Middletown transcript., 1910-04-09
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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which they wish to retain, splendid re
suits may be obtained and the rich grail
Of the wood brought out IL the wood |
rubbed thoroughly with ammonia. Ons'
efforts are well rewarded.
To prevent fried cakes from soaking uI
she fat in the frying pan glaze them will
the white of an egg before cutting then
into shape.
To relieve headache, put feet in watel
just az bot as can be borne, keeping them
there from 20 to so minutes and adding
more hot water as il cools.
Marking ink may be removed from
linens by sleeping the stained portions in
q solution Of one ounce Of potassium and
-four of water. The stain will disappear
after sleeping q few hours. Wash the
linen well afterwards to remove all traves
Of the potassium as It is exceedingly poi
sonous.
4 When ivory knile-handIes become
yellow by constant washing they can be
whitsned by good rubbing with emery
paper and then polishing with chamOis.
After washing the lamp chimney, use
dry salt in polishing it. II viii make the
glass brighter and will prevent breaking.
DisbclOths should be boiled every day.
They should not only be washed out
thoroughly after use and hung in the sun
to dry, but at least every other day they
should be boiled in water to which q little
washing soda or tablespoonful of ksro-
sene.
Always make it q practice to preserve
paper sackes. The demand for them comes
so often that I find il saves lots of tims
and worry to have them when needed.
The difficulty of working butIonholes
in lace waists may be overcome by bast-
ing strip Of linen inside the hem where
the buttonhOles are to be made and work.
ing through the lace and linen together.
When finished cut away the linen. If
closely worked the buttonhoIes will out.
wear the waist.
Take strip Of emery and tack il to |
small square board aud you will have a |
tool that is almost indispensable in the /
kitchen. 1t is splendid for sharpening |
knives.
If you add double plated ruffie to the
bottom. of the bag which You slip over
the broom for wiping down walls or pol.
ishsd floors, the broom will do much
better work.
Coal oil will remove nearly ell kinds OF
stains from washable goods if they are
washed in tie oil and then washed in
warm suds.
Be sure that the childs' feet are prop.
erly fitted in shoes and stockings. other
wise lifetime Of trouble may follow.
Candle grease can readily be removed
from any fabric by laying blotting paper
or common brown paper over the spot
and applying hot iron.
To wash colored silks, use cold water
aud but little soap. If the color runs,
stir vinegar in the water until it sets.
Il is said that fab is delicious il when
frying, it is dipped into milk instead of
egg before rolling it in the crumbs. |
To extract onion juice, cut the top off
the onion, and press the heart with a
spoon. Another way is to press the onion
against crater.
Candle ends, melted and mixed with
an equal quantity Of tnrpentine make an
excellent polish for floors, oil cloths, etc.
Il is equal to good beeswax.
To clean furniture without dusting up
everything in the room, cover Hbe uphoI-
steriDg with wet cloth and then beat it,
the cloth several times.
Watery custard is caused by cooking in
IN oven shat is too hot. Set the cHstard
In pan of hot water and zee that the
water does not boil during the baking. ID
To remove grease spots from wall paper,
sprinkle baking soda over blOtting paper {
Ind place over the spot and press with q
moderately warm iron for few minutes.
rhe blotting paper will absorb the grease I
ind the paper on she wall will be free
rom spots.
To clean silk aud woolen clothes of
Irease spots, they may be gently rubbed
With cake Of magnesis, laid away for
Ieyeral days, and then shaken out. It
Eill not hurt to press the magnesia in
With a hot iron, FIRST covering the fabric
sith brown paper.
Before winter clothes are put away the
kirts should be most carefully brushed
ind cleaned, for If dust and unsightly
pots are allowed to remain on them for
eyeral months they will seriously iniure r
he fabric. It is much more difficult to 81
lean garments alter they have been stored 1,
han before. '
IIandkerchiefs and white clothes that gi
AVE become yellow from ths use Of too n
much soap or any other cause may be il
ghiteUed in the following manner: Alter b
hey have been washed in the usual way &
,ut them to soak overnight in clear wster
nto which cream of tartar has been put. X
teaspooniuI to quart Of water is the q
light proportion. When ironed they will y
,e as white as when new.
A little grated cheese improves chicken y
CUP. :
II wire clotheslins is used, it should :,
y painted. t.
Boiled meat should always be left in its l
DWn liquor TO cool. q
II lemons are peeled before squeezing, c
more Juice may be had.
Seeded raisins, cut in half, will help an /,
Ipple and nut salad. "a
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