Evening journal., 1911-12-07
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
BY Msuds E. cilIsy.

A few drops of alcohol rubbed on
the inside of lamp chimeys will re-
move all trace of greasy smoke when
water alone is of no avail.
In cooking broilers all the juice is
saved and much of the flavor other
wise lost is retained by completely
brushing over the fowl with olive oil
before submitting it to the flames.
Croutons for soup are most easily
made by cutting stale bread about
half an inch thick, buttering it thickly
on both sides, cutting In half-inch
squares and baking in the oven until
brown.
There is nothing better for cleaning
copper utensils than hot vinegar. salt
and milk Take cupful OF warm
milk, add a quarter Of oupful Of
hot vinegar and tablespoonful Of
salt. Rub on hard with a flannel
rag
Time and patience may be saved
when putting cotton into quilts If the
cotton is first rolled about an ordin-
airy yardsticB Spread the cotton out
on a large table or the floor. roll on
the stick, then transfer TO the quilt
foundation and unroli.
While kerosene is now generally
recognized as better than any drug
store or barber-ship preparation for
the hair. it is not generally known
that crude oil is better still. Used
once a week, II viii destroy dand-
ruff and promote a fine growth Of
hair.
To clean straw mating, put three
pints of bran in two quarts of wa
ter and boil. When it is nearly cool
wash the mating with it. and after.
ward dry It well with a clean cloth.
Add a little salt to the water for
white mating and vinegar for red
Worn brooms or whisks may be
dipped in hot water and the uneven
edges trimmed with shears, and then
dipped in cold water and all water
shaken out This makes the ,straws
harder and the trimming makes the
brush almost as good as new.
TO make "a good sweet potato pie,
take a cupful Of mashed sweet pota-
toes, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, half
teaspoonful of salt, same of nut
meg and ginger. half a cup of sugar.
cup Of milk and one well-beaten egg.
Bake for half an hour in a slow oven,
Piloff of chicken livers is an excel
lent dish for luncheon. Boil the livers
until tender and put in an open dish
! lined with rice. Put a layer of rice
over the top and turn the mound out
into the dish in which it is to be serv-
ed. Cover with a rich tomato sauce.
To iron a handkerchief so that the
corners will come out exactly even
and square iron It out hat, then fold
its lower corners back alomst to the
upper corners. leaving a little space
Then, when the second fold is made
the corners will push up and be eX-
actly even.
Bananas are rarely found in this
country ripe enough 70 be digestible
although they may be perfectly yell
low. To properly ripen them so that
they will be excellent food buy d
bunch and hang il up In a dry place
with the stem in water In few
days they will be much improved.
A piquant salad dressing may br
made of sour milk or cream. Take
the yolk of a hard-boiled egg and rul
il until it is quite smooth. Theu
add half a cupful of sour cream and q
tablespoonful of vinegar with sutii
cient salt. pepper and sugar TO over
come any unpleasant taste of the
cream.
To make beeswaX. place the honey
comb in a coarse muslin bag and put
i'm small stone to weight the con
tents. Put in a kettle, cover witt
water and boil The wax comes tC
the top of the water and the sediment
remains at the bottom of the kettle
When the water is allowed to COO
the wax forms a solid cake.