Evening journal., 1911-01-18
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
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In building or remodeling house,
before the final boards are put on tho
pantry have IT. lined throughout with
mosquito wire II will mako It for
ever mouseproof
To clean gilt, try touching mp a
little at a time with a camels hair
brush wet in alcohol Don't let II dry.
but rub of with q flannel, which
should be changed frequently.
Never scrape cooking utensils OF
any kind. Clean them out as much as
possible, an with water and washing
soda. cover and allow them TO steam.
They will then clean easily.
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.
When carpets are not 10 be taken
up they can be greatly freshened by
washing with water 70 which little
ammonia has been added-not over a
tablespoonful 20 a pail OF water.
Clothes will not dry out so quickly
II sprinkled and packed in tin boiler
the night before ironing day. They
should be packed as tight as possible
and the top placed on the boiler.
Croutons for soup are most easily
made by cutting stale bread about half
am inch thick, bLNtering il thickly on
both sides, cutting In half-inch
squares aud baking I'm the oven until
brown.
To keep an iron sink in good condi-
, fion scrub II once or twice a week with
soap and kerosene. Every night put
little chloride OF lime over the
strainer and pour through It a kettle
of boiling water.
There is nothing better for clean
ing copper utensils than hot vinegar,
salt and milk. Take a cupful Of
warm milk, add a quarter Of a cuptul
of hot vinegar and tablespoonful
of salt. Rub on hard with flannel
rag
Paradise cement is ordinary fudge
made with more than the usual
amount of several kinds of nuts,
ground very fine, and the white Of an
egg beaten light and incorporated az
ter the mass has been stirred TO a
cream
Time and patience may be saved
when putting cotton into quilts II the
cotton is first rolled about an ordin-
AIRY yardstick Spread the cotton ont
on large table or the floor, roll on
the stick. then transfer TO the quilt
foundation and unroll.
Worn brooms or whisks may be dip
ped m 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 clean staw mating put three
pints Of bran in two quarts of water
and boil When II Is nearly cool, wash
the mating with II and afteward dry
Il well with "a clean CLOTH Add
little salt to the water for white mat
ting aud vinegar for red.
Pilon of chicken liyers Is an excel
lent dish for luncheon. Boil the livers
until tender and put in an open disf
lined with rice. Put layer of rice
over the top and turn the mound ont
into the dish in which IL Is TO be
served. Cover with a rich tomato
sauce.
While kerosene is now generally
recognized as better than any drul
store or barber ship preparation fol
the hair. IL is not generally know
that crude oil is better still. Use'
once a week, It will destroy dandrui
and promote a fine growth of hair
For fruit granite run equal parts o
dates. figs and English walnut
through q grinder Then knead tn
mixture on a board sprinkled viii
confectioners' sugar until it is firm
Roll into a sheet, cut into small
rounds and form into little balls o
squares.
Caulinower fried I'm deep fat is de
! licious. and also a pretty dish. IN
vegetable should be boiled abolt hal
done, and the flowers then broke
apart and each dipped in a thin lou
and egg batter. then cooked in dee
fat and sprinkled with salt hetor
serving.
To iron handkerchief so that Cd
corners will come out exactly eve
and square, iron It out fat, then iol
its lower corners back almost 10 th
4 upper corners. leaving a little spac
Then. when the second fold is mad
|. the corners will push up and be el
actly even.