The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1906-09-29
LITTLE ECONOMIES.
TO ACCOMPLISH THE SMALL
HOUSEHOLD sAviMos.
They viii Aid the Thrifty Heussvs,ss
In Making Few Dollars O.
Aovnd-MakInS uss Of
left-Ovors.


Soap bark left over after cleaning
dress goods can be used to advantage
in washing noora- 1t is especially suit
able for nice kitchen floors that dc
not need scrubbing brush.
The boiling soap and water in which
clothes have been boiled Is good 70,
washing cheap kitchen floors that arr
not oiled. II the clothes have been
properly washed beforehand, such va,
ter II quite clean. 1t having been used
only to give the last touch OF white
ness to them. Bits Of soap that ara
too small to 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 q 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 been
melted cannot be used.
Instead OF throwing the melted ice
and salt water left In the freezer after
freezinS cream down the wastepipe or
sink. pour 1t on young weeds that are
springing up in the garden path. There
Is generally . quantity of salt, often
pint or more, left In the bottom of the
freezer. II there are no weeds to kill.
put It on an old plate. and, when dry,
use 1t again In freezing cream.
oftnvor roAoa ern,,nd. ,noLc
good fertilizer for plants. As they are
rather strong, use only little around
each plant. and mix we'll with the
earth. Liquid coffee left over In the
coffee pot after breakfast IL 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 IL the best. and does not cost
anything, ~ 1t would otherwise to
thrown away.
kept where they will not get mouidy.
to use when sweeping to lay the dust.
Egg shells can be saved and used in
settling coffee. a. they are much bet
ter for this purpose than anything
else.
The water in which rice has been
boiled 10, II anything. more wholesome
than the rice itself. II 1t IL boiled un-,
til thick after taking out the rice It
can be used to advantage in thickening
soups and sauces. One cook book
recommends making It into jelly or
blanc mango. after sweetening and
fiavoring It properly.
Everyone knows that the water in
which potatoes are boiled il excellent
In making or renewing yeast
The country housewife should save
all cornhusks and nutshells fo, start
ing the fire in the cook stove. When
well dried, they make q brilliant blaze
and will save time as well as kindling
wood.
One woman who has always had en-
viable luck with her flower garden orr
ders all the SCOT that Is taken from the
chimney to be utilized around plants,
especially roses. It makes a good fer.
tilizer and can be used to keep on
bugs.
II is foolish to indulge In miserly
economies II 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
soup. The ways of using articles or
dinarily thrown away which are given
here are of actual advantage. They
ire trihes. 1t Is true; but the familiar
quotation. "Trides make perfection
and perfection is no trine," applies to
household management, II 1t applies to