Middletown transcript., 1911-06-10
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

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delicious il cut very thin and spread with
a mixture Of minced olives, Spanish pep
pers, cream cheese and little bit Of may
onaise.
Small side dishes, once so numerous, are
now used for nothing save perhaps thin
apple or rhubarb sauce, Rarely more
than two vegetables are served with a
meat course.
Court plaster should never be allowed
to completely cover deep cut. It should
be cut into strips and fastened across the
wound so that the secretions from it can
freely escape.
Emery powder and oil made into a
paste is an excellent mixture to clean
steel Rub on well and polish, after
which rub with an oiled rag and then
polish up again with clean duster.
When the saucepan in which oatmeal
or any other cereal is cooked is emptied,
fill it Immediately with cold water. BY
the time the pan is to be used again it will
be easy to clean.
Topreyent raisins or currants from drop
ping to the bottom Of the pan, first put in
layer Of dough without them, and then
add the dough to which the raisins, well
Toured, have been mixed,
Bake good sized long potatoes, scoop
out the centers and season with salt and
pepper. Refill the shells with layer Of
potato then layer of creamed Goldfish,
heaping it up we'll on top. Sprinkle with
chopped parsley and serve hot.
The blush cast which comes on finely
polished furniture in damp weather may
be removed by wiping with luke-warm
water in which there is tablespoonful OF
ammonia to gallon OF water.
To improve liver, cut slashes in it and
thread with thin strips Of fat bacon. Sea-
son somewhat highly and bake for an
hour or more. This is the usual manner
of its preparation in France,
Rugs for a kite ben should always be
washable, as the grease they accumulate
is unspeakable. Good looking mixtures in
rag weaves are suitable and far more sanl'
tary then the custom Of some households
Of using rugs that have grown too shabby
for other rooms. wool rug should be
nut on the line and we'll beaten once
week and should be wiped off frequently
with soap bark and water or With aspect
al carpet soap.
Ammonia is excellent cleanser for por
celain, but when dirt and grease demanc
an extra agent use kerosene. IT will dc
the work thoroughly. Apply with raj
and wash of with warm soapsuds.
If the edge of a linen turnover collar ii
: moistened with glycerine and water after
ironing and before folding it over ther'
will be little danger Of its cracking. Tt
solution will make the fabric pliable.
For a quickly prepared and daint!
dessert put halves OF canned pears wit
some of the syrup into individual dishes
cover the tops with whipped cream ant
sprinkled with grated cocoanut or do
with cherries.
The sink, besides daily scrubbing shou
be wiped out once day with cloth we
' in kerosene or turpentine to remove lin
r gering stains on the enamel. If the sin
, is an oId.fashioned zinc one it should b
ribbed with coal ashes to remove dlscoIol
alton and later scrubbed with hot sod
water. AT least once day pour goo
: disinfectant or hot soda water down th
4 drain. Keep box Of washing soda on
f shelf over the sink and dissolve lum
, with the last rinsing water. This is
grease cutter.
Kitchen closets can only be kept in col
dition by thorough surveillance. Thel
must be no poke holes, no uncoVere
J. boxes, nothing to attract insect pest
: Have plenty Of enameled boxes or use IL
tin receptacles in which coffee is oite
sold. In these put cereals, sugar, ric
g coffee, salt, breadcrumbs, chocolate, tapit
g ca. hominy and other things that too 0
! ten are kept in their own packages att
they have been opened.
/ with cherries.
If the entire woodwork of house
Washed every two or three months wit
ammonia water, and corners and shelly
Of drawers are aprinkIed with powdere
Y borax, insects and bugs Of all description
q will seek home elsewhere.
& When carpet is to be cleaned it
! we'll to remove all grease spots fret. IL
il best done bNncrubbing them well vii
= clean brush dipped in warm, stror
u soapsuds. When the scrubbing process
+. finished wipe the spots we'll with clot
" in ammonia water.
q II when drying curtains they are hur
doubIe over the line they will not stretC
) at all.
Ink stains may be removed from woo
= bv washing the spot with a solution
oxalic acid.
9 Grape fruit rind may be shredded al
70 candied like orange peel, or can be chi
ned and made into marmalade.
ID A tablespoonful Of vines added to q
- water in which fish is boiled tends
whiten the meat and make it irmer.
TO clean white marble put lump
soda about the size Of an egg into p
q, containing half pint Of water and te
ly spoonful Of soft soap. Heat il almost
boiling and paint it on the marble viii
hot. Leave it on day or two and th
wash off with warm water and Gle
= flannel.
Y A splendid filing for sofa cushio
ne NAV be made by taking dimes Wor
Of cotton batting, cutting it into sm
squares add heating it in baking pan
{ the oven for half an hour, care being Y
eu not to let it scor,h. Each littlesqu'
4 wiIl nuff 10 to twice its size and will