Middletown transcript., 1907-02-02
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Grained wood should be washed vii
cold tea.
If hooks for bathroom, kitchen an
pantry are dipped in enamel paint, thel
will be no trouble from iron rust.
, Silver can be kept bright for month
by being placed in an air-tight case wit
good sized piece of camphor.
When placing iewelry in a jewel bas
it is well to wrap each piece in tissu
paper. This prevents scratching an,
dust from gathering
II the wall about the stove has beef
smoked by the stove, cover the blacl
patches with gum shellac, and they Hil
not strike through paint.
/ Cut flowers will retain their freshness
much longer if little salt and charcoa
are added to the water in which they ara
put The charcoal should be broken
into small Jumps.
During damp weather salt-cellars are
apt to become clogged on the inner side
OF the holes. By placing 8 few rice ker.
nels in each cellar and adding the salt last
, the delivery is better.
To remove the feathers from wild ducks
dig them in boiling water, than wrap in
thick cloth. The feathers are steamed
loose in very few minutes, and the
"pins" will give little or no trouble.
Paint can be removed from silk goods
by first saturating them in equal parts of
turpentine and ammonia, then washing
in soapsuds, and letting them dry be-
tween bIotting paper under a heavy
weight.
To remove discoIorations from marble
topped tables, bureaus and the like. ffie coat
with paste made from sodium car
Donate, two parts, pumicestone, one
part, powdered chalk, one part. Mix
with water and apply.
There is nothing to beat rhubarb juice
as cure for gout or rheumatism, except
water from medicinal springs. All kinds
of scurvy and blood poisoning yield to
the juice OF lemons or OF lines, which are
the greatest blood purifiers in existence.
Housekeepers should keep box where
the paraffine which is removed from the
top of homemade jelly can be placed.
This parafine servants usually throw
away, but il saved it can be washed,
melted and used on the jelly glasses in
the fall.
The worn spots that 30 disigure the
linoleum or oilcloth of the kitchen floor
may be prevented if rubber rugs, such as
are often used in public entrances, be
placed before the range and tables where
most wear comes. These rugs are also
restful to tired feet.
When the collar of handsome linen or
batiste blouses become slightly soiled it
may be cleaned with little nsphtha or
benzine in the same manner az those Of
satin. With this process the collar does
not need pressing. Such collars never
look as handsome after they are laundered.
Good laundresses when washing white
stockings, whether Of silk or thread, add
a few drops of oxslic acid to the water.
The reason of this is that the acid has the
effect of removing the stains caused by
the boots and shoes, which are only
''set" when washed with ordinary sosp
and water.
If mothers, when buying new shoes for
the children, would adopt tine following
hint, they would nnd that they would
last twice as long and also resist the
damp. Procure some boiled linseed oil,
pourit on to large fiat dish or Tin, and
allow the shoes to stand in it fer about
twelve hours, or until the soles are well
soaked. This does not, however, apply
to brown shoes.
Maple mousse is made from four eggs,
one cupful Of maple syrup and one pint
OF cream. Beat the yolks OF the eggs
light and then whip them into the syrup.
Put in double boiler, and when very
hot allow it to remain over the fire ten
minutes longer. Take off and beat until
frothy. After it is cool add the beaten
whites of the eggs and cream, well
whipped. Freeze in the came manner as
for ice cream.
The little sewing screens now seen in
all of the large shops are boon to the
woman who does only fancy work, as
well as to the more practical needle
woman. They are SO complete and they
occupy such a small space that, as
woman said not long ago, they must be
q part Of the natural outcome of the ques-
ton of living in fats. They are pretty,
too. The two panels joined by hinges
are covered with plain denim, studied
with brass nails or with gay colored ere
tonre. In the small space between them
are ingeniously slowed away all the COM
forts OF sewing, while in the centre Is a
shelf that folds up when not in use.
There are pockets in the sides Of the
screen that will hold fancy work and
sewing. The screen may be folded and
placed out of the way against the wall
or in convenient corner.
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