Middletown transcript., 1910-04-30
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

nished woodwork or furniture.
Insects like neither salt nor alum, sc
sprinkle either on the carpet to keep
them away.
Starch should be mixed with soapy
water, for thus the linen will have more
glossy appearance and be less likely to
stick to the iron.
ClothesIine and pegs wiu last much
longer if they are boiled for ten minutes
when new. 1t is good plan to repeat
the boiling occasionally.
All table line stains, fruit and coffee
stains where there is cream in the coffee,
may be removed by rubbing the spots
with pure glycerine. Let it remain an
hour and then rinse in lukeWarm water.
To prevent starch from sticking to the
iron and streaking, drop small piece of
alum into it when it is done and stir over
the fire until it is dissolved. Then re-
move from the fire and add a teaspoonful
of kerosene.
Before putting white furs away, clean
by rubbing gently with corn meal damp
ened with gasoline, in the open air. Re-
peat until clean and then fluff the fur
with dry meal. 1t will easily shake out.
Clean dark furs with dry bran, which
should be heated.
After the weekly washing rub little
vinegar and spirits of camphor over the
hands. This will keep the hands in good
condition summer and winter.
In making French dressing, use twice
as much oil as vinegar.
Chamois leather should frequently be
washed if silver is to be kept bright
with it.
Rubbing spirits of camphor on the lips
morning and night will give relief from
cold sores.
Laces, embroideries and all kinds of
braided work are best ironed over q
Turkish towel.
If the bottom of kettle is eighty
creased in making custards, the mixture
will not stick.
A waxed floor should never be washed
With soap and water except just before
re.waxing.
Avoid use of strong soaps and soap
powders in washing fine china on which
there is gilt decoration.
Always line cake pan with medium
weight yellow paper. Grease the paper,
not the pan, except the edges.
Leathercovered furniture can be cleaned
with pure milk rubbed on with piece of
flannel. Rub gently until dry.
Window glass, lamps and lamp glasses,
marble and stone vases or mantels, gran.
ite stills, etc., if rubbed with salt are
quickly cleansed.
Always keep the inside of your coffee
pot bright to insure good coffee. Boil it
out occasionally with soap. water and
wood ashes, and scour thoroughly.
To polish zinc, rub hard with flannel
dampened in kerosene. Then rinse off
with boiling water.
A little alcohol will wash window panes
quickly and satisfactorily, leaving them
bright and clear.
A good cement for household use is
made by adding teaspoonful of glycerine
to a gill of glue.
A bit of candle wax will be found more
ef1cacious than soap rubbed on the bu. |
reau drawer if it sticks in opening.
A good black ink mixed with the white |
of egg is said to be excellent for restoring
color to black kid, whether shoes or
gloves.
To freshen stale cake, dip it for second |
in cold milk and then rebake it in a
rather cool oven. Cake that has been
treated in this way will taste as if it had |
been newly baked and may be eaten by
any one. Stale bread may be treated in
the same way.
There is nothing better to use under
carpets than old newspapers as moths do
not like printers ink.
To remove fresh mildew stain wet in
strong suds, cover with paste of salt and
soap, and put in the rain.
Ink, fruit or vegetable stains on fingers
are iDexcusable, as they can be easily re-
moved. The quickest eradicator is piece
Of pumice stone. Wet before using and
rub steadily, but not vigorously, as the
skin may suffer.
Try tomato juice instead of milk for
The omelet.s
White of egg poured over q burn will
give quick relief.
Honey is said to be good substitute
or cod-liver oil.
A weak solution of salt water will
brighten mattings.
Every cellar should be thoroughly
Shitewasbed at least once year.
When the skin seems too dry, use less
oap and more good cold cream.
Sponees are great germ collectors. They
hould be frequently scalded.
Water should never be used to clean
Iilt frames. Use dry, soft cloth.
To take out iodine stains, sponge as
quickly as possible with pure alcohol.
Silver may be cleaned and frightened
" letting stand half an hour in sour
milk.
The best fluid to use in washing muslin
lresses Of delicate color is rice water.
Celery is good nerve tonic, and it is
aid that it helps to ward off rheumatism.
Grass stains, unless Of too long standing,
an usually be removed BY alcohol.
Never throw out sour milk. The best