Middletown transcript., 1909-06-12
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

. them with spirits OF camphor, which
leaves bright polish besides.
If the cellar is damp, SO that article
) left there become mouldy, place there al
! open box of unslaked lime. It absorbI
, the. moisture in the air and keeps ths
. cellar sweet and dry. 1t should be re
newed several times during the year.
Stains made by perspiration often stub
J bornly refuse to be removed. Try wash
, ing the waist with hot water aud SOAP
, and laying on the grass in a hot sun,
This should bleach the waist perfectly
white.
J To restore ivory which has turned yel-
low, rub with turpentine.
Never put tomato salad jelly to harden
in a tin or iron vessel. The acid of the
tomato acting on the tin gives disagree
able taste, and the black pan is likely to
leave rim around the mold.
. Nickel and silver ornaments may be
kept bright by rubbing them with a
wooden cloth saturated with spirits of
ammonia.
To rsulovetake readily from tins place
them on wet toweLor cloth Immediately
on taking them from the oven.
| Chopped pecan nuts, almonds and pine
nuts may be sprinkled over lettuce and
covered with French dressing for dinner
salad.
Il is said that in sprinkling clothes if
q whisk broom is used the clothes will be
dampened much more evenly than by
sprinkling with the hand.
If when salt and -four bags are enptied
you will put them in the clothes hamper
to be washed aud boiled out, you will
always have supply of jelly strainers.
The salt bag is just the thing for the odd
glasses of jelly made all during the season.
When sheets get worn and torn down
the middle and are no longer fit to use
On the bed, take out the best of them and
run up for pillow slips. These will wear
quite while and give homemade use of
what otherwise would be added to your
already overflow of "old rags"
Chocolate for drinking is much better
if a few drops Of vanilla are added just
before removing from-the stove.
Soak new brooms in strong, hot salt |
water before using this toughens the |
bristIes and makes the broom last longer. |
Always line cake pan with paper.
The medium weight yellow paper, used |
for wrapping, can be bought for ten cents
a roll. Grease the paper, not the pan,
except the edges.
The parasol is always problem; it is
usually too long to be kept in ones
bureau drawer, and if hung iu closet
the covering becomes soiled by an sccum-
ulation Of dust or by rubbing against the
dark fabric of gowns or coats. They may
be beautifully disposed OF to ones intense
satisfaction iu long slender bags hung in
the closet. Fine umbrellas may be cared
for in the same way.
A parasol bag can be made of some long
strip of lining, unbleached muslin or
linen that would do for nothing else.
Honey, like the sugar fruits, prunes,
dates, figs, raisius, etc., is natural sweet,
wholesome when taken in moderate guam
tity. This cannot be said of cane sugar
or candies. Maple sugar is preferable to
cane. Glucose, properly made from corn
with a 20 per cent. mixture of maple
sugar is good appetizer for toast or other
dry bread, as a substitute for butter, for
children or invalids, il olive or peanut oil
istaken.
Allsweets are quickly assimilated, and
beneficial, if there is demand for them
from the system, as when much exercise
Is taken. Natural sweets should be ju-
diciously supplied to children, and the
wholesome adult will retain the ''sReet
tooth" to the seventh age; But taken in
excess sweets cause gastric catarrh, con-
gest the liver and strain the kidneys. In
diabetes these foods are to be carefully
avoided. It has been observed that
where there is craving for alcohol the
desire for sweets is absent. Children
should be properly supplied with sweets
properly.
Boiled or roasted meat which is to be
used cold may be wrapped in wet cloth
before putting away, and it win be moist
aud tender.
Ham soaked in milk over night viii be
found exceedingly tender and sweet when
used for breakfast the next morning. III
Watery custard is caused by cooking in
an oven that is too hot Set the cus:ard
in pan of hot wafer and see that the
water does not boil during the baking.
Although bananas are SO wholesome,
many children cannot eat them without
prolonged suffering afterward, as they
ne ihdigpttiLle. II well mashed with 4
fork and beaten to cream they will NOT
harm the smallest Child aud can be easily
eaten with a spoon. Many children pre-
fer it to jam between bread and butter.
In making baked or boiled custard, p
the amount of milk to be used and set .
aside until cool, then make your custard :
and bake it as usual; it will be perfectly .
smooth.
Many delicate and nervous people who q
cannot digest iron tonic should eat spinach | r
which contains more iron than even the Ia
yolk Of an egg. Onions are also an ex- q
csllent nervine. Carrots should be eaten | i
by people suffering from asthma, and | t
bilious persons will find tomatoes an ex. |
cellent and pleasing substitute for calomel. | q
Cures Blood, skin Diseas "a, ,Canosr Greatest &
Blood Purifier Free
II your blood is impure. chin, diseased i
hot or full of hnlnOr. if you have blood y y
poison. cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, q q