The National tribune., 1907-01-03
The FAMILY.
BY SENORA SARA.

By SENORA SARA.
One of the handiest pieces of furni-
ure about a kitchen table is a thick
pped oyster shell. 1t makes a much
icer pot and skillet Scraper than an
iron dish cloth" The chain arrange
hents which are used for that purpose
re all denominations. They get full OF
nfinitesimal bits of cabbage, burned
potatoes, bits of fried onion, prolieu
teak and the like, and only bath OF
concentrated lye and the application
bf scrub brush will clean them. An
oyster shell can be kept as clean as a
silver spoon.
If you want to keep your stove in
shining shape, rub it with an old news
paper. Just crush a page or two up in
wad and rub the stove vigorously. 1t
IS best to do this when the stove is
warm. and you will be astonished to see
how bright and clean this treatment
will leave it. 1t will burnish nickel plate
beautifully, and there is nothing better
for polishing window glass than old
soft newspapers.
The monument to the memory of
King Henry the First of England ought
B6 inches long, and that is where the
English and American yard got its
standard of length.
Never poke fire on top. The place
to use a poker, especially when hard
coal is used, is at the bottom of the
CRATE. where the clinkers and ashes
obstruct the free passage of air.
Lamp wicks are as contrary as hu-
man nature, and one that sticks is a
nuisance calculated to make a man
swear or a woman cry. If you will
take a sticking" wick out and pull
often make it work beautifully. 1t
usually sticks because it Is thread or
two too wide.
When you come in out of the rain.
don't plump your nice silk umbrella,
ferrule down, into the umbrella stand,
unless you want to ruin it. That lets
the water and tiny specks of grit run
down into the lining under the iron
ring that secures the ribs, and it stays
there, making the silk tender and rots
it Neither should you leave the UNI
Srella open to dry, as that stretches
the silk and makes it stiff, and it will
soon split. Shake it well, then close
IT and stand it handle down, where
the water will run off, Never set an
umbrella or parasol away tightly fold
ed; it will split out just as soon again.
Leave the folds to lie loosely.
Some people think that because coal
oil lamps often give off an odor it is
one of the concon1itants of that illum-
inator, which is not fact. A lamp
has to be as regularly and carefully
cleaned as a furnace, and if either gets
clogged up there is no comfort to be
had. Coal oil makes the best light for
reading purposes by all odds. The lamp
should be erptied of all the oil once a
week to cleanse the bowl of all i'm
purities 1t should be carefully filled
each day, for when the wick has to
draw from too great a depth the lamp
is sure to smoke The wick should be
trimmed every morning and the burner
carefully freed from bits of charred
wick Use only the best oil. IF these
directions are followed you will have
no trouble with your lamps.
Somebody is always saying to put a
few drops of ammonia in the water in
| which you bathe" If you want to get
old and yellow and wrfnkled, follow
fhat plan. Ammonia is fine for house.
hold cleansing. but it never was meant
to be used on the flesh. Sal. soda, or
washing soda, as il is sometimes called,
. is much nicer than ammonia. and is
cheaper. Borax is better than either,
but, of course, costs more. If you
want to see how ammonia treats things
| put a few drops on a cloth and rub a
painted door; it will take the paint of
in an instant. That ought to teach
sensible women that It will dry out
and render the skin liable to crack.
When you put cranberries or any
whole tart berry of that kind on to
cook, throw into the water teaspoon
full of baking soda. The instant the
water boils up once, drain all that water
off and put on fresh cold water You
will find that this treatment will take
out all the bitterness that sometimes
fingers around such fruit.
One of the simplest ways of disin-
fecting a room is to pour a drachm or
two of sulpiluric acid on a saucer of
salt, set it in the middle of the room
the fumes do the disinfecting.
If you keep sneezing and have sensa-
tions of chilliness, it is fair sign of
coming cold. Sometimes it can be
broken quite effectuaIly by hot lem
onade. Get the lemon and sugar ready
and set the water boiling. Then bathc
the feet in hot water, or take a hot
bath all over. Retire Immediately and
have brought to you the glass of lemon
and sugar over which the boiling water
has been poured. Drink it down as hot
as possible. You won't have symp-
tom of cold in the morning.
Don't throw away the bits of string
Make them into ball and keep in a
box in the kitchen. String is always
in requirement and seldom at hand.
If you like toasted cheese, here is a
very nice way to prepare it. Cut two
ounces of cheese into thin slices, or il
you have some crumbs of dried stale
cheese use that. Put 1t in pan with
a gill of milk and set On the stove to
simmer until the cheese is dissolved
Set off to cool a little, then add the
yolk of one egg well beaten. Pour the
mixture into a shallow tin and brown
in the oven.
So few cooks or housekeepers seem
to know that every article of food
should be kept covered until it appears
on the table. Milk and butter, for in
stance. should be kept in air-tight YES
/ sels and kept covered They both tax.
up every odor flying in the air. and arc
| positively harmful to take into the
stomach after standing uncovered foI
l. an hour or two, for not only odors, bur
the animalcule that fill the air, are
n milk and bIffpr