The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-13


and a little butter and sugar.
To extract onion juice, cut the top
off the onion and press the heart with
the spoon. Another way is to press
the onion against a crater.
Darn Before the Hole.
Mothers can save much trouble IL
they will run daIning cotton through
the heels and toes of stockings when
they come from the store.
To cook smelts so that they will be
attractive. fasten the head and tail
together with a toothpick after the
fish is dipped in egg and crumbs.
Candle ends, melted and mixed with
an equal quantity of turpentine make
an excellent polish for floors. oil
cloths, etc. 1t is equal to good bees
wax.
1t is said that If in sprinkling
clothes a whisk broom is used the
clothes will be dampened more evenly
than by sprinkling by hand.
If, after washing a chamois, there
seem to be harsh places, rub them
steadily, but gently, through the hands
and soon they will quite disappear.
To clean furniture without busting
upholstering with a wet cloth and
then beat it, renewing the cloth sew
eral times.
Sea salt dissolved in a hot bath
has wonderful tonic effect. 1t should
be first dissolved in a pitcher or cup
and then poured into the bath and
stirred.
Keeps Out Dust.
A thin piece of cheesecloth fasten-
ed over the cold air duct of the fur
mace outside the house will keep
out much of the dust and save time
in housekeeping.
Watery custard is caused by cook
ing in an oven that is too hot. Set
the custard in a pan of hot water
and see that the water does not boil
during the baking.
AS a garniture to the comm onplaco
scrambled eggs, add half a dozen
mushrooms, cut into bits and cook
ed in a teaspoonful of butter with
half green pepper, minced fine.
In making baked or boiled custard
scald the amount of milk to be used
and set aside until cool, then make
your custard and bake it as usual
IL Will be pSIleCIlS SHlCHtn.
Spinach for tic Nerves.
Many delicate and nervous people
who cannot digest iron tonic, SHOULD
eat spinach, which contains more iron
than even the yolk of an egg. Onions
are also excellent nervine.
Wooden blankets should be put
away in boxes lined with newspapers
and o few pieces of cotton, saturated
with turpcntine should be put in the
corners of the boxes TO keep out
moths.
Tablocloths napkins and towels
should be darned neatly on the wrong
side as soon as they become thin and
worn and before the thread breaks
1t will make them last much better
and look better.
If the lamp SIN olles or gives a poor
light, it may be merely dirty. Take the
lamp apart, boil the burner in soda
water and pour scalding hot water
around.
Flatirons should not be left on the
back of the stove where they have
no chance to lose their heat. They
should be put away in a cool place
where it is dry, so that they will not
rust.
Small white spots on the finger nails
may be removed by bandaging them
at night with linen cloth spread with
a mixture of myrrh and turpentine
In the morning battle the fingers il
olive Oil
Salt and vinegar added to the water
in which fish is boiled will serve to
whiten and harden the fish A tea
spoonful of salt and a tablespoonful
of vinegar to two quarts of water is
the right proportion.
Mashed Bananas.
Bananas are nourshing, but many
children cannot eat them without pro-
longcd indigestion. If they are mash
ed with a fork and beaten to a cream
they will not harm the smallest child,
and can be eaten with a spoon.
Stains can be removed from mar
BILE with the following mixture: \
sill of soapsuds and oXgall, half a gill
of turpentinc and as much fuller $
earth as will make a paste. Rub on
the stains and leave for a few days.
When pressing seams on heavy ma
terial, put the iron down heavily, hold
it there a moment, then lift it up and
put it down a little further along.
This does not put the seam out of
shape as running it along does.
a suggestion in whipping cream is
to whip it in the upper part of a
double boiler, with fine ice or cold
water placed in the lower part. An
added advantage of this arrangement
is that the boiler is deeper than a
bowl. and there is less scattering.
To test butter take a clean piece of
white paper, smear a little of the but
ter on it, roll the paper up and set
on fire. If the butter be pure, the
smell will be rather pleasant, but if ii
is made up wholly or in part of ami
NAL fat. it will smell like tallow.
When the milk supply is limited
for any cause, save the water in which
inc rice is boiled. When this is al
lowed to stand until it is jellied il
makes an economical substitute foi
milk and can be used in all the cream
soups and needs not the thickenine
with butter and flour that milk mus
have.
THE. JOHNNY CAKE.
Little Sarah, she stood by her grand.