Middletown transcript., 1907-12-07
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


the table at formal luncheon, it involves
SO much extra work that many hostesses
cling to the old form of having fork for
every course.
The best scrambled eggs are those that
are done = cha6ng dish or else are
SO careful na;ched that they are taken
Uff the fire befure they have stiffsned. A
few tablespoonful OF cream added just at
the last is great improvement. Another
/ leasing variation for scrambled eggs is to
stir in tablespoonful OF chopped mush-
rooms and tablespoonful of parsley just
before serving.
Silver which has become blackened
from standing long time in closet
should first be placed for few minutes
in boiling water in which lump or two
of washing soda has been dissolved. Later
clean with good silver polish.
In buying table linen be careful to get
a piece that is not full of knots as it is
very apt to wear into holes at those places.
A thrifty young housekeeper who was
much distressed TO find her mating had
faded treated it with an oak stain of floor
yarnish and was delighted with the re-
suits.
II you are boiling cabbage and do not
want to take all out of doors into your
secret, try putting into the pot crust of
very stale bread to absorb the disagree
able odors.
The best way to clean white paint is to
dip piece of soft flannel cloth in warm
water, wing it out, then dip it in a
saucer of clean bran, using this to rub the
paint The friction of the bran will re-
move the stain without iniaring the paint.
Children should be taught to hang
stockings and all linen apparel over the
back of chair on going to bed at night,
so that there may be free circulation OF
fresh air through them. The neat little
packs of clothes, piled one on top of an
other, which used to be the rule, are not
at all hygenic.
Grease can very often be removed
by repeated applications of blotting
paper and French chalk to the wrong
side OF wooden goods. Grease upon car
peting can often be removed by washing
the spot carefully in hot soapsuds.
Lukewarm water ard fine soap will
remove fats from -fast-colored woolens,
while tar and wagon grease will yield to
lard rubbed on, then soaped and allowed
to lie for an hour. Afterward wash alter
nately in water and spirits Of turpentine.
Silk goods, in the main, can receive the
same cautious treatment that is given to
woolens. Fats may be treated with ben
zine, ether and soap in very weak solu-
ton. Turpentine should not be used
upon silk, unless it be black silk. A cur
rent of water falling from height upon
the reverse side of the spot will help
erase it, Whatever applications are
made, care must be exercised in regard
to leaving an outline of the stain, which
must be rubbed with a soft cloth while
drying. Right here it may be said that
kerosene oil will erase fresh wagon grease,
and that machine oil yields to cold soap
suds. One rule must be remembered
are removed by diluted acids,
like citric acid, while acids require
ammonia.
The best duster for polished wood is
a good chamois skin, not too big. Dip
it in clear water, wiring it very dry-so
that it feels merely damp-and go over
dusty surfaces until the chamois looks
dirty. Wash it clean, and wiring hard
before going on. A little ammonia in the
water helps to remove finger marks.
Change the water as it becomes dirty,
and be sure the chamois is clean and well
wrung out.
The fine ash found over the oven of a
cook stove in which wood is used furn-
shes when used dry silver polish
equal to any on the market.
Have small horseshoe magnet fastened
% the end of tape or ribbon of sufficient
ength so that it can be dropped to the
ioor to pick up scissors and needles.
A newly imported wood, used for high |
,lass cabinet and piano work, is the Tas-
nayian myrtle. 1t is of rich pink color,
hard, and very close grained.
Turn your coffee mill down very tightly,
ill tile hopper with granulated sugar, |
grind it through once or twice, or even
hree times, aud you have an excellent
powdered sugar.
To remove paint from glass wet the
window with either cold or warm water
md rub coin over it. A half dollar
would be best aud will remove paint |
without scratching glass.
To clean zinc tubs wipe them over with |
oaraffine, and then. scour them with |
;rystal soap.
To clean spice mill grind two ounces
If rice through the mill, and all trace Of
he spice will be removed.
Ants dislike both cloves and salt, and
therefore either may with advantage be |
'prinkled on pantry shelves over-run with |
.hese pests.
Needles often rust in flannel needle |
books. This is owing to the sulphur used
N the preparation Of the flannel. Far
better than flannel for the leaves of
needlebooks are. some bits OF nice soft |
Panea Of glass may be easily removed
by applying soft soap to the putty which |
holds them. Leave the soap on for lew
hours before attempting to remove the
putty, which, however hard it may be,
will rarely fail to soften under this treat
nent,
To clean white marble put lump Of
soda the size Of an egg into pot contain
iDg half q pintof water and tablespoon
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