Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-04-19
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A Luncheon Sandwich.


To Wash L!noIeum.
Mix equal parts of linseed oil and
good vinegar and rub on to linoleum
with a flannel cloth. Rub until dry.
When Oilcloth or linoleum is very
dirty wash it with water to which a
little turpentine is added. Use no
soap.
For Making Richer Soup.
From Wales come this suggestion
for making a richer favored soup.
In buying bones for soup making,
get little liver at the same time
Cut this up and stew with the bones,
obtaining thereby a richer body and
flavor.
To Make Ham Tender.
Ham that is to be brOiled or fried
should be soaked for couple of hours
in lukewarm water, to which q little
molasses has been added. This is a
Welsh wrinkle, but it certain makes
ham, too often hard and dry, most
tender and delicious.
Old Tea Stains.
When tea stains have been set by
being washed and ironed they are diff
ticult to remove. Cover them with
glycerine and let stand half a day,
then wash with cold water and soap.
If slight stain remains. dry and
repeat the treatment.
Kitchen Boilers.
When the hot water tank or boiler
in the kitchen pounds" it some
times frightens the occupant of the
room, who fears an explosion. If she
will simply open the hot water faucet
the surplus steam and hot water will
pass off and in it's place cold water
will rush into the boiler and reduce
the temperature.
How to Keep Bread.
Bread can always be kept well in a
closed tin box. Another good way
to keep it is to sprinkle each loaf
with flour, and then tie them up in
paper bags, which are hung on hooks
in the pantry. When ready to use
brush off the -four and rub with q
soft cloth wet in cold water, then
place in the oven for five minutes.
Windbeuel or Windbats.
For those puffs use half a pound
butter, half pound fine -four, cup
of water and eight fresh eggs. Clar-
ify the butter, pouring off from the
salt, then beat with the water until
it comes to the boiling point, Grad
ually stir in the sifted flour until the
dough cleaves from the sides of the
pan. Take from the stove and cool
slightly before adding few gratings
of nutmeg, little grated lemon peel
and the eggs. Beat the eggs through
and through the batter with steady
motion and infinite patience. Turn
the mixture in well-battered plate
and divide into cakes the size Of wal
nuts. Set in a quick oven and bake
a golden brown. when done dust
with powdered sugar and serve inn
mediately.
Cleaninf Lace Curtains.
For two pairs of curtains half fill a
large tub with warm water and add
to it half a pound of soap which has
been shaved fine and dissolved in two
quarts of boiling water; add, also,
about q gill of household ammonia.
Let the curtains soak in this over
night. In the morning sop them
well in the water, and squeeze it all
out; but do not wiring the curtains.
Put them into another tub of wa
ter, prepared with soap and am
monia, as on the night before; sop
them gently in this water.
Continue to rinse them in fresh
tubs of water until there is no trace
of soap; next rinse them in water
containing blueing.
After pressing out all the water
possible spread the curtains over
sheets on the grass, or if you have
no grass put them on the clothes
line.
When they are dry dip them in hot,
thick starch, and fasten them in the
frame that comes for that purpose.
If you have no frame, fasten a sheet
on mattress and spread the curtains
on this, pinning them in such a
manner that they shall be perfectly
smooth and have all the pattern of
the border brought out. Place in
the sun to dry.
If it be desired to have the curtains
a light ecru shade, rinse them in
weak coffee; and if you want dark
shade use strong coffee.
| Uses for Kerosene.
Kerosene oil is a great help to lOos-
en- dirt, used in various ways. A few
drops on a rag will clean a washbasin
much more easily than soap. 1t is
also good for cleaning an iron sink.
II the children's hands are stuck up
with balsam or wagon greese try
rubbing them with a rag wet in