The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-19
HINTS FOR l HOUSEWIVES
Facts About Frying That Tighten Labor and Per
 tain 10 Health

Ao etpbOAdtNly DOllills5s l CS AOW ei temperature means greasy, indigesti- ble frying
 Don't attempt to fry anything until ! the lard is first tested on piece of stale bread. If it turns d clear gold en brown at once, you are safe in be- ginning.
 Don't use lard unlecs you are ab solutely sure it is pure and then don't 1 use it for anything except meat balls | deviled crabs and such things as need | deep frying, if you possibly can af- ford butter or olive oil
 Don't forget to clarify and strain your fat after 1t has been used and | save it for next time Only waste full cook throws away her frying ma terial after 1t has done duty but l once
 Don't forget to have heavy brown paper in a colander on top of the range, and put your fried things into it as soon as done The paper absorbs any superfluous grease.
 Don't neglect to save your cuttings from steaks, chops, roasts and other meats. They make the incest possible | frying mediums.
 Don't put frying pan away dirty, If the grease gets cold in 1t the next
 thing cooked in the pan will undoubt-
 edly be spoiled.
 Don't fail to remember that for the
 blackened, burned frying pan there. is
 but one remedy--to buy new one. If
 you cannot afford 1t, bug 1t anyhow
 and learn to be more careful in the l future.
 Lastly, don't fry when you can bake
 boil, stew or eat raw. Compilations
 and tenpers will both be better if this
 rule is observed.
 Mice can be kept away by gum
 camphor sprinkled around their
 haunts; water, or Croeon bugs, by
 boxax and camphor or red pepper, I TO know If an egg, is fresh place it
 in basin of cold water. If it re-
 mains at the bottom, its all right; if
 1t floats at all, 1t is of doubtful fresh-
 ness; and if 1t floats gaiIY on the sur
 face, you may be sure tt IS quite bad.
 It is almost impossible not to soil
 the wood of the door in cleaning a
 brass keyhole. The best remedy is to
 cut hole the shape of. the brass in
 a piece of cardboard about ten inch
 es square, and put 1t over the whole
 when cleaning,
 The right way to hang pictures on
 the walls of a brick house is first to pierce the wall with darnlng needle, lin order to find the crevce between the bricks before driving tho nail.
 Nails driven in indiscriminately only lnlure the wall to no purpose, as they
 bend against tho bricks, and are
 thence useless for the purpose for , which they were intended, It Is not generally known that soda may be used in connection with sweet milk especially in chocolate loaf
 cakes, where 1t seems 10 lend a rich } CT mahogany color to the cake , A lump of alum dropped into the starch while hot will prevent starch B from sticking to the irons. e To prevent white fabrics such as t tulle or silk or crepe becoming yellow 1 when packed away, sprinkle bits o r white wax freely among the folds.
 The mattress slip is one of the bes devices for saving the wear on a mat !. tress. Buy unbleached muslin of tho \ 5 or cent quality and make sllI for the mattress, sewing by machine 1.-the three sides and leaving one side open to slip the mattress in Sew by hand to fit snugly It saves the mat tress from becoming soiled, and i easily ripped off and washed wher necessary.
 To remove stove polish from tht hands, first rub the hands thorough . 1y with lard and then wash with warn ! water.
 After washing and thoroughly dry ing the ,baby's white bear coat take al s old clean comb and comb it. It vii \ be as soft and silky as when new. s If the water in which windows ar 2 washed is blued they win retain thei brilliancy longer and polish easier. 
 X The coarseness of cake is frequent S ly due to its standing too long befor ! being placed in the oven. | When removing fruit stains wit $ boiling water have the water ia q from a distance of at least three fee < as the force that is thus secured is | great help in removing the stain. .S When sweeping stand with tn I broom rather behind you, partly far q ing it--the brush farther back tha ' the tip of the handle. Used in thi f way the dust will not rise higher tha I the brush.
 1 Soap Bubble Water. < When preparing soapsuds for T soap bubble party the hostess adde a ti+tla ,r1,,oarin to inc u,atar ~,,tt :.