The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-19

! enware saucer. which is likely to be
| moist when the plant is watered.
Put a good-sized lump of salt into a
| cup of vinegar and put into the vessel
! that is discolored and let it stand for a
| halliday. Wash well with warm water
and soap, and sediment viii come out
| easily.
Oxalie acid and water, in the pro-
portion of one to twenty, may be used
| to removes perspiration stains.
Nothing relieves the sting of mos
/ quito bites or the itching of hives like
| bathing them in weak solution of
carbolic acid and water.
Frequently olives will become faint
ed if they are kept long after the
| bottle is opened Try pouring a little
olive oil in the bottle. This will rise
| to the surface, exclude the air and
should keep the olives in good condi-
ton.
IF food is seorched in the cooking
remove the pan from the stove and
place it in larger pan of cold water
Then place dish towel over the pan;
| the towel will absorb all the scorched
| taste from the steam and when placed
| on the table there will be no taste of
the scorching.
When cleaing nursing bottles pour in
a cup of water with half handful of
oats. shot or pieces of raw potato and
shake the bottle until the bottle is free
from milk. Next wash the bottle with
warm water, pour a teaspoonful of soda
| into it, fill with water and set in the
sun until ready for use.
| IF you have never tasted potatoes
| baked in the following manner, then
| you have never really tasted baked
| potatoes: Before baking let them stand
| in a pan of cold water for about an
hour; then place them in the oven and
bake in the usual manner. The steam
so generated will make them cook more
rapidly.
1t sometimes happens that the edge
| of an almost new linen collar is rough
| and cuts the neck of the wearer. In
stead of throwing away the collar as
| useless, try to smooth its edge with a
bit of sandpaper-the side of a match
| box will do-for the result of this is
generally that the collar is made per-
fectly comfortable.
All rolled cereals cook in less time
| than the whole grain. Cereals should
be cooked at least an hour. A little
salt adds greatly to the flavor of cooked
grain. Cold cereals such as the va
| rious fakes, are much improved with
Strawberries and their natural juice
Cereals with few chopped English
walnuts are relished by many persons
The taste of all cereals is improved
. by rich cream and sugar, also rich
fruit syrups.
Though the average housekeeper ap
parently ISM aware of the fact that
waste basket in the kitchen is a use
full thing, the fact remains that it is
Try one under your kitchen table, in
which to throw all wrappers from par
cells and other odds and ends that car
not be placed in the garbage or in the
ash pail It is also a good idea tt
hang small bag over the kitchen
table and use it as receptacle fol-
odds and ends of string and cord.
Many bousekeepers are under the i'm
preston that an icebox should be kept
in cool place and will place it in the
cellar, if no better place is available
rather than allow it to remain in the
kitchen. An authority on refrigerators
however, informs us that a good up-to
date icebox may be left in even warm
room without detriment. Its noncon.
duction is SO perfect that any outside
heat is shut out. The refrigerator, how
ever, must always be placed where it is
dry. A cellar is usually too damp, even
tha hest and drvas+ of thou,