Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-17
HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES.
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the nursery table.
Clean vinegar bottles with crushed
/ egg shells in a little water.
Straw mating is best cleaned with
a cloth wet with salt water; wipe dry.
! Try to be happy while you eat; there
Is nothing like 1t as an aid to digestion.
Serrated cake knives can be had In
silver as well as in the coarser kitchen
metal
| To keep your feet warm and healthy
put on fresh pair Of stockings every
morning.
I A tablespoonful of cornstarch is said
to be good substitute for an egg in
cookies and doughnuts.
Keep a chamois with which to rub
| the knives, forks and spoons each
J night, as they are laid for dinner.
1 The French make a chestnut stuffing
for both turkeys and geese. Aloin of
veal. stuffed with chestnuts, is a tooth
some dish.
Make starch with soapy water and
you will flrd 1t a pleasure TO do up
/ your starched goods. 1t prevents the
| iron from sticking, and makes glossy
surface.
Have a box OF parsley growing in
the kitchen window this winter, with
which to garnish even the commonest
dishes; you win be many. times re-
warded
To restore color In silks taken out
by acids-sal volatile or hartshorn will
suffice for this purpose. 1t may be
dropped on silk without doing any in
jury
To clean enamel saucepans wash in
side and out with hot water and soda
and scour with a mixture of salt and
fine ashes-two parts ashes to one
of salt. Rinse with hot water and
dry.
Did you ever want to tint the cake
frosting? Lemon juice will whiten it,
the grated rind Of an orange strained
/ through a cloth will give it yellow
tint and strawberry or cranberry Juice
will produce pretty shade of pink
When 1t is necessary for you to have
your hands more or less In soapy
water you will find that borax used
in connection with the soap will not
only very much assist in the cleansing
but prevent your hands from letting
/ rough.
To clean gold lace trimming and
fringe, soak the articles in benzoline,
take out wet and scrub lightly with a
small brush, using little plaster of
Paris dry on the brush. After brush
! ing, rinse in some clean benzoline and
dry in clean rags.
The annoyance or {. rough griddle
when baking cakes may be overcome
by rubbing it with a slice of raw tur-
nip. Those who have used it say that
it makes the griddle smooth as glass,
and cake baking, therefore, an easy
operation.
There is little doubt that in reality
dinner of good substantial dishes,
with home made desserts, nuts, fruits
and ices with good talk, Is enjoyed by
the majority of people far more than
the most elaborate spread with French
entrees.
To remove ink stains from linen,
rub little chlorinated soda on the
spot, and then rinse or wash 1t out In
a few drops Of water, and all traces
Of ink will have disappeared The
remedy must, however, be applied
while the ink stain Is fresh, or it will
not be effective.
Nothing is better for cleaning
bronzes than water and ammonia, u.s.
ing a stiff brush, like a nailbrush. Do
not use any acid on any account. Dry
carefully with lockwood dust, after
rinsing thoroughly. Remove grease
with heat, but do not scratch the
bronze with a knife. 1t Is not good
plan to wash bronzes, as the polish
is very easily spoilt. They should be
carefully busted every day with
soft cloth and feather brush. and
little sweet oil may be rubbed on
occasionally.
To Wash Chamois Leather-Dissolve
a little soda in warm water, and after
rubbing some soft soap well into the
leather, soak it for two hours, cover
ing up the pan. Move the leather
about and rub 1t gently; when it is
clean, rinse with a slight lather of
soap in weak solution of soda and
warm water. 1t requires no other rims
ing than this, as it is the small guam
tity of pure soap adhering to the leath-
er that helps to soften it. Wiring
tightly in a rough towel-and dry
quickly in the sun, or near fire.
Ii the skin is hard on the soles of
the feet or the heels 1t may be soft
ened by repeated soakings in hot
water and the wearing of soft stock
ings and shoes. To keep the feet in
good condition they must, Of course,
be washed every day in tepid water.
Then they should be gently massaged
and rubbed with good toilet water.
The nails should be cut level with
the toes, but no shorter. Shoes too
short or too tight and shoes too long
and too wide all produce corns. Hard