Evening journal., 1910-12-13
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
BY Maude E. cilIsy.


A ounce of -four equals four level
tablespoonfuls.
A tablespoonful of extract will
flavor a quart of any mixture.
Potatoes should boil slowly to pre-
vent the skins from curling off.
Polish windows with paper instead
of cloth to avoid lint and streaks.
TO kill burdock, cut off close to the
ground and pour a little gasoline ON
the roots.
Thick blotting paper under doilies
will prevent hot dishes from mark
ing the table.
Allow two level teaspoonfuls of
baking powder to each cup of -four
when no eggs are used
A tablespoonful of water or milk
should be allowed for each egg in
making an Omelet.
A piece of fungus, broken from an
old tree, is a splendid buffer for ma
hogany furniture
Blotting paper saturated with tur-
pentine maye be placed in drawers to
keep away moths
! A scratch on polished furniture can
be almost obliterated by rubbing
vigorously with linseed oil.
Allow from four TO six eggs to each
quart of milk in making a custard
to be turned from the mould.
A table of weights and measures,
typewriter and framed under glass,
should be hung in every kitchen.
To take disagreeable medicine,
eat two or three cloves or hold ice
in the mouth until the tongue is
chilled.
After washing a lamp chimney,
polish with dry salt to make the
glass brilliant and prevent it from
cracking.
A few pieces of gum camphor kept
in the boxes in which silver is packed
in wrappings will prevent its turning
dark
Tooth powder is excellent for clean
/ ing jewelry. Rub it on with nail
brush and then rinse of with scald-
ing water.
For something new and dainty
spread the buttered fudge pan with
minced dates before turning the
candy into it.
To get the full nutriment from a
potato it should be cooked in the
skin. as valuable food salts lie just
inside the covering.
Salt thrown into the oven immedi-
ately after something has been burn
ed in II will make the Objectionable
odor less noticeable.
There should be three pairs of scis-
sors in the kitchen-one for dicing
] fr,t- ft.if. gaI,
one for general use
When a window is difficult to raise
pour a little melted lard between the
frame and the casing and put a little
also on the cord.
Thinly sliced bananas moistened
with mayonnaise and placed between
buttered slices of bread make excel
! lent school sandwiches.
To keep a hat on straight with thin
hair, place a small piece of tulle OF
yelling across the tor, of the head be.
fore pinning On the hat.
A delicious salad is made Of bana-
mas cut in slices, dipped in mayon.
naise, rolled in minced nuts and serv.
cd on white lettuce heart leaves.
Grind a handful of sunflower seeds
and give them TO the canary. The
birds relish the little tender pieces
that are found among the seeds.
An excellent household remedy foi
burns is olive oil or vaseline.t The
great thing is to exclude the air from
the burned surface, and this the oi
will do.
An effective scarf for hall table
may be made of linen crash with z
figure embroidered on each end anC
of the same design as the paper OF
the wall
Ripe persiN'mons now appearing il
the fancy fruit stores are sometimes
mashed and stirred into plain ic,
cream just before Il Is packed for tn,
last freezing.
For washing windows, which shoulC
be done when the sun Is not shining
on them, use warm water with
tablespoonful of kerosene added /,
each pail Of water
There Is no more efiicacious wal
of removing finger-marks from wood
work, window-panes or porcelain
than by wiping them with a clotl
moisteped with kerosene.
When a slice or two OF bread I,
left from a meal. do not put into tn,
bread-box to be forgotten, but cove
over in a dish and use for toast al th,
next meal.
Lamp burners should be washed
frequently to remove dust and carbon
that choke the perforations DC
casionally they should be boiled I'm
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