The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-07
Alcohol is good for moist hands.
Cut b%uttonholes across. not up and

Alcohol is good for moist hands.
Cut buttonholes across. not up and
down
Hard boiled eggs should be boiled 20
minutes.
To cut warm bread or cake, have a
hot knife blade.
A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk
will restore crepe.
! To mix corn meal easily, warm the
bowl that 1t is mixed in.
Put an inch or two of fine sane in a
vase that is top heavy.
Vaseline and yellow ochre are used
as dressing for russet shoes.
A few sorrel leave added to a fish
salad gives a tasty seasoning.
When a hat Is wet with rain 1t should
be dried with a silk handkerchief.
A tablespoonful Of coal oil in a quart
Of warm water is excellent for brass.
A remedy suggested for q shiny coat
is either ~turpentine or strong coffee.
Black silk may be very successfully
freshened by rubbing it with hot vim
eSar.
To clean mother pearl, apply a paste
OF whiting and wash off with cold wa
Dried beef heated up in a little butter,
is good between slices of bread or roll.
Bayberries and leaves, dried, give
forth q delicious aroma when burned on
the open fire.
Fol a housewife who Ices her w
work. a one-piece oilcloth apron is a
useful garment.
Steel knives may be kept from rusting
by dipping them in a strong solution Of
soda.
Soreness about or under the nails will
yield If a little salve amandine is APP
piled.
Pearl will never lose its lustre II kept
in dry magnesia instead of wrapped in
cotton.
A tight ring will come off easily if the
hand Is placed in very cold water for
awhile.
Parsley and mint, as well as other
herbs, may be picked and dried for use
In winter.
Serve curried crackers with salad &C.
~casionally: sprinkle with curry and
brown in the oven.
To clean discolored ivory knife han
dies, rub them with fine emery or sand
paper n then polish.
To prevent the contents of a Juicy pie
running over, wet the edges with white
Of egg or iced water.
II you want to keep coffee from boil
ing over, add a lump OF butter about
h size Of a small marble.
Minced water cress n dried tart
apples make a delicious salad with oil
and vinegar for dressing.
Thing is not only used in bathrooms
but Is becoming popular for vestlbules
ara
a little sweet Oil thoroughly rubbed
into patent leather with a soft cloth
Will make the shoes like new.
When boiling halibut, cover the fish
with minced green pepper. The sea-
soning will be found to be delicious.
II the fingers get badly stained in
peeling fruit or vegetables, try rubbing
them with sorrel leaves or rhubarb.
Melted butter, seasoned with paprika
and lemon Juice, served with oiled Fin
nan haddie, gives delightful piquancy.
sweet almond OF cocoanut OIL. rubbed
Into the eyebrows and lashes before re-
firing will make them thick and glossy.
To clean black dress goods. try
sponging with cold tea. It is said that
the spots and stains will disappear
readily.
A little ammonia in the water used
Tor bathing will remove Precipitation
m the disagreeable odor caused by 1t.
Wicker cribs, similar in shape and
size to those of iron, and mounted on
casters. are among the fey things for
baby.
It is well to powder the hands before
trying On BLK gloves, as carefully as
one would powder them were the gloves
Of kid.
II q garment IL already wet when
dipped in starch It will have more
etiffentng when tr0ned than IL starched
when dry.
TO roll up the eyes In the head IL a
very bad habit, and will Invariably ruin
the appearance and usefulness OF the
finest eyer.
A bottle OF grated parmesan cheese
ts q convenience In the Kitchen store
room; q sprinkling Of the cheese
over the omelet, over milk toast and
over tomato sauce, makes variety and
10 liked by most people.
Hot, sunny days are just the ones
for airing the blankets, The air ND
the sun will raise the pile and freshen
the bedding wonderfully.
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