Middletown transcript., 1908-01-04
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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lowness that white fabrics have when
laid away for any length Of time.
To take greese out Of leather apply white
of an egg to the spot and dry in the sun.
Repeat the application till the stain is re-
moved.
To remove rusty screw, first apply a
a very bot iron to the head for q short
tune; then Immediately use the screw
! driver.
] Alwa,s save the water in which rice,
macaroni or anything of a like nature
: has been boiled. 1t is excellent for soups,
! gravies, etc.
A quick method Of making bread crumb
from stale loaf into muslin bag,
tie at the top, and rub it gently with both
hands for few minutes. The bread will
then be fine enough for any purpose.
When boiling old potatoes, which are
apt to go very dark color, put table,
spoonful OF milk into the water in which
they are boiled, and you will find they
will be beautifully white when cooked.
Cake icing will not crack whencut if
little thick cream is added TO it. Allow
one teaspoouful TO each white OF egg.
Water standing in room is good dis
infectant, as it absorbs all impurities.
About the most common blunder, it
seems is to mistake something or other
for another article very much like it.
For instance, one girl made an Indian
maize cake-coiloquially known as
Johnny cake'-for afternoon tea.
She was most anxious TO make it sue
cess, and sure enough when she took out
OF the oven it had risen so high that she
felt nightly proud Of her handiwork.
But, alas! When it came to be cut it
was discovered that instead of crushed
meal she had used sawdust, tin of which
stood on the same shelf.
Rather like this is the story the wo-
| man who make fruit cake, which when
it came to table, was so hard that it was
so hard that it was almost impossible to
cut it.
An in, sstigation Of the larder disclosed
the alarming fact that she bad nsed plas-
ter OF Paris instead OF -four
Starch, too, has been put into pastry
instead of corn -four, and soap used in
some cakes in mistake for desiccated coca
nut. And in neither case was the mistake
discovered until the dish was actually
| tasted.
When filling oil lamps place lump of
camphor in the oil vessel; it will greatly
improve the light and make the fame
clearer and brighter. If you have no
camphor add a few drops Of vinegar occas-
ionally.
Flaked soap is expensive TO buy. But
you can make your own by scraping
down ordinary soap with suet-scraper
They are useful for taking dripping when
in winter it gets too hard to be easily
| rubbed into four when making pastry or
cakes.
Coffee stains, even when there ia cream
| in the coffee, can be removed from the
most delegate silk OF. woolen fabrics by
brushing the epots with pure glycerine.
Rinse in lukewarm water, and press on
the wrong side until quite dry. The
gIycerine absorbs both the coioring mat
ter and the grease.
Cream ia generally regarded as rather a
lnxufy in towns. The following is, how
ever, an excellent and cheap substitute.
Take clean enamel saucepan, rinse il
in cold water to prevent the milk from
burning, then pour in one pint Of milk,
and place il upon the stove. Heat gently
until just ON the point of boiling mean
while Mell beat an egg, draw the pan off
the fire. and stir the egg in gently. Beat
carefully for q few minutes, pour into
Jug, and leave until cold.
White gloves may be cleaned in the
following way. Lay them ON a,clean
table, aud rub into them mixture OF
ineIy-powdered fuller's earth and alum,
in equal quantities. Work this well in,
and then brush it off. Afterwards sprinkle
the gloves with dry bran and whiting,
and finally shake and dust them.
Another practical way to clean gloves
is with beDzine or benziue soap. The
combination of these two is death to dirt.
II more amateurs understood this process
there would be little need for the pro-
fessionaI cleaner Of gloves.
A small sum will purchase wooden
hand, over which the glove is slipped
ready for scrubbing. A securing brush,
much like nail brush in form and sitter
as to bristles. is dipped into the cleansing
mixture, and the gloves thoroughly
scrubbed. 1t is hung to dry, and the
glove stretcbers bring it into shape when
the cleaning is done.
A piece OF ammonia is said to keep
gloves in good condition if placed in the
box With them. Care must be taken,
however, that the ammonia does not
touch the gloves.
Nothing heals chapped lips and hands |
more quickly than cocoa butter. For 10 !
cents one can get cake Of tocoa butter
which will last for months. One pleas
ing feature about this is the fact that it |
has delicate odor which is pleasant aud |
quite different from any of the yaseline
remedies. For chifdren's cLapped hands |
cocoa butter is recommended far aud |
near because OF its quick WORK in healing |
the most delicate flesh.
The secret OF excellent pie baking has
been discovered. 1t is done by baking
powder. For making puff shells for Gus
tard pies. the dough will bake very faky |
and be much improved by the addition
OF baking powder.
Bar Fixtures Sold
though FELTON, is prohibition .terfi-