Middletown transcript., 1903-11-07
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

| A pinch ofsalt added to the white of
an egg will facilitate the whipping.
| Young white onions are very nice
cooked in boiling water, sliced and ser.
we'd on buttered toast like asparagus.
A paint brush makes good swab for
greasing cake tins, etc. OF course. the
butter that is applied must be first
melted.
Emery paper is good to clean undressed
kid gloves. 1t should be very fine and
should be used with great care, as un-
| dressed kid is so tender.
Picked carrots are novelty as gar
nlsh or eaten like another pickle. Boil
the carrots until tender, cut into fancy
shapes, such as crescents, stars, circles,
diamonds, etc., and place in strong vine
gar, with spices to taste.
Lace will not thicken if washed in
naptha. Immerse in the fluid, and let
the lace remain for an hour of two, Then
gently squeeze between the hands, rinse
with clean naptha, and pull into shape.
1t will dry almost Immediately.
Copperas makes capital disinfectant
for kitchen sink or other place needing
a thorough cleansing. Take half pound:
add two quarts of boiling water, and
when the copperas is thoroughly dissolved
flush the pipes with the solution.
A woman who is her own laundress
folds all fiat pieces, like towels, pillow
cases and sheets, carefully; then passes
them several times through the wringer.
The effect is as if they had been man.
gled, and it saves deal of ironing.
Both vinegar and sugar have cohesive
qualities when mixed with black lead.
Women who have trouble in getting their
stove polish to stay on their stoves find
pinch of ordinary granulated sugar .
makes it cohere. A dash of vinegar has
the same effect.
Kerosene will not only remove the dirt
that collects in sort of rim around the
sides OF a porcelain bathtub, but it will
take off the white blotches that form on
zinc lined bathtubs. Apply with cloth
saturated in the fluid and then wrung
out. Follow with hot water and soda.
Onion sandwiches are good for school
girls, and the continued use of them
does wonders for the complexion.
Fresh onion and leek, new skin in a
week" an ancient doggerel puts it. Slice
The onions as thin as possible, salt, and
place between slices of bread and butter.
A bit of parsley helps to take away the
,dor from the breath.
All food specialists agree that black tea
g much preferable to green in its effect
IN the nerves, but some people think
hey might just as we'll give up tea alto
'ether as drink the black variety. In
uch cases the taste may be changed by
dding little black tea to pound of
'reen and increasing the quantity each
ime tea is purchased.
Cucumber spirals are pretty novelty
o serve with fish. After peeling the
ucumbers and tossing them into ice
Fater, cut the cucumber round and round
Nth fine, very sharp knife, as if it
Tere an apple you were pairing. The re-
ult should be long, slender pairing that
orms ring after ring. A French dressing
served with the pretty spirals.
The woandsu, tropical African food
liant recently introduced in Asia and
outh American, is destined, it is said, to
AXE the place of the peanut before long.
: well known French chemist describes
as possessing all the properties of per-
,ct nutriment. Two pounds of it daily,
ntirely supply the requirements of the
uman system. Like the peanut, it ma
Tres underground, and its kernel is egg
laped. Avery white -four, whose flavor
tier cooking resembles that OF chestnuts,
made from the nut.