The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-06-14
AROUND THE HOUSE
ODDS AND ENDS OF INFORMATION
FOR THE hoUsEkEEPER.
How TO Clean the Faucets and Other
erasses Easily-Repairing the
Favorite Rocker Seat
Other Things.


fireplace irons, and other brasses
about the house seems to be a big
bugbear to very many housekeepers,
but II one will save the water in
which the beans are parboiled before
putting into the bean pot to be baked,
and wash the brasses thoroughly with
this, then rub them dry with soft
labor to have them all bright and shin
ing, and the hands will have been
cleansed also, instead Of becoming
gr,my with some sort of powder.
Many sewing or small rocking chairs
are SO comfortable that one feels
pang at parting with them when the
cane seats are broken through. and
there is no place where they can con.
vep,ently be sent for repair. When
the reseating is attempted at home,
the result Is often failure, FOR the
newly constructed seat is too apt 10
sag or hump. This can be easily pre-
vented by cutting strips of burlap
about two inches wide and tacking
them firmly In place. The strips should
be interviewer SO as to resemble a
checker board. Over such founda-
ton and upholstering can be neatly
fastened.
Kitchen aprons wear out rev
inches below the belt, especially II one
works much about sink which has
q sharp edge, as soapstone and iron
sinks too often do. 1t is an excellent
plan to make the apron long and with
q deep hem, then when 1t becomes
worn 1t can be quickly ripped out OF
the belt, the hem let down and the
bottom Of it gathered and sewn into
the belt and then after the worn part
has been cut off what Is now the bot.
tom of the apron can be hemmed. This
does not take as long as to make
new apron, and 1t does make one
piece of goods do the work OF two.
A woman noted for her labor saving
inventions says that she never winds
bobbins for her sewing machine. She
simply places the bobbin in the shut
tie after putting the end OF the thread
through the eye, puts the shuttle In
the machine and the spool in one OF
the drawers of the machine, and thus
winds her bobbin as she stitches.
Many lace waists which have been
made up over a thin china silk often
become too small for wear after they
have been cleansed or washed several
times. 1t is not quite practical to cut
the front open and insert fancy vest
IN q blousing waist, although 1t can
be done with excellent results In a
tight fitting corsage. Usually the
net or lace can be pulled back to
nearly it's original proportions and the
trouble is with the silk alone. This
may be remedied by inserting piece
of silk each side of the front in the
lining. This is covered by making a
deep collar of batiste, which Is one of
the fashionable accessories OF the mo-
ment, and covering the inserted pieces
by the adjustment Of the collar. The
deep collar should be removable, and
can be worn with other waists. II
may be embroidered or simply edged
with lace.
There are many households where
fresh fish is not available more than
once or twice a week, where the fam
fly are fond Of chowder. Salt fish can
be freshened so as to be usable for
this purpose, but canned salmon Is
much more to be desired, and once
the cook has used it she will wonder
why she never thought of 1t before
Make the chowder in the usual way.
An oiled floor is much harder to
care for than polished floor from the
fact that a drop of grease from the
frying pan makes an ugly looking spot
which seems very hard to get out. On