Middletown transcript., 1903-05-23
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Plenty OF common soda in the water il
:, which linen is washed will remove the
stain of perspiration.
Wash bacon rinds and keep them in
jar for seasoning greens and touching
up fricassed chicken.
When glass fruit jar is emptied, wash
Immediately. dry and sprinkle inside
with salt. This will keep it sweet.
i Steel and iron may be brilliantly pol
ished with paste made of equal parts Of
brick dust and within moistened with q
little paratfin.
In cleaning goods with gasoline or nap
tina rub the material lengthwise and with
the weave, using piece of same fabric
and rubbing until perfectly dry.
In cleaning oil cloth on the kitchen
floor, cloth dipped in kerosene cleans
more quickly, and the cloth looks fresher
and cleaner than when water is used.
The tin wash-basin may be quickly
cleansed in this way. and the smell evap-
crates at once.
Quicklime absorbs damp, so in closets
or other damp places it is good plan to
have plateful of this powder, which
+; will absorb the moisture and prevent
! mildew. 1t will be necessary to renew
the lime from time to time, as, of course,
it loses its effect.
1t is said that oil cloth will last much
longer If washed once month with equal
parts OF milk and water and rubbed once
in three months with the oil from boiled
linseed. A small bag OF bran boiled in
two gallons of water forms the best wash
for China mating.
An asbestos mat, with cover made to
fit OF course, white toweling or fine linen,
is handy when you have hot dishes to set
on the table. You can.buy asbestos by
the piece. and make the pads any shape
and size you want. Make the covers so
they can be- removed for laundering
II new tinware Is rubbed over with
fresh lard, then thoroughly heated in the |
oven before it is used, it will never rust |
afterward no matter how much it is put |
into water. II the teapot or coffee-pot is
discolored on the inside, boil it for a
short time in strong solution of borax,
and all its brightness will return.
careful housekeeper has various
ways of using up stale pieces of bread be.
sides drying them for frying. Soak pieces
of state bread in cold water, squeeze very
dry, and add to flour for boiled puddings,
forcemeat and rissoles, but the bread
must be squeezed very dry after taking
from the water. A good pudding is made
OF quarter of pound of piece of bread
soaked and squeezed dry, quarter of
pound of -four, a quarter of pound of
suet shredded fine, quarter of pound
of sultanas, little salt and baking pow
der, one egg, favoring and sufficient milk
to make all into nice batter. Pour in.
to a creased basin and boil for two hours
and half Turn out to serve and pour
sweet sauce round.
"When obliged to give child nau-
seous dose of bitter medicine, always
make it as easy as possible for the child
to swallow it. A single drop of oil of
cloves on the tongue, which destroys the
sense of taste for the time being; or a
lew spoonfuls of steaming hot pepper {
mint tea. A slice of lemon dipped in
sugar and sucked slowly after castor oil
# swallowed will remove any which stays +,
on the roof or sides of the mouth" The I
.rained nurses in hospitals have way of 6
the obnoxious oil that is still !
ess offensive. They half filled wine {
Ilass with oraEge juice, then pour in the
Ill and some more juice on top. The oil
orms ball in the middle of the juice,
md is swallowed without coming in con-
act with the tongue. When it is down
section of orange is sucked.
Any one who possesses fiatiron and a
,iece of clean muslin or longcloth has :.
'nly to heat the fltiron fairly hot, mois- !,
EN- the cloth and spread it over the iron,
wing on its side on the table, to have a
apital little apparatus for renovating vel ,
ct. Before beginning the work, brush
he velvet thoroughly to raise the nap as
much as possible, using soft hair brush,
nd not an ordinary whisk, which is too
harp and harsh. Remove all spots with
asolene. When the velvet is dry and as
lean as it can be got, hold it over the
team rising from the iron until the crea-
es have disappeared. AS the cloth dries, :,
lip it freshly in water, An obstinate \
reases will often come out it 1t is passed
ack and forth over the sharp edgeaof the
ron. The wrong side of the velvet
hould be held toward the steam.