Middletown transcript., 1908-05-09
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

! Buy a strip of asbestos cloth and us'
small squares to interline your iron-hold
ers. Keep good-sized piece fastened t.
your ironing board to save the sheet, and
lap square under the table pad where
the meat platter rests.
Candles will burn slowly and steadily
through the evening if they are kept on
the ice all day. Save the candle ends,
melt. add an equal quantity of turpen,
tine, and you will have good polish for
floors and oilcloth.
Ifashort strip of kid (from glore) is
sewed to the centre of a necktie, the lea
ther will hold the tie in place against a
polished collar.
| Slightly dampen the edge of new table
linen with soapy water after the hem has
been turned, and when dry the cloth will
be like soft linen to sew through.
The torn leaf of book can be mended
by pasting new, white tissue paper over
it with transparent paste. The print will
show through.
| Let eyeglasses lie in alcohol for few
moments, then polish with chsmois. If
the glasses are set into gold frames fine
camel's hair brush will lift the dust from
the edges and make them look like new.
Have pair of mems buckskin gloves a
size too large for the hands to use when
sweeping and some other kinds of house
work. They will slip on and off readily
and protect the hands.
Soap well applied to drawer slides will
keep the drawers in furniture and closets
from sticking.
The back porch should not be over
looked; make it as pleasant as you can
for those who work around the kitchen.
Cream "a hours old and very cold al
ways whips best.
Cutting onions, turnips and carrots
across the fibre makes them more tender
when cooked.
Weak ammonia water will clean hair
brushes very rapidly and will keep the
| bristIes white and stiff.
To clean a chiffon blouse cover the
blouse with powdered ammonia, roll it
up tightly and leave it for day or two.
Then shake out the blouse, which will
look like new.
Too frequent wearing of rubbers and
rubber owe shoes is frequel sorr1e of
tender feet. Stout shoes with heavy
soles are the best for out-of.door use
Fried cabbage is particularly good at
this time of year. First boil the cabbage
until tender, and when cold cut into
small pieces. Cut some slices of bacon in
to strips, and put them into the frying
pan. When they have commence d to cook,
and the bottom of the pan is we'll creased,
add the cabbage and fry until light
brown, Season with salt and pepper.
Roses may be kept fresh for week by
exercising a little judgment in the care
of them. When they first come in from
the florist arrange them in a good sized
deep vase to provide plenty of space
and moisture. Freshen the stems every
day by cutting off an inch or two with
knife. Never use scissors for this purpose,
as they compress the wood cells and leave
them SO tightly pinched together that
they cannot absorb the water in the vase.
If the room becomes overheated, move
the roses to cooler place. At night fill
wash basin with cold water and throw
flowers into it.
To wash green striped Madras curtains
lay them in water to which two table
spoonfuls of vinegar have been added.
This will set the color. Wiring from this
light solution and place in soap suds made
from warm water and white soap. Lift
up and down, then rinse in warm water,
adding few drops of ammonia. Dry as
quickly as possible.
Excessive perspiration of the hands
may be treated by bathing them three
times day with a mixture of four ounces
OF alcohol and half an ounce of beIIadonna
Moisten the palms well and let the lotion
dry on. Before putting on gloves dust
with powder made of one dram
each of oxide of zinc and boracic acid in
powder, two drams of lycopodium powder
half an ounce of starch and a quarter of
an ounce of powdered orris. Sift together
many times to mix we'll. This may be
applied at night as we'll as through the
day.
A French woman who knows the value
Of small savings never throws away the
root ends OF celery stalks, but dries them
and uses them in soups. There is always
apot of parsley growing in her kitchen.
The steam from the cooking, she says. |
makes the kitchen an ideal place for the
window garden.
Mating requires special attention, Or
dinary scrubbing with soap and water
having the effect Of turning the straw yell
low. Most authorities recommend ordi-
nary coarse kitchen salt as the best clean
ser, this being applied with stiff brush |
and plenty Of tepid water. The floor
under the mating should be thoroughly |
washed before the mating is relaid, and !
it is always advisable, where this has not
already been done to fill up the crevices
OF the boards with putty.
An invention that helps one to make
puffs Of ones own hair without difficulty |
comes in the shape OF a wooden roller |
which has groove in one side and is
accompanied by half dozen big
safety pins. The hair is wound around |
the roller. the pin is slipped through |
the groove and caught and the roller is
removed and the hair pulled out in
glossy puff.
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