The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-21
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Squeeze a few Gops OF lemon IL
The water in which potatoes are boil
ed, just before they are done, ano
, they will net tn. I D.aCk.
If soda is mixed with hour in max,
Ing gil2er coo!sics W.T.. sour milk
Instead OF being d:ssol"cd in milk as
Is the usual way they will be lighter.
Paint that sticks to glass can be
removed with lot vinegar.
Good steel knives are better when
sharpened at intervals BY a profes.
sional. Often arrangements can be
made with the butcher to take all
knives in the house and include
them with his knives for sharpening.
This is especially convenient in the
country, where stores are hard to
reach and where the butchers cart
Is frequent visitor.
To keep milk toast from being sog.
gy, as it too frequently is, try serving
the boiling hot, buttered milk in
covered pitcher, passing it with crisp.
hot toast. In this way each person
can have toast as soft or as crisp as
desired.
The housekeeper who wants "the
5esi". does her own marketing and
ioes. it early, before the foedstufls
Are picked over or Wilted from the;
hot sun. - ,..a
More Americans should understand
cooking with curry powder. 1t makes.
2 delicious change for the cooking of
meats, rice, eggs and fish. An anglo
Indian will tell you we know nothing
Of the use of curries, but that is no
reason why we should not learn.
1t is an unusual child indeed who
does not delight in listening to story
telling or bright little songs at bed
time, and the nurse who is much
with children will do we'll to treasure
up all such material that comes in
her way. Being used to children and
having sincere love for them makes
ones work easier, as even very little
children seem to know instinctively
who their real friends are and to be
more easily controlled by them.
The newest idea in extravagant
dressing Is a perfumed shoe tree
which lends fragrance to the house
slippers. The wood is cut into long
slits or has a hole bored in the cen.
ter into which the perfume is poured.
These are put into satin, suede and
bronze slippers.
In one home, in the rear Of the hall
Is low hatrack on which children
can hang their coats, hats and NIT
tens when they come in from school.
The hanger was made with two stout
steel brackets and a curtain pole
fitted with hooks on which the arti-
cles were held On one end of the
pole was hung whisk broom, and
each tot was taught its use.
To remove iron rust from any
white fabric lay the spot over tea
kettle of boiling water. Place cut
lemon over the spot. pressing firmly.
Remove occasionally in order to al
low the juice to evaporate and the
stain will disappear before ones
eyes, no matter how stubborn or
how deep set.
The chief objection of many house
keepers to the use of fish is the door
it leaves afterwards.
Add a half cup of vinegar to the
\ >ater in which the dishes and silver
are washed, rinse them in hot. water,
and the odor disappears at once.
Frying and baking pans in which
fish has been cooked should first be
wiped out with an old newspaper,
then washed with strong soda and
water, and heated red hot.
The water. in which the, kitchen
utensils have been washed should not
be emptied down the kitchen sink II
it Is possible to avoid it, but poured
down an outside drain.
Ii it does go down the kitchen
drain it should be followed by
strong solution Of soda water and
cup of vinegar. Otherwise, the odor
of fish will linger in the kitchen ever:
after it has been thoroughly aired.