The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-08
Here and There Around the Hous

ut is indeed pleasure 10 eat at
N table that hns dainty ttuehes Ia the
Ii appointments and pretty noral
decoration In the center, Many house
wives insist on the florel decoration.
and tho fern bowl Il one OF the most
popular methods OF introducing q touch
o: green. Pansics nro also among the
flower fovoritcs for the tnbIc, and
novel way to urrAugc them Is to miugle
the blossoms With fancy moss In dat
dish OF some kind
The Ice box IL necessity IN the winter
a. well as IN the summer. and o good
woy TO keep this immaculate Is 10 use
bornX. This Is especially desirable la
small rcfriscrators. where but little food
Is stored and wbcro leo Is kept moro for
the preserving OF butter aod milk
Few women have a place to keep their
ironing board. The following plan was uscd
by one woman. she had a carpenter remove
n number of boards from the kitchen
foor. the cxnct length aud width OF the
folding Ironing boards; put ooc end Of
the floor boards on springs or hinges and
then have the ironing board let down IN
the kitchen basement. Tho boards closed
W like n safe door aud tho Ironing board
folded up as IL went down. When the
boerd was needed all that was necessary
was TO touch the catch or spring and the
bonrds dew back TO the wall ond the
lronlng-board stood ready for use. acting
oD the same plan as a drop-head mnchine.
The housewife, In laying the table,
must have an eye for preserving the
bnlnncc With everything that Ia put on.
EKtra knives aud forks as well "A extra
dishes, add refinement TO tho table
Ono OF tho problems OF the housewife
IL the removal OF ink spots from white
Inca. and one of the best ways to get
rio OF the stains Is TO dip the goods in
buttcTmnk. n 1t IL convenient. otherwise
in sweet milk. This dipping should DC
repeated until nil signs of the spots have
disappeared. This applies to the fresh
stains. II tho Ink has hardened there arc
several cradicntors purcbasIble- But the
latter compounds often cause holes 10
appear I'm the linen. The woman who
fears to use acids on valuable linen can
fan back on lemon aud salt. With sew
crnl hours iu the sun.
Canned goods should never be left In
the cous after they are opened. Metal
spoons should never bo left in the fTult
regulations that should always be OBJ
served
Half n lemon will remove match marks
from paint. The scratches can olso he
removed with n piece of very Anc sand-
paper. The housewife should never put
water oo gilt frames. They should bc
wiped with n dry cloth or chomois This
nlso applies to all metal aud lacquered
articles.
For lunch or dinner tho inger-bowl Is
used at the close OF the meal. though
occasionally It Is used earlier II grape
fruit In their rinds is the 1rst course.
Few housewives are aware TINT alcohol
vii, remove gross stoIns unless they nre
of too long standing.
Sour milk should never be thrown away,
as IL II good for hot cakes and wnf-
ncs II Is also desirable for boiled snlnd
dressing aud many other dishes.
Vanilla extract should be kept In
very dnrk place. us It Is apt To lose Its
strength when exposed TO the light
ovcrsalting OF food is very often coun-
tcractcd by using tonspoonful OF vine
sar and one OF sugar.
Ivory knife handles that have become
whitencd by n good rubbing with emery
paper and then polishing with chamois.
After washing the lamp chimney polish