The Jersey City news., 1905-08-14


Measures to remember Two teaspoon
fuls equal one dessertspoonful. two dess
sertspoonfuls equal one tablespoonful,
one small teacupful equals one gill; one
small breakfastcupful equals half a
pint. one dessertspoonful Of butter or
dripping is one ounce, half pound of
Hour equals breakfastcupful.
Cheap paintTar mixed with yellow
oehre makes an excellent green paint for
coarse woodwork. iron fencing, etc.
All waste bread should be put in the
oven to dry, then rolled into fine crumbs,
bottled, and kept for frying outlets. fish,
etc
When plucking poultry, drop the feath-
ers into basin of water. and you will
not be annoyed with them fling all about
the kitchen.
Saltwater stains can be removed from
cloth and serge dresses by taking a piece
of the same material and rubbing the
spots well with vinegar.
To bleach a faded dress--Wash the
dress in hot suds. boil it and rinse it,
then dry it in the sun. Should it not be
rendered perfectly white, lay the dress
in the sun for several days
Little perfuming bags-Dry rose leaves
in the shade. beat cloves to a powder, and
scrape some mace. Mix all these togeth-
er, put them into little muslin bags, and
lay them among your linen.
To keep off flies, place camphor on or
near what YOU wish to keep them from.
Never start on journey without tax
ing some breakfast, even though you
cannot eat much.
When blowing out candle, hold it
above you. and blow it out. If this is
done it will not shoulder down.
It depends. of course, somewhat on
the sort of camp you are going to, al
though certain rules govern every sort
of camp outfit, says an exchange
If you mean to rough (which is the
truest form of eamping-don't take any
good clothes along except your travel
ing dress, which you'll pack away the
first night you get into the woods, and
leave there until you are ready to come
into civilization again.
White shirtwaists are the most disap-
pointing things imaginable soil so
much sooner than theE do in town, and,
even with the rudest form of roughing
it, you want to be neat Pink and blue
waists, especially the darker of The
colors. are the most satisfactory; and
take some sort of dark stock along to
wear with the turnover collars Stiff
collars wilt usually just as you start off
for an all day tramp, and by the time
you get back to camp. they 're
Woolen skirts are preferable to those
of linen or cotton. You're sure to sit on
damp rocks and in wet boats :and even
the invigorating air isn't enough TO keep
you from taking cold. Have your skirts
made short-you're going to make
trails and climb mountains and do a
thousand things that a long skirt would
make impossible.
Boots-good high ones that lace strong
" around our ankles-you ought to have
and splendid ones come for just such out
ing purposes, but if you don't want to go
to that expense, take along all the old
ones you can muster up and oil them well
before you start wearing them; and get a
pair of leggins
Don't be fascinated by attractive walk
ing hats, with quilts effectively thrust
through the side-get a soft felt hat that
can pe cfumpled up ana sat on, and
punched out to look like itself in spite of
all it has gone through
Heavy underclothes- you'd better take
along-it gets chilly sometimes in the
woods and sleeping wrapper Of flannel
its to be hoped you're going to sleep
out of doors; and blanket-the heaviest
you can find. and anything but white
a sweater, bathing suit there's sure
to be a lake about, bloomers and coat,
underclothes and handkerchiefs, and
you've about completed your list, only
have lots and lost Of everything.
MOTOR YACHT CLUB.