Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-29

| serve an egg salad Sprlnkled With
minced mint leaves.
A clear soup contains but a small
amount of real food. It's value is in
it's power to stimulate the flow of
gastric juice and to sharpen the APP
petite for the feast to come.
| When all the other changes have
been rung on the salad repertoire make
| cream cheese into balls roll them in
| pow dered nut meats and serve them
with mayonnaise on lettuce leaves.
To clean picture-frame glasses take
with methylated spirits and rub on the
glasses. This will clean them
beautifully. Polish afterward with a
To prevent mating from becoming
yellow on the floor, wash off OCCASION
ally with a large coarse cloth which
has been dipped in a strong solution of
| salt water This will not only pre-
vent it from becoming yellow, but viii
give the various colors fresh and new
look
When a pipe from lavatory basin
or bath becomes clogged with soap,
take a handful each of common salt
and soda, mix, and force down the
pipe. Leave for half an hour or more,
then pour down a kettle of boiling
water, and flush afterward with plenty
| of warm water.
Dishcloths must be washed after
they have been used if they are to be
kept sweet and nice. First wash them
in hot soapsuds, then rinse in clean
hot water and hang out to dry. One
| of the incest of dishcloths is made of
knitted soft cotton, which will wash
again and again and look as good as
| new Another good dishcloth is made
of a square of coarse crash, hemmcd;
| this is also very easily kept clean.
| A salad of sliced and diced cucum-
bers and diced tomatoes served in Gu
cumber boats on lettuce leaves and
| dressed with mayonnaise is a slightly
and tasty affair. For each guest al
low half o peeled cucumber-the Gu
cumber cut in half across, not length
| wise-and scoop out a place in the CEN
| ter for the filling. Or small cucumbers
| may be used and the cucumbers be
cut in half lengthwise and be scooped
out in the center of the cut side.
| If rolls stick to a pan they can be
pat back on the top of the stove for n
minute or two, when they come out
easily.
Try cleaning white cloth trimmings
with salt and -four, hot This is very
effective while not injuring the ma
terial in any way.
| When starching Holland pinaforcs,
| if a little tea is put into the starch
| Jfsir y,c-t Il
of getting that faded appearance we all
| know SO we'll
| No polish should ever he used for
| lacquered articles; if once applied. the
metal polish will spoil the surface 81
the lacquer. Lacquered goods should
be rubbed up with a leather, and, il
| dirty, washed with little warm water
ard soap.
| Hot dishes sometimes leave whit Il
| marks on vanished tables when set as
they should not be, carelessly uror
them. For removing them pour ,me
lamp oil on the spot and rub it hare
| with a soft cloth. Four on q little
spirits and rub it in dry with another
cloth, and the whole mark will disap-
| pear, leaving the table as bright as be
fore.
For q Dutch Iotato salad such as
many women serve often for Sunday
night supper. fry a few pieces of bacor
! crisp drain off the fat and cut then
into tiny pieces. Slice cold boiled po-
| tatoes, cut them into quarters, mi,
them with the bacon and a small
onion minced fine and arrange the mix
ture on lettuce leaves Make a dress
| ing by using three tablespoonfuls OF
the bacon fat i'm place of the oil, beat
ing it with a Tablespoonful of vinegar
] Turn the dressing over the salad.