Middletown transcript., 1911-11-18
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Tiny grease streaks on glassware after it
is wasl""l are due to the fact that the soap
or ling powder used has not been
thoroughly dissolved.
| If one has baked beans left and does
not wish to nee them warmed over, try
making them into salad or soup. They
are excellent either way.
Peaches and cream ia traditional fav.
orite, but not many know that dish fully
as good is ripe pears and cream. The pears
should be very cold.
For almond cake filling blanche and
pound pound of almonds, add two eggs.
cuptul of sugar and teaspooniul of va.
nilla and spread between layers.
When valuable piece of music begins
to wear out along the edges, first press the
sheet with warm iron and then bind
the edges with passepartout.
The thrifty housewife has been packing
her eggs for winter use while cheap.
Either water glass or lime water makes a
good preparation to keep them.
Dish cloths should be boiled every day
in water to which has been added wash.
ing soda or teaspoon OF kerosene.
Hang skirts and dresses on the clothes
line on the straight OF the goods when dry
ing and you won't have an uneven skirt
when it is laundered.
To keep blue clothes from fading, try
adding bluing to the starch. They will
retain their color better than if put in the
bluing water and then-starched.
To prevent any shade Of blue from fad
ing, soak for two hours in pail of water
to which one ounce of sugar of lead has
been added Then be sure to dry well be-
fore washing and ironing.
Cooked beets, followed out and picked
in epiced vinegar, may be filed with minc-
ed celery and apple and served on lettuce
leaves with oil and vinegar.
Paint the inside woodwork of bedsteads
with corrosive sublimate and turpentine,
five cents worth of the former to pint
of the latter. 1t will destroy all vermin.
To make egg Cruel, beat one egg in a
bowl, add salt, little parsley,a teacup of
boiling water. Cut into small pieces |
slice of toasted bread and pour Cruel over
it.
A delicious favor is added to the mara
schine cherries used in or as decoration
for lruit or other salad by stufipg them
with pecan nuts, chopped rather course.
It is good plan to place pieces Of can
ton flannel between plates when they are
piled in the china closet. 1t reduces the /
danger Of breakage and prevents rafting.
To run rods through the sash curtains,
put thimble on the end of the rod or the
fingers of an old glove, and the rod will
slip through without tearing the fabric.
If the colored candles used for guest
tables and other festive occasions become
soiled before they are consumed, they can
be nicely washed with a soft brush, white
soap and warm water.
Cushion covers, especially designed for
piazza use, come stencilled in most artis-
tic designs, and may be had in variety
of colors. They are in denim, crash, bur.
lap, mons cloth and linen.
II fringed napkins look worn because
the fringe is thin and uneven, cut it off,
draw a few threads and hemstitch the
napkin. They will make very attractive
doilies and will last long time.
Brio brac containing mother-of. pearl
should never be cleaned with soap and
water, instead, it should be rubbed with
cloth dipped into whiting and water.
Do not use hot water or a strong alkali
soap for cleaning wicker or willow chairs.
Dust the chair and then scrub it lightly
with tepid water containing few drops
OF kerosene to remove hand marks and
grease. Naptha soap will not destroy the
varnish. Wipe the snds off and then dry
the chair in the sun.
The old-time pumpkin had to have
long, slow cooking to make we'll favor
ed pie; but now the little pie pumpkins
cook up so quickly that the process of pie
making is not 30 tedious. All the mois-
ture possible should be cooked out of the
pumpkin to give it good, rich flavor. To i
q cup and half of stewed and sifted pum-
pkin add two thirds of cup of brown
sugar; soma like little molasses, as it
gives richer color to the pie. A teaspoon
of cinnamon, teaspoonful of ginger, half
a teaspoon Of salt, two eggs anda cup and
q half Of milk and cup OF cream. Mix
snd bake in one crust. A few drops Of
lemon extract added to the pie changes
the flavor and add variety.