Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13
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Household Hints

Household Hints
Old silk handkerchiefs and finger nap
kins make good busters for china, glass
and brac-a-brac.
Put walnuts into cold water for a few
minutes directly the shell is off them. The
skin should then come off easily.
The yolk of an egg will dry quickly if
left exposed to the air. but if dropped into
a cup of cold water it will keep good a
couple of days.
The oil from sardines is good for fish
cakes instead of using butter.
Keep lids tightly shut on tea and coffee
pots as flavor and strength evaporate.
Make knife quite hot and it Will cut
hot cakes and hot bread easily
India rubber hot water bottles should
hang up in room when not in use, not IN
a cupboard they require air.
If your hands smell after peelng onions.
rub them well with piece of raw celery.
A metal or silver spoon in a glass VIII
prevent its cracking if hot liquid is put in.
Before you begin to stone rasings rub
your fingers with little butter
Grease will blunt knives, SO never leave
them standing in it.
Don't dampen Goals shut up In cellar
it generates poisonous gases.
If YOU have to keep food hot, after it is
ready for table. do not put it in the oven.
where it gets dry and burnt, but place it
on a dish and put the dish over sauce
pan of boiling water with cover over
the food.
of water till soft and pupy, then squeeze
into balls, put few on the fire under the
Goals; they burn well, keep the fire going
and are hot.
Uses for Old Gloves.
These, so often thrown away, have good
uses. The backs of light or white ones
will make face and leg covering for dolls;
and there can be no better iron holders
than those made of three or four placed
together. the heat will not penetrate
them Two pair of old black kid gloves
boiled to pulp in a quart of water Will
produce a black liquor which jellies when
cold This jelly be melted and used
as an almost unrivaled reviver of black
lace and StufS.
The Care
OF the linen closet is most valuable to the
housekeeper. We must confess that to us 1t
is the most fascinating of the different de-
partments of the house, and we fancy
that we are not alone in feeling always
divided between a desire for an accumula-
ton of these stores of bed and table COW
erings and wish for sufficient room on
the shelves to show them properly. There
are a few houses where both desires can
| be gratfed One of the prettiest sights we
| remember was a linen closet whose wide
| shelves had been stained deep, rich red,
/ vanished and polished On them lay the
! piles of linen, each dozen by itself, sepa-
| rated from it's neighbor, and each reflected
| in the smooth, glasslike surface. Such
space We may not have. but the other
we may When the wash comes up the
! articles should be sorted into dozens and
replaced on the shelf at the bottom of the
pile to which they belong. To equalize the
wear Of linen in this way makes Its life
much longer. Inanimate things need a
rest as much as animate. They get tired
If in and
| The homemaker would do well to keep a
| list in the linen closet Of its contents,
| going over 1t spring ar.N fall crossing out
! the articles worn out or discarded and en-
tering the new purchases Such a list Is a
| necessity when the linen closet is in a
| country or city home, closed half the year.
| Few memories are so accurate that they
| can carry the details of such matters from,
! season to season. A copy of the list car
| ried to the city is also an aid to the pur-
| chase of what is required for the succeed
! ing summer. We do not uphold the &C
| emulation of articles past their use, but
| in the linen closet there should be a place
| for old sheets, pillow cases and towels.
| These have, in fact, finished but one
| period of their career There still is a
| wide field of usefulness open to them We
| have spoken elsewhere of the desirablity
| of mending article before it is washed
| This applies with special force to all
| household linen.
Salt
| Is great cleanser. II VIII take tne smell
| from the scullery sink if the water in
which green vegetables have been boiled
| has been emptied down it. 1t is a great
| purifier of the blood, and every one should
| take salt with their food. Will take stains
| out of egg spoons If well rubbed in, aAi
| the spoons washed after Is good for
/ cleaning the teeth, it.sweetens the breath
/ and stops decay. 1t is refreshing in q
| bath. and salt and water often is used for
| sprains and weak joints. Salt and water
not strong, is gargle for a relaxed
| throat, and dry salt snuffed up the nose
| helps to release stuffy cold
| Salt. dry sprinkled carpets before
brushing them, cleans, sweetens and
| brightens them. 1t will also take away
| the smell of grease or milk upset on this
stove. Salt poultice, hot, benefits rheu.