Middletown transcript., 1908-09-19
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USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

heep all receptacles for garbage care
fully covered and the can cleansed or
) sprlnkled with lime or oil.
Ii rolls stick to pan they can be put
back on the top of the stove for a minute
or two when they come out easily.
When cooking with old apples add a
little lemon juice to give flavor, Summer
apples need nothing but sugar.
Bottles that must be air tight should
have the corks dipped in melted para.
fine until thoroughly coated.
Should cakes stick to the pans put a
hot cloth on the bottom for minute or
two. II papers are used sticking is infre.
quent.
Heat lemon thoughly before saueex-
ing and you will obtain nearly double
the quantity of juice that you would If it
had not been heated.
Keep the flies away from the sick, es-
pecially those i'll from contagious diseases.
Kill every fly that strays into the sick
room. His body is covered with disease
germs.
As soon as salt ham or tongue is cook
ed remove it from the boiling water to a
pan of cold water for a few seconds.
This will loosen the skin, which may be
easily peeled off.
If pumpkin is baked instead of boiled
it makes richer pies, as there is no waterv
juice clinging to it. Cut the pumpkin
with the rind on, place in the oven, cover
with deep tin and bake slowly until
done. Then scrape from the skin and
| prepare as usual.
If you cannot sleep well, try eating an
onion sandwich early in the evening.
Slice the onion thin, sprinkle with salt
and place between two slices of thin
bread and butter. 1t tastes good and inn
proves the complexion as we'll as inducing
sleep.
Melt one-half pound OF beeswaX add to
it two quarts OF turpentine and enough $
raw umber and crimson lake, in powder,
to make the mahogany tint as dark as de-
sired Then apply with brush and pol
ish with clean wooden cloths. This re-
cipe is for hardwood floor.
To clean black felt hats brush the dust
we'll out of it; mix together one table.
spoon cold tea, and with piece of fan.
mel dipped into it rub the hat well over;
rub with dry flannel until nearly dry,
and when quite dry rub off any bits of
fluff of hair left.
The leaves of the rubber plant should
be washed twice week. Give it rich
soil, drain it well, and see that it is never
allowed to get dry at the roots. Keep
out of the direct sunshine.
Frequently after cleaning cloth with
benzine ring is left around the stain.
To remove this moisten the place again
and apply layer of gypsum, extend
it little beyond the ring, and allow it
to remain until dry.
The matching" idea is so strong just
now that girls may to know that while
canvas shoes may be colored to match
any costume. The process Of dyeing will
shrink the shoes, but they may be sue
cessfully painted with good watercolor
paint. Mount the shoes on trees. If you
do not own shoe trees, stuff the shoes
evenly and fully with crumpled tissue
paper. Then apply the paint with good
sized bristle brush or sponge. Care
should be taken to prepare sufficient
paint before commencing the painting;
the canvas being very absorbent, you will
need a generous amount. As an even
tint depends up on expeditions work, you
can readily see the disadvantage of hay-
ing to stop in the midst of the operation s
to mix more paint.
To remove the very disagreeable odor of
naptha from gloves, or in fact from any
waist or gown that has been returned
from the cleaners, the article should be
placed as close as possible to a steam
heater, or directly upon the radiator, if
possible. The steam heat thoroughly
dries out whatever of the fluid may have
remained in the material, and does SO
without explosion which makes it i'm.
possible to dry naptha cleaned garment
anywhere near an ordinary stove or fire.,
After naptha cleaning gloves, laces, rib
bons etc., at home, they may be placed
directly upon a steam radiator, and will
be found dry in half the time ordinarily
required, and the odor will entirely dis.
appear in less than an hours time..
Ivory Keys may be cleaned and Whiten.
ed by mixing prepared white chalk with
a tinge of sweet oil and sal-yolatile into
paste and rub it on with chamois skin and
allow it to remain until dry.
A Wilton or Administer carpet shonld
never be swept with straw or splint
broom. The corners and edges shonld
be carefully brushed with stiff hair
bruch, and the rest gone over with good
carpet sweeper. Velvet and Oriental
rugs should not be shaken by hand or
beaten on the line. Sweep in the direc-
ton of the nap, lap face downward on the
grass, beat with rattan beaters, then turn
and sweep on the right side.
Some authorities strongly recommend
that shoes in wet weather should be we'll
oiled before they are cleaned, yaseline
being excellent for this purpose. They
should neve-, on any account, be creased
too quickly, or placed near the stove or
fireplace. Boot or shoe tree must be in
serted Immediately on removing the foot
gear.
To prevent kid boots from becoming
hard and stiff after they have been wet,
they should be wiped with cloth inn
mediately after removing them from the
feet, and then rubbed with little oil,
piece of house-fanne being used for the