Middletown transcript., 1911-02-11
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW


roots.
Thick blOtting paper under doilies vii
prevent hot dishes from marking tbs
table.
Allow two level teaspoonfula Of baking
powder to each cup Of -four when no egg
are used.
A tablespoonful Of water or milk should
be allowed for each egg in making al
omelet.
A piece offuDgus, broken from an olt
tree, is q splendid buffer for mahogany
furniture.
Blotting paper saturated with turpen
tine may be placed in drawers to keeT
away moths.
Ascratch on polished furniture can b.
almost obliterated by rubbing vigorously
with linseed oil.
Allow from four to six eggs to each
quart Of milk in making q custard to bt
turned from the mould.
A table of weights and measures, type
written and framed under glass, should be
hung in every Kitchen.
To take a disagreeable medicine, cal
two Or three cloves or hold ice in the
mouth until the tongue is chilled.
After washing lamp chimney, polish
with dry salt to make the glass brilliant
and preventit it from cracking.
A few pieces Of gum camphor kept in
the boxes in which silver is packed in
srappings will prevent its turning dark.
Tooth powder is excellent for cleaning
jewelry. Rubi it on with nail brush and
then rinse off with sCaldiDg water.
To get the full nutriment from potato
1t should be cooked in the skin, as valu.
able food salts lie just inside the covering.
For something new and dainty, spread
the buttered fudge pan with minced dates
before turning the candy into it,
Salt thrown into the oven Immediately
after something has been burned in it
will make the Objectionable odor less
noticeable.
There should be three pairs of scissors
in the kitchen-one for dicing vegetables,
one for trimming fish, and one for general
use.
When window is difficult to raise,
pour q little melted lard between the
frame and the casing and put little also
on the card.
Thihiy sliced bananas moistened with
mayonnaise and placed between buttered
slices of bread make excellent school sand
witches.
To keep a hat on straight with thin
hair, place small piecs of tulle or yelling
across the top ofthe head before pinning
on the hat.
A delicious salad lie made of bananas
cut in slices, dipped in mayonnaise, rolled
in minced nuts and served on white let.
tucs heart leaves.
Grind handful Of sunt1ower seeds and
give them TO the canary. The birds relish
the little tender pieces that are found
among the seeds.
An excellent household remedy for
burns is olive oil or vaseline. The great
thing is to exclude the air from the burn
ed surface and this the oil will do.
An effective scarf for hall table may
be made Of linen crash with figure em.
broidered on each end and Of the same d. /.
sign as the paper on the wall.
Ripe persimmons now appearing in the
fancy fruit stores are sometimes mashed
and stirred into plain ice cream just be-
fore it is packed for the last freezing.
For washing windows. which should be
done when the sun is not shining on the
panes. Use warm water with tea
spoonful Of kerosene added to each pail Of
water.
There is no more efficacious way of re-
moving fnger-marks from woodwork,
window-panes, or porcelain than BY
wiping them with cloth moistened with
kerosene.
When a slice Of bread is left from at
meal, do not put into the bread box to be
forgotten, but cover over in a dish and
use for toast at ths next meal.
Lamp burner should be washed ire-
quentlY to remove dust and carbon that
choke the petforations. Occasionally
they should be boiled in washing soda
solution.
Paradise cement is ordinary fudge made
with more &Aanthe usual amount Of sew.
ersl kinda Of nuts, ground very fine, ard
the white Of an egg beaten light and in
corporated after She mass has been stirred
o cream.
Time and patience may be saved when
putting cotton into quilts II the cotton is.
first rolled about an ordinary yardstick.
Spread the cotton out on a large table or
the q ,or, TOLL on the stick then transfer te
the qnilt foundation and unrolI,
Worn brOoms or whisks may be dipped
10 hut water and the uneven edges trim
med with shears, and then dipped ID
cold water and all water shaken ont.
This makes the straws harder and the
tfimningmakes the brush almost as good
as Dsw.
70 clean straw mating pnt three pints
oil bran ~ two quarts OF water and boti.
W Wiesl it IL neatly cool, wash the mating
Nltsllt and afteFWaFd iryit well .Ejth 4.
Gle neloth. Add a little salt TO tie gater
/, or'Ntslite mating and vinegSf for red.
Pilot Of chicken liyeFs Il an pxcel!ent
dish Tor luncheon. Boil the livers until
tender and pat in an open dish lined
FithFice. Put layer of rice oveF the
top and turn the mound out into the disIil
10 which it is TO be served. Cover with &
rich tomato sauce.
While kerosene 10 nov generally re-
ctguized as better than any drug store Or
barber shop preparation for the hair, it
= not generally known shat crude Gil is
)etteF STILL TTaad onro q uvaek Il Myflf