Middletown transcript., 1909-03-13
USEFUL THNOs 10 kNOw

j To prevent the juice of fruit pies from
boiling over, sprinkle asmall quantity Of
bicarbonats Of soda over the fruit before
putting on the top crust.
New bread may be cut quite evenly IL
the knife is slightly heated.
Never put sails into soup when cooking
until it is SKINNED. as salt prevents the
scum from rising.
When baking cake or bread If the oven
gets to hot, the temperature may Be re-
duced by placing q pan of cold water in
the oven.
In preparing bread for toast and for
sandwiches. where the crust is to be re.
moved, try using pair of sharp scissors
TO trim the edges. Il takes much less
time and makes 9 neater job. Keep 8
pair Of scissors in yonr kitchen especially
for this purpose.
Before cooking canned goods place in
colander and drain of all juice and
rinse with cold water. The seasoning
must be supplied with good fresh butteEr
milk, salt aud pepper. Leave no canned
goods in q can that has been opened.
Remove at once. This may rob the yege-
tables of some food value, but il is safest
and best to do so.
Nickel will be kept bright by being
rubbed with wool saturated with am.
monIa
A little lard iB the starch will do much
toward keeping irons from sticking to the
clothes.
In making cake, if one would use the
fat tried out from chickens and fowl they
would have lighter cakes.
Lamp wieks, il boiled in vinegar and
thoroughly dried before using, will not
smell bad when burning.
Spring cleaning time is the time to
make the rule to rub over any books in
light leather bindings with 3 flannel
dipped in powdered pun,ice stone. II
removes all stains.
To clean leather seats of chairs sponge
saturated with alcohol should be passed |
over the chairs, after which apply with |
a little wadding coat OF varnish com. |
posed of the white of an egg dissolved in |
3 third Of its volume Of alcohol.
To hastily bake potatoes when oven 10
slow and not hot enough, lift middle !
cover Of stove and lay potatoes on iron
plate that forms top Of oven. Return
cover Of stove and in short time they
will cook TO perfection with fine favor.
A kitchen sink that is neglected soon
gets into q distressing condition, while
with little care it can be kept as cleanIy
and inviting as any other part of the kit
chen. The best way to clean galvanized
iron sink that has been thus neglected 10
to rub soap powder well into it,over every
particle Of surface. Let the powder re-
main on for ten OF fifteen minutes. Then
go over the whole with q stout bFush.
using boiling water. When the sink has
been thoroughly scrubbed polish it with
kerosene, rubbing the oil well in and lsaV.
ing no grease behind The reason for
the kerosene is that it keeps the sink
from rnsting after the soap powder. Do
not let this powder touch the wOodwork
around the sink, as il will be likely to
eat the paint. The sink should be cleans
ed as thoroughly as this once or tWics 3
week. Ever day it should be rinsed out
With hot soap suds.
Save ice in the refrigerator by keeping
it we'll wrapped in buTlap.
Two quarts of cold water each day,
drank at intervals, is good remedy for
kidney trouble.
A cup Of hot water half-honF before
breakfast every morning win cure dys-
pepsia and and indigestion.
On wash-day tie the soap 10 small
sack of loosely woven material, and one
will never have bits of soap on the clothes.
A flannel dipped into boiling Wster and
sprinkled with turpentine and laid on the
chest will relieve cold aud hoarseness,
A bag made OF soft outing flannel, with
a ruf1e bottom and draw-string at top.
to fit over the broom, will be found ex-
cellent for busting walls and ceilings.
Remove fy-specks from paint by rub
bing with very wet cloth dipped in bak-
ing soda, letting it remain on for ten
minutes, then sCrubbing with soap-suds.
Use small fye-cent scrubbing brush
for cleaning vegetables and graters, tor
securing paint, the kitchen sink and
range, etc. Keep several for different pur.
poses.
When yon place irons on the stove to
heat put brick over the fire. The brick
is used as an iron,stand; il willsaVe many
trips TO the stove and back; being hot, il
keeps the irons warm longer than a COM
mon stand. As each fresh iron is placed
on the brick, it renews its heat.
On the back OF the pantry door keep
blank book and s lead-penciI suspended.
Here one can jot down items for hsshop-
ping list or easily forgotten small duties,
and II viii save much time and worry,
Also keep blank recipe book and a
box in the pantry, for copying recipes or
holding those cut from magazines.
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II is said that people who have to stand
q great deal, and in consequences suffer
from tender feet, find relief IN the follow
ing powder:
It's used in the German army, and is
sprinkled into the shoes aud stockings OF
foot soldiers when starting on forced
marches. Three paFts Of salieylic acid,
ten parts OF starch and eighty-seven parts {
of soapetone. DHsted into the stockings
and rubbed into the skin, il keeps the
feet dry, prevents cha6ng, aud Fapidlyl J
heals any sore spots.
For large shoes which slip at the heel
glue piece Of velyet on the heel, plush
side out. The friction will prevent rub ]
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