The Florida agriculturist., 1907-08-07
Household Notes.

Salt Will remove freSh INK stain
from a carpet.
Fish is very unwholesome when not
we'll cooked, as we'll as unpalatable
When making meringue use gran
ulated sugar in preference to powder
ed sugar.
Salmon which is to be fed to ar
invalid should be wrapped in creased
paper and lightly broiled.
For peanut sandwiches mash the
nuts into a powder, season with salt
and moisten with cream.
When making starch be sure to boi
it we'll or it will stick to the iron, anG
if it is not strained it will be lumpy
Go over the zinc under the stove
once day with a cloth dampened with
kerosene and it will always be bright
If potatoes are boiled in their skins
and the skins removed just before
sending to the table, there will not be
SO much waste.
Housework should not be looked up
on as drudgery. 1t won't Tighten il
any and will only serve to make one
who has to do it unhappy.
When plaster of Paris is used for
mending cracks in plastering, mix il
with vinegar instead Of water; it will
be more easily worked with.
Old Turkish bath-towels clean wood
floors better than ordinary cloths do
Put pieces of such towels in an Ordl-
nary long-handled mop and you will
find that the rough toweling gathers
up the dust very effectively.
+o oh
the mother is doing housework, alone
is to let him cut out pictures from pa
pers, dip them in clear water AMI
apply them to the painted wall of the
kitchen. This will afford a child i'll
finite satisfaction, and keep him en-
ployed while his mother is busy. Nc
harm will be done the wall, for by tho
time he is tired of his play the pic
lures will have begun to curl up anc
drop off.
AS a substitute for calomel give lem
ons a trial In families where lemon;
are plentifully used cases of fever are
almost unknown.
An exercise which will assist in de-
veloping the neck is as follows: Rotate
the head slowly, keeping the face front
Reverse the direction with each rota
ton. Clap the hands behind the heao
and carry the head back, resisting the
movement with the hands. Rest the
chin on the hand and repeat the
exercise in the opposite direction.
When using the complexion brush
brush softly crosswise on the fore
head, around and around on the
cheeks, searching ly around the nose
mouth and eyes. Rinse the face IN
three waters, using the brush IN the
first. Of course, the brush should only
be used when the face is to be mas
saged with cold cream and then only
once or twice week.
A kitchen convenience which is no
present in every household is a pail
Of sharp scissors. Scissors are used tc
trim lampwicks-which is wrong-an(
to cut papers and strings; but seldom
for trimming bacon and ham rlnds
skinning parts of fowls which nee(
skinning and trimming salads. These
are proper uses for scissors and th'
use of them saves much labor.
Old felt hats may be utilized very
successfully in polishing furniture o.
vanished floors To make pol1sher
oct a soft, worn, long handed brush
make a good thick pad Of odd p1ece'
Of woolen material and cover with al al
old felt hat. Nail this, or better still
tie on with stout cord to the handle
Of the brush With this one can pol
ish stained boards with little trouble
To clean and polish the leather GOV
erings of chairs, etc, mix togethe?,' E,