Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-03-12
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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To remove scratches, an excellent fur
niture polish made of equal parts of alco-
hol, olive oil and pure cider vinegar.
Whitefsh that is to be boiled will be
greatly improvedin flavor if lemon juice
is rubbed on it generously before cooking.
All porcelain yellowed with iron sedi.
ment may be cleaned with muriatic acid,
but this must not be allowed to touch the
hands.
To test tea, put little Of it in pan
and touch match to it. The best tea
leaves very little ash; inferior tea leaves
considerable.
One housekeeper prevents her salt
meat from moIding by rubbing every
fortnight With white Of egg, mixed in
little salt water; about equal parts OF the
egg and water.
II water is spilled on a book, do not
try to dry it by the fire, as this will ruin
it. Mop It as dry as possible, and then
put it in the open air.
To whiten tea towels, wash them in the
usual manner, then boil in good suds
containing a large amount of borax; then
rinse it several times.
Salt mackerel should be soaked over
night with tie skin side up. Change the
water the last thing before going to bed
and again on rising.
Potatoes should be peeled as thin as
possible. Turnips must be peeled thicker.
taking as guide the line that appears
just inside the skin.
The cellar should be thoroughly ven
tilated every day, even in the coldest
weather. Mustiness is more likely to
cause bad colds than cold air.
Peroxide OF hydrogen will remove ink
stains from colored goods without fading
the color. Soak the spots and put the
material in the sun for half an hour.
Never allow the knobs Of any Of the
stove or draft doors to become loose.
They are all fastened with nuts inside,
which often drop off and are lost.
Fine old lace can be made to look like
new if put away in starch for several
hours, and then hung on the clothes line
in the sun for a short time. Use the dry
starch.
Always moisten linen that isto be
drawn with damp cloth or sponge.
The threads will pull more easily if they
are moistened.
To make delectable lemon pie, add
the pulp of banana to the custard be-
fore turning into the paste lined tin.
Cover with meringue when it comes
from the oven.
To keep the coffee pot free from strong |
oder, put pinch of bicarbonate Of soda
in it once "a week, fill with water and
allow to boil slowly or simmer for quar-
ter of an hour.
Don't throw away broom handles. |
Covered with cretonne or crepe paper |
and with long cord or ribbon loop tied |
in the center, twelve-inch lengths are
fine for coat and skirt hangers.
When buying fowls for fricassee, never |
allow butcher to splinter the bones by
choppiug with a cleaver. Ask him to
remove the sinews from the legs and cut |
through the joints.
1t is well to have a glass Of milk stand
ing by the bed.
If wakefulness comes this should be
slipped very elowly.
Beer may be substituted for milk and
English ''stout'' is beneficial for those
who can digest it.
Lack of sufficient ventilation in room
often produces sleeplessness.
Though the air should never blow
directly on bed, it is impossible to have
too much.
A bed should never be placed facing |
the light, for this hurts the eyes and
affects the nerves.
One of the best remedies for nervous
woman is to take hot bath just before |
going to bed.
The body should be immersed for fifteen |
minutes in water that is hot without be.
ing exhausting.
An alcohol sponge is often found sooth-
in by those sleepless on account of the
heat.
A tablespoonful of alcohol to cup of
cool water is the proper proportion for
such sponge.
When your bronze ornaments or vases
have acquired dusty, dingy look go
over them first with soft, clean cloth
to remove all dust, then wipe with
cloth moistened With olive oil. Go into.
each crack, using az orangeWood stick il
necessary. Later rub dry and polish
with soft silk or chamois.
When you are not going to take fruit
for breakfast, the juice of half lemon in
a cup Of hot water, half an hour before
eating, serves as an excellent substitute.
But the hot water should be taken every
morning regularly as a sort of internal
washing. Two cups are better than one,
remember that. The water remaining in
the night pitcher may be heated over a
little spirit lamp, SO that a tripto the
kitchen or the service of 9 maid will not
be necessary in this case.
It is good plan to keep black safety
pin on the inside of the front hem OF a
raincoat, near the bottom, If caught out
in hard wind or rainstorm, the hens
can be pinned together and the front Of
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