Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-08-28
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HOT SEHOLD NOTES.

stains.
Remember slamming the oven door
will make cake fall.
\ few drops O! lemon juice makes
cake iros,ing very white.
Simple cologne water applied to the
hair with al atoinizer is said to keep
it in c@rl.
Never eat heartily when very tired
unless YOU are de>irous OF counting
indigestion.
In cooling cream or milk, the dan
ger OF curdling Is much reduced il
pinch OF soda the size OF pea Is
added.
Try keeping lemons by running a
fine string through the nub," taking
care that they DO not touch, and hang
in a dry place
A glass OF milk should always have
pinch OF salt added to it, for it
makes it more palatable and also
more easily digested.
Tender string beans should be
boiled in sailed water, mixed with
little onion; then serve with
mayonnaise dressing for salad.
If when washing paint you would
use little powdered whiting on your
wet cloth you would find all dirt and
grease disappear at once, without
injnring the most delicate paint.
The best way to prevent lamp
from smoking is to dip the wick i'll
vinegar; then dry it before using.
You will be delighted to see how
clear and bright the light will be.
To remove stains from velvet wet
piece of cloth with little benzine and
lightly touch the spots, then wipe
with a clean cloth. Hold the back OF
the velvet over the steam to raise the
pile.
Soda dissolved in boiling hot water
and poured into the sink daily keeps
it clean and wholesome. Keep some
charcoal in the refrigerator in small
saucer; it helps to keep the meat I'M
tainted.
Preserves of all kinds should be
KEEP. secluded from the air anu in a
dry place and should not come in con-
tact with wall. Cover the top with
paper dipped in brandy OIL with para
fine paper.
Wax candles improve by keeping
few months. When in use they Of
ten become discolored and soiled.
They may be cleaned by rubbing them
with piece of clean flannel dipped in
spirits of wine.
In cleaning straw mating it is best
to wipe it off with cloth dampened
in warm salt water. Indian meal is
good for cleaning mating. Sprinkle
the dry meal over it and then thor
oughly sweep it of.
Butter may be kept firm and fresh
without ice by rolling it in damp
cloth several thicknesses. The roll
should then be placed where there will
be a current of air, and the cloth kept
thoroughly moistened.
Table salt which is dried for the
table should be allowed to grow cold
and then mixed with a little corn
starch before putting it in the salt
cellars. If this is done the salt will
not become lumpy or damp.
Gloves will last much longer if the
wrinkles are carefully smoothed out
after being removed from the hands
and then laid in long box. 1t seems
trouble at first, but soon becomes such
fixed habit that it is very easy.
Before grating lemons it is we'll to
wash them thoroughly in lukewarm
water, for, on examination, it will be
found that the outside of lemon is
anything but clean, if you put it un-
der the microscope. 1t will be dis
covered to have many tiny specks on
it, which are minute eggs of an in-
sect.
In travelling, cinder or speck Of
dirt often gets into the eye. 1: ia an
excellent idea to always carry a few
grains of flax-seed for the purpose of
removing any foreign matter from the
eye. Place the seed in the eye, in a
moment the grain dissolves in a glu-
tinous substance which envelopes the
epeck.
A hostess who has her guests COM
fort at heart will have in her guest
room a shelf With a number OF
carefully selected books, poems, a
volume of short essays, short stories
and few of the favOrite standard
works. A visitor of tact will retire 10
her room for an bour or more during
the day in order that the hostess may
attend to her duties.
The asbestos covers that are used to
slip under cooking utensils TO prevent
the scorching of the contents are also
very convenient for use beneath 4 tea
pot in place of a tile. A round DOYLE
little larger than the cover is made
of white metal to lay over it. 1t is
embroidered with wreath or with a
pattern 10 match the tea cloth il used
over the little five o'clock tea table.
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