New-York tribune., 1906-07-29
SHORT ITEMS.

For butternut cookies which are esueciaIFy r4rA
cream one cup OF butter with cup and a half Of
sugar. Then add two eggs and two cups OF chop-
PED putrernuts. SLIT IN enough flour TO roll out
after adding to IL a teaspoonful OF baking powder.
Bake them in a quick oven until brown and crisD,
Iced tea from Orange Pekoe tea is delicious as
1t has slight orange flavor that is most agreeable
II is. however. an expensive tea for ordinary USE
II cheaper brand OF tea is used in making, iced
tea. add little orange Juice with the lemon
certain housewife has a way Of starchine COL
lars that they retain their stiffness and will nor
easily wilt beneath the hot sunshine OF JULY and
August Starch the article in good boiled starch.
any trustworthy brand will do Then let IL DIV
thoroughly When well dried starch il in heavy
raw starch. Roll IL up and let it remain an hour
Then iron it well.
To clean polished CRATES prepare a mixture Of
equal quantities OF sweet oil and turpentine. with
as much emery powder as can be stirred IN
After washing and wiping the crate with an old
chamois skim rub the polish with a piece OF
flannel and then brighten i with another. II the
brighten it. ~
Linoleum can be waxed like a hardwood hoor
1t is often treated In this way in English houses
agreeable odOr that feathers are SO apt to
HSVe, tb IN 5he morning after the dew is gone and
tne ground is qry and warm. spread an old uuiIt
on the grass. Lay the pillows t. turning them
dew fans bring them in Repeat for to 1e o syfPns 9Ta
GAYS. GAYS ana when they have become sweetened with
can be reached on all sides. A violent summer
S4lOWSE Will not 90 Jnem any harm If
thoroughly drled afterward- Il pays to buy the
more expensive feathers, not only because thew
are generally free from any unpleasant OdOr INT
because they are so much lighter when Weighed
than cheap variety. e's4eN
10 get rid OF black ants. food their nests with
b eIUsSle on ana set them on fire. After these pests
4uVe oSSun 10 enter a house Il is difficult 10 get
rld OF them A plentiful supply OF cavenne neDSer
%Luet tns Wtlte paper covers the pantry shelves
mas Deen successfully tried Before sDreaiiD1S ttc
Csyenne pepper over the shelves, scald the Shelves
wi1h DolnnS water and then let them become thor
A simple but good liniment for a strained Dacr
CONSISTS OF Icur t9hleSpoOnfuls Of strong arnnooia
TOUT taplespoonfuls OF alcohol two larCe foNio''
5poontu4S OF saIG and about quart OF rain ySofSr
~ SnSs9 ulSre1lents IN quart bottle When rho
SAY Is dissolved rub the strained back win en-
Lniment and continue the rubbine untiI H. S t.Ie
1aee IS warm with the friction.
An OLD authority .tve9 the following recDe For
shOe Narnlsh which Will not iniure the shoes 0s Sc
many proprietary blockings do and II IL soiS -
eLve good Jet black polish: Nix together three
ounces OF ivory black two ounces OF mOlasses one
ounce or sulphuric acid and one OF gum srobjc
QiSSolVed IA a little water. Add 10 the niwturo q
taoiespoonYul OF sweet oil ana one mint OF vlneror
Ems Will make liquid polish: half a mint ~
ssthesaF VIII make paste. Put the LIQUID blacxin1
or sponge attached 90 the end OF sn1a vielese ~
sWIe ~ possible attach the wire 20 the cork ~
tne bottle, as is done Sn bottles OF uFOrTfeSaTy,
ptect1ne. Nearly all vaFaishes used on sSOCs
harden the leather, and this tends 20 cFac[i1s-
10 remedy this. rub the shoes Vfth sw,oct CI1 -
lard. Kerosene OH has been r'rS5,,o oNSSS OIL ot
only htties and rub IL In thOrOughlv that No
residue remains ON che surface. ~
doM 20 Keep the homo free from files a a r,r,N
lem tlat must face every houseieepaF al fhiS 4er
seh lIs paper attracts more flies Co lts vIelnfS5
Slan II ever kills. The only way In which M