The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-03
Useful Hints From Readers of
Success

Useful Hints From Readers of
Success
A bicycle pump can be used to re-
move the dust from bed springs or
any inaccessible place.
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Leave the oven door open when
through baking. 1t saves a gas oven
from rusting.
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Sprinkle your table before laying
down the ironing sheet. This pre-
vents the sheet from slipping.
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To keep ants from getting into
refrigerator, set the legs of the
refrigerator on small squares of
sticky flypaper.
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When starching articles made of
brown linen, if little tea is put
into the starch they will keep their
color.
To disguise the taste of castor
or olive oil, pour tablespoonful of
grape juice or orange juice into
glass; then add the oil.
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To cook sweet potatoes, boil them
while the oven is heating. When
about half done, remove the skins
and finish by baking in the oven.
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Cut a cork to fit into the spout
of the coffee pot. 1t keeps the cof-
fee hot and preserves the aroma,
which is frequently lost in the
steam from the spout.
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To keep the finger nails clean
when polishing the stove, put lit
tie lard under and around the fin
ger nails-that protects them from
blacking.
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Before drawing threads in linen
for hemstitching, make thick
lather of soap and apply with a
shaving-brush to the fabric. When
the linen dries the threads draw
easily.
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A broken mirror was cut in a
small square, and cardboard placed
back of it. The edges were finished
with red passe-partout and it made
a handy shaving mirror.
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On opening a quart of blackberry
jelly l found it thick syrup, having
been too sweet to jell. l cooked
a quart of cranberries in the black
berry syrup, strained it, and the re-
suit was a delicious, tart jelly.
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A boarding-school trick is to turn
fudge into a paper boat, which is as
good as pan; besides, it need not
be buttered. The boat is made by
turning up the sides and securing
the corners of a sheet of foolscap.
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Use a coat-hanger to dry sweat
er, child's coat, or anything that
might pull out of shape ii pinned
on the line in the usual way. Slip
the garment on the coat-hanger; +;
then hook it over a rod or line, in
doors or out.
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In sewing lace which has a good
heading on an edge OF material
where narrow hem is desired, as
for a small ruff1e, make but one
turn of the material on the right
side and the lace stitched directly
over this hides the raw edge.
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An unobtrusive but effectual way
to mark an umbrella is to write
ones name on the inside of the
strap with which it fastens when
rolled, then outlining it in colored
embroidery silk. The umbrella can
thus be easily distinguished any
where.
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Instead of making the elastic in
small boys knickerbockers tight
: enough to hold them up, make it
: just tight enough to hold the full
ness and tack straight strips of
cloth from the waist to the knees.
Tight elastics are injurious to grow
: ing children.
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To extract a needle apply mag
net Immediately; the flesh closes
rapidly over a needle, and it is soon
taken in out of sight. A magnet
stops the penetrating movement of
, the needle, and in a short time
draws it from the flesh without
; pain.
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Last fall I had a large bed of let
; tuce from seed which had fallen off
} the old stalks. I protected it from
= frost and snow by placing boards
around the beds and making the
south side three inches lower than
the north side. Thus it had a
southern slant. l drove sticks on
either side of the boards and bank
ed earth around before the ground
froze. 1 then placed two window
sashes over the bed, making their
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