Middletown transcript., 1909-06-19
USEFUL THINGS 10 KNOW

When getting ready for weeks gem
eral sweeping, il sou take down your lace
curtains and the pofslstes, shake them
and lay them aside until you are through,
then put them in place again, they will
keep clean much lorger.
Don't use soda when washing china
ornaments with gliding, for soda will in
time surely take off every vestige Of gold
from the pattern. Soap may be added to
the water with impuuity, and il will do
the work OF cleansing without rougheninR
the hands Of the operator. who. 10 cold
weather especially, viii find soda has .
very bad effect on the skin.
Onions if rinsed several times in fresh
additions of boiling water before they are
cooked, are much more digestibIe than il
boiled in the ordinary manner.
The best way to ireshen homemade
bread so thaG it is az good as new is to
dip the loaf in cold water, put it in pan
and bake it until it is heated through.
Then wrap in a damp cloth, and when
cold it is as good as when first baked.
To remove old wall paper, wet the
paper all over two or three times a day
with damp cloth, when it will easily
peel of. II the walls are to be repapeFed,
wash them FIRST with to1a and water, to
which have been added few drops of
carbolic acid. The latter is strong puri-
fer and disinfectant.
In making blueberry, cherry or any
pie with juicy, soft filing, bake the
under crust on the pie plate turned bot
tom side up. When done put the cruet
on the plate right side up, put in the
filling, put the top crust on, letting the
edge come down we'll on the sides. Make
little cornucopia of brown paper, put
it in one of the cuts in the top crust.
Doing this prevents the pie from running
out. Dust over with little cream or
white of egg and bake lovely brown.
Save nut shells in an old paper bag
until sometime when you want something
to brown very quickly in the oven. Then
throw them on the fire and get the full
benefit of the quick intense heat.
A loaf OF bread will keep fresh much
longer if placed in covered stone crock.
Wrap in large cloth TO exclude air and
keep the crock in cool place. 1t is
nicer than a tin vessel and much better
than keeping the bread in the refrigerator.
Keep tacks in bottles. It saves open.
ing many boxes to find particular kind.
When cleaning house use plenty Of tur-
pentine In the scrub water. Il means
certain death TO moths.
Leftover cereals need not be wasted.
They are excellent fried like mush and
eaten with syrup or honey.
Covering the pan when fish il frying i.
apt to make the fish soft. A solid, firm
meat, that is at the same time faky, is
what the good cook likes.
Ammonia should not be used in the
evening or near a fire, nor should the
bottle be allowed TO remain uncorked. Il
is infammable, and its fumes are not
specially healthful.
A cupful of ripe olives added to the
beef stew jdst before 1t is taken off i'm
proves it wonderfully.
To make baked or boiled custaFd per-
fectly smooth, scald your milk and set
aside to cool. Then make the custard
and cook as usual.
A tasty addition to ham sandwiches is
pickle or two minced with the cold
meat. For this purpose broiled ham il
often preferred to that which 10 boiled
For change add to the scrambled eggs
half dozen mushrooms cut into bits and
cooked in a teaspoonful of butter with
half green pepper minced fine.
A dainty and seasonable fruit salad 10
made Of white cherries, bits of orange and
bananas, served on lettuce, with French
dressing. Another salad combination is
seeded rsisins cut in pieces, broken nut
meats and chopped celery.
Watery custard is Caused by cooking in
an oven that is too hot. Set the custard
in pan of hot water, and see that it does
not boil during the baking.
Cookies and little cakes placed in an
earthen jar with few pieces Of cut lemon
or orange will be found to be deicately
favored when eaten.
A child's broom, pnrchasable for small
amount at any department store, is an
excellent article for cleaning behind the
radiators.
Powdered orrisroot is preferable to corn.
starch for thickening fruit juices; for it |
keeps the juice transparent and prevents
Jumping.
Canvas may be wateFproofed by cover.
ing it with finely .shaven beeswax aud |
then melting il in with hot iat.iron.
Do not economic this Summer by put.
ting in an insufficient quantity OF ice.
This is a mistake. If you keep the ice
box packed, or at least well filled, Iou
will have the benefit Of she maximum |
cooling capacity Of your refrigerator,
otherwise the temperature within will
never be very low aud things will not
keep as well. A small refrigerator, well |
stocked with ice, is more useinl than
large one only halffuIl.
To hang up silk petticoat sew tapes
on the inside, at top edge of dounce; then
hang bottom side up. This keeps the
flOunce from ''Hattening."
To remove grass stains from children's
clothes rub the spots thoroughly with .
little fresh lard short time before wash.