Middletown transcript., 1911-07-22

fruits as Currsnts, crab apple and grapes
make good jelly.
Try sprinkling your clothes with corn
broom, one that has worn rather thin will
be found to be more satisfactory. This
moistens the clothes much more even.
ly, and obviates the necessity of dip
ping the hands into water, which is often
very disagreeable. Small pieces, such as
handkerchiefs and napkins, may be easily
and quickly sprinkled by using machine
oiler with water.
When grease ia spilled on the kitchen
floor or table pour cold water over it at
once. This hardeus the grease before il
can sink in and much Of it can be scraped
off.
Try ground caraway seed in cakes and
cookies. 1t is much better liked than the
whole seed.
Add a teaspoonful Of turpentine to the
water 10 the boiler when boiling clothes.
It will whiten them.
When cutting fresh bread, dip the
knife in hot water.
When cutting fresh cake, use fork for
cutting. This is we'll to remember when
cutting hot ginger cake.
Put little sand in the tall vases to keep
them from tipping over.
scraped raw potato applied to burn
will give quick relief.
Soak new brooms in strong salt water
before using. This toughens them and
they wear better.
Celery eaten freely is good to cure neu'
ralgia.
When buying carpets for durability,
chose those with small figures.
"A brighter window will result if no soap
but few drops Of kerosene, is used in the
water.
Torn-up bits OF newspaper and soap
suds will clean the water bottle beauti.
fully.
Never use soap and water on vanished
surfaces.
Keep an apple in the cake box and the
cake will keep fresh much longer.
A piece of camphor kept with the silver
will keep it from furnishing.
A little salt in the water will keep the
flowers much longer.
A cure for hiccoughs is to take long
breath and hold it as long as possible.
A few drops OF oil OF lavender will
sweeten the air in room and little
sprinkied in the book cases before they
are shut up for the summer will keep the
books from moldiDg.
Never bite thread with the teeth. 1t in
jures the enamel.
Boiled faxseed and lemon juice is ex-
celleut for cough.
A little butter added to cake frosting
improves it.
Never put any acid fruits into tin.ware.
There are many confusing terms used
in cookery, many Of them from the
French. The term saute means to cook
in a small amount of fat.
The following proportions may help:
Three cloves, six pepper corns, four mus.
tard seeds, three sprays Of parsley, thyme
and summer savory and fourth of
teaspoonful Of celery seed is q good
amount for one soup bag.
Cafe noir is black coffee.
Au gratin is black coffee.
Bisque is either soup made Of fish or
tomato, which is called mock biEque, or
an ice cream to which is added chopped
nuts.
A mousse is frozen dessert that is
thickened with geiatine.
A parfait is thickened with eggs and
then nodded TO freeze.
A very easy and simple way Of clean
ing windows is to moisten little whiting
in water, rub it over the window and al
low it to dry. Then rub it off and polish
with newspaper. This leaves the glass
clear aud bright,
When butter gets strong, put little in,
to cold water to which pinch of soda
has been added. Let it stand two hours,
then pour of the water. The butter will
Be wonderfully sWeetened.
Grass stains are easily removed II they
are wen rubbed With lard before putting
them into the washing suda-
70 remove The odor Of onions from thea
hard, wash them ID Water with llsila
mustard