Evening journal., 1911-03-06
WO MANKIND
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
By Mauds &. cnlsy.


/ Carbolic soap should be freely used
about the house to keep down vermin.
il is easier TO scale fish IL they are
first dipped for an instant into boil
iug water
To clean white ribbons SO that they
VIII not turn yellow. wash them in
gasoline
Honey should be stored In dark
place, for it It is kept in the light it
will soon granulate.
If wooden choppiug bowl is turn
ed upside down after use there will be
no danger of it splitting.
A pinch of borax stirred into a
quart Of milk will keep il sweet il
You object TO the taste after boil
ing.
TO clean white paint dip a clean
cloth IN hot water, then I'm bran and
rub IT, Rinse with clear water
Bacon fat may be saved and used
to fry fish. Il gives a good flavor
and keeps the fish from falling apart.
Never buy meat that is palish pink,
for il is diseased. Good meat Is red,
with the fat clear. white and firm.
Wooden tubs should be used for
washing glass and delicate china as
there is far less danger Of break
age.
To scour brass, dip half lemon
in table salt, rub briskly over the sur.
face. wash of with clear water auC
dry.
Good proportions for French dress
ing are one teaspoonful Of vinegar
three of oil and salt and pepper &c
taste
To keep clothes from running whore
the colors arc not fast. use cupfu
of salt to each gallon of washing wa
ter
To mend a glove. turn It. wrong sld'
ont and sew the rent over and owe
with cotton thread SILK thread vii
tear out
Tell the children in making soal
bubbles to put a few drops Of glycer
inc into the water. and the buhbls
= will be more lasting
] To blanch almonds, pour boilin
( water over thom and leave them til
the water Is cold. when the skins vii
8 be quite loose.
The creal,ing Of door can b
stopped az once by rubbing the hing
r with a piece of SOAP or with tho lea
a of a black pencil
To clean paint. use powdered whit
s ing on a damp cloth and rub event
with tho grain Of the wool This wi
not spoil the paint
To make heavy sewing table cuet
p ion, hll stout cover with rice. Thi
o makes a very heavy cushion that ca
II be used as a weight.
u II is a wise thing go raise SON
u okra and dry the pods. They wi
keep indefinitely, and there ie no be
ter flavor for soups and bouillons.
Dish-cloihs should always be We
. washed IN hot water after being use
A or they will soon become not only sa
~ discolored. but full Of bacteria
rs A kitchen churn that holds but o
le quart is useful for turning cream in
y. butter and also as a cake mixer ai
le for beating eggs for angel cake
r. Cold water should be poured
10 grease as soon as IL is spilled on Il
So floor. as II will harden the grea
j. and prevent IL soaking into the WOO
l. 70 destroy feas in the house vii
le the furniture wherever possible wit
a spirits Of naphtha. but do not let n
a children go near It until Il is dry.
10 To keep a parasoi looking we'll ha,
p a bag for il hung inside the clos
e door. where the dust Will not get
H. Brushing silk parasol soon veal
it out
Camel's-hair aud red sable brush,
90
y ed can he restored TO their prop,
: form by dipping first into hot an
\ then into cold water.
~ To make individual chicken pic
Y line gem pans with pastry, leayh
r crust enough to fold over a tabl
r spoonful Of rich chicken hash, al
bake II IN a quick oven.
Lemons that have become hal
from long stnding can be made usah
re by covering them with boiling W
~ ter.
A common horseshoe magnet, IN
I'd costs but few cents, should alwa.
D. be kept I'm the sewing machine.
ss II is useful TO pick out needles frc
81 The machine drawers.
Oyershoes that got muddy insi'
"a can be turned inside cut and washl
H. and then turned right side out rh
H. will not rot them as washing tho
Il without turning does.
- Fancy work laid away for The wi
. ter should be rinsed in very blue SIS
ter and dried, but not uoned. IL II
pieces are placed IN black or bll
~ wrapping paper they will not TAI
yellow.