Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11
WORTH KNOWING

Paint wooden pals and tubs with
| glycerine to prevent shrinking.
Rub mirrors with methylated spir-
| it's and polish with a touch OF blue
powder.
One tablespoonful of ammonia to p
quart of water will clean gold or sill
yer jewelry
An old-fashioned Shetland shawl
| should be washed in bran and warm
water; no soap.
Place all cakes to cool on wire
sieve and never put them away IN
tins till perfectly cool.
Slices of lemon topped with grated
horseradish makes tasty and pleas
| ing garnish for veal served In any
| form
Ordinary wall papers may be cleaned
| with dough, or rubbed with a sort,
clean flannel dipped in fine oatmeal.
Candles used for lighting the dinner
| table will not drip If placed on ice
| for two or three hours just beIore
| serving the meal.
To prevent old potatoes from discol-
oring, put one or two tablespoonfuls
OF sweet milk into the water in which
they are boiled.
Tomatoes cannot be cooked in a
hurry. If you cannot give them at
! least an hour, preferably Two, 90 Wlth-
out them for that time.
DO not throw your worn out hot wa
| ter bag away, but cut 1t in round or
| oval pieces, and use them as mats TO
put under flower pots.
Coffee stain, even with cream in IL,
can be removed from the most deli
cate silk or wooden fabrics by brush
ing the spots with pure glycerine.
If when drying curtains they are
hung double over the line, they VIII
not stretch at all, as is SO often the
case when hung up by the edge.
For busting women's heavily trimmed
| hats the best brush Is cheap shaVlhg
brush, as 1t is both stiff and small
enough to reach every creVlce.
Sew mating with raffia and pre-
vent unsightly stitches of thread. Raf-
fla is very strong and may be bought
| to match almost any kind OF mating
| A simple way of repairing rent IN
| an umbrella is to use a piece or ordl-
nary adhesive plaster. If the plaster
| is not black It may be easily colored.
Fill a bottle with hot water, place
the splinter over the mouth, press
| tightly; the suction will loosen 1t, and
| it will be an easy matter to remove IT.
When next Dreaming carrots add half
a teaspoonful of onion juice and
| dash of grated nutmeg to the white
sauce. Add the boiled diced carrots
and serve.
Nails used in bathrooms and kitchens
on which damp cloths and towels may
be hung should be painted with enamel
| so that they do not leave rusty marks.
In preparing eggplant press it under
water instead of just sailing, as is GUS
tomary. This prevents the vegetable
from turning black and keeps 1t much
crisper.
There is a very important point in
regard to making scallops. That is, af-
ter the scallop is made and cut out,
go all over it again with tiny but
tonhoIe stitch.
, In making sauces use clarified fat
from the soup kettle as the medium
for cooking the flour, then beat in
few tiny bits of butter to the finished
sauce for the flavor.
Carbonate of soda will remove the
most obstinate mud stains. Rub off
with a cloth or flannel dipped in the
soda, then press we'll on the wrong
side of the material with warm iron.
When you need a cold cloth and
haven't ice, try wringing cloth out of
cold water and shaking briskly in the
air. The rapid evaporation will give
you almost an ice cold compress.'
! New rope may be made pliable by
boiling 1t in water for couple of
hours. It's strength is not diminished,
but it's stiffness is gone. It must hang
in a warm room and must not be al
| lowed to kink.
To soften boots or shoes rub castor
oil thoroughly into the leather. This
will renew the elasticity and life of
the leather. Any ordinary oil will
answer the purpose, but castor oil is
| the best.
| When washing white dress skirts do
not wiring them, but hang them drip
ping wet on the line by the belt. The
weight of the water prevents any
! shrinking and keeps the skirt an even
| length.
Lamp chimneys can be quickly
cleaned by holding the hand over one
end and putting the other end over
the spout of a simmering tea kettle.
Rub at once with smooth cloth or
tissue paper.
Try several shades of silk together in
one needle when mending plaids or
checks, using colors to harmonize with
the. predominating tones of the ma
terial The mended part scarcely will
show after 1t is neatly pressed.
If there are fruit stains on the table
napkins rub with and soak in a little
turpentine before washing. For mill
dew tie up cream of tartar with the
| soiled part and boil in clear water or
rub with fresh tomato.
An olive oil bath is very fine for q
palm or fern. Put, two tablespoonfuls
of olive oil at the root of your palm
| OF fern ABOUT OIlC6 d IHOlln anu yOu
have no idea-unless you have tried
this-what the improvement will be.
To save chicks put several stones in
each pan or trough in which you keep
water for your chickens; then when
the little chicks happen to get into the
pan they can get out by means of
these stones and not drown.
Many vegetables may be seasoned
with salt pork or bacon. Salt pork
fat is, by some, considered to render
better flavor to fish, veal, poultry
and game. Fat from the soup kettle
is good to warm potatoes, make sauces,
or cook meat in.
one way to save steps is to nail a
strip of vanished wood to the wall
above the gas stove. Screw in a row
of brass hooks and use them for iron
spoons, strainers, broilers, small spi-
ders and any utensil that goes direct
from hook to stove.
Plain patent leather belts in narrow
widths measuring one, two or three
inches come in a number of colors. red,
turquoise, green and dark blue These
have square gilt buckles, the rims be-
| ing of metal