The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-05-15
Hints to Housekeepers-

Don't go to work Immediately after
eating.
Rise in the morning soon after you
are awake.
Be moderate in the use of liquids al
all seasons.
Ifpossible 60 to bed at the some
hour every night
For grease spots use equal parts OF
ether and chlorotorm.
The soup plate should be left, at
least, half an inch untitled,
Try thin slices of pork on the breast
of a turkey or chicken when roasting.
Wood ashes very finely sifted are
good for securing knives and tinware /.
A guest for single meal need not
told the napkin. 1t cannot be used
again.
Serve pistachio nuts, French wal
nuts and sailed almonds between
courses.
To clean a sewing machine of oil
and dirt go over it with rag wet
with coal oil.
The wooden bread plate is much
improved, the border carved in wheat
heads and ears of corn, with the ham
die of the knife to match.
The latest wicker chair is the Sedan
and while silk lined and comfortable,
is rather too suggestive of phaeton
for use in the drawing room.
When there is not time to ice cake
remember that its appearance may be
greatly Improved by dredging the top
with little powdered sugar.
Gum arabic and gum tragacanth in
equal parts, dissolved in hot water,
make the best and most convenient
mucilage to keep in the house.
When lamps are not in use for
week or more, the oil should be pour
ed out, or the stale oil will cause an
unpleasant smell when next it is
lighted.
If any foreign substance is swallow
ed which is sharp, needle, for in
stance, do not give an emetic, but con-
fine the diet TO mashed potatoes for
two days.
For very bad burn melt beeswax
and into this pour sweet oil until it
makes salve which can be readily
spread with soft brush. Keep every
part covered with the salve.
Powdered starch will take stains
out of linen if applied Immediately.
Tea stains may be removed from
tablecleth by immersing it in strong
solution of sugar for a few minutes,
and then rinsing it in soft water.
Bits of toilet soap which are very
small may be utilized. Make bag of
Turkish towelling about nine inches
square and put in it all the small
pieces of soap. When three-quarters
filed, sew up the end and use the same
as if it were cake of soap.
The Maryland cook makes coffee
without filter coffee pot better than
some make with it. She puts the
coffee into the pot sets it over the fire
and shakes il until we'll hested, and
pours boiling water over it. The
aroma of the coffee is delicious.
The new banquet lamp is not so
high as those of the past, the standard
and oil bowl being Sin French china
with flower and schroll decorations.
The shade is white silk, with chiffon
ruffle, embroidered with the same
flower as used on the porcelain.
Don't dip collars or cuffs or shirt
fronts in boiled starch. You will be
sure to come across Jumps when iron
ing. Rub the starch on the articles on
the wrong side with the fingers, and
as soon as it begins to appear on the
right side it is sufficiently starched.
Fern holders are in many new and
beautiful shapes. In silver, the bask-
cts, boats and urns are In all sizes,
available for both table and room Or
A novelty is the silver
plant-pot cover, which hides the clay
jar when palm or poisoning shrub is
placed in it.