The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-10-30
HINTS FOR THE HOME.
"A Few Items of Valuable InfOrma-
ti0n for the Domestic
} Department..

A bright housekeeper has discovered
a new system of labelling jelly and
preserve glasses She buys roll OF
white passepartout binding for about
eight cents. This is well gummed on
one side, and she uses as long or as
short piece as the label calls for. The
pasting process is much more quickly
gotten through than when separate
labels are used, says the New York
Post.
The fortunates within reach of a
walk in the woods may gather ferns
these days that will give touch Of
summer greenness all through thewin-
ter. Choose perfect ferns of various
sizes and plenty of them, laying them
smoothly between newspapers. Press
under a trunk or other weight, and
pack when ready to return home by
putting the papers neatly in the very
bottom of the trunk. Later they may
he arranged in glass rose or finger
bowls that are half filled with sand.
Occasionally take each fern out care
fully, wash free from dust, and return
to the sand.
For cleaning the inside of cut-glass
water bottles or other narrow-necked
vessels, aweak solution of hydrochloric
acid is better than shot or sand, as
these make imperceptible scratches on
the surface Of the glass, eventually de-
stroying much of it's brilliant quality.
Care must be taken to rinse the YES
sells thoroughly after using the acid.
A manufacturer of cut glass advises
that before using ice-cream platters,
punch bowls, sorbet glasses, or other
pieces designed for frozen foods or
chilled beverages, the glass should be
allowed to stand for few minutes in
a cold place or held under jet of cold
water.
A decorator says that white wood
work and a yellow paper not only at
tractively tighten dull room, but in
crease markedly its apparent size. A
satisfactory yellow paper for dining
room is one with narrow up-and-down
stripes, light and slightly darker shades
of itself. The plate rail is still used,
though the narrow shelf just above a
rather low picture moulding is even
prettier. On this shelf blue Canton
plates or odd pieces of china are ar
ranged. The frieze in that case should
be left plain, being an extension of the
ceiling to meet the picture moulding.
The plates act as decorations for the
frieZe space.
An ideal arrangement for veranda
is that which permits it to be ap-
preached only through the house. In
this way veranda life becomes per-
fectly free and neither comfort nor Sc
clusion need be sacrificed Why call ii
always a summer piazza? A little care
will convert it into delightful autumn
veranda which may be enjoyed up to
the time when the snow flies. Bath
chairs keep out draughts when the days
grow shorter and steamer chairs with
rugs and divans with good mattresses
make a veranda perfectly comfortable
even in the late autumn. One of the pi-
azzas overlooking the Sound at Long
Island country home is thus equipped
steamer rugs going with the chairs.
stretched out on the chair, wrapped in
the enveloping rug, and looking off over
the ocean waves that roll and foam in a
fresh October breeze, it is not at all diff
f1cult to fancy ones self actually at
sea. The possibilities of veranda life
extend much beyond midsummer days
They should be developed to their limit
for as nation we live far too much
within doors.