The Portland daily press., 1895-12-14
THE HOME.
Cleaning Black Silk.


black silk, but the following I have seen
tried successfully. Place each piece on a
smooth, clean table, using wad of the
material you are cleaning for a sponge,
and rub with this dipped in the cleaning
fluid in downward strokes until each
piece is we'll wet The fluid may be equal
parts of alcohol and luke warm water !;
it may be cold coffee we'll strained, or
water in which an old black glaze kid
glove has been rolled. This latter mix
ture is glove put into pint of water
and boiled down to a half pint, or two
gloves in quart Of water. Each and
every one of these fluids are excellent in
effect. Sponge the goods on what will
be the right side when made up, as some
silks can be turned after being worn.
Hang each piece on a line to drip; when
nearly dry, but still quite damp, iron
with moderately warm iron on the
wrong side, placing piece of soft, black
brio or orinoline between the iron
and the goods, and ironing each pieoe
until it is perfectly dry. Then lay away
the pieces without folding them. If the
selvedge edges seem to draw after the
silk is wet cut them here and there to
give q leeway. Some persons do not iron
silk, thinking that as it drips dry over
the line it will be perfectly smooth, but
this does not give as handsome an APP
pearapce as ironing. The ironing must al
ways be done on the wrong side and over
second fabric, which must be black if
the material is dark colored. If there are
any grease spots on the silk remove them
with naphtha-rubbing it on with
piece of the silk, or with French chalk
The latter is scraped on the spot left
there over night and brushed off in the
chalk again. This must be done before
the silk is cleaned. French chalk can be
had from the druggists and may be used
on any fabric or color Benzine will re-
move paint, but it sometimes leaves
stain like water, which may be removed
with French chalk. Another plan to re-
move grease from silk is to rub lump of
wet magnesia over the spot allowing it
to. dry, and then brushing off the powder
No matter what material is being cleaned
use q piece of the same color and fabric
to do the rubbing with. Ladies Home
Journal.
Time and Way to Cook Cereals.
This table is Mrs. Ewing's, and may
well be pasted ON the back leaf on the
general cooks receipt book. It will be
found approximately accurate as regards
5he proportions of grain and liquid to be
used, and the length of time required to
perfectly cook the following graf ms and
grain products:
Pearled Wheat-Five measures of liquid
10 each measure of wheat. Cook from
our to six hours.
Pearled Barley-Five measures of liquid
10 each measure of barley. Cook from
our to six hours.
Coarse Hominy-Five measures ofliquid
20 each measure of hominy. Cook from
nix to ten hours.
Fine Hominy-Four measures of liquid
10 each measure of hominy. Cook from
Jour so six hours.
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liquid to each measure of oatmeal Cook
from four to six hours.
Rolled Wheat-Three measures of
liquid to each measure of wheat. Cook
two hours.
Rolled Barley-Three measures of liq-
uid to each measure of barley. Cook two
hours.
Rolled. Oats-Three5 measures of liquid
to each measure of oats. Cook an hour.
Rice-Three measures of liquid to each
of rice. Cook an hour
Farina-Six measures of liquid to each
measure of farina. Cook half an hour to
an hour.
Cereaiine Flakes-One measure of Iiouid
to each measure of cerealine. Cook half
an hour.
Water alone can be used for cooking
any of the cereals, but most of them are
richer and finer favored when the LIQUID
used is milk and water mixed in about
equal proportions. Especially is this the
case with barley, rice, hominy and farina
The quantity of salt that should be use
in cooking cereals is largely matter Of
individual taste, as some people lik,
considerable and Others very little sail
in their food. A SAFE general rule, how