The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-01-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

The housewife will find that if she
will keep stock of paper napkins
on hand that they will save her a
great deal of washing out of clothes
and that they will make the dish
washing easier. The cheapest vari-
ETY. will serve the purpose as well as
any. Keep the napkins in con-
venient place and use them for wip-
ing out gas globes, lamp chimneys
and polishing glassware and win
dows. They should also be used
for wiping the grease off of dishes
before putting them in the dish
water They will be handy for wip-
ing off shelves and doing other dust
ing around the kitchen and will save
the busters. The soiled napkins
may be kept for kindling fires.
Plenty of water should be drunk
between meals, and on arising and
going to bed. Two or three glasses
of water are not a bit too much for
the average person the first thing in
the morning and the last thing at
night.
An excellent exercise to straight
en- round shoulders-very good for
girls or women who have to sit a
good deal-is performed by placing a
thin stick or wand across the back
and letting it run thru the bent
elbows. The arms are bent 50 that
the hands rest on the chest. Keep
the arms and shoulders pressed back
and down, and walk about the room
in this way for five or ten minutes.
Floor cleaning is made much
easier if one will take a piece of a
two-inch board Tor two pieces to
inch board nailed together) about
twelve inches square or large enough
to set a pail on; bore holes one and
one-half inches from each corner
and insert casters. The pail may
then be pushed from place to place
with the foot, and saves much lift
ing. Such a device may also be
used for many purposes, such as
moving heavy jars of meat and bar
rels of apples in the cellar or kitch-
en-.
For cheap and serviceable wash
stand in the kitchen take two orange
or lemon boxes with partitions, and
nail them together lengthwise. A
curtain of dark silkoline ard piece
of oilcloth on top to complete it, In
this way, one has four handy little
shelves in which to keep small ar
ticles necessary in the kitchen.
A very convenient and inexpen-
sive wardrobe for the bedroom with
no closet may be made Of two boards
one inch thick and twelve inches
wide. Saw one foot off each board
for ends, nail the boards to the end
pieces the same as a box with nc
top or bottom. Fasten to the wal
with brackets like a shelf, which
may then he used for hats. Screw
! hooks in the bottom of lower shell
t. hang clothes on. Tack curtain
to. the upper shelf on the front side
This requires but little space.
Equal parts Of glycerine and rost
water are a good thing for tender
skins; but pure glycerine should mo-
be used, as it extracts water iron
the skin and increases the tendency
to dryness.
Another method of using glycer-
inc is first to wash the face in clear
warm water and rinse to remove
any trace of soap or oatmeal. Their
pour half a teaspoonful of glycerint
on the wet hands, rub we'll over the
hands and apply to the wet face
This dilutes the glyceline in 6
simple and inexpensive fashion, anc
prevents it from feeling sticky OF
causing smarting.
Meat Loaf-Butter a long cake
tin and line it with mahsed potatoes