Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-20


they will certainly shrink. Hang in a
warm room away from the fire.
Straw mating may be cleaned with
a coarse cloth dipped in salt and water
and then wiped dry. The salt pre-
vents the mating from turning yellow.
Always keep cheese we'll covered in
q cheese dish. If wrapped in a vine.
gar-moistened cloth, it will keep beau.
tifully moist, and retain its flavor
longer.
When making pastry, roll in one
direction only if you want it to be
light. Rolling first in one direction
and then in another is almost sure to
make it tough.
When cooking onions or cabbsge,
keep little vinegar boiling on the
stove beside them and this will prevent
the disagreeable smell from going
through the house.
At least once a week, if not oftener,
the carpet-sweeper should be thor.
oughly cleaned, the box wiped out
with an oiled cloth, and the brush
brushed with whiskbroom.
Tired feet should be we'll bathed in
warm water. to which little sea-salt
has been added. Dry thoroughly, and
rub with a little lemon juice. 1t is
wonderful how this treatment soothes
them.
Beeswax and salt will make rusty
fiatirons as clean and smooth as glass.
Tie lump OF wax in rag; when the
irons are hot rub them first with the
wax rag, then scour with q cloth.
sprinkled with salt.
To keep flowers fresh see that the
vase is clean. Drop . little piece OF
charcoal into each vase; use water
just off the chill, and change it every
day. Always clip off tho tips OF the
stalks before putting them in fresh
water.
Eggs when held up to the light
should look perfectly clear. If they
are cloudy-looking or have dark specks
they are stale. The shells should be
dull-looking. Shiny and mottled-
looking ones are not in their first
youth.
Save all your egg shells and when
you want to clean preserve jars or
vinegar bottles crush the egg shells
into fine pieces, put them into the bot.
ties or jars with clean, soapy water
and shake we'll. They will not scratch
the finest glass.
There is nothing nicer for cleaning
potatoes, parsnips, carrots, turnips,
beets, etc., than q small brush. A
scrubbing with brush removes more
dirt than mere washing would do. The
hands are saved from discoloration,
and from much wear and tear.
II earthen vessels have. been burned
brown in cooking fruit or milk, or
enamel pans or pie dishes are stained,
or if silver spoons are stained with
eggs, or cups with tea. damp and rub
with little common salt. By this
simple method all stains will disappear.
The careful house mother will see
that her children have slippers or
special shoes for house wear. A good
pair of walking shoes will, of course,
wear twice as long if worn only on out
door excursions, and the saving of ex-
pense will more than pay the cost Of
cheaper house shoes or slippers. The
constant use OF heavy boots is also a
bad thing for rugs and carpets.
1t is no use to employ a feather
brush if the object is the actual re.
moval of dust from the room. The
feathers do not collect, but merely
distribute dust. To dust thoroughly,
use soft cloth, if possible slightly
damp cloth, and turn it about so as to
gather up the dust in it. If the duster
be dry an occasional shake out OF doors
will enable it to do duty more effectu-
ally.
Canning fruit without sugar has
come to be quite the approved method,
and those who have tried it insist that
that fruit so canned tastes as it did
when perfectly fresh. The process is
simple: Prepare tho fruit in the usual
manner, place in porcelain.lined pre-.
serving kettles or enamel dishpans
kept for the purpose, and put over it
enough cold water to cover. Heat
the fruit scalding hot and fill heated