The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-12
NEWS OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME II
Hoqu to Make
The Home More
AttractfUe
Household Helps.

Will be found most satisfactory Tor
d~arning tabiecloths or napkins.
Stove polish mixed with vinegar and
q small bit Of sugar viii give additional
and more lasting lustre.
To oIean bronze, moisten salt with
vinegar, rub brtskly with a wooden
cloth danpened In this. rinse In clear
water and polish with q clean wooden
cloth.
Cheese wrapped In > ofoth previously
stepped In vinegar and water with keep
han IL kept In the ~storeroon In the
ordinary way. A dry cloth should be
kept wrapped round the saturated one,
and the latter resteeped In vinegar and
water from time to time.
Very few home laundresses are aware
have been washed and dried thorough
~. should be well beaten with an ordi-
nary carpet-beater. This has the effect
Of making the wool light and soft and
giving the blanket q new and fresh APP
pearance.
A good cook adds a t%easpoonful Of
sugar to each quart Of water in which
corn, PEGS OF squash are cooked.
Wash you stove. then put a few
drops OF linseed oil on a wooden cloth,
rub the stove well. and 1t will never
have to be blackened. This is a great
labor-saver
Ammonia 10 the best specific TO en-
ploy In cleaning GOAT collars. but It
should never be used In this conneo-
tion unless 1t has been much diluted
with water.
After washing ohildren's frocks, q hot
iron should never be pressed over the
colored embroidery itself. as this Is apt
to fade the colors and spoil the look n
h garment.
An easy test for milk. failing the reg
ular glass tube supplied by the public
analyst. is to put a bright steel knit
ting needle into the milk. If on with
drawing 1t the milk adheres and drops
off slowly 1t is pure. If. on the con-
trary, 1t runs Off quickly, 1t has been
adulterated with water, and further
steps should be taken.
To Launder silk Handlxsrohaefs.
In washing silk handkerchief, care
should be taken to prevent their turn
ing yellow. One should never be boiled
nor have any SOAP rubbed on II.
Make a lather of finely shredded
white soap snd water, wash and
squeeze the handkerchief in 1t, press
out all the moisture possible, and dry
| quickly in the sun. Iron them while
they are still damp, but not wet.
White silk handkerchief used as
necktiss are sometimes cleaned very
well with dried n powdered starch
In which q little powdered blue has
been mixed.
The handkerchief Ia spread over a
clean men cloth; with a pad Of clean
white powder Is rubbed over the silk.
then busted out.
Iron with a moderately hot iron
Two folds of slightly dampsd linen are
laid over the silk on the right side.
This brightens it considerably.
The Weekly Sweeping Days.
The cleaning of parlor, halls and
dlning-room Is left by some house.
keepers until Saturday. A far better
way Is to divide the rooms that re-
quire sweeping and busting into relays,
some rooms, always including the halls,
to be cleaned thoroughly one week,
while those which are done but lightly
on this Friday are lone thoroughly the
next. When sweeping and busting on
Friday 1t takes only q little longer to
do the hall and stairs while one Is at
this sort of work, for these must be
done every week, whatever rooms are
left over till the next. If the halls are
left until Saturday one runs the risk
of having tho dust that Is raised sift
in under doors, etc, into the rooms
that were cleaned so we'll the day be-
fore, and this itself Is sufficient reason
why the hall and stairs should be done
with the rest of the sweeping, instead
of being left until Saturday. In some
homes the living, or sitting room, must
be done every week, and in some cases
ever twice a week, in a thorough man
ner. It would seem that once a week
would be sufficient for n room, how
ever much used. II it Is kept picked up,
swept with a box sweeper, and a ,ittle
busting and strengthening is dom in
the middle of the week
The dining-room is generally left until
Saturday, and II all the other rooms are
provided for so that they require only
picking up on Saturday, the dining
room may safely be left for this time.
q clean cloth laid on the table. the mid
die pieces, both china and silver,
in ammonia water INK returned
to the table again. When the table is
in order It should be well covered with
a cheesecloth spread to keep 1t from
the dust. II the china used in deco
rating the dining-room needs anything
thai busting with a wool dus-
ter. 1t should be lone on Thursday, the
day for odd jobs; this applies to win
dows and pictures as well. so that to
thoroughly clean the dining-room n
has only to wipe off the walls with a
wool casing tied over a broom,
sweep the rug with a carpet-sweeper,
arrange the fireplace. wiping off the
and tiles with a kerosene cloth,
Or busting off the enameled stove with
r. wool mitten and proceed to dust the
furniture with a bit of cheesecloth
wrung very dry out of te1d water. and
the china and bric-a-brac with the wool
luster; all this should not require aver
IN hour, but If for any reason the din
.ng-room is so furnished that the work
IF cleaning it can a longer time than
his, it should be classed with the par
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