St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
FOR HOUSEHOLD UsR.
oAd Bits Of Information
from Various Domestic
Authorities.

A tablespoonful of lemon juice added
to the water in which rice Is boiling Il
said to aid in making the rice winter anu
keeping the grains separate.
To frost a bathroom window dissolve
epson salts with vinegar, apply to the
glass with a brush and when dry give
it q coating of white varnish. 's~eH
Stop cracks in wall with plaster OF
paris, but mix the plaster with vinegar.
not with water, for vinegar prevents It's
setting too quickly and makes it easy
Of manipulation.
Tar on cotton fabrics can be removed
by covering the spots with butter and
allowing it to remain for some hours be-
fore the garment is washed. The fresh
er the stain the more easily will it come
out.
To prevent the juice running out OF
fruit pie make roll or tube Of clean
white paper and stand it upright
through the crust. This will let the
steam escape and prevent the juice from
boiling over.
s. To keep rubber plant in condition 1t
must have plenty of earth, plenty OF
water and shower bath once week.
When it has dried, after this bath. wipe
the leaves and sponge them with milk;
this treatment acts as food, as well as
making them rich and glossy. A rub
Der plant should have plenty OF light,
but no direct sunshine, and care should
be taken to prevent the water from
standing in. the pot; keep the ground
moist, but do not soak the roots with
standing water.
To set the color in black stockings,
tights, etc. place the garments in solu-
ton formed of one gallon of warm water
to two tablespoonfuls of beef gall. Let
them remain till the water. is cold,
squeeze, shake and dry out of the sun.
DO not use wringer. Another way Of
treating black stockings (cotton) is to
wash them in warm soapsuds and rinse
in water Of the same temperature, to
which a little vinegar has been added.
This has the effect of mercerizing the
stockings SO that they will keep their
color till worn out. e.
Here is a hint for the possessors Of
lace collars. When you desire to clean
the collar, put some shaved soap into
boiling water and drop in the lace, stir
ring it around until the dirt is out OF it.
Add to teacupful of hot water one tea
spoonful of gum arabic; dip the lace in
this. squeeze partly dry and smooth out,
pinning down each point and corner on
board covered with muslin. Whendry,
the collar will be found to look as good
as new. This suggestion will be of serv-
ice to owners of the large cape collars
now SO fashionable. which defy anna
teur efforts in the way of doing up"
Before new print goes into the tub
set the colors. The way of doing that
depends on the colors For green, blue,
pinkish purple. mauve and aniline reds,
soak ten minutes in alum water, using
four ounces of alum to tub of water.
For the madden tints, soak in sugar of
lead solution-an ounce of the salt to
gallon of water. For black, black and
white, grays and deep puppies, dissolve
q handful of coarse salt in q tub of wa
ter and soak about seven minutes. Some
blacks are made fresher and more per-
manent by putting strong black pepper
tea into the first suds. 1t Is best to try
the color of anything by wetting 1
small piece in the various solutions, and
using that from which it comes out
brightest, $50 -