Middletown transcript., 1905-02-18

FfloQ oysters are cOnSluereu unWnOle-
some because, as usually prepared, they
become soaked with fat. To aYoid this,
immerse them completely in hot fat, so
that they are instantly scared over and
the absorption of fat prevented. A fry
ing basket facilitates the process.
A housekeeper whose house is heated
with hot air dries her clothes as they be-
come damp from the laundry by leaning
ladder against the wall across the re-
gister and hanging the GARMENTS upon
the rungs.
Glycerine is always used in cnmhina-
ton with rosewater or elder flower water
but probably few women know why this
is done. 1t is because slycerine has snch
an affinity for water that when applied
pure it absorbs all the moisture from any
surface that it touches. Plain water will
do just as well as rosewater, apart from
the aesthetic considerations.
Windows that are too long and narrow
for the height of the room may be widen
ed and lowered in effect by hanging drap-
cries on either side against the wall.
The ashes Of potato peelings are said to
Danish cockroaches.
Apples for keeping should be laid on
dry floor for three weeks.
Scrubbing brushes should be put away
with the bristle side downwards.
Lamp wicks soaked in vinegar before
using will give clearer fame and a
steadier light.
A little vinegar added to furniture
polish will get rid OF the dead oily look
so often noticed.
To test butter smear clean piece of
white paper and burn. Ii the butter is
poor the smell will be pleasant.
To make glue take a piece Of cold,
boiled potato and rub on piece of paper
with your fingers for five minutes.
Mixed mustard will keep moist longer
if, when mixing, you add spoonful of
salt and moist sugar.
Old wall paper can be improved in ap-
pearance by simply rubbing it well with
flannel cloth dipped in oat meal.
Eggs covered with boiling water and
allowed to stand five minutes, are more
easily digested than if placed in boiling
water and allowed to boil furiously for
short time.
CASTLE soap dissolved in hot water and
allowed to dry on the skin at night is
said to be good for black-heads and
pimples. Persons afflicted with black
heads should take exercise in the open
air, wash their faces with hot water at
night and use white CASTLE soap. When
their internal economy gets in good
working order their compilations will inn
prove.
1t is no secret that baths of milk are
beauty preservers, and if taken before
wrinkles come they will keep them away.
Almost equally good are baths of rain
water to which enough simple tincture of
benzoin has been added to whiten the
water. This has delicious fragrance.
It is astringent and better for oily than
for dry skins.
To remove paint from window glass
rub it well with hot, sharp vinegar
To clean bamboo furniture use brush
dipped in warm water and salt. The
salt prevents the bamboo turning color.
To remove an obdurate screw apply
red-hot iron to the head for a few min
utes and use the screwdriyef while the
screw is hot.
There is no better way to dust car
we'd furniture than with painters brush.
This will penetrate all the little crannies
which would not be touched bv the
ordinary busting brush.
To brighten much-discolored old brass
scrub it with paraffin and powdered bath
brick. Use fairly stiff brush, and when
the stain has all disappeared polish with a |
cloth and powdered bath brick,
and then give final rub with wash
leather.
One often hears complaints that the
v aasli-house boiler rnsts and iron-mol,is