Middletown transcript., 1910-07-09
USEFUL THINGS 70 KNOW

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dish, and simmer for shout fifteen min.
utes. Beef cooked in this way is an 81.
eellent accompaniment Of boiled rice o.
baked potatoes.
Dried lemon peel sprinkIed over Goals
will destroy any dissgreeable odor about
ths house.
10 make croutons for soup quickly cut
the bread into cubes and put il in corn
pepper. Shake this over the FIRE as il
popping corn. and il will soon brown.
Cut couple Of pieces about an inch
long from an old garden hose and sin
them over the faucets and you will save
many nicks in china and flower vases and
such things.
To keep the floor very white scrub Il
with q mixture of three parts sand and
one part of partly Stacked lime. This
will remove all grease spoGs, as we'll Is
destroy all insect life.
A rubbing with cocoa butter once or
twice q week, after bath, will 20 lone
way to insuring foot comfort ct all times.
Not more than five minutes is necessary,
SponginR With witch hazel is also . com.
torting treatment for tired feet.
When you are ironing any dark ma.
terial do not put linen cloth underneath
as the lint will come off on the stuff, and
you will have great difficulty in brushing
1t off again.
Ii q loaf Of bread has become stale, hold
lt under the water for one second; then
place in brisk oven for quarter OF an
hour. 1t will taste like new bread.
To mend an umbrella, take a small
piece of black sticking plaster aud soak
it in water until quite soft. PIacs this
carefully under the hole inside, and LET
dry. This will be found to be better than
darning, as it closas the hole neatly with
out stitches.
Scrub the inside OF q rusty kettle With
q paste of jsvelle water and bath brick
dust. Then scald and put over the frs
filled with water In which you have
stirred teaspoonfuI of borax.
Celery salt on a canker sore will driye
it away quickly.
Water as hot as can be taken in the
mouth, TO garRle the throat, without any
astringsnt, will cure the worst case OF sore
throat, using 1t at half-hour intervals
until one is relieved.
Manifold are the uses OF hot waterl Az
q drink, it is better for dyspeptics than
any tea, coffee or Cocoa. Il is the best Of
eye waters. II the eyes be bathed frsaly
in it three or four times day, they are
strengthened and kept healthy.
Battle bruises in hot water at enee. Il
sooths and prevents discolorations.
In case Of bite from dog or cal, plunge
the wounded part into hot water and
wash we'll, changing the water twice. It
will cleanse fram virus and heal the
wound.
Tissue paper of q rather light blue is
used bv linen drapers for keeping goods
from yellowing. If in addition to wrap
ping white stnffs in the blue paper, you
will lay cake of white wax in the box,
you make assurance doubly sure. The
wax will turn to cream color and the
linen remain white foF:months. +:
To prevent needles frtm rusting, keep
them in waxed psp,r.
When making salmon salad, add hard.
boiled egg or two, carefully diced.
Never stir sponge cake batter. If
that is done the air is allowed to escape.
To overcome the habit of biting the
finger nails, soak them in liquid quinine.
Underwear should be ironed on the
right side; colored clothes on the wrong
side.
Apples and onions shredded together
make sandwich filling that many people
like.
Green peppers, stuffed with fresh green
corn and baked, make dainty Iueheon
dish.
Cold slaw, served in green pepper shells
is suggestion for dainty luncheon ad.
dition.
To keep veil crisp, dip it several timss
in alcohol and hang it up indoors to dry.
A fne CRATER is better than = knife for
removing the surface Of anything that is
burned.
To quickly prepare horssradish or coca
nut, pare il and put 1t through the chop.
ping machine.
In sleeping keep the head as low as pos
sibles so that the blood may have an.
impeded circulation.
A mixture of cream cheese aud dates
makes delicious filing for 9 brown
bread sandwich.
II is much easier to climb stairs IL she
head is held erect and deep. regular
breaths are taken.
Pecans and almonds may be chopped
and spriukled over dressed let.
tuce for dinner salad.
In ironing fine silks and mnslins, place
. piece Of fine cambric between the iron
and the material.
Powdered yellow ochre mixed with rice
Hour and rubbed on lace will give Il the
creamy tint 60 much desired.
Olives and English walnuts ground to-.
zesher and mOissened with mayonsise,
make tasty luncheon sandwich.
To freshsn stale cake, dip II for
moment in cold milk and then rebaks e
in an oven al low temperature.
When q receipt calls for q cupial d
anything, il means half.pint-an ordi.
nary cup filed level.
Pineapples, delicious at al ssaeOne,
aolye the problem OF many 4 dessert SLICED