The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-18
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Faseiine makes a good dressing fo
brown shoes.
Warm linseed oil applied briskly will
soft cloth makes a nice polish OF
! woodwork
Use vinegar to moisten black lead
the effect will be much better than il
water were used.
A water filter should be cleaned
every few days so that all decayina
matter can be removed.
Skim milk is excellent for washing
| tiles. 1t gives them a far better ap-
pearance than hot water.
Use wire whip beater when beat
ing the whites of eggs and a Dover or
similar beater for the yolks.
Mix enough flour with the white of an
| egg to make a stiff paste and broken
china can be mended with it,
When peeling onions, hold the onion
and knife in a pan of cold water and
there Will no no need of crying
If cake is baked in granite pans. they
should be lined with oiled paper or
Duttered and dredged with flour.
raw potato will remove mud stains
from black clothes. 1t should be sut
in half and rubbed on the marks.
When the bars of a CRATE are red. it
VIII be easy to blacklead them if they
are first rubbed with a cut, raw onion.
! Do not have an oven too hot when
baklng cake, as bt should never brown
before 1t rises and it will also be apt
to crack open.
New potatoes may be more easily
scraped if they are previously soaked
Tor d snort time in water containing
a handful of salt,
IT, nIz l.l,EL'
shells and put them into the bottles
with hot suds; shake vigorously. turn
out the suds and rinse with cold water.
Mend torn oilcloth by sticking it to-
gether at the back with piece of
sticking plasters.sthis may also some- |
times be done with good effect on a |
garment of black silk
Fruit stains may often be removed !
by the application of ammonia. An |
other plan is to steep the stain in |
glycerine, which will loosen it. so that
It can easily be removed with soap and
water.
When the hands are very dirty. rub
hem over thoroughly with a little lard
% loosen the dirt, before washing them
with soap and water. This plan has
ilso the merit of keeping the skin soft
md smooth.
80 NSt Ne1Ih l6lIONeu from mar
lie or porcelain bowls by moistenine
he spots with muriatic acid and then
pouring boiling water over it: rinse
vifh ammonia and water When the
tains are removed
TO bore holes in glass is not ye,.v
Ii1lcult operation. Use a hard stool
DOL on surface which has previously
een freely moistened with turpentine
. winch as much camphor has been
issolyed as possible.
Iron stains on marble NAV be re-
loyed by applying a mixture of oxalic
cld and spirit. Leave it on a short
me ana then dry with d soft cloth.
resh stains cf ink may sometimes be,
emoVed with lemon juice.
To restore the color OF ivorv which =,
as become yellow. boil it for an hour
solution of alum. Another plan
TO clean it with burnt punice stone
DWdered and moistened with a little !
ater. Dry in the sun under glass.
10 economize soap in the laundry. a
tie pfpeclay may be used for kitchen
oths and other much soiled articles =
mas a very cleansing effect. and. if a
tie be dissolved in the water ONLY
oout haf the usual amount of soap
III be required.
a brilliant black varnish suitable for
On, stone, wood and concrete. is made
stirring ivory black in ordinary
ellac varnish. 1t should be appIied
the surface when the article TO be
ated is quite cold. This is a useful
rnish for firepIaces.
relS may be easily skinned if tho
nds are first rubbed with salt to
event the fish from slipping through
EN-. TO Kill the eel before skinni1r
give IL a blow on the tail. Like a
axe. Its head bones are very hard {.
q It's most vulnerable part is its tail
Nhlte shoes may be cleaned by rub
lg with dry pipe clay using a tooth
nan brush, and always rubbing -
nG the grain of the leather. An n
Ter plan is to rub the shoes with D
lZlne, ana then to apply coating
pipe clay. which should be left on
some hours, and then rubbed off
wash light cOlored silks in pasoline
naptna. Half fill two large bowls
n either and wash the silk in one
VI the same as If Using water and
sc in the other. Pull into shape and /.
lg out to dry. Gasoline and naptba sH
ng dangerous it is best to do the
TX out OF doors or where there is mn
o remove stains of milk or cafe an
IS possible even in delicate ms.
ais. Slightly strain the stainad
over tumblei or basin. and with "a
III brush gently paint the stain VIII -
giycerlne. using only enough to
er the mark Let it soak throuob
me other side. and then in abo1tt
minutes, rince in lukeWarm water,
IRON on the wrong side til nnita
III the water is very hard If is
7. 10 use distilled water. which can
Dtained from any chemist.