People's voice., 1900-11-29
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS
items OF Information Which May BE
Of Value to the Busy
Housewife.

The custom OF sending wedding cake
is still sufficiently practiced 10 insure
TO woman OF social prominence a con.
siderable accumulation Of this sweet
meat. One woman packs the little
squares in her pudding mold as fast as
they arrive. When the mold is full she
steams it for an hour, and serves her
family with delicious plum pudding.
"The composite sweetness" she says,
"of many happy occasions"
An ingenious and easily managed ar
rangement by which sick room may
be cooled in sultry weather is an adap-
tation Of the wet-sheet system, By
which is avoided the periodical wiring
ing out Of this large stretch OF cloth.
The sheet is hung at the window
through which the air comes, small
pitcher Of water being placed on con-
yenient ledge or improvised shelf at the
top. This is kept full Of water, and
from it, going down TO the floor close 10
the sheet, is wick or large cotton cord,
or a narrow strip Of the sheeting, any.
thing to serve as syphon for the wa.
ter. In this way the sheet is easily KEEP,
moist
A frequent cause Of the oiliness on
the outside Of lamps is that the wick
is kept too high when unlighted. II
should be remembered that the wick
draws the oil TO the surface, and if il
projects too far above the burner il will
soon accumulate oil there, which will
6ud its way slowly over the outside.
A correspondent suggests another
and she says an easier, way to remove
vaseline stains from washable fabrics
This is 10 soak them a few moments in
wood alcohol, afterward rubbing The
stain thoroughly between the fingers
The goods are then washed in the usua
way, and boiled if it is white cloth
The caution is added that wood alcoho
is extremely inhammable, and should
not be used near the fire.
Housekeepers have, according to ex.
perts, great deal yet to learn in the
way of cleanly housekeeping. They
have admitted that the cloth duster il
20 be preferred TO the feather stirrer-uI
of dust, but too mary sill get no fur,
ther in the application of this knowl
edge. A cloth duster must be kept
clean, but housemaids and housekeep.
ers may be seen at almost any time wip
ing over furniture and other articles
with cloths so heavy with dust that
they shed more than they take up. II
is a good plan to put duster bags, made
of some washable material. on every
floor in the house. In these the duster:
should be kept, and there is nothing
better for busting purposes, as ha:
been often said, than the cheap sleazy
cheesecloth. After every use these
cloths should be washed out, scaldeG
two or three times week, and quickly
dried before they are retSrned 10 the
dust bags. The bags in their turr
should be frequently laundered. Som,
iousekeepers will arise at this juncture
probably, to protest against the effort
needed 10 keep housemaids from 6
most reckless waste Of dust cloths. The
average girl asks perennially for clean.
ing cloths, and looks upon them as sh,
does waste paper, keeping them til
they are filthy, then throwing hem
away as useless. II is admitted that il
takes patient persistence and much re.
iteration OF precept and example to
counteract this tendency. The subject
seems trivial, but is really a most i'm
portant one, uncared for dust clothl
being a prolific source Of danger in the
housebold.-N. Y. Post.