Evening journal., 1911-07-11
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
By Maude E. cillsy.

Never press a fur-lined coat. It will
ruin the skins.
Lamp chime rubbed with salt
after washing have surprising bril-
hancy
Save cold tea left from supper and
use in place of water on your house
plants.
When making underclothes by ma
chine it sometimes happens that they
get oil-stained. The stains should be
taken out with ammonia before the
garments are sent to the laundry.
Did you ever try darkening mahog-
any or any other colored wood with
cold drawn linseed oil? It can be
done.
If your rugs curl at the edges, they
can be made to lie fat by dampening
the curled edges and pressing with a
hot iron on the wrong side.
Newspapers will be found very help
full to pack around the freezer to ex-
cluGe the air, and they are not so
unwieldy as the customary carpet.
To bleach white garments use one
tablespoon of borax to one gallon OF
water. Saturate the clothes and dry
in the sun. Repeat the process II
necessary.
To remove stains from iodine on
linen put some liquid ammonia into
a saucer and place the stained part OF
the linen in It. Rub we'll and the stain
will vanish.
To whiten a doorstep mix little
ouicklime with half a pint Of skim
milk. Having first washed the door
stem. paint il over with this mixture
the rain will not wash 1t of.
Sunshine is one of the best health
sivers. so let it freely into your home
People who are too careful of cur
tains. and carpets often exclude the
sun and let in sickness and sorrow.
To set delicate colors In embroider'
ed handkerchiefs, soak them before
washing. for ten minutes in a pail o
water. in which a dessertspoontul O
turpentine has been stirred.
Cool bedroom slippers for no
weather can be made of straw soles
with cans of shirred ribbon stitched
over the toes. Narrow ribbon band
about the ankle hold the slippers Sc
cure. ,,.,
on hot day is shredded pineapple
shred the pineapple fine and serve J
ice cold in sherbert glasses. A III
lie maraschino may be added If on
desires.
A great convenience in cleanin
Gloves at home is a wooden hanc
2 such as is used in the shops for dis
nIaving gloves. AS the thumbs o
these hands are detachable, only on
hand is needed.
A delicious salad dressing is mad
bv mixing equal quantities of mayon
= naise and boiled dressing togethe
Whipped cream added to mayonnais
makes a dressing less rich and quit
as tasty. ~.
Dried lavender, burned after tn
manner of incense, is as objecuonabl
To flies and mosquitoes as it is pleas
ant TO our nostrils. Pyrethrum, pow
dered. may be burned in the same wa
for a like purpose.
Kerosene oil will erase fresh WACO
grease. and machine oil yields to col
soapsuds. One rule must be remen
bered: Alkalies are removed by d
mted acids, like citric acid, viii
acids require hartshorn.
Separate tumblers that stick Il
gether. one inside the other, by pou
ing cold water into the inner one an
> then pouring fairly hot water on Il
outer one. The heat expands u
outer glass and they soon separate.
When you buy new window shade
get them or have them made To-
longer than you really need. The
when the hem wears out-as 1t wi
cut of the torn part, reverse theI
and they will look like new.
To bleach faded muslin allow
tablespoonful of chloride of lime
every quart of water required. st
the article about in this water till q
color has disappeared, and then rim
It very thoroughly in clear water.
Pots of migonnette on the windo'
sill are said to keep flies away, al
chloride of lime on the ground b
low is also a preventive. Quass
chips soaked in water is much di
liked by them, and so is borax.
Use two pieces of glass and "
pictures placed back to back VIII
passepartouting Fasten the hange
TO the cardboard between the two pi
lures. Then. when tired of one pi