Evening journal., 1910-11-08

HOUSEHOLD NOTES
BY Msuds {. ciIlsy.

ish It with dry salt.
Tn selecting a pumpkin, take one
that is glossy and fat on the ends.
To Danish the odor of paint, place
a pan full of cold water in the room
! Toast water Is a soothing and heal
ing drink for sufferers from bronchi-
tbs.
Cook-books should be covered with
waxed paper to keep them in good
condition.
Whiting mixed to cream with
tepid water is excellent for dirty
painted surfaces.
sponging with hot vinegar will re-
move an Objectionable shine from
woolen garments.
Olive oil, slightly warmed, is ex-
cellent as a means of softening the
skin around the nails.
When sand cannot be had, bath
brick can be used to scrub wooden ar
ticles, tables, etc.
In lime water localities, keep an
oyster she'll I'm your tea-kettle to re-
ceive the lime deposits
To prevent wooden pals or tubs
from shrinking when not in use, paint
them over with glycerine.
Cornmeal dough, mixed with boraX,
scattered about in kitchen corners,
will cause insects 20 disappear.
Oversalting Of food is very often
counteracted by using teaspoonful
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
a 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
washing soda or a teaspoonful OF
kerosene.
TO drive away red ants place sprigs
Of parsley wherever the ants are no.
/ ticed. II. should be renewed twice a
week
Finger marks and stains on porce-
lain. wood and window panes can be
easily removed with coal oil on a
clean cloth.
II FISH are fried on the pancake
griddle they will not stick and can be
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ing to pieces.
When too busy to bandage a small
cut on the end of a finger. put bit
of clean linen upon It and then put OH
thimble.
10 a piece of woolen material is
scorched. rub the spot with soft
bread When the scOrch disappears,
follow with a soft 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.
If a sweater needs washing, try
drying it on coat hanger. II 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 pint of the spirits.
Lay in a supply of gray nannel
scrub cloths for floors and cheese
cloth bags to slip ON brooms and
brushes to wipe down walls and wood
work
cNew gloves, which are being treas
ured against the time of being worn
should be wrapped I'm paraffin paper
It will keep them from changing
color
A flannel dipped in spirits Of am
monia is very good for removing the
white spots on the dining room anC
kitchen table, caused by wet dishes
Dish cloths may be kept odorlesl
by having a solution Of soda i'm a mar
malade jar beside the sink and placinl
the mops in this when they are not il
use. y
To keep blue clothes from fading
try adding bluing TO the starch. TIE,
: will retain their color better than
put in the bluing water and the
starched.
An old-fashioned beef stew may b
much improved by adding a cup q
stuffed olives, a dash-of paprika an
teaspoonful of minced parsley jus
J before serving.
A woman who does machine sew
, ing should see TO il that the chai
she uses is just the right height to
, low a chair strains the muscles an
soon tires the worker.
A reliable furniture polish is mad
> from equal parts Of olive oil, vinesa
, and alcohol. This should be rubbe
/ in with one wooden cloth and polishe
, with another.