Evening journal., 1911-10-11
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
ey msude E. cilIsy.


in which TO dip the fingers when hull
ing or Gaping fruit for preserving.
Paint your tin wash basins on the
inside with a good white enamel paint
If you would prolong their usefulness.
Wipe all dust from your windows
and rub them with a cloth dipped in
vinegar, If you desire a high polish
on the glass.
Dampen slight iron scorches and
lay the injured material in the hot
sun. In few minutes the spot will
have disappeared.
Cut off the ragged edges Of old
whisk brooms after they have outlived
their usefulness and use them again
as sing brushes.
Never wash marble with soap and
water. Use ammonia in the water If
you would have a highly-polished,
clean surface after your trouble.
Put a small cork on the oilcan be-
longing to the sewing machine. This
will prevent spilling oil in the drawer
and soiling anything there.
II black silk stockings seem too
thin they may be worn over ordinary
black cotton or Isle thread stockings,
giving the appearance Of heavy silk
Kerosene or gasoline applied with a
cloth will also remove all grease
marks from porcelain basins and
bathtubs Rinse we'll with hot water.
BY tacking large pieces Of PASTE
board to the cellar joists directly in
front Of the shelves. a clean. dark
place for canned fruit is made.
To avoid mixing up towels when
all the family use the same bath
room, embroider initials. or one inl-
tial, on towels for each member Of
the household.
When filling pillows, 10 prevent the
feathers from escaping, rub wax over
the wrong side of the case and iron
with an iron hot enough to melt the
wax.
A tape loop on the apron band is
a convenience and will save the apron
from being torn if hung on a hook.
Sew the loop on the wrong" side Of
the band
Fill lamps on blotting paper and
whatever oil overfows will be absorb
ed. thus saving the table. Get heavy
blotting paper and keep a sheet beside
the oilcan.
Pull the bed ouf from the wall when
you are making II up, and see how
many steps may be saved by your
being able to go around the head as
well as the foot.
Paint your garbage can the same
color as the blouse, You will pro-
long the cans usefulness, and II IL
must be stood outside the back door
It will be less conspicuous.
Before laundering curtains measure
the width and keep It for reference.
Lace curtains IN particular are often
torn by being stretched beyond their
original width.
Two measuring-cups kept In the
kitchen will save rinsing out one
great many times. Keep one cup for
dry ingredients, the other for liquids.
Have both the same size.
Hot alum water. In the proportion
of two pounds of alum to three quarts
OF water, applied TO crevices where
ants and other insects abound, will
effectually drive them away.
When the hands get stained from
pairing apples or from preserving
grapes, wash them first in vinegar
then rub them with a slice Of ripe
tomato and the stains will disappear
An old stocking for a duster is an
idea OF which one woman has taken
advantage. She pulls the stocking over
the hand and finds II convenient for
the light busting between sweeping
days.
Washing lamp chimneys by i'm
mersing them in hot water makes
the very brittle. A safer way 10 clean
them Is TO hold them over the steam
of a teakettle and polish with an old
soft linen cloth.
To dry tea towels on the bach
porch take a metallic curtain-rod
cover it to prevent rust, and put It NJ
on two hooks. A rod long enough e
hang two or three towels on at the
same time will prove a convenience
Every woman who has tried to Gu
chiffon or fine net has experiences
the difficulty of obtaining a straight
and not a jagged, edge. II you viii
lay the material over paper beforl
cutting. all that difficulty will be don'
away with.
To remove grease spots from car
pets mix Fuller's earth and magnesil
together on equal proportions Oh
scraping and pounding). Form thil
into a paste with hot water ant
spread on the spots. Next dav brusl
of and. II necessary, repeat the pro
cess.
When cleaning pictures write
number on the back Of each one al
S Won take it from the wall and writ
e the same number family in pencil ol
: the wall space behind Il. This save
= all trouble OF irving to reminder JUS
where the nictures belong.