The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-04-07
REMOVING STAINS.


REMOVING STAINS.
White linen or lawn that has been
stained with coffee can be freshened
by rubbing the spots with the yolk Of
an egg, to which has been added
twenty drops of glycerine, stirred to.
gether. Rinse off with warm water
Scorch stains on white goods may
be removed by squeezing lemon
over the spot, sprinkling it with
salt, and placing it where the direct
rays of the sun will fall upon it.
When on delicately tinted cotton
goods, sprinkle the spot thickly with
cornstarch and place in the sun, GOV.
ering every part of the goods with
newspaper, except the part covered
with cornstarch. There really should
be no chance of scorch stains on
tinted goods, and there is no excuse
for using hot iron, fiat iron, that
is merely warm being advised for
ironing all colored garments.
THE ART OF FURNISHING.
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Chairs of East Indian rattan, hour.
glass shape, so popular for porch use
in warm weather, are to be quite as
much seen in fashionable living
rooms this winter.
Japanese and Indian cottons, in
either old blue and white, or old blue
and yellow, make both unusual and
very attractive as we'll as inexpensive
curtains.
In buying chairs it is well to bear
in mind the rules laid down for
the cabinetmakers themselves
plicity, stability. strength, perfection
of execution in harmony with its OBJ
ject, and, last but not least, beauty of
outline.
While an entire absence Of frieze,
with just molding in the angle OF
wall and ceiling, is correct at present,
many people object to this as looking
unfinished; SO, as a compromise, a
plain frieze tone lighter than the
side walls is used.
CARPETS IN THE LIVING ROOMS.
The writer of this article grew up
on a bare oaken floor, his early years
being spent upon an old-fashioned,
back-woods puncheon fioor-punch-
cons split from the trunks Of large
trees, the rougher places being
Clipped off with broad-ax, but which
had never been touched by saw or
plane.
But I do not think this fact is re-
sponsible for my prejudice against a i,
carpet on the floor of the living
room. It is the dust, the filthy dust,
the germ carrying, disease breeding
dust, that will gather in the carpet,
and that will fill the room every time
a person passes through, no matter
how lightly that person may walk.
If you do not like to see bare floors,
linoleum, in its various figures, makes
a cheap and tasty covering, and one
that will not catch and hold the dust,
and may be easily cleaned every day.
But it is cold, almost always cold
to the touch.
If you must have carpets, let US
suggest a plan which we have never
seen suggested-put them down in
sections, and without stretching or
fastening, in sections that may. be
lifted and shaken, busted. every day
or two, like rugs are treated.
We know the objection that will be
urged, but If they be nicely fitted,
there need not be so much annoy
ance in getting out of place as one
would think. All will soon learn to
step and to move things about the
room so as not to disturb them.
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RECIPES
Cherry Dumplings.-Roll out a
layer of tea biscuit dough to quar-.
ter of an inch in thickness. spread
with butter and sprinkle with granu
lated sugar; then lay preserved cher
ries over it, roll and steam for one
hour. This makes a very delicious
dessert when served with rich egg
sauce.
Beefsteak Roll.-Have a steak
weighing one and a half pounds cut
very thin. Make a filling of one cup