Middletown transcript., 1908-05-23
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


your cake dish by filling with hot water,
wipe.dry, then put in butter; it will then
melt.
One woman states that ordinary yellow
soap can be used with as good results for
mending torn articles as gum tissue. Wet
the piece of yellow soap, run it over the
torn place on the wrong side and press
with moderately hot iron. One might
try it as an experiment, if nothing else.
Keep a pair of mittens made from
heavy white cotton flannel to slip on
when hanging out clothes.
To polish looking glass first rub it
with duster wrung out of cold water
dipped in whiting, and then polish with a
dry cloth.
Turnips boiled in their jackets like
beets are much better than when pared.
Adding little sugar to the water will
correct any bitterness.
Heat a lemon thoroughly before
and you will obtain nearly
double the quantity of juice that you
would if it had not been heated.
As soon as salt ham or tongue is
cooked remove it from the boiling water
to pan of cold water for a few seconds.
This will loosen the skin which may be
easily peeled off.
Sprinkle mint with granulated sugar
when preparing mint sauce and it will
chop more easily. Try adding a few
mint leaves to the dish of baked beans.
An epicure also recommends serving
mint sauce with spinach.
The woven wire egg beater, an indis-
pensabIe article in the kitchen, is hard
to clean because the threads from the
discloth are apt to catch in the wires. A
good way to clean this utensil is with
small brush. This will save the trouble
Of removing lint from the meshes before
using.
When tiny pieces of felt are found in
various parts of the piano it is evident
that the tiny silver moth is at work and
will in time do much damage. Camphor
gum tied in cheesecloth and suspended
inside the piano will drive them out,
while placing half cupful of turpentine
inside, leaving for several days, will be
certain of driving out the little pests.
To clean leather mix together half a
pound each of French chalk and Fuller's
Earth, two ounces Of powdered starch and
,ne ounce of yellow ochre. Wet this
With boiling water enough to make
/ thin paste and add one tablespoonful
If sweet oil. When cold, spread
IN the soiled leather and let it re-
main until dry, than brush off. Wipe
IF every particle of the cleaning material
md polish the leather with wax melted
With turpentine -four ounces of wax and
,ne gill of turpentine). II you wish to
larken the leather add little oil to the
wax preparation. Leather that has be-
,ome dull and shabby looking may be
1ery much improved by being rubbed
,ver with the white OF an egg well beaten.
leather bags may be cleaned with a
ponge dipped in warm water, in which
| little oxaIic acid has been dissolved.
A soft flannel cloth and salted water
hould be used for cleaning mating. If
here are spots which are soiled rub them
irst with dampened cornmeal, then wash
he mating with a soft flannel cloth and
,ool salt water, allowing a quart OF salt
o each pail OF water. Lastly, wipe off all
moisture with a damp cloth. Mating |
Iept clean in this manner will not turn
vellow.
The next time you wash the glassware |
inse in hot water and plunge the articles
n bucket of water in which there is a |
upful of clear starch kept stirred through |
water. Put the glassware on towels to
Train and leave until perfectly dry. Rub |
With a soft cloth and you will be de- |
lighted to see how bright are the pieces.
lave soft brush to clean the cut-glass
rticles. |
Put few drops of ammonia on a rag
o rub finger marks from looking-glasses
If windows,
When stewing fruit never use metal
poop; wooden spoon is best, and those
With short handles are most convenient
Or thick substances.
Before polishing the stove wash it off
Nth vinegar. 1t removes all grease, leav-
ng the surface smooth, and keeps the
lacking from burning off SO quickly,
aving much time and labor.
Pretty receptacles for flowers that are
Inexpensive are goldfish bowls. A small
ne costa but 10 cents, and will be found
lost artistic. The nasturtium, rose, mig
onettee,or any dainty flower with pretty
lem is at its best in the clear glass bowl.
Hang on convenient nail in your kit
hen pair of sharp, medium sized shears,
nd with them slices trim of bacon,
Tipping the edges as they fry, to prevent
urling. Trim the edges of your steak be-
ore cooking, and cut out the bones with
hese shears. When lining pie-tins
18th pastry, trim the margin with your
bears; also cut openings in the top crust
D let steam escape. Cut your left overs
+ meat for meat pie in strips or cubes;-
our "croutons" from bread slices also
ut with these shears, thus saving many
finger from a cut with a sharp knife
Ihen hastily used.