Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-06-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

An envelope closed with the white
of an egg cannot be opened by the
steam of boiling water, as the heat
only adds to its firmness.
A delicious sauce is made by cooking
prunes in maple syrup instead of wa
ter. These prunes may be served with
whipped cream if preferred.
After the water has been strained
from boiled potatoes, they are very
much improved by being we'll shaken,
This gives them white, tloury ap-
pearancr.
To clean fruit jars and bottles try
this method: Half fill the jars with
hot soapsuds, put in handful OF car
pet tacks, cover, give vigorous shaking,
and rinse we'll.
If lamp should be overturned,
don't attempt to put out the flame
with water, for it will simply spread it.
Instead, throw flour, sand, garden
earth, or salt, any of which will have
the desired effect.
When polishing mirrors, windows or
picture glass with whiting, the best
way to use it is to have it in muslin
bags. Dampen the glass lightly. then
rub with the bag, and polish off with
crumpled newspapers.
A smoky lamp is often the result of
clogged and dirty wick. Take the
burner out of lamp and soak it in q
little strong washing soda and hot
water, then dry thoroughly, and the
lamp will burn much better.
If the stove is cracked, a good ce-
ment is made as follows: Wood ashes
and salt in equal proportions reduced
to paste with cold water. Fill in the
cracks when the stove is cool. 1t will
soon harden. Then polish it over.
If there has been anything burnt in
the oven, throw salt in and the smell
will disappear. If salt is rubbed on
silver, china, or earthenware, it will
take off stains of tea, etc. Salt will
kill VIC eds if sprinkled on gravel walks
Mildew may be removed if you rub
the spots with laundry soap, put salt
and lemon on them, and lay the goods
in the hot sunshine. 1t may be me-
cessary to repeat this process more
than once, but it is sure to work in the
end.
To clean q saucepan, fill it with WA.
ter, add two tablespoonfuls OF chloride
of lime, and boil for about two hours.
To remove smell, rinse we'll and wash
we'll with soda water. Then it will
look new. The same applies to any
enamel ware.
Save tea-leaves for washing var
nished paint. When sufficient leaves
have been collected, steep them for
half an hour in tin vessel, and then
strain through a sieve. This water
gives q fresher, newer appearance to
vanished wood than ordinary soap
and water.
II when you are baking anything
the oven gets too hot, put in a basin
of cold water instead of leaving the
door open. This cools the oven, and
the steam rising from the water
prevents the contents from burning.
When cooking in q gas oven, a basin
or tin of water should always be kept
in the oven.
When starching toilet covers, or
anything that has fringe trimming.
double the cover into four, and gather
the fringe tightly into the hand; hold
it firmly while you dip the middle OF
the cover into the starch. When dry,
shake the fringe we'll, comb carefully
with large toilet comb, and it will
fall as softly and prettily as when
new.
A pinch OF salt added to mustard
when mixing will keep it of better
color. Wet the mustard at first with
q little vinegar. Then mix it with
warm water. 1t can thus be made
thinner than when cold water is used
and is more convenient to pour into
the mustard pot, while it stiffens suf.
fciently as it cools. Watery mustard
is an abomination.
Have you telephone or telegraph
wires passing near your house? Util-
ize them as friend of mine does, for
q weather bureau. II the wires run in
. generally east and west direction,
their humming indicates fall in the
temperature; if they run north and
south they hum for rise in the tenn.
perature. Try this and see if the
wires are not reasonably truthful, in.
terpreted in this way.
A horticuturist writes: "Early in
spring / plant bulb in each straw
berry box saved from Q former sum.
mer. When danger Of frost is over, l
set them we'll down into the ground
and water freely. The plants never
wither, Is in transplanting, and grow
rapidly, as the box decays and disinte.
CRATES soon after burying, releasing
the roots. / consider gain fort
night over the old way Of transplant
ing as we'll as a saving from dirty
work."
It is always found rather difficult
to serve refreshment at the card tables
where our guests had played all even.
ing. Not only are such tables usually
too small for four covers, but it takes
so long to set many tables. Accord
I ingly we had wooden trays twenty.
seven inches square, with tiny rim,
made at the mill. Now we have these
all set, and ready to carry in and place
upon the tables as soon as the games
are over. Some friends have followed
our lead, but have stained their trays
walnut or oak, or have enameled them.
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