Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-10-14
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS
sY MRS. MAUD E. cILLEY.

Coffee Jelly, made with milk. is de-
itcious
Caulifower cooks hest with head
downward.
Pure rain water is fine for the COM
pleXion.
To break an apple, use q thread
pulled through il.
Ammonia will bring out the bril-
liancy OF cut glass.
Clean linoleum with warm water and
polish with milk
A cloth moistened with alcohol will!
clean piano keys.
Sterilize jars and all utensils before
putting up fruit
Use butter rather than milk il po-
tatoes need extra thinning.
Ldnoleum on the kitchen table will
last longer than oil cloth.
When someone is burned or Scalded.
apply lime water and olive oil, half
and half.
Peaches, stewed with pineapple
make one of the most delicious des-
serts of the season.
Decorated china plates should he put
away with round pieces of canton
flannel between them.
Clean old glass by pouring strong
ammonia on IT.: scrub we'll With Il brrsll
and rinse in cold water
Don't put soap on the window panes
rub with either alcohol or ammonia II
make them shine.
The best way TO keep rats away is
to prevent any accumulation OF garb-
age around the house.
A hnmemade specific for tan ana
sunburn consists OF {. paste made oi
nagnesia and lemon juice.
Minced walercress and diced tart
apples make "A delicious salad witt
OIL and vinegar for dressing.
Bicarbonate of soda If taken before
meals. small portion in glass o1
water. will reduce flesh.
III one wishes to give a little stiff
ness to black lawn when laundering
IL, immense in a starch made OF bran
Place a piece of butter in the YES
sci in which meat or poultry is cooked
IT VIII give richer flavor.
Hard cooking pears. baked just like
apples and served with cream. make al
excellent addition to the menu.
If soft piece Of home made breae
is rubbed on a scorch on wooden goods
it will remove il entirely.
If brine in which beef has beer
| corned is used copiously in waterin;
garden walks, there will be few weeds
The yolkS of eggs will not turn tiarl
| when hardboied if they are put in boil
Ing water rather than cold at first
| The handles of knives should neve
be Immersed in water, for after tim,
they will become discolored and loose
| Halved peaches, sprinkled with suga
and covered with whipped cream
| make as delicious dessert as the sea
son produces.
Basting threads when saved Shout,
be wound up on II spool, otherwise the,
get hoDclessly tangled and cannot b.
| used again
Il -
| about the roots of Il rubber plant ono
a month will have q beneficial effect
\ In toastins- biscuit. they are mucl
| nicer If cut in slices across the grain
| instead of being sliced in the usua
! manner.
| A nice RELISH to serve with fish is cab
| bagc. cut very fine and dressed witt
| French dressing. beaten almost to al
| emulsion.
! The cushion back of :, Morris chai
has been found valuable i'm the sicl
room to place at TIN. back of the in
valid in bed
When making cover for a sofa pill
| low it is we'll to have it at least an Inc
! smaller each way than the pillow it
| self
Wipe off the woodwork of shelves an
! floors OF closets or wherever danger q
| moths lies with q solution of e:rboli
| acid
/ Soft soap made from half pound q
| shaved down hard soap and two quart
of water will save the soap bill u
| cleaning time
4 If eggs are to be stuffed. put Their
in cold water as soon as they are take
( from the stove. This will keep TIL
whites in better shape
For n tired head after a trying day
1 nothing is more helpful than a clot
saturated In toilet water and lal
across the temples.
1 When books become badly soilcd %
the edges, IL not gilt edged, close tn
book tightly, then erase the marks Wit
| an ink eraser. This will cut off al