Middletown transcript., 1908-07-04


milk to be used for custard. 1t will inn
prove the flavor.
In washing ecru or Arabian curtains
rinse them in water which has been col
ored with coffee and add little coffee to
the starch.
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 turpentine,
and you will have good polish for floors
and oilcloth.
Peanut butter is made by macerating
fresh Drowned peanuts to a fine pulp.
They must be run through chopping
machine, or if finely crushed can be run
through coffee mill. The nuts are then
mixed with enough butter so that the
mixture can be spread on bread.
A prominent physician claims that
there will be no diphthe ria, scarlet fever
or worms for children if they eat plenti-
fully of onions every day, especially
when there is scarcity of fresh fruit.
II the nails are hard and brittle rub
them at night with little cold cream.
Lemon juice will remove stains, and the
use of little ammonia in the bath water
will strengthen the nails.
Among the various causes for Gro ssness
OF children are some very common ones,
such as hunger or thirst, improper sleep,
overeating, uncomfortable clothing, and
the pernicious feeding of sweets.
1t is said that the hands may be speed
lily whitened by rubbing them well for
three nights successfully with sweet al
mond oil and then dusting over them as
much fine chalk as they will retain.
The baby's bath is very essential to its
health and should be properly given.
The temperature of the room should be
70 degrees and the temperature of the
bath about 98 degrees during the first
three months of the little ones life.
When you awake in the morning yawn
several times. 1t opens the throat and
starts vibrations. Stretching sets slug
gish circulation in full pace; it wakes up
sleepy cells and old tissue; it keeps stiff
ness at bay and prevents your joints from
getting bent to stay.
If the baby's eyelids are not perfectly
closed while he slseps there is danger Of
weakness. If furrow passes from either
side of the nose, round the mouth, there
is probably something wrong with the
stomach or intestines, while furrow
from either corner of the mouth, passing
outward, may indicate trouble with the
throat or lungs.
Grind common starch with knife un-
til it is reduced to the smoothest powder;
put it in a clean tin box and keep,
it will be handy when washing the
hands. After washing the hands, rinse
them thoroughly in clean water, wipe
them, and while they are yet damp rub
a pinch of the starch thoroughly over
them covering the whole surface. The
effect is magical.
Never beat or stir cereals or rice with a
spoon. 1t makes them pasty. Use a
plated or silver fork.
Cake icing will not crack when cut if
little thick cream is added to it. Allow
one teaspoonful to each white of egg.
Castor oil rubbed on to warts has been
known to cure those that obstinately re-
fused to yield to other remedies.
Milk will Immediately and effeetually
extinguish the flames from gasoline or
any form of petroleum, since it forms an
emulsion with the oil.
In washing dishcloths, instead of using
soap or borax, put quantity of soda in
the water and boil the dishcloth. The
grease and soda make soap that does
its own work.
| A good combination for serving in
grape fruit glasses or shells is pineapple
and grape fruit. Shred both fruits and
mix with sherry and little sugar. Dec
orate with two or three marasehino
cherries and serve very cold.
Mix blacking with milk. 1t will thus
produce fine polish and help to keep
the leather in good condition. Cut q
cake of blacking into small pieces, put
them in a saucer and pour over them
enough milk to make paste of the con-
sistency of thick cream. Place in wide
mouthed bottle for use.
If anything boiIs over on your stove
and begins to smoke and cause an un-
pleasant odor throw handful of salt on
lit. This quite removes the Objectionable
smell.
To clean the rubber rollers of your
wringer use ammonia in the proportion
of one teaspoonfuI to cupful of water
Wipe the rollers with this when they are
stained. Do not think of using paraffin,
as some housekeepers do, as in time it
will rot the roller.
The bathroom spray, a soft cameEhair
brush, flower food and tobacco soap must
be provided when the flowers are brought
into the house. The soft paint brush is
excellent for washing the leaves with
soapsuds aud the spray is for rinsing
them in the kitchen sink or bathroom.
Among the latest novelties for finger
bowls at a children's party are Japanese
water flowers. These should be thrown
| in the water as the bowls are placed in
front of the guests. The bits of painted
wood of any apparent form or shape
gradua ly unfold and expand into flowers
or other quaint eonceits.
/ A soft badgers hair toothbrush is the
best provision for brushing the eyebrows.
If very little vaseline is rubbed into the
roots night and morning, great improve