The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-07-10
TIE DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
Various Hints and suggestions In
tended for the Aid of the
BIsy Housewife

Dusty velvet may best be cleaned by
rubbing it gently, the way of the pile:
with piece of new flannel.
To prevent lamp from smoking
soak the wick in strong vinegar and
dry it well before using it. The flame
will then burn clear and bright.
Dry colored cambrics indoors and it
! possible in darkened room, for moth
ing is more likely to bleach colored
cotton than strong light upon it while
it is wet.
The smell of paint in freshly paint
ed room will soon go off if you keep
in it a pailful of water with little
hay in it. Renew the contents of pail
twice or thrice in the day.
A good way to sew on buttons is to
sew them over darning needle. When
finished take out the needle and the
button will be found to be convenient
ly loose on the material. Buttons
fixed on too closely are soon pulled off.
Pancakes baked on a soapstone
griddle are much more digestible than
those cooked on iron. A soapstone
griddle should be heated very slowly
to avoid the danger of cracking. 1t is
never creased, but is rubbed thorough
ly with dry salt.
A salad invented" BY famous chef
is simplicity itself, but it is as fresh
as the spring and tastes as good as the
spring sun feels these days. To pre-
pare this dainty and wholesome It'd
bit put a mass of shredded lettuce on
an ice cold platter. Then arrange
around the mound of green deep bor-
der of "rosettes," which are made of
watercress, tomatoes or celery, all cut
up in fine bits. Just before this salad
is brought to the table a freshly mixed
French dressing is poured over it.
If you have a canary or other cage
bird look to it's claws from time to
time, for in a state of captivity the
birds nails grow so long that they
need cutting. If this be neglected the
bird is in danger of getting its nails
caught in the cage and hanging there
till it dies. Use sharp pair of nail
scissors and take care not to cut them
IMAM JuSU IAC ups VI luC
If you hold the bird in a good light
| you will see a little red ''thread" in
each nail; this you must avoid or you
will draw blood and hurt your little
pet.
The best way to clean a wash silk
waist is to wash it in a suds made of
| benzine or gasoline and white soap.
| After the garment is clean it should
be thoroughly rinsed in fresh benzine.
| No pressing will be needed as result
| of the washing, but If the silk is wrin-
| killed. it should be ironed with warm
tiatiron after it is dry. A hot fatiron
must not, of course, be put on goods
wet with such fluid. The rinsing liquid
may be saved for another occasion,
providing it is allowed to settle and is
| then drained from the sediment. Deli
| cate fabrics may be cleaned in this
way.
The water in which rice is boiled is
too valuable to be thrown out; add
tomatoes to it and make a soup for the
next days luncheon or dinner. Wafer
| in which onions are boiled may be put
| over the bones with ordinary water
| for stockmaking. Water in which po-
tatoes are boiled should be thrown
away: it contains poisonous alkaloid
\ and is unwholesome: this is also true
Of the water in which asparagus is
| cooked, but the water in which other
| vegetables are cooked is worth saw
ing. The water in which peas, beans
and caulifiower are boiled may be
added to the water in which leg of
mutton or beef was boiled, and care
fully reduced by rapid boiling, strained
and put aside to use for sauces or
soups.