Middletown transcript., 1903-06-13
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Hinges will not creak if rubbed with a
feather dipped into oil.
If cake cracks open while baking,
the recipe contains too much flour.
Swee' milk makes cake that cuts like
pound ,dke. Sour milk makes spongy,
light cake.
Grease spots may be removed from
marble by applying paste of potash
and whiting.
The smaller the cake the hotter should
be the oven. Large rich cakes require
very slow baking.
Dampen the clothes for ironing with
hot water. This dampens them more
evenly than cold.
Two or three lumpsof sugar added 10
starch made of boiling water will make
it more glossy and stiffer.
Grease cake pans with lard or drip
pings, as butter will be likely to make
stick, owing to the salt in it.
To remove mud stains from dark dresses
dissolve little bicarbonate of soda in
water and wash the stains with it.
Always sift flour before measuring,
then it may be sifted again with the bak-
ing powder to insure their being thor
oughtly blended.
In making fruit cake add the fruit BIZ
fore putting in the flour, as this will pre-
vent it falling to the bottom of the cake.
FIGURING the fruit is unnecessary, unless
the fruit is damp.
Rub mildew spots with laundry soap,
put OH them salt and lemon, and place
the goods i'll the hot sunshine. 1t may
be necessary to repeat this process in
order to make sure of good results.
Stains of grease and oil may be re-
moved from carpets by sprinkling -four
on the spots and removing it as soon as
it has obsorbed the oil, when the spots
will be found to have quite disappeared.
A little turpentine in warm water is
the best thing to wash window glass,
mirrors or glass globes. A little alcohol
does wonders in frightening glass.
Turpentine is the best material for wash
ing sinks.
Water for boiling fish should always
be at the boiling point before the fish is
put in. Salt and few teaspoonfuls of
vinegar should also have been added. |
The latter is said to keep the flesh firm
and white.
In creaming butter and sugar, when |
the butter is too hard to blend easily, |
warm the bowl, and if necessary, warm |
the sugar but never warm the butter, as
this will change both texture and favor
of the cake.
Pillow cases partly worn out, washed
and ironed and cut the right size, make
nice bread cloths, or cloths to spread
over food that must stand on pantry
shelves. The smaller cut off make handy
lamp cloths.
Use paper for rubbing off the stove in
stead of daily polishing. With an occas-
ional polishing and brisk rubbing after
each meal the stove will be clean and
bright. We also use papers in cleaning
zines, lamp chimneys, tinware, etc.
Kerosene will remove dust from the
stove. Wash well with wooden cloth
Tipped into kerosene. Use old brush on
.he grooves and ornamental work. After
/ day repeat the washing. Finally rub
he stove dry with woolen cloth and
polish with stove blacking.
Ink is an enemy to the delicate, light
,olored waists and all white dresses of
he present, for with the greatest care
pots or tiny splashes will often appear
n most inconvenient places. For COL
,rs, salts of lemon, which can be obtained
It drug store, can be lightly strewn
'ver the goods and will draw out the
tain. Renew the powder when it be-
omes dark until the stain is faded out.
1t is no use whatever to dust with a
Gather duster, if the object in view is
eally the removal of dust. The feathers
merely scatter fine particles abroad,
which would be much less injurious if
'ernitted to remain on the original ar.
icles. Always employ a soft cloth,
haking it at frequent intervals. If
else.is really needed to relieve
he monotony of continual STOPPING, a
amb's wool duster is the best possible
ubstitute. Il