Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-12-02
EIETS TO HOUSEWIVES

Old -four Is bast for pastry.
Drain fried eggs on pOrOuS paper be-
fore serving.
Pals and tubs saturated with glyeer-
Inc will not shrink.
Tight collars are apt TO produce
permanent swelling OF the throat
Milk applied once q week with q soft
cloth frsshens and preserves boots and
shoes.
Put charcoal IN your kettle OF boil
ing ham or cabbage II you would pre-
vent the odOr.
After knives have been cleaned they
may DO brilliantly polished with char
coal powder.
Dishcloths should be washed outin
hot, clean soApsuds daily and boiled in
soda once . week.
Canned sardines. carefully Drowned
on a double wire gridiron and served
with lemon, are appstizing.
Bluiug added to the rinse water does
not Whiten the clothes, only covers dirt,
end need not ever be used.
In soup making allow one quart OF
water for every pound and a quarter OF
meat. This should be an invariable
rule
Water In which soda has been dis
solved is good for washing ceilings
which have been blackened by kero-
seDs lamp smoke.
Upon curtains the principal part OF
ths embroidery Is now placed upon the
turnover portion Of the top. This has
much the effect Of valance when we'll
Overlai3.
Its far better for the hair TO burn IL
OF as required than to cut il. A little
taper may be used, and, II ordinary care
Is exercised, there need be no more con-
Migration than enc desires.
When ironing. havs = small board,
sprinkled with salt, beside the ironing
table. and II the iron becomes rough
rub It two or three times over the salt,
and It should be perfectly smooth again.
Use a cloth to wash potatoes. It is
DO trouble to keep one for this purpose,
and it will save hands and time. Tie
q strip OF muslin on the end OF round
stick and use to grease bread and cake
pans.
While cleaning a sewing machine
NcOver an the bearings with kerosene
Oh, work the machine quickly for few
plnutes, then thoroughly rub all the
~oll off with rags and apply oil 20 the
parts which need IL.
The fat end Of a cork is the handiest
thing one can use for securing knives
and forks. The cork should be damp
ened slightly and dipped ia powdered
bathbrick or fac ashes, and the scOur-
ing will be quickly accom- lished.
In cooking turuips the small white
ones should be bollsh, II cut in thin
slices, for thirty minutes, but II they be
cooked whole, forIy minutes time will
be needed. yellow turnips, when
sliced, need .forty-fve minutes cooking.
Ton an lace and embroidery on the
wrong side 2ad iron until perfectly
dry. CalicOes that are apt to look too
'shiny" should be ironed on the wrong
side. Do not have the iron very hot for
ironing calicoss aud figured chintzss, as
hot irons will fade and turn the colors
more than washing.
Cranberries are 40 their best for the
gest the holiday dinners now almost ia
sight Few hOusekeepers view this tart
sud to0thsOme berry In any other light
than that OF q relish for Thanksgiving
or Christmas turkey, but its flavor Is
equally acceptable in dessert sweet.
A rug made Of old Ingram carpet. cut
bias, and sewed OD 70 ticking or denim
with carpet thread, is said TO last ten
years and grow softer and prettier every
year. The preferred width Of the bias
strips is one inch, and they should be
sswed-by the middleton the fOunda-
sion, at spaces Of quarter Of an inch
apart
The hand towels In the kitchen should
be soft and smooth. Frequent wiplng
on Russian crash will soon make the
hands red and rough. as the hard fabric
scratches and does not wipe dry. The
best material 90 be- used is tWilled
crash OF cotton and linen, which may
be bought at from twelve aRd q half to
fitoen cents yard.
The system Of washing linen with pc
troleum said 10 be customary In parts
of Russia, has bsen introduced into
German military hospital. Fifteen
grams Of petroleum are added to fifteen
llters OF water containing soap and I've,
aud the linen IS tOiled 10 tie mixture.
The cleansing is much easier than BY
usual methods, the linen suffers less,
less, and assumes 3 whittier color,