The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-18
SOME USEFUL HINTS.

A small piece of paraffine in wash
boiler will whiten clothes.
AIolasses viii remove grass stains from
clothing.
Fresh mint will drive away those trou-
blesOme small red ants.
Common yellow soap can be used even
more effectively than rubber mendlng It's
sue TO repair a torn place in a garment
Wet the cake of soap, rub it over a piece
Of the goods, and after placing it smooth
ly over the rent, press with moderately
hot iron.
Soap will also temporarily stop a leak
in gas pipe or in a wooden Washboard.
Buy a large Decent dish mop and use
it for a buster 1t is much better than
feather buster, which makes the dust
fly. Like a dry mop ii collects the dust
and can be shaken out.
Few people know how useful bran Is
for cleaning. For painted and vanished
woodwork 10 is invaluable, removing the
dirt without destroying the finish.
COiOred goods which usually fade when
washed Will not lose color if washed in
bran water 1t is excellent as scalp
cleanser, and IS good for the hair, max
ing it glossy. Used instead of soap, it
Whitens and sOftens the hands. To pre-
pare bran water, fill a small bag ian
ordinary salt bag is excellent for this pur-
pOse) with bran, place il in pail, cover
with boiling water and il is ready for use.
Dissolve = bar OF soap in 2 quarts of
water Now add tablespOOnfuls Of DOW
dered bOraE and 2 tablespOOnfuls of spiT-
/ its of turpenune. This makes a kind of
/ transparent jelly or soft soap. To use
have a cloth to spread some soap on
then rub this over a space Of paint and
have another cloth and some warm water
/ TO wash and wipe. This saves a lot of
| drudgery and leaves the paint bright and
/ clean.
A little alum added to the stove polish
+ helps TO keep the stove bright and shin
ing.
! Salt in the oven under baking tins will
/ prevent pastry from scorching on the
Put a pinch Of bicarbonate Of soda in
l the water when boiling salmon. This
makes IT a beautiful red color.
/ Take COD liver oil i'm tomato catsup if
! YOU want TO make it palatable.
/ A cloth Wrung cut of cold water put
/ about the neck at night for a sore
/ throat.
Batistes and organdies which do not
/ look well starched yet are limp without
I 1T, should be Tinsed in milk. which viii
I give hem "a pleasant stiffness.
J To prevent white silk shirtwaists from
yellOWinE, always wash them with cold
/ water and pure white soap.
There is nothing better for chapped
hands than mutton tallOw, and will also
keep the hands nice and soft. It may be
I rubbed ON at any time when the hands
. are dry. but the best time is when retir-
I ing, and an old pair of soft large gloves,
! thoroughly covered on the inside with
+ equal parts of the tallOw and glycerine
]
/ isfdctOry results.
II from any cause your finger is very
painful, try this remedy, Heat some re-
/ fined spirits of turpentine i'm a granite
cup and dip your finger i'm il (as hot as
you can stand it, Repeat once in a while
I until relieved. a true and tried remedy.
When you chUrn for whipping cream try
/ whipping it i'm a pitcher rather than i'm 9
bowl The work can be done i'm half time
When fresh meat comes from the butch
er and is not desired for use at once, re-
I move il from the paper and put on a dist
in the ice box. as the paper viii Absorb
the juices. Never put meat directly OF
the ice but always on plate, as di
rect contact with the ice will destroy its
flavor.
To make the air i'm q sick room pleasant
I and to remove all STIFFNESS or disagree
able OdGTs, try the following; Soak pieces
Of brown paper in saltpetTe water and dry
them: when occasion requires. put a piece
iu the coal scuttle, throw some dried Law
ender flowers in and apply match
Dried orange peel burned on not Goals
/ answers the same purpose.
/ Boiling several kinds Of spice i'm water In
an open dish is said TO be a preventa
tive against infectious or contagious mai
aides.
I For white spots made on oak dining
table caused by a hot dish, hold a hot
iron a little above the marks, but not
near enough to affect the Varnish; with
draw the iron for a moment to allow the
wood to cool. then place it over the spot
3sain and continue until the white spot
disappears.
To clean light silks. take a platefui OF
bran and put IT into the oven. When
quite hot take it out and rub the silk tC
/ be cleaned with the hot bran. All dirty
marks will disappear from the silk and
the silk viii look IKE new.
/ When painting your woodwork, the fol
/ loving list of cOlOrs Will give you the re-
l uuired tints: Gray, white lead and lamI
+ black; buff. white, yellow. Ochre and red
low, blue. black and white; chestnut
red. black and yellow; chocolate, raw
umber, red and black; lemon. yellow and
I white.
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