Middletown transcript., 1910-11-19
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

After washing lamp chimney, polish
it with dry salt.
InaelsctinR a pumpkin, take one that
Is glossy and fiat on the ends.
70 Danish the odor Of paint. plpcs .
pan Of cold water 10 the room.
Toast waller is q soothing and healing
drink for fsrers from bronchitis.
Cook.books should be covered with
waxed paper to keep them in good CON.
dition.
Whiting mixed to cream with sepid
water ia excellent for dirty painted sur.
faces.
Sponging with hot vinegar win remove
an Objectionable shine from WOODEN gar
ments.
Olive oil, slightly warmed, is excellent
Is means Of sOftening the skin around
the nails.
When sand cannot be bad. bath brick
can be nsed-to scrub wooden articles.
etc.
In lime water localities, keep an oyster
shell in your tea-kestle to receive the lime
deposits.
To prevent wooden pals or tubs from
shrinking when not in use, paint shem
with glycerine.
Cornmeal dough mixed with borax,
scattered about in the kitchen corners.
will cause insects to disappear.
osersaIting Of foods very often cOun-
seracted by using teaspoonfnl Of vinegar
and one Of sugar.
To bake potatoes quickly. place them
close together in the oven and cover with
an inverted pie-plate.
Vanilla extract should be kept in q
very dark place, as it is apt to lose its
strength when exposed to the light.
Dish cloths should be boiled every day
in water to which has been added wash
ing soda or teaspoonful Of kerosene.
To drive away red ants placs sprigs OF
parsley wherever the ants are noticed.
It should be renewed twice week.
Finger marks and stains on porcelain,
wood and window panes can be easily
removed With coal oil on aelean cloth.
IfIish are fried on the pancake griddle
they will not stick and can be taken up
without danger of them falling to pieces.
When too busy to bandsge small cut
on the end Of finger, put Bit Of clean
linen upon it and then put on thimble.
Ifapiece Of wooden material is scorched
rub the spot with soft bread. When the
scorch disappears, follow with brush
Not everyone knows that tan shoes can
be dyed black. The cost is small and the
result is that the shoes will serve through
the winter.
IfaBweaser needs washing, try drying
it on coat hanger. Il will not be so liable
to stretch and will keep its shape much
better.
A combination Of onion Juice and rum
is homely tonic for falling hair. Let
two large onions remain over night in a
pint OF the spirits.
Lay in supply Of gray flannel scrub
cloths for the floors and chesse.cloth bags
to slip on brooms and brushes to wipe
down walls and woodwork.
New gloves which are being treasured
against the time Of being worn, should be
wrapped in parafin paper. It will keep
them from changing color.
4 flannel dipped in spirits of ammonia
il very good for removing the white spota
on the dining room and kitchen table,
caused by wet dishes.
Dish cloths may be kept odorlsss by
having solution Of soda in marmalade
jar beside the sink and placing the mops
in this when they are not in use.
To keep blue clothes from fading, try
adding bluing to the starch. They will
retain their color better than iiput in the
bluing water and then starched.
An old.fashioned. beef stew. may be
much improved BY adding cup Of stuffed
olives, dash Of paprika and teaspoon
ful Of minced parsley just before serving.
A woman who does machine sewing
should see toit that the chair she uses is
just the right height; too low chair
strains the muscles and soon tires the
worker.
Areiiable furniture polish is made from
equal parts Of olive oil, vinegar and alco-
hol. This should be rubbed in with one
wooden cloth and polished with another
clean cloth.
Far too often the food that would pre-.
serve life Is made to feed the kitchen
ere. Bits Of butter left on she butter
plates is often mussy looking. but per-
tecsly good to use in cooking. A table,
spoonful Of cream or half capful ofdnilk
may pc put Into she mashed posato
rather than she garbage pail.
All cold mashed potatoes should be
saved for croQpet.ss or puffs One cupful
win make eix cFoquetses Or 4 good sire
puff.
Muchot the wasteiulness in the kitchen
is from want of knowledge. Rice water
for example, may not be known 80 nour-
siahirg. 1.-the water in which It is cooked
isaliDwed to cool tmakes a jelly. digest
ible ana stren9thenipa Such water is
an addition.to any soup stock and should
never be thrown, aWays
Bits-of fat may be dried ont and used
in many ways in the cepking. Eyeh
mutton and lamb fat may be saved for