Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-28
Timely Suggestions.

To test the freshness Of eggs, make {.
sat- solution of %ne qnart OF water Wand and
dropped into this Il perfectly fresh egg
will sink to the bottom and an egg slight
| ~ stale VIII, after sinking, rise but
| slightly from the bottom of the pan. \
very stale egg will float on the surface.
When the white of Il poached egg breaks
| mp into small pieces, while cooking. 1t is
are the ways of making the whites of
eggs heat up readily. pinch of salt is
sometimes added to them. and sometimes
a few drops of cold water. s-
If napkin is wrung out Of hot water
and wrapped around sandwiches and they
| are put into cool storeroom they will
| remain as moist when first spread.
For a strawberry roll cut a thin layer
of piecrlst into oblong pieces, cover with
a layer of jam, roll It VI and bake it in Il
An excellent way to use i stale loaf of
bread is to make what IS known as Span
ism fritters- Cut stale bread into even
slices. Dip each into mixture of egg
half OF milk. Butter hot frying pan
and brown the slices in it. Serve them
and cut lemon or with 4 bit Of currant
| jelly. Sometimes 4 pinch nf grated nut
meg is added to the egg and milk and as
this is Il sufficient flavor when il is used
| tie lemon will not br needed.
70 make a low room look higher let the
curtains hang to the floor. TO make a
high ceiling lock lower use short curtains
that hang only to the window sill.
If the glass topper of a bottle is thin
| ~ coated with vaScline it will never stick
Save all the rawlings from carpets to
| darn thin places. Spots should be re
moved from rugs and carpets at once as
| they are more difficult To take out after
| dust has settled in them.
Not only the bath tub but the wash
| bowl, can be quickly cleaned of the dark
rim showing the water line by using a
cloth moistened with gasoline, especially
when hard water is used.
If wooden dress goods is hung out of
doors. right side out, for three or four
hours or all night lif safe, it will be
shrunken as satisfactorily as II done by
| a professional tailor.
The girl who can sketch in colors can
make an attractive screen by covering
| the frame with green denim and suggest
| ing an impreSSiOniSt landscape, letting
| the denim itself constitute the necessary
green tones.
| Apply tninly over the surface of dis
| of egg: Whip together the white of one
| raw fresh egg with half a gill Of water
| till it is all frothy and the white is per-
| fectly dissolved, then let this stand for
some hours till the froth has subsidized.
pour off the clear part and use. II should
| be applied with paint brush none too
generously and then rubbed up with a
| clean. old silk hlndkerchief; this pro-
| duccs a nice gloss and is to some extent
| damp-reSiSting.
! TO brighten faded leather first wash
| the leather with a soft sponge squeezed
| nearly dry from Soapsuds and remove
as much moisture as possible by rubbing
| with a flannel cloth. Set the piece of
| furniture in the sun, so it will dry thor
| oughlv and quickly. When tho leather
is entirely dry rub it briskly with soft
| flannel cloth wet with kerosene. The
more thoroughly the oil is rubbed in the
better the leather will look. The furni-
| turc should be left in the open air until
| the odor Of the kerosene has entirely dis
| appeared.
One pint of milk isE equal to one pound {;
one large cnffee-cupful Of dry brown
| sugar equals one-half pound; one pint of
water equals l pound; one cupful of
and onc-half cupfus of cornmeal equals
one pound; one white of an egg equals
| one ounce; ten eggs equal one pound, and
| one yolk of an egg equals one ounce.
To clean the hearth buy a penny's
worth of size and the same amount OF
whiting Melt the size In jar with a
quart of boiling water. When the size Is
| a suspicion of washing blue. After first
washing hte hearth, paint smoothly over
| with this. 1t will last clean a long time
| II occasionally wiped over with cloth
| wrung out of cold water. When the
whiting needs renewing. wash the hearth
stone in hot water, and then apply. Add
more water to the mixture when re-
nIIired.
-Four tcaspoonfuls OF any liquid equal
one even tablespoonful: three even tea
spoonfuls of any dry material equal one
| even tablespoonful; four tablespoonfuls
are equal to onc-half gill; four gilIs are
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