Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-11
Washingtuu Standard
II0l 'SEH0LD HINTS.

stained floors as turpentine, and the
odor is no worse, and seems to go
quicker.
Never allow dishes to become hot i'll
the oven. 1t spoils the glazing, caus-
my it t" crack, and gives them bad
od"r. Cases OF poisoning have traced
t. the Use oi such dishes.
skim the soup stock when it is just
about to boil, and add gill Of cold
water. Repeat this operation three or
four times and the stock should be
clear; after this add the spices, vege-
tables and seasoning.
All table linen should he closely ex-
amined each week for fruit stains.
Try boiling water first; if this does
not start them, Use oXalic acid in
water rinsing out Immediately in clear
water. Table linen should never be
allowed to remain stained.
When tablecloths begin to go to
pieces you can make very nice every
day napkins of them by cutting in
neat squares and hemming. If too
coarse for that, make tea towels of
them. 1t is very poor economy to
take good old linen fo~ rags.
Don't bother to black the stove
every morning. Once a week and a
good coat is enough. When you
have finished the work in the kitchen,
take sheet of old newspaper and
crushing it, rub the warm stove
vigorously all over. 1t will shine" it
up wonderfully. This is excellent for
rubbing off q smoked coffee pot or tea
kettle also
A lettuce sandwich is very nice eat
ing for picnic. Boil eggs till they
are crumbly and chop them fine and
season with salt and pepper. Get nice,
tender lettuce and pick it to finest
shreds with the fingers. 1t ruins
lettuce to chop it with steel. Mix
egg and lettuce evenly, spread daintily
on thin slices of buttered bread, and
drop over it some nice salad dressing,
then cover with another thin slice of
buttered bread. Always make sand
witches very thin.
Cooking Water.-Few people know
how to cook water. The secret is in
putting good fresh water into neat
kettle already quite warm, and setting
the water to boil quickly, and then
taking it right off to use in tea, coffee,
or other drinks, before it is spoiled. To
let it steam, simmer and evaporate I'M
til the good water is oil in the
atmosphere, and the lime and iron
and dregs left in the kettle-bah! that
is what makes a good many people
sick, and is worse than no water at all.
Paper Mats in a Kitchen.-To pro-
tect the floor around the cook-stove,
stitch together on sewing machine
three or four large sheets of thick,
brown paper. Mats of this kind will
save many greese spot from the
kitchen floor or carpet. They are also
nice to put under milkpans and cream
jars in the pantry, and are SO mex
pensive that they can be replaced with
new ones as soon as they become much
soiled. Even one sheet of the paper
laid down will help a good deal, and
last for several days if one is careful.
A woman with fine head of hair
says she does nothing to it but wash it
when it seems to need it, and she can
tell that by the soil it leaves on the
white comb she uses. She washes
l.with soap and water, and nothing
else. She takes an old tin can and
lnto IL put cake of soap, and pours
over 1t half pin- If hot water. This
she places on the back " the stove for
a few hours, stirring it occasionally as
she passes. 1t is soon reduced to the
consistency of jelly. Then it is ready.
She takes up lot on her fingers and
rubs it right on the scalp, and does
this till her head is in a fine lather.
She rubs and manipulates her hair
and scalp till it begins to smart q lit
tie; when she begins to rinse the soap
out in warm, not hot, water. She
keeps getting clean water till it is not
q bit discolored by her hair. Then
she takes towels and rubs her head
and strips her hair through them, till
most of the water seems to be out,
then she sits down and shakes her
hair out to dry. She never touches q
brush or comb to her hair till it is
perfectly dry, just shakes, and catches
it up in her fingers and lets it run
through them. Her hair never knots
or snarls.
The Care of Carpets.-When you put
your carpets down, be sure and put pa
pers under them. Regular carpet lin
ing is of course the best thing. Roof
ing is also good. But if there is moth
ing better at hand, put down two o.
three thicknesses of newspaper o.
wrapping paper. Put heavy pape
under oil cloth as we'll as wooler
carpets, otherwise it will be quite i'm
possible to take it up without break
ing. Stretch your carpets tightly
they will both sweep and wear better
In sweeping use a carpet-sweeper, b,
all means, unless you think the carpe
of more value than yourself. Ii
reality, however, the carpet sweeper j