Middletown transcript., 1910-06-11
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

If the wishes to reshape straw bat
simply soak in cold water and while wet
bend into the desired shape. Then stand
on the crown 50 the water viii not weigh
it out of shape till dry.
| II you have an old rubber rain cloak
that is no longer any use, cut the bot
tom off and make plain large bag with
drawing string to hold clothes line and
pins. If it should by mistake, be left
out over night, they will not be exposed
to bad weather.
Crepe paper for the Summer cottage
will be found a help when one wishes
decorations for a short time. For bed
rooms II is particularly pretty il spread
on dressers and covered with dotted
Swiss muslin, thus giving the desired
color underneath.
The glass bottles in which an excellent
make of tslcum comes are fine used as
shakers for spices in the kitchen. The
double lid prevents all moisture and
dust and evaporation.
A good idea for draining milk bottles
is to take several pieces of strong wire,
eight or ten inches long, fasten one end
of each piece to the outside of the vim
dow, or on the back porch, with staples,
and then bend the wire upright. Milk
bottles or the baby's bottles may be
drained and aired on these supports.
For stains from milk, cream, NEST
juice, blood, sweet oil, soak in cold water
for few minutes, then rub on soap and
wash we'll in cold water. Pitch, tar,
wheel grease, machine oil, rub lard or
butter into the stain and let stand half
an hour, then serape off pitch or tar,
wash in cold water, rubbing plenty of
soap on stain. Grass stains, soak in
alcohol or moIasses. Fruit, tea, coffee,
cocoa or chocolate stains, spread the stain
over a bowl and pour boiling water
through until stain disappears. Vases
line stains, soak in alcohol or kerosene.
Iodine stains, wash with alcohol OF
Chloroform. Scorch stains, wet the
stain with soap suds, then spread in sun,
cover the wet stain with starch made !
into paste with soap suds. Ink stains,
there are several processes for removing |
these stains, but owing to the various
methods of making ink a process that
will be successful in removing one ink |
may have no influence on another; here |
are some methods: Wash stain with |
several cold waters, then in soap and |
water; wash in sweet milk, soak iu sour
milk, wash in clear water, then in
solution of oxalic acid. II these all fail
soak in iavelle water, then rinse in many
waters.
Gather the cigar stumps about the
house and place them in can till enough |
are accumulated. Soak in tepid water a
day, sprinkle this on dollhouse plants
Tor any other). It prevents worms and
bugs infesting them. Take the wet to.
bacco and sprinkle over the carpet and
sweep well. This takes up dust and
keeps away moths. Also crumble stumps
fine and put them in hen nests to keep
away chicken lice, instead of buying
tobacco stems for the came purpose.
Encourage the men Of the house to lay
their cigar stumps down at home, and
there will be that many less thrown on
the streets in this great day of clean
street talk.
For shelf to hold flowers, take board
six inches wide, the length of window
ledge, put strip of molding around ends
and one side. Fasten bathtub chain at
ends and put hook on window ledge, TO
which put chain. Stain the color Of
window ledge; when not in use, unhook
and drop. |
When going away during the Summer
it is not always convenient to take the
number of coat-hangers that are really
necessary. When you unpack your
clothes, q good plan is, just before you
are ready to hang up the coat or dress,
to take whole newspaper and roll it up
from top TO bottom; in the center OF the
roll tie firmly piece Of tape long enough
to make good sized loop. The hanger
is now ready. Thrust the ends of the
hanger into the srm-holes of the garment
and hang up.
Besides being easily made, they are
also inexpensive.
When buying table linen il is more
economical to purchase it wider than
is absolutely necessary. Then when it
wears along the sides just cut the worn
part out and make net seam felled down
the length Of the cloth.
At this time of year. when lace curtains
come down, we find them thin and worn
10 many places. To make them last
another season buy net as nearly match.
Jog the mesh of curtains as possible,
baste Il on wrong side, over thin places,
and stitch on machine through patterns.
also along the scallops. Then cut away
the old mesh. This makes the curtain
perfectly good, without oarnlng, tnat
always shows so plainly.
When ironing a starched garment and
a part of it becomes dry, do not dampen
with water, but with cloth wet with
q little corn starch. This will keep all
parts of the garment Of equal stiffness.
When two glass tumblers or other glass
dishes stick together SO fast that there is
danger Of breaking them in getting them /
apart put warm water in the lower one
and cold water in the upper, and they
will separate as if by magic.
In this age of "hand embroidery" it
is well to know how to wash il, to keep
the silk from turning yellow. Into
large bucket OF hot water put table,
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