Middletown transcript., 1909-10-30
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Most housewives do not know that SOU
milk is preservative. Even oysters will
keep in it for sometime. A piece Of beef
steak will be found to be perfectly fresh
after an immersion Of four or Eve months.
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picture tia counts, not the frame. Have
as few gil flsines as possible. Group the
pictures according to their kind. A
jumble of water cclors, prints and oil
paintings with gilt, silver, white and
wood frames on the same section of the
wall can hardly be called artistic.
| Frame oil paintings in gilt and water
coiors in q ROW wood Often gilt mat
is desired with water colors. Etchines
and engRvings look best in narrow, dark
wooden frames, and photograph and
prints should have frame of wood har-
monizing with the darkest tone in the
picture.
An excellent way to preserve rubber
gloves is to sprinkle them lightly with
corn starch before removing from the
hand. Then peel them off and sprinkle
the inside with corn starch. This dries
them at once, and preserves the rubber.
Oatmeal bags used frequently in the
bath are very pleasant; they whiten the
skin and import velvety softness, be.
sides delicate fragrance. Formula. Five
pounds of oatmeal, one pound of pow
dered orris root, one pound Of almond
meal, one-half pound OF powdered white
CASTLE soap. Keep in glags jars and fill
little cheesecloth bags as needed.
Soak silver knives, forks and spoons in
sour milk overnight and all the surface
and cresses win be bright as new.
II by an accident iodine is spilled on
the hands, make a thick paste Of starch
and cold water, spread it on cloth and
wrap around the hands. AS fast as the
starch next the hand shows a purple
stain, move the clothTa little, bringing
fresh particles next the iodined surface.
In this wayit may all be removed.
Pure alcohol can be used with wonder
fui success as means of cleaning black
Spanish or Chantilly lace. The alcohol
should be poured into clean basin and
whipped with the hand until it is frothy,
when the lace should be dipped into it
and well worked about with the fingers
until the dirt is removed. After gently
squeezing out the spirit, the lace should
be laid on folded cloth, the patterned
edge pulled out, each scallop or picot
being fastened down with pin.
When perfectly dry, the lace should be
unpinDed and pressed gently between the
palms of the hands until smooth, in lieu
of ironing it, as this would fatten the
pattern and spoil the color.
To remove stains and discolorations
from tinSare, try rubbing with a damp
cloth dipped into soda.
Yellow spots on clothing are often due
to acid. Try iEnmersing them in weak |
solution of ammonia and water.
When using a cleansing fluid rub it |
gently ON the fabric with clean cloth. |
Il is not necessary to rub the material |
roughly in the hands.
Nothing relieves the itching of hives
like bathing them in a weak solution of !
carbolic acid and water.
Cold water dashed on the face and
chest in the morning gives the same tonic
effect of cold plunge without the shock. |
] A good way to bleach linen or lace is |
to put it in a bowl Of soapy water and |
set it out in the strong sunlight. If it |
will be exposed thus to dust and dirt,
place a piece OF glass over It,
Many carpets and 1ugss ars33llihed by |
sweeping them with q broom too stiff for |
that use. A good way tosave the carpet |
is TO dip the broom ,in hot fsnds once a
week, then shake ii out and hang it up |
70 dry. This will also make the broom
last almost twice as long.
To recurl ostrich feathers. start quick
fire on ine kiudlings on-top Of the stove
Or hearth. When good blaze is going
throw two good tablespoonfuls of salt
over it and as soon as the blaze. is dying
down hold the feather over the GOALS,
turning all the time to keep it from,
injury.
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