Middletown transcript., 1908-07-18
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


a tin pan.
Never break eggs on the edge Of a crock
or pan. Use knife instead; it is much
easier.
Try moulding the cranberry jelly in
egg cups for a change. 1t will come out
in egg shapes.
Soap we'll applied to drawer slides will
keep the drawers in furniture and closets
from sticking.
Melted butter is good substitute for
olive oil in salad dressing. Many prefer
the butter to oil.
Some cooks claim that the flavor of
cocoa is improved by little cinnamon
sprinkled over the top just before serving.
In cleaning ribbons it is better not to
iron them at all. Sponge with gasoline
or ether and wrap around a large bottle.
Discolored cups and dishes used for
baking can be made as new by rubbing
the brown stains with flannel dipped
into whiting.
The torn leaf of book can be mended
by pasting new, white tissue paper over
it with transparent paste. The print will
show through.
When vegetables cook dry and scorch
or burn, set the vessel at once in a little
cold water, and they will taste very little,
if any, of the scorching.
The bowl of the spoon should be tipped
toward the outer edge of the soup dish
not toward the centre, and soup should
be eaten only from the side of the spoon.
Use the fork with the right hand by all
means.
Hold the point of a new pen over a
lighted match to remove the lacquer be-
fore using; rub the other end with drop
of oil or grease to prevent its rusting in
the holder.
Celery should be broken apart before
eating. Only the small inner stalks
should be placed on the table. If the
larger stalks are served they should be
cut or broken before they are placed on
the table. The person eating the celery
should break it into short lengths, but
not into such small pieces that it is not
necessary to bite it.
Saucepans should be as fiat and broad
as possible, so that no heat may be
wasted.
Place tea grounds around the roots
of ferns and be rewarded with rich
growth of leaves. Frequently change
the leaves.
If canned pears have a fiat taste, and
most pears have, they will be improved
by adding stick cinnamon to them while
cooking.
II your cellar is dark and you are afraid
of accidents when going down the steps,
have the last step whitened 80 that you
will easily know when you are at the
bottom. You can see this step plainly
even in a dim light.
To dry clean cloth moisten fuller's
earth to soft paste and spread in thin
layers over soiled places. Mix with the
earth little turpentine and use this over
grease spots. Let the garment dry for a
couple of days and brush off the earth
which has become dry, then press.
II satin is very much soiled, pour into
about three quarts of soapsuds nearly
two tablespoonfuls of kerosene and soak
the satin in this for about one or two
hours. Work the fabric up and down in
warm water and soap and rinse thorough
ly. When the satin is almost dry, press
carefully.
Freckles are deposits of carbon beneath
the outer skin.
Place some blistering fluid over one
and the outer skin will come away and
the freckle with it.
To follow this severe method of treat
ing them would be paying dear for ones
good looks.
Try, instead this simple remedy which
is frequently successful
Apply to the face five or six times a
day saturated solution OF borax in rose
water, and allow it to dry on the skin.
Another excellent remedy for more OBJ
stinate cases is: Mix thoroughly oil OF
almonds, a teaspoonful; best English
mustard in powder, tablespoonful. and
enough lemon juice to make thick
paste; spread it on the face in a thin
plaster, night and morning, until the
skin smarts.
In a few days the outer skin shonld
loosen and peel off, as dead skin, almost
imperceptibly. and the freckles disap-
pear.
After they have gone the skin should
be bathed several times day with a So
luton OF borax.
Lemon juice alone is known to be quite
effectual and comparatively harmless in
removing freckles.
The skin should first be softened by
some almond paste, or light poultice
and a freshly cut lemon then rubbed on
spot.
One must use ones own diecretion in
using resipes or preparations, repeating
it may be necessary, or according to the
manner it may act upon one.
Some skins are delicate and require
light restoratives, others demand stronger
measures.
Lotions of yichy water are recommend
ed as wonderfully effective in obliterating
freckles.
Apply night and morning, continue for
several minutes and let it dry without