Middletown transcript., 1908-12-05

calls for.
To keep fruit use crocks, stone butter
1 jars or any other eonseRient dishes, Pre-
pare and cook The fFuis precisely as toE
canning in glass jars; all your dishes with
the fruit while hot aud Immediately cover
| with cotton batting secrrely tied on.
| Fruit Il u protected will keep for an in
definite period.
White aud Colored kid gloves may be
nicely cleaned in fne uornmeal. Put the
gloves On the hanas and rub them thor
onghly with the meal, as though you
were washing your hands. Undressed
kid may be cleaned perfectly in this way.
Pour cold water on grease that has
been spilled on the floor. The cold hard
ems the grease, and i can be scraped mp
with 4 knife, where bot water would
simply drive il into the wood, Then
wash the spot with cold suds, Cold
water will also remove berry stains much
better than bot water.
All outlay of energy required In polish
ing furniture after the fall cleaning is well
repaid in the appreciation shown by
every member of the family. A we'll
tested polish il made of one part benzine,
one part iinseed oil and two parts turpen-
tine. Use two cloths, one ta Tgh on ths
liquid and the other for polishing,
The following is a good furniture cream
Shred finely ounces OF beeswax and
ounce OF white wax, into pint of tur-
pentine; set in warm place until dis.
solved. then pour over the mixture, She
following, boiled together until melted:
J pint Of water, an ounce of CASTLE soap
and piece of rosin the siSe OF small
nutmegj mix thoroughly aud keep in .
Wide-necked stone bottle for use. This
cleans well, leaves a good polish and may
be made at quarter OF the price for
which it is sold.
A mistake that is often made is mend |
ing gloves with silk. At any notion
counter you can get for Is cents plait
of cotton threads of various colors, es-
pecisIly intended for this purpose, With
it should be kept . small piece of wax,
thimble, glove member and paper Of
regular, glove needles, WHICH have the
points slightly fattened. Slip these in
the top bureau drawer, where you wilt
not havesto hunt for them, and if you
are putting on glove to go out and see
that a thread is broken, showing only the
tiniest hole, stop right there and mend it.
L won's take but few seconds, and il
yen LET it go the rip is bound to become
longer and the edges of the kid win roll
and then the glove win always show that
it has been repaired, no matter how care
fully it is done.
Wells of the mesh variety can be kept
looking fresh and new it they are dipped
in vinegar and then rolled over . stick
we'll padded with q piece of flannel.
Lace collars and cuffs can be renovated
at home il carefully washed in warm
water and 6ne soap, rinsed and then
piuned to padded board or to pillow.
See that each point is pulled out and a
pin placed in it, otherwise the shape will
be lost. Ribbon, net yokes and waists,
silk blouses aud underskirts can all be
satisfactorily cleaned at home II they are
washed in gasoline aud then hung in the
air to dry. When cleaning garments in
this way one must be careful not to use
the gasoline in the house or where the
fumes will come in contact with fire. as it
ignites quickly and will explode. When
materials are cleaned in this way IT is not
necessary to iron them.