Middletown transcript., 1911-02-04
USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Never polish aptano Wtth anything Du
refined linssed oil.
i Verdigris can be removed from bras
| BY the use Of ammonia.
A mixture Of bosax and red pepper h
| good to rid closets Of insects. !.
Nothing makes finer polish for tin
ware than good wood ashes.
Medicine should never be left in sight
Of the invalid in the sick room.
JonquiIs or daffodils are placed to ad.
vantage in brass or copper urn or vase.
Undue consumption of tea. coffee, cocoa
and chocolate will make the skin saIlow,
To make sure that bread viii rise in
cold weather, uhrm the -four before mix.
ling.
Shoes will last longer If occasionally
rubbed with vassline when they are new.
A small quantity Of chopped figs added
to nut and apple salad gives an excellent
favor.
A long.handled buttonbook should be
kept in the laundry to clean the lint from
the tub outlets.
The cheaper and lighter the pan the
whittier and lighter your bread when you
bake in gas range.
Chiffon velvet is most excellent thing
for brushing felt hat, whether a mans
ora woman's.
For an obstinate nose bleed put an ice
pack or cloth wrung out in ice water at
the back Of the neck.
Boiled rice or baked potato will go ex-
cellently with sWeetbreads and this dish
Ia good for the sick.
A cloth shirt should never be hung up
inside out, as this tends to crease it more
than anything else.
To inanre that potted plants will thrive,
always have little water in the saucer
under the lowsr-pot.
When milk boils over on the stove
sprinkleon some salt at once. This will
cOunteract the disagreeable odOr.
Bronzes should be cleaned by rubbing
with sweet oil. Rub dry with soft cloth
and polish with chamois.
After putting buttered paper in the
cake pans, sprinkle in just . little -four.
This will keep the cakes from sticking.
Cruel, when properly prepared should
be little thicker than cream. and should
be absolutely free from Jumps.
A little alcohol rubbed on quickly viii
clean dirty window better than soapsuds;
ammonia in wash water is equally good.
Physicisns claim that sleep is more re-
freshing in darkened room. Il is well
20 accustom children from infancy to
sleep in the dark.
Dsmpuess will soon tarnish brass ar.
'tfeles. But if they are kept in dry and
cool place they will remain untarnished
for long time.
A flannel dipped in spirits of turpen-
tine will be found very useful in cleaning
the porcelain tub or sink. Kerosene will
anRwar aIFnosk aa UaII
Wet shoes should be stuffed With paper
before they are put sway. The paper
will absorb the moisture and keep the
shoes from becoming hard.
When packing. tie in bottle corks well
and put the bottles in the middle of the
trunk. II packed solidly 10 this way tney
will carry around the world.
Brass polished only with rotten-etone
and oil viii hags 8 deep, rich yellow tone,
while the acid polishes leave ii Whiter
and more brilliant.
Cold water with but little soap should
be used for washing coIored silks. If the
color runs, vinegar should be stirred into
the water until the color sets.
When coal is needed on the fire in the |
sick room it should be brought into the |
room in paper bags, which should be laid |
gently on the FIRE to prevent noise.
A teaspoOnful of gIycerine added to III
gill Of gIua makes cement that is q great
convenience in the kitchen, and is es-
pecially good for fastening leather, paper
or wood to metal.
A dry rubber '.sl lge" is excellent for
cleaning WOODEN materials. They should /
be laid fiat and the sponge swept over
them briskly, care being taken to rub
The wrong side Of the nap.
Dampers should be placed ia all pipes
leading from heaters and kept closed in
summer, as air from the furnace should
got be allowed to fow into the house
Hhen the fire is out.
Make your life blessing to everybody
lbout yon.
To keep clothes from freezing to the
inc put handful Of salt in the last rims.
ng water. /,
After pesling apples drop them into
old water. This win prevent their be-
'oming diseOiored.
To suit both those who like beeisteak |
are and well done cutltin two and partly j
Ook one piece before putting the other
me on. II
Hang ashce brush up in front Of the
sOn scraper, and try 10 get she men in J
be habit Of using il to take OF the mud
he ecfaper leaves. Io
Washing -chimneya By immersing
hem 10 water oiten makes them brittle. i
! safer way 20 clean them Is to hold aIem I
u few minutes over steaming kettle. 9
hen polish them briskly With i soft ?
10Th. y
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be broadened outlook i gives one on
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