Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-15
Household Hints.

Always scald china milk pitchers and
add soda to the water to make them
perfectly sweet smelling.
Always warm the baby's bed with a
hotwater bottle before putting him to
rest for the night. If restless this will
make him sleep.
When starching children's pinafores
add small piece of sugar to the boiled
starch. This will make them iron
more easily and leave beautiful gloss
on them.
Gilt on china will not last long If
soda be used in the washing of it;
therefore use soapy water for washing
teacups, etc, patterned with gilt, and
keep soda carefully away from them.
Paint on clothing, even when it has
become hard and dry, may be removed
with mixture of equal parts of
ammonia and turpentine. Saturate the
paint spot as often as necessary and
wash out in soapsuds.
When patching wall paper don't for
get to preface operations by putting
the new piece of paper in the sunshine
to fade till it matches that on the wall.
Don't cut the patch neat square. but
tear it. The irregularity of it's edges
will make it less conspicuous.
To prevent mating from becoming
yellow on the floor, wash off oc-
casionally with large coarse cloth
which has been dipped in strong
solution of salt water This will not
only prevent it from becoming yellow,
but will give the various colors a fresh
and new look.
Use chloride of lime for disinfec-
tant. A solution of this lime will
remove mildew if the goods are soaked
in it for little while, but it should
be rinsed out as quickly as possible, as
it has a damaging effect on the fabric.
1t Is only suitable for white articles,
for it Is powerful bleaching agent.
Tartaric acid will remove almost any
iron-ru blemish from material and is
excellent for removing yellow marks.
Copper may be cleaned by securing
it with cut lemon dipped in salt.
When clean rinse in pure hot water
and polish with soft cloth.
When milk soup or other liquids
boil over on to the stove and threaten
to fill the place with unpleasant doors
cover the spot quickly with salt.
To dry parsley wash the parsley and
shake it dry. Then set it in cool
oven and when it becomes crisp let it
cool. Put into tins or bottles and ex-
clude the air from it.
To purify rancid butter melt and
skim the butter and then put into it
piece of well-toasted bread. In a
minute or two the bread will have
absorbed all offensive taste and smell
and the butter will be perfectly sweet.
Soup is an economical and whole
some addition to the dinner. Save all
the bones. boil them up for Stock then
add the odds and ends Of vegetables
left over from dinner. If nothing else.
put in a dash of catsup-and you have
nice tomato soup.
Jet ornaments are so brittle that
great care is necessary in cleaning
them. Use a soft brush to remove
dust in the crevices of the ornament
and then apply little sweet oil on a
piece of cotton wool. Polish with
washleather and the jet will shine like
new.
If bread is set to rise over night and
there is the possibility Of it chilling, put
a hot-water bottle under the pan or
crock, cover completely with a wooden
article and the heat will be retained
throughout the coolest night Hot
water bottles are as serviceable but
not quite SO convenient.