The independent., 1906-11-29
NOVEMBER 2s, 1906


has two hard-boiled eggs, chopped fine.
stirred into it.
A mother-of-pearl buckle should be
cleaned by covering the buckle with
a paste made of whiting and water,
and when quite dry brushing 1T OH
and polishing with a dry cloth.
So many people find it hard to. keep
their kitchen floors in good condition
that this method may help them.
Wash with soda and water. After
sprinkling about heaping teaspoon
full of soda on any grease spots, pour
boiling water over it, then take
mop and wipe up the whole floor rms
is far more satisfactory than scrub
bing, for it will take out grease spots
without the use of "elbow grease.
This will also keep the floor snowy
white as well as clean.
How many housewives know that
prunes require absolutely no sWeeten-
ing; that if they are cooked Slowly
for ''hours and hours" there is sugar
from them that nature provides as
sweetening In other words tney
sweeten themselves" and if cooked
long enough are covered with rlcn
sirup, without one grain OF sugar pc
ing added to them. The flavor is also
improved by this method OF cooking
them and the oftentiTes desplsed
prune sauce becomes an enjoyable ad-
dition to the table.
1t is economical after using a boWi
Of cold starch to let it settle. Then
pour off the water and dry the starcn
in the oven at night. 1t will be re-
duced to a cake and can be used again.
If YOUR washboiler should rust make
make lining of unbleached cotton
to fit it. Use cover to cut pattern Oh
bottom piece This is splendid way
to keep clothes from getting spots
of iron rust on them.
To clean deep flower vases, mix
tablespoonful of coarse salt and
gill of vinegar. Pour in the vase ana
let it stand for awhile. Shake well
and rinse with clear water.
A suspected sample of ground coHee
nav be tried in this way. Place
teaspoonful of the coffee in wine
glass containing water. If part
floats and part sinks it is safe 10
consider it adulterated.
To clean a musty mildewed WOOD
en- cupboard, put one-half cup1ul OK
alic acid CRYSTALS in a gallon OF not
water and apply hot, taking care not
to get any on the hands. Scald after-
ward with clean, hot water ana ory
in open air and sun, If posslple. me
cupboard will be sweet and clean.
To prepare potato shells in which
to serve creamed potato or potato
salad. bake large, regularly shaped po-
tatoes until they are just tender, not
a bit over tender Cut the potatoes
in two horizontally and cut out the
potato without breaking the snelis.
Then. with the fingers. press out the
wrinkles of the shells, brush them IN
side and out with melted butter and
put them in a cold place until they
are wanted. The butter gives them a
gloss. High-class chefs often brush
the outside Of baked potatoes win
melted butter before sending them TO
the table to give them pollshed looN.
The woman who Sunburns, not IN
the pretty tan way, which is invarlapiv
Incoming and makes you look fresh
and Young and full of life, but in the
scarlet way, irresistibly suggestive OF
the most brilliantly hued lobster, is
the one who suffers from the burn
Frequently her skin even blisters, SO
sensitive is the skin that burns red.
When you burn that way wiring cloths
out of water as hot as you can bear
vour hand in and hold them to your
face, keeping up the applications
and keeping the water hot-until the
fire seems drawn out Of your face.