Middletown transcript., 1903-09-26
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

A spoonful OF kerosene added to dish
OF boiled starch will keep the iron from
sticking.
Stains OH marble can often be removed
BY rubbing with salt. Polish afterward
with a soft cloth.
Ii fork he used in blending water
and flour for thickening purposes, as for
gravy, the mixture will not lump.
An experienced housekeeper says that
a fork is superior to knife for cutting a
steamed pudding or hot cake. 1t separ-
ates without making heavy.
Paint, ink and wagon grease stains may
be removed ii when still fresh they are
rubbed well with kerosene, then washed
out in soft cold water without soap.
Do not turn griddle cakes more than
once, or they will be heavy. For the
same reason, serve with the same side up
as when removing them from the grddle
Fruit stains can lie removed by wetting
them and holding over the smoke of sui
phur. Matches give out sulphurous
flame and can be used to limited ex-
tent.
Griddle cakes are much lighter when
the eggs are separated, the yolks being
beaten to thick cream and the whites,
which must be added the last thing, to a
stiff froth.
Kerosene is all excellent insecticide.
Applied literally about the kitchen pipes
and sink it will keep down the reaches
that often make life misery to the dwell |
Ter in city apartment house.
Here is a good way to cook leftover
sweet potatoes: Prepare bath Of sugar,
salt and melted butter. Dip the sliced |
potatoes in it and broil. The result is
more palatable than when fried.
Bouillon stains can be removed from |
delicate silk or other fabric by first |
sponging with ether, then applying |
French chalk to the wrong side of the
material and leaving it all night.
II it is desired to heat bakers rolls
leave them in the bag in which they
caEe and, twisting it up tightly, place it
in the oven. The rolls will plump up as
soft and fresh as when first purchased.
Anything that has baking powder,
whether it be pie crust or griddle
cake is better for being cooked rapidly.
Slow baking allows the life of the powder
to escape and the article becomes heavy.
When packing ones finery for travel
ling roll ribbons and sash ends up tightly
and fasten the end with small pin. To
fold them means to crease them across at
regular intervals, and this surely involves
the Use Of an iron before they are wear
able.
- a small tray OF quicklime placed in
closets after they have been thoroughly
cleaned, will be- found excellent for
keeping the air pure and absorbing
moisture. The lime must be frequently
renewed
To keep irons from rusting wrap them
in common brown paper and pnt away
in dry place. II they have become
rusty they may be made smooth and
bright by putting some white sand on a
smooth board and rubbing the iron over
it several times.
1t is not generally known that rhubarb
absorbs to large extent the flavor of any
other fruit with which it may be cooked.
In making jams with raspberries, straw
berries, etc, great saving is effected by
adding third or even half as much rhu- ,
barb as the other fruit
To restore linoleum that has lost its
freshness, first clean it and dry it. Melt
little ordinary glue in pint of water,
and at night go over the linoleum with I
flannel that has been dipped in the glue
water. Next morning the oilcloth will S
have fine, hard gloss.
Homemade peanut butter for sand
wches demands fresh-roasted peanuts,
made into paste. First grind them fine
in coffee mill, or through the finest
knife of meat chopper. Mix this meal
with good oil mayonnaise. Spread itI
between folds of breadlike butter for
A fine housekeeper says since painting
her kitchen range she has never black v
ened it with stove polish. Every spring
when cleaning house she buys a can of
enamel from druggist and paints her X
stove with it. The stove looks like new, '
does not rust and needs no cleaning, ex- ''
cept busting and wiping off,.
Coffee stains are difficult to get ont of r
ight-colored or finely finished materials. h
II the material is wooden or mixed goods II
make solution of nine parts water, one ot
part glycerine and one-half part aqua is
Apply with brush, allow q,
ing solution to remain half day. Re- tr
new the nloisteiing occasionally, then a,
rub with clean cloth and press between al
wo pieces OF cloth. sr
Large floor cushions are as convenient tt
ls they are ornamental. Their manufac-
ure and arrangement admit of much var
ETY. of taste, and they are not difficult to
involve out of homely materials. Even OF
common sacking and the ever present e,
EXCELSIOR can be pressed into service. For k,
all days, the warm suns and cool airs of ne
september, that invite one out, OF doors of
md then surprise one with the damp di
less of the ground and the coldness of w
he veranda steps, there is no comfort be
ike the thick. firmly made floor cushion Fl,
or country house. The usual size is Fl
z by So inches. They may be simply pi
tuffed, tufted or untufted, or even fitted nc
With springs. For the first named sort id
mt two pieces of stout, unbleached al
heeting the desired sizes, and set in a by
,iece four inches wide for sides. lust as a | =