Middletown transcript., 1909-05-08
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

The disagreeable smell which is usualI,
caused BY the cooking { greens may b,
prevented if small piece Of bread il
thrown into the water while boiling.
i ToFemoye dried up glue from wood
work rub the woodwork with a clotF
dipped in vinegar. Vinegar is also much
better for DIS living glue than ordinary
water.
j 10 preparing bed for an invalid, have
1.-TWO setsof bed clothing, so that one sci
may be aired while the other is in use.
To clean plaster Of paris ornaments
cover them with thick coating Of starch
dissolved in little water and allow this
to become dry. Then it may be brushed
off and the dirt with it.
A few drops of oil of sandalwood, sold
by druggists, dropped on a hot shovel,
win be found to diffuse most agreeable,
balsamic perfume in sick rooms or con.
fined rooms that have not been well aired.
To stop bleeding of the nose, cut some
blotting or letter paper into a piece an
inch square, roll it up about the size of q
lead pencil and put into the nostril. The
blood will soon coagulate and cease to
aow.
The picnicker and light housekeeper
can buy condensed coffee by the case,
ready with cream and sugar, which only
needs the addition of a cup of boiling
water to make delicious cup Of coffee at
very moderate cost.
A brilliant polish may be given to brass
door fixtures, ornaments, etc., by wash
ing them in mixture of alum and lye.
Make solution by boiling an ounce of
alum in pint of lye and wash the ar.
ticles in it while it is still warm.
New flannel should be put into clean,
cold water and kept there for day or
so, changing the water frequently. Then
wash the flannel well in warm water,
using little soap to remove the oil.
Flannel thus treated will not harden or
shrink
A dry loaf of bread, milk soaked, can
be rebaked and will be.found as good as
new. Bread on which fast boiling milk
is poured makes a good supper for dys-
peplics. A porous bread pen, sat in an
inch of water, keeps the bread fresh
long time.
The nose is the organ through which
the air should pass to reach the lungs.
This is true of both men and animals.
Experiments made with guinea pigs, rab-
bits and dogs have abundantly demon.
strated this fact. A guinea pig with both
nostrils closed died within tWenty-four
hours. Partial closing of the nostrils re-
suited in death in from five days to three
weeks.
There is a difference Of opinion as to
perfumed hair, some women, nice ones,
too, think a faint, elusive, individual
fragrance to the hair correct, while other
women are strong in their condemnation
of scented tresses. If you are not one of
the women who think perfumed hair vnl-
gar, you may like to know how to impart
| an odor to it instead of paying to have it
done by the hairdresser. The best time
is Immediately after the hair is sham
pooed. while it is still slightly damp.
Pour five or six drops of oil of lavender,
oil Of jasmine or oil of violet in the palm
| of your hand aud rub it over the bristles
of clean, rather stiff hair brush. Brush
the hair thoroughly for five or ten min
utes and you will carry around for week
a faint, delicate fragrance.
Beetroot is fattening and good for peo-
/ pie who want to put on flesh.
Parsnips possess the same virtues as
sarsapariIa.
Watercress is an excellent blood puri-
fer.
| Lettuce has soothing effect on the
nerves and is excellent for sufferers from
i insomnia.
Tomatoes are good for torpid liver,
but should be avoided by equity people.
Celery is nerve tonic; onions also are
tonic for the nerves.
Bananas are beneficial to sufferers from
chest complaints.
Celery contains sulphur and helps to
ward of rheumatism.
Honey is good substitute for cod liver
Foil.
II you wish to cleanse lace waist with
out any trouble at all just get a covered
stone crock, fill it with naphtha, put your
waist in it aud leave it there over night.
Every vestige of dirt win soak out and
all YOU have to do the next morning is tc
i rinse the waist in fresh naphtha and hang
lit up in the sun to dry. Put it on dress
hanger to dry, and put the shoulders
down straight, for this shapes il, and nc
ironing will be necessary if while it ii
damp you will smooth it ont with youl
hand. For safety it is well to have tht
crock of naphtha out in the yard oyeI
\ night, and the odor will more quickly
evapo.ate if the rinsing and drying arr
done out of doors.
The housewife who has not radiator
brush is giving her maid unnecessary
work. These little affairs do not cos
much, and they are shaped so that they
get into every creyice OF the radiator and