The National tribune., 1909-05-27

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added cost to ice bills when ice is high
er than it ought to be, anyhow. Wrap
ping a newspaper around ice before
placing in chest or refrigerator makes
the ice last nearly twice as long as
usual This decreases the ice bill ma
terially, while the temperature remains
about the same.
If the woman who is forced to do her
own work would only plan carefully
and work directly up to her plans, she
would find herself with many more
hours day on her hands. For instance,
the dishwashing process. which must
be gone thru with at least twice a day,
Is perfect horror to most women. II
need not be; in fact, it should not be.
II the woman who washes her own
dishes will wipe the cooking utensils
thoroly with pieces of crumpled news
paper before attempting to wash them
the most distasteful part of the task
will be obviated. There will be no
greasy disrags to wash and no accumu-
ation of grease in the water to rough
EN- the hands.
A real economy that very few women
who do their own housework know how
to practice is that of saving soap. Soap
costs a good deal in the course of
year, and to be wasteful of the tiny
bits makes it even more costly. A
cheap, handy way to use bits of soap
is to taken an yeast can-the tin ones,o
any small can with a lid-and soak the
label off. Then take the big lid, and
put it over small round piece of wood
and drive nails thru till it looks like
pepper box. Be sure the nails are driv
en- thru from the outside of the lid,
SO that the roughness comes inside the
box. Into the can proper put all the
bits of soap. When washing greasy
dishes or utensils set this improvised
soap shaker in your dishpan. and the
soap will wash down into the water, or
you can apply it directly to the dishrag.
Bits of soap tied in a rag OF old saltbag
may be put in the boiler while the
water is heating. and will make it
beautifully soft if you add handful
Of borax.
Too generous slicing of bread often
leaves many slices to dry, and strict
economy demands that these be taken
care of. To prevent bread from be-
coming hard place the slices, one next
to the other, and tEen place the sew
eral slices next the loaf Then place
same on a plate IN vertical position.
This keeps al, the bread soft.
To take machine oil or grease spots
out of silk or woolen goods or carpets,
cover the spots with dark buckwheat
meal and let stand over night Brush
off in the morning, and the spot will
have disappeared. If the spot is of
long standing. the application may have
to be repeated, but the meal will GER
tainly absorb the grease. This viii not
harm the most delicate fabric.
"A lady of unique ideas suggests cook
ing recipes written on postal cards
as a present for a prospective bride
These recipes should be dated and
signed and put in a handsome postal
housekeeper, such collection of
recipes for salads, cakes, roasts. broils,
'bakes and frys" would be a dear de-
light to the bride, and the dates and
signature would cause many delightful
memories.
Here is novel hanger for dresser:
Fasten firmly a portiere pole thru the
center of the clothes closet, high enough
SO that all skirts will clear the floor,
then place each skirt or waist on a
separate hanger and hang on pole. A
small closet will easily hold the cloth
ing contained in a large closet the ordi-
nary way.
Everyone knows the inconvenience
Of getting corks from glue or cement
bottles. One woman invented the plan
of rubbing the cork with vaseline be-
fore inserting 1t.
The corks were easily removed and
the glue remained liquid.
Later she applied the greasfng plan
to glass shoppers that fitted too tightly.
1t seems to prevent the swelling that
makes bottle opening such a trial at
times.
To clean windows put a tablespoon
ful OF coal c.. in half pint of water,
mix thoroly, take cloth and dip in th.
mixture and wiring almost dry. Co
over your windows, mirrors, faucets,
bath tabs, any nickel work, paints.
greasy sinks, oilcloth or anything
around the house that is dirty. Wipe
with dry cloth and you will he aston
lshed how we'll everything will look
You VIII never again use a bucket of
water and scrubbing brush.
another grease remover that is well
recommended is talcum powder A
lady who has tried this SAYS that an
atomize- containing oil was dropped
and broken. not only spotting the car
pet, but spattering the oil high upon
the delicately tinted wall paper. Tai.
cum powder was plastered thickly up