The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-29
LITTLE ECONOMIES.
TO ACCOMPLISH THE SMALL
HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS,
They viii Aid the Thrifty Housewife
in Making a Few Dollars 60
Round-Makng Use Of
Left.Overs.

Soap bark left over after cleaning
dress goods can be used TO advantage
in washing floors 1t is especially suit
able for nice kitchen floors that do
not need a scrubbing brush.
The boiling soap and water In which
clothes have been boiled is good for
washing cheap kitchen floors that are
not oiled If she clothes have been
properly washed beforehand, such wa
ter is quite clean, it having been used
only to give the last touch OF white
ness to them Bits of soap that are
too small 10 use should be laid aside
for laundry days. when they can be
melted and put in the wash boiler
thus saving the cutting up of new
cake of soap
A practical book on gardening, re-
Gently published, directs the country
housewife to save every particle OF
soapy water. such as dish water and
laundry water, for watering the roots
of plants Of course, water in which
soda or strong soap powder has oeen
melted cannot be used.
Instead of throwing the melted ice
and salt water left in the freezer after
freezing cream down the wastepipe or
sink. pour ii on young weeds that are
springing mp in the garden path. There
is generally a quantity of salt often a
pint or more. left in the bottom Of the
freezer II there are no weeds to XII,
put it on an old plate. and, when dry,
use it again in freezing cream.
Leftover coffee grounds make
good fertilizer for plants. As they are
rather strong, use only a little around
each plant and mix well with the
earth. Liquid coffee left over in the
coffee pot after breakfast is much bet
ter than water to mix with stove
backing. 1t will make the stove shine
Alum and various articles are recon-
mended for this purpose, but leftover
coffee is the best, and does not cost
anything, as it would otherwise be
thrown away.
Tea grounds should be saved, and
kept where they will not get mouldv,
to use when sweeping tG lay the dust.
Egg shells can be saved and used in
settling coffee, as they are much bet
ter for this purpose than anything
else
The water in which rice has been
boiled is. if anything, more wholesome
than the rice itself If it is boiled IN
til thick after taking out the rice 1t
can be used to advantage in thickening
SOUPS and sauces. One cook book
recommends making ii into jelly or
blanc mango after sweetening and
favoring 1t properly.
Everyone knows that the water In
which potatoes are boiled is excellent
| in making or renewing yeast.
The country housewife should save
| all cornhusks and nutshells for start
| ing the fire in the cook stove. When
well dried they make a brilliant blaze
and will save time as well as kindling
wood
One woman who has always had en-
viable luck with her flower garden or
ders all the SCOT that is taken from the
chimney 10 Dt ullllHtu dlOulh Htdhtot
/ especially roses. It makes good fer
tilizer and can be used to keep off
bugs
II is foolish to indulge In misery
/ economies If they take up valuable
| time or are OF no special advantage.
! For instance. sensible woman will
not save pea pods for soup, as some
/ frugal French housewives are said to
/ DO, because pea pods do not make good
I soup The ways Of using articles or
/ dinarily thrown away which are given
1 here are Of actual advantage. They
are trifes II is true, but the familiar
quotation. "Trihes make perfection
and perfection is no trihe." applies to
/ household management, If II applies to
| anything