Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1905-12-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

For polishing brass use piece of lemon
J dipped In salt.
Throw the egg shells into the stock pot
directly the contents are used.
1t is said the towel is an enemy to a
beautiful face, for it breaks the tissues.
A day or two's abstinence from solid
food aids the system to throw on cold.
A library Of books may be saved from
mouldiug by sprinkling few drops of
oil of lavender about it.
furnished silverware may be frightened
by permitting it to lie for half an hour
or so in sour buttermilk.
Black and red ants can be driven away
with few grains of tartar emetic in
saucer of sugar and water.
A tooth brush should always stand so
It will drain when 1t is out of use and
should be exposed to the air.
A very good substitute for cream in
coffee is the yolk of an egg we'll beaten.
One egg will season three cups.
In order to remove the cake from the
pan smoothly, place the pan for few
minutes on a cloth wet in hot water.
Tea stains on your napkins and table
cloths may be removed by plunging
them into fairly strong ammonia water.
If silk is washed every week in warm
suds containing a tablespoonful of am
monia the polish can be preserved for
long time.
Should your soup be too salty, add
sliced raw potato and cook a few mo-
ments longer, as the potato will absorb
the surplus salt.
Fish for frying should always be dried
thoroughly and dredged thickly with
-four before being brushed over with egg
and bread crumbs.
Blue stains, when caused by household
bluing, may be removed with alcohol.
Wood alcohol, which is inexpensive, will
answer for this purpose.
If hiccoughs do not yield to the usual
remedy of drinking water very slowly,
take a small piece of sugar and dissolve
it gradually on the tongue.
Keep high stool in the kitchen, on
which you may sit to prepare vegetables,
wash dishes or iron. 1t can often be
used in place of a stepladder.
Don't throw or drain vegetables into
the sink. Small PARTICLES will go through
the sieve and lodge in the trap, necessi-
tating the calling i'll Of plumber.
When baking scenes or cakes, if the
soda is dissolved in little boiling milk,
it will prevent any chance of disagree
able Jumps so often found in scenes, etc.
When headache comes on from ia
tigue or excitement, it may be relieved
by pressing sponge wet with hot water
to the nape of the neck OF on the tenn
Piles.
By putting baby's bathtub on box
instead of on the floor, you can give the
little one a bath in greater comfort to
yourself, sit down to it and have it the
right height.
Never allow the hair to be wet long.
Dry it quickly with warm towels, dry
heat and friction. Every day give it few
minutes brushing. Then rub the scalp
until it glows.
Heartburn can be Immediately got rid
of by taking cream of tartar, about half a
teaspoonful, in half glass of water. I,
makes pleasant effervescent drink, COOL
ing to the blood.
. Soft old linen is almost invaluable foi
the final polishing of furniture. 1t is
also good for polishing silver, brass and
other metals, and if not % worn as tc
$ shed lint it will polish glass.
Sprains require prompt treatment. I'm
mediately on receiving the injury battle
D part in water as hot as can be borne and
, then swathe in congresses of witch hazel
changing as each becomes dry.
Never brighten or "touch up thu
s hair with chemicals or you will bt
/ obliged to keep at it for lifetime
Nature avenges every act we commi
i. against her laws. There is no escape.
2 Fine coal ashes are most useful TO
S cleaning the bright spots of kitchei
j. range and fender. Dip piece Of slight,
j. damp flannel in the ashes, scour tn
: steel, and brilliant polish will result.
Il The best treatment for bruise is al
immediate application OF hot fomenta
e tions. After that witch hazel, vinega
e and hot water or alcohol and water, pu
e on with a bandage and often moistened
l. Dish cloths should be boiled oftel
5, with a pinch of soda in the water, bu
lie should not be used until simply mas
Il of lint. Dish towels should be scalde
once day and hung in the sunshine
l. possible.
DR. The best dishcloths are made of knitte
lie cotton, for they wash again and agai
r and look like new. After using alway
5, wash dishcloth with soap and waite
ID then rinse thoroughly and hang in tt
s. air to dry.
I'd A delicate flavor of rose can be give
to either a layer Of loaf white cake ;
of bruising two or three large rose geraniul
IN leaves and laying them in the bottom I
ty the pan. Cover them with grease
be paper to prevent the leaves touching ii
be cake batter.
IN There is nothing so good as turpentir
as for a bruise or cut. II will smart for