Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-13
Domestic Hints.

Domestic Hints.
Damp salt will remove tea stains
from crockery.
The best way to clean the oven Is
to scrub 1t with securing soap and hot
soda water.
Fish are scaled and fowls plucked
more quickly IL dipped into boiling
water for an instant.
Eggs may be kept by packing them
when new laid in salt. with the small
end downward.
saucepan coated outside with dirt
or SCOT will take as long again tc
boil ms one that Is perfectly clean.
Orange peel dried and grated makes
very fine yellow powder that is de.
licious flavoring for cakes and pud.
dings.
letter closed with the white of
an egg cannot be opened by the steam
OF boiling water, as the heat only
adds to its firmness.
When pie dish or anything that
is used in the oven gets discolored
or burnt. piece of emery paper.
Eth brick. or even cinder, will
clean it.
If the upper edge of the saucepan
IS well greased with butter you will
find that chocolate, milk. cocoa or
anything of the kind will not boil
over.
Eggs covered with boiling water
and allowed to stand for five minutes
are more nourishing and easier di.
fested than eggs placed in boiling wa.
ter.
If YOU rinse a Plate with cold wa.
ter before breaking the eggs on It.,
add to them n pinch of salt. and then
stand where there is current of air.
and you will have no difficulty in
beating them to n froth
a cloth wrung out of hot vinegar
ana water, laid on the forehead as
hot as can be borne, will often re-
ileVe headache. Another good plan
is to battle the forehead and the name
of the neck with hot water to which
has been added little eau de CO.
logne.
vinegar danser-The nature of the
vessel used in picking is of tho ut
most Importance. Vinegar boiled In
an untinned copper or brass pan dis.
solves portion Of the copper and
Immediately becomes impregnated
win poisonous substance. Nothing
should 10 used for boiling vinegar
except stone or well-scoured cast-iron
vessels. the former for preference.
rotate juice as cleanser-Raw no.
tato juice is first-rate cleaner. II
VIII remove stains from the hands
from WOODEN materials. and dirt from
oli-naintings. For the last the right
hethod is TO cut raw potato and
10 gently rub its cut side over the
painting, cutting slice off wheney,.
er the portion used has become dir.
ty. The potato juice and dirt are
ilnally removed with a soft sponge
ana cold water. but care must be TAX.
en- not to wet the back of the can
vas.
Stained decanters-Water bottles.
decanters, etc. If not cleaned out fire.
quently are very difficult to geep nice.
and. when wanted for any special oc
casion. cause n large amount of un.
necessary vexaton. You will find
that raw potato. cut into small
pieces and put into the vessel with
equal parts of vinegar and water and
shaken about for few minutes. will
cleanse the glass better than any.
thing else. Especially is this treat.
ment valuable where hard water has
t'seh kent III glass Jugs as 1t removes
every trace of the brown deposit,
which is one of the distinguishing
in hard water.
Butter will take the soreness from
bruise and will often prevent dis
coloration
When currant bread has been bak.
ed. If 1t be wrapped in damp cloth
Tor few days il will not crumble
when cutting. and 1t will not be drv
For damp cupboard. which is IL
able to cause mildew, place n SANGER
full Of quickllme into it. which will
not only absorb all dampness. but
sweeten and disinfect the space.
If tin of paint has to be left open,
stir 1t thoroughly. so as to dissolve
all of the oil, then fill up with wa
ter. When 1t becomes necessary to
use the paint. pour off the water and
You will find it as fresh as when first
opened