The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-05
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HOUSEHOLD MEMORANDA.

A French cook says that when raw
potatoes are to be cut into long strips
to be fried in boiling fat. if the DO
tatoes are cut quarter of an inch in
thickness and slantingwise they will
cook better and be more puffy.
If metal teaoots are not used for
some time they acquire a peculiar. I'M
pleasant OdOr. frequently giving a dis
agreeable taste to the tea made in
them. 1t is said that this may be OBJ
waited by dropping lump of sugar
into the pot when it is put away.
When making down pillows wax the
inner covering, and then the down will
not be able to work through the two
covers. To do this iron the wrong side
of the tick with a hot fiatiron rubbed
with beeswaX, rubbing the iron over
the wax each time before putting it
on the cloth.
Old black thread or French Iaces
that have become rusty and need to be
freshened may be renovated by dip
ping them into weak green tea and
pressing them between newspapers on
a fiat surface. Pick out each little
scallop or point with the fingers be-
fore covering the lace with the top
paper
beautiful and unusual table decsr-
alton at a recent dinner was antique
silver candelabra resting upon large
mats made of heliOtrODe satin covered
with waves of tulle. Bunches of Eng
lish violets nestled here and there in
the tulle and the edges of the satin
were hidden with a wreath of viOIets
and their green leaves.
Punches of mountain laurel may be
gathered now. If kept in cool room
in plenty of fresh water and Occa-
sionally treated TO bath these leaves
Will do good service nearly all winter
in table decorating a bunch of lau-
rel leaves, with half-a-dozen bright
cOlered blossoms. makes an attractive
looking centerpiece. These leaves are
also very useful for arranging among
fruit for the center of the table when
one does not care to buy flowers.
To clean white ostrich feathers cut
some pure white soap into small pieces
and pour boiling water on them and
add a little mite of soda When the
SOAP is dissolved and the water cool
enough, dip the feathers in and
draw them through the hand. Do this
several times until the latter is dirty:
make a clean lather and repeat the
operation A1terward rinse the feath-
ers in cold water. slightly blued Pat
the feathers between the hands and
shake them over the fire until thew
are perfectly dry. Curl them by draw
ing each fibre between the thumb and
Ssthe dull edge of a silver knife. With
little care and patience the result
will be all that can be desired
The fragrant carnations are again a
favOrite flower for decorations, but
they are not arranged in a close mass
as formerly. Quantities Of their own
SDikelike leaves are now mixed with
the blossoms, giving an entirely diff
ferent effect. The pink carnations are
particularly handsome with their own
gray-green foliage. The unusual seems
to be desired for funeral emblems as
well as table decorations Wreaths
and crosses made of the spiky carna-
ton leaves and the bright-hued bios
SONS put loosely in here and there are
much used a wreath made of beau
tiful gray linchen and finished at one
side with a large bunch OF violets fast
ened with bow Of heliotrooe ribbon
with ends was recently seen at flu
neral