The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

The torn pages of book may be nicely
| mended with white tissue paper.
Clean plaster of paris ornaments with
wet starch. Brush off when dry.
Have you ever tried stcaming rice in
stead of cooking 1t to a mush in water?
Soak the desired quantity over night,
, then put in the steamer with enough
water to little more than cover. Salt
and steam undisturbed for an hour or
| till done, keeping the steamer over brisk
| ly boiling water all the time. Serve with
out stirring up, so as to keep the grains
whole.
delicious breakfast or supper dish
Is made after this fashion. Take what
Is left of the cold boiled hominy and
spread a thin layer of it in the bottom
of buttered pudding dish. over this
sprinkle layer of grated cheese, then
a thick layer of the hominy, and, lastly,
the grated cheese on top. Bake till the
cheese cover is a nice melted golden
brown. then the center will be we'll
enough done.
Rounds of felt placed between the diff
ferent pieces of a dinner set keep them
from becoming scratched more effectual-
ly than do pieces of tissue paper.
When laundering embroidered linen.
make a strong suds of some white soap
and lukewarm water and wash the pieces
carefully. The washboard must not be
used; rinse Immediately in luke-warm
water and then in water slightly blued.
and hang out to dry. When half dry, lay
| them out smoothly on clean cloth,
which has been laid over a piece of
double-faced, white Canton flannel, and
press on the wrong side with a hot iron
until they are quite dry. If they are
fringed, comb the fringe out carefully
with a moderately coarse comb.
To clean silver, first wash or remove
all the grease from the silver, then rub
with a woolen cloth wet with ammonia
and whiting and polish on the chased
and filigree parts with toothbrush.
The chimney of lamp is less liable to
break If never touched with water. A
few drops of alcohol, or even paraffin
OIL will remove the dim, smoky, effect
and make the chimney bright when it is
polished with soft flannel or chamois
skin.
Chamois feathers, after being used,
| should be thoroughly rinsed, then wrung
nearly dry and placed in bags, each by
| itself, in a cupboard out of the way.
The common practice of allowing sponges
and chamois leather to lie around is a
very wasteful one.
New potatoes should be boiled I'm their
Jackets, skinned while hot and put at
once into warm cloth. Serve them on
hot vegetable dish, in which a lump of
butter has been melted Sprinkle over
,
OF pepper and some salt.
If you want to make pretty little
present for your newly married friend, a
set of holders" will probably he ac-
ceptable. That for the dainty teapot, for
a o'clock tea, may be of cream brocade,
embroidered with panses. or some other
pretty design, and bound with ribbon.
Or you might work on it UNLESS the tea
kettle boiling be, filling the teapot spoils
the tea" Four inches square will be
quite ample size. The holder for the cof-
feepot will be quite pretty made of
"crazy" patch. For the CRATE, to handle
the poker and shovel. velvet holder
will not be out of place. For the ironing
table, make two or three holders of mar
row-striped beG ticking, which you may
work in feather stitch, and bind with
tape. Put in three or four thicknesses
of flannel, we'll basted together, so that
1t will not slip and make wrinkle under
the hand, for that will blister 1t, sure