Middletown transcript., 1906-11-24

/ II a pitnp Z or ipiil viii not come 10 q
| hea apris cloths that have beendipped
iu i,1t water.
F5r br'nrI.isi trouble, il common bak-
ing 50 Ia is blown thr1ugh q glass tube
si,:tn the throat il viii be fund efferive.
Alter cutting corp peroxide tholld
always be applied +, prevent any posi-
billy ol bl,,od poisoning.
To cure ,lsndrnff, after washing and
drsing the hair part it and apply saseIine
q. the scalp. hut do not allow it Ia gel on
Eibe lair tl,at i IL sas, allow a. little as
possible.
Ii there is any doubt as To verniin be.
ing IN child's head, saturate the hair
viii, coal iii, and after it has been on
fnr about twenty minutes wash the hair
with soap and water.
Esrache viii be relieved if "A few drops
, [ heated sweet oil, Into which the saiue
qialdity OF landanuni has been put, Is
poured Ia tle aui,ii.g ear, but care must
be taken hot to get tile oil too hot, and
sometimes il is d. Iii ult to get child to
Keep still long enough to do this. In
IlM case try dipping a piece OF medi-
Gated c,tten in tie heated oil and put
that in the car, but be sure to have the
piece stiff :ieutly large that it can be
easily taken out.
A few drops of camphor taken on y
lump of sugar at The first intimation of a
cold will often break it up.
Mix ginger cookies With cold coffee in
STEAD Of water. as it improves them.
Turnips and beets are improved by
adding one or two tablespoonfuls Of sugar
when cooking
Cranberries can be made very palatable
with much less sugar by mixing them
will. about half their bulk Of apples.
Rub both cranherries and apples through
a coiander.
A round piece Of tin about three inches
in diameter, half of it turned upright,
makes gbod pot scraper.
To make ali, inexpensive bread and
cake. cooler, something that no housewife
should he without, purchase piece of
rather fine meshed, heavy wire fencing.
Have the hardware man turn down about
four inches on each end and bind across
with tin. THIS makes the side pieces for
the cooler to stand on, aud you have a
simple, durable aud Inexpensive article |
on which to cool bread, cake and pies, or
to place tile hot>stewpan while the sauce
cools.
Boiled cabbage, in one family, is served |
with-an egg sauce, to which Parmesan
cheese has been added. The sauce is
turned over the cabbage after it is put
into the serving dish. For the sauce, an
ordinary white sauce made of cupful Of
milk and tablespoonful each OF butler
and f1ur has two hard-boiled eggs,
chopped fne, stirred into it.
Be sure to place a pad under the oil
cloth c ,yer to yeur kitchen table, as it |
lessons the noise, renders it easier to clean
and doubles its wearing qualities.
II is possible to freslIen stale cake byl
i. for about an hour and thenH
leaving il in a-hot oven for few minutes.
Yesterdays rolls may be made palatable
by heating in tile oven until they become |
right hot. When eaten warm they are
delicious.
To increase the capacity of clothes
presses, cut sticks from old brooms and |
place them across the clothes press, let
ting the ends rest on the boards that hold |
the hooks. This enables many coat
hangers to be used, and if in a gentle
mans clothes press, trousers can be folded |
and placed over the rods so that the |
creases will remain in place.
II a CRATE be very rusty blacklead ii
thoroughly and leave the wet blackIead
to dry on it for day or two. Then clean
the grstein the .,saaI way, 1t will polish |
beautifully, for the blacklead will have |
eaten off the rust.
When arranging chiIa jars on polished |
furniture cnt piece Of thick baize to the |
exact size Of the base and pink itout at
the edges, choosing some dull color which |
will barely show. This neat mat will |
effectively preserve the polished surface
and will never be All eyesore.
Remove marking ink-Paint the mark |
with solution of cyanide Of potassium, ap-
piled with camel's hair brush. As soon
as the ink disappears the linen should be |
rinsed in cold water, aud then washed in
the usual way.
Remove stains from enameied pans
Fill With water and tablespoonful OF
.
scour With soap rubbed on a coarse cloth,
rinse thoroughly, and dry. Damp salt
rubbed on the stains will also remove
them.
One Of the best waysof serving potatoes
is in the shape of "lady fingers" Take
potatoes, pare, cut length-
wise three or four times, then slice these
making them about the width
and thickness Of little finger. Fry
the-e brown and crisp in deep, hot fat
same as for Saratoga chips. You will
and these delicious II served hot soon as
Iried and saited.
For a useful gift to woman trim up
half dozen nickel clothes hangers and
,acIIet them. Then make bag for eacIi
If lowered China silk or siIkulihe. The
bag should he long enonglI to take in a
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