Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-05
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

When you black the stove, use
strong coffee to moisten the backing
it makes it take better polish.
Stains Of iodine may be entirely re-
moved from white calico or linen by
rubbing damp carbonate of soda into
the marks and then washing in cold
water.
The secret of having good mashed
potatoes is to keep them hot while
MASKING and have the milk hot when
added. Put into a hot dish and dot
the top with bits of butter.
If you burn the top of your cake
take the large crater and CRATE off the
burned part evenly. Dust it very
thoroughly and carefully to remove all
Of the burned particles before icing it.
Sick headache, regularly appearing,
indicates that the system is deficient
in natural acids. To correct it, take a
tablespoonful OF lemon juice, clear, fif.
teen minutes before each meal, and
the same dose at bed time.
Stains may be easily removed from
the inside of decanters and cruets by
putting into them fresh infused tea
leaves direct from the teapot with q
little hot water and soft soap. Shake
well and rinse in clean water.
When a whitewashed ceiling has be-
come blackened, apply a layer of
starch and water to it with piece of
soft flannel. Allow it to dry, then
brush off lightly with a brush. The
blackness will have disappeared, leav.
ing no marks whatever.
Kitchen tins may be frightened
without resorting to the Old-time
method OF securing with sand. Boil
them in strong borax water, rinse in
hot water and dry, and unless they are
very old and have been neglected they
will look like silver. Pots and pans
which have no solder about them,
may be boiled in solution OF lye.
This cleans them as nothing else will
do, and removes the accumulations of
grease and black crust which untidy
cooks occasionally leave in dripping
pans. A large, strong skinner should
be used in removing these pots and
pans from the lye, which is very caus-
tic and eats the skin. As each article
is taken out of the lye kettle it should
be dropped into pan of hot water to
rinse it off, fished out from that with
the skinner and secured with sand or
securing soap. Lye lessons the luster
nf ht1k thIc hn IN Ia
measure restored by boiling it again
in borax.
Highly polished tables and chairs
have way OF developing spots of
white, where q hot dish has stood or
where hot water has been spilled.
Equal parts of linseed oil and alcohol
rubbed on such spot will usually
make it vanish. Another plan is to
cover such spot with baking soda,
then hold heated flatiron close down
over the soda, not near enough, how
ever, to injure the varnish. After q
little while take the iron away and
brush off the soda. In most cases the
spot will be gone. Camphor is an
other good all.around agent for restor.
ing varnish, and when rubbed over
blistered or whitened spots will bring
back much of the original luster.
AS the sun climbs higher and the
season of insufferable" heat comes
on, light, delicate meats and poultry
should take the place of the heavier
beef and mutton. Nature now Graves
fewer solids and more dainty dishes,
and the normal appetite is a pretty
sure exponent of the needs of the body.
1t is great mistake, however, to have
everything chilled, especially the
meats. Indeed, the physical forces
are often at such low ebb that they
need to be stimulated, not given extra
work to do. To provide nourishment
in its lightest, most digestible and
attractive form is what the housewife
should strive for. If cold meats are
eaten, condiments should 60 with
them to assist digestion. A curry, for
instance, on a hot day is much more
wholesome than plain slice of roast
beef or mutton. This is borne out by
all who have lived in India and other
hot climates. All delicate meats and
fish are suitable for a curry, but a cur
ry Of beef or mutton would be an ab-
surdity. Nor is q curry y difficult
thing to achieve. 1t is simply the ad-
dition of tablespoonful of the powder
to a quart OF chicken or veal stew,
sweetbresds, lamb. oysters, shrimp and
lobster. AS a bottle OF the best i'm.
ported curry costs not mora than %
cents and will last for months, it is
not an extravaganza. but one of the
stock supplies that every housewives
storeroom should contain.