rubbed
| over with little linseed oil on a silk handker
| chief and polished. The oil need not be ap
Phed more than once Q week; IL preserves tn,
| bright appearance Of the tiles Its frequen
| use Is the only remedy for tiles that have beer
neglected and have fallen into a bad con
| dition.