Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-11
Suggestions for the Housewife,

| Natercress salad is more attractive and
| tasty when Tadlshes sliced thin with their
red skins on are mixed plentiulv with it
III YOU will always set the dshpdn with
| the handles at the front and back instead
or at the sides rs you face it you Will
have fewer Kicked tea sets.
To keep edges of cOmforta bios clean
cheese cloth strips a yard wide Scwed
over the edges OF comfol tables ard blan-
k'ts ana changed with the bed linen in
Sures cleanliness.
Keep the roots of the celery plant. dry
crate them and mX the powd with ono
third as much salt. Keep IN "A bottle, well
corked. This is delicious III soups. sra
vIeS. bushes. etc.
Oil painted walls must be washed with
soap and water. using 4 soft flannel cloth
care being taken Ito wiring it well befor-
using. Use Geld water to finish and dry
with d linen cloth.
Make pad of double faced canton fan
mel little larger than the dining table
and use under the tablecloth. The cloth
will look better. wear longer and the
sound of the dishes be deadencd.
The safest way to cleanse bronze is to
rub it with a soft cloth moistened with
sweet oil. polish afterward with an oil
channels All dust must be removed be-
fore attempting to clean and polish it,
I" clean copper take handful of com
| mon salt. enough vinegar and flour tn
make paste: mix together thoroughly
There is nothing better for cleaning cop
per. After using the paste wash thor
ouchly.
lie use OF drnnlonld DIT cleaning Ul0le
is great saving of labor. Papered walls
should be- freely rubbed with pieces Of
stale bread dirty marks receiving special
attention. and afterward rubbed with a
Nantes. bOdhices and waistcoats should
never be hung. They should he neatly
folded. so as to keep them as straight and
even as may he and laid fat on Il shelf a
piece of paper or muslin should he tucked
over them to preserve them from dust.
Cut glass may he made very brilliant by
washing 1t in warm soapSUdS and driving
in 81 WduSt Put the dish down in a pan
of SawduSt and cover well with 1t. When
all moisture has been absorbed lift the
dish and wipe with soft pieces Of linen.
Ordinary glass may be made very bril-
liant ny same treatment
Fandkerchi"fs and even pieces of wash
ing silk used for dresses and hlouG"s
should be considered valuable possessions
oven when they arc very shabby, for they
make better busters for polished wood
than any which one could buy An old
white silk handkerchief laid across J
sore caused by long lying in bed will
sometimes give relief when nothing else
will.
To clean Japanese furniture mix to-
gether one pint strong cold tea. one pint
of linseed oil. the whites of two eggs and
two ounces of spirits of salt. Put these
into a bottl" and shake well to insure all
the ingredients being thoroughly mixed.
Take a pad Of old soft linen, pO,1r few
drops on to this after well shaking the
| bottle with this and then polish it up
with an old silk handkerchief.
For the front porch ono should have
sore permanent. large lowered or SNOWY
vine that is not too rampart-e. e., the
large Powered purple clematis tcl"matis
IJackmaniD. The crimson rambler rose Is
less suitable, because it gets mildcw on it
and Is unsightly when out ri bloom
| While waiting for permanent vines to
grow one can SOW seeds Of annuals-e e.
| sweet peas. morning Elorics cohaea
scandens. but not the wild cucumber
That isn't good enough. 1t gets yellow
and shabby. too, early in the fall.